Universalis

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Check Final Fantasy XIV market board prices from Universalis, the crowdsourced market data site: current listings and sales on any world, data center or region, sale history and price trends, the cheapest world to buy on, price alerts, and market tax rates. Look items up by name. No account or API key is required.

Actions

ActionWhat it does
Check for listings under a priceCheck whether anyone is selling an item at or below the price you want to pay, for a price alert: says yes or no, how many listings and units match, and lists the cheapest of them.
Compare prices of several itemsGet a price summary for up to 100 items at once: each one's lowest price and where, average sale price, daily sales and last sale, and for a world, the lowest prices across its data center and region too.
Find items by nameFind items you can buy or sell on the market board by all or part of their name: each one's ID, category, item level, icon and Universalis page.
Find the cheapest world to buy onCompare every world in a data center or region for one item, cheapest first: each world's lowest price, listings and units for sale, and what buying a quantity would cost there, tax included, taking the cheapest listings first.
Get market board pricesGet what an item costs on the market board right now: the cheapest listings with their world and retainer, the newest sales, and a summary of the lowest NQ and HQ prices, units for sale, average sale price and how many sell a day.
Get market tax ratesGet the market tax each city charges on a world this week, and which cities are cheapest to sell from.
Get price trendSee how an item's sale price moved day by day: each day's sales, units sold and average, lowest and highest price, and whether the price is rising, falling or steady, comparing the first half of the period with the second.
Get sale historyGet the sales of an item over the last few days, newest first, with who bought how many at what price, and totals: units sold, gil traded, and the average, median, lowest and highest price.
List items with outdated pricesList the items whose market board prices have gone longest without an update on a world or data center, oldest first: what to check in game next.
List recently updated itemsList the items whose market board prices players uploaded most recently on a world or data center, newest first, with their names: a feed of what is being traded right now.
List worlds and data centersList the game's worlds with their data center and region, and each data center with its worlds.

Check for listings under a price

Check whether anyone is selling an item at or below the price you want to pay, for a price alert: says yes or no, how many listings and units match, and lists the cheapest of them.

Inputs

ItemitemtextRequired
The item's name as the game shows it, such as Iron Ingot, or its item ID. Capitals don't matter.
World, data center or regionlocationtextRequired
Where to look: one world, every world in a data center, or a whole region.
Pricemax_pricenumberRequired
The most you would pay per unit, in gil.From 0 to 999999999.
Qualityqualitytext
Count every listing, or only normal or high-quality ones.One of: any (Any quality), nq (Normal quality (NQ) only), hq (High quality (HQ) only). Default: any.
Minimum quantitymin_quantitynumber
Only count listings with at least this many units in the stack.From 1 to 999999. Default: 1.

Outputs

is_belowtrue/false
item_idnumber
item_nametext
listingslist
locationtext
location_typetext
lowest_pricenumber
lowest_price_retainertext
lowest_price_worldtext
matching_listing_countnumber
matching_unitsnumber
max_pricenumber
qualitytext
updated_attext
urltext
Example output
{
  "is_below": true,
  "item_id": 5057,
  "item_name": "Iron Ingot",
  "listings": [
    {
      "crafted": false,
      "crafter_name": null,
      "hq": false,
      "materia_count": 0,
      "on_mannequin": false,
      "price_per_unit": 48,
      "quantity": 19,
      "retainer_city": "Limsa Lominsa",
      "retainer_name": "Umii",
      "reviewed_at": "2026-10-15T07:17:01Z",
      "tax": 45,
      "total": 912,
      "total_with_tax": 957,
      "world": "Faerie"
    }
  ],
  "location": "Aether",
  "location_type": "data_center",
  "lowest_price": 48,
  "lowest_price_retainer": "Umii",
  "lowest_price_world": "Faerie",
  "matching_listing_count": 1,
  "matching_units": 19,
  "max_price": 60,
  "quality": "any",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-15T17:51:26Z",
  "url": "https://universalis.app/market/5057"
}

Compare prices of several items

Get a price summary for up to 100 items at once: each one's lowest price and where, average sale price, daily sales and last sale, and for a world, the lowest prices across its data center and region too.

Inputs

ItemsitemslistRequired
Up to 100 item names or IDs: a list, or text with one item per line or separated by commas.
World, data center or regionlocationtextRequired
Where to look: one world, every world in a data center, or a whole region.
Qualityqualitytext
Count every listing, or only normal or high-quality ones.One of: any (Any quality), nq (Normal quality (NQ) only), hq (High quality (HQ) only). Default: any.

