Wholesale bulk prices for merchants:
These prices will vary from season to season and island to island. The prices are for wholesale purchases in large amounts to a merchant for resale on another island. Game-masters should not allow player characters to buy personal equipment and supplies at these prices unless they are a merchant buying in bulk. Since merchants take some extreme risks sailing on dangerous seas they have the potential of great wealth, profit margins can range from 10% to 200% on a good voyage. A bad voyage can result in the loss of everything even your life.
Grains: Not all earth grains grow on Archipelago and not all native grans can be eaten by humans. Wheat: 2 gold per hundred weight or 35 gold per ton at harvest; add 10% to the price per month past harvest until six months after harvest when no bulk wheat will be available. Barley: 1 gold 5 silver per hundred weight, or 25 gold per ton. Price increases each month by 10% after harvest. Rice: 7 silver per hundred weight or 10 gold per ton. Price increases by 5% each month after harvest. Oats: 6 silver per hundred weight or 10 gold per ton. Rolled oats: 1 gold per hundred weight or 18 gold per ton. Scrat a native grain eaten by humans 1 gold per hundred weight or 17 gold per ton. Lintels (Dried beans) 5 gold per 1000 weight.
Fruits: Almost all fruits must be dried for transport or it will mold. The fruit shipped fresh has its best value if it is sold before three weeks has passed. The month given is the peak month to buy. Dried strawberries in June 10 gold per hundred weight. Dried cherries in July 2 gold per hundred weight. Dried prunes in July 1 gold per hundred weight. Dried peaches in August 2 gold per hundred weight. Fresh Apples in September 2 gold per hundred weight; Dried apples 1 gold 5 silver per hundred weight. Raisins in October 2 gold per hundred weight. Dried breadfruit in May this is a native plant, 8 silver per hundred weight. Ka Beans in September Coconuts raw in the shell 6 silver per hundred weight year round; Dried coconut 1 gold 3 silver per hundred weight. Pineapple fresh from June –September price; 1 gold 2 silver per hundred weight. Fresh banana April to November 7 silver per hundred weight; Dried banana April to November 2 gold per hundred weight. Dried Kabua a native plant in October 2 gold per hundred weight.
Misc. Food Items: Honey 6 gold per hundred weight (about 9 gallons). White sugar 90 gold per hundred weight. Raw Sugar 60 gold per hundred weight. Vinegar 1 gold per hundred weight (about 12 gallons). Poor wine 2 gold per 12 gallon amphora (100 lbs), Average wine 3 gold per 12 gallons (100 lbs.), Good wine 4 gold per 12 gallons(100 lbs.). New goat cheese 4 gold per hundred weight in 5 pound wheels, Aged goat cheese 6 gold per hundred weight in 2+ year old 5 pound cheese wheels. Fish Jerky 8 silver per hundred weight, Lamb jerky 4 gold per hundred weight, Goat Jerky 3 gold per hundred weight, Beef jerky 25 gold per hundred weight, Kapsur jerky 20 gold per hundred weight. Behemoth jerky 8 gold per hundred weight. Sea turtle eggs base value 5 silver to1 gold per egg. Sea cucumbers a floating green fruit from a sub-tropic species of sea weed high in vitamin “C” 4 silver per hundred weight. Spiced olives in olive oil, 4 gold per 10 gallon amphora, (100 lbs). Olive Oil, 2 gold per 10 gallon amphora, (100 lbs).
Metals: Metal can be purchased as either raw ore from a mine which can still contain 5%-25%worthless rock or as smelted ingots of pure metal. Copper ore 6 gold per ton, Copper ingots 8 gold per ton. Tin ore 2 gold per ton, Tin ingots 7 gold per ton. Zinc ore 6 gold per ton, Zinc ingots 14 gold per ton. Lead ore 2 gold per ton, Lead ingots 3 gold per ton. Iron ore, Iron ingots. Silver ore 140 gold florin per hundred weight, Silver ingots 160 gold florin per hundred weight . Gold ore 1400 gold florins per hundred weight, Gold ingots 1600 gold florins per hundred weight. Bronze is made from tin and copper and is only available as an ingot Bronze 4 gold per ton. Pewter is made from tin and zinc and is also only available as an ingot Pewter 11 gold per ton. Coal while not a metal is needed, its mining and transport is necessary for all metal production; Coal 1 gold per ton to buy.
