Latest revision as of 10:40, 16 May 2025

see also Trading.

Value

All tradeable items in UnReal World have a fixed intrinsic value. An NPC will accept a trade if the total value of the player's offer is equal to or greater than the total value of the items the NPC is trading. They will trade items at equal value, but will not trade at a loss. Values on this page are listed in squirrel hides or arrows, both of these having an equal base value of 1.

As Sami states in the development notes for version 3.15: With the help of various historical sources and a few modern studies all the item prices have been checked and balanced. Item prices are now linked and relative to value of a squirrel hide, which is kind of a basic "currency". This "squirrel hide currency" stays a hidden factor, but now gives us a historically accurate base for item pricing.

The value in squirrel hides is also used for modded items in the "PRICE" tag.

Currency

In versions prior to v3.14, torches were often used as a player currency and for listing prices. Since then the value of torches has decreased significantly while arrow value has increased. Arrows are now the most convenient unit of currency, being commonly available and easily carried in bulk. One arrow is equal in value to one squirrel hide.

The more valuable animal furs can also be considered a form of portable currency. A fox fur is worth 10 squirrel hides, and a lynx fur is worth 50. Foreign traders in particular will only accept animal furs for trade.

Although jewellery can be an effective way of carrying a lot of wealth, it is limited as a currency by its low availability and by the difficulty of matching its value in a trade.

Since version 3.70, bone fishhooks have also become a good source of portable currency. They are worth 0.5 squirrel hides each but weigh very little. They are not found for purchase, but easily craftable from bones.

Since version 3.80, arrows have become more difficult to craft and are no longer an easy source of infinite wealth. However they still work very well as portable currency, and are commonly carried by hunters, woodsmen and adventurers who are happy to exchange them for other goods. Blunt arrows have, on the other hand, become easier to craft, requiring only slender tree trunks and being worth 0.5 squirrel hides each. However they have the drawback of weighing a significant amount, making bone fishhooks a better craftable trade good so long as bone is available.

Value Modifiers

Values listed on this page refer to the base item with no other modifiers in play. Actual trade value can depend on several factors.

Item Quality

Low or high quality items have their value modified according to a simple multiplier. This applies to all items with a quality modifier.

Villagers will generally refuse to accept items of the lowest quality level (crude / awful / poor / ragged) for trade.

Food Preservation

Smoked, dried and salted foods are more valuable than raw foods.

(both value multiplier and spoil time need verification)

Winter Furs

In winter, animals have thicker coats and tanned hides will produce winter furs. Furs available in villages in winter will also be the winter versions. They are labeled clearly as, for example, "winter elk fur". Their value is significantly increased from that of the summer fur; a "winter fox fur" is worth 16.5 squirrel hides whereas a normal "fox fur" is worth 10.

Villager Opinion

If villagers have a good opinion of the character, they will have more leeway in trade value and may accept trades that are not in their favour. Villager opinion can be increased by beneficial trades, gift giving, and possibly in other ways as well.

When the player makes a trade that has significantly more value than the villager expects they will comment on the player's generosity. As villager opinion increases, the way the villagers greet or interact with the character will change to indicate their changed opinion.

Market Saturation

For bulk items such as boards and raw meat cuts, villagers will only accept them for trade when the village does not have a surplus. Attempting to trade more of these items when the village already has enough stockpiled will be refused. It may sometimes be worth trading as many of these as possible initially, so that they do not decide they don't need any more in between one trade and the next.

Current Price List

Values are given in squirrel hides / arrows. Please help by verifying prices that have not been recently verified.

Common Trade Items

These items are commonly found, desired, or used for trade. Similar items will often have similar values.

Craftable Items

Tying Equipment

Weapons

Utility

Transport

Clothing

Other

Food

Raw food prices are directly proportional to nutrition. If a food were made up 100% of carbohydrates fat and protein, the price would be 0.5/lb. In practice foods range from 6% nutritive (mushrooms) to 73% (barley).

Processing such as drying, smoking, or grinding to flour will generally increase the value of the product.

Fish

Meat

Some meats (such as bear meat) are significantly more valuable than others. Accurate data for the current game version is needed.

Mushrooms

All mushrooms have the same nutritional value, and thus price per pound.

Berries

Berries are valued according to their nutritional value, but picking time accounts for the number of berries picked not their weight. Thus the larger berries (cloudberries and raspberries) are the best to pick for trade. The smallest and least nutritive berries (cranberries) will take 800 minutes to pick enough for one pound of nutrition (half a squirrel hide of value), whereas the largest and most nutritive (cloudberries) require only 91 minutes of picking for that same value.

Crops

The base prices listed here are for seeds, even for plants that do not produce seeds. For flour-producing crops, flour value is 1.5x seed value. For root crops, root value is 2x seed value.

Tools

Weaponlike

While these tools can also be considered weapons, this is not usually their primary purpose.

Miscellaneous

Weapons

For a more detailed list See Weapons.

Melee

Ranged

Clothing and Armour

See Clothing.

Animals

Animal value will vary depending on the size of animal, time of year, and you'll generally see higher values the less of each animal a settlement has.

All values here need verifying.

Animal Hides

Leathers

Furs

Valuables