Outputs

item_countnumber
itemslist
locationtext
location_typetext
not_on_marketlist
qualitytext
Example output
{
  "item_count": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "average_sale_price": 226,
      "daily_units_sold": 41,
      "data_center_lowest_price": 48,
      "data_center_lowest_price_world": "Faerie",
      "item_id": 5057,
      "item_name": "Iron Ingot",
      "last_sale_at": "2026-10-15T00:51:32Z",
      "last_sale_price": 298,
      "last_sale_world": "Gilgamesh",
      "lowest_price": 300,
      "lowest_price_world": "Gilgamesh",
      "region_lowest_price": 20,
      "region_lowest_price_world": "Hyperion",
      "url": "https://universalis.app/market/5057"
    }
  ],
  "location": "Gilgamesh",
  "location_type": "world",
  "not_on_market": [],
  "quality": "any"
}

Find items by name

Find items you can buy or sell on the market board by all or part of their name: each one's ID, category, item level, icon and Universalis page. The closest match comes first.

Inputs

Name containsquerytextRequired
All or part of the item's name, such as Tincture or Ingot. Every word must appear in the name.
Limitlimitnumber
How many items to return, up to 100.From 1 to 100. Default: 20.

Outputs

item_countnumber
itemslist
more_availabletrue/false
querytext
Example output
{
  "item_count": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "category": "Metal",
      "icon_url": "https://v2.xivapi.com/api/asset?path=ui/icon/020000/020801_hr1.tex&format=png",
      "item_id": 5057,
      "item_level": 14,
      "name": "Iron Ingot",
      "url": "https://universalis.app/market/5057"
    }
  ],
  "more_available": false,
  "query": "Iron Ingot"
}

Find the cheapest world to buy on

Compare every world in a data center or region for one item, cheapest first: each world's lowest price, listings and units for sale, and what buying a quantity would cost there, tax included, taking the cheapest listings first.

Inputs

ItemitemtextRequired
The item's name as the game shows it, such as Iron Ingot, or its item ID. Capitals don't matter.
Data center or regionareatextRequired
The data center or region whose worlds to compare.
Qualityqualitytext
Count every listing, or only normal or high-quality ones.One of: any (Any quality), nq (Normal quality (NQ) only), hq (High quality (HQ) only). Default: any.
Quantity neededquantitynumber
How many you want to buy. Worlds are ranked by what that many would cost; listings are bought as whole stacks.From 1 to 999999. Default: 1.

Outputs

cheapest_cost_for_quantitynumber
cheapest_data_centertext
cheapest_pricenumber
cheapest_worldtext
item_idnumber
item_nametext
locationtext
location_typetext
qualitytext
quantitynumber
urltext
worldslist
worlds_with_listingsnumber
Example output
{
  "cheapest_cost_for_quantity": 4305,
  "cheapest_data_center": "Crystal",
  "cheapest_price": 50,
  "cheapest_world": "Brynhildr",
  "item_id": 5057,
  "item_name": "Iron Ingot",
  "location": "North America",
  "location_type": "region",
  "quality": "any",
  "quantity": 50,
  "url": "https://universalis.app/market/5057",
  "worlds": [
    {
      "cost_for_quantity": 4305,
      "data_center": "Crystal",
      "enough_stock": true,
      "listing_count": 17,
      "lowest_price": 50,
      "units_bought": 83,
      "units_for_sale": 776,
      "updated_at": "2026-10-15T01:59:28Z",
      "world": "Brynhildr"
    }
  ],
  "worlds_with_listings": 29
}

Get market board prices

Get what an item costs on the market board right now: the cheapest listings with their world and retainer, the newest sales, and a summary of the lowest NQ and HQ prices, units for sale, average sale price and how many sell a day.

Inputs

ItemitemtextRequired
The item's name as the game shows it, such as Iron Ingot, or its item ID. Capitals don't matter.
World, data center or regionlocationtextRequired
Where to look: one world, every world in a data center, or a whole region.
Qualityqualitytext
Count every listing, or only normal or high-quality ones.One of: any (Any quality), nq (Normal quality (NQ) only), hq (High quality (HQ) only). Default: any.
Listings to showlisting_limitnumber
How many of the cheapest listings to list, up to 100. The summary always counts every listing.From 0 to 100. Default: 10.
Sales to showsale_limitnumber
How many of the newest sales to list, up to 100.From 0 to 100. Default: 10.

