Spot the scam

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Four offers

Four players send offers in Shard Garden's trading hall. Three are scams. Only one is a safe trade.

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Spot the scam

Tap the one offer that is safe to accept.

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Quick check

What makes the safe offer safe?

  1. Both items are in the trade window, and both players confirm
  2. The player is polite
  3. It is the biggest offer
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Both items are in the trade window, and both players confirm

In the trade window, both items move at once. Nobody has to trust a promise.

Passwords stay home

No real prize ever needs a player's password on another website. Shard Garden says so on its sign-in screen, and Priya's chat filter blocks links to unknown sites.

Read the message

GardenStaff_Official
You won 10,000 gems! Sign in at shard-garden-gems.net to claim them.

Priya finds this message in a player's report. What should a player do?

  1. Report it: the studio never asks for passwords on other sites
  2. Sign in quickly before the prize expires
  3. Share the link with friends
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Report it: the studio never asks for passwords on other sites

A name that says "Official" can be typed by anyone. The address is not Shard Garden's.

Too good to be true

An offer worth far more than what you give is a warning sign, not luck. Scammers rely on excitement to make players hurry.

Quick check

If a stranger offers a rare pot for a few common seeds, it is a lucky deal.

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False

Offers that are too good to be true usually hide a trick, like a last-second swap.

On the studio board

The studio adds a decision to the board:

Trades happen only in the trade window. A valuable trade from a new device waits 24 hours, and the owner is told.

Bolt says: Next: level editors and player-made content.

Fact-checked 12 October 2026