Auction (Services Help)

The auction is a way for players to sell their goods to other players through a controlled environment. It allows individuals to place items for sale and then others may choose to handle these items and bid on them.

Currently, there are four auction houses:

1. In Bree - Run by Laryn, this is the auction house for low-level Free Race players.
2. In Calenhad in the White Mountains near Minas Tirith - Run by Alexa, this is the auction house for high-level Free Race players.
3. In Tul-Tarzhayan - Run by Alazif, this is the auction house for low-level Evil Race players.
4. In Kadar - Run by Eamon, this is the auction house for high-level Evil Race players.

The auction houses are linked: when you put an item on auction in one of them, the buyer can pick it in any of the four. The high-level vs low-level distinction is for bidding on items and picking them up. This is made to encourage the highlevels to travel to farther places rather than stick with just the 'newbie' auction house.

The following commands are available when you are at an auction house:

• auction <item> min <minimum bid> tag <additional information> - Puts an item on auction.
• auction package tag <additional information> - Prompts you to choose multiple items to auction, and finally asks you for the selling price.
• pickup <lot #> - Picks up an item you win bid for, or withdraws your own auction.
• pickup gold - Claim gold revenue from your auctions.
• request equipment - Write a note to other players that you need a specific piece of equipment.
• erase request (or request cancel) - Remove such note.
• check penalty - If you failed to pick up a won item twice, this will display how much you have to pay to be able to use the auction again.
• payoff penalty - To pay off the penalty described above.

The following commands are available either directly at the auction house, or remotely through tells to auctioneers (for example: "tell laryn list"):

• list - To see what items are currently on sale.
• list <name> - To see what items of that name are on sale.
• list mine - To see what items you have auctioned (both open and closed).
• announce <on|off> - Turn on or off new auction announcements.
• bid <lot number> <amount> - To bid on item.
• requests - To see equipment requests from the auction house and players.
• requests <on|off> - Turn on or off request announcements.
• help - To receive quick help about available commands.
• faq - To see the list of most frequently asked questions (which is also available through 'help auction faq').
• top - To see who the auction house top supplier is (the one who fulfills the most requests).