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Economy.trading.index.intro
Published September 23, 2026 · Last updated September 23, 2026
Quick Answer: How Does Trading Work?
Traders appear in friendly faction camps, and their stock is randomized — what they sell AND what they buy varies per merchant and per visit. Buy with rusted nuts, sell your surplus. The community-confirmed trick: saving and reloading the game rerolls a trader's inventory, so a missing part is one reload away from maybe appearing.
| Action | Currency | Mechanic |
|---|---|---|
| Buying | Rusted nuts | Randomized stock per trader |
| Selling | Rusted nuts earned | Randomized buy-lists too — check what each trader wants |
| Rerolling stock | Free | Save + reload the game |
The reroll works on both directions at once — reload until the trader stocks your part AND buys your junk in the same visit.
Finding Traders
Traders live in the friendly half of faction territory: camps that choose trade over shooting. Watchtowers come in hostile and non-hostile flavors — scout first with binoculars. There is no fixed shop location in a procedurally generated world; traders are a find, which makes selling runs an actual expedition.