Top trader locations.

Eyesinthedrk

Just curious. On PS4 na server mournhold is the top trader location. Is it the same on all platforms and servers? If not, what is the top spot where you play?

Beardimus

Mournhold is strong, also wayrest, rawkral and belkarth isn't bad for certain things. This is as a seller.

As a buyer I prefer to go off the beaten path for the uber deals

MLGProPlayer

Rawl'kha is the top spot on PC/NA.

Belkarth was top on PC/EU, although I'm not sure if that's still the case after CWC patch let people hand writs in anywhere.

Rawl'kha makes the most sense. The guild traders are practically standing inside the wayshrine. The bank is about 3 steps away, as are all crafting stations, vendors, and stable.

The capital cities are all good since the traders are pretty close to the wayshrines and they are on the way to the Undaunted camp. Only *** thing about the capital cities is that their banks are located about 15 km from the wayshrines and crafting stations are all over the place.

Vivec City is another nice one (very similar setup to Rawl'kha), but it receives limited foot traffic because it's a DLC town.

MjolnirVilkas

I think Rawl'kha and Mournhold are pretty much both top locations - they both have, as you put it, "the guild traders practically standing inside the wayshrine". Though I can shake the feeling of Mournhold being a better location. I'm probably biased though since my guild has a trader there.

Also Belkarth seems to be a top location.


Disclaimer: I'm playing on PC/EU.

Turelus

Belkarth for PC EU. The three big cities are also hot places but it seems Craglorn and Belkarth are still the main places for most EU players to hang out or shop.

IwakuraLain42

PS4/EU has the Capital city traders as the main traders, Belkarth and Rawl'kha are secondary locations (although there is a monopoly on the last one).

Vivec City main area is still packed with players, even 9 months after release.

VelimOrthic

(PC NA) I've never been sure if it seemed certain to be Rawlkha just because you saw so many people in the same place. It's sort of a chicken and the egg thing. But I'm still leaning towards Rawlkha based on my personal sales. I've been in lots of capitals and my Rawlkha guild consistently beats out my guilds in the capitals by a ratio of about 1.6 : 1.

Belkarth has its day for a month or two here or there when they introduce something big and new to it, but it is definitely a tier below at all other times.Now is one of those times.

Liley

Vivec would be a great spot too. I always do my writs there, since you don't have to walk around a lot + many guild traders are right next to the wayshrine.

But most popular are still belkarth and the main cities. Rawl'Kha not so much anymore. (PC/EU)

zaria

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Rawl'kha is the top spot on PC/NA.

Belkarth was top on PC/EU, although I'm not sure if that's still the case after CWC patch let people hand writs in anywhere.

Rawl'kha makes the most sense. The guild traders are practically standing inside the wayshrine. The bank is about 3 steps away, as are all crafting stations, vendors, and stable.

The capital cities are all good since the traders are pretty close to the wayshrines and they are on the way to the Undaunted camp. Only *** thing about the capital cities is that their banks are located about 15 km from the wayshrines and crafting stations are all over the place.

Vivec City is another nice one (very similar setup to Rawl'kha), but it receives limited foot traffic because it's a DLC town.

This, elden root is worst as you can not ride in second floor of tree.
I prefer to port to Rawl instead for banking or crafting making Rawl the unofficial capital for ESO.
Make sense as I don't think the Queen, the Mane nor the Silvenar leaves

chess1ukb16_ESO

I understand it is either Mournhold and Rawl'Kha as #1 and 2 on every Platform bar PC EU where Craglorn is #1 by a significant margin with two Guild Traders selling over 200m last week.

INHUMANENATION

Belkarth was lowkey one of the best returns on investments for guilds BEFORE Cwc universalized writ turn-ins. We were there the first week of Cwc and noticed a marked decline in sales.

I feel this change will improve sales for those guilds that aren't in the big three. When my guild first started trading we couldn't afford a top tier trader. We held down a out of the way trader for the majority of the year and after a few weeks noticed huge improvements on sales. So much so that we eventually were making over 2 million a week in revenue. If you want to get top price for your items you want a high traffic area but if you are willing to lower your price a bit, people will find the value you provide.

Eyesinthedrk

I remember after the big stam update with dark brotherhood, leather prices sky rocketed in price. I used to farm leather and list 3 or 4 stacks a day for 25k in a mournhold trader. Everything was sold in an hour, sometimes it was sold as soon as I ported out of mournhold.

Then it stopped selling. I checked my prices to make sure it hadn’t shifted while I wasn’t looking but it hadn’t. That’s when I realized our trader is in eldenroot. Nothing sold all week.

