Editing 23a:Trade good

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'''Trade good''' is a term frequently used to refer to items that are lightweight and only useful for [[trading]] until after the [[dwarven economy]] begins, when they will become wanted trinkets among some [[dwarves]].  They include '''crafts''', '''goblets''', '''instruments''', '''toys''', '''large gems''', and '''totems''', some of which have several sub-types.  Once produced, all of the various types and sub-types of trade goods are identical except for their [[weight]]; rings and earrings are the lightest with a base weight of 1, but the heavier trade goods with a base weight of 10 are still much lighter than items such as [[furniture]] or most [[armor]].  All types of trade goods are stored in [[finished goods]] stockpiles.

Some types of trade goods can be produced in multiples.  It is possible to get up to three crafts from a single resource.  The chance of multiples is increased with more [[experience]] in the craftsdwarf skill.  Mugs will ''always'' be made in threes, so they are more productive in terms of value than other trade goods.

'''Crafts''' include '''idols''', '''rings''', '''earrings''', '''amulets''', '''bracelets''', '''scepters''', and '''crowns'''.  In [[Adventurer mode]], some types of crafts (such as earrings) can be worn, but are still better used as deadly [[Thrower|projectiles]].

'''Totems''' have no subtypes.  They are made from [[skull]]s.

'''Large gems''' have no subtypes.  It is not possible to issue a job order for large gems; instead, cutting any [[gem]] or raw [[glass]] has a chance to produce a large gem (or a random type of craft) instead of ordinary cut gems.

Most materials can be used to make trade goods.  On occasion, a [[dwarf]] in a [[strange mood]] will make a trade good out of a material not normally suited for it (e. g., a cloth instrument){{verify}}.

| [[Stone]]||[[Stone crafter|Craftsworking]]||[[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]||Y||Y||Y||Y||N

| [[Wood]]||[[Wood crafter|Craftsworking]]||[[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]||Y||Y||Y||Y||N

| [[Leather]]||[[Leatherworker|Leatherworking]]||[[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]||Y||N||N||N||N

| [[Cloth]]||[[Clothes maker|Clothes making]]||[[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]||Y||N||N||N||N

| [[Bone]]¹||[[Bone carver|Craftsworking]]||[[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]||Y||N||N||N||N

| [[Shell]]||[[Bone carver|Craftsworking]]||[[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]||Y||N||N||N||N

| [[Metal]]||[[Metal crafter|Metalsmithing]]||[[Metalsmith's forge]] or [[Magma forge]]||Y||Y||Y||Y||N

| [[Glass]]||[[Glassmaker|Glassmaking]]||[[Glass furnace]] or [[Magma glass furnace]]²||Y²||Y||Y||Y||Y²

| [[Gem]]s||[[Gem cutter|Jeweling]]||[[Jeweler's workshop]]||Y²||N||N||N||Y²

:² See [[Trade good#Large gems|Large gems]] above.  Large glass gems are cut at a jeweler's workshop, not a glass furnace.

[[Stone crafter|Stonecrafting]] is a timeconsuming but easy to set up way to make [[export]] goods early, as your [[stone crafter]] will have access to tons of [[stone]] in a typical fortress. [[Stone]] goods are not that valuable and quite heavy, but many of these can be made and they will be accepted by any [[trade]]rs.  A legendary stone crafter with a stockpile of high value stone or ore can make some very valuable crafts.

Making crafts from bone or shell is easy to set up if you have any [[dwarves]] hunt or fish, but it is easy for production to outstrip supply with legendary bonecrafters.  Additionally, bones and shell have potentially more important uses, such as producing bone [[ammo]] and [[crossbow]]s, or shell [[armor]].  Skulls, however, have no uses other than totems, so making totems has essentially no drawback. Note that making shell crafts will never produce scepters.

Cloth and leather crafts tend to be very light, and can be more [[quality|valuable]] than stone crafts, but it takes more effort to produce cloth and leather than it does raw stone, and they can only be used to make amulets, earrings, and bracelets. Cloth and leather can also be used to make [[clothing]], which is as lightweight as most trade goods and, in some cases, is automatically produced in pairs.  

Wooden trade goods have low value, the same value as common, non-economic and non-[[obsidian]] stone, and cannot be traded to elves.  Unless you have a highly skilled [[wood crafter]] and a surplus of wood, making these is not generally useful.

Metal goods can be highly profitable, particularly those made from metals not suitable for making [[weapon]]s and [[armor]]; however, you may prefer to save metal for [[furniture]] instead, particularly to satisfy demands from [[noble]]s.

Green glass goods are as valuable as those made from [[flux]] stone, and clear glass goods are significantly more valuable.  However, glass goods are difficult to produce in large quantities due to the requirement of having to gather sand first; clear glass also requires [[pearlash]] (putting a strain on your [[wood]] supplies) and is equal in value to [[bronze]], and crystal glass production is further limited by what few rough [[rock crystal]]s you are able to locate and successfully mine out, though said goods are equal in value to those made of [[iron]] or [[silver]].