Mining Gold Making | Minitip - Smelting Obsidium

Usually metal bars are more expensive than the ore, even if you take into account how many ores a bar requires. In this example I use Obsidium Ore. As you can see, on my realm the prices are currently the following.

Every realm has different prices
At least the more popular realms have lots of mining bots posting stuff and they rarely smelt the ore into bars. Sure the obsidium prospectors need a boatload of ores everyday, but there's still more gold to be made if more of the ores were turned into bars.

Currently it costs less than 2g to make a bar and bars go for 3g. From my experience during weekends the prices are lower and during peak hours they are usually even higher, but obsidium ore stays low almost everytime. In other words, there's a lot of profit to be made!

Protips

• Use 12 hour duration when posting bars. You will get undercut and the fees are often high!


• You need 425 skill in mining to make use of this.


• Try other ores aswell. Copper, Bronze, Cobalt and Saronite often have even higher profits!

Professional Gold Making | Arcanite Bars, Converters and Crystals

Engineers can create valuable items that are expensive, yet cheap to make if we take a look at the average prices between realms.

Here's a good example: Delicate Arcanite Converter.

Personally I haven't seen anyone selling these for months. These cost about 5g to make and can be sold even for 50-500g. If you want to sell them the fastest, I'd keep the price at around 150-200g each.

Alchemy is essential
The schematic cannot be learned from a trainer, but instead you must buy it from a vendor in Winterspring. If you don't have engineering, you can sell the schematic instead for about the same price as a converter goes.

Starting with materials:

• 1 x Thorium Bar


• 1 x Arcane Crystal

These 2 are transmuted into an Arcanite Bar by Alchemists.

For the Delicate Arcanite Converter you need:

• 1 x Arcanite Bar


• 1 x Ironweb Spider Silk

This is made by Engineers.

There's more profit to be made!
As you can see, buying Arcanite Bars from the AH is not always very wise, so you should look for an Alchemist who can create some for you.

Selling these along with the converters can make some nice gold often!

Arcane Crystals too expensive? Worry not!
If Arcane Crystals have crazy prices too, perhaps it would be more wise to go farming some of them instead! For this you need Mining. Arcane Crystals are found along with Thorium Ore, from Thorium nodes in high level vanilla zones.

This way you can make even more gold, perhaps thousands in a hour and more if you turn a few of them into Delicates, half into Arcanite Bars and sell rest as they are! Not to mention Thorium Bars can be expensive too, along with the other gems you can find..

TLDR

In conclusion, if items are too expensive:
- Mine Arcane Crystals
- Transmute most into Arcanite Bars
- Create Delicate Arcanite Converters
- Sell Arcane Crystals, Arcanite Bars and Delicate Arcanite Converters.

And if they are not expensive:
- Buy the materials
- Create and sell Delicate Arcanite Converters

Exploring Nagrand - 5000g in 60 minutes

There's some easy gold to be made in some of the Outland zones, especially for Engineers. Previous trick focused on Zangarmarsh, but this time I'll tell you how to make gold in Nagrand instead. Again,  mainly from it's Gas clouds. This zone also has treasure chests, so if you want to, you can make your own route by using the Routes addon with Gathermate2 and add chests to it aswell.

Image source: wowhead.com

Clouds, Ore, Water and Flowers!
While in Nagrand, the best source for gold would be Windy Clouds, pools of Pure Water, Fel Iron/Adamantite/Khorium deposits, Treasure Chests and Felweed. That being said, if you have mining, engineering and fishing, you can make a killing!

Windy Clouds - Engineering
If you have engineering, you can gather motes from the clouds here. Each cloud contains 3-5 motes usually. To extract the motes from a cloud, you need a Zapthrottle Mote Extractor. This can be obtained from a level 62 quest in Zangarmarsh. The reward is a schematic though, so you'll have to craft it. Click here to see the faction specific quests.

