Editing 40d:Trade depot

Building a trade depot will allow you the opportunity to trade with caravans that arrive at your fortress. Each of the three friendly races will send a caravan once per year, however they will not arrive unless your region is marked as accessible by them. Dwarves will always arrive regardless of location, however.

Human wagons on top of the regular mules will arrive if there is a minimum 3-wide path from your depot to an map edge. You do not need to have a road, but you will need to {{K|d}}esignate {{K|s}}moothing and {{K|t}}ree-cutting along the path.  Use {{K|D}} to verify that there is a wagon accessible path to the depot.

A broker is not required but is preferable for getting better deals. To toggle wheter anyone can trade or just the broker is done with {{K|b}}. 
{{K|r}}equesting a trader at the trade depot will queue a job on the traders list. A higher level of brokerage will give you greater returns, so if you're dependent on trade it's recommended to keep one dwarf as broker and level up his appraisal skill as high as possible.

== Dwarves ==

The dwarves have no issues with hours and hours of bargaining until you get the trade just right. Occasionally, they'll make counter-offers for you to consider.

The merchant will meet with your liaison and discuss what you would like to buy next year, as well as suggest things to sell. You may buy from the dwarves pretty much anything you could have brought with you during setup, except for pets.

== Elves ==

Elves bring you wood and plant items, as well as caged tame pets. However, they will not accept wooden or wood-derived items in exchange.

In addition to the previous restrictions on no dead things, apparently you have a limited number of attempts at a trade they like (my novice broker had three or four) or they'll just pack up and leave.  Apparently a pile of stone crafts was not enough to buy all their seeds off of them (message: "I can't let you end up with ALL of that").

It is presumed that this happens with other races as well and that how many attempts you get is influenced by your Comedy/Negotiate/Intimidate/Etc. skills of your broker.{{verify}}
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+Building a trade depot will allow you the opportunity to trade with caravans that arrive at your fortress. Each of the three friendly races will send a caravan once per year, however they will not arrive unless your region is marked as accessible by them. Dwarves will always arrive regardless of location, however.
-{{Building|name=Trade depot|key=D
-|job=
-[[Broker]] noble (optional)
-|construction=
-* 3 [[Building material]]s (non-[[economic]])
-|construction_job=
-* [[Architecture]]
-* and 1 of:
-** [[Metalsmithing]]
-** [[Masonry]]
-** [[Carpentry]]
-|purpose=
-Trade goods with merchants.
-}}{{av}}
-A '''Trade Depot''' allows you to trade with caravans that arrive at your fortress. Trade depots can be created from almost any material, and construction requires the [[Architecture]] skill along with the appropriate craft labor ([[Carpentry]], [[Masonry]], or [[Metalsmithing]]).  There must be at least 10 spaces between the Depot and the edge of the map.
+Human wagons on top of the regular mules will arrive if there is a minimum 3-wide path from your depot to an map edge. You do not need to have a road, but you will need to {{K|d}}esignate {{K|s}}moothing and {{K|t}}ree-cutting along the path.  Use {{K|D}} to verify that there is a wagon accessible path to the depot.
-Hit {{K|q}} to bring up the building interaction mode, and then move your cursor over the Trade Depot to gain access to the following options.
+A broker is not required but is preferable for getting better deals. To toggle wheter anyone can trade or just the broker is done with {{K|b}}.
+{{K|r}}equesting a trader at the trade depot will queue a job on the traders list. A higher level of brokerage will give you greater returns, so if you're dependent on trade it's recommended to keep one dwarf as broker and level up his appraisal skill as high as possible.
-=== Move Goods to/from Depot ===
+== Dwarves ==
-{{K|g}}: This command becomes active when a caravan arrives on your map.  This screen menu is similar to the [[stock]]s menu ({{K|z}} - Stocks).  This is where you select what items you want to trade with the caravan.  If you have particular items you want to sell to the caravan, you can {{K|s}}earch for it.  This is convenient if you want to export all your prepared meals or finished goods. Also shown is the culling on {{K|m}}andate option.  The move to depot screen will not show things that violate an export [[mandate]].  By pressing {{K|m}}, it will change to Ignoring {{K|m}}andates, and you can select banned items for export. For example, if your [[mayor]] has a mandate banning the export of iron, this screen will hide bins that contain iron items.  By changing this option, all iron items will be shown.<br/> <br/>After selecting items and exiting the screen, [[jobs]] will be queued to move the items to the depot.  All dwarves, regardless of [[labor]] settings, can move goods to the depot. Items that have not been moved will show [PENDING], while those that have been brought to the depot and are ready for trade and will be marked as [TRADING].  <br/><br/>Items selected for trading will remain at the depot until the caravan leaves. Alternatively you can select the item again. Once no longer required at the depot, items will be available for use or hauling to stockpiles as normal.  If you don't want all the items to be returned to their stockpiles, you can optionally {{K|f}}orbid them by looking at the i{{K|t}}ems [[Controls_guide#View_items_in_buildings.2C_t|command]] in the depot.
-=== No trader needed at depot or Trader requested at depot ===
+The dwarves have no issues with hours and hours of bargaining until you get the trade just right. Occasionally, they'll make counter-offers for you to consider.
-{{K|r}}: This requests a dwarf to come to the depot. To conduct trades with caravans, a trader must be present at the Trade Depot.  Once requested, a dwarf will make their way to the depot, and remain there until released with this setting, or the dwarf decides to drink, sleep, or eat.
-=== Only broker may trade or Anyone may trade ===
+The merchant will meet with your liaison and discuss what you would like to buy next year, as well as suggest things to sell. You may buy from the dwarves pretty much anything you could have brought with you during setup, except for pets.
-{{K|b}}: This setting determines who will perform the trade.  If '''Only broker may trade''' is active, then only the [[Broker]] [[noble]] will respond to the trader request.  This can become a problem when the broker is sleeping or otherwise occupied, but dwarves with low [[Broker skills]] will receive poorer deals when trading.
-=== Trade ===
+== Elves ==
-{{K|t}}: This option becomes available once the caravan and your trader are both at the depot. It begins trading. If the caravan has not finished unloading all their goods yet, you will get a message telling you this, and you will have to wait a little longer, then you can try again.
-{{Buildings}}
+Elves bring you wood and plant items, as well as caged tame pets. However, they will not accept wooden or wood-derived items in exchange.
+In addition to the previous restrictions on no dead things, apparently you have a limited number of attempts at a trade they like (my novice broker had three or four) or they'll just pack up and leave.  Apparently a pile of stone crafts was not enough to buy all their seeds off of them (message: "I can't let you end up with ALL of that").
+It is presumed that this happens with other races as well and that how many attempts you get is influenced by your Comedy/Negotiate/Intimidate/Etc. skills of your broker.{{verify}}