{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
  "releaseId": "gag2-trade-calculator-source-audit-2026-07-30-r1",
  "datasetVersion": "2026-07-30.1",
  "game": "Grow a Garden 2",
  "gamePlaceId": "97598239454123",
  "gameUniverseId": "10200395747",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z",
  "verificationMethod": "official-roblox-metadata-and-five-community-page-trading-claim-comparison",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "roblox-api",
      "publisher": "Roblox Games API",
      "url": "https://games.roblox.com/v1/games?universeIds=10200395747",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-30",
      "role": "First-party game identity, creator, update timestamp and current public description"
    },
    {
      "id": "gag2-live",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden 2 Live",
      "url": "https://growagarden2.live/trade",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-21",
      "role": "Direct SERP competitor using fixed WFL thresholds, community pet values and crop base-price proxies"
    },
    {
      "id": "gag2-codes-mailbox",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden 2 Tools & Wiki",
      "url": "https://www.growagardens2codes.com/guides/mailbox-gifting-safety-guide",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-03",
      "role": "Mailbox, direct-gift and public-drop safety distinctions"
    },
    {
      "id": "fandom-mechanics",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden 2 Fandom Wiki",
      "url": "https://growagarden2.fandom.com/wiki/Mechanics",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07",
      "role": "Community mechanics record for gifting, mailbox, dropping and item restrictions"
    },
    {
      "id": "lootester-trading",
      "publisher": "Lootester",
      "url": "https://lootester.com/grow-a-garden-2-trading-guide/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-18",
      "role": "Guild-locked trade-window and simultaneous-confirmation claims"
    },
    {
      "id": "allthings-trader-event",
      "publisher": "All Things How",
      "url": "https://allthings.how/grow-a-garden-2-trading-trader-event-streaks-and-rewards-explained/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-06-20",
      "role": "Search-result example that labels a November 2025 original-game Trader Event as Grow a Garden 2"
    }
  ],
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "official-game-identity",
      "topic": "Identity",
      "claim": "Roblox identifies place 97598239454123 as Grow a Garden 2 by the verified Strawberreh Squad group.",
      "evidence": "official",
      "sourceIds": ["roblox-api"],
      "note": "The API snapshot is first-party platform metadata, not a trading rulebook."
    },
    {
      "id": "official-description-scope",
      "topic": "Scope",
      "claim": "The July 30 official public description names seeds, farming, selling, guild competition, stealing and offline growth, but does not document a player trade flow.",
      "evidence": "official",
      "sourceIds": ["roblox-api"],
      "note": "Absence from the description does not prove that a mechanic is unavailable; it only limits what the first-party description confirms."
    },
    {
      "id": "wfl-ratio-convention",
      "topic": "Valuation",
      "claim": "A ranking trade-calculator competitor divides received value by given value and applies a roughly ten-percent Fair band.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-live"],
      "note": "That threshold is a site convention, not an official Roblox rule."
    },
    {
      "id": "community-value-inputs",
      "topic": "Valuation",
      "claim": "The ranking competitor says its pet values are community sourced and its crop values use base sell price as a proxy.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-live"],
      "note": "A crop sell baseline and a player-market trade quote are different evidence types."
    },
    {
      "id": "fixed-price-limit",
      "topic": "Valuation",
      "claim": "No reviewed first-party source establishes fixed player-market prices for GAG2 pets, crops, seeds or gear.",
      "evidence": "unverified",
      "sourceIds": ["roblox-api", "gag2-live", "lootester-trading"],
      "note": "This calculator therefore requires user-entered low, typical and high observations."
    },
    {
      "id": "market-volatility",
      "topic": "Valuation",
      "claim": "Community trading pages warn that values move with supply, demand, new releases, mutations and patch changes.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-live", "lootester-trading"],
      "note": "The tool exposes a range instead of turning one snapshot into permanent truth."
    },
    {
      "id": "mailbox-gifting",
      "topic": "Transfer",
      "claim": "Two community references describe the mailbox as an item-gifting method.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-codes-mailbox", "fandom-mechanics"],
      "note": "Neither reference turns a one-way gift into escrow."
    },
    {
      "id": "direct-gifting",
      "topic": "Transfer",
      "claim": "Two community references describe direct gifting near another player.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-codes-mailbox", "fandom-mechanics"],
      "note": "Current item eligibility must still be checked in the live game."
    },
    {
      "id": "public-dropping",
      "topic": "Transfer",
      "claim": "Two community references describe dropping items for nearby players to pick up.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-codes-mailbox", "fandom-mechanics"],
      "note": "The reviewed safety guide classifies public dropping as exposed to third-party pickup."