Building Supplies: Fire wood is sold by the cord a pile of cut wood 4 feet wide and tall and eight feet long Firewood 3 silver per cord (about 1.5 tons). Cut lumber is sold by the board foot a sawn piece of lumber 1 foot wide and long and an inch thick is one board foot, or about 1pound. Ship quality lumber 3 copper per board foot. Wall lumber 2 copper per board foot, and Roof and rafter quality lumber 5 copper per board foot. Dressed stone is stone that has been cut into rectangles for building walls, it is sold by the ton. Different types of stone have defensive codes and weights lava & Coral stone one ton equals 54 cubic feet for 1 gold defense code one foot thick wall: Cut 250; thrust 250; chop200; impact 350. Limestone one ton equals 21.6 cubic feet for 1 gold defense code one foot thick wall: Cut 250; thrust 250; chop250; impact 200. Sandstone one ton equals 27 cubic feet for 1 gold. Defense code one foot thick wall: Cut 225; thrust 240; chop200; impact 150. Granite & Marble one ton equals 21 cubic feet for 1 gold for the Granite and 2 gold for marble; defense code one foot thick wall: Cut 290; thrust 300; chop275; impact 300. Roofing tile per 100 square feet Wood 4gold; Ceramic 3 gold; stone 5 gold, lead 5 gold.
Textiles: All bulk textiles are sold by the 100 yard bolt. Each yard of fabric is one square yard. Cotton is the one textile plant from Earth that grows on Archipelago. There is also a hybrid cotton and Jinx linen from a native Jinx plant. Jinx linen lasts three times longer than cotton but is not as popular to the touch. Silk is made by harvesting thread from the forest spider nests. It is both smooth and strong but expensive. The Ferlie often have silk for sale. Cotton for clothes by the bolt is 4 silver per yard. Hybrid Cotton in a bolt is 3 silver per yard, Linen by the bolt is 2 silver per yard. Wool by the bolt is 5 silver per yard woven, and 3 silver per yard felted. Linen canvas for sails by the bolt is 2 silver per yard. Oiled linen canvas is 1 silver per yard by the bolt. Water proof tent canvas is 3 silver per yard in the bolt. Goat hair tent canvas by the yard is 2 silver per yard. Silk for clothes is 8 gold per yard by the bolt. Silk sail or tent cloth is 10 gold per yard by the bolt. Leathers are not sold in a bolt but by the yard. Behemoth leather is 3 gold per yard. The Quillian sometimes sell Behemoth leather. Asino leather 4 silver per yard. Kapsur leather 7 silver per yard.
Miscellaneous items for wholesale: Most items will wholesale at 30%-50% of the average retail price to obtain the wholesale price the item should be purchased in multiples of a dozen.
To sale the merchandise purchased wholesale, The merchant needs to sail to an island that needs the materials and offer them for sale. The Game-Master may restrict how much can be sold. For example a small island with one blacksmith will not need, nor afford 10 tons of iron ore; so the game-master may place limits on what can be sold. The following chart can be used to cover the average price of the sale.
