Basic Guide: Trading

Trading is one of the most important parts in Warframe. Here you are going to find the basis to trade with other Tenno. Get ready to earn some Platinum and avoid scams.

Do you need Platinum, Tenno?

I welcome you to this little corner, a place where we talk about matters more subtle in my opinion, if we compare them with the crudity and brutality of combat. I am sure that all of you know how to wield your weapons in one way or another but, Do you know how to trade?

Here we are going to help to answer this question, so all Tenno know the basis of trading in Warframe Universe.

What is trade?

Trade is the exchange of goods between two Tenno, so far everything seems simple. But on the other side, what many do not know right now is that, in Warframe, trade is a very important part (the most important if you ask me) if you want to prosper. That’s why I want to share with all of you the basis about this topic.

When can you trade?

To be able to trade there is a little requirement. Only the Tenno with a Mastery Rank 2 or higher can trade with other Tenno.

Mastery Rank 2

Where can you trade?

In Warframe Universe there are spaces reserved for trade. Safe Places where the Tenno can relax and think about the benefits. There are three places where you can make an exchange:

The Clan Dojo.
Tenno Relays.
Maroo’s Bazaar.

What can be traded with?

In Warframe you can NOT trade with anything.

In other words, you can ONLY trade with some items and weapons. If you want to know detailed information I recommend you to see the entry “Tradeable Items” where you have at your disposal everything that can be traded.

How do I start an exchange?

In the three places where you can trade you can “Set Up Shop”, to do that you simply need to press the gear key “Q” and, on the right, the option “Open your Store” will appear. When you do that, you will see a menu with 5 slots. When you select one of them you can choose any tradeable item, including Platinum, you have in your inventory.

Once you open your Store and find a buyer, you only need to get closer and start the exchange.

In the Clan Dojos there is a difference, you have the “Trading Console”. When you get close to it, you will see a device to interact with. When you use this device, a list with the Tenno in the Dojo will appear. Select the Tenno with whom you want to trade and start the exchange.

The menu that will appear is exactly the same which appears when you open your shop, 5 slots where you can place the items you want to exchange or sell.

In any case, if you do not coincide in the same session, you will have to invite form one of these trading places the other Tenno to make sure you are in the same place to be able to trade. To do that select the name in the chat and press the option “invite”.

What is the maximum daily exchanges?

As many of you already know, the Mastery Rank have an influences many aspects, among them, it also determines the maximum of daily exchanges.

The amount of times you can trade in Warframe resets each 24 hours. To know when this reset happens there is a simple and reliable method. The daily exchange resets when you receive the daily login reward.

Who can be traded with?

In Warframe you can trade with any player that is connected, regardless of his nationality and server. We talk about server to define it in some way, although the only difference between the servers are the players and the language in the chats (Region, Recruitment and Trading) and in the game menus.

This is something very useful, because separating the chats by languages, places all players who speak the same language together. Besides, gives the opportunity to those players who speak more than one language, to star the session in one or another server to trade with different persons. To sum up, the more languages you speak the more business possibilities you will have.

How do you change the server and language?

The most simple way is to select the language you want in the game launcher. In this window, on the top right you can see a drop-down list. Select the language you want and that’s all. When you enter in the game, both menus and chats will be in the language you have selected.

In some cases, there are different regions with the same language, for example with “English” language you have the regions “North America” and “Europe”. This can be changed form the menu in “Options”, “Game”, “Region”. There are the following Regions:

Europe.
Western Europe and Russia.
Asia.

Oceania.
North America.
South America.

Changing the region inside a server is only possible if the players of the different regions speak the same language. So, when you change the region the language will not be modified. For that, we can tell this is only useful if you want to trade with players in North America or Europe, because they are the only regions with the same language. Maybe some of you will find this useful.

Why is interesting to change the server and region?

Trade in Warframe is “free”, this means that there is no fixed prices for anything, because there are the Tenno themselves who set the prices of the tradeable items.

All this means that the price of the same object for some Tenno will be “expensive”, for other will be “fair” and there will be some who think that there is “cheap”. And that happens with the prices per “Region”.

One example of this is the Prime junk. Try to change the language and you will see the differences between the regions.

Are there rules and prices in Trade?

The answer is NO. There are limitations in trade, as we already see, about the tradeable objects, but there is not any rule beyond that. The prices are free, determined by the supply and demand, so any object is worth what Tenno are willing to pay for it.

Does this mean that there are no frauds? The answer is no, there are no scams in a free market. But that doesn’t mean that there are no Tenno who take advantage of the ignorance, abusing of those who do not know the value of the things they have.

How can you avoid a scam?

The only way to avoid it is being informed as much as possible before trading. I recommend you to ask other Tenno about this topic, and there is no better place to ask than a Clan. The scams among Tenno of the same clan are very rare and most of the times are sanctioned by Clan’s officers.

If you don’t have a Clan, the other option is ask in the Region chat, where there are many Tenno willing to help. Don’t be afraid of asking, something very positive about Warframe Universe is that we count with one of the best player communities, and you can see it.

Why is trading so important?

Trading is one of the essential pillars in Warframe for many reasons, being one of the most important the possibility to obtain items you can not get otherwise. The other thing is that offers the possibility to all Tenno to earn Platinum without spending real money.

I think we all agree that if you do not have Platinum in Warframe, your life will be more difficult, because this is the only way to get some things essential for any Tenno.

As always we hope this information was helpful for you. If you find any mistake or missing information let us know through the comments below.

Remember, everything has a price, Tenno.

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