How to Trade Safely in All Star Tower Defense

Step 1: Agree the deal before anyone joins a server

Browse listings or post your own, and pin down the exact units on both sides — including Level, Pure, Max, or Revived where it matters. Run the deal through our free Win / Fair / Lose calculator so neither side is guessing. Remember the hard rules of ASTD trading: only limited units — the ones showing a "T" in the corner of their inventory slot — plus Robux-bought Star Passes can be traded, and gems, gold, and Robux can never be placed in a trade. Any offer built on currency, a standard banner unit, or anything else that can't actually enter the window is fake by definition.

Step 2: Swap exact Roblox usernames

Exchange @usernames — the exact handle, not the display name — so you add and join the right person. ASTD trades happen face to face, in the lobby or the Trading Hub, so you'll be standing next to this player before anything is confirmed. Impersonators count on you skimming, so check the spelling character by character before you send a friend request or join their server.

Step 3: Meet in-game and use the trade window — every time

ASTD has had a real trade window since 2021, and it's the only safe way to trade. You need to be at least level 40 with Trading switched on in your Settings — the toggle can't even be enabled below 40. Once it's on, trade-enabled players show a "T" icon in the World 1 and World 2 lobbies, and since Update 51 there's also a dedicated Trading Hub: type /trade in Roblox chat to head straight there. Walk up to your trade partner and open the trade — each side holds up to 10 slots, both players see both sides, an accept timer with an audible cue runs before anything finalizes, and nothing moves until both confirm. There is never a reason to hand something over outside that window.

Step 4: Verify before you confirm

• Check the unit name carefully — ASTD uses parody names (Demise = Rem, Beardcutter = Goblin Slayer, Two Hands = Revy), and our search finds both, so make sure you're getting the unit you agreed on.
• Every tradeable unit shows a "T" on its inventory slot — if a promised unit can't be placed in the window, it was never limited and the deal was never real.
• Shiny and Gold variants are separate units, not upgrades of the base one — confirm which version is actually in the window.
• Check the level matches the listing (Pure means level 1, Max means fully leveled).
• If the other player edits the trade at the last second, re-check everything from scratch before confirming — the accept timer exists so nobody confirms a switched trade.

ASTD scams to know

• Trust trades — "you go first, then I'll add mine." The trade window exists so nobody goes first. Refuse.
• Fake middlemen — nobody needs to "hold" a unit for a unit-for-unit swap.
• The X bait — deals that mix in All Star Tower Defense X. X is a separate game with its own rules, and nothing from it can be delivered into the original game's trade window.
• Currency promises — gems, gold, and Robux can never be placed in a trade, so any offer that includes them is fake.
• Robux selling and cross-game deals — selling units for Robux or trading across different games isn't a game feature, it's a Roblox Terms of Service violation, and it always means someone pays or sends first with zero protection.
• Off-platform deals — anything that leaves the in-game trade window loses every protection it gives you.

The golden rule

If a deal can't happen inside the trade window with both sides fully visible, it isn't a deal. Values are community reference points, not commands — when pressure replaces information, walk away. There will always be another trade.