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Monthly Price Guides

By TimUnleashed

"At SFE we believe it is our responsibility to set prices that are reasonable and fair. 

In order to do this, SFE undergoes a monthly review of prices that is an intricate balance involving the current monthly averaged market prices of the ingredients we use, procurement prices as supplied from SFE Logistics department, success rates as dictated by SFE Crafting department and of course the cost of Blueprint procurement for those blueprints that have a limited life expectancy! 

All of this swirls around our amazing spread sheet and out come the price recommendations for the following month!

Recent Announcements

  • SFE Price Guide #47 - May 2013 Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!The common theme this month has been a return to higher prices on some of the rarer materials.  This has meant our crafting ...
    Posted May 8, 2013, 3:24 AM by Jim Morris
  • SFE Price Guide #46 - April 2013 Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!It has come to our attention that a lot of material prices have been moving around lately, which is no surprise given the ...
    Posted Apr 7, 2013, 12:26 AM by Jim Morris
  • SFE Price Guide #45 - February 2013 Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!So!  February!  And SFE doesn't send you a newsletter until AFTER Valentine's Day!Sorry about that.  I thought Jim had sent ...
    Posted Feb 21, 2013, 4:49 PM by Jim Morris
  • SFE Price Guide #44 - January 2013 Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!Well, the silly season is over, but sometimes things just can't get silly enough!  I managed to get a recording of Jim ...
    Posted Jan 12, 2013, 3:34 AM by Jim Morris
  • SFE Price Guide #43 - December 2012 Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!It's getting toward what we in Australia call the "silly season".  I don't know if you guys call it that anywhere ...
    Posted Dec 2, 2012, 3:44 AM by Jim Morris
  • SFE Price Guide #42 - November 2012 Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!Well, we must start by congratulating KikkiJikki on having won the 100 Quality Rating set of Koroma Blueprints that were in the Arkadia ...
    Posted Nov 7, 2012, 8:48 PM by Jim Morris
  • SFE Price Guide #41 - October 2012 Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!Two new armours are on our radar at the moment: Ankitus and Koroma.  There are full sets of blueprints to both, currently being ...
    Posted Oct 13, 2012, 9:24 PM by Jim Morris
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SFE Price Guide #47 - May 2013

posted May 8, 2013, 3:24 AM by Jim Morris

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

The common theme this month has been a return to higher prices on some of the rarer materials.  This has meant our crafting cost of a number of armours has firmed quite a fair bit.  However, we have decided that you are the most outrageously important customers in the universe, and that to look after you we should just suck it up and keep our prices where they are.  But if it stays this way we will have to move some prices up a bit next month.  We'll see.  That said, maybe it's time for a Mother's Day bargain?

Does your mother play Entropia?  Do the two of you go hunting and mining together?

If so, perhaps this is a great opportunity to get Mum something really unique?  After all, anyone can do flowers and a box of chocolates ;)

If not, perhaps it's about time you showed her what this game is that you've been playing all this time?

Price Adjustments
  • Berserker decreased by 4 PED across 3 of the six pieces we sell (no Foot Guards!): Well, material prices here have kept coming down, so we shaved a little off.  After taking 12 PED off the cost of a suit last month, we've taken an additional 4 PED off this month.  Makes me happy.
  • Explorer increased by 3  PED: I know. It's only 3 ped for the suit.  But when Magerian Spray goes from its usual price range of 110% to 120% or so, all of a sudden up to 163.20% for the month when we checked just now, it definitely costs more to make Explorer!
  • Spectre increased by 41.61 PED for a suit : Even so, it's still a fantastic bargain at 1,143.76 PED for a full TT suit of an armour that looks like Pixie on steroids (Jims words :D), and gives you, among other things, 31 Impact protection!
  • Canis (L) increased by 15.9 PED for the full suit: Material prices on Arkadia are firming somewhat, as is, unfortunately, the cost of residue, which has finally pushed us to the point where we have to up the price of Canis (L) for now.  It's now 195.9 PED for a full TT suit.
  • Lupus (L) increased by 10.87 PED for the full suitMaterial prices on Arkadia are firming somewhat, as is, unfortunately, the cost of residue, which has finally pushed us to the point where we have to up the price of Lupus (L) for now.  It's now 271.87 PED for a full TT suit.
  • Hydra (L) increased by 40 PED for the full suitMaterial prices on Arkadia are firming somewhat, as is, unfortunately, the cost of residue, which has finally pushed us to the point where we have to up the price of Canis (L) for now.  It's now 676.4 PED for a full TT suit.


