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I've read the wiki, dozens of Steam forum and Reddit threads but nothing answers questions about trading I have:

  1. Do I have to wait for a trading request or can I force other bases to trade with me by just visiting them with a caravan?
  2. If so, can I launch caravan in the pod on them directly or do I have to send it in the neighbour tile?
  3. And after that can I add stuff to my caravan using pods while caravan is at the tile it's trading with?
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You should definitely keep sending trade caravans to other factions, as this really allows you to keep up a good economy. You don't need to wait for a request.

Sending caravans out from your home, instead of just waiting for other tribes to come to you, helps keep up fluid commerce ... It's also cheaper than requesting traders at the comms console.

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Sending transport pods can be directed at any tile you like. Sending it to a tile which has your caravan will add the resources to their stock. Sending it to a faction tile will prompt you to land it at the edge or the center.

Pods can either be launched at a tile (including tiles owned by a faction), or at a caravan. Selecting a faction base prompts to drop at the edge or drop at the center, whereas selecting a caravan allows you to add the contents of the pod to the target caravan. Selecting a tile not occupied by a faction base will immediately launch the pod group.

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Be careful with the landing site, as the pods can go through roofs; while they don't deal any damage directly, the collapsing roof can damage nearby items.

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  • Again the second part is about cases when I drop onto my caravan and when I drop onto a camp, but not about when I drop onto my caravan that is visiting a camp. The map of camp tile will be opened only if I'm ambushing them, right? Then the dialog of where do I want to land would make sense. But I don't want to ambush, I want to trade.
    – Nakilon
    Commented Nov 22, 2019 at 15:41
  • Also: "Sending caravans out from your home helps keep up fluid commerce" -- when I init a trade they will have some limit of silver, right? Will this limit reset when I init another trade imediately? These processes are badly documented.
    – Nakilon
    Commented Nov 22, 2019 at 17:31
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    @Nakilon for your first comment, I can't say for sure. I would assume the resources get added to the caravan that is visiting the camp you are targeting. For your second comment: no, it will not reset immediately. I've seen sources claiming they "reset" once every season, but I have not confirmed this myself.
    – Ivo Coumans
    Commented Nov 25, 2019 at 8:44

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