News Quick reminder: the trading sections are barter only, always have been

With the trading section busy lately, a friendly re-up: these boards hold NO currency and never will. Trades are in-game barter and label-only value. 'Send first' to a stranger is never required by us and is almost always a scam setup - use a mutually trusted middleman or don't do the deal. Report anything that smells off with a screenshot and staff will look. Trade safe out there, vikings and raiders alike.

Bookmarking this to link every time someone new asks 'is this deal safe'. Barter-only plus never-send-first covers about 90% of the scam surface.

Cross-posting this into my mental FAQ for every section. Same rule keeps the Valheim and CoD trade boards clean too.

Same energy applies to the CoD side - I've seen 'send your bundle first' nonsense over there. Good universal reminder.