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Welcome to the WoW Economy Subreddit

A place to discuss the economy in World of Warcraft. A sister reddit of /r/wow.

Discussion should focus on the theory and practice of making gold in World of Warcraft.

Welcome to the WoW Economy Subreddit

A place to discuss the economy in World of Warcraft. A sister reddit of /r/wow. Discussion should focus on the theory and practice of making gold in World of Warcraft.

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Join the official WoW Economy & TSM Discord server: http://discord.gg/woweconomy

Rules and Guidelines

  • This is not a place to sell/trade/buy gold, accounts, in-game items/services or advertise private servers. Discussions on these topics, or links to communities that discuss these topics, will be removed.
  • Cheats, hacks, and exploits are not welcome in this subreddit.
  • Anything that can be answered by reading the recent discussions on the subreddit, has a yes/no response or can be looked up on sites in the community resources should not be posted in a thread of its own. Questions such as 'What is this worth?', 'Did I make a mistake?', 'What do I do with XYZ?', 'Should I buy/sell this?', or 'Will XYZ go up/down in price?' can be posted in the current /r/woweconomy Simple Questions watercooler sticky.
  • Blur out names of players, where appropriate, to keep them anonymous. Do not post personal information. This is not a forum to call out specific players.
  • When submitting video guides give a brief text-based overview of the video. This includes what the video covers, how it's accomplished, and the expected results. That way people who prefer the video format can watch and/or listen, and the people who prefer text can simply read it.
  • Do not tell people to get a job and/or just buy tokens, this subreddit is about strategy not buying gold.
  • Please try to remain civil. Attempts to annoy or harass may result in a ban. Don't be a dick.
  • Do not ask what population server you should join. You can make gold on any server.
  • Do not call for the removal of content on the subreddit to 'protect a strategy' or 'prevent nerfs' or 'limit competition'. It will be removed and you will be immediately permanently banned.

Weekly Sticky Rotations

  • Mondays: TradeSkillMaster [Current][Archive]
    Please post all TSM-related help requests in this perpetual sticky, otherwise your post will be removed.
  • Tuesdays: Goblin Success Stories [Archive]
    If you made your first 100k, 10th gold cap or anything in between, shout about it in this sticky only.
  • Thursdays: Sniping & Flipping [Archive]
    All snipes, flips & sale screenshots should be posted in this sticky only, anywhere else and they'll be removed.
  • Saturdays: Feature Mistakes [Archive]
    Made a mistake? Bought an item that's worth 50g for 500k? Post about it here.

Note: The Simple Questions Watercooler sticky is replaced every two days to keep it current

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1

Is alchemy viable?

Hello everyone,

I usually make my gold flipping pets , trasmog items and patterns, as you can imagine getting the actual gold in you inventory can be a matter of hours up to months after posting on the AH.

So i decided to level up alchemy and try to maybe transmutations or some potions, and so far everything besides 2 daily transmutations losses money ftom what i can see.

So k wonder is it possible to make sny money with alchemy?

0 Comments
2024/04/28
03:15 UTC

0

Gold Question

Hello guys, I’m relatively new to the game and I was wondering about how to farm gold. I’m not trying to find some fast gold farm schemes I don’t mind paying for subscription but I don’t like p2w, for example I like the Yak mount for 120k but I have no idea how to make that much gold any tips please ?

6 Comments
2024/04/27
21:40 UTC

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Best way to Sell Dustbringer?

A few weeks ago I was bored and fishing when I was lucky and got the apparently incredibly rare Dustbringer. If you don't know it, it's effectively a gag item making fun of old rumors about being able to get the Ashbringer from fishing, a joke they later reused in Legion.

Undermine has its price really high, but I'm wondering what the actual best way to sell this thing is. Will anyone ever actually go to the AH for something like this? Do people still try to sell stuff in trade chat? And how do I even go about pricing something which is rare enough that there are no others even available? I'm a novice when it comes to the goblin game, so I'll take whatever advice is out there for dealing with items like this one.

4 Comments
2024/04/27
15:07 UTC

5

Best profession pairing

Im making new toons and i want them all to have profession pairing.