It's often cheaper to buy the raw materials and craft the required items yourself, so here's the basic materials for the mote extractor:

• 16 x Fel Iron Ore


• 40 x Motes of Life


• 1 Thorium Ore


• 1 Arcane Crystal


• 1 Ironweb Spider Silk

From the Windy Clouds alone I can get about 8-10 Primal Airs in 30 minutes. Most of the time these sell for 100-200g each. They seem to be more valuable than their watery counterparts usually.

Khorium Ore - Mining
Nagrand is nothing special when it comes to mining, but you may be lucky and run into Khorium deposits while flying around the zone. Each bar sells for even 150g, but most people don't know their value and will sell under that often. Fel Iron and Adamantite is also often valuable, and they should be mined if you are after Khorium. Khorium ore is rare and sometimes spawn instead of a Adamantite or Fel Iron deposit.

Pools of Pure Water - Fishing Pole Recommended!
There are a few Pools of Pure Water in Nagrand and if you have fishing, you should definitely check them out. More info about Pure Water fishing here: http://www.elsanglin.com/fishing_pure_water.html

Felweed - Herbalism
You may want to pick up herbs while flying around the zone. A stack of Felweed selling for 300g is not unheard of.

Treasure Chests
There's 2-4 Chests per zone usually. See the map below for their spawn locations. These level blues usually sell very slowly though, but still for a decent price. Don't hold your breath when selling them.

30 minutes of farming
The toon I did the farming with had engineering, mining and fishing. I made about 1200g from the Primals, 1000g from Khorium which I turned into Power Cores with Engineering (Sells for 500g each) and 300g from Treasure Chests. That's a total of 5000g if I would have farmed for a hour instead, assuming I would have found the same amount of goods again!

Windy Cloud and Treasure Chest spawn points

Keep in mind though, that none of the above items sell fast. For me it took 7 days to sell them all and I play on a high population realm. They are needed by some professions, but Auction House often has a void around these items, so they are expensive.

 

RNG and Price Difference
Sometimes you don't find a single Khorium Deposit, or alternatively Khorium Power Cores sell for only 100g and Primals 20g on your realm. Gold estimates are based on the prices on my main realm when I performed this method.

Blood of The Mountain Makes You Rich

If you have mining and/or like to farm "harder" monsters, you should farm some Blood of the Mountain! Especially people that are after Ragnaros' Legendary Hammer are ready to pay for these. Making 4000g in 20 minutes is not unheard of, but your gold income rely entirely on RNG.

Dark Iron Deposits & Molten Destroyers
You have two paths, but they can be combined for even greater profit. You have a small chance of obtaining a Blood of Mountain when mining a Dark Iron Deposit. Molten Destroyers on the other hand have a decent drop rate for these, 7% ish.

Requires 175 mining!

Multiple reports say their drop rate has been stealth boosted in 4.2, but this is not the case. RNG does the magic here! You can obtain one from every Destroyer you kill or alternatively you won't see even one drop. Their new shiny model does not equal higher drop rates.

Dark Iron Deposits and Molten Destroyers are both found inside Molten Core, but nodes can also be found in the zones surrounding Blackrock Mountain and in Blackrock Depths aswell.

In order to enter Molten Core (Blackrock Mountain, Searing Gorge) you must be in a raid group. It's a level 60 raid instance, so a level 70+ should have no problems solo farming there.

Farming Molten Core Trash Efficiently
Since Molten Destroyers are trash mobs, no boss should be killed or you can't force reset the instance after destroying them all. With a stealthy 85 character one run takes no more than 7 minutes, but more if you have mining. The point is to sneak your way to Molten Destroyers, kill them all, run out of the instance and reset it. To reset a instance, right click on your portrait and choose "Reset all instances".

Shiny new models!

To save some time, when you see the first 2 Molten Giants, you can jump into the lava below and swim the lava river down until you can jump out of it. Or alternatively don't fall into the lava, but hug the right wall instead until you can jump off.

