Grand Exchange
The Grand Exchange is the hub of the world and the way to trade items. PrivatePS uses a hybrid Grand Exchange: everyday items (staples) can always be traded with the server, while rare items only change hands between players. Ironmen cannot use it.
Staples and rares
| Staples | Rares | |
|---|---|---|
| What | runes, food, ores, bars, logs, seeds, herbs, ammunition, potions, basic gear and tools | every other item that can be traded |
| Who trades | the server, always | only players |
| The server sells at | 110% of the guide price | never |
| The server buys at | 80% of the guide price | never |
| Your own offers | must lie between 80% and 110% of the guide price | between 10% and 1,000% of the reference price (never below the alchemy value) |
- Guide price: follows the Old School RuneScape price and drifts slowly towards what players really trade for (at most 3% a day, and only when enough different players traded). The server's own trades never move it.
- Buying and selling to the server moves the price a little (5% for every buy limit of items, at most 10%, fading in about two hours). Buying and selling straight back always loses coins, so there is no trick in it.
- Staples never cost more than the cheapest shop sells them for, so shops and the Grand Exchange cannot be used against each other.
- Prices can be frozen by staff, for example after a rollback; then they stay where they are until staff unfreeze them.
Offers
- Use the Grand Exchange clerks or
::ge. You have 8 offer slots (supporters have 10, see Supporter perks). - Offers match by price and then by time: the older offer sets the price. An offer that is at or above what the server asks (or at or below what it pays) is simply filled by the server.
- Buy limits: for each item you can only buy a limited number every 4 hours. The limit is shown in the offer screen and on the item's wiki page.
- You cannot trade with yourself or your other characters; trades between accounts that share a connection are limited and checked.
What is for sale
- In game: type
::forsaleor choose For sale at a clerk. The window lists every rare item players have offered, newest first, with a search box and a rare-only switch; click a row to start buying it. - Discord: the #market channel shows a rolling list of rare items for sale.
- Website: the Market page lists the same offers.
Tips
- Look up an item on the wiki (Items) to see its guide price and where else you can get it.
- Selling something rare? Check the last trade price before you set yours; an offer far outside the usual range is refused.
- If a price looks wrong, tell a moderator: odd trades are flagged and checked.
Written by the PrivatePS team.