Trading

Trading

Contents 1 How in-game trading and gifting works 1.1 Trade mechanism 1.2 Gift mechanism 1.3 Tradepost 1.4 Buying and selling directly 2 Tradeable items 2.1 Blueprints 2.2 Molding pieces 2.3 Mixers 2.4 Bait 2.4.1 Special edition magic potions 2.4.2 *nocontent 2.4.3 Nessy family 2.4.4 Other bait 2.4.5 Contract documents 2.4.6 Companion gifts 2.4.7 Souvenirs 3 History 4 See also

Sometimes you receive more of an item as ghost loot drops than you can use.

Sometimes you need to sell some items to make more money in the game to purchase a new trap mechanism or magic circle.

Sometimes you want to give a gift of something in your inventory to a friend.

You can do these things using the Community Trading (gifting) or Community Trading (safe trade) tab on the main GT game screen or by going to the Tradepost on the 9th floor of S.C.O.T.C.H. HQ.

How in-game trading and gifting works

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Trade mechanism

Both people involved in a trade must initially put the items they're trading into a trade limbo (the item is removed from your inventory but not yet transferred to the other player). This allows you to make sure you're getting what you thought you were buying. Once the person who started the trade confirms that everything is in order, the items are transferred to their new owners.

This means that if you started the trade, you must either accept or reject the trade before it is finalized. This mechanism gives you some protection against a trader who may be trying to scam you or to rip you off.

For ultimate protection, use the Tradepost, since trades there are anonymous.

Gift mechanism

The gift mechanism (Community Trading (gifting)) works immediately. You select an item from your inventory, set the number of that item you want to give to the other player, and the agent name for the person you are gifting to. When you hit the Send button, your gift is added to the other person's inventory.

Use the gifting mechanism only when you're actually sending a gift to someone or when you know the person you're trading with very well. The gifting mechanism doesn't require any confirmation, so as soon as you enter the information about what you're giving away and the name of the person to receive it, those items are immediately transferred.

Tradepost

The tradepost allows people to buy and sell items anonymously. The seller posts an item and quantity for sale and the price wanted. All agents then have a chance to purchase the item for the selling price.

When you purchase an item from the tradepost, the GTP are immediately removed from your inventory and transferred to the seller and you automatically receive the item(s) you purchased.

Use the filters built in to the tradepost to find the lowest available price for an item you want to purchase.

Buying and selling directly

You can also buy and sell special edition magic potions, mixers, documents, blueprint pieces, and molding pieces to other players, with offers to buy and sell made on the trading GT items only section of the forums.

Offers to buy and sell Nessy's Golden Reserve can be made through the trading Nessy's only section of the forums.

Both types of trades can then be finalized through the Community/Trading (safe trade) tab on the main game menus.

Tradeable items

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Some items in the game can be traded. This is by design and is not a bug. (It is also not a bug that many many items are not tradeable!)

The items you can trade include:

Blueprints Bunnies trebuchet — Bunnies trebuchet 1/3, 2/3, & 3/3 Candy grab machine — Candy grab machine 1/3, 2/3 & 3/3 Choco rabbit — Choco rabbit 1/3, 2/3 & 3/3 Ghost magnet — Ghost magnet 1/3, 2/3 & 3/3 Iron maiden — Iron maiden 1/3, 2/3 & 3/3 Lucky rabbit — Lucky rabbit 1/3, 2/3 & 3/3 Magic maze — Magic maze 1/3, 2/3 & 3/3 Suck-o-matic 9000 — Suck-o-matic 9000 1/3, 2/3 & 3/3	Molding pieces Black candle — Black candles 1/2 & 2/2 Easter chocolate candles — Easter chocolate candles 1/2 & 2/2 Ivory candles — Ivory candles 1/2 & 2/2 Moai candles — Moai candles 1/2 & 2/2 Marshmallow candles — Marshmallow candles 1/2 & 2/2 Pumpkin candles —Pumpkin candles 1/2 & 2/2       Runic candles — Runic candles 1/2 & 2/2 [Wax pyramids — Wax pyramids 1/2 & 2;2
Mixers Blood orange juice Dark cherry juice Kreepy koko Lucid lemonade Midnight apple juice Psychotic cranberry juice Screaming strawberry juice Widow tears

Bait

Special edition magic potions Blue bait Glengreen blue Moonshadow blue Moormist blue Silver star blue Whisperwind blue Purple bait Glengreen purple Moonshadow purple Moormist purple Silver star purple	*nocontent Secret eye family Secret eye green Secret eye purple Secret eye red Secret eye yellow Special silver star bait Silver star orange Silver star red Special Moonshadow bait Moonshadow orange Moonshadow red	Nessy family Nessy's golden reserves Shadetouch family Shadetouch blue Shadetouch purple Other bait Arctic freeze Avalanche Belt of Venus Condensed_halo Dark malt juice Highland Pride Premium Holy_water Liquid_ember Malt juice bock Maß malt juice

Contract documents

• Arcane
  • Mr. Bastian Shaw — MBS.1, MBS.2, MBS.3
  • Novice Bryan Bigglesworth — NBB.1. NBB.2
  • Petmaster Peter Powers — PPP.1, PPP.2, PPP.3
  • Sensei Nakamura — SN.1, SN.2, SN.3

• Bio
  • Gwynnyth the shaman — GTS.1, GTS.2, GTS.3
  • Jarisleif the Viking — JTV.1, JTV.2, JTV.3
  • Rufus the druid — RTD.1,RTD.2, RTD.3
  • Zoologist Emma Parker — ZEP.1, ZEP.2

• Infernal
  • Mr Alistair Crow — MAC.1, MAC.2, MAC.3

• High tech
  • Cyberengineer Phil Fox — CPF.1, CPF.2, CPF.3
  • Dr Fürchtegott Nussbaum — DFN.1, DFN.2, DFN.3
  • Mechanic Daniel Roy — MDR.1, MDR.2,MDR.3
  • Professor Albert Zweistein — PAZ.1, PAZ.2, PAZ.3
  • Sir Overdrive — SOD.1, SOD.2, SOD.3

• Magic circle
  • Assistant Chip Dale — ACD.1, ACD.2, ACD.3
  • Celestial unicorn — CEU.1, CEU.2, CEU.3, CEU.4
  • Dancing skeleton — DS.1, DS.2, DS.3
  • Ether guardian — EG.1, EG.2, EG.3
  • Sorceress Alithia Winterborn — SAW.1, SAW.2, SAW.3
  • The chairman — TCM.1, TCM.2, TCM.3

• Traditional
  • Bianca the waitress — BTW.1, BTW.2, BTW.3
  • Igidius Brown, veteran ghost hunter — IG.1, IG.2
  • Inspector James Sinclair — IJS.1, IJS.2
  • James the butler — JTB.1, JTB.2, JTB.3
  • Sebastian the Frisian — STF.1, STF.2, STF.3

Companion gifts

All of the companion gifts can be traded among players.

Souvenirs

Certain souvenirs can be traded among players.

History

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• 30 March 2010: The tradepost opened for the first time.
• 21 April 2010: The gifting system bug that affected certain special edition magic potions and mixers was fixed.

See also

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You might also be interested in looking at:

• Tradepost
• Currency