One Blood of the Mountain usually sells for about 1000g, but I've seen people buy these for even 3000g each if they are desperate. They usually need 10 of these, so if you see someone selling a few for 300g, don't get your hopes down. Yours will get a buyer aswell, even if you don't undercut!

Protip: Even if it takes days to sell them, do not reduce your prices below 1000g. Not everyone needs these, remember that! :)

On top of the blood, you will also find BOE epics and Lava Cores for example, which sell for 20-100g most of the time.

Reader Question- Is Crafted PvP Gear Dead in 4.2?

Hey Folks!

I thought I would "calm the storm" of a valuable market in Cata. One of my readers, Riffraph, noted that he has made a ton of bank from crafting PvP gear, and is worried about losing his "niche" market on his server with 4.2 and the better ilvl gear hitting the shelves.....tis true, that will change, but in a good way.




Without knowing what "set" he was working with, I know alot of folks that have made quite a bit of coin from them (or what is considered the PvP sets); Bloodied Pyrium, the Ornate Pyrium, Bloodied Dragonscale, Wyrmhide, Fireweave, etc.

Fear not, folks, although there is a "slight" change....

Once you download Patch 4.2, you will see your skills updated. No, not the skills you use to kill your squirrels while farming, but your crafted gear. Lemme go to wowhead and take a slice of their pie to explain (mouse-over the items for the new ilvl). This little list is also helpful for you 'smithers that are wondering what the cost for the full set is too. =)

Recipe / SkillCostProductReagentsFull Set60 4 15Bloodthirsty Pyrium
Click to view set pieces

• Bloodthirsty Pyrium Bracers
• Bloodthirsty Pyrium Belt
• Bloodthirsty Pyrium Shoulders
• Bloodthirsty Pyrium Legguards
• Bloodthirsty Pyrium Helm
• Bloodthirsty Pyrium Gauntlets
• Bloodthirsty Pyrium Boots
• Bloodthirsty Pyrium Breastplate

97 80Full Set60 4 15Bloodthirsty Ornate Pyrium
Click to view set pieces

• Bloodthirsty Ornate Pyrium Bracers
• Bloodthirsty Ornate Pyrium Belt
• Bloodthirsty Ornate Pyrium Shoulders
• Bloodthirsty Ornate Pyrium Legguards
• Bloodthirsty Ornate Pyrium Helm
• Bloodthirsty Ornate Pyrium Gauntlets
• Bloodthirsty Ornate Pyrium Boots
• Bloodthirsty Ornate Pyrium Breastplate

97 80

The crafted pvp gear changes are going from the old (bloodied) i339 to the new (bloodthirsty) i358. What we are seeing is that the Firelands Raid "dropped" recipes are to be i378, epic crafted weapons are i365, respectively. What does this mean? Well, you should be absolutely killing the market with the new crafts that "magically" appear in your window. A big thanks to Blizz on that one. So craft it up, get em on the AH asap! Remember, if you aren't first in the gold game, you are last. Get the sales, keep the market, and watch the gold fly in!

Yeah. I figured. You already had it planned out to do this. For those that hadn't, here's a little checklist for you (new patch, first day):

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1. Open all craftable windows- what I mean here is get on your toons, see what's new or what has changed (especially in this case, see above).

2. Check trainer for....well....training. You would be surprised what shows up even if you are prepared from patch notes, blogs, etc.

3. Reset all your Auctions. I am sure to hear some flak on this one, but you want the freshest and bestest prices going. Quick sales= Quick gold= Quick recrafts= More gold. Don't fall into the "I double the price of "x" material, because sooner or later the ones under me will sell". Nope. With all the information that is out there on gold making, you cant risk it. Sell 10 of X item in the first day for 200g profit? Or sell one of X item in 10 days with 200g profit (because you weren't pushing the market, and it stabilized when yours didn't sell).

4. If you hadn't already, do a mini stockpile of the mats you need- on the market(s)with zero competition. Anytime I put a craftable item in the AH, I usually set two up for the same price, then have one in stock in my bag. When one sells, repost, then rock up another piece for your bags. Constant flow= Constant gold.

