Trader techniques

Improve these techniques to unlock better trader equipment, weapons and ships.

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9 июля 2026 г. в 00:56 UTC · Researches

What Trader techniques Does

Trader techniques is a core main research. Improve these techniques to unlock better trader equipment, weapons and ships.

Why It Matters

Trader techniques matters because it is checked by item unlocks. When an item row lists this research, your research level must meet that requirement in addition to the player level requirement.

Linked unlocks include Electromagnetic bomb, Uranium extractor, Crystalizor, Upgraded crystalizor, Upgraded reactor overcharge, Reactor overcharge, Collecting drone, Upgraded collecting drone, Extra container, and Secure containers.

Progression Table

This table lists every research level currently reachable before the player-level requirement passes level 75. Time is shown as DDd HH:MM:SS when it lasts at least one day, or HH:MM:SS below one day.

Research level	Player level required	Research time	Uranium cost
1	5	00:00:06	50
2	6	00:00:10	80
3	7	00:00:14	110
4	8	00:00:18	142
5	9	00:00:22	176
6	10	00:00:26	215
7	11	00:00:30	263
8	12	00:00:34	325
9	13	00:00:38	408
10	14	00:00:43	520
11	15	00:00:48	672
12	16	00:00:54	877
13	17	00:01:00	1,152
14	18	00:01:09	1,515
15	19	00:01:19	1,988
16	20	00:01:33	2,597
17	21	00:01:51	3,369
18	22	00:02:15	4,339
19	23	00:02:47	5,542
20	24	00:03:30	7,020
21	25	00:04:26	8,818
22	26	00:05:39	10,987
23	27	00:07:14	13,582
24	28	00:09:17	16,665
25	29	00:11:52	20,301
26	30	00:15:09	24,562
27	31	00:19:16	29,527
28	32	00:24:23	35,280
29	33	00:30:43	41,912
30	34	00:38:29	49,520
31	35	00:47:57	58,208
32	36	00:59:26	68,088
33	37	01:13:16	79,280
34	38	01:29:50	91,910
35	39	01:49:36	106,113
36	40	02:13:02	122,032
37	41	02:40:43	139,817
38	42	03:13:16	159,630
39	43	03:51:21	181,638
40	44	04:35:46	206,020
41	45	05:27:21	232,962
42	46	06:27:04	262,662
43	47	07:35:56	295,326
44	48	08:55:06	331,172
45	49	10:25:49	370,426
46	50	12:09:28	413,325
47	51	14:07:32	460,120
48	52	16:21:41	511,067
49	53	18:53:40	566,440
50	54	21:45:27	626,520
51	55	1d 00:59:07	691,600
52	56	1d 04:36:57	761,988
53	57	1d 08:41:25	838,001
54	58	1d 13:15:11	919,970
55	59	1d 18:21:06	1,008,238
56	60	2d 00:02:15	1,103,163
57	61	2d 06:22:00	1,205,114
58	62	2d 13:23:52	1,314,473
59	63	2d 21:11:43	1,431,638
60	64	3d 05:49:38	1,557,020
61	65	3d 15:22:00	1,691,042
62	66	4d 01:53:31	1,834,145
63	67	4d 13:29:12	1,986,783
64	68	5d 02:14:23	2,149,423
65	69	5d 16:14:45	2,322,551
66	70	6d 07:36:22	2,506,665
67	71	7d 00:25:41	2,702,280
68	72	7d 18:49:33	2,909,927
69	73	8d 14:55:13	3,130,152
70	74	9d 12:50:25	3,363,520
71	75	10d 12:43:18	3,610,608

Unlock Table

Use this table to see which item families depend on this research.

Category	Article	Item levels	Required research levels
Weapons	Electromagnetic bomb	12–72	7–67
Weapons	Uranium extractor	16–71	11–66
Weapons	Crystalizor	39–74	34–69
Weapons	Upgraded crystalizor	39–74	34–69
Shields	Upgraded reactor overcharge	8–74	3–69
Shields	Reactor overcharge	9–74	4–69
Shields	Collecting drone	18–68	13–63
Shields	Upgraded collecting drone	18–68	13–63
Shields	Extra container	21–71	16–66
Shields	Secure containers	50–75	45–70

How to Plan This Research

Trader techniques is most valuable after you commit to the matching ship class path. Upgrade it when it unlocks a weapon, shield, or equipment family that your current build will actually use. If your active loadout follows another class, this can wait.

FAQ

Should I always research the next level?

Not always. Start the next level when it unlocks something useful, improves your current activity, or solves a clear limitation. Otherwise, another research may give faster progress.

Why does the table stop where it does?

The table stops when the next research level would require a player level above 75.

Good next pages: Researches, Weapons, and Shields.