Economy

The Auction House (H)

A server-wide market: list items with a starting bid and optional buyout for up to 48 hours. Bids escrow your gold instantly; outbid refunds, winnings and proceeds all arrive by in-game mail. The house takes a 5% cut of every sale. You can browse, bid and buy out from the web portal while logged out.

Mail (L)

Send gold and items to any character. Attachments wait safely until claimed. Achievements, auction results and system rewards are all delivered here.

Item Binding

• Unbound — trades, mails and auctions freely. The default for common goods.
• Account bound — once bound, only your own characters may use it; it can still be mailed between them.
• Character bound — locked to the character who bound it. Forever.

Items bind on equip or on pickup depending on the item — tooltips warn you in amber before it happens and red after.

The Maker's Mark

Every crafted weapon, armor piece, tool and jewel is stamped "Crafted by …" — visible in tooltips and auction listings, surviving trades, mail and resale. Reputation is the rarest currency.

Trading & Guild Storage

Face-to-face trades and guild vaults round out the economy. Bound items never enter either.