"No route found" errors
Why roodswap sometimes can't quote a trade, what to change to get a route, and why nothing was signed or spent when it happens.
WHAT IT MEANS
roodswap looks across dozens of DEXs and bridges through several leading routing engines at once. It picks the route with the most output after fees and gas. "No route found" means none of those engines could build a valid path for the trade you asked for, right now.
It is not an error with your wallet. It is not a sign that funds are stuck. It means the specific combination of token in, token out, chains, and amount had no usable route at that moment.
WHY IT HAPPENS
A route can fail to build for a few plain reasons:
- Amount too small. The trade is below the minimum a route needs to cover fees and gas, so nothing comes out the other side.
- Amount too large. There is not enough liquidity to fill the size you want without unacceptable slippage, so no route clears.
- Illiquid pair. One or both tokens have thin or no liquidity across the sources we check, so there is nothing to route through.
- Unsupported chain pair right now. That specific source-to-destination chain combination has no route available at the moment, even if each chain works on its own.
- Missing destination address. Cross-ecosystem trades (for example SOL to ETH) need a wallet connected on both sides so there is somewhere to deliver the output.
HOW TO GET A ROUTE
- 1Change the amount
Nudge it up if it was tiny, or down if it was large. Small changes often clear a route that was blocked by minimums or liquidity.
- 2Swap through a liquid token
Route via a major token like USDC or a native asset, then to your final token. Deep liquidity finds a path more often than an obscure pair.
- 3Try a different chain
If the pair is unsupported on that chain combination, pick a different source or destination chain where both tokens have liquidity.
- 4Confirm both wallets are connected
For cross-ecosystem trades, connect a wallet on the destination side so there is an address to receive the output.
NOTHING WAS SIGNED OR SPENT
"No route found" happens before you sign anything. No transaction was created, no gas was spent, and no funds left your wallet. roodswap is non-custodial; funds never touch it, and it only ever moves assets after you sign a transaction yourself.
You can change the amount, token, or chain and request a new quote as many times as you want. Quotes are free and return in under a second.
If a pair you expect to work never returns a route, email team@roodswap.com with the tokens and chains you tried.
"No route found" costs you nothing. Nothing is signed or spent until you approve a transaction in your own wallet. Just adjust the amount, token, or chain and try again.