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# Income

The two things that produce points on their own.

Two items, and they are opposites. A terminal is cheap and needs a trader sitting at it. A quant core is expensive and needs nothing at all.

![How your output is worked out](https://3552858075-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FGyJ2fCw8mpbx6YAYcG8z%2Fuploads%2FcBrUWZy1xfxa83ghIRj2%2Ffig-11-production.svg?alt=media)

### Trading Terminal

*+1 trader seat. Each level raises what the trader at it produces by 25%*

| Detail             | Value                       |
| ------------------ | --------------------------- |
| Price              | **50,000 $DEFUND**          |
| Space it takes     | 2 × 2 cells                 |
| Max level          | 5                           |
| Cost to max it out | 672,419 $DEFUND in upgrades |

| Level |           Cost of this step | Spent in total | The trader at it makes |
| :---: | --------------------------: | -------------: | ---------------------: |
| **1** | — *(you already paid this)* |         50,000 |            25 pts/tick |
| **2** |                      77,500 |        127,500 |         31.25 pts/tick |
| **3** |                     120,125 |        247,625 |          37.5 pts/tick |
| **4** |                     186,194 |        433,819 |         43.75 pts/tick |
| **5** |                     288,600 |        722,419 |            50 pts/tick |

{% hint style="info" %}
**A terminal is always one seat.** Levelling it does not add a second — only one person can stand at the open side of the desk. What a level buys is a better desk for whoever is sitting there, worth twice the output at level 5.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Who sits where is your call.** A trader is placed onto a particular terminal and keeps it. Nobody rearranges your floor for you, so a level-5 desk is only worth what the person you sat at it makes — see [Who Sits Where](https://degen-capital-1.gitbook.io/degen-capital-docs/degen-capital/economy/how-production-works).
{% endhint %}

***

### AI Quant Core

*+60 pts/tick, unattended*

| Detail             | Value                         |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------- |
| Price              | **500,000 $DEFUND**           |
| Space it takes     | 2 × 2 cells                   |
| Max level          | 5                             |
| Cost to max it out | 6,724,191 $DEFUND in upgrades |

| Level |           Cost of this step | Spent in total | What you get  |
| :---: | --------------------------: | -------------: | ------------- |
| **1** | — *(you already paid this)* |        500,000 | +60 pts/tick  |
| **2** |                     775,000 |      1,275,000 | +120 pts/tick |
| **3** |                   1,201,250 |      2,476,250 | +180 pts/tick |
| **4** |                   1,861,938 |      4,338,188 | +240 pts/tick |
| **5** |                   2,886,003 |      7,224,191 | +300 pts/tick |


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