Over the 2 years on my 2 accounts, I have accumulated quite a bit of drops in many of my characters inventories. I have tons of blades, potions, etc. Heck, I still have the mystery potions along with the hair and face potions.
What is the best way to determine the adena value of this stuff? For example with all these blades, how can I determine which to sell to the shop and which are worth more?
The fansite that can help you promotes third party software use and is therefore not mentioned here - ask for it elsewhere.
The easiest rule of thumb is something like this: If it's D or C, NPC it. However, if it is C and crafts top grade or one of the swords for top C Grade duals, sell it on the market. If it is B Grade, sell it on the market.
Simply experiment with the price - something around 20-50k is good for C, for unpopular B it's something around 70-100k, for popular b it ranges above that and is probably best sold via a shout.
Remember, have the other person make an offer first and then ask for more - haggling is the key to good prices.
Armor/weapons you get an idea by looking up it's crystal value and determining what you were to get if the item was crystalized. Materials are a lot harder to judge. I do two things for mats, one check to see what other individuals are buying/selling that mat for and two look it up at [censored] website. That should give you an idea of what those mats are worth.
Never sell anything at crystal value it will be way underpriced. Here is how I do it.
I look around giran and see what the lowest and highest sell price is then sell somewhere in between. If im in a hurry I undercut the lowest price.
General crafting mats:
I sell them all in private shop. If I am in a hurry i'll sell to buy shop.
Full items:
If its not Top wep/armor for the grade I crystalize it unless its a popular item. If it's top I sell in private shop.
Armor and weapon parts:
Depends on how much time you have to set around and sell. If its parts to Top wep/armor I sell in PC shop, If its not I sell to NPC.
The sight they are talking about I don't use just because it supports 3rd party software.
what i do is take the item to the nearest npc and see what they will buy at .. then multiply between 3 and 5 times that amount for a reasonablely fair market value.
and if you would like to sell to me, i am generally in or near the dion warehouse and willing to buy mats
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The sight they are talking about I don't use just because it supports 3rd party software.
While I hate third party software and any other cheats, I think looking at the site (not subscribing) is still worthwhile as it give you a good idea what items are worth.