The next Monday, when I logged in, all the leather I had listed was sold. Sure enough we were back in mournhold.

Tasear

Mourhould, rawkla...Belkarth not so much anymore. But it probably would be nice if some traders moved like say elden root.

bloodthirstyvampire

Elden root is a nice place because of the shear amount of traders and a close proximity to undaunted enclave

Larry78

Belkarth for PC/EU

Rizcarn

PC NA. As a buyer Rawl'kha prices are normally bit higher. Can normally find what i want in all right price in Mornhold. Vivec City has been very helpful as of late. If I am looking for something I normal do Vivec City > Mornhold > Elden root >Wayrest >Rawl'kha> then everywhere else if not having much luck or prices to high.

phileunderx2

I do very well sales wise on pc na at the traders in vulkyl Guard and Davons Watch .

PawadoTheFearless

The trading system in ESO is archaic and deserves, no, needs a major overhaul. No other game have I ever played that demanded you run over the entire map looking to buy an item. Suggestions just off the top of my head include complete redesign of system wherein you have one station where you go to buy that everyone lists in. No more guild traders. Or if that sends you into a tail spin, how about one station where you can still do the trading through your joined guild but all guilds link into the one station. (For clairfication, when I say one station, I mean one system where there is a station containing all items, locating one in each major city.) Also, the ability to search by item name and/or set name. It drives me nuts to have to scroll through hundreds of items to find the one item I'm looking for. Such a time sync. Eh, a girl can dream.

FloppyTouch

Best guild trader is zone chat

Where everybody wants stuff for free and everything is listed at twice it’s value

Streega

On PC EU Belkarth has the best prices and variety of goods; Rawl'kha is overpriced, Mournhold somewhere in between. Then Eldenroot, and the rest is far behind. Wayrest is meh, Vivec has good deals sometimes, but not much variety.
Edit: The above is from buyer point of view, as a seller I would say Rawl'kha is the best place (especially for selling trash like green recipes), but I never been in a Belkarth guild trader. Ebonheart, Mournhold, Eldenroot - all the same.

newtinmpls

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Vivec City is another nice one (very similar setup to Rawl'kha), but it receives limited foot traffic because it's a DLC town.

speaking as a buyer; good selection, good deals.

speaking as a seller - very good traffic

wenchmore420b14_ESO

From my experience and IMO,on PC/NA, the best ones are:
1. Mournhold
2. Rawl' Kha
3. Eldon Root
4. Belkarth
5. Wayrest
6. Orsinium

IcyDeadPeople

Rawlkha and Mournhold are the top spots on PC NA. The traders are all very close to wayshrine, so people shopping tend to check all the traders there. Rawlkha wayshrine also very close to bank and Mournhold is the location of the Undaunted pledges and Rollis Hlaalu.

Closely following in terms of high traffic trader spots are Wayrest and Elden Root, respective Undaunted / Rollis Hlaalu locations. Each has six traders, however they are arranged in a way where some are much closer to wayshrine than others, with better sales.

Belkarth used to be quite popular as well, but now that you can turn in crafting writs anywhere, it seems Vivec city has become the best spot for writs (bank and crafting stations all very close together) for anyone who has Morrowind.

The starting towns (Daggerfall, Vukhel Guard, Davon's Watch) also have tons of foot traffic. Unfortunately Vukhel Guard and Davon's Watch have only one trader.

There are about 23 really good trader spots, but a lot more than 23 trading guilds. I think the overall experience of buying as well as selling / hiring trader could be improved with some small tweaks:

• relocate the traders in Skywatch to Vukhel Guard
• relocate the traders in Ebonheart to Davon's Watch
• relocate traders in Haj Uxith and Court of Contempt to Hollow City
• relocate traders in either Kvatch or Anvil to just one town
• relocate traders in Dune and Vinedusk to Rawl-kha
• move Hew's Bane wayshrine to the pier where all the traders are
• move Orsinium wayshrine to the trader spot
• generally move all the solitary traders in various zones to join their fellow traders in main hub town of that zone
• add 1 or 2 additional traders in Outlaw Refuges
• add the guild store dialogue to quartermaster at claimed outposts and resources in Cyrodiil
• make Cyrodiil towns claimable and add guild store dialogue menu to quartermaster

Junipus

I would imagine Belkarth as the other locations are either in DLC zones (CWC, Vivec etc) or are in alliance specific zones (Wayrest, Mournhold, Rawl'kha etc).

Given that Craglorn is the only non-DLC, non-alliance zone in PvE land that doesn't require questing or guild/friend travelling to get to (Coldharbour) it would make it a natural place for the largest possible customer base.

