Dorgesh-Kaan market trading

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The busy marketplace of the Dorgeshuun.

Dorgesh-Kaan market trading is an activity that can be played at the market of Dorgesh-Kaan. It revolves around selling "exotic" surface foods to Dorgeshuun gourmets for a certain price, with some foods being more or less desired than others. If executed well, a significant amount of money may be earnt this way. Completion of Death to the Dorgeshuun is required to access the market.

Starting out

Before being able to sell foods, you will need to get permission first. This is done by speaking to Lurgon, owner of Dorgesh-Kaan General Supplies - he can be found wandering around the middle of the market. He will explain the basics of trading and inform you that you will need permission from the Dorgeshuun Council first, with a certain (random) councillor in charge of the marketplace. Find this councillor and ask for permission, which you are granted instantly. Return to Lurgon - you will now be able to sell food to the goblins.

Councillor	Location	Minimap
Ur-lun	In the south-east of the city, along with Ur-pel.
Ur-meg	In her house west of the market, south of Barlak's shop.
Ur-pel	In the south-east of the city, along with Ur-lun.
Ur-taal	In the north-west of the city, by the large pond and outside Oldak's laboratory, along with Ur-zek.
Ur-tag	East of the council's meeting room in the north-east of the city, on the first floor.
Ur-vass	Slightly north-east of the market, east of the fountains.
Ur-zek	In the north-west of the city, by the large pond and outside Oldak's laboratory, along with Ur-taal.

Overview

Trading with a gourmet. Note Lurgon, with top hat, in the background.

As a result of the established connection to the surface, many goblins have got a crave for tasting exotic human food. There are four differently dressed gourmets wandering around the market, to whom you are able sell your food. Simply use a piece of food on them and name your price. If your price is too high, however, the gourmet will not buy anything since the food will be too expensive for them; likewise, if the price is too low, the goblin will think the food is of poor quality and not buy it either. If the gourmet agrees with the price, they will offer to buy a certain amount of food (usually up to five pieces depending on whether the price was on the low or high end) and you may agree to sell or decline. If you don't have the amount of food the gourmet desires, you may still sell what you have. Moreover, it is not required to stick with the gourmet's wish - you may sell less if you want to. After completing a transaction with one of the gourmets, you must trade with a different one next - the gourmets will not want to buy from you twice in a row.

Offering a suitable price is tricky. You may use the food on Lurgon to get a rough estimate of the price that the food goes for, along with some advice (see the last section for these prices). This price is usually higher than its high level alchemy value, but it depends on popularity as well. You may deviate from the suggested price, but not too much. As a rule of thumb, the foods will generally sell best for slightly above Lurgon's price if the gourmet liked its look or smell.

When determining your price, the gourmet's reaction to the food must be taken into account as well. If they react positively, they will be willing to pay more. However, if they don't like the look of the food, they will not pay as much and it may be a good idea to try selling to a different gourmet, preferably the one with the most positive response. Additionally, it's important to sell a variety of food types; the novelty of all foods quickly wears off, causing the gourmets to pay less if offered the same type of food repeatedly. However, this discount due to repeated selling is only about 0.7% of the price, and can nearly be ignored.

Gourmet's response	Reaction	Multiplier
Yuck, that looks horrid. What is it?	Very negative	1
Eww, what's that?	Negative	1.5
So what's that then?	Neutral	2
That smells nice; what is it?	Positive	2.5
Mmm, that smells good... What is it?	Very positive	3

To determine the price that a Gourmet is willing to pay, find the price of the item (either by talking to Lurgon or consulting the table below). Then, multiply this price by the multiplier given by their reaction. The Gourmet's response to your price is then a function of the ratio between your offered price and this calculated value. For example, when offering a Rocktail (which has a Dorgeshuun value of 300) to a Gourmet that had a "positive" response, that Gourmet will "value" it at 2.5 times the Dorgeshuun value, or 750 coins. If you were to offer to sell the rocktail for 320 coins (which is about 43% of 750), the Gourmet would offer to buy two of them, since that's the response for an offer in the 40% to 45% range.

