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Barter and Container Valuation

Last checked: · 049-Rev3-L (reference-reported)

Direct answer

Barter trades items rather than supplying the cash you may need for rent. UPDATE 049 fixes barter offers carrying into another customer's trade and corrects how premium or discount modifiers apply to goods sold inside containers.

Evaluate the actual received objects

Check every offered item's condition, contents and role in your next production cycle. Previewing containers before purchase is supported in UPDATE 049. Count the materials you can actually use, not a displayed category or a hoped-for resale value.

Container pricing fixBuyer modifiers no longer apply twice to contents
Barter exploit fixOffer items cannot carry to the next customer

Keep barter separate from exchange recipes

A visitor's barter is not the overnight Underground Exchange. Exchange rules can limit a recipe to one acceptance per night and consume particular matching objects. In either case, a favorable paper valuation can still leave you without liquid credits when the next rent payment arrives.

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