Roll a six-sided Die
1. The market is flooded your merchandise will sale for cost plus 5%
2. The market is weak your merchandise sells for cost plus 25%
3. The Market is Okay you sell your merchandise for cost plus 50%
4. The market is good you sell your merchandise for cost plus 75%
5. The market is strong and your merchandise wanted it sells for cost plus 100%
6. The market is fantastic your merchandise sells for cost plus 150%
These prices will vary from season to season and island to island. The prices are for wholesale purchases in large amounts to a merchant for resale on another island. Game-masters should not allow player characters to buy personal equipment and supplies at these prices unless they are a merchant buying in bulk. Since merchants take some extreme risks sailing on dangerous seas they have the potential of great wealth, profit margins can range from 10% to 200% on a good voyage. A bad voyage can result in the loss of everything even your life.
Grains: Not all earth grains grow on Archipelago and not all native grans can be eaten by humans. Wheat: 2 gold per hundred weight or 35 gold per ton at harvest; add 10% to the price per month past harvest until six months after harvest when no bulk wheat will be available. Barley: 1 gold 5 silver per hundred weight, or 25 gold per ton. Price increases each month by 10% after harvest. Rice: 7 silver per hundred weight or 10 gold per ton. Price increases by 5% each month after harvest. Oats: 6 silver per hundred weight or 10 gold per ton. Rolled oats: 1 gold per hundred weight or 18 gold per ton. Scrat a native grain eaten by humans 1 gold per hundred weight or 17 gold per ton. Lintels (Dried beans) 5 gold per 1000 weight.
Fruits: Almost all fruits must be dried for transport or it will mold. The fruit shipped fresh has its best value if it is sold before three weeks has passed. The month given is the peak month to buy. Dried strawberries in June 10 gold per hundred weight. Dried cherries in July 2 gold per hundred weight. Dried prunes in July 1 gold per hundred weight. Dried peaches in August 2 gold per hundred weight. Fresh Apples in September 2 gold per hundred weight; Dried apples 1 gold 5 silver per hundred weight. Raisins in October 2 gold per hundred weight. Dried breadfruit in May this is a native plant, 8 silver per hundred weight. Ka Beans in September Coconuts raw in the shell 6 silver per hundred weight year round; Dried coconut 1 gold 3 silver per hundred weight. Pineapple fresh from June –September price; 1 gold 2 silver per hundred weight. Fresh banana April to November 7 silver per hundred weight; Dried banana April to November 2 gold per hundred weight. Dried Kabua a native plant in October 2 gold per hundred weight.
Misc. Food Items: Honey 6 gold per hundred weight (about 9 gallons). White sugar 90 gold per hundred weight. Raw Sugar 60 gold per hundred weight. Vinegar 1 gold per hundred weight (about 12 gallons). Poor wine 2 gold per 12 gallon amphora (100 lbs), Average wine 3 gold per 12 gallons (100 lbs.), Good wine 4 gold per 12 gallons(100 lbs.). New goat cheese 4 gold per hundred weight in 5 pound wheels, Aged goat cheese 6 gold per hundred weight in 2+ year old 5 pound cheese wheels. Fish Jerky 8 silver per hundred weight, Lamb jerky 4 gold per hundred weight, Goat Jerky 3 gold per hundred weight, Beef jerky 25 gold per hundred weight, Kapsur jerky 20 gold per hundred weight. Behemoth jerky 8 gold per hundred weight. Sea turtle eggs base value 5 silver to1 gold per egg. Sea cucumbers a floating green fruit from a sub-tropic species of sea weed high in vitamin “C” 4 silver per hundred weight. Spiced olives in olive oil, 4 gold per 10 gallon amphora, (100 lbs). Olive Oil, 2 gold per 10 gallon amphora, (100 lbs).
Metals: Metal can be purchased as either raw ore from a mine which can still contain 5%-25%worthless rock or as smelted ingots of pure metal. Copper ore 6 gold per ton, Copper ingots 8 gold per ton. Tin ore 2 gold per ton, Tin ingots 7 gold per ton. Zinc ore 6 gold per ton, Zinc ingots 14 gold per ton. Lead ore 2 gold per ton, Lead ingots 3 gold per ton. Iron ore, Iron ingots. Silver ore 140 gold florin per hundred weight, Silver ingots 160 gold florin per hundred weight . Gold ore 1400 gold florins per hundred weight, Gold ingots 1600 gold florins per hundred weight. Bronze is made from tin and copper and is only available as an ingot Bronze 4 gold per ton. Pewter is made from tin and zinc and is also only available as an ingot Pewter 11 gold per ton. Coal while not a metal is needed, its mining and transport is necessary for all metal production; Coal 1 gold per ton to buy.
