Guide:Economy

This page deals with the player-driven economy. For trading with NPC vendors, see Vendor and Vendor recipe system.

Current patterns

• The Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. is the "silver standard", and Exalted OrbExalted OrbStack Size: 20Augments a rare item with a new random modifierRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. Rare items can have up to six random modifiers. the "gold standard".

History

Forsaken Masters, Rampage/Beyond (20 August 2014)

• The introduction of crafting via masters changed which rare items were more valuable: now a rare item with high rolls in a few key affixes was better than an item with mediocre rolls in several. It also increased the power of rare items overall. The price of mid-range unique items dropped as a result.
• With strongboxes now less common, the price of Gemcutter's PrismGemcutter's PrismStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a gemRight click this item then left click a gem to apply it. The maximum quality is 20%. recovered to their former level of about 2 Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it..

Shadow of the Vaal, Ambush/Invasion (5 March 2014)

• The large number of Artisan's Strongboxes in Ambush increased the supply of Gemcutter's PrismGemcutter's PrismStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a gemRight click this item then left click a gem to apply it. The maximum quality is 20%., causing their price to drop still further, to about 1.5 Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it..
• Similarly, Cartographer's Strongboxes greatly increased the supply of Maps in Ambush, particularly high-level maps.

Open beta, Anarchy/Onslaught (23 January 2013)

• The vendor recipe consuming a level 20 gem and a Gemcutter's PrismGemcutter's PrismStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a gemRight click this item then left click a gem to apply it. The maximum quality is 20%. and yielding a level 1, 20 quality gem became public knowledge. This caused a sharp decrease in demand in Gemcutter's PrismGemcutter's PrismStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a gemRight click this item then left click a gem to apply it. The maximum quality is 20%. and a corresponding decrease in price. Prior to this revelation, Gemcutter's PrismGemcutter's PrismStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a gemRight click this item then left click a gem to apply it. The maximum quality is 20%. were worth about 3 Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.. Afterwards the price dropped to about 2 Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it.. Furthermore, the playerbase abandoned Gemcutter's PrismGemcutter's PrismStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a gemRight click this item then left click a gem to apply it. The maximum quality is 20%. as the economy's "silver standard", with the Chaos OrbChaos OrbStack Size: 20Reforges a rare item with new random modifiersRight click this item then left click a rare item to apply it. becoming the new "silver standard".

Closed beta (August 2011)

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