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| Experience (XP) Types Added together, these form your Overall Level (OL) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Combat | Explore | Trade |
Trade Experience (aka Trade XP) is a form of Experience (issued in the form of points) gained by performing trade related functions (see below). You can see your current Trade Level at any time by hitting the "Y" key on your keyboard and checking the "Skills" tab in the window which will pop up.
When you have accumulated enough points to bring your magenta-coloured trade bar up to 100%, you will:
- advance to the next trade level,
- a Skill Point (used to upgrade any of your skills) is issued, and
- your trade bar will reset to zero.
As your Trade level increases, the number of experience points neeed to reach 100% also increases. The maximum trade level is 50. After level 50, you can still earn trade experience points and a skill point per level, but the trade level number will remain at 50.
Gaining Trade Experience
There are several ways of gaining Trade Experience:
- buying trade goods and delivering them via certain Trade Routes (aka "Trade Runs")
- certain Missions may give trade Experience points as a mission reward
- take Trade Jobs at a starbase Job Terminal (unlike trade runs, these are formal contracts and occupy space in your Mission Log).
- Refining (explorer-class pilots only: JE, PS, TS)
- building components or items of ship equipment
- selling looted or prospected items to station vendors
- trading looted or prospected items to other players (N.B.: you will gain more trade experience points by trading your goods to another player, than if you sell them directly to an NPC vendor)
Skills with a Trade Level Prerequisite
Your Trade Level (TL) is a prerequisite for the upgrading of particular skills:
- All build skills:
- The Negotiate skill