Notes and tips

For all our prices, on all our armours, across all four of our shops, simply visit our Prices and Locations page here.

Last month EwoK put up a prize of a free set of Musca (L) valued at 40ped TT, with a little side competition from the news-feed at the website 
here.  Congratulations go to Jansen "thelegend77" Teng for being the first entry with the correct answer!

Going on the popularity of EwoKs little competition, we will probably start doing this as a regular thing each month, both on the website and here on the newsletter, so stay tuned for more info and subscribe now!

Lastly, next month (June) we will be holding a competition as part of SFE's seven year anniversary as well as in celebration of the second anniversary of Arkadia's launch.  Stay tuned for details!!!!

TimUnleashed
CEO | Southern Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

SFE Price Guide #46 - April 2013

posted Apr 7, 2013, 12:26 AM by Jim Morris

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

It has come to our attention that a lot of material prices have been moving around lately, which is no surprise given the major updates that have been going on, so without further ado, here's a big fat list of new armour prices for you to study!

Price Adjustments
  • Berserker decreased by 12 PED for the 6 pieces we sell (no Foot Guards!): Belkar, Durulium and Terrudite have all decreased in price, which was more than enough to counteract the rise in Lysterium.
  • Dragon increased by 419  PED for the 6 pieces we sell (no Foot Guards!): nothing could save us from Dunkel Plastix increasing by something like 1,000%!
  • Expedition increased by 738 PED for the full suit: again, Dunkel Plastix defeats us :(
  • Guardian decreased by 1.5 PED for the full suit: with a nice drop in the price of Cumbriz and a little from Iron and Melchi, we're able to shave a little off the cost of a few parts!
  • Lich (L) decreased by 442.06 PED for the full suit: a massive and long-awaited downward swing in the cost of Light Metal Plating finally allowed us to drop the price back down.  A full suit now costs 2,168.80 PED.  Considering the stats, I still think this is awesome and I probably always will.
  • Luna (L) decreased by 65.81 PED for the full suit: Robot Flare Filters continue their amazing downward slump.  We remember paying 774% for them in December 2011, and now they barely fetch more than TT! The armour that used to be boutique is now at a mainstream price. A full suit of Luna (L) at full TT costs you 923.19 PED
  • Pioneer decreased by 1 PED for the full suit: just a combination of things to give those n00bs a better chance!
  • Renegade decreased by 3.2 PED for the full suit: a drop in Erdorium over the last 4 months has finally allowed us to shave more off our price!
  • Samurai increased by 55 PED for the full suit: Maganite has surged from a historic low of 170% up to 289% and is showing no signs of abating.  Sorry, but we need to pass this on.  Only the pieces of the suit that use Maganite have had their price affected.
  • Trooper increased by 200 PED for the full suit: and that price change was all on the Harness - the only piece that requires Dunkel Plastix to make!
  • Vindicator increased by 84 PED for the full suit: as discussed, Maganite has been slowly climbing and we can't absorb it any more, so this affected the overall price.  However, at TT + 263, Vindicator's still great value in my opinion, considering it looks wicked!
  • Ankitus increased by 14 PED for the full suit: in all honesty, our price has been so far below the auction markup that it's been selling like hotcakes, and we just can't keep up with the demand.  So we're going against our usual policy here just to survive!  In any case, our new prices are still significantly below auction price, and in some cases still RIDICULOUSLY low :)


Notes and tips

For all our prices, on all our armours, across all four of our shops, simply visit our Prices and Locations page here.

It's worth taking a look at those armours you haven't scanned over for a few years.  Times have changed and you might find yourself a bargain.

Also, for those interested in a free set of Musca (L) valued at 40ped TT, then EwoK is running a little side competition from the news-feed at the website here.

