Trade

Trade is a core system in Project Rebearth that allows players to buy and sell resources with each other. Through the trade menu, players can create their own orders or browse the global market to complete orders placed by others. Trade requires at least one trade building, either a Market or a Port, and all trades are subject to distance-based transport costs.

Overview

The trade system becomes available once a player constructs a Market or a Port. Both buildings grant access to the trade menu, which contains two sections: My Orders (for creating buy and sell orders) and Market (for browsing and completing other players' orders).

Every resource in the game can be traded. Prices are set by the players themselves when creating orders, and transport costs are calculated automatically based on the distance between the two settlements involved. The player who completes a trade from the Market tab pays the transport costs, while the player who created the order does not.

Two settlements belonging to the same player cannot trade with each other.

Trade Buildings

Trade storage determines how many resources a settlement can have listed on the market at once. The following buildings provide trade storage.

Building	Trade Storage	Cost	Workers	Rate	Notes
Market	1,000	500 biome + 100/50 off-biome	5	Coin: +1/day	Available in all biomes
Port	5,000	1,000 biome + 500 off-biome + 50 Tools	20	—	Coast only; -50% transport (does not stack, but extra Ports add trade storage)

Ships

Ships are placed on water near a Port or Dock and reduce transport costs on trades. Different ship types stack with each other, so building one of each provides a combined reduction. Ships also provide additional trade storage.

Ship	Transport Reduction	Cost	Drinks	Placement
Small Ship	-50%	1,000 Wood	-1/day	Within 100m of Port or Dock
Medium Ship	-25%	4,000 Wood, 10 Scrap	-5/day	Within 200m of Port or Dock
Large Ship	-10%	8,000 Wood, 100 Scrap	-10/day	Within 300m of Port or Dock

Docks can be built near a Port (within 20m) on water for 20 Wood, extending the placement range for ships.

Creating Orders

The My Orders section of the trade menu allows players to create buy or sell orders. When creating an order, the player selects a resource, chooses whether to buy or sell, sets the quantity, and sets the unit price.

Players can also restrict an order to alliance members only by enabling the "Only sell to alliance members" option. Orders created through My Orders do not incur transport costs for the creator; only the player who completes the order from the Market pays transport.

Completing Orders

The Market section shows all open orders from other players, split into Buy and Sell tabs. Selecting a resource displays a table of available orders, each showing the seller's settlement name (with a button to view that town), the quantity available, and a price breakdown with three columns: base (set by the seller), transport (based on distance), and total.

Orders are sorted by total price. Players can only complete trades starting from the cheapest available option. If the transport cost is high enough that the total price drops below zero, the order appears in red and cannot be completed. A strikethrough on the transport cost with a lower value beside it indicates that the buyer or seller has buildings or bonuses that reduce transport costs (such as a Port, ships, or a Trade Alliance).

Transport Costs

Transport costs are based on the distance between the two settlements in a trade. The farther apart they are, the higher the cost. Several buildings and policies reduce transport costs.

Source	Effect	Type
Port	-50% transport cost	Building (does not stack with additional Ports)
Small Ship	-50% transport cost	Building (stacks with other ship types)
Medium Ship	-25% transport cost	Building (stacks with other ship types)
Large Ship	-10% transport cost	Building (stacks with other ship types)
Trade Alliance	Export cost -10%, import cost -10%	Alliance type
Export Focus	Export cost -15%, import cost +20%	Choice
Import Focus	Import cost -15%, export cost +20%	Choice
Neutral Focus	No modifier	Choice (default)

Trade Focus

The Trade Focus choice group controls the balance between export and import costs. One option is always active, and switching has a 14-day lock period.

Choice	Export Cost	Import Cost
Export Focus	-15%	+20%
Neutral Focus (default)	No change	No change
Import Focus	+20%	-15%

Settlements that primarily sell resources benefit from Export Focus, while those that rely on importing should consider Import Focus. Neutral Focus is active by default and applies no modifiers in either direction.

Changelog

February 23, 2026

Balance Trade modifiers now stack additively: −10% + 20% = +10%, instead of the previous multiplicative calculation.

February 7, 2026

New Added trade events to notify players when someone fulfils their order.

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