If you can't be bothered reading, just read the bottom 3 lines.
But trust me, the post is good and informative.
Hello, this is Rixx and I'm here to represent our guild [ winner ].
We have aquired a Guild Castle in Abb Neagh with one goal - to get your bank full of gold.
We encourage you to come to Abb Neagh and buy a house, start selling items and clear out some inventories!
Why you should buy a house.
1. Houses help you make money. It helps A LOT. It helped me a lot.
2. You can hire Brownies to help you with production skills.
3. You get to have a personal space, other than stupid Homestead where you can't even enter a building you own.
Why should I choose Abb Neagh for housing?
1. We have low tax rates at 10%, starting at around 7 000 gold per week.
2. After leasing period ends, you get 90% of money back.
3. We don't care even if you trash the place.
Where's Abb Neagh Residential Area?
You can find our residential area in the red area below, or you can simply shop around until you find Abb Neagh.
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OK, so how do I get a house?
First you need either Premium Service or VIP Service. You can get this via NX from Mabinogi site.
You will also need some money in your bank to start bidding for a house.
Follow these steps and you'll be getting your very own house in no time!
[INDENT]1. Find the Information Office
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2. Click on "View the Auction Bulletin".
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3. Search for a house you'd like, you can also arrange them in certain orders.
When you're done, click "Locate".
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4. Go to the blue dot on minimap.
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5. Click on the little board in front of the house.
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6. Start bidding! Highest offer will win the auction.
If 2 or more highest offers have been made, whoever made the bid earlier will win the house.
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[/INDENT]I lost the bid. What do I do?
If you lost the bid, the bidding money will NOT return to bank automatically.
You will need to follow these steps.
[INDENT]1. Go to Clodagh located at the center of residential area.
2. Click on "Residential Menu".
3. Click on "Cancel a Home Bid".[/INDENT]
Money should be returned straight to your bank.
Now you can try out for another house!
Q&A
Q. The house is so expensive! Why?
[INDENT]A. The house itself may seem expensive, but you need to keep in mind that you get 90% of the deposit back when contract is over.
Say you deposit 1 000 000 gold, you will get 900 000 after 28 days of housing contract. So in fact, even if you pay 1m upfront, you're actually buying the house for only 100k.
Also, house bids start from 35k so it's really not that expensive.[/INDENT]
Q. How much can I make from housing?
[INDENT]A. It really depends. But considering how I spent around 1 hour everyday on housing and I've already made enough to buy a Guild Castle + other stuff to make myself stronger, I think it's really up to you.
I can guarantee that if you have more than 5 characters, you'll make at least 2m per month just from premium items you get everyday.
Personally, I make at least 3m per week and I don't sell premium items. I'm lazy. I also know some friends who make 30~50m PER DAY.
I know it's crazy but they spend all their time in-game, so I think that's a whole nother story...[/INDENT]
Q. My item is not selling, what do I do?
[INDENT]A. If your item is priced at 5 000 001 or higher, it will not sell due to the housing bank having limit of 5 000 000 gold at a time. Items over 5m will need to be traded directly, so I advise you to use forums to advertise these high-valued items.
If the items is under 5m and still not selling, you probably overpriced your items.
Also, make sure that you have advertisment flyers stocked up.[/INDENT]
Q. What else can I use a house for?
[INDENT]A. You can also use it for chilling with friends, extra inventory space, displaying your favorite items to the server, enslaving Brownies to do some production work for you and more!
It's totally up to you, we don't even care if you trash the whole place![/INDENT]
Good luck, bidders!
Happy Mabinogi!
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Summary for Lazy People like ME
1. Come buy a house in Abb Neagh, we have cheap tax rates!
2. You get 90% of bidding money back when house expires.
3. You get to display expensive items at 5 000 001 and troll everyone, because they can't buy it straight from the house. Buy a house in Abb Neagh. Do it.