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The expanse server has several types of stations:
- Three primary trade stations in the belt (Pallas, Vesta, Tycho)
- Small waystations in the Trojan and Greek asteroid clusters
- Beratnas Gas stations throughout the system
- Specialized trade stations like Medina, Ganymede and the Belter Colony on Ilus
- Tech conversion Stations around Saturn
- Two King of the Hill (KOTH) stations on Ariel and Io
For info on custom SDX Items, click here.
Nations offer player-made trade opportunities to their citizens. Ask around in your nations comms channels.
To use NPC stations, you must create a faction and propose peace to the
CIVLfaction. Then dock your ship to the station (no trade mode needed), and head for the store blocks inside the station.
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Vesta is a good starter trade station to visit once you’ve started building up an outpost, but it can be dangerous.
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If you want to stay safe(r), check out the waystations in the Greek and Trojan asteroid clusters.
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Nation Headquarters serve as trade stations with some unique offers to the nation's citizens.
All NPC stations are traffic hotspots and prone to PvP outside the 'trade bubble' (20 km).
Keep your drive signature low, be on your toes and stick to the trade zone rules!
A stowaway may try to sneak onto your ship in a trade zone. They'll try to hijack your ship once you leave the no-PvP bubble or they may let you lead them to your base location. Kindly ask them to leave before they grind your cockpit or find your base. They'll have to comply while still in the trade zone.
¶ GPS Locations
GPS markers can be found here or by typing !gps in-game to get the GPS' of all the POI's.
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GPS:Pallas Station:-3296:-1727232:76613:#FFD88900:GPS:Tycho Hub:1400000:1000000:-50000:#FFD88900:GPS:Vesta Station:-1412860:986040:-49577:#FFD88900:GPS:Beratnas Gas Station Jupiter:-119500.8:-2955103.11:351258.18:#FF319652:GPS:Beratnas Gas Station Saturn:2290226.37:1817047.82:-195774.09:#FFD1D1D1:GPS:Beratnas Gas Station Uranus:-4106322.64:3003556.83:-69235.74:#FF319652:GPS:Greek Cluster Waystation:-1380846.75:-2582155.58:-302303.08:#FFD88900:GPS:Trojan Cluster Waystation:1420788.01:-2531349.34:404487.57:#FFD88900:GPS:Ganymede Botanical:-404041.3:-3093957.08:-285675.6:#FF319652:GPS:MCRN Free Rebel Fleet:3200000:2250000:35000:#FFD1D1D1:GPS:Scrap Yard:2750000:2435000:130000:#FFD1D1D1:GPS:Nagata Seteshang:3259875.71:1831304.16:-178321.65:#FFD1D1D1:GPS:Medina Station:15156.6:11584.25:2312.33:#FFF1A875:(behind the Sol Gate)
¶ Main Belt Trade Stations
The belt has three main trade stations spread out across it; Pallas, Tycho, and Vesta. You can buy and sell items at these stations. Each one is a little different in what they sell or buy, and they usually have different prices available. These stations are vital to progression. They also house Beratnas Gas stores where you can buy fuel cans to refuel your ship by placing them in the Extractor block.
All trade stations sell basic tech components, fuel, and early game ships. Do not sell to the bulk stores when starting out; they have worse prices. There are packages that can be crafted via the packager block or looted from NPCs, and they can be sold to all the major trade stations with a FedEx store or disassembled into ingots.
This surface installation buys packages, converts ores into ingots, and buys a large amount of diamonds per refresh.
Converting means selling a resource (e.g. iron ore) to one store, waiting for a bit, then buying back the processed resource (e.g. iron ingots) from the station.