TimUnleashed
CEO | Southern Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

SFE Price Guide #45 - February 2013

posted Feb 21, 2013, 4:49 PM by Jim Morris

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

So!  February!  And SFE doesn't send you a newsletter until AFTER Valentine's Day!

Sorry about that.  I thought Jim had sent it, and Jim though I had sent it.  I would blame it on the rogue SFE Monkey that rears its chattering head every now and then, but I haven't seen him for a while.

So if you completely forgot about Valentine's Day and you think there's still a chance that you can make amends, perhaps a suit of armour would be suitably romantic?  See what I did there?


Price Adjustments

Quite a few material prices fluctuated this month, but in a freak coincidence, we decided to ride every single wave.  There's some strange stuff happening with markups at the moment, so we're just patiently observing instead of responding.

One example would be Lich (L).  At the current markup on Light Metal Plating (the key ingredient), all of a sudden it is costing us more than ever before to make Lich (L) (by a LOT).  However, Light Metal Plating is rare enough at the moment that we really can't make any Lich (L) anyway.  So we're just leaving the price as is, and hoping that next month we'll be able to be a bit more helpful.

Notes and tips

For all our prices, on all our armours, across all four of our shops, simply visit our Prices and Locations page here.

Ankitus
.  I'm going to say it once more this month.  TT + 23 for the whole set.  Ridiculous but true.  Hard proof that we price our armour according to crafting cost, regardless of what the market thinks.



TimUnleashed's Monkey
CEO | Monkey Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

SFE Price Guide #44 - January 2013

posted Jan 12, 2013, 3:34 AM by Jim Morris

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

Well, the silly season is over, but sometimes things just can't get silly enough!  I managed to get a recording of Jim sounding quite silly indeed, at the end of an interview, as follows: 

One of the highlights of SFE's entire existence occurred last month.  It was the opportunity to talk with MindStar9, of MindStar Media, for an article she was writing about us!

Check out the article 
here and listen to the interview if you have time!  The silly bit with Jim is toward the end.

Our winning response to the offer I made in last month's price guide was from Ary Steve Hunter!  Congrats, you win a suit of Bodyguard (L)!

Price Adjustments

Well, I went one month without talking about Rugaritz, and this is going to be two in a row (oh whoops, I said it).

In general, prices haven't really changed.  There are just a few very small upward adjustments we had to make.  Lich (L) is the exception.  Unfortunately, that was a large upward adjustment, as the mercurial careening of Light Metal Plating continues to drag us on its markup wild goose chase.  Want it cheaper?  Bring us cheaper Light Metal Plating and we can talk!

  • Berserker continued its upward creep, adding another 5.5 ped total for the six pieces we make available: ... a result of Terrudite climbing further.  The 6 pieces (no Foot Guards) now cost TT + 105.5 ped.
  • Guardian increased by 1.5 ped: with Cumbriz over 130% at the moment, we've nipped it in the bud.  A full suit of Guardian now costs TT  + 28.5 ped.
  • Lich (L) had to go up in the end: As you saw in last month's price guide, we decided to ride the wave of a price rise in Light Metal Plating, to see if we could wait it out.  Unfortunately we can't, so up goes the price.  A full suit of full TT Lich now costs 2,610.86 ped.
  • Orca (L) increased by 3.8 ped:  Just a little adjustment to make sure we're covering our costs which have been slowly creeping up.  The Helmet, Foot Guards and Gloves rose by a total of 3.80 ped, and a full TT suit now costs 532.89 ped.
  • Guardian increased by 3.2 ped: After about 75,000,000 years at the same price, it now costs more than even to make Pioneer, and so we have had to add a little to the Arm Guards, Harness and Thigh Guards.  A full suit now costs TT + 20.4 ped.
  • Vindicator increased by 15 ped: with Maganite becoming that little bit rarer, the cost of making this gorgeous black and white armour has pushed up a bit of late, so it's time to pass that on, unfortunately!  A full suit now costs a still marvellous TT + 178 ped.
  • Warrior increased by 1.5 ped: over the very long term, we've identified a gradual but clear rise in our costs here, so adding 0.5 ped to each of the Arm Guards, Harness and Thigh Guards more accurately reflects what's going on.

