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[[Image:hawker.jpg|center|thumb|"Buy somethin' will ya?!"]]
::''This page is about the shops of NPCs (non-player characters). For the {{heroes or heroines}}' shops, see [[Shop]]. For the process of saving gold, see [[Retirement]].''

'''Trading''' is the process of converting the [[artifacts]] a {{hero or heroine}} has collected into precious [[gold coins|beer tokens]].

==Trading in towns==

Trading in [[town]] is part of the [[Towns#The_Golden_Cycle|Golden Cycle]]. The {{hero or heroine}} will usually start trading only when they have fully healed.

# Selling artifacts (and usually buying [[healing artifacts]] and redeeming newspaper [[Godville Times#Coupons|coupons]])
# Buying [[gold bricks]] (during the [[Walkthrough|Pre-Temple chapter]]), [[equipment]] and/or [[Skills|skill]] upgrades

They will then, proceed to the [[tavern]].

==Roadside trading==

Roadside traders will be encountered by {{heroes or heroines}} from time-to-time in their travels, unless the [[daily forecast]] has made the roadside traders go on strike, meaning they will not appear at all. A Deity will also occasionally have the opportunity to send divine [[signs]] to push their {{hero or heroine}} to a roadside trader, if they're considering it.

Roadside trading has several important differences to trading in a town:
* No other phases besides trading will occur (i.e., no resting phase before trading, no praying phase after trading, etc.)
* [[Boss parts]] are not sold, nor deposited in the [[lab]]
* [[Wanted]] monster proofs are not sold, nor turned in for a reward

{{Heroes or Heroines}} can be idly stuck chatting with the trader enough time for a wandering master to get the {{hero or heroine}}'s hard-earned [[gold coins]] on a measly [[skill]] upgrade. 

{{diary|text = A trader's tent appeared out of nowhere. Wow, this is just too good of an opportunity to miss.}}
{{diary|text = An eager merchant waved me over to his wagon, anxious for some business while his cartwright methodically repaired a broken axle.}}

==Price Factors==

* Good Trading Towns effect
* [[Aura of Huckstering]]
* Specific [[Daily Forecast]]s
* Trade Skills
* [[Great Random]]

==Base Item Values==

{| class="wikitable" | Typical Item Values
! Type !!Typically Sells For (in gold)
|-
|Normal || 30-100
|-
|Bold || 
|-
|Activatable || 
|-
|Bold Activatable || 
|-
|Healing || {{N/a}}
|-
|Gold Brick || 
|-
|Proof of a wanted monsters death || 2600
|-
|[[Sailing]] Artifacts || 
|-
|}

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