Actually, mints are related to inflation. Certain high demand items (partyhats, divines and elysians) developed a street value above their GE price. So it became necessary to "junk trade" for them. The problem now is that, because of inflation, gp is itself junk (and crashing junk at that). It has become almost impossible to buy a partyhat with pure cash. Nobody wants the cash. That is where the mint came in. It's a relatively rare item that emerged as a sort of currency allowing the high demand items to be traded for something other than themselves. So you can't buy a partyhat with pure cash (even using junk trading), but, if you can gather enough mints, you can buy one. The problem is accumulating enough mints -- easier said than done. Wow that made Gp sound like noob currency. Clearly it is. the general reason behind inflation is the supply of GP brought into this game. the statuettes, personal shops, and alching made it possible. if the Federal Reserve in America experienced inflation, they would lower the money supply to make it stable again but since Jagex isn't (or doesn't have the knowledge of) the Federal Reserve, then inflation can only prosper until we experience hyper inflation where money cannot function anymore. Mint cakes may be the theory behind the consequences of the ongoing inflation unless Jagex would take appropriate action to lower money supply like adding a new skill and such. Sorry if i'm sounding a bit annoying. i just happen to be the best student in my economics class. :lol: You are absolutely right. Now, since the amount of GP in RuneScape will only ever go up, what will be the consequences? In real life, economies crash - nd governments step in. What will Jagex be forced to do? Nerf all the prices? I think Jagex is already stumped with what they have to do, I really doubt they'll nerf the prices but they seem like they will update something with the statues, because for one thing Drop Potential PVPing, caused a big problem that Jagex didn't see coming and removed it after ONE YEAR. Meaning it may take some time before they can update the current EP PVPing.