I know my druid will have Herb + Mining,

I never got too deep in professions but i want to start now and create for new exp.

What are best profession pairing i can have across my toons?

4 Comments
2024/04/27
12:51 UTC

2

Weekly: I Screwed Up Saturday

Welcome to "I Screwed Up Saturday"! Made a mistake and lost a lot of gold? Accidentally sold that rare transmog to a vendor?

Goblins aren't perfect. We're not always going to come out on top, sometimes we make mistakes. Share your unfortunate mishaps here!

3 Comments
2024/04/27
09:17 UTC

4

Trying to find a chill and reliable gold farm.

Hey, so i suck at the gold making stuff, I never even got close to having 100k gold, and I'm wanting to gater around 500k for a couple of tokens.

I looked guides, but this whole transmog hunting and item flipping doesn't seem reliable.

Back in bfa there were dungeons we could run for raw gold, but that doesnt seem to be a good way.

Is there any chill farm i can do for either raw gold or something that sells reliably while i'm queueing for pvp and stuff? Server Wirmrest accord alliance, if that matters.

20 Comments
2024/04/26
21:26 UTC

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Why arent the new season 4 draconic pvp recipes and the tome for all 3 crests not showing up on oribos exchange?

OP: Why Arent The New Season 4 Draconic Pvp Recipes And The Tome For All 3 Crests Not Showing Up On Oribos Exchange?

6 Comments
2024/04/26
20:17 UTC

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Retail - How to approach old expansions fresh and know where the value is?

Now that we are reaching end of Dragonflight, I'm liking the idea of creating a sort of "old world alt" who I can freeze at lvl 59 so they can theoretically go through every single expansion and I can enjoy them with my completionist OCD. As part of this, I'm going to take mining/herbalism and, eventually, the goal is to collect transmogs and any sort of valuable materials that I can then make bank on via the auction house.

What is tricky is that I'm not sure how to assess whether what I pick up will be valuable or not. If a random bind-on-equip weapon or armor piece drops, how can I determine its worth, ideally without alt-tabbing every time to consult some outside source like Undermine Exchange or w/e? Do any guides exist that, say, take Burning Crusade and help indicate what is most in demand from a Retail perspective? Any guides that tell me which rep grinds can have payoff for those inclined to pay for the associated mounts, recipes, or whatever?

I definitely don't want to leave any money on the table if I can avoid it, so any tips along these lines would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

4 Comments
2024/04/26
15:21 UTC

10

WTF Happened to Centaur’s Trophy???

The price of these went from 23k to 3k in like 1 month. Does anyone know what happened?

13 Comments
2024/04/26
10:13 UTC

5

Weekly: Flipping & Sniping Thursdays

Post up your weekly snipes and flips, big or small. Whether you sniped a rare recipe for 10g or it finally sold after you snagged it on the cheap, share your successes!

1 Comment
2024/04/25
09:17 UTC

4

Watercooler: WoW Economy Simple Questions

This post serves as the home for more casual and conversational discussions and quick-fire questions. It will be replaced every 3 days to keep it current.

Anything that can be answered by reading the recent discussions on the subreddit, has a yes/no response or can be looked up on sites in the community resources should not be posted in a thread of its own. Questions such as 'What is this worth?', 'Did I make a mistake?', 'What do I do with XYZ?', 'Should I buy/sell this?', or 'Will XYZ go up/down in price?' will be directed here.

The official /r/woweconomy & TSM Discord server is also very active in various timezones for real-time chatting with other goblins: http://discord.gg/woweconomy

Reminder: This is not the place for TSM support, please use the Weekly TSM sticky or join Discord.

8 Comments
2024/04/25
09:00 UTC

0

Any place to list auction house items outside WoW?

I have a rare item (Last Month’s Mutton) that I’ve been listing on my server’s AH for months with no buys. I obviously want a solid chunk of gold because it’s a cosmetic that’s no longer obtainable. Is there any listing Reddit or Discord where I can advertise this?

9 Comments
2024/04/24
22:22 UTC

0

Why is Shadowflame Essence still coming out?

