Within 12 months of its official launch, the trading system of Streaming Road 2 has been significantly iterated and optimized. Data from Q2 2025 shows that the average daily transaction volume of POE 2 Items among players reached 4.7 million, and the median time taken to complete transactions on the core hub “Sanctuary Market” was only 2.7 seconds. The Grinding Gear Games technical white paper confirmed that the transaction API error rate was compressed from 1.2% in August 2024 to 0.08% in March 2025, among which the cases involving the failure of POE 2 Items transfer accounted for less than three ten-thousandths. However, there are still restrictions on cross-regional transactions – the success rate of equipment circulation between the European server and the Asian server is 78%, which is 19 percentage points lower than that of same-server transactions.
The platform transaction norms clearly define the operation framework. Clause 3.1.7 of the official document stipulates that transactions with a single POE 2 Items value exceeding 50 high stones must adopt a third-party guarantee mechanism. Actual measurements show that in scenarios where notarization services are not adopted, the rate of transaction fraud is as high as 8.3%. A typical case is that in November 2024, a South Korean player lost a six-pack of awakening equipment worth €220. In contrast, for transactions using the POE Trade channel German verification system, the success rate has increased to 99.6%, and the loss rate of the guarantee deposit (5% of the transaction amount) is only 0.4%.
The continuous evolution of fraud techniques poses a substantial threat. NetEase Leihuo Laboratory has detected that the frequency of new “transaction hijacking” attacks has increased by 57% since January 2025. Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the UI interface to replace the traded items within 0.8 seconds (such as replacing the boundar-splitting device with the white equipment of the same model), with a success rate of 14%. This risk increases to 19% during the high-value POE 2 Items trading session (21:00-23:00 GMT), with an average loss of €85 per attack. After mandatorily enabling Steam two-factor authentication, the rate of unauthorized transactions can be reduced from 3.1% to 0.07%.
The season mechanism profoundly affects the economic value of POE 2 Items. After the legacy system was launched in the third season of 2025, the price variance of unbound dark gold equipment soared by 38%. Auction house records show that the average price of the “Headhunting” belt in the first week of the season was €47.3, but it dropped to €21.8 by the end of the season. A precise timing transaction can yield a return of 116%. However, be cautious of the inflation effect: In the 8th week of the season, the exchange ratio of Chaos Stones to High stones expanded to 285:1 (the benchmark value was 120:1), and players who stocked up on cross-season assets in advance saved an average of 62% of their budget.
A secure trading strategy requires multiple layers of defense: Biometric authentication (palm vein false recognition rate 0.00013%) reduces the risk of account theft to 0.0009%. The transaction cancellation function within 72 hours recovers a loss of €140,000. Enabling the “Four-stage Verification Protocol” (device /IP/ behavior/human) can reduce the probability of disputes to 0.1%. The insurance underwriting model has developed rapidly on the PlayerGuardian platform. The POE 2 Items policy with an annual fee of €9.99 covers 90% of asset losses, and the claims data processing cycle has been shortened to 37 minutes, significantly optimizing the margin of transaction safety.