Notes and tips

For all our prices, on all our armours, across all four of our shops, simply visit our Prices and Locations page here.

Ankitus
.  I'm going to say it again this month.  TT + 23 for the whole set.  Ridiculous but true.  Hard proof that we price our armour according to crafting cost, regardless of what the market thinks.


Phantom.  Silly low price because I didn't talk about Rugaritz for the second month in a row.  Order yours today!

TimUnleashed
CEO | Southern Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

SFE Price Guide #43 - December 2012

posted Dec 2, 2012, 3:44 AM by Jim Morris

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

It's getting toward what we in Australia call the "silly season".  I don't know if you guys call it that anywhere else around the world, do you?  Christmas, that is.

Of course, I could google it, but that's no fun.  In fact, I'm going to give a free set of Bodyguard (L), of whatever TT value it comes out of the crafting machine, to the most interesting reply we get.

There are three things you should know about us this month:

1.  You can now order a full suit of Phantom from us for TT + 3173 ped.  That's 21% knocked off our previous price (which was already comparable with the market).

2.  We have almost finished putting together a set of Aquila (L) Blueprints (L), so if you're missing a particular part feel free to email us and see if we can help.

3.  We won the Ankitus Blueprint auction on Arkadia!!!  So we are now selling full sets of Ankitus at our Sanctuary Cove shop, and are happy to craft to order.  You won't believe how cheap it is too.  TT + 23 for the whole set.  That's way under current MU.

Price Adjustments

Well, I went one month without talking about Rugaritz, but I can't help myself today.  It dropped big time!  Have a look at Phantom and Trooper!
  • Berserker increased by another 2 ped total for the six pieces we make available: ...which is a result of Terrudite having spent some time lurking around the 110-155% MU space for a while, then recently screaming up to about 140%.  Not much we can do, sorry. 6 pieces (no Foot Guards) now cost TT + 100 ped.
  • Lich did not change in price: This is noteworthy because the price of Light Metal Plating, the key ingredient, went up by about 1100% in the last month.  We hate increasing the price of Lich, so we're going to ride the wave this month.  If it lasts, we'll have to put up the price next month.  If it subsides and goes back to "normal" levels, then we'll leave the price as is.
  • Luna (L) dropped by a total of 69.5 ped: The price of all our materials here seems to have stabilised, so we've taken down our guard.  We hope this is a long term thing, as Luna (L) now only costs 989 ped, full TT!!
  • Phantom NOSE DIVED!: Due to Rugaritz finally returning to where it has traditionally been, long term, we smashed our price down from TT + 4034 ped to TT + 3173 ped.  That's a discount of 861 ped, or a bit over 21% off!
  • Trooper NOSE DIVED!: Due to Rugaritz finally returning to where it has traditionally been, long term, we smashed our price down from TT + 3295 ped to TT + 2649 ped.  That's a discount of 646 ped, or a bit over 19% off!
Notes and tips

Ankitus.  TT + 23 for the whole set.  Ridiculous but true.  Hard proof that we price our armour according to crafting cost, regardless of what the market thinks.

FREE set of Bodyguard (L) to the person who gives us the most interesting reply to this email.  EwoK's decision will be final and so on.

Phantom.  Silly low price.  Order yours today!

TimUnleashed
CEO | Southern Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

SFE Price Guide #42 - November 2012

posted Nov 7, 2012, 8:48 PM by Jim Morris

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

Well, we must start by congratulating KikkiJikki on having won the 100 Quality Rating set of Koroma Blueprints that were in the Arkadia Gold Rush Auction.  The bidding was fierce, and reached a whopping 1.5 million Arkoins (that's 15,000 PED's worth, plus markup!).  We're insanely jealous, but hopefully there will be more in future.  Well done mate, if you're reading!

The other thing that makes me happy is we've finally been able to drop our Arkadian Armour prices!

