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The RuneScape World 2 Trading Survival Guide - Overview and General Information The RuneScape World 2 Trading Survival Guide - Surviving the Fally Marketplace "Experience"

World 2 is an important vehicle for player trading, but of course, it’s not the only one. Other options include alternative in-game markets, the RuneScape marketplace forums, and third-party forums. As a fairly experienced player who has explored various buying and selling mechanisms, I thought I’d give you a few suggestions on how World 2 compares to other resources, and when each is likely to be best.

Let’s start with the World 2 Falador market itself. I believe these are the situations for which it is best suited:

• You’re in a Rush: If you are in a big hurry to buy something you need for a quest or activity, or if you desperately need cash, World 2 is usually the quickest way to get things done. You may not get the best price if the item is an unusual one, but usually there are lots of sellers of common products.
  
  
• You Need to Check Prices: Spending time in a particular trading spot is a good way to get a handle on current prices for the items sold there. Just be careful not to fall victim to a team scam if you are unfamiliar with the going rates for equipment.
  
  
• You’re Selling in Small Quantities: If you have two herb seeds or five dragon bones that you want to sell, World 2 is the easiest way to quickly find a buyer; you won’t be likely to find someone willing to set up a forum trade for such low-value items. You will usually get a lower price for selling small quantities, though.
  
  
• You Want to Buy for the Best Price: Skillers and merchants who want to buy for the best prices will usually find them in World 2. These are the people who buy from the small-quantity sellers mentioned just above; they then use the items they buy, or resell them in larger quantities for a higher price.
  
  
• You’re Buying or Selling Items Usually Bought in Small Quantities: Items like weapons, armor, super poison potions, half keys and the like are usually bought by people only one or two at a time. You need lots of trading partners, and it’s easier to find them conveniently in World 2 than anywhere else.
  
  
• You’re Muted: Muted players can’t use the forums, but they can come into World 2 and look for someone offering to buy what they are selling or vice-versa.

These are only some of the more common reasons why players typically use World 2 for trading. There are also many others—I couldn’t begin to list them all. If you spend some time there you will likely figure out very quickly whether and how World 2 Fally suits your particular style of play.

The main competition for World 2 right now is the RuneScape marketplace forums, which are used by thousands of traders every day (Figure 48). The main advantage of the forums is the ability to reach more buyers and sellers; the main drawback is that you can’t actually trade on the forums—you have to set up an in-game meeting to do the exchange.

Here are situations where you’re better off using the forums:

• Your Items Aren’t Normally Traded in World 2: There are hundreds of items that people trade all the time, but they aren’t popular enough to have specific trading zones in World 2. If you need to buy or sell summer pies or death talismans or fine cloth, for example, you are better off using the forums, where you are more likely to reach the people who are interested in these goods.
  
  
• Your Items Have Limited Appeal: Even for the items generally bought and sold in World 2, some are of interest to relatively few buyers and sellers. For example, even though there’s a spot in World 2 for trading dragon full helms, the item is so rare that it’s often hard to find anyone buying or selling one. The forums are better here.
  
  
• You’re Patient and Want the Best Price: In general, you can get a higher price for most of the more valuable items in the game by using the forums than you can in World 2. It will take longer, but if you’re in no rush, it’s worth it.
  
  
• You Hate World 2: Don’t worry, you’re in good company on that score. J

Incidentally, the generally lower prices for small quantities of items in World 2 and the higher prices for large quantities on the forums are the basis of much of the “merchanting” that goes on in RuneScape.

In addition to the RuneScape marketplace forums, there are also many smaller, third-party markets. Most of these are rooms that are part of the forums run by popular fan sites such as Tip.It and RuneHQ. The problem with these marketplaces is that they generally do not have very many buyers and sellers. While you can occasionally find a good deal in these places, they are not a reliable place to find trading partners for the routine exchange of goods.

The issue here is simple one of numbers: there are many more people on the RuneScape official forums than anywhere else, and markets with more buyers and sellers are generally better than ones with fewer. Even though many experienced players have moved on to third party forums due to the immaturity in the RuneScape discussion boards, most still use the RuneScape marketplace boards.

Finally, there are many “specialty marketplaces” within the game that are often better places to buy or sell certain types of items. Some of these are like the individual trading spots in World 2 Falador, while others actually have a collection of spots like World 2 Fally has. Many are located in spots close to useful tools (like a furnace, farming patch or fire) or resource collection area (fishing spots, woodcutting trees and so forth).

A comprehensive list of these spots is beyond the scope of this guide, but here’s a quick list of some of the more important ones:

• Edgeville (World 18): As the town having the bank closest to the Wilderness, Edgeville is where many PKing-related items are exchanged, such as potions, food, dragonhide armor, runes and so forth. World 18 has the largest marketplace, located in and around the bank, and is a place that many skillers go to in order to sell their goods. It is often just as insane as World 2 Falador (Figure 49), so you’ll want to use many of the same sanity-preservation tips that I recommend in this guide.
  
  
• Seer’s Village: This town has often been called the “unofficial Fletching guild” due to its proximity to many types of woodcutting trees, a flax field and spinning wheel (for bowstrings) and the Ranged guild. It’s a good place to trade logs, bows, runes and related items.
  
  
• Yanille (World 132): The bank here has become another sort of “unofficial Fletching guild”; there are usually a bunch of people fletching here, and so also people buying and selling fletching supplies and alching runes.
  
  
• Catherby: The bank in this small town southeast of Camelot is located near a popular set of fishing spots, a range and a farming patch. It is often used for trading food (especially fish), seeds and herbs.
  
  
• Rogue’s Den: The location with the fire closest to a bank, it is sometimes a good place to find people buying food items.
  
  
• Varrock West Bank: Another good “general trading” area like Falador, it is particularly popular in F2P (non-member) worlds, such as Worlds 1, 3, 4 and 5. Like World 18 Edgeville, in the busy F2P worlds you’ll find that Varrock West is quite chaotic.
  
  
• Dueling Arena (World 22): This is a good place to sell specialty dueling items like rune knives and obsidian rings, and to buy and sell runes and combat equipment. World 22 is the home of serious stakers and is thus the best market.
  
  
• Castle Wars: A good general spot for selling combat items, especially on busy CW servers like World 6.
  
  
• Al-Kharid: The bank here, with its proximity to a tanner and furnace, makes it a common place to buy and sell crafting-related items such as hides, leather and jewelry, and also ores and bars.
  
  
• Falador East Bank (World 1): This is one of the largest marketplaces for ores, bars and gems in the game.
  

  Figure 49: World 18 Edgeville Bank

  The Edgeville bank in World 18 is the main PKing marketplace, and as much of a zoo as World 12 Falador is—just a bit smaller. Note that most of the items being sold are food, potions.and other items popular with PKers like dragonhide armor and rings of recoil.

  
  

The RuneScape World 2 Trading Survival Guide - Overview and General Information The RuneScape World 2 Trading Survival Guide - Surviving the Fally Marketplace "Experience"