Tradelands Economic Update – September 4, 2025
The market added $1.52 Billion in new transactions in August. This was a drop of $940 Million from where we were in July, driven primarily to crates going off-sale. This drop off is normal for a post-release month and is stronger than where we were last year. All of the markets that saw additions or modifications in July saw bumps in their value, while markets that were left unaffected saw declines. This is a sign that the changes are being well received by the community of the game.
Augustus Blueprint Performance
For August, the blueprint that was released is a weapon part rather than a weapon itself. As we covered in our live broadcast, this is likely to reduce the value of the blueprint since it requires addition costs to use. Moreover, we noted that it’s not currently possible to construct the weapon parts necessary to make a full replica of the item that appears in the figurehead. This was set to lower the market expectations for the item.
On Initial Public Offering (IPO), we estimated value of the blueprint to be around $100k. The month end close at around $250k is a positive performance for the month. This was driven by higher than expected buyer demand. However, at the end of the month, sellers have largely accommodated the buyer’s demand price, meaning if future buyers enter the market they will likely ask for less than it’s current sell price. In turn, we expect to see it approach $200k in value before it hits $300k.
Burkeland Prize Token Correction
We don’t show this chart often, because of how complex it is, but it is one of the best in terms of finding trends on future pricing. This one to watch now is the Burkeland Prize Token, which saw a loss of around half its value when Mystery Crates were on sale. This was due to the item being re-released in July. But now that it is off sale, the item is going back up in value.
This item also acts as a good indicator for people who are holding legacy items in the hope that their value will increase over time. While this is generally true, this shows how quickly an items value can fall if it is re-released. From our perspective, Burkeland Prize Tokens was one of our favorite items to be released in the game because of how versatile the item was. In most cases, a unique crate item comes in a pre-crafted form that may not be exactly what you were looking for. In the case of the token, it allows you to craft an item specific to your preferences.
Citrine’s Advantage
One of the items that accumulated enough volume in August to be a featured chart was Citrine. This item seems to be performing well in the market, although that it likely a product of it’s current rarity. It has replaced Sapphire as the top performing gemstone and is trading between $8k and $9k on the market at present.
Prior to the change in mining, Sapphire was the rarest and most valuable gemstone on the market. This was arguably even more valuable that Ice and Electrosteel. However, it was kept at a low price point by other miners who kept the prices low on purpose, as this was a key supply chain item for the manufacture of other items in Tradelands. Despite selling prices at around $5 for most of it’s lifespan, the intrinsic value of Sapphire was over $20k, meaning sellers never went down on price.
However, Sapphire rarity has been changed. The dips in value during the month of August show that sellers are having to cave to lower prices as the demand wanes. This was further emphasized by the removal of Electrosteel, removing one of the primary reasons for the price stabilization efforts of miners. As a result, it’s likely that the Sapphir market dominance has become a thing of the past, unless the developers decide to re-introduce it as a pre-requisite for some future item or activity.
On the other hand, Citrine now sits at the top of the mining chain as a premium gemstone alongside Onyx. This has given it a dominant position within the market because Onyx already had stockpiles available to players from before the mining update whereas Citrine is currently the rarest item on the market. This is likely to change however as more and more players seek out high end rocks to mine. This is an item to watch if you are one of these players in the mining profession.
The Demeter Boom
Finally, our last item for today is a topic requested by a player, and that is an update on the state of the Demeter Blueprint. It was rightly pointed out that Blueprints performed lower during the crate release where they were re-introduced. Since crates have gone off-sale, we have seen these prices increase. The Demeter Blueprint turned out to be one of the most sought after of any item released in July, and it has seem a steady uptick in value.
If you compare the current market price of $3.5 Million to the trending price of $4.7 Million, it looks like Demeter Blueprint prices are primed to rise by at least another quarter of its value before stabilizing. As a buyer, that means if you are able to still find a seller in the $3 Million range, you are making a good purchase. For sellers, holding out until all of the low-ball offers are off the market, the price is likely to see a permanent shift upwards.
While we highlight the Demeter Blueprint, we notice the Wyvern Blueprint seeing similar trends. But like we saw the with Wyvern, which at one point was trading for over $6 Million, a re-release of an item can have a dramatic impact on market prices, most often a downward impact if there is a large volume of them entering the market. This is the risk in holding items long-term, and as the July releases show, sometimes it’s best to sell when the market is hot instead of waiting until the demand passes.
