Some gold-making guide in WOW
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:51 am
Some gold-making guide in WOW
1) I recall a thread from a few months back discussing the viability of large glowing shards utilizing
player made products.
Well, I modified the strategy a bit, and over the course of the day fine tuned it. It requires
So, here we go.
The simple formula is Icy Cloak -> disenchant to Large Glowing Shard.
Icy Cloak:
The recipe for this is sold by the trade goods merchant in Southshore for the alliance, I do not
know for the horde.
My costs were simple.
Frost Oil - 1 per 1gp - 1.3gp
Mageweave - 20 stack for 80 - 90sp
Thick Spider Silk - 2 for 80 sp
Thread - 4.25sp each
So, approximate costs were 1.3 + .70 + .8 + .085 = 2.9gp rounded up on the high end, 1 + .6
+ .8 + .085 = 2.5gp on the low end.
The Large Glowing Shard sells on Deathwing for 4gp a pop. Or as an enchanter, you can
enchant +3 1h striking for 5 using this.
For those individuals who like to do this on a self-sufficient basis, the Frost Oil formula is sold by
a goblin on the north wall of where the Alterac Crushridge Elite ogres are. Also, if you don't
have a herbalist, Khadgar's Whisker and Wintersbite are moderately affordable on Deathwing,
dropping the production cost of frost oil down to about 70 sp. If you have a alchemist or an
alchemist buddy, that's another 30-60sp of end item profit. Frost oil requires a 200 skill in
alchemy.
Thick spider silk can be easily farmed by those 38+ in dustwallow marsh, in the Darkmist cave.
They also drop decent vendor loot (3-5sp each) as well as Shadow Silk, which can be used in
tailoring to produce 38+ Shadow Priest gear that sells moderately well.
In 15 mins saturday, I bought, tailored, disenchanted, and put 8 shards up on auction.
Remember, shards have no value, hence the AH does not charge you a fee for putting them up
for auction. I logged in the next day, all had been bought out at 4gp.
This is a simple method to constantly auction with no loss. It's a proven formula, at least in
terms of large servers where enchanting is in moderate to high demand (refer back to the post
on disenchanting Green Lenses).
2) One of the ways I've found to be very profitable is limited purchase schematics and recipes.
People are very lazy and don't want to be bothered with Thottbot or take the time to travel to
some of the more remote locations you have to go to get these things. About a week ago I
found the friggin gold mine from hell in a limited purchase recipe.
purchase pirce = 15s
AH price = 4g
profit per item = 3g85s
profit precentage = 2500% (ish)
This can be done by as low as level 15 if you are careful.
Now that you all are drooling, let's talk business....
In Duskwood in Raven hill there are 2 buildings that have an upstairs. The Inn is one and
another non descript building West of it. Upstairs is a goblin alchemy vendor. He sells the
limited purchase recipe for Shadow oil found here.
1) I recall a thread from a few months back discussing the viability of large glowing shards utilizing
player made products.
Well, I modified the strategy a bit, and over the course of the day fine tuned it. It requires
So, here we go.
The simple formula is Icy Cloak -> disenchant to Large Glowing Shard.
Icy Cloak:
The recipe for this is sold by the trade goods merchant in Southshore for the alliance, I do not
know for the horde.
My costs were simple.
Frost Oil - 1 per 1gp - 1.3gp
Mageweave - 20 stack for 80 - 90sp
Thick Spider Silk - 2 for 80 sp
Thread - 4.25sp each
So, approximate costs were 1.3 + .70 + .8 + .085 = 2.9gp rounded up on the high end, 1 + .6
+ .8 + .085 = 2.5gp on the low end.
The Large Glowing Shard sells on Deathwing for 4gp a pop. Or as an enchanter, you can
enchant +3 1h striking for 5 using this.
For those individuals who like to do this on a self-sufficient basis, the Frost Oil formula is sold by
a goblin on the north wall of where the Alterac Crushridge Elite ogres are. Also, if you don't
have a herbalist, Khadgar's Whisker and Wintersbite are moderately affordable on Deathwing,
dropping the production cost of frost oil down to about 70 sp. If you have a alchemist or an
alchemist buddy, that's another 30-60sp of end item profit. Frost oil requires a 200 skill in
alchemy.
Thick spider silk can be easily farmed by those 38+ in dustwallow marsh, in the Darkmist cave.
They also drop decent vendor loot (3-5sp each) as well as Shadow Silk, which can be used in
tailoring to produce 38+ Shadow Priest gear that sells moderately well.
In 15 mins saturday, I bought, tailored, disenchanted, and put 8 shards up on auction.
Remember, shards have no value, hence the AH does not charge you a fee for putting them up
for auction. I logged in the next day, all had been bought out at 4gp.
This is a simple method to constantly auction with no loss. It's a proven formula, at least in
terms of large servers where enchanting is in moderate to high demand (refer back to the post
on disenchanting Green Lenses).
2) One of the ways I've found to be very profitable is limited purchase schematics and recipes.
People are very lazy and don't want to be bothered with Thottbot or take the time to travel to
some of the more remote locations you have to go to get these things. About a week ago I
found the friggin gold mine from hell in a limited purchase recipe.
purchase pirce = 15s
AH price = 4g
profit per item = 3g85s
profit precentage = 2500% (ish)
This can be done by as low as level 15 if you are careful.
Now that you all are drooling, let's talk business....
In Duskwood in Raven hill there are 2 buildings that have an upstairs. The Inn is one and
another non descript building West of it. Upstairs is a goblin alchemy vendor. He sells the
limited purchase recipe for Shadow oil found here.