Price Adjustments

I'm not going to talk about Rugaritz today.  I will ignore the entire topic completely for once :)
  • Berserker increased by 4 ped total for the six pieces we make available: ...which counteracted last month's 4 ped drop!  This was mainly due to a spike in the price of Terrudite.  6 pieces (no Foot Guards) now cost TT + 98 ped.
  • Dragon increased by 39 ped for the six pieces we make available: While Zinc and Erdorium had modest increases, the cost of Dunkel Plastix went through the roof, which gave us no choice but to pass on the cost increase.  6 pieces (not Foot Guards) now cost TT + 883 ped.
Most of the rest of our armours stayed the same, except that when we took a look at our Arkadia armours, we were able to shave off about 5% for all of them except Hydra (L) (and Musca (L), which we only sell on Calypso)!  This is the first time we've been able to drop our Arkadian Armour prices, so we're pretty happy about that!  Check it out:
  • Corvus (L) dropped by 5% from 160% to 155%: This is a saving of 3 ped for a full TT suit, which now costs 93 ped.
  • Canis (L) dropped by 5% from 155% to 150%: This is a saving of 6 ped for a full TT suit, which now costs 180 ped.
  • Lupus (L) dropped by 5% from 150% to 145%: This is a saving of 12.6 ped for a full TT suit, which now costs 261 ped.
  • Ursa (L) dropped from a variety of amounts for different pieces to a flat 144% for each piece: This is a saving of 27.12 ped for a full TT suit, which now costs 864 ped.
  • Cetus (L) dropped by a variety of amounts for different pieces, with new prices sitting between 147% and 155% for different pieces: This is a saving of 33.4 ped for a full TT suit, which now costs 744.45 ped.
Notes and tips

We're getting close to having a full set of (L) Blueprints for Aquila (L), and are hoping to make that available for sale in the near future.

Have a good month!

TimUnleashed
CEO | Southern Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

SFE Price Guide #41 - October 2012

posted Oct 13, 2012, 9:22 PM by Jim Morris   [ updated Oct 13, 2012, 9:24 PM ]

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

Two new armours are on our radar at the moment: Ankitus and Koroma.  There are full sets of blueprints to both, currently being auctioned in the Arkadia Gold Rush Arkoin Auction, so that's exciting to see!

As for our prices, the news is short and sweet this month, which is a welcome relief after last month when we had to put lots of prices up.  This time round, we were able to drop prices on Berserker, Expedition and Vindicator.


Price Adjustments

Too often I begin a price discussion with comments about Rugaritz, and this month is no exception!  After a decent run on Phantom and Trooper at good prices, we've eventually had to put these up.
  • Berserker decreased by 4 ped total for the six pieces we make available: The cost of making this has started to move slowly downward over the last few months, and reached a point where we could shave a bit off.  6 pieces (no Foot Guards) now cost TT + 94 ped.
  • Expedition decreased by 70 ped total for the suit: It's not as expensive as it used to be, so we're pleased to pass it on.  You can now get your hands on a suit of this rare and elegant plate carrier from us, for TT + 1487 ped.
  • Vindicator decreased by 2 ped total for the suit: Hardly worth mentioning, but a sustained dip in the price of Maganite meant we had no choice but to lop a ped off the price of each of the Arm Guards and Harness.  Vindicator now costs a low low TT + 163.  We reckon that's a bargain for what it is: sexy.

Notes and tips

Seriously.  Vindicator.  TT + 163.  How?  Why?  Don't worry about that, just love it!

In other news, Orca (L) has proven to be quite popular lately too, with our prices on all but the Harness being between 133% and 147%.  The Harness is unfortunately very rare because Ultra Cold Fabric is so hard to get our hands on :(

Until next month!  Any questions?  Email us back!

TimUnleashed
CEO | Southern Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

Price Guide #40 - September

posted Sep 4, 2012, 1:37 AM by Jim Morris   [ updated Sep 4, 2012, 1:55 AM ]

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

So much has happened in the last couple of months, and at SFE we can't escape the growing feeling that great things are afoot for Entropia.  Resource markups are increasing, auction turnover is improving, and it seems that activity is up, universe-wide.