Ok, season 4 is out and with the first awakened raid being Vault I was confident that no shadowflame essence would be left on the auction house and price of related crafts would go through the roof.

Yet, it is coming out at the same rate if not faster that last week and price only slightly increased.

I'm sure it doesn't drop from Vault so what could be the reason for that? Are people still farming Amirdrassil? Aberrus?

6 Comments
2024/04/24
20:27 UTC

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Inspiration/Concentration/Ingenuity/ THE DOOM / the opportunity /THAT ONLY I SEE ?

so before we start I have to explain some stuff and remind you of other stuff

SO in the TWW THE inspiration gonna be deleted you may ask what's coming a new limited resource called concentration [ if you’re incredibly close to being able to craft a max-quality sword, you won’t need to Concentrate too hard to finish that project. However, if you’re just barely able to craft that same sword at quality 3, you will likely have to devote most of your Concentration to craft it at quality 4.] beside this limited resource you will have a new stat called Ingenuity[we also have a new stat to support your endeavors. This is Ingenuity, which gives you a chance to refund the Concentration spent on a craft. The more Ingenuity you have, the higher your chance to get that full refund. Outside of these Ingenuity-fueled refunds, Concentration will also automatically regenerate over time when you aren’t sitting at its cap.]

so let me Theory craft something for you if you're a crafter you are a idiot if you craft an item and spend concentration on it while the buyer putting less than Max rank materials why because the higher the rank of the materials the less concentration you will be forced to use .

now yes yes there will be crafters who just want to push the button and go do whatever they do but the big Goblins and the degenerates who gonna stand there for four to eight hours spamming the trade chat and crafting stuff not gonna craft a single item for you if you putting less than Max rank materials

so the doom I want to talk is not how you can abuse this thing with altarmy and probably more but what I want to say needs a reminder .

like any other craft to craft Max rank materials you needed either the high knowledge Point or you was being at the mercy of the inspiration now the inspiration is gone for some of those materials that are in need of high knowledge points you are at Mercy of concentration and concentration is a limited resources. at the beginning of this expansion you're not gonna have a high ingenuity to get back some of the spended concentration so probably there gonna be limited amount of max rank materials.

and again probably most crafters not gonna craft a single item if the buyer isn't putting the max rank materials so if the concentration and ingenuity works closely like inspiration but with focus on limiting the amount of Max rank items a single crafter can craft.

oh boy oh boy if concentration is a limited resource on each crafting profession you better hurry up leveling that alte army.

{sorry for the writings English is not my main language and I used Google Translate for most of it}

3 Comments
2024/04/24
20:24 UTC

1

What is the best way to use Hochenblume

I came back to wow this season and I have 145k hochenblume back from season 1, and no idea what to do with it.

Selling doesnt seen worth it, what should I use it for (I also have 650 awakened frost, dunno id that helps)

7 Comments
2024/04/24
18:29 UTC

2

HELP!

I have TSM and loot appraiser and I'm trying to make gold farming but am making around 5k an hour from mats (I feel BoE sell way to slow and not worth the time as they rarely sell)

It's my dream to be able to buy a Wow token with gold but feel like it's going to take weeks if not months to get one!

Any advice to point me in the right direction would be amazing please

Let's make my dream a reality please

15 Comments
2024/04/24
09:20 UTC

7

Weekly: Goblin Success Stories

Share images and stories of your successes! Whether that means you made 1k this past week, 100k, or just bought your first TCG mount, we want to hear about it.

Pictures of your TSM Ledger, Mailbox, or anything else are simple, good ways to start a conversation!

5 Comments
2024/04/23
09:00 UTC

0

Glowing Titan Orbs

Is it better to wait for the new patch to sell these? Just checking cause I have almost 2k

3 Comments
2024/04/22
17:10 UTC

2

Watercooler: WoW Economy Simple Questions

This post serves as the home for more casual and conversational discussions and quick-fire questions. It will be replaced every 3 days to keep it current.

