Mint Cakes

[HunterDexter]

Na it's ridiculously stupid, but its really hard to get mints from that minigame.

 

Granted that, but did you know there was another way to get one?

You can get one from Longramble, in return for a player-made Tangled Toad's Legs. (Cannot be store-bought.)

Longramble is south of the Mountains east of poison waste spirit tree (available after completing The Path of Glouphrie quest.

 

I'm not sure if there is a limit on how many you can get from him or not.

 

You can only get 1. :(

1 forever or per day?

Plus couldn't a person make say 10 of the Tangled Toad's legs and then wait at the spirit tree and ask anyone they see to get a mint cake off the gnome?

 

Only one...

And yes, they ARE rare, I do gnome cuisine on a regular base, and never gotten an item, except goggles. Have about 400-500 deliveries under my name. :c

[Perakp]

Are there any other rare, seemingly useless, discontinued items with low ge-prices? Low as in low compared to their rareness and the difficulty to produce the item.

[HunterDexter]

Grand tree pods, as rare as the mints, same minigame. XD

[GibberEsh]

Lol I got a mint cake during the summer when there was a big hype around getting the scarves and now I don't have any junk or use for it. Guess I'll just keep it in the bank o_o

[Helbovie]

Lol I got a mint cake during the summer when there was a big hype around getting the scarves and now I don't have any junk or use for it. Guess I'll just keep it in the bank o_o

I also have one, but no junk.

 

I don't even understand junk because whatever you do you still pay money to receive junk and the only time you will get more than what you payed for is if an item was merchanted and it got dumped on you the prices might still be higher than you payed.

[Dragonlordjl]

Mint Cakes are ultimately the result of the rampant inflation caused by the PvP artifacts. Because so much money has entered the game, it has become less important (much like in Diablo 2), so the richest players created their own currency. In Diablo 2, it was known as Stone of Jordan (SOJs) and then 3.20.20s and I have no idea what it is now.

 

It's only a matter of time until Jagex bursts the "bubble" by either making mint cakes untradeable or adding a new method of easily obtaining them that ruins the "rarity."

[Nenga]

It's a PvP drop? :blink:

Maybe i'm mistaken, since I never PvP but I believe one of my friends was making a big deal about getting 'the new item' from PvP. He showed me a mint cake.

[Dragonlordjl]

It's a PvP drop? :blink:

Maybe i'm mistaken, since I never PvP but I believe one of my friends was making a big deal about getting 'the new item' from PvP. He showed me a mint cake.

Entirely possible if the person he killed had it in his inventory, given it has a low GE value (and is therefore more likely to be a part of the victor's rewards).

[1230abcz]

He might have gotten it from staking. People stake mints a lot.

[Askthedude]

 

It's only a matter of time until Jagex bursts the "bubble" by either making mint cakes untradeable or adding a new method of easily obtaining them that ruins the "rarity."

 

There's no real reason for them to change it though seeing as how it doesn't really affect anyone. (Although I might be mistaken)

[Helbovie]

Mint Cakes are ultimately the result of the rampant inflation caused by the PvP artifacts. Because so much money has entered the game, it has become less important (much like in Diablo 2), so the richest players created their own currency. In Diablo 2, it was known as Stone of Jordan (SOJs) and then 3.20.20s and I have no idea what it is now.

 

It's only a matter of time until Jagex bursts the "bubble" by either making mint cakes untradeable or adding a new method of easily obtaining them that ruins the "rarity."

this is true, but cash still holds a lot of value, though less than it used to.

[stonewall337]

Mint Cakes are ultimately the result of the rampant inflation caused by the PvP artifacts. Because so much money has entered the game, it has become less important (much like in Diablo 2), so the richest players created their own currency. In Diablo 2, it was known as Stone of Jordan (SOJs) and then 3.20.20s and I have no idea what it is now.

 

It's only a matter of time until Jagex bursts the "bubble" by either making mint cakes untradeable or adding a new method of easily obtaining them that ruins the "rarity."

 

Noooo, actually.

 

PvP has been shown by several people to not be the main cause of inflation. And you state that jagex will "fix" mint cakes as a fact. Whilst there is, of course, that chance, it is by no means a sure thing. And if they do, then players will use another item as a fiat currency, and the cycle will continue.

 

The players are smarter than jagex, in many ways. The market will most likely never be based only on the GE price, unless jagex removes free trade altogether.

[Aneron]

 

It's only a matter of time until Jagex bursts the "bubble" by either making mint cakes untradeable or adding a new method of easily obtaining them that ruins the "rarity."

 

There's no real reason for them to change it though seeing as how it doesn't really affect anyone. (Although I might be mistaken)

 

They have done nothing about any other aspects of the junk market, and have in fact stated that they approve of it. Paranoid much lol?

