10 Most Expensive In-Game Items EVER
4. Gold Magnate - Eve Online ($33,000)
In January 2020, YouTuber Scott Manley broke internet headlines everywhere he lobbed a whopping $33,000 on a Gold Magnate in Eve Online, making it the most expensive ship sold in the game.
One of the rarest ships, these powerful Frigates have only ever popped up sporadically over the course of Eve's history, and have only been obtainable via in-game tournament rewards.
The historic purchase by Scott came during CCP Games' Plex for Good campaign, an initiative designed to raise funds for the Australian bushfires. The YouTuber purchased this Gold Magnate from user Kelon Darklight's auction with a bid of 1,001,001 PLEX.
For reference, PLEX is an in-game currency in Eve, with 1 million PLEX worth approximately $32,500 in real-world money. That 1 million PLEX is worth about 3.3 trillion ISK, the game's primary currency that most players deal in. Given the fact players start off with a ship worth around 5 million ISK (about $0.05), that makes this sale worth about 170 years of time in-game.
This $33,000 purchase certainly made a splash, but this is at least one transaction that found its way into doing some good outside of the game too.