Anything that can be answered by reading the recent discussions on the subreddit, has a yes/no response or can be looked up on sites in the community resources should not be posted in a thread of its own. Questions such as 'What is this worth?', 'Did I make a mistake?', 'What do I do with XYZ?', 'Should I buy/sell this?', or 'Will XYZ go up/down in price?' will be directed here.

The official /r/woweconomy & TSM Discord server is also very active in various timezones for real-time chatting with other goblins: http://discord.gg/woweconomy

Reminder: This is not the place for TSM support, please use the Weekly TSM sticky or join Discord.

2 Comments
2024/04/22
09:00 UTC

12

Interesting Observation - End of Season Price Increases

Materials and consumables of all sorts all over the place have absolutely rocket shipped upwards the past few days. I talked to a guy I made a ring for, he told me he was pushing for a pvp rating. It made me look at AH prices. Phials, potions, rousing and awakened order of every stripe, enchanting mats...

A whole bunch of stuff I bought when the legendary came out that I thought would moon and just kept dropping in price I was able to unload for around a 100% profit compared to purchase price (mostly a metric ton of awakened fire).

Something I hadn't noticed before - end of season cramming of rating, raids, mythic+, and pvp, at least this season, has jumped the price of everything.

Something to keep in mind for future end-of-season investment flipping. I feel like I've seen small rises in previous last days of seasons in SL and DF, but nothing this drastic. Feel free to correct me if my memory is wrong here.

13 Comments
2024/04/22
07:41 UTC

3

Weekly: TradeSkillMaster Thread

Just starting out?
Follow these steps to set up the TSM Desktop app and addons: https://www.tradeskillmaster.com/app/how-to-setup

Then check out these approved guides on the TSM site: http://www.tradeskillmaster.com/addon/guides

Looking to get into running Sniper?
Check out this great introductory video by /u/SamadanPlaysWoW

TSM Knowledgebase
Our Knowledgebase has lots of articles and pages with information on aspects of the addon. It's a great place to start with troubleshooting any issues you might be experiencing or learning some more advanced features of the TSM addon suite: http://support.tradeskillmaster.com

TSM Known Issues
Please review the list of Currently Known Issues outlined on the TSM Support page before posting: https://support.tradeskillmaster.com/en_US/known_issues

TSM Service StatusIf you're missing pricing data, there's a chance TSM or Blizzard are experiencing issues. Refer to the TradeSkillMaster Service Status or our Blizzard Auction House API tracker to check

Don't forget, there are also TSM Support channels on the WoW Economy Discord Server.

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Common Questions

  • How do I increase the font size?

There is no option to increase the font size. However, you can scale any TSM window by holding shift while resizing it - then resize the window smaller after scaling it.

  • Can I snipe for everything on the AH?

Since version 4.10 you can no longer snipe against the Base Group. You will need to create a group and assign a Sniper Operation to it in order to use Sniper.

  • Why doesn't my scroll wheel macro work?

You likely have your mouse cursor over the AH window, any scrollable element will take priority over the macro so move your cursor off the AH window.

  • Can I remove bid-only items from my shopping/sniper results?

No, you cannot.

  • I lost all of my TSM settings and groups/operations!

Close WoW and restore a backup from the TSM app. You may need to go back a few days.

1 Comment
2024/04/22
05:00 UTC

0

Will there be new consumables w S4 Start?

Hey guys, just a short question:

Will there be new consumables or the same as in S3 -> Phial of corrupting Rage etc.

6 Comments
2024/04/22
04:32 UTC

24

Should gold cap be removed

In the warband post we could see a picture of a warband having more than 10 million gold. This begs the question if gold cap will be removed and if so if this is only the case for warbands or also for individual characters. What do you guys think, should gold cap be removed?

https://www.wowhead.com/news/blizzard-official-warbands-preview-in-the-war-within-338845

Personally I hope that gold cap is not increased for individual characters. Still need that brutosaur from BMAH, removing gold cap could only make this objective harder or more expensive! Other than that I do not see a reason to have a gold cap, other than to bully us as "hard working" goblins.

37 Comments
2024/04/21
16:13 UTC

1

Golden Scale Boots

Hey all, got really lucky in my transmog farms and ended up getting : Plans: Golden Scale Boots…. Twice.