5. Keep tabs on Wowhead, MMOChampion, and Blogroll- This is a biggie. Once again, there is a ton of information that is out there, and you can't do everything at once. That's where the help comes in. There are great resources out there, make sure and use them!

6. Check Farm locations, usually herb and ore spots. This is a biggie. Now we know there are an absolute ton of dailies coming out, but if you go off the past information we have had, be it whiptail spawn-rates, ZG epics, etc, patches bring gold for farmers. Once again, keep on a lookout for these locations.

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There it is. Getcha ready for the patch, get logged in, and make some gold! Look for posts this week on the new scoops in 4.2 as they come out.

Oh, and if you didn't figure the answer for the question.......Hell's No's! It's gonna be just as good of a seller as the "old" sets! Getta move on, little doggie!

It's Mothers Day!....IRL Herbalism for Alto and Ma.

Hey Folks! Hope you are treating your mom with some love today!

My ma is great. She does so much for me that I often feel that I can never repay her, so any chance I have to give back or do something for her I jump on it. I think my sister has a hidden hatred towards me due to that I am always one upping her on gifts or time spent with our mom, so now, no matter what I get for her for the "holidays" (birthday, mom's day, anniversary, christmas, etc) I just say that it's from the both of us. Makes life easier.

Speaking of making life easier, a "thing" that we do every year is plant/garden. It's something we both enjoy (other than in my younger years trying to "hide" a nice skunky smelling plant in her tomato garden....little did I know that in the 60's her neighbor was a "grower"- needless to say she knew what they looked like...ugh). A common occurence is splitting plants (hostas/creepers) and flipping them from house to house. It's a good feeling sowing seeds and letting the plants see a new scenery now and then. Believe it or not, they seem to grow better and bigger when transplanted. Not sure why, but hey. Whatever works.

One thing that gets me is that she knows. She knows what plant was planted when, when they flower, when to transplant, and when they reseed (sound like WoW yet? Gatherer Addon? Sure. My Mom is my real life addon for plants).


Doing this with her keeps us with a strong personal bond. It's something that lets us both not think of anything else, we rarely chat during our projects, it's almost zen....or meditation...or yoga.....whatever you call it, it's basically relaxing.

I got a bit off tangent there, but in RL and in WoW, it's basically the same for me. When I herb (and mine) I enjoy it. It's relaxing. A stress reliever. I get to go out, enjoy the visuals of the programming in game, and as a side addition, I make a ton of gold in the process. Now I am not one that can farm like this for hours on end, daily, or even weekly, but what I can do is have fun.

There have been quite a few spots that I venture to. One of my favorite all time for herbs is a very dense spot in Eastern Plaguelands (quite a bit of Sungrass, quick respawns, and an easy route.




Now of course Wintergrasp is a great spot, Sholozar Basin, and of course I like Uldum for the Whiptail. Ok, you got me. I love Uldum for the Whiptail....

As you all know, I am far from a hater of farming. It's a viable goldmine whether you are a herbie, a miner, a skinner, or just a killa dilla DPS. Whoever says that farming isn't needs to stop blogging. AH time is great, you can make great GPH, but you also end up not even knowing that The Shattering has occured (yeah, there are folks that haven't been out of ORG or Stormwind since then....).

Crazy profits for Northrend miners

Miners should take advantage of the high Saronite and Cobalt prices! Some realms have crazy prices especially for cobalt bars. There's always too little supply for bars, yet they are desperately needed by engineers and blacksmiths. Today my favourite auction house had none for sale so I spent 60 minutes mining, gaining about 10 stacks total.

I also found a few stacks of Cobalt Ore in the auction house for about 40g a stack, so I bought and smelted them aswell. I've listed them 300g each stack and 4 of them have already sold! Should make the duration only 12 hours because it's common trade goods so people will  undercut you at some point.

