The diamond, gold, and niobium runs are the best. Average about 140,000 profit (not sales, but profit) but these cargos atract the most raider attention. BIG GUNS

It must be the Cardamine talking

My favorite trading loop is one that runs from the outer edge of Kusari to the lower reach of Liberty. It is a loop, so you can jump into it from almost anyplace you are in Sirus:

Planet Manhattan > Luxury Consumer Goods > Planet Honshu
Planet Honshu > Engine Components > Freeport 4 Magellan
Freeport 4 Magellan > H-fuel > San Diego Border
San Diego Border > deadhead empty > Planet Los Angeles
Planet Los Angeles > Gold > Manhattan

Here is the sweet part. That loop will earn you 2,121 credits profit per unit of cargo. Flying a Rino - you will make almost $170,000 per trip. In a Dromedary - can you use more than $583K?

It goes through fairly safe country, and doesn't really take all that long to fly.

I got one that is a little better profit -2182 per unit per round trip- and a little shorter.

Buy diamonds @ New Berlin, sell @New Tokyo. Buy Niobium @ New Tokyo, sell @ The Ring. Then do it again, do it again, do it again...

"On this ship you are to refer to me as Idiot, not you Captain. I mean... you know what I mean."

1) Luxury Goods - Manhattan to Hawaii
2) Engine Parts - Honshu to Malta
3) Alien Organisms - Ruiz to California Minor

This is a profit of 1.1 million per trip, comrades. If you can find a better one, I would be most impressed. For an extra profit with a short trip you could stop by Magellan after California and bring Cardimine back to Manhattan.

High Treason! Now there is a two ended club. It all depends on which end you have hold of.

This is a very helpful topic! I made 400k today in my Titan.

"Mega T,Mega Ta,Mega Tor,Mega Too every time I click it's $9.95 to you!" -Dana Carvey

Giving away my little secret here...oh well....

1) Gold from Battleship Hood (Dublin - IMG) to Tripoli Shipyard (Omicron Gamma - Corsairs). 5 system jumps.
Profit/unit : $1207

2) H-Fuel from Tripoli Shipyard (Omicron Gamma - Corsairs) to Cadiz Base (Omega 5 - Corsairs). 2 system jumps.
Profit/unit : $78

3) Artifacts from Cadiz Base (Omega 5 - Corsairs) to Planet New London (New London - Bretonian Police) 2 system jumps.
Profit/unit : $1012

4) Consumer goods from Planet New London (New London - Bretonian Police) to Battleship Hood (Dublin - IMG) 1 system jump.
Profit/unit : $170

Time taken for round trip : Approx 25-30 minutes (trade lane disruption, docking queues etc affect this).
Total Proft/unit : $2467

Repairs to the ship will have to be made following the 2 trips through Omega 41. (Total repair cost in a dromedary is approx $4900)

Profit per ship
Dromedary : $678425
Humpback : $616750 (add more time to the run due to poor maneuverability when docking)
Drone : $431725
Clydesdale : $308375
Mule : $222030
Rhino : $197360

And the best thing?
The human pirates go for the glitz and glam of the diamond run. The gold run (thus far) has been pretty much untouched.

Though the one time someone attempted to pirate me outside of cadiz, i docked, loaded up my PKK character, and gave them a fright

This is my most hassle-free (for me anyway) and circular route. I have a few more up my sleeve in case this one gets watched by pirates, but those i'll keep to myself for now

With this run, and 3 long slow nights, i shot from lvl 29 to 52.

Just my $0.02, but it could just be the cardamine talking.
Nil Mortifi Sine Lucre
aka Shaman - gameArena Server

I've been experimenting with my Drome at different areas and came up with a few nice runs. This one gets 1.289 million credits. I haven't timed the run myself but once you get past the first run the rest goes quickly.

All my figures are for the dromedary.

Luxury Consumer Goods from Planet Manhatten to Ainu Depot (hokkaido) gets about 346,500 profit

Make your way from Ainu Depot to Planet New Tokyo to buy some Engine Components, take that to Malta for 309,375 profit

Cardamine from Malta to New Berlin for 288,475 profit

Diamonds from Planet New Berlin to New Tokyo for 344,850 profit.


Once I'm there I just start back over except I skip the first step, I find it may not be lucrative enough to make your way back to New York, it's just too long of a run. The last 3 steps alone make 942,700 credits minus whatever you need for repairs from the radiation, which I usually pay for every two or three runs. You also may run into Volitile Gases in Sigma 13 depending if you want to take a shortcut or not. So a good shield and a friendly reputation with most everybody is a must for this.

