Trade

For playable charecters with bargaining skills, see Katia and Insurance Agent.

Franko visits the Shelter

“	In war, not everyone is a soldier	”
–This War of Mine, 11 Bit Studios

List of Traders

Traders Navigation

Franko	Bojan	Matey	Sandu	Pyotr	Vanya	Olek
Ciorba	Mateo	Petar	Bojana	Juro	Viktor	Grisha

Overview

For information on the values of traded goods see the page on Franko. For a detailed explanation of the game mechanics behind trading, see RedKnight7's user page here.

Traders will barter goods with your survivors. Every so often--after several days have passed--a traveling trader named Franko will show up at your shelter's front door and offer to barter. To access other traders, a survivor must scavenge at that trader's location (see table below).

To trade, click on the trade icon next to the trader. This will take you to a trade screen where you will see your goods on the left and the traders goods on the right. Click items on both sides to select them for trading. As you select items, a variety of messages will appear at the very top of the screen. If the message says "it's very generous of you", you are paying too much. If the message says "It won't do, try harder",the trader will not accept that offer. You can maximize the value of a trade by adding items on the traders side until you get the "no deal" message, and then removing one low value item.

Katia has the trait Bargaining Skills, which allow her to trade more efficiently with Franko and some other traders, getting a lower price.

Every trader has a variety of things to barter. Some traders offer a better exchange rate for some goods. For example, Franko gives more barter value for guns than would be received trading guns to Matey. On the other hand, Matey gives more barter value for Medications, Bandages and Herbal Meds than trading the same items to Franko. For more details see each respective trader's article.  

Brief Overview of Traders

Name	Location	Likes to buy	Usually sells	Comments
Franko	Our Shelter	Anything	Assorted	Visits the shelter every 3 days or so Steep trading rates
Bojan	Military Outpost	Cigarettes, Moonshine, Pure Alcohol	Ammo, Bandages, Canned food,Medicines, Ranged Weapons	Going past is considered trespassing
Matey	Garage	Bandages, Medications	Parts, Gun Parts, Tools	Going past is considered trespassing Always has Canned Food, Vegetables, Tools
Sandu	City Hospital	Bandages, Medications	Crowbar, Shovel, Component, Sugar, Wood,Med Ingredients	Prefers a charitable trade Limited inventory
Pyotr	Brothel	No Preferences	Broken Shotgun, Broken Pistol, Gun Parts, Medicine, Tobacco	Going past is considered trespassing
Viktor	Shelled School	Weapons	Tobacco, Herbs	Going past is considered trespassing
Vanya	Semi-Detached House	No Preferences	Pure Alcohol	Going past is considered trespassing
Priest Olek	St. Mary's Church	No Preferences	Assorted	Has a lot of books
Ciorba	Hotel	No Preferences	Food, Fuel, Lock Picks, Medicine, Parts, Tobacco	Gives less trade value for weapon
Mateo	Central Square	Non-Material items	Broken Guitar, Broken Weapons, Materials	Will not accept materials for barter
Petar	Central Square	Non-Alcoholic and non-tobacco items	Cigarettes, Coffee, Moonshine, Pure Alcohol	Will not accept Alcoholic or Tobacco products for barter
Bojana	Central Square	Non-Medical items	Bandages, Medications	Trades poorly for medical-related items
Juro	Central Square	Non-Food items	Canned Food, Raw Food, Sugar, Vegetables	Trades poorly for food-related items
Grisha	Decrepit Squat	Raw Food, Vegetables, Canned Food	Nothing. He begs for food.	Can be given food for charity. Will show a secret hiding spot if given food.
Taras	Museum Trader	Anything	Assorted	Visits the shelter 3 days or so and demands for case files. DLC essential.
Saba	Bakery	Anything	Raw Food, Water, Sugar	Can fight bandits coming inside if warned.

Item value

Each item has a value set either on entering a scavenging location, or at the start of the day in Franko's case. Components always have a value of 1. Using Katia to trade allows you to complete a trade if you are offering more value than the trader. Without her, a trader marks up the value of items by approximately 20% varying on the item, the trader, and in game events.

Some item values believed to be constant:

Item	Value	Value2*	Max Stackable	Notes
Ammunition	3.5	7	20
Assault Rifle	38	74	1	(est 44 for Franko)
Bandages	27.5	55	2
Book	1	3	2
Broken Assault Rifle*	9	20	1
Broken Guitar	11.5	20	1
Damaged Helmet	7	15	1
Damaged Vest	9?	20	1
Broken Pistol	8.5	15	1
Broken Shotgun	8.5?	15	1
Broken Toy	5	10	4
Canned Food	15	30	4
Cigarette	2	4	10
Clean Water	1	2	10	0.5 in Summer
Coffee	1.5	3	10
Components	1	2	4	2 in Winter
Crowbar	10	22	1
Electric Parts	5	10	4
Fertilizer	5	8	4
Filter	3.5	7	4
Fuel	1.5	3	4	4.5 in Winter
Gunpowder	0.5	2	20
Hatchet	20	48	1
Heat Lamp	23	48	4
Helmet	18	45	1
Herbal Meds	21	42	2
Herbs	2	4	4
Homegrown Tobacco*	2	5	4
Jewelry*	12.5	25	4
Knife*	16	34	1
Lock Pick	5	12	4
Medications	32	64	2
Medicine Ingredients	8.5	15	4
Military Vest	38	74	1	(est 44 for Franko)
Mixer	23	48	4
Moonshine	13.5	27	1
Parts	2.5	5	4
Pistol*	21	43	1	(est 24 for Franko)
Pure Alcohol	11.5	23	4
Quality Roll-Up	3	6	10
Raw Food	9	18	4
Roll-Up Cigarette*	1	2	10
Saw Blade	6	15	4
Scoped Assault Rifle	**	74	1
Shell Casings	0.5	2	20
Shotgun*	26	54	1
Shovel	14	29	1
Sugar	1.5	3	10
Thermo Regulator	23	48	4
Tobacco	5	10	4
Vegetables	9	18	4
Weapon Parts	2.5	5	4
Wood	1.5	3	2	4.5 in Winter

*Value2 Column - Item base values extracted from game data files.