There's 2 good places to farm in my opinion. Howling Fjord and Zul'drak. I tend to find the most from Howling Fjord, but many people say the opposing. Maybe it's the route you have to use.

I use the following path myself for Cobalt farming. You can create a path too with Routes and Gathermate2 addons. You should also add treasure chests and other points of interest to the route. They may contain something valuable! If you don't know how to setup a route, leave a comment and I will add a small how-to.

Saronite and Titanium Ore should be farmed in the high-end zones, like Icecrown Glacier or Storm peaks.

There's also some very good items you can create from Saronite and Cobalt that will give even more profit, but more on that later!

Guild Perk: Bountiful Bags

Did you see it coming? I hope you did. Bountiful Bags is a guild perk that most "highend" guilds have recently hit. How does this affect you?

Now without going into too much detail (as I am not guilded in one that high currently), I spoke with a gent and he mentioned that there is around a 10-15% proc. I imagine you are thinking the same thing that I am here. More ore, more leather, more herbs, and more dust and essences....

*EDIT- It seems that this is also working with Archaelogy Fragements as well....I am sure this will get nerfed by the kind folks at blizz.....You might see an influx of some Arch "junk" hitting your AH. If you have the perk available, get em while you can! - - - - - - - - - It seems to have a double "proc" - - - - - - - -

Wowiki explains this as:

Bountiful Bags is a Guild Perk granted at guild level 23 that increases the amount of materials gained from Mining, Skinning, Herbalism, and Disenchanting.

Wowhead has some great comments already:

By fenriradra (1) yesterday at 11:05 PM (Patch 4.0.6)

My guild has earned level 23, with this perk.

So far, after herbing a TON of ice cap & mountain silversage (for milling on a different toon, for darkmoon decks O.o)

it's looking very much like a 15% chance when you gather for a double-loot.

The extra loot seems like it's treated like an extra node you gathered from, and rerolled for quantity, but it will not contain any extra stuff like volatile life/etc, just the base material. This was after gathering a small sample of about 200 whiptail in Uldum.

By PROXiCiDE (4) today at 8:12 AM (Patch 4.0.6)

Our guild hit this yesterday morning and on one Copper Vien, i got 10 Copper Ore from it i was amazed but it seems that it looks this could be a proc than anything. Because i will mine agian and it would be normalized ore from the vien

Now before you say "The bots aren't in guilds"....well, you might be right, but you might be wrong. I guess you have to look at it both ways here. Let me ask you this....If you are in a guild with the "bountiful bag" perk, are you NOT going to hit up a few herbs, rock some ore, or skin up some beasts? You might....You might not.....But you mos def are probably doing the Obsidium Shuffle (especially if you are reading this). Be prepared for a volatile market coming soon.

This is what I can see happening on the "higher end" servers. The dust and essences are gonna be falling. Which in turn the snowball affect will happen with scrolls for Cata enchants (if they aren't tanked already). Get busy livin, or get busy dying....

So whatcha gonna do? How will this affect your server? Are you going to keep an eye out? Or do you not care, just roll with it?

Fel Iron farming, lots of gold for level 60s!

For some time now Fel Iron ore and specifically Bars have been selling for quite a bit. A stack of Fel Iron Bars sell for about 200g-300g and ores half of that, usually less. If any new 60 character wants to make a fortune mining, this is a good choice!

The best place to farm Fel Iron ore is Hellfire Peninsula. But if Adamantite ore sells better on your realm, you might want to farm it in a zone where also Adamantite deposits spawn, which is any Outland zone besides Hellfire.


All miners should download the following addons to make sure you're not missing any spawn points of ore deposits:
Routes
Gathermate2
Gathermate2_data

Don't want to use addons but want to know a good route?
http://www.google.com/images?q=farm+fel+iron+ore

How to play the Auction House

Auction house can be very profitable if you have professions. I will now let you know how I've been making almost 10k every day just by playing for a few hours, combining some methods I've written already. No boring grinding/flying needed! I play on a high population realm, so lower pop realms might have different prices.