Compiled this myself a few rainy days back:

Trade Route 1:

Lux-goods: Manhattan (New York) -> Ainu Depot (Hokkaido)
Cardamine: Ainu Depot (Hokkaido) -> Rappongi Station (New Tokyo)
Engine Comp: Planet New Tokyo (New Tokyo) -> Planet Malta (O. Alpha)
Alien Org: Ruiz (O. Beta) -> Cambridge Research Station (Cambridge)
Lux Food: Planet Cambridge (Cambridge) -> Planet Manhattan (New York)

Factions needed: Liberty Police/Navy, GC, Kusari Police/Navy, Outcasts, Bretonia Police/Navy, Cryer

Factions suggested: Corsairs

Estimated time: 90 minutes

Payout: ~1260k




Trade Route 2:

Small Arms: Detroit Munitions (New York) -> Montezuma Base (Cortez)
Cardamine: Mactan Base (Magellan) -> Manhattan (New York)

Factions needed: Ageira, Rogues, Hackers

Factions suggested: Outcasts

Estimated time: 45 minutes

Payout: ~312k




Trade Route 3:

Gold: Arranmore (Dublin) -> Tripoli (O. Gamma)
Artifacts: Leon Base (Omega 41) -> Luxury Liner Hawaii (Sigma 19)
H-fuel: Gas Miner Ogashawa (Sigma 19) -> Cadiz Base (Omega 41)
Diamonds: Ronneburg Base (Omega 5) -> Planet Leeds (Leeds)

Factions needed: Mollys, Corsairs, Spa & Cruise, GMG, Red Hessians, Bretonian Police

Factions suggested: none

Estimated time: Unknown

Payoff: ~768k




Trade Route 4:

Gate/Lane Parts: Trenton Outpost (New York) -> Tau-31 Gate Site (Tau 23)
Niobium: Holman Outpost (Tau 31) -> Kensington Shipping Platform (New London)
Cardamine: Trafalgar Base (New London) -> Planet Manhattan (New York)

Factions needed: Universal Shipping, BMM, IMG, Gateway, Junkers, Liberty Police

Factions suggested: Bretonian Police

Estimated time: Unknown

Payoff: ~597k




Trade Route 5:

Diamonds: Vogtland Base (Desden) -> Planet New Tokyo (New Tokyo)
Niomium: Planet Kyushu (Kyushu) -> Leipzig Station (Dresden)

Factions needed: Red Hessians, Kusari Police, Daumann

Factions suggested: none

Estimated time: Unknown

Payout: ~637.5k




Trade Route 6:

Engine Comp: Freiburg Station (Stuttgart) -> Freistadt Outpost (Omega 7)
Silver: Freistadt Station (omega 7) -> Freigburg Station (Stuttgart)

Factions needed: IMG, Republican Shipping
Factions suggested: Corsairs, Red Hessians

Estimated time: 6 minutes

Payout: ~147.5k




Trade Route 7:

Optronics: Planet Honshu (Honshu) -> Planet Cambridge (Cambridge)
Lux Food: Planet Cambridge (Cambridge) -> Planet Manhattan (New York)
Lux-goods: Planet Manhattan (New York) -> Ainu Depot (Hokkaido)

Factions Needed: Bretonian Police,Kusari Police

Estimated time: Unknown

Payoff: ~872k




Trade Route 8:

Gold: Arranmore Base (Dublin) -> Tripoli Shipyard (O. Gamma)
Alien Org: Ruiz Base (O. Beta) -> Cambridge Research Station (Cambridge)

Factions needed: Mollys, Corsairs, Outcasts, Cryer, Bretonian Police

Factions suggested: none

Estimated time: 40 minutes

Payoff: ~789k




Trade Route 9:

Super Alloy: Pueblo Station (Colorado) -> Oder Shipyard (New Berlin)
Diamonds: Kreuzberg Depot (New Berlin) -> Planet Manhattan (New York)

Factions needed: Junkers, Aegiera, Liberty Police/Navy, Rheinland Military

Factions suggested: none

Estimated time: 30 minutes

Payout: ~364k




Trade Route 10:

Beryllium: Cardiff Mining Facility (Cambridge) -> The Ring (New Berlin)
Engine Comp: The Ring (New Berlin) -> Arranmore Base (Dublin)
Gold: Arranmore Base (Dublin) -> Planet Cambridge (Cabridge)

Factions needed: Mollys, Rheinland Military, Daumann, Bretonia Police

Factions suggested: none

Estimated time: Unknown

Payout: ~651k

Sorry, forgot to put there that all payouts are in a standard 250 pk. load (Humpback).

I know this is gonna be a huge file, and it's gonna take forever for you people with dial-up connections, but please give it the once over, and maybe even use. The colors and routes correspond to the info I gave up above. All arwork is original, though inspired it may be.

This route IS ILLEGAL, according to police and navy. Don't get caught. If you are, then dock with the nearest trade lane immediately, and pray to god that they're out of comm's range by the time they make their threat.

Also, you must be nuetral with Rheinland Police and Junkers to pull this off. It helps if you're nuetral with Hessians, too.



1. Buy Engine Components on Planet New Berlin, New Berlin, or The Ring, New Berlin.
2. Dock with the trade lane leading south.
3. 1/3 of the way through the trade lane, disrupt it, by using he "esc" key.
4. The Sigma 13 jump hole is nearby; dock with it.
5. Head for Yanagi Depot, then dock with it.
6. Sell the Engine Components, and buy either Artifacts, or Cardamine.
7+. Take same route back to either Planet New Berlin, or The Ring.

How do you Lads think about.
Arranmore-buy Gold,Sell at Berlin.
Go to Dresden -buy Diamonds.sell at Tokyo.
At Toyko buy Optronics,
Sell at Leeds.
A Wee point for those who are just starting.
Find where you can loot and then go for the Clydesdale Freighter.
All the best.
Heretic