Building Supplies: Fire wood is sold by the cord a pile of cut wood 4 feet wide and tall and eight feet long Firewood 3 silver per cord (about 1.5 tons). Cut lumber is sold by the board foot a sawn piece of lumber 1 foot wide and long and an inch thick is one board foot, or about 1pound. Ship quality lumber 3 copper per board foot. Wall lumber 2 copper per board foot, and Roof and rafter quality lumber 5 copper per board foot. Dressed stone is stone that has been cut into rectangles for building walls, it is sold by the ton. Different types of stone have defensive codes and weights lava & Coral stone one ton equals 54 cubic feet for 1 gold defense code one foot thick wall: Cut 250; thrust 250; chop200; impact 350. Limestone one ton equals 21.6 cubic feet for 1 gold defense code one foot thick wall: Cut 250; thrust 250; chop250; impact 200. Sandstone one ton equals 27 cubic feet for 1 gold. Defense code one foot thick wall: Cut 225; thrust 240; chop200; impact 150. Granite & Marble one ton equals 21 cubic feet for 1 gold for the Granite and 2 gold for marble; defense code one foot thick wall: Cut 290; thrust 300; chop275; impact 300. Roofing tile per 100 square feet Wood 4gold; Ceramic 3 gold; stone 5 gold, lead 5 gold.
Textiles: All bulk textiles are sold by the 100 yard bolt. Each yard of fabric is one square yard. Cotton is the one textile plant from Earth that grows on Archipelago. There is also a hybrid cotton and Jinx linen from a native Jinx plant. Jinx linen lasts three times longer than cotton but is not as popular to the touch. Silk is made by harvesting thread from the forest spider nests. It is both smooth and strong but expensive. The Ferlie often have silk for sale. Cotton for clothes by the bolt is 4 silver per yard. Hybrid Cotton in a bolt is 3 silver per yard, Linen by the bolt is 2 silver per yard. Wool by the bolt is 5 silver per yard woven, and 3 silver per yard felted. Linen canvas for sails by the bolt is 2 silver per yard. Oiled linen canvas is 1 silver per yard by the bolt. Water proof tent canvas is 3 silver per yard in the bolt. Goat hair tent canvas by the yard is 2 silver per yard. Silk for clothes is 8 gold per yard by the bolt. Silk sail or tent cloth is 10 gold per yard by the bolt. Leathers are not sold in a bolt but by the yard. Behemoth leather is 3 gold per yard. The Quillian sometimes sell Behemoth leather. Asino leather 4 silver per yard. Kapsur leather 7 silver per yard.
Miscellaneous items for wholesale: Most items will wholesale at 30%-50% of the average retail price to obtain the wholesale price the item should be purchased in multiples of a dozen.
To sale the merchandise purchased wholesale, The merchant needs to sail to an island that needs the materials and offer them for sale. The Game-Master may restrict how much can be sold. For example a small island with one blacksmith will not need, nor afford 10 tons of iron ore; so the game-master may place limits on what can be sold. The following chart can be used to cover the average price of the sale.
Roll a six-sided Die
1. The market is flooded your merchandise will sale for cost plus 5%
2. The market is weak your merchandise sells for cost plus 25%
3. The Market is Okay you sell your merchandise for cost plus 50%
4. The market is good you sell your merchandise for cost plus 75%
5. The market is strong and your merchandise wanted it sells for cost plus 100%
6. The market is fantastic your merchandise sells for cost plus 150%