Gourmet's response	Price range (% of value)
Hmm...if you're selling them that cheaply there must be something wrong with them. I think I'll pass.	≤ 10% (won't buy)
That sounds like a great deal to me. I'll take five!	≤ 25%
That sounds like a great deal to me. I'll take four!	≤ 35%
That sounds like a good deal to me. I'll take three!	≤ 40%
That sounds like a good deal to me. I'll take two!	≤ 45%
That's fair. I'll take one.	≤ 50%
Hmm, okay. I'll buy one.	≤ 60%
That's a bit much for me.	≤ 100%
Don't be absurd - it's clearly not worth that!	no limit (won't buy)

It's also possible that a gourmet is really amazed by the food, which will lead to a craze for that particular food. This allows you to charge more for that food for a limited amount of time, as the gourmets will pay more for it.

After a successful trade, a grateful gourmet may also give you some Dorgeshuun food for free. This will be one out of mushrooms, fillets, roast frog, eel sushi or grubs à la mode. Also note the gourmet's response to your price to get an estimate of how good it was; they may either say that the price is too low and refuse, happily state that it's a great deal, say that the deal is fair, agree to buy one with a slightly annoyed look, say the price is "a bit too much", or call the price outright absurdly high.

The trick is to find a balance between a high price and the gourmet's willingness to buy more pieces. Sometimes, lowering the price a bit may lead to greater profits since the gourmet will want to buy more. It's always handy to bring several pieces of the foods you are trying to sell.

Types of food

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Preferred food

The following are valued by the Dorgeshuun at triple their item value, prompting Lurgon to say "That looks like exactly the sort of food people are looking for!"

Item	Price
1/2 anchovy pizza	90
1/2 meat pizza	75
1/2 p'apple pizza	150
1/2 plain pizza	60
1/3 evil turnip	30
2/3 cake	90
2/3 chocolate cake	150
2/3 evil turnip	60
Açaí	3
Almond toffee	30
Anchovy pizza	180
Avocado wrap	150
Baguette	120
Banana stew	900
Bean wrap	150
Beef-filled flatbread	300
Biscuits	60
Bread	72
Butterfly chicken	300
Cake	150
Caramel cup	30
Cave nightshade	90
Celebration cake	450
Celebration cake (unlit)	750
Celebration cake (lit)	750
Cheese	24
Chicken-filled flatbread	300
Chilli chocolate	300
Choc-ice	90
Chocolate bar	60
Chocolate cake	210
Chocolate drop	3
Chocolate dust	60
Chocolate slice	90
Chocolatey milk	6
Christmas pudding	3
Coconut cream	300
Cooked crab meat (5)	150
Cooked crab meat (4)	120
Cooked crab meat (3)	90
Cooked crab meat (2)	60
Cooked crab meat (1)	30
Cooked fishcake	300
Cooked oomlie wrap	105
Corn chips	300
Curry	60
Doughnut	30
Dwarven delight	300
Easter egg	30
Edible seaweed	6
Evil turnip	90
Fish-filled flatbread	300
Fried mushrooms	126
Fried onions	21
Gorajian mushroom	240
Hazelnut praline	30
Juju gumbo	60
Kebab	9
Lemon truffle	30
Magical bunny egg	30
Magical chick egg	30
Magical lamb egg	30
Meat pizza	150
Mint fondant	30
Monkey bar	150
Monkey nuts	9
Mulled wine	3
Noisette triangle key	300
Pineapple pizza	300
Plain pizza	600
Plain wrap	150
Popcorn ball	3
Purple sweets	45
Rabbit sandwich	600
Roast potatoes	3
Rock cake	3
Roll	120
Rose essence truffle	300
Scrambled egg	24
Seaweed sandwich	3
Ship's biscuit	30
Skewered kebab	75
Slice of cake	30
Sour cream wrap	150
Spare ribs	300
Spicy pepper wrap	150
Spicy sauce	27
Spicy stew	60
Spinach roll	3
Square sandwich	120
Stew	300
Strange fruit	3
Strawberry creme	30
Stuffed snake	3
Super kebab	9
Tchiki monkey nuts	15
Tchiki nut paste	15
Triangle sandwich	120
Turkey drumstick	3
Ugthanki kebab	60
Ugthanki kebab (smelling)	60
Vanilla fudge log	300
Vegetable-filled flatbread	300
Wrapped candy	3
Yule log	3

Neutral food

The following are valued by the Dorgeshuun at exactly their item value, prompting Lurgon to say "You could have a go at selling that."