Of course, when our costs go up, so do our prices! But if you've known SFE for a while, you'd also be aware that when our costs go down, our prices go down too.

In fact, we've been adjusting our prices every month for over 6 years now.  Got armour?


Price Adjustments

Too often I begin a price discussion with comments about Rugaritz, and this month is no exception!  After a decent run on Phantom and Trooper at good prices, we've eventually had to put these up.
  • Dragon increased by 112 ped for the six pieces we make available: With Dunkel Plastix finally heading up in cost, we had to reverse last month's price drop.  The 6 pieces of Dragon we make available (not including Foot Guards) are now TT + 844 ped.
  • Lich (L) increased by 64.99 ped: With Light Metal Plating and Dianum dropping in supply and increasing in price, we've absorbed the cost pressure for as long as we can.  Time to put up the price :(  So Lich now costs the same as it did 6 months ago: 2,220.44 ped for a full TT suit.  Still an awesome deal for an amour that does 45 impact protection, among other things, which is why it's one of our best selling armours.
  • Phantom increased by 378 ped: As per my previous comments about Rugaritz, Phantom is back up to a more historically reasonable price again:  TT + 4,034.
  • Trooper increased by 600 ped: As per my previous comments about Rugaritz, the six pieces of Trooper we have readily available (but we know the guy who sells the Foot Guards) are back up to a more historically reasonable price again:  TT + 3,295.
  • Predator (L) increased by 31.47 ped: We've held the price down for about twelve months now in the hope that recent material cost increases will subside, but they have persisted.  This has forced our hand to put Predator up to 150%.  A full TT suit costs 324.75 ped.
  • Rascal (L) increased by 4.26 ped: We've held the price down for about four months now in the hope that recent material cost increases will subside, but they have persisted.  This has forced our hand to put Rascal up to 150%.  A full TT suit costs 90.98 ped.

Notes and tips

When we dropped Vindicator to TT + 165 last month, it WASN'T too good to be true.  Costs have stayed low, and so has our price!

Until next month!

TimUnleashed
CEO | Southern Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

Price Guide #39 - August

posted Aug 7, 2012, 7:23 PM by Jim Morris   [ updated Aug 7, 2012, 8:04 PM ]

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

Well well, time flies when you're having fun, and it's been go go go for Jim and I these last couple of months!  But we've managed to keep things under control, and followed through by swallowing material price rises.

As a result, you get to read about three price drops this month, out of all our armours.  All good news, everyone's a winner!

In particular, I've got to say that Vindicator is pretty flippin well cheap now.  Read on!


Price Adjustments

Rugaritz has come back up, pushing us to the limit on armours like Expedition, Phantom and Trooper, but since Rugaritz is so rare anyway, we decided to ride the wave a bit and leave our prices as they are.Which means it's a good time to order that suit of Phantom you've been coveting!
  • Dragon decreased by 112 ped for the six pieces we make available: With Dunkel Plastix dropping even further of late, we were able to knock a bit off the four pieces that require it.  Which means the 6 pieces of Dragon not including Foot Guards are now only TT + 732 ped, which is fairly low, historically speaking.
  • Samurai decreased by 24 ped: With Maganite easing even more than it already has been of late, we were able to take 8 ped off each of the pieces that use it.  When you add that to our previous month's decreases, Samurai has dropped by 45 ped in the last couple of months, with the 6 pieces (no Foot Guards) now at TT + 89.4 ped.  I put it to you that that's chicken feed.
  • Vindicator decreased by 57ped: Again due to Maganite, but when you add it to recent changes you get an officially crazy price on Vindicator: A full suit of this beautiful black kit now cost only TT + 165 ped.

Notes and tips

Silly I know, but VINDICATOR COSTS TT + 165 PED.

Did I mention we are doing a great deal on Vindicator?

Until next month!

TimUnleashed's Monkey
Chief Monkey | Southern Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

Price Guide #38 - June 2012

posted Jun 20, 2012, 1:11 AM by Jim Morris

Welcome to the latest SFE Price Guide!

Did someone say TREASURE HUNTING?

