Idle Clans Local Market vs Player Market
The local market is the game's own shop, selling at fixed gold prices. The player market is whatever other players are asking today. This table puts both prices side by side for all 25 gold-priced local market items, so you know which starter gear, seeds and supplies to buy from players instead. 13 are cheaper from players right now.
Updated| Item | Local market | Cheapest player offer | You save buying from players | Highest player buy offer | Sell value (vendor) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Normal Staff |
1,000 | 100 | 900 (90%) | — | 80 |
 Normal Bow |
1,000 | 150 | 850 (85%) | 22 | 80 |
 Bronze Platelegs |
800 | 223 | 577 (72%) | 70 | 64 |
 Carrot Seed |
475 | 176 | 299 (63%) | 103 | 10 |
 Potato Seed |
350 | 78 | 272 (78%) | 23 | 7 |
 Normal Longsword |
750 | 495 | 255 (34%) | 10 | 80 |
 Normal Spear |
750 | 499 | 251 (33%) | 17 | 80 |
 Bronze Platebody |
1,000 | 850 | 150 (15%) | 110 | 96 |
 Bronze Helmet |
350 | 229 | 121 (35%) | 33 | 32 |
 Bronze Shield |
600 | 500 | 100 (17%) | 66 | 64 |
 Leather |
120 | 58 | 62 (52%) | 56 | 50 |
 Bronze Arrow |
45 | 14 | 31 (69%) | 11 | 6 |
 Bronze Bar |
100 | 75 | 25 (25%) | 25 | 12 |
 Normal Crossbow |
1,000 | 1,000 | 0 (0%) | 800 | 80 |
 Raw Piranha |
50 | 100 | -50 (-100%) | 17 | 5 |
 Normal Club |
750 | 5,298 | -4,548 (-606%) | 10 | 80 |
 Normal Scimitar |
750 | 5,500 | -4,750 (-633%) | 115 | 80 |
 Normal Battle Axe |
750 | 10,417 | -9,667 (-1289%) | 40 | 80 |
 Normal Heavy Hammer |
750 | 55,555 | -54,805 (-7307%) | 90 | 80 |
 Cosmetic Effect Flaming |
1,000,000 | no offers | — | — | 1 |
 Cosmetic Effect Ghostly |
1,000,000 | no offers | — | — | 1 |
 Gilded Pet 1 |
1,000 | no offers | — | — | 1 |
 Gilded Pet 2 |
250,000,000 | no offers | — | — | 100,000,000 |
 Cosmetic Effect Nature |
1,000,000 | no offers | — | — | 1 |
 Cosmetic Effect Void |
1,000,000 | no offers | — | — | 1 |
Local market prices are the gold costs published in the game's shop data. A negative saving means the shop is the cheaper source. "Highest player buy offer" is what you could sell the item to another player for right now; sell value is what the game pays when you vendor it. Items the local market sells for tokens or other currencies are not listed.
Frequently asked questions
Is it cheaper to buy from players or the local market in Idle Clans?
For 13 of the 19 local market items that also have a player sell offer, players are cheaper right now. The biggest gap is Normal Staff: 1,000 gold in the local market against 100 from the cheapest player offer.
Which local market items cost more on the player market?
5 right now. Normal Heavy Hammer costs 750 gold in the local market and 55,555 from players, so buy it from the shop.
Related: the full player market table, the crafting profit calculator and the money making guide.