Commodity Catalog and Tiers
The game has 32 commodities in four classes, and each has its own ports, prices, and ways to obtain it, so the table of initial orders helps you see where a commodity can be bought or sold at all.
Contents
What it is and why it matters
The catalog has 32 commodities: 10 ores, 11 refined materials, 8 components, and 3 kinds of electronics. A tier is a commodity's level in the catalog. It does not set the price, and recipe chains do not strictly follow tiers: for example, Basic Circuit is tier 1 but is assembled from Steel, which is tier 2.
Always check live prices with the deputy. The tables below show the initial orders of the port authorities in the starting world on November 6: price × volume. These are not current quotes.
Ores
| Commodity | Tier | Source | Initial bid | Initial ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Ore | 1 | Mining | Helios 8 × 120, Vega 14 × 160, Altair 20 × 220 | Helios 10 × 500, Vega 18 × 40, Altair 27 × 20 |
| Titanium Ore | 1 | Mining | Helios 24 × 40, Vega 36 × 160, Altair 48 × 90 | Helios 30 × 160, Vega 44 × 20, Altair 60 × 10 |
| Copper Ore | 1 | Mining | Helios 8 × 120 | — |
| Aluminium Ore | 1 | Mining | Helios 15 × 40 | — |
| Silicon Ore | 1 | Mining | Vega 11 × 80 | — |
| Chromium Ore | 1 | Mining | Vega 22 × 36 | — |
| Sulfur Ore | 1 | Mining | Vega 4 × 200 | — |
| Nickel Ore | 1 | Mining | Vega 14 × 48 | — |
| Lithium Ore | 1 | Mining | Altair 32 × 20 | — |
| Carbonaceous Ore | 1 | Mining | Altair 6 × 80 | — |
Refined materials
| Commodity | Tier | Source | Initial bid | Initial ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel | 2 | Market only | Helios 5 × 200, Vega 7 × 80, Altair 8 × 60 | Helios 6 × 400, Vega 8 × 180, Altair 11 × 80, Orion 14 × 20, Perseus 16 × 16 |
| Steel | 2 | Recipe | Helios 20 × 20, Vega 16 × 40, Altair 34 × 320 | Helios 28 × 20, Vega 20 × 220, Altair 42 × 16 |
| Refined Copper | 2 | Recipe | Helios 9 × 40, Orion 11 × 16 | — |
| Aluminium | 2 | Recipe | Helios 22 × 20 | — |
| Purified Silicon | 2 | Recipe | Vega 18 × 24 | — |
| Chromium Alloy | 2 | Recipe | Vega 32 × 16 | — |
| Industrial Chemicals | 2 | Recipe | Vega 8 × 40 | — |
| Refined Nickel | 2 | Recipe | Vega 20 × 20 | — |
| Titanium Alloy | 2 | Recipe | Vega 50 × 12 | — |
| Refined Lithium | 2 | Recipe | Altair 48 × 12, Perseus 50 × 8 | — |
| Industrial Carbon | 2 | Recipe | Altair 10 × 24 | — |
Components
| Commodity | Tier | Source | Initial bid | Initial ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Parts | 3 | Market only | Helios 36 × 400, Vega 32 × 400, Altair 18 × 40 | Helios 50 × 8, Vega 44 × 8, Altair 22 × 320 |
| Conductors | 2 | Recipe | Helios 16 × 24, Orion 18 × 12 | — |
| Lightweight Frames | 2 | Recipe | Helios 28 × 16 | — |
| Semiconductor Components | 2 | Recipe | Vega 30 × 16 | — |
| Energy Cells | 2 | Recipe | Altair 70 × 8, Perseus 74 × 6 | — |
| Battery Components | 2 | Recipe | Vega 26 × 16 | — |
| Structural Components | 2 | Recipe | Vega 24 × 16 | — |
| Mechanical Assembly | 3 | Recipe | Vega 40 × 8 | — |
Electronics
| Commodity | Tier | Source | Initial bid | Initial ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics | 3 | Market only | Helios 50 × 6, Vega 60 × 8, Altair 120 × 36 | Helios 80 × 40, Vega 90 × 8, Altair 150 × 6 |
| Basic Circuit | 1 | Recipe | Vega 20 × 24 | — |
| Logic Circuit | 2 | Recipe | Vega 48 × 12 | — |
How to use the catalog
- Pick a commodity and check where it comes from: mining, a recipe, or market only.
- Ask the deputy for the live orders.
- For mining, open the article on belts; for production, the one on recipe chains.
"Show me where Refined Copper is being bought right now and at what price."
Limitations and risks
- Port authorities sell only Iron Ore, Titanium Ore, Fuel, Steel, Electronics, and Machine Parts. For every other commodity, the port authority only buys. You can get those only from another company, if it has placed a sell order.
ElectronicsandMachine Partsare not produced by recipes: they are market-only commodities.Electronicsis not connected to the Basic Circuit → Logic Circuit chain; it has its own order book.- Fuel can be bought into the cargo hold like any other commodity, but it goes into the tank only during the departure calculation.
What's next
See the materials catalog and market search.
Checked against the game server code: 2026-11-06. Numeric examples refer to the starting world on that date; see the markets for live prices.