Trading

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Trading is an in-game system that lets players swap items with other players. Introduced with the Mann-Conomy Update, this system allows players to swap weapons, hats, misc items, tools and more with other players. Later on, Valve also added the ability to trade items from different games to each other.

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Steam Trading

A screenshot of Steam Trading.

Steam Trading is a feature that was introduced on August 9, 2011 as an open beta. Steam Users that opted into the Steam Trade Beta were also given the ability to "Tag" people on their Friends List and organize them into Common Groups.[1] The beta updates were added to the public Steam client on September 6, 2011. With Steam Trading, players are able to trade their in-game items for other in-game items and/or gift copies of Steam games. Trade requests can be sent through Steam chat windows or via the Steam Friends List window.

Features

Trading inside TF2

Trading in-game opens up a Steam Trade window in the overlay, which can be toggled to return to the game and vice versa. After a trade is complete, any items a player receives are posted to the server's messages if they are in a server.

F2P players can not trade TF2 items with a few exceptions, such as tools like the Name Tag and the Description Tag they may have found, and any items traded to them by premium users.

An option to filter trade requests is in the game's Advanced Options menu. This option can be set to Anyone, Friends Only, Friends and In-Game Players and No-one.

Trading tips

Note: Keep the following tips in mind while trading.
When trading for a Strange or Unusual item, look out for the quality colors to avoid being scammed. Note that the Free to Play account cannot give any items in the trade.

Permanent


Temporary

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
  • Added trading system.

October 6, 2010 Patch

  • The Trading dialog now starts with the chat window having focus.
  • Gifted items are now craftable and tradable.
  • Community, Self-Made, and Valve items are not tradable or usable in crafting.

October 20, 2010 Patch

  • Added some anti-scam advice to the chat window.
  • Increased trading slots to 8 slots per person.
  • Added item rarity colors.
  • Added the item’s original name to the item description.
  • Made most tools tradable.
  • Fixed Ellis' Cap and the Frying Pan not being tradable.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress Update)

  • Gentle Manne's Service Medal is now tradable.

January 3, 2011 Patch

  • The Earbuds and Gentle Manne's Service Medal are now gift wrappable.

January 19, 2011 Patch

  • Added a note in the trading dialog to let you know when your trading partner is typing.

February 7, 2011 Patch

  • Updated the RIFT pre-order items to be not-tradable until the RIFT pre-order period is over.

February 24, 2011 Patch (Community Map Pack Update)

  • [Undocumented] Fixed trades only displaying one of the items traded to the server.

March 1, 2011 Patch

  • Updated the Sharpened Volcano Fragment and the Sun-on-a-Stick so they can be traded.

March 15, 2011 Patch

  • Updated The Shogun Pack items to be tradeable.

March 21, 2011 Patch

  • Hero's Hachimaki now tradable.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

  • [Undocumented] The Hetman's Headpiece, the Janissary Ketche,The Dead Cone, and The Brain Bucket were made tradable.

May 19, 2011 Patch

June 14, 2011 Patch

  • Made the Conjurer's Cowl and Maul tradable.
  • Fixed Steam inventory/trading not showing the correct item level for some items.
  • Fixed Steam inventory/trading sort order not matching the in-game backpack.

August 9, 2011 Patch

August 23, 2011 Patch

August 30, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Item server update made the tournament medals untradable.

September 15, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Made the El Jefe tradable.

September 20, 2011 Patch

October 20, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed "Not Usable in Crafting" text not appearing under certain conditions on item tooltips in the trading UI.

November 16, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed an exploit that allowed untradable items to be traded with Steam trading.

November 23, 2011 Patch

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

  • [Undocumented] Players with free accounts can now trade items that have been traded to them.

February 14, 2012 Patch

April 17, 2012 Patch

April 18, 2012 Patch

Notes

Bugs

Demonstration

See also


References

  1. Steam Trading: Out of Beta and available to everyone! - TF2 Team

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