Outputs

average_listing_pricenumber
average_sale_pricenumber
daily_units_soldnumber
item_idnumber
item_nametext
last_sale_attext
last_sale_pricenumber
listing_countnumber
listingslist
locationtext
location_typetext
lowest_pricenumber
lowest_price_hqnumber
lowest_price_nqnumber
lowest_price_worldtext
qualitytext
saleslist
units_for_salenumber
updated_attext
urltext
Example output
{
  "average_listing_price": 412,
  "average_sale_price": 218,
  "daily_units_sold": 267.2,
  "item_id": 5057,
  "item_name": "Iron Ingot",
  "last_sale_at": "2026-10-15T05:34:01Z",
  "last_sale_price": 300,
  "listing_count": 96,
  "listings": [
    {
      "crafted": false,
      "crafter_name": null,
      "hq": false,
      "materia_count": 0,
      "on_mannequin": false,
      "price_per_unit": 48,
      "quantity": 19,
      "retainer_city": "Limsa Lominsa",
      "retainer_name": "Umii",
      "reviewed_at": "2026-10-15T07:17:01Z",
      "tax": 45,
      "total": 912,
      "total_with_tax": 957,
      "world": "Faerie"
    }
  ],
  "location": "Aether",
  "location_type": "data_center",
  "lowest_price": 48,
  "lowest_price_hq": 59,
  "lowest_price_nq": 48,
  "lowest_price_world": "Faerie",
  "quality": "any",
  "sales": [
    {
      "buyer_name": "Shijo Katsurou",
      "hq": false,
      "on_mannequin": false,
      "price_per_unit": 300,
      "quantity": 99,
      "sold_at": "2026-10-15T05:34:01Z",
      "total": 29700,
      "world": "Siren"
    }
  ],
  "units_for_sale": 3051,
  "updated_at": "2026-10-15T17:51:26Z",
  "url": "https://universalis.app/market/5057"
}

Get market tax rates

Get the market tax each city charges on a world this week, and which cities are cheapest to sell from.

Inputs

WorldworldtextRequired
The world whose tax rates to get.

Outputs

data_centertext
lowest_rate_citieslist
lowest_rate_percentnumber
rateslist
worldtext
Example output
{
  "data_center": "Aether",
  "lowest_rate_cities": [
    "Kugane"
  ],
  "lowest_rate_percent": 3,
  "rates": [
    {
      "city": "Limsa Lominsa",
      "rate_percent": 5
    },
    {
      "city": "Kugane",
      "rate_percent": 3
    }
  ],
  "world": "Gilgamesh"
}

Get price trend

See how an item's sale price moved day by day: each day's sales, units sold and average, lowest and highest price, and whether the price is rising, falling or steady, comparing the first half of the period with the second.

Inputs

ItemitemtextRequired
The item's name as the game shows it, such as Iron Ingot, or its item ID. Capitals don't matter.
World, data center or regionlocationtextRequired
Where to look: one world, every world in a data center, or a whole region.
Daysdaysnumber
How many days back to look, up to 90.From 1 to 90. Default: 14.
Qualityqualitytext
Count every listing, or only normal or high-quality ones.One of: any (Any quality), nq (Normal quality (NQ) only), hq (High quality (HQ) only). Default: any.

Outputs

average_pricenumber
change_percentnumber
dailylist
daysnumber
earlier_average_pricenumber
item_idnumber
item_nametext
locationtext
location_typetext
qualitytext
recent_average_pricenumber
sale_countnumber
trendtext
units_soldnumber
urltext
Example output
{
  "average_price": 250,
  "change_percent": 2,
  "daily": [
    {
      "average_price": 273,
      "date": "2026-10-15",
      "highest_price": 498,
      "lowest_price": 50,
      "sale_count": 11,
      "units_sold": 369
    }
  ],
  "days": 14,
  "earlier_average_price": 249,
  "item_id": 5057,
  "item_name": "Iron Ingot",
  "location": "Aether",
  "location_type": "data_center",
  "quality": "any",
  "recent_average_price": 254,
  "sale_count": 303,
  "trend": "steady",
  "units_sold": 4496,
  "url": "https://universalis.app/market/5057"
}

Get sale history

Get the sales of an item over the last few days, newest first, with who bought how many at what price, and totals: units sold, gil traded, and the average, median, lowest and highest price.

