Cargo

Cargo are items available for trade between ports at shops wher they can be bought and sold for different prices, and take up space in the locomotive's hold when being transported. With the exception of Fuel, Supplies, and Petrichor, the buying and selling of cargo items through regular shops costs the same, netting no loss or profit.

Cargo can also be obtained or used in various actions, or bought at a Bazaar as Bargains and sold as Prospects.

Value, Bargains and Prospects

Under normal circumstances, Cargo items are both bought and sold at the same price from various ports, thus making it impossible to earn a profit this way. In order to generate revenue through trade, one must utilise Bargains and Prospects, which periodically appear in every port's Bazaar:

Bargains are opportunities where one can purchase (a limited quantity of) Cargo items at below market price while Prospects are opportunities where one can sell (a certain quantity of) Cargo items at above market price. These can be found by looking at a port's Bazaar and will periodically refresh and change. Combining these two together will allow one to make a profit by strategically buying and selling Cargo items at different Ports. earning a profit of anywhere from 55 to 245 Sovereigns per unit of Cargo traded usually and sometimes lower or higher than that.

Unlike other cargo, Fuel and Supplies can be bought from main hubs as well as many other ports, and they sell for half as much.

Table of Fuel and Supplies

Cargo	Buy Price	Sell Price
Fuel	20	10
Supplies	40	20
Petrichor	60	30

The gain per cargo listed below assumes that the cargo was acquired via the most common bargains and later sold via a common prospect. Higher and lower profit can be made from some rare bargains and prospects. The reward for completing a normal prospect is usually a Savage Secret, Vision of the Heavens, Sky-Story or Salon-Stewed Gossip as well as 100-200 experience.

Table of Cargo Values

Cargo	Market	Bargain	Prospects	Gain per Cargo
Verdant Seeds	40	25	80-90	55
Nostalgic Crockery	50	40	110	70
Crate of Munitions	60	40	60-120	80
Undistinguished Souls	70	45-55	150	95
Unseasoned Hours	80	45-55	155-170	100
Dried Tea	90	70	190-210	140
Approved Literature	100	60-70	90-210	120
Chorister Nectar	120	80-100	240	140
Stained Glass	135	105-110	275-300	165
Bombazine	150	115	209-275	135
Bronzewood	175	135	295-350	160
Caged Catch	200	125-170	365-400	195
Immaculate Souls	250	165-215	460	245
Gemstones	300	200-250	475	225

Illicit Cargo is a special kind of Cargo that is, as the name suggests, illicit, and thus illegal to posses and transport. Illicit Cargo can be bought from The Gentlemen in Eleutheria, Wit & Vinegar Lumber Company in Albion, and Titania in The Reach. Each location will buy back the cargo that it sells but will do so for a drastically reduced price. The cargo must be smuggled to a different region to be sold for a profit. The gain per cargo below assumes purchasing the cargo at the appropriate port and selling it via the appropriate prospect. The reward and payout for completing smuggling prospects is much greater than that of common cargo: 1000-2000 sovereigns and either 2-3 of a common possession or one of the rarer ones such as a Crimson Promise, Invitation to Perdurance or Favour Bestowed. These items, unlike other kinds of cargo, may not be stored in your Bank.

However, smuggling illicit cargo comes with some major dangers in the form the Revenue Men, which will periodically search your Locomotive (like when you use a Transit Relay to travel between regions) and if they find anything illegal aboard then depending on your notoriety, the sentences can consist of steep fines, a sentence of manual labour on Brabazon on top of that, or a straight execution at worst, so make sure that you have enough Hidden Compartments on your Locomotive to conceal all your contraband.

Table of Illicit Cargo Values

Cargo	Buy Price	Sell Price	Prospect	Gain per Cargo
Red Honey	100	115	200	100
Illicit Literature	150	180	275	125
Starshine	200	250	350	150

Trading strategy

The best route to profit is to buy at Bargains and sell at Prospects, as this maximises the amount of revenue generated through trade.

