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Traders are well-advised to keep some cash in reserve! If by any chance you lose your ship - whether down to piracy or simply a docking accident - your cargo isn't insured. For this reason prudent traders never spend more than 50% or 60% of the credits on any one cargo. No matter how tempting it can be to stuff your hold with every last bit of gold or Progenitor Cells you can get your hands on, it isn't worth the risk of losing all of your working capital at once. | Traders are well-advised to keep some cash in reserve! If by any chance you lose your ship - whether down to piracy or simply a docking accident - your cargo isn't insured. For this reason prudent traders never spend more than 50% or 60% of the credits on any one cargo. No matter how tempting it can be to stuff your hold with every last bit of gold or Progenitor Cells you can get your hands on, it isn't worth the risk of losing all of your working capital at once. | ||
Traders in less-safe systems will rely on | Traders in less-safe systems will rely on armor, shields and weapons to dissuade pirates from attacking them, or to buy enough time to make an escape. If you have a lot of space, you can carry a small amount of cheap items to jettison if you are attacked. That can buy you time for a jump to hyperspace. | ||
Bulletin Boards will often offer a special reward for some specific items. So when you arrive with a cargo, you should check the bulletin board first to see if you can make a higher profit that way. | Bulletin Boards will often offer a special reward for some specific items. So when you arrive with a cargo, you should check the bulletin board first to see if you can make a higher profit that way. | ||
The galaxy map offers tools to track existing trade routes where high supply from one system is sent by NPC's to a high demand in another system. But it is also possible to discover your own trade routes outside of this. By heavy trading, you can "bleed a system dry" so that they go from high supply to low or no supply, or contrarywise lower demand from high to low. Thus, you can never be entirely sure that a trade route will stay as a stable income. | The galaxy map offers tools to track existing trade routes where high supply from one system is sent by NPC's to a high demand in another system. But it is also possible to discover your own trade routes outside of this. By heavy trading, you can "bleed a system dry" so that they go from high supply to low or no supply, or contrarywise lower demand from high to low. Thus, you can never be entirely sure that a trade route will stay as a stable income. | ||
==Mining== | ==Mining== | ||
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In Beta 3 [[Mining]] was added as one of the main features of the update. Unlike other games [[Mining]] in Elite: Dangerous is very manual and consists of chipping off pieces of asteroids for then to scoop them up and refine them. This is time consuming, but with the right technique it can be just as profitable as other roles or professions. | In Beta 3 [[Mining]] was added as one of the main features of the update. Unlike other games [[Mining]] in Elite: Dangerous is very manual and consists of chipping off pieces of asteroids for then to scoop them up and refine them. This is time consuming, but with the right technique it can be just as profitable as other roles or professions. | ||