Jarryzzt

PawadoTheFearless wrote: »

The trading system in ESO is archaic and deserves, no, needs a major overhaul. No other game have I ever played that demanded you run over the entire map looking to buy an item. Suggestions just off the top of my head include complete redesign of system wherein you have one station where you go to buy that everyone lists in. No more guild traders. Or if that sends you into a tail spin, how about one station where you can still do the trading through your joined guild but all guilds link into the one station. (For clairfication, when I say one station, I mean one system where there is a station containing all items, locating one in each major city.) Also, the ability to search by item name and/or set name. It drives me nuts to have to scroll through hundreds of items to find the one item I'm looking for. Such a time sync. Eh, a girl can dream.

I don't exactly agree, but that's because I'm used to the EVE trading system. Where, in essence, an item listed for sale physically resides at some location, and the buyer has to be at the same location to pick it up. Which naturally leads to several well-located stations becoming huge trading hubs where most of the sellers house and list their stock, and thus where most players (buyers and sellers) would end up traveling to on a regular basis. [Traders, i.e. those who never take physical possession of items and just try the "buy-low-sell-high" routine, would form the exception as with certain skills unlocked they can buy and sell items from X systems away.]

I think that's sort of what ZOS was going for, but they bungled it in several respects. For example, in EVE you can see all listings for all sellers across the entire sector/subsector irrespective of your physical location (even in the middle of space). Also, the market interface is an order of magnitude more intuitive and easier to use than in ESO, but then the same goes for a lot of other aspects of the ESO UI (unless you start playing around with mods). So do I think they ought to make changes to the system? Yes. Does that mean going to a conventional "auction house" like in LOTRO or TOR? Well, no, they don't have to (although there is a bloody reason why the "auction house" approach is so conventional...), because workable alternatives do exist. ZOS just needs to implement them not in the manner of a capucin monkey dancing the Cancan on a keyboard.

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And yes, Rawlkha appeals to me more from an "ambiance" standpoint, but objectively I don't know if it's better/worse than Mournhold since I never bothered to crunch any numbers.

Varana

Junipus wrote: »

I would imagine Belkarth as the other locations are either in DLC zones (CWC, Vivec etc) or are in alliance specific zones (Wayrest, Mournhold, Rawl'kha etc).

Given that Craglorn is the only non-DLC, non-alliance zone in PvE land that doesn't require questing or guild/friend travelling to get to (Coldharbour) it would make it a natural place for the largest possible customer base.

I don't think that alliance zones have much meaning, any more. It's just as easy to get to e.g. Mournhold for players of any alliance.

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As for writs, nothing beats Vivec City. All six crafting stations really close together, plus bank, some traders, and turn-in place, and absolutely not one load door in between.

Tan9oSuccka

Varana wrote: »

Junipus wrote: »

I would imagine Belkarth as the other locations are either in DLC zones (CWC, Vivec etc) or are in alliance specific zones (Wayrest, Mournhold, Rawl'kha etc).

Given that Craglorn is the only non-DLC, non-alliance zone in PvE land that doesn't require questing or guild/friend travelling to get to (Coldharbour) it would make it a natural place for the largest possible customer base.

I don't think that alliance zones have much meaning, any more. It's just as easy to get to e.g. Mournhold for players of any alliance.

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As for writs, nothing beats Vivec City. All six crafting stations really close together, plus bank, some traders, and turn-in place, and absolutely not one load door in between.

It’s great....except for the 20 idiots dueling right on top of the crafting stations at all times.

Dread_Viking

Pc Eu it is Craglorn then mournhold and wayrest is kind of Bad in my experience

Bax

Tbh, from a my personal point of view as a buyer, I don't get why is this important. I just go to TTC website and check the best deals for what I need and travel to whatever the place with it is. But I guess not everyone knows the page

Nelson_Rebel

They really should have added an Undaunted Pledge site and also a Rollis Hlallu spot in Vivec City.


It IS a chapter zone afterall. And most new players are beggining there so it only makes sense to allow them access to one Since
it's basically the New starting point of everyones game now. The same should be done for all Chapter Zones. This would give better zone chat conversation for people with access to the content and DLC located within the "Chapter" zone


@ZOS_GinaBruno

Maybe this could be looked into. Vivec City is amazing and I would love to keep it as my permanent Port Zone

misfitmanic

PC NA
Mournhold has been the top spot for the past year for selling imo.
Belkarth was a good backup but has nearly died since CWC writ turn-in change.
My preferred city though is and always has been Shadowfen. Excellent prices for purchasing, everything except the bank and cooking fire are outdoors.