Overview
An auction system where players can acquire various items in the Nebulon region.
Accessing the Dark Elf Black Market
1. Speak to Feta in Camp: Subsector – F to gain access to the Dark Elf Black Market.
2. Players can receive 1 time participation opportunity per week after receiving the weekly clear reward from ‘Operation Undertow: Omega’.
- Dark Elf Black Market Entry Count can be stacked up to 2 times.
- Even if players receive the weekly clear rewards of ‘Operation Undertow: Omega’, players will not receive additional Dark Elf Black Market Entry Count and players will not be able to receive any more Dark Elf Black Market Entry Count that week.
3. Matchmaking will be done with minimum 6 players up to maximum 11 players.
- At the end of matchmaking, if there are 6 or less players, you will not be matched.
- Players who have not been matched will not lose their Entry Count.
4. Players may queue for the Dark Elf Black Market every Tuesday and Saturday, from the following times:
- [NA] 7:00 PM to 7:05 PM PST
- [INT] 6:00 AM to 6:05 AM PST
- Players must be maintaining matchmaking until 7:05:59 PM PST/6:05:59 AM PST to be queued into the Dark Elf Black Market.
- Chat Input, other UI Interactions, etc. will be restricted during the matchmaking.
- All players queued will enter random instances at the following times:
- [NA] 7:06 PM PST
- [INT] 6:06 AM PST
The Dark Elf Black Market’s Auction Begins
The Auction begins at the following times once matchmaking is complete:
- [NA] 7:06 PM PST
- [INT] 6:06 AM PST
1. Auction bid time is 10 sec. Once the bid time is over, the auction will end.
- When someone makes a higher bid, the bid time will be recovered back to 10 sec.
- Upon making a higher bid, the ED in possession will go down by the amount of the bid price. This will return the previous bid back to the previous bidder as ED.
- Bidding is split into [Minimum Bid], which instantly bids 105% of the current bid, and [Enter Bid Directly], where players can enter their own bid amount.
2. The number of items on auction will change based on the number of players matched.
- When matching as 6 – 8: 3 Items Auctioned
- When matching as 9 – 11: 4 Items Auctioned
3. Items are classified from Tier 1 through Tier 5. Minimum Bid is based on the tier and the item type.
End of Auction
1. After the bid time ends, trade result UI will be on display.
- Auctioned Items, Bid Winner Information, and Auction Price will be on display. The Bid Winner will be anonymous if it is not the player.
- Bid Winner will receive the winning item by mail.
- 90% of the Bid Winning Price will be divided evenly amongst other participating players by mail.
- If the price is not evenly divided, all decimal points will be rounded down.
2. The auction result UI will be on display when the last item has been auctioned.
- Players can check Item, Bid Winner, Bid Winning Price, and Auction Participants in the Auction Result.
Dark Elf Black Market – Available Items
| Tier | Item Name | Quantity |
| Tier 1 | Normal Cartridge Cube | 1 |
| Black Fragment | 2 | |
| [Ariel] Armor Stat Change Stone | 3 | |
| [Ariel] Armor Stat Retain Ticket | 1 | |
| [Ariel] Core Data Backup Module | 1 | |
| Methane Ampoule | 1,000 | |
| Tier 2 | Cartridge Cube | 1 |
| Black Fragment | 4 | |
| [Ariel] Armor Stat Change Stone | 5 | |
| [Ariel] Armor Stat Retain Ticket | 3 | |
| [Ariel] Core Data Backup Module | 3 | |
| Core Data Backup Module | 1 | |
| Methane Ampoule | 2,000 | |
| Tier 3 | Glitterain Core | 1 |
| [Ariel] Nebulon Suit Proto Select Cube | 1 | |
| Hyper Cartridge Cube | 1 | |
| [Ariel] Armor Stat Change Stone | 10 | |
| Normal Cartridge Select Cube | 1 | |
| [Ariel] Core Data Backup Module | 10 | |
| Core Data Backup Module | 5 | |
| Tier 4 | Nebulon Suit Proto Select Cube | 1 |
| Stabilized Glitterain Core | 1 | |
| [Ariel] Max Stat T-Type Amplified Circuit Select Cube | 1 | |
| [Ariel] Max Stat L-Type Amplified Circuit Select Cube | 1 | |
| Hyper Cartridge Select Cube | 1 | |
| [Ariel] Armor Stat Change Stone | 15 | |
| [Ariel] Core Data Backup Module | 15 | |
| Core Data Backup Module | 7 | |
| Tier 5 | [Ariel] Stat Change Effect Stage Increase Ticket [Weapon] | 1 |
| [Ariel] Stat Change Effect Stage Increase Ticket [Armor] | 1 | |
| [Ariel] T-Type Replicator Circuit Select Cube | 1 | |
| [Ariel] Armor Stat Change Stone | 20 | |
| [Ariel] Core Data Backup Module | 20 | |
| Core Data Backup Module | 10 |
* The chance for each Tier is varied, and all items within the same tier have equal chances to appear.
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