10 Most Expensive In-Game Items EVER
3. Ethereal Flames Pink War Dog - Dota 2 ($38,000)
In Valve's Dota 2, couriers are used to transport items to and from a base to players dotted across the map. Every player gets one, they are invulnerable when in their home fountain, and can earn passive gold for their owner through a match.
It's safe to say couriers aren't the most jaw-dropping part of this MMORPG, however that all changed in November 2013 when it was revealed a player had forked out a whopping $38,000 for one of these trusty steeds.
According to a player named 'PAADA', they sold their Ethereal Flames Pink War Dog to another user for that five-figure sum, via an auction on the Dota 2 subreddit.
The War Dogs are already amongst the most powerful couriers in the game, and the ethereal flame effect is a striking visual, but where the value in the item really comes from is its rarity.
Allegedly only four creatures of this kind existed in the game at the time, mainly due to Valve not having pink set as one of its primary ten colours, on account of glitches that could occur with black skins.
In turn, this made rarity skyrocket, and a user was there to capitalise.