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For the chat channel, see Trade chat.
Trade window

Trading is the way players exchange items, money and some services.

How to trade with other players[]

1. Click on the player character (or use a hotkey to select them), right-click on their portrait, and select Trade.

2. A window will appear with several areas:

  • The left pane shows what you wish to trade, with item slots and a place to enter any money ( g,  s, and/or  c) you wish to pay.
  • The right pane shows what your target wishes to trade, with several item slots.
  • A special "no-trade" slot at the bottom-left.

3. Add the items you want to trade or expose and/or currency you want to trade on the left side:

  • Drag items you want to give to the other player in the upper slots.
  • Drag an item you want to expose to have some effect (an enchantment usually) applied to it in the special "no trade" slot at the bottom.

Some example effects that can be applied via the trade window:

4. Enter any money ( g,  s, and/or  c) you want to give in the entry fields at the bottom.
NOTE: A warning alert will appear asking you to confirm the trade of money before the trade completes, if you decide to do that.

5. Click the Trade button and your area (the left side) will become highlighted in green. If the player you are trading with clicks their Trade button, their area (the right side) will become highlighted in green also and the trade will complete.
NOTE: If anyone changes the items in their pane, their pane will un-highlight and the Trade button needs to be clicked again.

Supplying materials for an enhancement on a soulbound item[]

You might find yourself supplying the required materials in order for someone else to enhance a piece of your equipment. In order to do this, you must first trade the materials to the other person. Since this is a separate trade action, there is a risk of an unscrupulous player running off with your materials. Be sure to take precautions to avoid this, such as only trading with reputable players and taking steps to verify that the player is actually capable of performing the desired enhancement. If a player steals your materials, your only recourse is to seek help from a Game Master via a ticket.

One way to eliminate the chance of being scammed is to have a player who already has the required materials enchant your equipment. Simply place both the materials and the item to be enhanced into the trade window and have them enchant your gear in the same trading session, making sure to only confirm the trade when they apply the desired enhancement.

Additional notes[]

  • Players can trade during combat.
  • You must be within a certain distance of the character you want to trade with to begin the trade. The trade will automatically cancel if either player moves out of trade range.
  • You can trade an item by dragging it onto the target character or their portrait and letting go of the left mouse button.
  • You can't trade with a character that's logging out.
  • Players can choose to ignore all incoming trades via the options menu.
  • A player with a trial account cannot trade or be traded with. (If a trial account has recently been upgraded to a paid account, it may take some time for the upgrade to take effect.)
  • When trading large numbers of items, right-clicking stacks is much faster than dragging them to the trade window.

See also[]

Patch changes[]

  • Test-inline Patch 0.6 (2004-04-13): You will no longer be interrupted while looting when someone initiates a trade with you.
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