How to Make Gold in Patch 3.3 – Quick TipsPosted by xenith on December 14th, 2009

Patch 3.3 has  hit and like all major content patches, opportunities for making gold abound.

Remember…new raid content means that raid consumables will be selling well. This is new content so even the top end guilds will be taking along every potion and consumable they can stuff into their backpacks while they work on getting this new stuff on farm status. And when they start to upgrade their gear with new drops, it will all need to be gemmed and enchanted. So Alchemy, JC and Enchanting mats and end products will sell well. This happens every content patch, so if you want to know how to make gold in WoW, make a good mental note of this.

The new DE option and Dungeon System will probably mean a drop in the value of enchanting mats though, cause they will be much more common. So you might want to stay away from those.

Changes in crafting recipes can mean big profits to those paying attention. For 3.3, the Saronite to Titanium cooldown has been removed, so expect Saronite to be in high demand as people stock up.

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Can Inscription Still Make You Gold?Posted by xenith on October 1st, 2009

When the Inscription profession was first added to the game, glyphs sold very well and fetched a good price and the profession was a real cash cow. In patch 3.0.x, if you wanted to know how to make gold in WoW, Inscription was the answer.

The problem with the glyph market now is that so many people got into it, the markets became flooded and the costs have dropped by a LOT. Having said that, people DO still buy them and they are very cheap to make. So the answer is yes, you can make gold with Inscription. The keys to it are low prices and volume.

Basically, you need to charge only a little more than the cost of your materials for most glyphs, so that you undercut your market. And you need to make lots and sell lots. Fill up your bank and sell, sell, sell!

A good tip is to build a relationship with a herbalist to supply you with the herbs you need. Offer him a lower price, but guarantee that you will buy everything he gathers by CoD.  He doesn’t get stuck with herbs that won’t sell and you are getting mats for glyphs cheaper than other scribes. Win for him (or her) and win for you!

And as always, look for new recipes in each patch. Those glyphs will sell like hot cakes for a few days after the patch goes live, so be ready with mats when the servers come up.

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How to Make Gold in WoW While LevelingPosted by xenith on May 15th, 2009

Its true that a lot of gold secrets of World of Warcraft aren’t much use while you rleveling. Either because you have to be high level to do them or because they take too much time that you really don’t want to waste while your leveling up.

So what players who are leveling really need is a strategy that will show them how to make gold at any level and that will not force them to take tons of time away from leveling and questing.

The absolute best way to do this is to use gathering professions. I advise that you take mining and skinning. Mining is the real money maker, so you need to take that one. Now Herbalism may be more profitable than skinning (maybe) but there are a couple reasons to take it. The first is that you will not need to go out of your way to gather, because you will be killing beasts anyway. Secondly, you can only have one ‘detect’ spell up at once, so you cannot be detecting minerals and detecting herbs at the same time.

With mining, you can make money off the raw ore and the smelted bars. High levels who want to powerlevel mining will pay well for raw ore, especially lower level ores. Use Auctioneer to determine whether bars or ore will make you more gold. Using Auctioneer to price your good is something you must learn if you want to see how to make gold in WoW.

The First Investment a Newbie Character Should MakePosted by xenith on March 18th, 2009

Is without a doubt…bigger bags!

Heres a secret I’ll let you in on. You don’t really need to buy equipment on the Auction House as you level. You won’t get anything much better than you get for quest rewards unless you buy low level blues or purples. But if you don’t spend your gold on anything else, definitely buy the biggest bags that you can afford as soon as you can. The more stuff you can haul to the vendor or mailbox to send to your Auction House mule, the more gold you will make.

If you don’t have any friends to twink you out with a few big bags, check the auction house for bargains. Tailors make bags to level up their craft so 10-14 slotters are available in large quantities at a reasonable price. Netherweave can also be a good purchase if you have managed to save up enough. If you haven’t, you need to subscribe to this blog for my newbie tips or check out the stimulus plan for more tips on how to make gold in WoW.

Haris Pilton, Shattrath Socialite

And if you have really been paying attention and you are rich as can be, you’ll  be interested in the “Gigantique” Bag sold by Haris Pilton the Socialite in Shattrath for a mere 1200 gold! She has a few other choice items for the character who has everything. Go on….show off all that wealth! YOu really know how to make gold in WoW if you can afford one of these.

Newbie Tip – Don't Destroy Gray ItemsPosted by xenith on March 12th, 2009

Don't Throw Away Your Junk!

Any item that your character loots that has its name in gray on the tooltip is worthless to other players. That means it is vendor trash. Now most gray items don’t sell for much individually, but if you collect stacks of them, its amazing how much extra cash you can get at low levels just by selling those stacks to an NPC vendor.

Don’t make the mistake of destroying tons of gray items because you don’t want to go back to the vendor to sell when your bags are full. You are just destroying gold that way. But if you really do need to make some space in your bags, destroy gray items that don’t stack or that don’t drop very regularly. If an item doesn’t drop a lot, you won’t collect a big stack of them so that inventory slot is not being put to such good use.

In the early game, bigger bags should be a priority. If you aren’t being twinked by a higher level character, check the auction house regularly for cheap player-made bags. Bags only drop rarely so you won’t want to wait for that. 10 slotters sell pretty cheaply on most servers now. If you are being twinked, get a full set of the biggest bags that you can as soon as possible.