Erydanos

Supply and demand play a great role in determining the price of an item, and they do it in tandem.

The owner of one-of-a-kind-item in the server is free to price it as he sees fit, but at the same time the potential buyers are free to accept the price or don't. Someone has to yield at some point (the seller either lowers the price or takes the item out; the buyer either meets the seller's price or waits for it to go lower)

There's also a chance to haggle, but one thing is 'haggling' and other very different is 'begging', 'lying' or 'annoying'.

Now, ingame obtainable items are prone to be priced by the server's population due to having and idea of the work/time required to obtain (Holy Water, Materials, Equips), this stuff is good for newbies as is attainable by them and serves as a foundation for building up their 'wealth'.

Same goes for cash shop items bought with a set amount of NX (Pets, Reforges, etc) as is easy to set a NX to Gold ratio.

Problem comes when we try to apply this to gachas, since actually it isn't possible due to the RNG nature. This items' prices are set by the players themselves and supply and demand affect them more widely. And this items are what most of the players are after.

We also have the problem of inflation, since many players have hoarded crazy amounts of gold. You can see that at certain level, spamming SM is easy, so some players can gather gold at their leisure. They can met any price, no matter how wild, with little second thoughts: they have more than enough gold and in any case, they know how to farm more in a decent time.

The problem is when those wild prices become 'norm'. You know someone sold said item at XX gold? Then, you look for that item set at the same price or lower. If you own one of those items and plan to sell, you do at that XX price as your base or higher. So we have again the supply-demand dance.

Adventure Seal Collecting Guide

Special thanks to Habimaru, who posted a similar guide in the old forums.

Thanks to Leinei and Greta for contributing with more tips.

This guide is focusing in collecting Adventure Seals without the hassle of battling. While it requires preparation, it pays off in the long run. We will be focusing on Seal Quests that require little to no fighting, or that don’t require having high skills in order to complete quickly.

Preparations:
• Handicraft Kit
• Cooking Knife
• Cooking Table
• Potatoes
• Carrot
• Lemon
• Basil
• Tomato
• Striped Marlin
• Admiral Owen Box
• Hilween Engineering Bag
• Magic Craft Bag
• L-Rod
• 5 White Herbs
• Cooking and Handicraft Skills at rank F+

Without any further ado, let’s begin shall we:

ULADH

Emain Macha
• Puppet Shop – Talk to Macauley
If you are a newbie you can make Paper Cranes to get your Handicraft level to rank E. After collecting the quest reward, just drop the Puppets.
• Restaurant – Talk to Gordon
We just need to make a 3 star dish so, in order to save time you will prepare both the Vegetable Canape and the Tomato Basil Salad. Why? Because we need those 2 dishes later.
You can get Stamed Potatoes for the recipe from Glenis' quests if you're just starting to rank Cooking. Other method is to make Bread Crumbs (Mixing); the only downside is that the Sliced Bread needed to make them can be pricey for newbies.

Port Cohb
• Nails for Stones – Speak to Madoc
Just hit the nearest sign post in order to gather the Nails. If you have a pet, summon it to hit the prop with you, so you get them quicker. This quest also grants you 2 Homestead Stones! :O
• Manolin’s Revenge – Speak to Manolin
You need to give him a Striped Marlin. I suggest stocking on Marlins either by Fishing yourself or buying from players, since this fish is not in NPC shops.

COMMONWEALTH OF BELFAST

• Delicious Vegetables – Talk to Laffe
Remember the Vegetable Canape you prepared at Gordon’s Restaurant? Well, just accept this quest and present it to Laffe. Easy peasy, lemon squeazy.
• Diet Menu – Talk to Hiko
Hiko will ask for a Tomato Basil Salad, which you, coincidentally just have in your inventory. :P
• Admiral Owen’s Box – Talk to Monatte
You’ll need to give an Admiral Owen’s Box, which can only be fished at Belfast. Either stock up previously or buy from other players.

IRIA

Physis – Hillwen Mine
• Hillwen Engineering – Talk to Hector
Actually a simple crafting quest, just make the amount needed. Save the leftover materials for training the skill and Emerald Cores can sometimes be sold to other players.

Physis – Whirlpool Mark
• Red’s Favor – Talk to Spy Red
I usually don’t do this quest, since it requires gathering White Herbs and if you aren’t strong enough Polar Hornets are a hassle. But now, since we can get the Herbs from Festia Conmemorative Boxes, you can stock up on them and add this quest to your daily rotation when you have collected enough.

Connous – Shyllien Nature Reserve
• Magic Craft – Talk to Weiss
Just like its counterpart in Physis: make only the required number of crafts and save the raw materials for later.

Connous – Metus Canyon
• Keeping Cover – Talk to Intelligence Agent
Ok, this one involves fighting…but the Desert Ghost aren’t that hard, so it would prove no problem.

Rano – Qilla Base Camp
• Ruin Discovery – Talk to Alexina
You need to discover 10 relics, so head to the Human Mark. You can discover a path of statues from both sides of it. Use the maps at Mabinogi World Wiki if you have trouble, but in due time, you’ll know the path by heart. If you already have Demigod, you can summon a fast mount and run around Cor Village.


SAGA 7 & 10

Doing these Saga Episodes will give you another Adventure Seal, plus a Saga Reward Box full of goodies if you open it on the right day.
Episode 7 involves no fighting other than a RP Mission where you’ll be Cessair’s Heart with maxed out Gunslinger Skills. Great for newbies with little fighting power.
Episode 10 involves fighting the Cessair, a swarm of Aohnbarrs and Macha herself. Macha is actually a piece of cake, so you only need to watch out for the first two battles. Suggested for stronger characters, it can be done quite fast.

NOTE ON SAGA BOXES:
Saga Boxes (the ones that look like CD cases) should be collected throughout the week and opened on Saturday/Sunday in order to maximize the gains from them. You’ll receive more gold, the chance for a transformation medal and Saga coupons to exchange for useful goodies.

+1 to all previous suggestions.

We do need the Dressing Room being to contain old outfits and the new tails, plus an Armory for all our weapons.

Also I would love to have the ability of storing several of the same outfit (minimum 1 more, maximum 2 more) since there are players who like having clothes in different colors.

The Mabinogi World Wiki is just awesome!

Skills, items, maps...the amount of info is huge and all this is volunteer work. The basic stuff is already there. New stuff gets covered at a decent speed I think.

It would definitively make life easier for us Dressing Room collectors :P