Effective DDO Trading

Effective DDO Trading

Nov 13

There are many ways to get the most out of your gold in DDO.

Some people like making a Sorcerer character with max charisma to buy or pass items to for sale. This method just seems a little long winded for me, so I usually just buff as much as possible before any highish transaction.

My level 11 wizard “Abeon” is by no means a good trader so needs all the help he can get whilst trading.
The Charisma stat and the Haggle skill are relevant to trading, so here are Abeons’:

Base
Charisma = 8 (Base)
Haggle = 5 (Base)

Boosted
Charisma = 8 (Base)
+4 Wand of Eagles Splendor
= 12 Total

Haggle = 5 (Base)
+1 Voice of the master
+5 Necklace of Haggling
+4 Greater heroism spell
+2 Human versatility skill
= 17 Total

So let’s compare some loot to see how much more we could earn or save.

Base Loot Sale Value = 5,018 gold
Boosted Loot sale Value = 6,204 gold!

Thats 1,186 gold, essentially, for free

Notes
Keeping a few spare items and scrolls / potions handy to swap before a transaction can make trading a lot more profitable.
Some stat and item boosts will stack for trading purposes (Human versatility and Greater heroism, for example), so experiment a little.
It’s faster to click a few hotbar icons instead of logging in with another character just to trade.

I know it’s not a monumental amount, but the examples used were just general trader trash and wizards have very low trading skills and not the best haggle / charisma boosting items.
Using a charisma based character or by later levels the profits will increase a huge amount, if you get use to using the method.

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