Guild Wars 2

So, as most people know, Silver Doubloons used to be next to impossible to obtain. There weren’t even 250 of them on the TP, which was unfortunate considering that you need that many to make the Vial Of Quicksilver needed for The Juggernaut. However, right around the time that the first Flame and Frost update was initiated, I noticed that the amount of Silver Doubloons on the TP began to fluctuate rapidly on a hourly basis. More and more keep getting injected and people just keeping buying them, and the price has leveled out around 40 silver for right now. My question is this; has the drop rate on Silver Doubloons increased, or has someone (or multiple persons) who has stockpiled Silver Doubloons just decided to start throwing them on the TP? It would be nice to know so I can decide if I should wait a bit and see if the price goes down due to increased supply versus decreasing demand, or if I should go out and buy some gems to get enough gold (I only have 18g right now plus about 10-15g in crafting mats, so yeah…).

Honestly, I found this through a happy accident. I was recently amazed by the rising prices of some food items (namely butter and chocolate). I did some research and found that Small/Light Miner’s Bags contained a fair amount of both as well as the Silver Doubloons. After a few days, the prices on those bags began to rise. It may just have something to do with people using bags as method to finding the doubloons. If you want to press your luck, try purchasing some ingredient bags that contain them. The Supply will more than likely rise.

I’ve stopped purchasing the bags as the rising price has made it difficult to walk away with the same amount of money let alone a profit. It’s all luck.

the reason they are no longer next to impossible to obtain is because some smart cookies discovered you could get doubloons from the mystic forge using cheap low tier gems. they spread this information around and now there have been several thousand doubloons on the market for the last several months. it goes up as much as it goes down, maybe there are several people with stockpiles just drip-feeding them into the market, or maybe several people are really trying for the juggernaut and don’t wanna wait around for the price to change more favourably.

tbh the difference between buying 250 of em at 30s and 40s only comes out to 25g which is what between 1-2% of the total cost of the hammer legendary? doesn’t seem worth focusing on this one small part. look at molten lodestones ive seen them as low as 56-57s and as high as 90s in the last 2 months, prices can change so much.

^ What Rainzar said. Although it still baffles me that there’s no transmute recipe for Copper Doubloons → Silver Doubloons. (Or Gold Doubloons → Platinum, but there’s not much demand for those anyway.)

Zaxares.5419:

^ What Rainzar said. Although it still baffles me that there’s no transmute recipe for Copper Doubloons -> Silver Doubloons. (Or Gold Doubloons -> Platinum, but there’s not much demand for those anyway.)

That’s why I’m stock piling on copper doubloons! Several months back I bought several stacks at about 3g a piece. The risk is minimal and the price hasn’t dropped much since then.

As soon as they release a transmutation recipe it’ll go waaay up.

Vol.5241:

That’s why I’m stock piling on copper doubloons! Several months back I bought several stacks at about 3g a piece. The risk is minimal and the price hasn’t dropped much since then.

As soon as they release a transmutation recipe it’ll go waaay up.

Heh, interesting investment gamble. Just hope that ANet doesn’t introduce transmute recipes, but they change the requirement of Gift of Quicksilver to Platinum Doubloons instead of Silver at the same time. (Hey, they’re both silvery metals!)