Talk:Rare material trader

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[edit] Exchange rates

Any idea what the exchange rate is for the traders Werewolf nr 08:13, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

The buy and sell amount is dynamically determined based on demand and supply (i.e. how many players are selling a particular material compared to how many players are buying them). There's no fixed "exchange rate", although there might be a min and a max. -- ab.er.rant 08:31, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but what determines the ratio (or the "spread") between their buy price & their sell price?--War Pig5 21:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Part of what defines the cost / sale value of the rare materials may be the cost / sale value of any common materials needed to craft that rare material. I have not found it possible to make money by buying common materials, crafting them into rare materials and selling the product - after frequent calculations over the last six months or so. The best it is ever possible to do is break even. It may therefore be that the cost of the rare materials rises and falls according to the market, and the resale value of the rare materials is capped by the current cost of the common materials each 'contains', such that money making in this way is impossible. I realise that many examples are not proof of a rule, but if this is the case it might be very difficult to predict the resale value based on the cost.--Son of Batman 15:15, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

The sell amount is always 100g less than the cost to buy, with two exceptions; Deldrimor Steel gets you 200g less and materials that only cost 100 to buy will get you 40g from selling.