Nanban Trade

Nanban trade is trade system with East Asia based on exchange of goods. Unlike typical trade in UWO where you simply buy goods from market keepers for ducats, nanban trade requires you to deliver trade goods to East Asia in order to be able to obtain local East Asian goods in exchange.

Before you can trade with East Asia you need to:

1. Obtain East Asia port permit (see Port Permits guide)

2. Unlock trade by delivering bribe of specialty goods from Europe to important person in each EA country. Whiskey, Gin, Feathers and other local specialties are confirmed to work - typical amount is usually ca. 300-400 units per bribe depending on good you deliver.

Result (what you get and how much of it) of nanban trade depends on several factors all of which has to be taken into account while trading:

1. Backstock levels

2. Perceived value of trade good delivered

3. Backstock changes

4. City situation

5. Contribution level

 How to trade?  guide explains in the details how to achieve best result depending on these five factors.

Trade goods you obtain from nanban trade sell at different prices depending which area you sell them. Typically there are 1-3 areas where they sell best with base prices reaching as high as 40k ducats.

Please note that Gamma server has exchange ratio of 3:1. This means that for good trade you are going to receive only 1 East Asia good for each 3 goods you bring. This is painful but you can use boosters to increase this ratio. Please check our Nanban boosters guide to find out how you can increase exchange ratio.

It is also important to note that you may perform Nanban Trade up to 5 times per real-life day without penalty. After that each trade is going to give you less amount of East Asia goods.