Early in the game when you have little cash on hand, the best bet is to 'buy to order' - first acquire a Prospect then locate and buy the goods needed to fill it by visiting ports likely to have the right goods and then finally fulfill the Prospect by selling the goods at the right port. Preferably buy Bargains - don't forget you can have 4 Prospects at once and they refresh every 30 days, so there is relatively little rush. But if you need the money immediately don't worry about buying non-Bargain goods.

Once you have enough capital, then you should aim to buy at Bargains until you have a stock of all Goods. That way, you can be sure that you have enough goods to fulfill any Prospect that appears.

Avoid the temptation to sell goods other than at Prospects. It can be tempting to sell from your stockpile to upgrade your locomotive or equipment - but this isn't such a good long-term deal for you. Only do it when the need is crucial or when your stock is very high. 10 of a Good can cover one large Prospect and a quest or two and may feel like it vanishes quickly. 20 is a safer amount to hold as it will cover two or three Prospects and possibly a quest that uses a large amount. There are a small number of advanced quests that require 20+ of a specific material, however.

Goods

Image	Cargo	Description	Weight	Buy at	Sell at	Price
	Barrel of Unseasoned Hours	A barrel, encased in beeswax and stamped with the Ministry's mark. Its contents sigh like the tide.	5	Nelson's Emporium Sweet Jane's Trading Post	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	80 Sovereigns
	Bronzewood	Hollowed from the vast trees of the Reach, Bronzewood is prized for its durability and its gleaming resin.	10	Midnight Lumberyard The New Big Top Shop Ravenscourt & Stamford	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	175 Sovereigns
	Caddy of Dried Tea	As British as crinoline. Or Lord Elgin's Marbles.	5	The Hungry Traveller	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	90 Sovereigns
	Caged Catch	Exotic. Contained. Furious.	5	The Rubbery Souk	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	200 Sovereigns
	Carefully-Packed Crate of Munitions	Sometimes, a crewman pretends he's going to drop one. It's still not funny.	5	The Blue Heaven Arsenal Requisitions	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	60 Sovereigns
	Cask of Navaratine Gemstones	They say these are the ever-cooling sparks that fall from the Forge of Souls.	5	Trade with the Chaplains The Venturer's Request	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	300 Sovereigns
	Crate of Nostalgic Crockery	Fine London china; porcelain plates bearing the Empress' face; cups and saucers, traced with roses.	5	Black Rod's Boutique Little Niceties	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	50 Sovereigns
	Fuel	Running out of fuel means a quick, cold death.	5	Several minor port Shops Midnight Lumberyard Trinity's Hoarding The Blue Heaven Arsenal The Cloakroom Skyfarer's Supplies Sweet Jane's Trading Post Beatrice's Exchange Sharma & Sons Nelson's Emporium Little Niceties The Decommissary The Venturer's Request The Rubbery Souk Memorabilia Requisitions The Rag–and–Bone The Sapphire'd Souk Juxta-Mare Market Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market The Turret	Several minor port Shops Midnight Lumberyard Trinity's Hoarding The Blue Heaven Arsenal The Cloakroom Skyfarer's Supplies Sweet Jane's Trading Post Beatrice's Exchange Sharma & Sons Nelson's Emporium Little Niceties The Decommissary The Venturer's Request The Rubbery Souk Memorabilia Requisitions The Rag–and–Bone The Sapphire'd Souk Juxta-Mare Market Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market The Turret	20 Sovereigns (Buy) 10 Sovereigns (Sell)
	Gourd of Chorister Nectar	For tea-drinkers it's a sweetener; for poets an inebriant. For singers it's an enhancement, widening the vocal range by a valuable semi-tone or two.	5	Gremory's The Sapphire'd Souk	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	120 Sovereigns