Anyone have luck selling this? At what price point?

I see it listed at some realms around 300k, some even higher than that.

When it dropped the first time my heart was beating so fast, then I got a second one and I about fell out of my chair

3 Comments
2024/04/21
11:50 UTC

4

Any fun ways to make money where you notice you're making progress?

I'm looking for things to farm with a not too crazy chance to drop. I used to love grinding for the bonewhite raptor back in Draenor, you needed 9999 bones but there was a 100% chance of bones dropping. It was a lot but I could feel myself getting closer and closer. Anything similar to that in wow now? (Or classic; I play all versions of wow)

0 Comments
2024/04/21
08:39 UTC

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Regional gatherers = 2x crafting profs is the natural conclusion?

So I’ve been watching this sub + my retail server for a while and observing that the regional AH makes gathering mats less profitable than it has ever been. Bottom barrel prices for many materials including for past expansions, and that doesn’t seem likely to change for the next expansion either.

Therefore is the money making conclusion to bypass gathering profs entirely and just work on two crafting professions to max them out across the board where I can? Or are the crafted items also lacking in worth (or am I missing something with the gathering profs)?

If it helps I’m currently skinning + leatherworking but noticed that skinning mats (at least in Dragonflight mats) are so cheap that I’m considering buying everything I need off AH and then getting Jewelcrafting instead (since my main is a Draenei, it seems a natural fit to go with the +5 racial).

8 Comments
2024/04/21
04:21 UTC

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Looking for help with the right profession setup. To do daily cooldowns for gold in dragonflight and beyond.

First let me tell you my wotlk gold making setup to let you know what kind of retail setup I'm looking for. I have 10 alchemist/tailor alts that I do daily cooldowns on. For epic red gems and cloth. Not the tailors anymore but I did in the past when it had a CD. Then one jewelcrafter to cut the epic red gems I transmute everyday.

I am looking for the right professions for a similar setup in retail wow. I have lots of characters. I'm just not extremely familiar with the new profession system beyond gathering. I'm looking for a similar profession setup to run on multiple characters that is a minimal time investment for consistent gold. Login do daily cooldowns. post them on the ah. logout. Any recommendations for which profession combos to use and what daily crafts/xmute or whatever else there is would be greatly appreciated.

3 Comments
2024/04/20
22:54 UTC

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Making gold with blood of sargeras in 2024

I made an article on my website about bloods of sargeras. Click here to see article

Here are the big lines of the article:

  • How much gold can you expect for each blood ( for me it’s roughly 800 to a 1000 )
  • What are the best ways to obtain bloods
  • A calculator tool you can use to determine what’s the best item to craft on your server
  • A comprehensive sale rate expectations of items.
  • Where to get the recipes for the crafted items
  • My sales data from over 200 days of posting the items i selected
  • Alternatives for characters with no professions

If you like these types of articles, make sure to subscribe to the newsletter. A new article is coming in 2 weeks!.

7 Comments
2024/04/20
17:50 UTC

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WoWAuctions.net, Auction House Browser for SoD and Classic, now with item search in 8 different languages!

Hey everyone!

WoWAuctions is a website for viewing current auction house prices, and statistics.

I added German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian and Chinese search languages to the website! I need your feedback on the performance of this feature. Can you find what you need easily? Or you need to type it a few times in different ways?

Other Features:

  • You can browse the price history on items going back to 1 month!
  • View profits for crafting recipes, for a single item or for ALL RECIPES OF A PROFESSION! You can edit reagent prices as you see fit, and the list will update!
  • Minimum buyout, average buyout, minimum bid and amount heat maps, and line charts!
7 Comments
2024/04/20
11:12 UTC

2

Weekly: I Screwed Up Saturday

Welcome to "I Screwed Up Saturday"! Made a mistake and lost a lot of gold? Accidentally sold that rare transmog to a vendor?

Goblins aren't perfect. We're not always going to come out on top, sometimes we make mistakes. Share your unfortunate mishaps here!

2 Comments
2024/04/20
09:17 UTC

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