Trading vessels will pass within comms range, and remain there temporarily. Orbital Traders don’t appear physically in your colony. All items you purchase will appear in the location where the trader stood when the trading was completed.Ĭolonists with higher social skills will negotiate lower buying prices and higher selling prices for everything but the commodities (0.5% per social skill point). A trade window will pop-up, displaying all items located within the colony’s stockpiles. To initiate a trade with them, select a colonist with high social skills and right click the yellow question mark icon that appears above their head. When a visitor or trade caravan shows up at your colony, you will receive a notification. Caravans have a good but still limited assortment of items.

Trade caravans are larger groups that carry packs of goods in muffaloes or dromedaries. If they do, they often have very few items and silver. Visitors are small groups that will randomly visit your colony and may or may not carry items to trade. How to trade with Visitors and Trade Caravans The first thing you need to know about how to trade in RimWorld is that it can happen in two ways: Luckily, RimWorld has a trade system that helps you get the resources you need to expand your colony. Gathering resources can be difficult sometimes.