Build access
Spaceports, trade facilities, and operational Trade Convoys provide a maximum trade-volume pool and restore part of it every game tick.
Galactic markets
The exchange turns logistics infrastructure into flexible supply, while every empire's orders shape the next clearing price.
Read the spread
Buy quotes sit 1% above spot and sell quotes 1% below spot. A 1% exchange fee is then applied to every order.
Read the market
Prices respond to activity across the galaxy. Watch the current quote and recent history when planning a major order.
REFERENCE PRICES
Commodity fundamentals
Common minerals
8.00 credits
Baseline liquidity 25,000 units
Fuel
12.00 credits
Baseline liquidity 20,000 units
Rare minerals
45.00 credits
Baseline liquidity 8,000 units
Strategic materials
120.00 credits
Baseline liquidity 4,000 unitsPRICE DISCOVERY
What changes a price?
- Market activity: prices can change as empires trade across the galaxy.
- Planning: the displayed quote is the best guide when placing an order.
- History: use recent movement as context, not a guarantee of the next price.
Planning
Operational guidance
- Reserve throughput for shortages; unused capacity remains available up to its cap.
- Expand recovery for frequent trading and capacity for large emergency orders.
- Trade technology multiplies the capacity and recovery supplied by your facilities.
- Each built Starport supports one Trade Convoy. Convoys enter domestic service automatically; an active Trade agreement lets you assign them to higher-value galactic routes in the Economy tab.
- Split exceptionally large orders across ticks if you want to reduce your own price impact.
- Use the history graph and tick buy/sell flow together—the trend alone does not show pending pressure.