Well, the last couple of months have been a very exciting time in Entropia.  First, along came Planet Cyrene, then Arkadia launched the long awaited Treasure Hunting!  In any case, those have been the two main things on our radar, and they seem to have had an unusal impact on prices.  Or something has, anyway!

Things have been quite dynamic to say the least, and one thing we've noticed is a very significant increase in markup for quite a lot of the common resources.  This is the first time in a long time that I can recall having to shift a lot of our prices upward.  We've been getting used to bringing them down!

On the flipside, with markups as they are, I'm thinking it is probably an excellent time to be a miner.  If you haven't mined for a while, my tip is to dust off your finder and give it another go!  And while you're at it, keep an eye out for Rugaritz.

We want everyone to know that we will always buy Rugaritz.  And on that note, here are our price changes for June.

Price Adjustments

Rugaritz has dropped a bit, but that fact has completely failed to correlate with a bit more supply.  So while we can reduce our prices on armours like Trooper (and have recently done the same with Phantom), it doesn't make any difference because there's no Rugaritz with which to make them!  At the same time, Dunkel Plastix has continued to drop in price, and that really made a difference to Trooper.  Some armours we have already dropped prices on recently, but watch this:
  • Trooper decreased by SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR PED for a suit!: And that's for the six pieces we have Blueprints for (no Foot Guards, though we know the guy who has some clicks left).  The price of our six pieces of Trooper dropped from TT + 3,194 ped down to TT + 2,470 ped.
Durulium exploded in the last month from its normal price range of approximately 115% to 120%, to a whopping 160%, which had an unusual impact on two armours in particular:
  • Berserker increased by 16.4 ped for the six pieces we craft:  With Foot Guards rare as hen's teeth, and four pieces of the suit being affected by the price of Durulium, our price went from TT + 74.6 ped up to TT + 91 ped :(  The pieces that changed were Face Guard, Gloves, Harness and Shin Guards.
  • Zombie (L) has increased by 39.65 ped for a full suit:  Animal Liver Oil's increase contributed to this a little too.  The cost of a full set has gone from 457.50 ped up to 497.15 ped.
Erdorium has snuck up somewhat, and it's pushed all our finely tuned Rascal (L) figures out of whack:
  • Rascal (L) increased by 1.81 ped (sniffle!): It's no longer the nice round 140% its been for as long as I can remember.  At 143%, Rascal (L) has finally moved from 84.91 ped up by 1.81 ped to 86.72 ped for a suit.  We hope you regular Rascal (L) buyers can forgive us.
  • Renegade increased by 2.70 ped for a full suit:  Factoring in the increases in Alicenies Gel and Lysterium as well, we've had to nudge it up from TT + 50.20 ped to TT + 52.90 ped.
Iron jumped a fair bit, particularly in the last month, which makes miners happy and me sad:
  • Guardian has increased by 3.20 ped for a full suit:  The price of all seven pieces moved from TT + 23.80 ped to TT + 27.00 ped.
Caldorite also leapt up in the last month:
  • Bodyguard increased by 2.90 ped:  The price of a full suit moved from TT + 29.90 ped to 32.80 ped.
Megan and Lytairian have both climbed a bit over the last few months, again particularly the last few weeks.
  • Pioneer increased by 1.50 ped:  The cost of a full suit moved from TT + 15.70 ped up to TT + 17.20 ped.
Last but not least, a piece of good news to end on.  Langotz, Strengthened Metal Plating and Platinum have all been dropping lately, and it's about time we moved Spectre (L) down to reflect that.  You can now buy Spectre off us in the 170%-177%  range.
  • Spectre (L) decreased by 139.88 ped: Prices dropped from 1242.03 ped for a full TT suit down to 1102.15 ped. Not bad for an armour that gives you 31 impact and 28 burn protection (among other things!).

Notes and tips

Just in case you missed it, we slashed 724 ped from the price of a set of Trooper.  Ridiculous, but that's SFE for you.  Ridiculous.

No, wait.  Who let the monkey at the keyboard?

Until next month!

TimUnleashed's Monkey
Chief Monkey | Southern Fortress Engineering
ceo@southernfortress.com.au

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