Other professions have money makers also, but lets talk about that in a later post

Tip: It's wise to hold pauses sometimes with certain items so you won't flood the auction house with high priced items. Others will notice the high prices too and will join!

The Route

1. I usually start with Enchanting.

Everytime I visit the auction house, theres LOTS of Abyss Crystals for sale, usually for less than 5g each. What most enchanters forget is that they can shatter the crystals into something more valuable! 

One Abyss Crystal shatters into up to 12 Infinite Dusts or 6 Cosmic Essences, which still sell for a lot more than 5g! The recipe is available from the enchant supplier npc in Dalaran.

2. After that I use my alt's Mining for gold making.

Saronite and Cobalt Bars are in high demand by engineers and blacksmiths. Most miners simply don't bother smelting their ores but put em up for sale as they are instead, usually for as little as 15g a stack.

Saronites and Cobalt bars will both go for up to 90g a stack. A sweet spot I've noticed is around 75g a stack if I want to make them sell faster. If I see someone selling Saronite or Cobalt bars for less than 50g, I buy those aswell and relist them. They will be bought, usually within 24 hours!

After that I check Khorium ore and bar prices. Khorium bars will easily go for up to 150g each, so if someone is selling some for less than that, it's instant profit for me. Well, not so instant since not many need them. But they are low in supply so people are willing to pay for them. They still go within 48 hours everytime if you continue monopolizing them.

Note that if you're not the only one who has noticed this, its not wise to buy the 100g bars.

3. Next up is Engineering

Since Khorium has silly prices for the moment because no one will simply not bother mining in outland, except when leveling their professions, also engineers will be able to cash in. Khorium Power Cores.

I've noticed a good price is around 500g, but if you have patience and all the Khoriums, they will go even for 1000g. It's wise to keep one or two of them in the AH at all times and you will probably be the only one doing so.

One Khorium Power Core needs 3x Khorium Bar and 1x Primal Fire, which often costs less than 50g to make.

4. After engineering comes my Tailor's turn

Runecloth will often go for as little as 3g a stack, while Greater Eternal Essences will be worth almost 50g each and Illusion Dust stacks go for even more. It's wise to buy all cheap Runecloth and make Runecloth Headbands.

After that I send the Runecloth Headbands to my enchanter and disenchant them.

You can also make goods from Mageweave cloth, such as Black Mageweave Headband that will sometimes disenchant into Greater Nether Essences and Large Radiant Shards, which also are low in supply.

5. Last, but not least is Jewelcrafting

This has been discussed in the guide before in greater detail and you should check the original post if you haven't yet. Simply put, buy different cheap ores from the auction house. Newest ores are the best bet, such as Obsidium and Elementium ore.

After that I prospect them and make amulets and rings from the gems. Here's a more precise list.

Blue gems -> Cut & Auction house

Volatile Earth -> Auction house

Zephyrite -> Cut & Vendor

Nightstone -> Vendor

Jasper -> Jasper Ring & Disenchant

Hessonite -> Hessonite Band & Disenchant

Carnelian -> Carnelian Spikes & Disenchant

Alicite -> Alicite Pendant & Disenchant

After that I check the supply of enchanting scrolls and choose whether to make use of the acquired dust and essences or sell them as they are. I usually like to keep some of the jewelry in the AH also.

4.0.6 patch, crazy gold with herbing and mining!

Apparently herb and mining node spawn times in certain areas have been buffed greatly. On purpose? Doubt it. Better make use of it fast, not just because it might be changed back soon, but before other people notice this too and the prices start to drop! Could also be a potential gold boost in case it's an accidental change. Buy cheap herbs. Store them. Resell when things are back normal!



Warning: Hotfix may be imminent!