Item	Price
Bacon	5
Bacon heap	40
Bacon mound	80
Bacon pile	20
Bacon stack	10
Banana	2
Cabbage	1
Cabbage (Draynor Manor)	1
Calquat fruit	54
Chopped onion	3
Chopped tomato	3
Coconut	87
Coconut (open)	87
Cooked chicken	12
Cooked chompy	130
Cooked jubbly	150
Cooked meat	30
Cooked rabbit	19
Cooked slimy eel	1
Cooked sweetcorn	9
Cooked turkey	4
Cooked turkey drumstick	4
Cooked undead chicken	4
Cooked undead meat	4
Dwellberries	4
Equa leaves	2
Fat snail meat	30
Giant frog legs	100
Gout tuber	200
Jangerberries	1
King worm	2
Lean snail meat	20
Lemon	2
Lemon chunks	2
Lemon slices	2
Lime	2
Lime chunks	1
Lime slices	2
Locust meat	1
Minced meat	8
Mysterious jerky	300
Onion	12
Onion & tomato	5
Orange	70
Orange chunks	2
Orange slices	2
Papaya fruit	64
Peach	1
Picture	2
Pineapple	2
Pineapple chunks	1
Pineapple ring	1
Poorly-cooked beast meat	4
Poorly-cooked bird meat	4
Pot of cream	19
Premade c+t batta	195
Premade ch' crunch	70
Premade choc bomb	450
Premade fr't batta	195
Premade s'y crunch	70
Premade t'd batta	195
Premade t'd crunch	80
Premade ttl	450
Premade veg ball	270
Premade veg batta	195
Premade w'm batta	195
Premade w'm crun'	80
Premade worm hole	270
Pumpkin	30
Raw potato	16
Red banana	5
Roast beast meat	25
Roast bird meat	17
Roast rabbit	20
Rotten apple	1
Sliced banana	2
Sliced red banana	5
Spicy minced meat	8
Spicy tomato	3
Spider on shaft	40
Spider on stick	50
Strawberry	17
Tenti pineapple	1
Thin snail meat	10
Toad's legs	2
Tomato	14
Ugthanki meat	5
Watermelon	48
Watermelon slice	16
White pearl	1
White tree fruit	1

Disliked food

The following are valued by the Dorgeshuun at half their item value, prompting Lurgon to say "I'm afraid that people don't seem to be going for fish." This includes some items that aren't actually fish.

Item	Price
Anchovies	7
Baron shark	150
Bass	135
Candyfloss	250
Cave eel	7
Cavefish	175
Caviar	25
Chopped tuna	52
Cod	13
Cooked eeligator	0
Cooked karambwan	230
Crayfish	2
Fish-like thing	0
Fresh monkfish	5
Frog spawn	2
Fury shark	250
Giant carp	25
Great gunkan	300
Great maki	300
Great white shark	162
Herring	7
Karambwanji	5
Lava eel	75
Lobster	134
Mackerel	8
Manta ray	250
Minnow	2
Monkfish	115
Pike	12
Poison karambwan	125
Rainbow fish	60
Rocktail	300
Roe	10
Salmon	44
Sardine	5
Sea turtle	250
Seaside rock	200
Shark	150
Shrimps	2
Sugar skull	333
Swordfish	200
Tiger shark	1600
Toffee apple	333
Trout	34
Tuna	60

Cannot be sold

The following items cannot be sold, because they are Dorgeshuun cuisine, prompting Lurgon to say "No, there's no point trying to sell Dorgeshuun foods in the market."

• Bat shish
• Coated frogs' legs
• Eel sushi
• Fillets
• Fingers
• Frogburger
• Frogspawn gumbo
• Green gloop soup
• Grubs à la mode
• Loach
• Mushrooms
• Roast frog

The following cannot be sold, for unknown reason, prompting Lurgon to say "Eww, yuk! I don't think anyone will buy that at any price."

• Summer pie

Many other recent food items are simply not recognized as food by Lurgon, including scorpion meat, rocktail soup, and all drinks.