The Black Market is a global listing board where players post items for instant trades. Listings are visible across every server, but purchases always pull from your current server inventory.
Think of it like a cross‑server bazaar with local backpacks: you can browse from anywhere, yet all trades still happen using the animals, packs, and rain minutes tied to the server you are in.
There are two listing types: player listings made by users and seeded listings stocked by ElysianZoo. Seeded stock rotates automatically so the market keeps a useful mix.
Every listing is instant. There are no auctions, no bidding wars, and no holds. If you have the required items, you can buy immediately.
When you list an item, it moves into escrow immediately. This keeps listings honest and prevents duplicates or fake offers.
You choose exactly what you want in return. That can be animals, packs, rain minutes, or a mix of them.
Player listings normally last 72 hours, and each player can hold up to 20 active listings. If a listing expires or you cancel it, the escrowed item returns to the server where it was listed.
The listing fee is 5% of the listed stack value with a minimum of 20 Value. You pay it separately with animals, and the fee is not refunded after cancellation or expiry.
Only the seller can cancel a listing, and you cannot buy your own listing. This prevents self‑trading abuse.
Buying a player listing is simple: if you have the requested items in your current server inventory, the purchase completes instantly.
Buying a seeded listing is flexible: seeded stock accepts any mix of items that meets the required market value (MV). This lets you pay with what you have on hand.
Animals used as payment receive their full per-animal value. There is no bulk penalty on payment stacks, so 100 animals contribute exactly 100 times the displayed value of one.
Custom quantities must be positive whole numbers. The payment screen keeps your current selection until you clear it, complete it, or leave the market flow.
All purchases happen in one atomic transaction. Items are either fully exchanged or not exchanged at all.
After a purchase, the seller receives the items in the server where they listed, and the buyer receives the item in the server where they bought.
Black Market DMs can be toggled on or off from the market menu, so sellers can control notifications.
ElysianZoo maintains separate stock buckets for animals, newly added animals, packs, and rain. One category cannot randomly crowd every other category off the board.
Rotation uses rarity balancing and repeat avoidance, which keeps stock fresh without showing the same item too often.
Each seeded price is randomly rolled from 90% to 115% of its market value. Some listings are genuine deals, while others cost a little extra for convenience.
Seeded quantities vary too: lower-value animals usually appear in stacks of 5–12, mid-value animals in stacks of 2–5, and rare animals in stacks of 1–2. Packs and rain are seeded one at a time.
Because seeded listings accept any mix of items, you can purchase with common animals without needing exact currency matches.
Seeded stock is global, but the items you pay still come from your current server inventory.
ElysianZoo can occasionally buy a fair player animal listing itself. If that happens, you receive every item you requested in the server where you created the listing.
The purchase arrives like any other completed sale and can trigger the same sale progress and achievements. It is a bonus market moment, never a guaranteed sale.
The picker always shows how much Value each payment item contributes and how much remains. You can combine animals, packs, and rain until the required total is met.
Quantities are validated as whole numbers, listings and purchases are locked while completing, and every inventory update is transactional.
If you ever see a listing that looks suspicious, ignore it — you are never forced to buy, and you control every trade you make.
The Black Market is meant to be fun, fast, and fair: a way to get what you want without waiting on perfect trades.