Home / Bee Swarm Simulator / Guides / Star Signs and Values, Explained

Star Signs and Values, Explained

What a Star Sign actually is

A Star Sign is a sticker printed from a Star Egg at the Sticker Printer, one for each sign of the zodiac. Twelve exist, from Aquarius to Virgo. Because any of them can be spent anywhere in the economy and every trader accepts them, the Star Sign became the currency of Bee Swarm trading: one Star Sign sticker equals one sign, and every serious price is quoted in signs.

Why prices are ranges

There is no shop and no auction house setting Bee Swarm prices. A value list watches what items actually change hands for and publishes the band it sees, which is why our values page shows a range for almost everything instead of one tidy number. A Bee Cub at 250 to 270 signs means trades are landing in that band; the exact point depends on the buyer, the day and what else is in the window. Lists that print one exact price for everything are tidier and less honest.

Demand matters as much as price

Our values carry a demand score from 0 to 5 next to every price. A high value item with low demand can sit unsold for weeks, while a mid priced item with demand 5 moves the day you list it. When you are building trade stock, demand is the number that decides how fast you can turn items around.

Why the lists disagree

Not every list measures the same thing. The list behind this site prices items in Star Signs from dated trade records. Pro Game Guides, the main second source, ranks items on a 1 to 5 tier that weighs rarity and usefulness. Most of the time the two agree in spirit. Sometimes they really do not: Pro Game Guides calls the Brown Cub the most valuable tradable in the game, while the sign list tracks it at 21 to 22 signs, and the Flying Ninja Bee sits in their second highest tier while trading for a fraction of one sign. We publish the sign price, because signs are what you will actually pay, and we flag every big disagreement on the item's page so you can judge it yourself.

How to use all this

Before any trade that matters, look the item up on the values page, note the range and the demand, then run the full offer through the calculator. If the other trader's price sits far outside the range, ask why. Sometimes there is a good reason, like a perfect beequip roll. Sometimes there is not.