The auction is a new way to distribute player-created content. In addition to trophies, we’ll now select a few more pieces of work from those not included in them and release them to the auction in limited edition.
How does the auction work?
Trading is carried out using a special currency called Gaijin Coin, the same currency already used on the Gaijin Marketplace.
“Lots” with a minimum bid are put up for auction, which will open for bids at a set time and date. Bidding lasts for a certain amount of time so that everyone who wants to can make their bids.
There is a starting price for each item, so to make a bid you’ll need at least that amount of GJN on your account. The amount you bid is frozen until the end of the bidding or until you make a new bid. If you win, you receive the item and the amount is debited from your account, otherwise the amount you bid is returned to your account.
If you’re outbid, (or in the case of multi-item auctions, if your bid is no longer high enough to win the item), you’ll receive a notification about this. At the end of the auction, you’ll also receive a notification of the auction result.
An auction may contain several identical items in the form of many lots — one item per lot. If this happens, they’ll be received by the players who made the highest bids, and the number of winners will be equal to the number of auction lots. For example, if there are 1,000 participants in an auction for 100 lots, the item will be received by 100 players who had the highest bids at the end of the auction.
If players with the same bid compete for the remaining item, then the first bidder will have the advantage since they bid first. One player can only buy one lot from an auction.
In the auction interface, you’ll see the values of the current leading bids.
Auction Rules
- After the auction ends, items that are not declared as coupons will be automatically activated on your account. Camouflage coupons will be added to your inventory.
- Players who purchased camouflage coupons will not be able to sell them on the Market immediately, but after at least 180 days.
- Items that are put up for auction cannot appear there again for a year.
Testing the Auction
To test out the new auction system, we’re offering the first lots dedicated to the Lunar New Year:
- Quantity: 100 pieces
- Starting price: 0.50 GJN
- Bid Increment: 0.50 GJN
Lot #2: Coupon for the VT4A1 “Year of the Snake” camouflage
- Quantity: 100 pieces
- Starting price: 1 GJN
- Bid Increment: 1 GJN
Possible to sell on the Market from August 11th 2025.
Lot #3: Coupon for the J-10A “Year of the Snake” camouflage
- Quantity: 100 pieces
- Starting price: 1 GJN
- Bid Increment: 1 GJN
Possible to sell on the Market from August 11th 2025.
Bids on these lots will be accepted until February 10th (15:30 GMT).
Players who purchase at least one of these lots will also receive the “Inverted Jenny” decal. This is a 1918 U.S. postage stamp, where the Curtiss JN-4 airplane was mistakenly depicted upside down. This stamp has become especially rare and valuable among philatelists.
“Inverted Jenny” decal
