Exchange of resources from the live exchange rate with the NPC
Get a source from the NPC caravan in exchange for another source without waiting for a player announcement.
Unlocks: The active village must reach Stage 6 and the Caravan Market must be at least level 1.
How it works
- The rate is derived from base resource values: food 90, wood 100, stone 120, iron 220, gold 1,000. Buying a valuable resource costs more of a cheap one.
- The price renews every minute; the world stock opens at 10,000,000 per resource each day, what is taken on the free quota comes out of the stock and what players give is added to it. What is taken with a transfer right does not come out of the shared stock.
- A resource whose stock falls gets dearer and one that piles up gets cheaper; if the stock runs out, buying that resource on the free quota stops until the day renews, while on mobile and in 3D buying with a transfer right goes on.
- When the free daily quota runs out the trade does not stop: you can keep going by buying a 100,000 / 250,000 / 500,000 / 1,000,000-unit NPC Transfer Right with diamonds. The right is one-time, does not refresh overnight, and is only spent through trades; you cannot buy a new tier before using up what you already hold. On mobile and in 3D, when the quota does not cover it TRADE becomes TRADE WITH RIGHT: the smallest tier that covers it is bought with a diamond confirmation and the trade goes through at once; without enough diamonds the diamond purchase window opens.
- A trade that uses the right does not arrive instantly but on a timer: a 30-minute caravan trip for every 100,000 units (about 5 hours for 1,000,000 units). What you pay is still added to the NPC's stock instantly; only what you receive goes into transit. Once the caravan is due, the resource is added to storage automatically; if storage is full only the part that fits is added, and the rest completes once there is room.
Step by step
- In the Sunday section, open the NPC Exchange or Live Carvan Exchange tab.
- Choose the different resource you will give in return for the resource you want to receive.
- Enter the amount to be received to be 100 times the amount to be received.
- Check what you'll receive, what you'll pay, the live rate, your remaining free quota, and the NPC stock summary together.
- Press the Swap Resources button; the current offer will be automatically renewed if the setup has changed with another transaction.
- Confirm the trade in the Live Market Feed; a purchase within the free quota lands in your village instantly, and what you pay goes into the NPC's inventory.
- If the amount exceeds your free quota, pick a tier from the Buy Transfer Right section that opens; the trade proceeds using your right and shows up as timed in the Transfer Right Caravans En Route list.
Key numbers
- Amount of operation
- 100–1,000,000 — The amount received must be 100 times the amount received.
- Opening stock
- 10,000,000 per resource — Each world keeps its own stock and the stock renews every day; what you take with a transfer right does not come out of it.
- Free daily quota
- Value of 10,000,000 — The quota is calculated from the market base value of the resources you buy.
- NPC Scissors
- %8 — It prevents risk-free arbitrage with reverse-directed instant swap.
- Transfer Right tiers
- 100k / 250k / 500k / 1m units — 60 / 130 / 240 / 450 diamonds; your remaining right cannot exceed 1,000,000 units in total.
As a resource is bought from the NPC its stock drops and tends to get pricier; what players pay the NPC builds up in stock and tends to get cheaper. The transfer right only buys the permission, it does not speed up delivery.
The same resource cannot be chosen to take and to give. A short village balance stops the trade; once the NPC stock runs out you can only buy on mobile and in 3D with a transfer right. Your remaining transfer right cannot exceed 1,000,000 units in total.