How Alliance Tower Defense! trading values actually work: no official price list exists, what drives demand (rarity, obtainment, role), the crate and unit market segments, and the safety checks before any trade — checked 2026-10-15.
Trading has been official since launch — a trade bug was patched on July 29, 2026 — and it grew in layers: crate trading arrived with the August 7 update, and Trade Chat with the August 20 update. There is no official price list, so the community segments the market by obtainment: Scientist Crate units (Scientist Camera Man at 95% is nearly common; Engineer Camera Man at 0.2% is a trophy), Party Crate units (Party Titan TV Man at 0.25% leads), summon-pool units priced by rarity, and the event tier (the 10M family) where post-event scarcity drives the strongest premiums. Combat usefulness and trade value are different axes — a maxed Camera Man wins matches but trades for almost nothing, while a dupe Engineer Camera Man wins few matches and trades well.
Demand factors as documented by community sources, checked 2026-10-15.
| Segment | Examples | Supply driver | Demand driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mythic / chase | Titan Speaker Man 2.0 | 0.1% summon rate, documented 1,000 pity | The meta carry slot; endgame teams want one |
| Crate exclusives | Engineer Camera Man, Large Scientist | Scientist Crate odds (0.2% / 4.8% free) | Economy and summoner roles + collector demand |
| Event units | 10M family, Party Titan TV Man | Event crates only; scarcity grows after events end | Top-tier performance + trading prestige |
| Summon Epics/Legendaries | Plunger Camera Man, Titan TV Man | 4% / 1% summon odds | Budget loadout slots documented by creators |
| Crates themselves | Scientist Crate, Party Crate | Insane clears (Scientist), Piñata + quests (Party) | Players hunting the same tables without the grind |
| Starter tier | Camera Man, Speaker Man | 50–85% of all pulls | Near zero — everyone has them |
No. The developer publishes no trade values or rulebook. Community price lists exist on fan sites and Discord servers, and they disagree with each other — treat any list as one community's opinion with a date, not as a market authority.
Three things: scarcity (Engineer Camera Man at 0.2% per Scientist Crate, Party Titan TV Man at 0.25% per Party Crate), obtainment windows (event units like the 10M family once their events end), and combat demand (current-meta carries). A maxed Mythic is the top of every list.
Trading is an official system (crate trading since August 7, Trade Chat since August 20), but scams happen in every trading economy. Never trade through third-party sites, verify the exact unit and variant in the trade window, and remember there is no undo.
Yes — and the community considers it a legitimate strategy. At a documented 0.1% pull rate with a 1,000-pull worst case, trading up through crates and mid-tier units is often faster than summoning. Creator videos document basic-to-Mythic trading progressions.
Trading history comes from the community wiki's update pages; scarcity figures from its crate and summon tables (checked 2026-10-15). No numerical price list is published here because none is authoritative — when community lists conflict, showing the demand drivers beats inventing a number. For combat strength, use the tier list; for the odds behind scarcity, the rewards reference; and for links to the community spaces where live trading happens, the community links page.