[Levon_]

Mint cakes are used mainly for trading rares as to get the street price of the trade high without using alot of junk. And why would jagex fix mint cakes when they don't need fixing? Oh waittt jagex... Yep then they probably will "fix" them

[kazumaishimaru]

Na it's ridiculously stupid, but its really hard to get mints from that minigame.

 

Granted that, but did you know there was another way to get one?

You can get one from Longramble, in return for a player-made Tangled Toad's Legs. (Cannot be store-bought.)

Longramble is south of the Mountains east of poison waste spirit tree (available after completing The Path of Glouphrie quest.

 

I'm not sure if there is a limit on how many you can get from him or not.

 

You can only get 1. :(

1 forever or per day?

Plus couldn't a person make say 10 of the Tangled Toad's legs and then wait at the spirit tree and ask anyone they see to get a mint cake off the gnome?

This is exactly what some people are doing. I personally was asked to give some Tangled toad's legs to the gnome without even thinking. The I saw the mint cake; I, of course, then said to the guy, "Do you really think I'd give you something this expensive? It's in the millions on the street." He replied by saying lots of people were giving him them. =/

[atronic92]

Na it's ridiculously stupid, but its really hard to get mints from that minigame.

 

Granted that, but did you know there was another way to get one?

You can get one from Longramble, in return for a player-made Tangled Toad's Legs. (Cannot be store-bought.)

Longramble is south of the Mountains east of poison waste spirit tree (available after completing The Path of Glouphrie quest.

 

I'm not sure if there is a limit on how many you can get from him or not.

 

You can only get 1. :(

1 forever or per day?

Plus couldn't a person make say 10 of the Tangled Toad's legs and then wait at the spirit tree and ask anyone they see to get a mint cake off the gnome?

This is exactly what some people are doing. I personally was asked to give some Tangled toad's legs to the gnome without even thinking. The I saw the mint cake; I, of course, then said to the guy, "Do you really think I'd give you something this expensive? It's in the millions on the street." He replied by saying lots of people were giving him them. =/

 

The same thing happened to me, but I didn't know what mint cakes were worth and I thought I was helping him out by giving it to him #-o .

[Me_Hate_Libs]

It's basically the current Spinach Roll. Who cares? I can sum up Mint Cakes very easily.

 

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

 

There. That takes care of that.

[Grimy_Bunyip]

It's basically the current Spinach Roll. Who cares? I can sum up Mint Cakes very easily.

 

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

 

There. That takes care of that.

technically you can buy spinach rolls from rasolo, that isnt the case for mint cakes

just sayin

[HunterDexter]

Back in the early days, I think he didn't sell them, or only a small stock. Plus a lot of people didn't know about the item.

[Me_Hate_Libs]

It's basically the current Spinach Roll. Who cares? I can sum up Mint Cakes very easily.

 

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

 

There. That takes care of that.

technically you can buy spinach rolls from rasolo, that isnt the case for mint cakes

just sayin

 

I said the current Spinach Roll, thereby implying that the Spinach Roll had a history. The history of the Spinach Roll being that it was a common item that could be easily attained, but got a reputation for being rare, despite how worthless it is, and had a value to some people that were ignorant of what it truly way.

 

And I'm talking about like on Classic. So yeah... :unsure:

[3hitm4g3u]

It's basically the current Spinach Roll. Who cares? I can sum up Mint Cakes very easily.

 

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

 

There. That takes care of that.

 

Mint cakes =/= Spinach Roll.

[Obtaurian]

It's basically the current Spinach Roll. Who cares? I can sum up Mint Cakes very easily.

 

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

 

There. That takes care of that.

 

Mint cakes =/= Spinach Roll.

 

As Me_Hate_Libs said: Yes, mint cakes are just like spinach rolls used to be. I remember getting them as drops from Moss Giants and thinking, "I can't believe people actually try and pass these off as rares." Well, nowadays I most certainly can believe it. Mint cakes are utterly [developmentally delayed]ed, and I can't wait till Jagex changes Gnome Delivery and makes them common items.

[Me_Hate_Libs]

I'd be fine with them being 10-15k as they complete run restore could be worth is sometimes, but honestly people paying millions? How stupid.

[Satenza]

It's not really stupid. Although I have never been caught up in mint cakes, I think they provide a decent way for people to buy into the rares market now. I'm not sure where the confusion lies, things that have a stable low supply and high demand will obviously increase in value, especially since price and trading caps.

[Unb34t4bl3]

I'm fine with mint cakes now as the player base seems to have developed sufficient faith to keep them afloat as a permanent street item. I'd much rather deal with mint cakes as opposed to crashing junk.