This section will cover the most common items put up for auction, as well as the proliferation of relic-level equipment.
First, let's take a look at the data from the four auction houses. We can tell by looking at the results that there are more and more adventurers trying to improve their synthesis skills, and that users abusing auction houses for activities such as RMT are being regularly banned.

As before, about half of San d'Oria's rankings are hides and skins, but it is interesting to note that, of those hides, the dhalmel hide is steadily moving up in rank. Besides being a popular item for improving one's skills, it is also an essential material for the Square of Cilice in the quest “The Gobbiebag Part III.” It should be noted that it is one of the more expensive hides sold by the Tanners' guild. For example, sheepskin can sometimes be bought cheaper at the Tanners' guild than at the auction house, but dhalmel hide is almost always cheaper at the auction house. The reason it is bought so much from the auction house is likely because it is difficult to locally procure at places such as Buburimu Peninsula, it is just too much trouble to procure, or because it is required for a certain product's synthesis recipe. Elm log moved up from last year's number 9 position to number 4 this year. This is most likely due to the Special Task Force's activities against users selling items for RMT and, as a result, an increase in the number of players making “shihei” themselves.

[ Goods Most Placed On Auction ]

[ San d'Oria ]

Ranking Item Name Successful Bids Change from 2007 Census () denotes 2007 ranking 1 Moat Carp 93.33% → 2 Tiger Hide 91.49% ↑(3) 3 Ram Skin 87.68% ↓(2) 4 Elm Log 85.17% ↑(9) 5 Zinc Ore 91.81% ↓(4) 6 Dhalmel Hide 86.13% ↑(7) 7 Sheepskin 86.42% ↓(6) 8 Insect Ball 91.64% ↑(Unavailable) 9 Ebony Log 90.17% ↑(Unavailable) 10 Win. Tea Leaves 88.59% ↑(Unavailable)

The four top-ranked items for the Bastok auction house have remained unchanged for the last 3 years. Among the newly ranked items this year, number 6 “chunk of mythril ore” and number 8 “pot of honey” both caught our attention. Mythril ore is quite valuable in goldsmithing synthesis when combined with gold dust. Synthesis for goldsmithing is relatively costly, but one can use just “copper ingot” and “brass ingot” as materials to raise one's synthesis skill to 50 and, by selling the results of the synthesis to different shops, a player can raise one's skill at a relatively low cost. In other words, players are most likely synthesizing “mythril ingot” using “chunk of mythril ore” and then “pinch of gold dust” to raise their skill. Also, due to the influence of items that can be synthesized starting out with a mythril ingot, the demand for mythril ingots has been increasing recently. Pot of honey's rank on the list could be considered an obvious outcome when considering it would be inevitable for players searching for beehive chips to find them, and also because there is some demand in Bastok for pots of honey as a material in synthesis for the item “flask of echo drops.”

[ Bastok ]

Ranking Item Name Successful Bids Change from 2007 Census () denotes 2007 ranking 1 Zinc Ore 95.04% → 2 Iron Ore 90.78% → 3 Quadav Backplate 93.42% → 4 Beehive Chip 75.73% → 5 Goblin Mask 95.37% ↑(6) 6 Mythril Ore 94.66% ↑(Unavailable) 7 Rusty Leggings 81.68% ↓(5) 8 Honey 88.03% ↑(Unavailable) 9 Silver Ore 88.67% ↑(Unavailable) 10 Rusty Subligar 86.70% ↓(7)

Just like the other nations, the items “pot of honey” and “beetle shell” have climbed into the rankings, and “bone chip” which was ranked number 6 last year, has jumped up in rank to number 3. These are all essential items for improving one's synthesis skills, and it could be said that their low cost is the primary reason for their popularity. Beetle shells are used to synthesize ”Ponze of carapace powder” and bone chips are used to synthesize different kinds of arrowheads, but “pot of honey” is different in that not only is it used by au laits, but also used to some extent in “coeurl subs” and different kinds of cookies.

