Path of Exile 2 trading system and trade site explained

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Trading explained

Using the in-game Path of Exile 2 trading feature and trade site lets you barter gear with fellow players, helping you both get what you want. It's a very useful feature if farming enemies and bosses isn't for you and you can find player willing to part with something you need, particularly as the right gear can help to optimize your build or unlock specific abilities. However, it's not especially well explained for first-time traders, so I've laid out all how it works below, including how to trade in-game and how to use the POE2 trade site. Swapsies!

Trading in Path of Exile 2 explained

To trade items in POE 2, you can do either of the following:

Right click on other players in safe areas (such as the Clearfell Encampment) and select "Trade". This will send them a trade request - if they accept, you can then submit items to trade and see what they offer in return. If both players accept the trade then, it will go through.
Go through the Trading Site, where players can submit or search for items and negotiate trades accordingly through Direct Whispers.

It's important to remember that players cannot trade Gold, only items that specifically appear in your inventory and take up space. Gold is limited to interactions with NPCs, though of course anything you buy from a merchant is then fair game to trade (and the player you give it to can then sell it for a reduced profit).

If you want to give somebody gold, you can go the long way around by loading them up with items you don't need or want and let them pawn them to merchants for the cash.

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As for the Path of Exile 2 trading site, which you can access using the link above, log in using your usual account details for the game itself. You'll then be able to list items you're willing to trade and search for items others are offering using all sorts of parameters and requirements.

Once you see an item you want, you can Direct Whisper to the item's owner to negotiate the trade accordingly. The Trade Site is generally considered the optimum way to trade in the community, with something to find for every kind of Path of Exile 2 class and build.

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