Before and after the patch
Star Citizen 4.10.2
One week on, 9 Oct to 15 Oct 2956, against the week before on 4.10.1.
A patch can move most prices at once. Here is what moved most in its first week: the Index, the best loops, prices and the routes to watch. Worked out from stored prices for a C2 Hercules (696 SCU) with 1,000,000 aUEC.
Read this special issue as a bookletThe Hermaion Index
Margins since the patch.
What a hauler makes on each SCU of cargo on the best trade runs right now. Higher means trading pays better; a fall means margins are thinning.
7,267aUEC per SCU
+400%Before the patch 1,452, up 400%.
How the Index is worked out
- Every run from one terminal to another in the same system, on the week's stored prices.
- Each worked out for a C2 Hercules (696 SCU) with 1,000,000 aUEC to spend, so stock and budget limit how much it can carry.
- For each commodity, only its best run counts, so one cargo cannot fill the list.
- The 10 most profitable of those make the Index.
- Their margins (sell price minus buy price, per SCU) are averaged, weighted by the SCU carried on each, so a rare cargo the budget buys little of barely moves it.
Read it like a stock index: one number for the state of the market, compared week on week.
The ten routes behind it
| Route | Cargo | Margin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baijini Point to Devlin Scrap & Salvage | Maze | 8,328 | 230,000 | 221,672 |
| Shubin Mining Facility SMCa-8 to Nyx Gateway | Quartz | 3,120 | 5,100 | 1,980 |
| Ashland to Chawla's Beach | LifeCure Medsticks | 574 | 1,400 | 826 |
| Shubin Mining Facility SAL-2 to Everus Harbor | Corundum | 2,508 | 3,900 | 1,392 |
| Ruin Station to Patch City | Silicon | 1,881 | 2,900 | 1,019 |
| Rustville to Shepherd's Rest | Organics | 9,257 | 14,000 | 4,743 |
| Starlight Service Station to Endgame | DynaFlex | 1,350 | 2,000 | 650 |
| Gaslight to Stanton Gateway | Distilled Spirits | 1,312 | 1,950 | 638 |
| Bueno Ravine to Endgame | Iron | 2,640 | 3,800 | 1,160 |
| Megumi Refueling to Dudley & Daughters | Aluminum | 2,584 | 3,800 | 1,216 |
Best loops
The best loops now.
Two and three stop round trips within one system, by profit per hour, on our own route engine.
- 01Baijini PointGrim HEXSeraphim StationBaijini Point
Maze, Human Food Bars, Ammonia
11,813,553 aUEC/h
58 min a loop, estimated
- 02Baijini PointCRU-L5 Beautiful Glen StationNyx GatewayBaijini Point
Maze, Scrap, Tin
11,234,017 aUEC/h
1 h 26 min a loop, estimated
- 03Baijini PointGrim HEXTerra GatewayBaijini Point
Maze, Human Food Bars, Hydrogen
9,136,371 aUEC/h
1 h 15 min a loop, estimated
- 04Shepherd's RestThe Golden RivieraRustvilleShepherd's Rest
Golden Medmon, Bioplastic, Organics
1,382,059 aUEC/h
47 min a loop, estimated
- 05Shepherd's RestRustvilleShepherd's Rest
Fresh Food, Organics
1,257,946 aUEC/h
34 min a loop, estimated
Before the patch
- 01Shepherd's RestThe Golden RivieraRustvilleShepherd's Rest
Golden Medmon, Bioplastic, Organics
1,244,187 aUEC/h
47 min a loop, estimated
- 02Shepherd's RestThe Golden RivieraStarlight Service StationShepherd's Rest
Golden Medmon, E'tam, Nitrogen
1,194,654 aUEC/h
41 min a loop, estimated
- 03MIC-L1 Shallow Frontier StationRayari Anvik Research OutpostMIC-L1 Shallow Frontier Station
Astatine, Nitrogen
1,123,006 aUEC/h
30 min a loop, estimated
Prices
What moved most.
The average aUEC per SCU players got across every terminal, the week after the patch against the week before. Our own daily record.
Up
- Gold26,636 to 27,579 aUEC+3.5%
- Riccite68,958 to 70,532 aUEC+2.3%
- Organics12,727 to 12,973 aUEC+1.9%
Down
- Corundum5,150 to 3,611 aUEC-30%
- Waste239 to 231 aUEC-3.3%
- Kopion Horn33,167 to 32,694 aUEC-1.4%
Routes to watch
A quiet week.
Hazard reports from our associates, on each route or near either end of it: interdictions, attacks and hostile ships. 0 reports in all, against 2 the week before.
A quiet week: no hazard reports on these routes.