Inputs

ItemitemtextRequired
The item's name as the game shows it, such as Iron Ingot, or its item ID. Capitals don't matter.
World, data center or regionlocationtextRequired
Where to look: one world, every world in a data center, or a whole region.
Daysdaysnumber
How many days back to look, up to 90.From 1 to 90. Default: 7.
Qualityqualitytext
Count every listing, or only normal or high-quality ones.One of: any (Any quality), nq (Normal quality (NQ) only), hq (High quality (HQ) only). Default: any.
Lowest pricemin_pricenumber
Only sales at this many gil per unit or more. Leave empty for no minimum.From 0 to 999999999.
Highest pricemax_pricenumber
Only sales at this many gil per unit or less. Leave empty for no maximum.From 0 to 999999999.
Sales to showlimitnumber
How many sales to list, up to 1000. The totals always count every sale.From 0 to 1000. Default: 100.

Outputs

average_pricenumber
daily_units_soldnumber
daysnumber
gil_tradednumber
highest_pricenumber
item_idnumber
item_nametext
last_sale_attext
locationtext
location_typetext
lowest_pricenumber
median_pricenumber
qualitytext
sale_countnumber
saleslist
units_soldnumber
urltext
Example output
{
  "average_price": 266,
  "daily_units_sold": 127.6,
  "days": 7,
  "gil_traded": 237726,
  "highest_price": 3469,
  "item_id": 5057,
  "item_name": "Iron Ingot",
  "last_sale_at": "2026-10-15T05:34:01Z",
  "location": "Aether",
  "location_type": "data_center",
  "lowest_price": 50,
  "median_price": 300,
  "quality": "any",
  "sale_count": 53,
  "sales": [
    {
      "buyer_name": "Shijo Katsurou",
      "hq": false,
      "on_mannequin": false,
      "price_per_unit": 300,
      "quantity": 99,
      "sold_at": "2026-10-15T05:34:01Z",
      "total": 29700,
      "world": "Siren"
    }
  ],
  "units_sold": 893,
  "url": "https://universalis.app/market/5057"
}

List items with outdated prices

List the items whose market board prices have gone longest without an update on a world or data center, oldest first: what to check in game next.

Inputs

World or data centerlocationtextRequired
The world or data center to check.
Limitlimitnumber
How many items to list, up to 200.From 1 to 200. Default: 20.

Outputs

item_countnumber
itemslist
locationtext
location_typetext
Example output
{
  "item_count": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "item_id": 24580,
      "item_name": "Raw Tavern Furnishing Materials",
      "updated_at": "2025-04-13T11:40:45Z",
      "url": "https://universalis.app/market/24580",
      "world": "Jenova"
    }
  ],
  "location": "Aether",
  "location_type": "data_center"
}

List recently updated items

List the items whose market board prices players uploaded most recently on a world or data center, newest first, with their names: a feed of what is being traded right now.

Inputs

World or data centerlocationtextRequired
The world or data center to watch.
Limitlimitnumber
How many items to list, up to 200.From 1 to 200. Default: 20.

Outputs

item_countnumber
itemslist
locationtext
location_typetext
Example output
{
  "item_count": 1,
  "items": [
    {
      "item_id": 36242,
      "item_name": "Gaja Hide",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-15T18:09:36Z",
      "url": "https://universalis.app/market/36242",
      "world": "Gilgamesh"
    }
  ],
  "location": "Gilgamesh",
  "location_type": "world"
}

List worlds and data centers

List the game's worlds with their data center and region, and each data center with its worlds. Narrow it to one region if you like.

Inputs

Regionregiontext
Only this region. Leave empty for every region.

Outputs

data_center_countnumber
data_centerslist
regiontext
world_countnumber
worldslist
Example output
{
  "data_center_count": 1,
  "data_centers": [
    {
      "name": "Light",
      "region": "Europe",
      "world_count": 1,
      "worlds": [
        "Alpha"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "region": "Europe",
  "world_count": 1,
  "worlds": [
    {
      "data_center": "Light",
      "name": "Alpha",
      "region": "Europe",
      "world_id": 402
    }
  ]
}

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