	Jumble of Undistinguished Souls	The bottles are as ordinary as the souls that coil inside them.	2	Beatrice's Exchange Sharma & Sons The Rag–and–Bone	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	70 Sovereigns
	Ministry-Approved Literature	It has been thoroughly censored. Nothing here is likely to startle your maiden aunt. Or make her cackle.	5	The Butler's Discretion Juxta-Mare Market	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	100 Sovereigns
	Pane of Stained Glass	The light of the High Wilderness can enchant and derange. Coloured glass helps keep it at bay.	5	The Decommissary Memorabilia	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	135 Sovereigns
	Petrichor	The food of the dead. It is pale as the ghost of a moon, sweeter than spun sugar, and crumbles in your mouth like plaster-of-Paris.	0	The Rag–and–Bone The Turret The Venturer's Request Trinity's Hoarding	The Rag–and–Bone The Turret The Venturer's Request Trinity's Hoarding	60 Sovereigns (Buy) 30 Sovereigns (Sell)
	Roll of Thirsty Bombazine	This midnight-hued fabric grows heavy with devoured light. The perfect adornment for ostentatious grief and clandestine activity.	5	The Cloakroom	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	150 Sovereigns
	Sack of Verdant Seeds	From which mighty trunks may grow. Or any number of other things. The flora of the High Wilderness is erratic.	5	Skyfarer's Supplies Trade with the Locals	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	40 Sovereigns
	Selection of Immaculate Souls	The rarest and most refined of souls, lovingly curated.	2	Trade with the Devils Trinity's Hoarding	Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	250 Sovereigns
	Supplies	Food and equipment. When you run out, hunger will take you.	5	Several minor port Shops Midnight Lumberyard The Hungry Traveller Trade with the Devils Gremory's The Blue Heaven Arsenal Trade with the Locals Skyfarer's Supplies The Cloakroom Sweet Jane's Trading Post Beatrice's Exchange The New Big Top Shop Sharma & Sons Nelson's Emporium Black Rod's Boutique The Rubbery Souk Memorabilia Requisitions The Sapphire'd Souk Ravenscourt & Stamford Juxta-Mare Market Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	Several minor port Shops Midnight Lumberyard The Hungry Traveller Trade with the Devils Gremory's The Blue Heaven Arsenal Trade with the Locals Skyfarer's Supplies The Cloakroom Sweet Jane's Trading Post Beatrice's Exchange The New Big Top Shop Sharma & Sons Nelson's Emporium Black Rod's Boutique The Rubbery Souk Memorabilia Requisitions The Sapphire'd Souk Ravenscourt & Stamford Juxta-Mare Market Victoria Market Spitalfields Market The Night Market	40 Sovereigns (Buy) 20 Sovereigns (Sell)

Contraband

Image	Cargo	Description	Weight	Buy at	Sell at	Price
	Trunk of Illicit Literature	What censored sentiments are held within its pages? Are they seditious? Revolutionary? Lascivious? The Ministry of Public Decency would be horrified.	5	Wit & Vinegar	The Midnight Rose The Gentlemen	150 Sovereigns (Buy) 75 Sovereigns (Sell on the same region) 180 Sovereigns (Sell on different region)
	Hogshead of Starshine	Star-rakers comb water from the glassy pools of Eleutheria into these mirrored jars. It is laced with familiar starlight, shed by stars visible from Old Earth.	5	The Gentlemen	The Midnight Rose Wit & Vinegar	200 Sovereigns (Buy) 100 Sovereigns (Sell on the same region) 250 Sovereigns (Sell on different region)
	Firkin of Red Honey	One of Fallen London's earliest and most persistent sins. To taste red honey is to walk the corridors of another's heart. None of their secrets will be safe from you.	5	The Midnight Rose	Wit & Vinegar The Gentlemen	100 Sovereigns (Buy) 50 Sovereigns (Sell on the same region) 115 Sovereigns (Sell on different region)