How do i sell loot?

Noah

Apprentice III
The Legend
Supporter
NPC's do not buy items from players. Get a vendor and sell them to the players. or advertise them for sale on the trade channel in discord.
 

xG00BERx

Journeyman III
Supporter
Its all junk loot. I just remember on the official UO I could sell loot.
Selling to NPC's has been toggled off.
I would reccomend unraveling for imbuing materials to sell or throwing in the Luna trash bin for "trash points"

Those are two really good options.
 

Zog

Newbie II
Supporter
Why was selling loot turned off? As a new player this makes it more challenging to get my chars going.
 

Dan

Staff Member
Administrator
Game Master
Because original UO was meant to be a "supply" and "demand" economy back in 1998 - 1999. NPCs were only supposed to sell so much, per day, based on the gold in their pack. The problem was they had some coding issues so instead of fixing it they simply allowed NPCs to mint as much gold as they wanted.

Now on real UO people have billions and billions in gold.

Siege on UO though has one of the more stable and balanced economies even after 20+ years. They have never allowed the selling of items to NPCs. After 3+ years running gold still means something and we have no plans to change that now. Turning it in for clean up points, at any trash chest, will allow you to upgrade some of your gear and is a good suggestion.

https://www.raphkoster.com/games/snippets/the-evolution-of-uos-economy/ this is a great article by one of the creators of UO.
 

Dan

Staff Member
Administrator
Game Master
This is an excerpt:

"Let me rephrase, it’s a radically subsidized economy. I’m not speaking of removing all subsidization, I’m talking about not flooding the game with gold.

NPC shops are a subsidy, obviously, as they buy stuff for which there is zero real market. In a non-usage game, we could say they subsidize the gameplay of adventuring (which gives you lots of useless stuff) or pursuing your chosen playstyle (like say, crafting stuff that nobody wants, because it’s how you have fun).

In a game like UO, which is usage based, the NPC shops are rewarding macroing and the pursuit of skill points. They’re not even rewarding having fun necessarily. They’re just a gold spigot."
 

Omalley

Master
Benefactor
Supporter
Why was selling loot turned off? As a new player this makes it more challenging to get my chars going.

Zog if you need a vendor in Luna let me know, good way to sell some of your loot, Also start an imbuer, and unravel magical armor and weps that you loot and sell the materials on your vendor. The vendor is free of charge! and even low level materials are still sought after!
 

Zog

Newbie II
Supporter
It's cool. I get trying to keep the economy on an even keel. I played SP for a long, long time. Even started back up there again recently. Just seems that it put new players even further behind the development eight ball. Just my thoughts. Regardless...thanks for the feedback guys !! HOOWAH!
 

Dan

Staff Member
Administrator
Game Master
Player vendors here only charge 12gp per day regardless of how much stuff they have for sale. Due to this having a vendor is also not a bad idea.
 

xG00BERx

Journeyman III
Supporter
Player vendors here only charge 12gp per day regardless of how much stuff they have for sale. Due to this having a vendor is also not a bad idea.
This is also one of the best ideas for a freeserver/ small server..
 

Omalley

Master
Benefactor
Supporter
It's cool. I get trying to keep the economy on an even keel. I played SP for a long, long time. Even started back up there again recently. Just seems that it put new players even further behind the development eight ball. Just my thoughts. Regardless...thanks for the feedback guys !! HOOWAH!

Mmm k.. Even a day 1 player would benefit from a high traffic vendor spot. Normal gems are used in imbuing.. ingots are a good way to make money, same with wood, and gems from mining.. any kind of consumeable item is always a good seller.. as well.. the offer stands, just HMU
 

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