    },
    {
      "id": "mailbox-item-types",
      "topic": "Transfer",
      "claim": "Mailbox references list seeds, gear, pets and props as supported categories.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-codes-mailbox", "fandom-mechanics"],
      "note": "Eligibility can change and should be confirmed before sending a valuable item."
    },
    {
      "id": "drop-item-types",
      "topic": "Transfer",
      "claim": "Dropping references list seeds, gear, pets, crops, seed packs and crates.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-codes-mailbox", "fandom-mechanics"],
      "note": "A list of droppable categories is not a recommendation to use dropping for a trade."
    },
    {
      "id": "rare-pet-restriction",
      "topic": "Transfer",
      "claim": "Two community references say Rare-or-higher pets cannot be gifted or mailed but can be dropped.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-codes-mailbox", "fandom-mechanics"],
      "note": "The restriction was not reproduced by this publisher and may change after a patch."
    },
    {
      "id": "mailbox-full-return",
      "topic": "Transfer",
      "claim": "Two community references say a full recipient mailbox returns the item to the sender.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-codes-mailbox", "fandom-mechanics"],
      "note": "Do not test this claim with an item you cannot afford to lose."
    },
    {
      "id": "guild-trade-window",
      "topic": "Scope",
      "claim": "One July guide claims trading is guild locked and uses a simultaneous two-party trade window.",
      "evidence": "limited",
      "sourceIds": ["lootester-trading"],
      "note": "The reviewed official description and mechanics page do not independently confirm this complete flow."
    },
    {
      "id": "trade-window-conflict",
      "topic": "Scope",
      "claim": "Reviewed pages conflict between a simultaneous trade window and one-way mailbox, gifting or dropping methods.",
      "evidence": "conflict",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-live", "gag2-codes-mailbox", "fandom-mechanics", "lootester-trading"],
      "note": "The calculator scores the numbers but never asserts that the selected transfer method is safe or currently available."
    },
    {
      "id": "historical-trader-event",
      "topic": "Identity",
      "claim": "A page titled as GAG2 trading describes a Trader Event dated November 22 to December 6, 2025, before GAG2's 2026 launch.",
      "evidence": "historical-mismatch",
      "sourceIds": ["allthings-trader-event", "roblox-api"],
      "note": "Its crop-streak and reward tables belong to historical original-game context and are excluded from this GAG2 calculator."
    },
    {
      "id": "wfl-cannot-prove-safety",
      "topic": "Safety",
      "claim": "A favorable WFL number cannot prove item eligibility, counterparty trust, transfer atomicity or protection from third-party pickup.",
      "evidence": "repeated",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-codes-mailbox", "fandom-mechanics", "lootester-trading"],
      "note": "Value comparison and transfer safety are deliberately scored separately."
    },
    {
      "id": "real-money-excluded",
      "topic": "Safety",
      "claim": "Real-money prices, off-platform payment, account credentials, duplication offers and exploit routes are outside this calculator's scope.",
      "evidence": "editorial-policy",
      "sourceIds": ["gag2-codes-mailbox"],
      "note": "The tool is for comparing user-entered in-game reference units only."
    }
  ],
  "transferMethods": [
    {
      "id": "two-party-window",
      "label": "Two-party confirmed window",
      "risk": "verify-live",
      "reason": "Some current pages claim mutual confirmation, but the reviewed source set does not independently establish its scope."
    },
    {
      "id": "mailbox",
      "label": "Mailbox gift",
      "risk": "high",
      "reason": "The reviewed sources describe a one-way gift, not guaranteed escrow."
    },
    {
      "id": "direct-gift",
      "label": "Direct gift",
      "risk": "high",
      "reason": "A one-way handoff depends on counterparty trust."
    },
    {
      "id": "public-drop",
      "label": "Public drop",
      "risk": "critical",
      "reason": "A nearby third party may pick up the dropped item."
    },
    {
      "id": "unknown",
      "label": "Unknown or promised later",
      "risk": "critical",
      "reason": "The transfer flow and recovery path are not established."
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "No publisher-controlled in-game trade, gift, mailbox or drop was performed.",
    "No official GAG2 trade-value API or first-party price list was located.",
    "Community pages disagree on whether a simultaneous trade window exists and who can use it.",
    "The calculator does not preload pet, crop, seed or gear prices.",
    "The calculator does not validate usernames, ownership, item eligibility or transfer completion.",
    "Historical original-game Trader Event tables are excluded."
  ]
}
