Is buying Tibia Coins to players out of the game considered illegal?

Question

Last days I see that there are many players, especially streamers, that make "publicity" of players who sell Tibia Coins IRL, of course with the cheaper price than the Official Store of Tibia.com.

Is this cosidered illegal? How that can harm your account?

Comments

This is interesting question. I really wonder if it's legal. And if not, wouldn't be the streamers you mentioned banned?

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Idk, cuz if this is illegal they are promoting people to do something bad, but they aren't selling the coins, so idk?

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Maybe they are promoting resellers? There are some official resellers and that would be legal to promote them.

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Yes but the promoted resellers you can see them on the site of Tibia.com, I believe if they aren't there is cuz they aren't supported by Cipsoft.

Answer 1

Submitted a help ticket on the website for an official response to your question, Is buying Tibia Coins to players out of the game legal? "Thank you for your request. You can buy Coins from other players at your own risk. Remember that we can't help you if you're scammed or if the Coins are deleted later on if they were obtained illegally. Please also keep in mind that it is not allowed to advertise trades of any kind that involve the paying of real money."

If you plan to buy services from other players it's best to stick with official resellers- https://www.tibia.com/community/?subtopic=resellers However please note it says, "All resellers on this list have been carefully selected by CipSoft. Every one of them has a proven track record of providing reliable and secure service to their customers. However, please keep in mind that given the large numbers of transactions processed every day, mistakes can happen now and then."

Answer 2

I went straight to the source to find the answer and found this:

Rule 2c) Forbidden Advertising

Advertising trades for real money:

It is not allowed to advertise trades of any kind that involve the paying of real money. This does not only apply to the trading of real items for cash, but also to offers to buy or sell Tibia items for real money. Note that it is also illegal to advertise game code trades as game codes represent real money.

Comments

This rule is about advertising such trades in-game. The question is about doing such trades (outside of the game).