Article updated on: 04/03/24
To start playing Citizen, you need to choose your vessel. Selling drugs on Star Citizen can be particularly profitable. However, there are a few risks involved if you don't take certain parameters into account.
In this article, we present the drug laboratories to choose from for your Citizen business. Then find out about drug prices and the average profitability of this form of sale. Finally, we'll show you the different trade routes to choose from, depending on the drugs you wish to sell, for guaranteed profitability.
Here's a video explaining drug sales on Star Citizen in 2024. It should be noted that the place of purchase of these drugs may vary.
Drug labs for sale
Patch 3.5 new drug labs have appeared since 2019 in Star Citizen on locations such as Cellin, Daymar, Yela and Lyria where different drugs are available and are being purchased by more and more sites. This, of course, favored the sale of drugs in Star Citizen.
On CellinYou have a laboratory called Private proprety, whose available drugs are Neon and SLAM.
On DaymarThe sales outlet is called Nuen waste management, where 4 drugs are available: Altruciatoxin, E'tam and Neon.
On Yela, there are two laboratories:
- Jumptown where the drugs available are Altruciatoxin, SLAM and Widow;
- NT-999-NX where you can find E'tam.
On Lyria, you also have two different points of sale:
- Paradise Cove, where the drugs available are E'tam and Neon;
- The Orphanage, where the drugs available are Altruciatoxin, E'tam and SLAM.
Watch out for illegal goods such as Distilled Spirits and Stims, the former of which are available from Cellin and Daymar farms and the latter are for sale at research posts.
The purchase price and profitability of drugs in Star Citizen
The selling price of drugs on Star Citizen varies according to where they are sold, while profitability depends mainly on the number of drugs sold. nature of the drug. Discover in this table 6 different drugs offered for sale on Star Citizen with their purchase price and average unit profitability.
| Drug name | Average unit purchase price (in ECU) | Average unit profitability |
| Neon | 7 000 | +1.09 à +1.28 |
| Etam | 8 500 | +1.32 à 1.35 |
| SLAM | 12 000 | +1.275 à 1.5 |
| Stims | 280 | +1.37 |
| Altruciatoxin | 4 250 | +1.22 à 1.35 |
| Distilled Spirits | 406 | +1.09 à 1.40 |
Drug Trade Routes on Star Citizen
Among these drugs, Altruciatoxin, SLAM, Neon and Distilled Spirits are the most interesting, with which certain trading routes can be chosen to guarantee even greater profitability. However, for save time as well as money, it's best to choose short routes.
For Altruciatoxin:
- Starting from Jumptown , Daymar and landing on Brio's Breaker Yard, Daymar, unit profitability is +1.32.
- Starting from Nuen Waste mangement and landing on Grim HEX, Yela, unit profitability is +1.35.
For SLAM:
- Starting from Cachette (Cellin) and landing on R&R CRU-L5, unit profitability is +1.50.
- Starting from Jumptown, Daymar, and landing on Brio's Breaker Yard, Daymar, unit profitability is +1.40.
For Neon:
- Starting from Nuen Waste mangement, Daymar and landing on Jumptown, Daymar, unit profitability is +1.29.
- Starting from Paradise Cove, Lyrie and landing on Station CRU-L4 for shallow fields, unit profitability is +1.09.
For Distilled Spirits:
- Starting from Terra Mills HydroFarm, Cellin, and landing on the Hickes Research Outpost, Cellin, unit profitability is +1.37.
- Starting from Shady Glen Farms, Wala, and landing on HUR-L5 top station, unit profitability is +1.39.
Are you just starting out in this massively multiplayer space simulation video game? To earn more money, find out also where sell diamonds in Star Citizen.