GPS:Vesta Station:-1527126.94:1289103.69:-43375:#FFD6931E:
Commodity price list
| BUYS | Price |
|---|---|
| Cobalt Ore | 20 SC |
| Copper Ore | 45 SC |
| Diamond | 5,000 SC |
| Gold Ore | 65 SC |
| Graphite Ore | 3,650 SC |
| Iron Ore | 5 SC |
| Lead Ore | 120 SC |
| Lithium Ore | 1,215 SC |
| Magnesium Ore | 15 SC |
| Nickel Ore | 15 SC |
| Platinum Ore | 260 SC |
| Silicon Ore | 20 SC |
| Silver Ore | 65 SC |
| Titanium Ore | 130 SC |
| Tungsten Ore | 100 SC |
| Uranium Ore | 655 SC |
| Small Armaments | 60,000 SC |
| Heavy Armaments | 8,200,000 SC |
| Ammo Cache | 400,000 SC |
| Tool Pack | 1,700,000 SC |
| Stabilizer Module | 25,000,000 SC |
| Ice Box | 100,000 SC |
| Cobalt Ore (Bulk) | 2 SC |
| Copper Ore (Bulk) | 5 SC |
| Gold Ore (Bulk) | 7 SC |
| Iron Ore (Bulk) | 1 SC |
| Lead Ore (Bulk) | 12 SC |
| Magnesium Ore (Bulk) | 2 SC |
| Nickel Ore (Bulk) | 2 SC |
| Platinum Ore (Bulk) | 26 SC |
| Silicon Ore (Bulk) | 2 SC |
| Silver Ore (Bulk) | 7 SC |
| Stone (Bulk) | 1 SC |
| Titanium Ore (Bulk) | 13 SC |
| Tungsten Ore (Bulk) | 10 SC |
| Uranium Ore (Bulk) | 66 SC |
| SELLS | Price |
|---|---|
| Belter Components | 2,200,000 SC |
| Heavy Duty Motor | 100,000 SC |
| PDC Tracking System | 5,500,000 SC |
| Torpedo Guidance Chip | 1,650,000 SC |
| Fuel Tank | 200,000 SC |
| Jerry Can | 20,000 SC |
This surface installation buys ingots, packages and ice. The ice is converted into Ice Boxes and Water Tanks.
Any fuel station buys Ice Boxes, but Water Tanks can only be sold at Ganymede or Medina.
GPS:Pallas Station:-3513.63:-1724112.51:71698.76:#FFD6931E:
Commodity price list
| BUYS | Price |
|---|---|
| Copper Ingot | 330 SC |
| Diamond | 5,000 SC |
| Gold Ingot | 760 SC |
| Iron Ingot | 5 SC |
| Lead Ingot | 1,075 SC |
| Magnesium Powder | 780 SC |
| Nickel Ingot | 50 SC |
| Platinum Ingot | 11,185 SC |
| Silicon Wafer | 100 SC |
| Silver Ingot | 515 SC |
| Titanium Ingot | 5,435 SC |
| Tungsten Ingot | 935 SC |
| Uranium Ingot | 24,200 SC |
| Cobalt Ingot | 170 SC |
| Small Armaments | 60,000 SC |
| Heavy Armaments | 8,200,000 SC |
| Ammo Cache | 400,000 SC |
| Tool Pack | 1,700,000 SC |
| Stabilizer Module | 25,000,000 SC |
| Ice Box | 50,000 SC |
| Ice | 20 SC |
| SELLS | Price |
|---|---|
| Belter Components | 2,000,000 SC |
| Heavy Duty Motor | 100,000 SC |
| PDC Tracking System | 5,000,000 SC |
| Powerkit | 5,000 SC |
| Torpedo Guidance Chip | 1,250,000 SC |
| Turret Tracking Chip | 10,000,000 SC |
| Fuel Tank | 200,000 SC |
| Jerry Can | 20,000 SC |
| Ice Box | 50,000 SC |
| Water Tank | 50,000 SC |
This space station buys more packages than the other stations and will convert High Tech Scrap and Experimental Scrap into UBC and Experimental Components respectively. You can also find 4 stores run by players here; they are put on auction each month on the Discord.
Tycho has the largest selection of buyable ships available and the best prices among the 'Tycho Tech Stores' (found in Tycho, Pallas and Vesta).
GPS:Tycho Station:1531855:1285379:-34904:#FF75C9F1:
Commodity price list
| BUYS | Price |
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| Small Armaments | 60,000 SC |
| Heavy Armaments | 8,200,000 SC |
| Ammo Cache | 400,000 SC |
| Tool Pack | 1,700,000 SC |
| Stabilizer Module | 25,000,000 SC |
| Ice Box | 100,000 SC |
| High Tech (UBC) Scrap | 500,000 SC |
| Blackbox | 200,000,000 SC |
| SELLS | Price |
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| Belter Comp | 1,800,000 SC |
| Heavy Duty Motor | 100,000 SC |
| Lithium Powercell | 200,000 SC |
| PDC Tracking System | 4,500,000 SC |
| Torpedo Guidance Chip | 1,350,000 SC |
| Turret Tracking Chip | 9,500,000 SC |
| Fuel Can | 200,000 SC |
| Jerry Can | 20,000 SC |
| Upgraded Belter Comp (UBC) | 6,000,000 SC |
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| Vesta Station | Tycho Hub |
¶ Greek & Trojan Cluster Waystations
The Greek and Trojan asteroid clusters have small space stations that buy ore (but don’t refine it) and sell fuel and basic tech. There are no ships for sale here. Trojan and Greek clusters are very safe to spawn in, but they are far from the bigger trade stations, so their difficulty is higher.
