Hello again adventurers, game designer Douglas Miller here. In my last blog I discussed upcoming improvements to artifact weapon refinement. Today I’m here to talk about a major overhaul of the Trade Bar Store.

This overhaul has been a long time coming as the trade bar store has been neglected almost since the launch of Neverwinter. Trade bars are a currency found in lockboxes, meant to provide you with access to additional rewards, above and beyond what you might have already received. They can also serve as a second chance at a rare artifact or a key to exciting and unique rewards.

With this update, we’re making some big changes and improvements to that store. Here’s a brief overview of the changes coming:

Epic mounts from prior lockboxes will be added to the store. Moving forward, we’ll continue to add newer mounts to the trade bar store with every lockbox release.

Uncommon versions of all companions and artifacts from prior lockboxes will be added to the trade bar store. When upgraded they’ll be exactly the same strength and quality as those found in lockboxes.

All fashion and dyes will be moved to the trade bar store.

Lesser health stones and scrolls of mass life will be moved to the trade bar store.

Prices are being reduced across the board on existing items. Coalescent wards for instance will now be sold for 75 trade bars, down from 200.

The trade bar store may now be accessed from anywhere via the riches tab of your inventory.

Trade bars may now be transferred between your characters freely via the account wide bank.

These changes are big, and we think they’re going to be a welcome improvement for everyone. I want to touch briefly on those items that will be moving from the Zen Market: fashion, dyes, lesser health stones and scrolls of mass life. Starting with the launch of Neverwinter: Underdark there will be a transition period where those items will be available in both the Trade Bar Store and the Zen Market. A month after launch, those items will only be available in their new home, the trade bar store.

A little insight into why we’re making these changes—we know it’s a tough decision for many whether to spend on cosmetics like fashion or convenience and refinement. We wanted to simplify fashion and make the experience of spending on cosmetics more rewarding. Not only will fashion sets now be more consistently priced, but you’ll be paying almost the same in lockbox keys as you would have buying that fashion directly from the Zen Market. Only now you’ll be getting plenty of bonus goodies from lockboxes along the way.

We are making one small change to existing companions: the fire archon and phase spider, currently available in the trade bar store in epic and rare qualities respectively will now be sold at uncommon quality for a reduced price. When upgraded the phase spider and fire archon will be just as strong as the current versions of those companions.

Seeing is believing as they say, and I know everyone is eager to see a list of what’s being added and what the prices will be, so here’s a sneak peek at a few items:

Changes to Existing Prices

Item Price Before Price After Coalescent Ward 200 → 75 5x Pack of Preservation Wards 200 → 5 Heavy Twilight Nightmare 2500 → 2400 Small Forest Stag 1600 → 750 Medium Pharaoh Steed 750 → 750 Inferno Nightmare 2000 → 500 Pharaoh Steed 500 → 500 Fire Archon 1000 → 800 Phase Spider 1200 → 800 Ioun Stone of Might 1000 → 800 Jester’s Fashion 1650 → 160 Thayan Patrician’s Fashion 1650 → 160 Nightmare Dye Pack 45 → 6 High Harvest Dye Pack 35 → 4 4x Pack of Large Fireworks 15 → 1 Sinister Weapon 1000 → 5 Nightmare Weapons 1000 → 5 Nightmare Secondary Weapons 500 → 5 Uncommon Weapons 400 → 5

The New Trade Bar Store

Item Price Consumables Scroll of Mass Life 8 Stone of Health 40 4x Pack of Large Fireworks 1 Wards & Gems Blood Ruby 60 Coalescent Ward 75 5x Pack of Preservation Wards 5 Enchantment, Rank 7 6 Runestone, Rank 7 6 Artifacts Thayan Book of the Dead 1200 Black Ice Beholder 1200 Kessell’s Sphere of Annihilation 1200 Oghma’s Token of Free Movement 1200 Belial’s Portal Stone 1200 Heart of the Black Dragon 1200 Heart of the Blue Dragon 1200 Heart of the Green Dragon 1200 Heart of the White Dragon 1200 Symbol of Earth 1200 Symbol of Fire 1200 Symbol of Water 1200 Symbol of Air 1200 Companions Phoera 800 Aranea 800 Pseudo Dragon 800 Rust Monster 800 Black Ice Ioun Stone 800 Laughing Skull 800 Black Assassin Drake 800 Iron Golem 800 Mounts Sylvan Stag 2400 Owlbear 2400 Apparatus of Kwalish 2400 Giant Beetle 2400 Rage Drake 2400 Gorgon 2400 Heavy Twilight Nightmare 2400 Medium Pharaoh Steed 750 Small Forest Stag 750 Pharaoh Steed 500 Inferno Nightmare 500 Equipment Dusk Body Armor 80 Dusk Head Armor 65 Sinister Weapons 5 Nightmare Weapons 5 Uncommon Weapons 5 Fashion Wedding Attire 160 Courtesan Wear 160 Courtly Regalia 160 Noble Finery 160 Sun Elf Noble’s Regalia 160 Feywild Regalia 160 Shou Ceremonial Garb 160 Jester’s Motley 160 Thayan Patrician’s Regalia 160 Vestments of the Wind 160 Dyes Dye Remover 3 Nightmare Dye Pack 6 Sunite Heart Dye Pack 4 Ebon Darkness Dye Pack 4 Ethereal Skies Dye Pack 4 Elemental Ember Dye Pack 4 Sylvan Grove Dye Pack 4 Coppersmith Dye Pack 4 Winterwolf Dye Pack 4 Neverwintan Royal Dye Pack 4 High Harvest Dye Pack 4 Moon Shadow Dye Pack 4 Crimson Dusk Dye Pack 4 Mercurial Gold Dye Pack 4 Emerald Dragonscale Dye Pack 4 Bottle of Purple Dye 2 Bottle of Blue Dye 2 Bottle of Pink Dye 2 Bottle of Black Dye 2 Bottle of Green Dye 2 Bottle of Red Dye 2 Bottle of White Dye 2

As always, thanks for reading, see you on the Sword Coast!



Douglas Miller

Game Designer

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