Elite: Dangerous/Material Trader

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Material Traders allow you to exchange materials and data to other types of materials and data, such as exchanging Iron to Zinc.

They have three types: Raw, Manufactured, and Data.

Material Trade Costs

Materials can be traded to go up grades, down grades, and across categories:

  • Going up one grade costs 6 for each grade, multiplicatively
  • Doing down one grade gives 3 for each grade, multiplicatively
  • Changing category costs 6, no matter how many categories you jump

Shown below is a table of trade costs and results.

In:Out Down 4 Down 3 Down 2 Down 1 Same Grade Up 1 Up 2 Up 3 Up 4
Same Category 1296:1* 216:1* 36:1 6:1 1:1 1:3 1:9 1:27 1:81
Different Category 7776:1* 1291:1* 216:1* 36:1 6:1 2:1 2:3 2:9 2:27

Trades marked with an asterisk are normally not possible, since materials have a storage cap of 100 per material.

In some cases, it may be possible to trade materials up grades despite this, since 2.4 has an overall material cap of 1000 for raw + manufactured and 500 for data.

Material Trader Types

Different material trader types offer different trading possibilities.

Raw

Manufactured

Chemical
Chemical Storage Units Chemical Processors Chemical Distillery Chemical Manipulators Pharmaceutical Isolators
Thermic
Tempered Alloys Heat Resistant Ceramics Precipitated Alloys Thermic Alloys Military Grade Alloys
Heat
Heat Conduction Wiring Heat Dispersion Plate Heat Exchangers Heat Vanes Proto Heat Radiators
Conductive
Basic Conductors Conductive Components Conductive Ceramics Conductive Polymers Biotech Conductors
Mechanical Components
Mechanical Scrap Mechanical Equipment Mechanical Components Configurable Components Improvised Components
Capacitors
Grid Resistors Hybrid Capacitors Electrochemical Arrays Polymer Capacitors Military Supercapacitors
Shielding
Worn Shield Emitters Shield Emitters Shielding Sensors Compound Shielding Imperial Shielding
Composite
Compact Composites Filament Composites High Density Composites Proprietary Composites Core Dynamics Composites
Crystals
Crystal Shards Flawed Focus Crystals Focus Crystals Refined Focus Crystals Exquisite Focus Crystals
Alloys
Salvaged Alloys Galvanising Alloys Phase Alloys Proto Light Alloys Proto Radiolic Alloys

Data