Watching the Market

[Natevaelle]

Thank you, TJ!  

 

/Edit: Staterae Xenowyrms are going to be my first ever purchase in the market since shards became available.

Edited July 2, 2020 by Natevaelle

[DarkellaLord]

*sighs* my joy was temporal.

[Confused Cat]

33 minutes ago, Natevaelle said:

 

/Edit: Staterae Xenowyrms are going to be my first ever purchase in the market since shards became available.

 

Same here! My first Staterae is also my first market purchase. Now debating if I should buy a second one. Who knows if the price will go up... or down... or up... or down...

[tjenni]

I´m 4 weeks short of shards (have 800) to buy a Staterae, when I finally have that much, they will probably be 400 shards more expensive, too  *laugh*

[Natevaelle]

@Confused Cat When I have space, I am going to get a pair of the Staterae, just to be sure! I have only seen a Staterae in the cave once, despite hours and hours of camping during the 5-minute and 1-hour drops. Thus, I am not optimistic about getting some from the cave. I wish that the price goes down when I purchase at the start of the week. 😆 Have you gotten a second one yet? Or are you waiting for the start of a new week? 

 

@tjenni Awww! Here's to hoping that it is going to be cheaper next week! 😄

[BlitzDrake]

So Magma dragons are 5,200 shards. Why? They pass the chicken egg price at 4,500. And the other two of the trio are really high too.

 

I don't think market and biomes affect the other do they? Because I've seen quite a few trio eggs, more than metallics (barring with this last release)

 

I don't usually focus on the market, barring a few weeks back when I bought a pair of Silvers.

Edited July 9, 2020 by BlightWyvern
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[HeatherMarie]

@BlightWyvern The best guess we have is that Trios make Guardians of Nature which is a super-powered ability so they cost more based on that. Personally I think it's totally weird to see Trios costing that much since it doesn't seem to reflect what most users experience rarity-wise, but that's the best guess as to why. No official word as of yet, I don't think.

[Shadowdrake]

I've always assumed that trios are massively overbred and their market price is a reflection of how difficult it is to breed trios, much like how blusangs and golden wyverns were popularly bred and have a surprisingly high price but aren't actually all that rare in the cave.

Edited July 10, 2020 by Shadowdrake

[icearashi]

oh noes I forgot to do the price post for last week 

[icearashi]

Quote

 

Aeons
1,700

 

Blusang Lindwyrm
1,300

 

Cheese 
2,700

 

Copper
1,700

 

Gold 
2,500

 

Golden Wyvern
1,900

 

Ice 
3,900

 

Magma 
5,100

 

Paper 
3,100

 

Pyralspite 
800

 

Silver

1,900

 

Thunder 
3,800

 

Xenowyrms
500/100

 

Straterae

1,200

 

Gallus gallus domesticus (Chicken)
4,500

 

 

[missy_]

On 5/30/2018 at 12:49 AM, Shadowdrake said:

 

 

Currently, the price of a Silver dragon is 1,900 shards and a Red Dino is 2,700 shards. Chicken is currently 4,400 shards; Green Dino currently 2000 shards; Purple, Yellow and Blue Dinos currently at 2500 shards.

 

My question is does the price of rares tend to trend downward over time? 

[Mika]

Overall yes they have trended downward but I know they have jumped up in price a few times after new releases.

[missy_]

2 hours ago, Mika said:

Overall yes they have trended downward but I know they have jumped up in price a few times after new releases.

Thank you. I tried reading through this thread and looking at the spreadsheets to get an idea, but the information is kind of spread out and I couldn’t get a clear picture. 

 

I think I remember when Aeons were 100 shards. Could have been right after they released; I don’t know.

[Shadowdrake]

4 hours ago, missy_ said:

I think I remember when Aeons were 100 shards. Could have been right after they released; I don’t know.

 

Can't be; aeons were released two years before the market was even open, and if the spreadsheet linked in the first post is right they started at 800 shards when market was created.

Edited July 18, 2020 by Shadowdrake

[Shokomon]

Because it's been a bit, Notable Dragon Prices!

