Material Traders

[Ray Nova]

Where can I find Raw Material Trader?!

I know that Manufactured ones are found basicly averywhere, at least that was my experiance... But thos little sneake raw traders are rather illusive. I could use some raw materials tho...

 

[S~P]

I thought extraction economies have material traders iirc.

 

[AnotherVoice]

Refinery economies / 1 Million population minimum / High security / Large starport (from my experience)

These are the 4 requirements. Be careful about systems with 2 economies, check out trading datas to see if they're exporting refinery stuff. (Turns out that the order economies are listed in the system map does not indicate which one is the primary / secondary)

 

[overdark999]

at the forum you can find apost with more info.
but here is:

Raw materials = Extraction e Refinery economies
Manufactured materials = Industrial economies
Encoded materials = High Tech and military economies

And more..... only systems with high security , and population between 1 and 22 million people

Hope it helps

 

[Elan]

Ed made a thread saying where they can be found if you can't immediately see them by using the map filters:

• Each trader type only trades in their type of materials and can be found in different economy types. Locations material traders can be found are:

- Raw Materials Trader: found at extraction and refinery economies, only trades in raw material found on planet surfaces and planetary rings.

- Manufactured Materials Trader: Found at industrial economies, only trades in manufactured materials.

- Encoded Materials Trader: Found at High Tech and Military economies, only trades in encoded materials.

- Systems also need to be mid to high security systems and have populations between 1,000,000 and 22,000,000.​

• Materials Traders will not show up in anarchy systems.
• Materials Traders will not show up at stations that are currently controlled by a criminal faction.
• Materials Traders will be unavailable when a station is damaged, under repair or put on lockdown.
• Horizons is required to use Material traders.
• Material traders can be found using the new map view configuration ‘By Service’ option. This has a 40ly range and only shows traders that you have discovered.
• Material traders will also be shown on the system map in the station services list.
• Material traders will appear in the Human Bubble, Colonia and Pleiades regions at economies types listed above.

 

[AnotherVoice]

They say extraction economy, but i haven't seen a single RAW material trader at these, despite all other requirement being met

 

[Pendergast]

Really easier to go out of the game to Inara unfortunately. Almost required.

 

[Limoncello Lizard]

I don't know why materials traders don't show up in criminal systems. They are the biggest criminals in the game.

 

[Askorti]

When searching for an extraction system, make sure it is not also an industrial one at the same time, because that gives it a high chance of having a manufactured mats trader instead of the raw one. And dual extraction/industrial systems seem to be more common than just plain extraction ones.

They say extraction economy, but i haven't seen a single RAW material trader at these, despite all other requirement being met

A trader wont spawn if it has low security or is an anarchy one or ruled by a criminal faction. Also, I think those requirements only give it a chance of spawning one, not a guarantee.

 

[Ray Nova]

Thank you guys. Turns out I was looking for the right systems, just didnt have any luck. Found one after a while and Iam a very happy commander now

 

[Wyaston Hypatia]

Refinery economies / 1 Million population minimum / High security / Large starport (from my experience)

These are the 4 requirements. Be careful about systems with 2 economies, check out trading datas to see if they're exporting refinery stuff. (Turns out that the order economies are listed in the system map does not indicate which one is the primary / secondary)

The main issue is that many extraction/refinery systems are low population systems, so don't meet the criteria, whilst those with a higher population also tend to have another economy. That other economy seem to be the dominant one in many of the systems, so even if there's a trader, it's one of the others. They do exist though, just harder to find.

 

[Drunkenmonk]

Really easier to go out of the game to Inara unfortunately. Almost required.

Doe's anyone need to go out of the game in this age of Ipads/smartphones etc,but yeah I get your point,I'm always having to use INARA...