[ Windurst ]

Ranking Item Name Successful Bids Change from 2007 Census () denotes 2007 ranking 1 Giant Femur 90.19% → 2 Yagudo Necklace 85.98% → 3 Bone Chip 91.67% ↑(6) 4 Tarutaru Rice 82.52% → 5 Moat Carp 90.49% ↓(3) 6 Silk Thread 85.92% ↓(5) 7 Scorpion Claw 91.72% → 8 Honey 90.46% ↑(Unavailable) 9 Beetle Shell 72.27% ↑(Unavailable) 10 Ram Horn 81.41% ↓(8)

Next, let's take a look at the rankings at Jeuno's auction house.

As is shown every year, when compared to the three starting nations, the items sold in Jeuno are generally end products rather than materials or ingredients. The reason for the meat mithkabob's unusual rank jump is partially due to the new jobs added in the latest expansion, “Wings of the Goddess.”Adventurers of various different jobs engaged in leveling up enjoy the food effects provided by meat mithkabobs to lower-level characters. Also, because “Jack-o'-Lantern” is also a viable choice depending on the situation and on one's tastes, it may have indirectly helped raise meat mithkabob's ranking. The furnishing “Bahut” exploded into the number 7 position with its quickly rising popularity. It goes without saying that its functionality is one reason for this, but considering that it can be created at a low cost with relatively low skills, its high position shouldn't come as a surprise. “Pot of silent oil” has seriously dropped in rank, but it is thought that the reason for this is the introduction of “sanjaku-tenugui.” It hasn't risen as much as Bahut, but it is battling its way up the rankings and is currently at number 16.

[ Jeuno ]

Ranking Item Name Successful Bids Change from 2007 Census () denotes 2007 ranking 1 Yagudo Drink 92.31% → 2 Spider Web 96.36% ↑(3) 3 Meat Mithkabob 91.12% ↑(8) 4 Squid Sushi 88.15% ↑(7) 5 Sole Sushi 86.33% ↓(4) 6 Silent Oil 87.13% ↓(2) 7 Bahut 79.28% ↑(Unavailable) 8 Imp. Gold Piece 90.99% ↑(Unavailable) 9 Toolbag (Shihei) 85.38% → 10 Gigant Squid 91.56% ↓(5)

Lastly, we'll take a look at relic-level equipment, which can be acquired through each Dynamis area. As with last year's census, we'll be focusing on the number of fourth stage and completed relic items that exist in all Worlds.
Once again, the most popular relic is the Aegis, boasting a total of 366 shields created. Mandau, Kikoku, and Gjallarhorn continue to be very popular, with over 200 of each created. Of the relics, the scythe Apocalypse has drastically and suddenly risen in popularity. While the weapon's performance clearly makes it desirable, its weapon skill “Catastrophe” may be the reason for its incredible popularity. A total of 141 items have been created.

This year's totals of 558 for fourth stage items and 1869 for completed relic items have far exceeded the previous year's totals of 353 and 778. The total number of final stage relics across all Worlds is rapidly approaching 2000 items.

[ Relic Acquisition (4th stage and final stage) ]*All Worlds

Equipment Type Stage Relic Name Number Acquired Hand-to-Hand Fourth Stage Caestus 27 Final Stage Spharai 125 Dagger Fourth Stage Batardeau 59 Final Stage Mandau 238 Sword Fourth Stage Caliburn 51 Final Stage Excalibur 147 Great Sword Fourth Stage Valhalla 23 Final Stage Ragnarok 45 Axe Fourth Stage Ogre Killer 17 Final Stage Guttler 16 Great Axe Fourth Stage Abaddon Killer 19 Final Stage Bravura 46 Scythe Fourth Stage Bec de Faucon 65 Final Stage Apocalypse 141 Polearm Fourth Stage Gae Assail 17 Final Stage Gungnir 28 Katana Fourth Stage Yoshimitsu 22 Final Stage Kikoku 219 Great Katana Fourth Stage Totsukanotsurugi 71 Final Stage Amanomurakumo 93 Club Fourth Stage Gullintani 16 Final Stage Mjollnir 29 Staff Fourth Stage Thyrus 4 Final Stage Claustrum 16 Bow Fourth Stage Futatokoroto 23 Final Stage Yoichinoyumi 59 Gun Fourth Stage Ferdinand 9 Final Stage Annihilator 96 Instrument Fourth Stage Millennium Horn 44 Final Stage Gjallarhorn 205 Shield Fourth Stage Ancile 91 Final Stage Aegis 366 Total Fourth Stage 558 Final Stage 1869