Guild Wars 2

Hi,

recently I got a legendary in a pvp box. This is an item that I dont use in the builds that I play on my character, so I would like to sell it.

However I am new to auctioning stuff and I am unsure how to determine how much gold something is worth.

I see some legendaries for a few gold and others are in the auction in the hundreds of gold.

How can I determine how much an item is worth?

As far as I know, legendaries don’t just drop from any containers. Do you mean you got a precursor? If so, you could look up the item’s going price on the Trading Post in-game, and then sell there.

If you right click the item and then select “Sell on trading post” you see 2 lists, Highest buying order and Lowest selling order, from that you can decide the price you want to sell your items.

BTW, legendary can’t be acquired besides crafting or buying from the TP, so you either have a precursor or an ascended weapon.

The item I got from doing pvp is ’’Stardust’’ a shortbow. Exotic.
It is written in yellow orange like letters.
From other games I am used that those are legendaries, but from additional searching after reading your posts, I start to think that this color is not for legendaries.

I dont remember from what type of box I got it.
All I know is that it was from doing pvp.

Ah, Stardust is just a normal exotic weapon. Exotics can drop from most any box containing gear. Any item with an orange/dark gold name is called Exotic in this game; Legendaries are purple.

To see how much an item sells for on the Trading Post in-game, do as Belzebu said and right click, select “Sell on Trading Post”, and then list for what price you want to sell it for.

Stardust is just an normal exotic weapon, no legendary or precursor. Worth about 2G 10 s

rare stuff is yellow
exotic stuff in this game is golden/yellow orange
precursor are also golden/yellow orange but have an text box at the end
legendary weapons are purple and can only be crafted or bought at trading post

e.g this is an example for an precursor text box

This weapon is used to craft the legendary greatsword Sunrise

http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/29169

I’m guessing you’re used to playing WoW? Just based on the terminology you used in your post.

Equipment tiers have different names and colours in this game. In order from most common to rarest they go:
Basic – white text
Fine – blue text
Masterwork – green text
Rare – yellow text
Exotic – orange text
Ascended – pink text
Legendary – purple text

The more important difference between the two games, in this case, is that GW2 doesn’t have auctions. When you list something on the Trading Post you’re just selling it for whatever price you set. You can pick any price you like but if you’re not sure what an item is worth the best thing to do is to match the current prices.

Current Buyers are people who have put in offers to buy that item, with the highest offer first. Current Sellers are people who are offering to sell it, with the lowest price first.

If you pick to sell to the highest current buyer it will sell instantly, but you’ll generally get less money than if you pick to match the lowest current seller. Listing it for sale is slightly riskier because if a lot of people offer the same item for less than yours then it might not sell, but it will get you more money.

You can also set your own price using the current offers as a guide.

My advice to people new to the trading post is:

• Right-click to sell the item on the TP.
• Choose a price in between the lowest sell offer (right side of panel) and highest buy offer (left side).
  • Choosing the highest buy offer guarantees you immediate coin.
  • Choosing a price closer to the lowest sell offers is riskier (since you can be undercut) while offering 20-80% more coin in most cases.

Once you get used to using the TP, there are other techniques you can use for increasing your coin while controlling your risk.

What I suggest is setting your price slightly below the lowest sell order. Sure, you can be undercut by someone who will sell their item quicker. But yours will probably still sell eventually.

If it’s not sold in a month or two, then it’s time to cancel and relist at a lower price.

Snoring Sleepwalker.9073:

What I suggest is setting your price slightly below the lowest sell order. Sure, you can be undercut by someone who will sell their item quicker. But yours will probably still sell eventually.

If it’s not sold in a month or two, then it’s time to cancel and relist at a lower price.

This is good advice since there is no time limit on how long your item can sit on the trading post without any extra money charges.

Linken.6345:

Snoring Sleepwalker.9073:

What I suggest is setting your price slightly below the lowest sell order. Sure, you can be undercut by someone who will sell their item quicker. But yours will probably still sell eventually.

If it’s not sold in a month or two, then it’s time to cancel and relist at a lower price.

This is good advice since there is no time limit on how long your item can sit on the trading post without any extra money charges.

Yep.

Often when I’m trying to decide how much to list something for how soon I need the money is a major determining factor. If I’m selling it because I want to buy something now and need extra gold I’ll go for just below the lowest seller, sometimes even (if the difference is not much) simply selling it directly to the highest buyer.

Whereas if I’m selling something simply because I don’t need it any more, and I’m expecting the price to go up or fluctuate a lot, I may list it well above the lowest seller. Not only does it get more gold but because I never know when it’s going to sell it’s a nice surprise for me when I log in one day.