Flea market#

The game’s flea market is a place where players can dispose of unwanted items and things they consider junk. Almost any item can end up at the market, from tools to warships. Any clone, even a tramp, can pick up a sale.

The flea market operating system is as follows:

• Items dropped from players’ inventory or storage appear on the market after a period of time ranging from 1 minute to 5 hours.
• The player who clicks the “Claim for Free” button starts a three-hour wait timer. If no one shows interest, the item is theirs.
• If several players bid on a lot, the bidding begins with a minimum bid of 0.0001 gold.
• After the first bid, the trading time is reduced to 1 hour.
• If a bet is placed in the last minute, the timer is extended by another 1 minute.
• The winning lot is delivered to the buyer within 5 minutes after the auction ends.
• No more than one item of each type can be on the market at a time. New items will not appear until the current supply of that type is depleted.

Part of these funds - 30% of the sale amount - is received by the owner of the discarded item, the remaining funds are distributed among various game funds.

Thus the flea market provides an opportunity for players to get rid of unwanted items and can also be a source of income for those who put items up for sale.