Economy & Trading

Dunce Hustle uses a layered pricing model: good-specific traits, location economics, daily volatility, and intraday buy/sell pressure.

Goods

Good	Base Price	Cheap Locations	Expensive Locations	Volatility
Ganja	500	Eccles, Agricola	Bel Air, Ogle	0.25
Coke	3,500	Albouystown, Charlestown	Bel Air, Bourda	0.40
Molly	1,200	Stabroek, Agricola	Bel Air, Ogle	0.35
Crack	800	Albouystown, Charlestown	Bourda, Stabroek	0.50
Acid	2,000	Eccles, Agricola	Bel Air, Ogle	0.30
Shrooms	900	Eccles, Agricola	Bourda, Bel Air	0.20

Core Daily Price Formula

Daily base prices for each location are initialized as:

priceMultiplier = (zoneBias ± volatilityRoll) * locationMultiplier
price = round(good.basePrice * priceMultiplier)

Where:

• zoneBias is:
  • 0.7 in a good’s cheap location
  • 1.4 in a good’s expensive location
  • 1.0 otherwise
• volatilityRoll is random in range [-good.volatility, +good.volatility]
• locationMultiplier comes from neighborhood economics

Location Multipliers

Location	Multiplier	Typical Use
Bel Air	1.30	Premium sell zone
Ogle	1.20	Strong sell zone
Bourda	1.10	Good sell zone
Stabroek	1.00	Neutral
Agricola	0.90	Value buying zone
Eccles	0.85	Value buying zone
Albouystown	0.80	Deep discount buying
Charlestown	0.75	Deep discount buying

Intraday Price Movement

After day start, each trade nudges price:

• Buy pressure: currentPrice * (1 + quantity * 0.005)
• Sell pressure: currentPrice * (1 - quantity * 0.003)

Prices are clamped to:

• Minimum: 50% of that row’s daily base price
• Maximum: 300% of that row’s daily base price

This creates temporary spikes and dips you can exploit.

Quick Profit Example

Assume Coke base price 3,500.

• In a cheap zone (0.7 bias) with low location multiplier and mild negative volatility, you might buy near ~2,100–2,400.
• In Bel Air/Bourda with favorable volatility and multiplier, sell could land around ~4,000+.

If you buy 100 units at 2,300 and sell at 4,100:

gross profit = (4,100 - 2,300) * 100 = 180,000

Then subtract travel costs, event losses, and banking fees to get net cycle profit.

Practical Trading Rules

• Best raw margins usually come from cheap-zone to premium-zone routes.
• Liquidity matters: big stacks can trap you if energy is low.
• Don’t ignore pressure: your own large buys can make later fills worse.
• Inventory capacity is a bottleneck: optimize value per slot.
• Daily reset changes everything: yesterday’s route may be mediocre today.

Net Worth Interaction

Trading shifts where value sits:

• Buy converts cash into inventory value.
• Sell converts inventory value back into cash.

Your rank improves when you realize favorable spreads faster than rivals and protect gains from losses.