ARKANA
Guidelines

Guidelines

Becoming a trader

On games that have trading enabled, ARKANA helps players find each other and keeps a memory of who actually follows through. Here's how to start and how trust works.

Set up a trader profile

Trading is per-game and pseudonymous. You don't trade as your account — you trade as a handle you pick for that specific game, so your reputation lives where the trades happen.

  1. 1
    Open a game that has trading enabled and go to its Marketplace.
  2. 2
    Create your trader profile for that game: choose a handle, optionally an in-game name, a short bio, and an emblem.
  3. 3
    That's it — you're a trader for that game. Repeat per game; each has its own profile and its own trust score.

Listing and proposing trades

  • Want to sell/give (WTS):list what you have. It shows up on the asset's page and in the game marketplace.
  • Want to buy (WTB):post what you're looking for so holders can come to you.
  • Propose a trade directly from any open listing, then work out the details in the trade thread.
  • When a deal is done, both sides confirm it in the thread. That mutual confirmation is what builds your trust score.

How trust is earned

Your trust score isn't a star rating people hand out — it's built from real, completed trades:

  • Trades count only when both counterparties confirm them — you can't inflate your own score.
  • Following through, repeatedly and with different partners, raises your standing.
  • Backing out after agreeing — ghosting — damages it. Reliability is the whole signal.
  • Suspicious patterns (the same people confirming each other in a ring, duplicate accounts) get flagged for moderator review and decay over time.

Trade safely — read this

  • ARKANA is a noticeboard and a reputation memory. It is not an escrow service and does not hold, guarantee, or insure anything.
  • All trades happen in-game, between players, entirely at your own risk.
  • Never trade for real money, account credentials, or anything outside the game. That's against the rules and unprotectable.
  • Check the other trader's profile and trust score before you commit. Prefer established traders for high-value deals.
  • If something goes wrong, you can open a dispute — moderators review the record, but they cannot reverse an in-game transfer.

Full terms are in the Terms. Trading may be disabled per game at the discretion of its moderators.

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