1. The real matrix
FAIT. The page fetched Elder's Shield from the Europe endpoint and rendered Black Market plus seven city markets against Normal, Good, Outstanding, Excellent and Masterpiece. It shows live sell and buy orders, their age, traded average, daily volume and the 7d-versus-30d trend when the source has them.
2. Choose the exact comparison
FAIT. Search selects any catalog item. Server switches Europe, Americas or Asia. Avg days accepts 1 to 30. Tier and enchant chips control which full matrices are shown. The comparison block has its own effective-tier and quality controls, so changing the matrix does not silently change the tier comparison.
3. Compare Tiers before the city matrix
FAIT. For the captured T8 step at Excellent quality, T7.1 was the cheapest observed variant at 109,000 in Martlock. T5.3 showed 111,111, T6.2 119,984, the searched T8 149,949 and T4.4 397,985. The block compares prices across equivalent tier/enchant steps. It does not claim equal item power for every character because specialization changes that judgement.
4. Read a cell without inventing a margin
A city cell separates the sell order you pay, the best buy order you receive by selling instantly, the source age, the volume-weighted traded average and items/day. Colours identify cities; highlights mark cheapest buy city, best sell exit and clearly overpriced asks. The Black Market row uses buy orders because players sell to it.
This tool intentionally does not calculate profit. It answers price, liquidity and freshness. Open Craft Planner for recipe economics or use Sniper for listings captured from your own market browsing.
5. What the snapshot proves
A_VERIFIER. A displayed order can move or disappear after the API observation. Its age describes last confirmation, not current depth. Historical volume describes past flow, not how many units a current order will accept. Refresh the item before committing capital and verify the order in game yourself.
6. The virtual 100m pass
HYPOTHESE. This lookup alone cannot produce a 100m result: it does not prove order depth, fills, transport or resale. The later portfolio pass will freeze those constraints and remain labelled projected.