Confirmed zones:

- Uldum, Whiptail
- Deepholm, Heartblossom

Insane profits from prospecting! Guide to jewelcrafting

Requirements: Jewelcrafting, Enchanting
Recommendation: Mining

Here's a quick jewelry crafting guide. This may be the most well known way to make gold with Jewelcrafting, but it doesn't make it any less effective. I will however add some tricks that I haven't seen others do yet that can even double your profit!

This works with almost all ores, but in this guide I will focus on Obsidium ore. You are going after green gems and Obsidium ore gives more of them than Elementium Ore.



1. Either mine some Obsidium ore or buy some from the Auction House
2. Prospect them
3. Click on the below image or read on

Now you will have a bunch of different gems and are gonna turn them into rings and amulets. Here's what I've found to be the most worthwhile thing to do with them.

Equipment with "less useless" stats, such as of the Whale, of the Soldier, of the Invoker or any other item with less than 4 different stats on it:

Nightstone >> AH during proper JC daily <OR> Nightstone Choker >> Disenchant
Hessonite >> Hessonite Band >> Disenchant
Alicite >> Alicite Band >> Disenchant
Jasper >> Jasper Ring >> Disenchant

Equipment with useful stats, like of the Fireflash, of the Earthbreaker or any other item with 4 different stats on it. Includes rare BLUE items and GREEN uncommon items:

Nightstone >> AH during proper JC daily <OR> Nightstone Choker >> Auction House
Hessonite >> Hessonite Band >> Auction House
Alicite >> Alicite Band >> Auction House
Jasper >> Jasper Ring >> Auction House

Other gems:

Zephyrites >> AH during proper JC daily <OR> Solid Zephyrite >> Vendor
Carnelian >> Carnelian Spikes >> Disenchant
All blue gems >> Cut <OR> Auction house >> Auction House

When creating rare gems, focus on the most useful stats only. These are Strength, Agility and Intellect for example.

Prices

Surpisingly few Jewelcrafters are selling their rings and amulets, or then they just use so low prices they will go instantly. I've found out you can ask for even a few hundred gold from a single green quality ring with useful stats (4 different stats)  on it, unless people are undercutting you. At least on my realm it seems I'm the only one selling rings and necklaces with useful stats on them, so I can pretty much choose the price.

I generally list my useful green rings and necklaces for 200g and blue ones for 300g, and they are bought within 48 hours everytime. Just don't try it with useless rings, like of the Whale. ;)

Enchanting scrolls

You should also check if you can make enchants that will sell for more than the materials you obtained. Chest enchant for +15 stats sell very good for example.

Tags: crafting guides gold mining

Khorium: The unclaimed gold mine

Khorium ore, Outland's Titanium replacement is a great way to make some easy gold. No one bothers mining in Outland anymore, except during the leveling process, so the market will be mostly yours. However, most of those miners don't know the real value of Khorium. It's mainly needed by rich people for their gadgets, an example would be the engineering epic flying mount.

Personally I've found a price tag of 160g per Khorium Bar to be perfect. Sells everytime withing 48 hours. If you have engineering as a profession, you should also make a few Khorium Power Cores and list them aswell. One Khorium Power Core requires 3 x Khorium Bar and one Primal Fire, which comes to about 510g on my realm, but you should always ask for more than the mats are worth. 600g price tag works perfectly for me.

Khorium nodes can be found everywhere in Outland, but to make one spawn instead of the regular Fel Iron or Adamantite deposit requires luck or time. They are more rare than titanium nodes in Northrend, but usually 6 ores can be found within 30 mins of flying on a epic flyer. Better way however is to buy up cheap ores from AH, smelt them and relist them for their proper price! It's quite safe bet, so no big risk involved in monopolizing it.

They will go, but not instantly, so have patience!


Gonna mine it instead?  Here's a tip!

Download the following addons: Routes, Gathermate 2. and the data file for it.

After that, choose where you want to farm it (a good spot would be Nagrand or Netherstorm), open it up with /routes command and create a new route with the "add" option. When you're done, a new route will be shown on the minimap showing you the most efficient way to look up for every selected node. Works for chests, herbs and other interactive items too!