The way stations — unlike other trade stations — are far away from the center of the instance they're in.
¶ Beratnas Gas Stations
These stations act as refueling points throughout the system. There are 3 of them, each near a point of interest (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus).
You can buy fuel cans from these stations. These also server as spawn points, which allow spawning without using a new start spawn. These stations rely on players to ship ice boxes to them so that they can continue to produce fuel.
These stations are NOT subject to Trade Zone rules such as requiring salvage claim.
¶ Tech conversion stations
These stations sit in the lower tiers of the FNVY-NPC territories around Saturn.
See Converting Tech for a better overview of where to convert what kind of tech scrap.
¶ MCRN Rebel Fleet
Will buy the MCRN component scrap salvaged from ships that are equipped with martian tech, and sell whole MCRN components. This station also trades for Inner Scrap/components.
This station is within spawn range of dangerous NPCs and is NOT subject to Trade Zone rules such as requiring salvage claim.
¶ UNN Scrap Yard
Will buy the UNN component scrap salvaged from ships that are equipped with earther tech, and sell whole UNN components. This station also trades for Inner Scrap/components.
This station is within spawn range of dangerous NPCs and is NOT subject to Trade Zone rules such as requiring salvage claim.
¶ OPA Nagata Seteshang
Will buy the advanced OPA component scrap salvaged from ships that are equipped with advanced OPA tech, and sell whole advanced OPA components. This station also trades for Inner Scrap/components.
This station is within spawn range of dangerous NPCs and is NOT subject to Trade Zone rules such as requiring salvage claim.
¶ Additional Stations
There are additional locations which you can trade at. These will usually be setup for specific types of trades.
For trade stations in the ring worlds of Jannah and Ilus, see their respective pages.
Medina Station, the former Mormon ark, now serves as humanity's outpost in the ring space. Medina has a variety of stores and offers high payouts to those willing to ship goods the long distance. It also houses a unique store, The Gift Shop, where players can buy high value collectable items.
Right next to it, there's a Refinery Barge that converts Lithium Ore mined on Ilus into Lithium Cells used for Tycho Batteries.
The ring space is a no PvP area as per the trade zone rules, but be mindful of which nation owns the Ariel Comms Array when planning to go here.
A surface installation on the jovian moon, which pays well for those willing to transport goods to resupply the station. Main trade goods are ice boxes and water tanks.
Ganymede is deep in TIH-NPC territory, so you need a fast armed hauler, an escort or a ship below 5,500 PCU.
¶ Trade opportunity overview
Got something to add to the list? Post it in the wiki-adjustments-channel on the discord!
¶ Early game NPC trade
- Mine Ores > sell them to Vesta (optional: buy back ingots) or the Waystations in Greek and Trojan
- Mine Ores, refine them > sell ingots to Pallas (do not combine this with Vesta refining, it's not worth the trip)
- Hunt TTU or other NPCs and grind them down > disassemble Components > sell Ingots to Pallas, Black Boxes to any FedEx Store or Security Office
- Mine Ice > convert to Ice Boxes at Pallas > Deliver to any Beratnas Gas Stores (converts it to Fuel Cans)
¶ Mid-to-End game NPC trade
These are time consuming and somewhat dangerous
¶ The Ice Run:
- Fill your hauler (the bigger the better) to about 50% with Ice
- Go to Pallas, convert it all to Ice Boxes and Water Tanks (equal parts!)
- Sell Ice Boxes and Water Tanks to Medina Station and buy back Raw Materials
- Sell Raw Materials to your Nation Headquarters
¶ Packages:
- Craft Packages in a Packager Block (counts as Assembler for block limits)
- Sell to any FedEx Store (the Belter Colony on Ilus pays the best prices)
¶ Lithium Import
- Mine Lithium Ore on Ilus (using Static Drills)
- Lift it off the planet (very heavy stuff, you'll need a specialized ship)
- Sell at Vesta (best price), the Barbapiccola above Ilus or the Refinery Barge next to Medina Station (refines into Lithium Cells).
Getting the best prices means passing the Sol Gate into ring space. Depending on which nation owns the Ariel Koth (and therefore has Radar coverage around the gate), this can be very risky due to surprise PvP.
¶ Player-to-player trading
- Tycho Hub has 4 player stores that can be rented for 30 days, allowing you to trade anything with all players from within a safe zone. Check the discord.
- Hunting can get you large amounts of vanilla Components, so there's very little interest in buying them. Exception: Reactor Components.
- All Tech is highly sought after by PvP players.
- Ask your nation (if any) for player-made trade opportunities.