Spoiler

Aeon Wyvern

1,700

 

Blusang Lindwyrm
1,300

 

Cheese Dragon
2,700

 

Copper Dragons
1,700

 

Gilded Bloodscale Dragon
1,100

 

Gold Dragon
2,500

 

Golden Wyvern
1,800

 

Ice Dragon
3,900

 

Magma Dragon
5,100

 

Nexus Dragon
1,500

 

Paper Dragon
3,000

 

Silver Dragon
1,900

 

Thunder Dragon
3,800

 

Xenowyrms (2020)
100

 

Xenowyrms (2015)
500

 

Xenowyrm (Staterae)
1,200

 

Diplodocus carnegii
2,500

 

Gallus gallus domesticus
4,400

 

Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus
2,000

 

Pterodactylus maximus
2,500

 

Stegosaurus stenops
2,600

 

Triceratops horridus
2,500

- Magmas are still stupidly expensive.

- Glided Bloodscales and Nexuses are still over 1000 shards for no reason.

- Old Xenos are more costly than New Xenos.

- Except for the Staterae, which are rarer and understandably more costly.

 

[Paintra]

1 hour ago, Shokomon said:

- Glided Bloodscales and Nexuses are still over 1000 shards for no reason.

 

I still don't understand how they're so expensive! I wonder if it's something about the fact that they're two-heads and therefore have a different breeding group..?

It's easier to hunt for CB Gilded Bloodscales in the AP than buy one from the market  

[Naughtrish]

On 7/2/2020 at 6:10 AM, Natevaelle said:

Thank you, TJ!  

 

/Edit: Staterae Xenowyrms are going to be my first ever purchase in the market since shards became available.

 

Ditto! Bought 2 stateraes  

[Shokomon]

Pseudo-Wyverns and the Elux Lucis are in the cave!

 

Also price check!

Dragons of note and Rare dragons:

Spoiler

Aeon Wyvern
1,800

 

Blusang Lindwyrm
1,300

 

Cheese Dragon
2,700

 

Copper Dragons
1,700

 

Elux Lucis Dragon
100

 

Gilded Bloodscale Dragon
1,200

 

Gold Dragon
2,500

 

Golden Wyvern
1,900

 

Ice Dragon
3,900

 

Magma Dragon
5,100

 

Nexus Dragon
1,600

 

Paper Dragon
3,100

 

Pseudo-Wyvern Drake
200

 

Silver Dragon
1,900

 

Thunder Dragon
3,900

 

Xenowyrms (2020)
100

 

Xenowyrms (2015)
500

 

Xenowyrm (Staterae)
1,200

 

Diplodocus carnegii
2,600

 

Gallus gallus domesticus
4,500

 

Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus
2,000

 

Pterodactylus maximus
2,500

 

Stegosaurus stenops
2,700

 

Triceratops horridus
2,500

- Elux Lucis dragons are 200 shards.

- Pseduo-Wyverns are 100.

- Cheese are more expensive than Golds.

- Magmas still cost far, far too much.

- General prices bumps in Red.

Edited August 3, 2020 by Shokomon
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[Fawkesian]

hello, market watchers! i've been tracking the prices on my own for some time and was recently directed to this thread.

 

we've had a fair amount of price increases over the past week:
aeon +100 shards (1700 -> 1800)

cheese +100 shards (2600 -> 2700)
fire gem +100 shards (700 -> 800)

gemshard +100 shards (200 -> 300)

gold +100 shards (2400 -> 2500)

golden wyvern +100 shards (1800 -> 1900)

magma +100 shards (5000 -> 5100)

monarch +100 shards (100 -> 200)

nexus +100 shards (1500 -> 1600)

sinii krai +100 shards (100 -> 200)

green dino +100 shards (1900 -> 2000)

 

on the whole, prices had been trending down for most of the breeds at higher price points, at least over the past few months. a sudden increase for this many breeds makes me wonder if it's a random one-time thing, or if we're standing at the foothills of a more significant spike in prices. time will tell!

[Shokomon]

7 hours ago, Fawkesian said:

hello, market watchers! i've been tracking the prices on my own for some time and was recently directed to this thread.

 

we've had a fair amount of price increases over the past week:
aeon +100 shards (1700 -> 1800)

cheese +100 shards (2600 -> 2700)
fire gem +100 shards (700 -> 800)

gemshard +100 shards (200 -> 300)

gold +100 shards (2400 -> 2500)

golden wyvern +100 shards (1800 -> 1900)

magma +100 shards (5000 -> 5100)

monarch +100 shards (100 -> 200)

nexus +100 shards (1500 -> 1600)

sinii krai +100 shards (100 -> 200)

green dino +100 shards (1900 -> 2000)

 

on the whole, prices had been trending down for most of the breeds at higher price points, at least over the past few months. a sudden increase for this many breeds makes me wonder if it's a random one-time thing, or if we're standing at the foothills of a more significant spike in prices. time will tell!

Prices typically jump up following a release, and then, trend down afterwards. I'm not sure why, but I've seen it happen enough that I consider it normal behavior.

[Fawkesian]

looks like it was indeed just a temporary price hike. good to know!

we've had a few prices go down this past week, but otherwise the market is relatively quiet.

 

gold -100 shards (2500 -> 2400)
magma -100 shards (5100 -> 5000)

monarch -100 shards (200 -> 100)

[Fawkesian]

great news! prices have continued to drop, including those for the remainder of the legendary trio.

 

aeon -100 shards (1800 -> 1700)

ice -100 shards (3900 -> 3800)

sinii krai -100 shards (200 -> 100)

thunder -100 shards (3800 -> 3700)

chicken -100 shards (4400 -> 4300)

yellow dino -100 shards (2500 -> 2400)
purple dino -100 shards (2500 -> 2400)

[Paintra]

19 hours ago, Fawkesian said:

great news! prices have continued to drop, including those for the remainder of the legendary trio.

 

aeon -100 shards (1800 -> 1700)

ice -100 shards (3900 -> 3800)

sinii krai -100 shards (200 -> 100)

thunder -100 shards (3800 -> 3700)

chicken -100 shards (4400 -> 4300)

yellow dino -100 shards (2500 -> 2400)
purple dino -100 shards (2500 -> 2400)

 

Here's hoping the trios keep going down!

[Fawkesian]

On 9/14/2020 at 11:33 PM, Paintra said:

 

Here's hoping the trios keep going down!

 

and they have! all of the trios are down again this week, but that's far from all - there's been a lot of price changes.

 

the following prices have decreased:

black -100 shards (400 -> 300)

blusang -100 shards (1300 -> 1200)

cheese -100 shards (2700 -> 2600)

all coppers -100 shards (1700 -> 1600)

fire gem -100 shards (800 -> 700)

gemshard -100 shards (300 -> 200)

gold -100 shards (2400 -> 2300)

golden wyvern -100 shards (1900 -> 1800)

hellfire -100 shards (200 -> 100)

ice -100 shards (3800 -> 3700)

magma -100 shards (5000 -> 4900)

nebula -100 shards (900 -> 800)

nexus -100 shards (1600 -> 1500)

paper -100 shards (3000 -> 2900)

sapphire -100 shards (300 -> 200)

silver -100 shards (1800 -> 1700)

thunder -100 shards (3700 -> 3600)

undine -100 shards (300 -> 200)

chicken -100 shards (4300 -> 4200)

green dino -100 shards (2000 -> 1900)

red dino -100 shards (2600 -> 2500)

blue dino -100 shards (2500 -> 2400)

 

and these prices have increased:

harvest +600 shards (100 -> 700)

imperial fleshcrowne +1000 shards (100 -> 1100)

 

those increases are so dramatic that i'm curious about them. harvests normally go through a cycle of being more expensive - but iirc that price bump coincides with their migration to alpine, which won't happen until the middle of december. i have zero explanation for imperial fleshcrownes. so: not sure what's going on with those two! on the plus side, metals and many of the other big ticket rares have really dropped over time, which is nice to see.

[Jenneta]

It's super nice to see the big ticket rares go down! Hopefully they go down more! :D But I have to laugh at the dramatic Imperial Fleshcrowne increase; that is HUGE. 🤣 Maybe some big breeding project involving them is going on? That's the only thing I can think of that would increase their market price so much!