Making gold off Burning Crusade prospecting

Yeah, you read right, I'm going back to burning crusade when the new expansion just hit, why? Simply because everyone is busy with the new expansion, while the old money makers are simply getting no love, and in fact, a new expansion really boosts these types of ways, as it drives people who were normally doing it out because they're simply too focused on Cataclysm.

Any who, today we'll be talking about buying and prospecting Adamantite Ore. One of the great things about doing this is that prospecting adamantite yields adamantite powder, which is a item essential while leveling Jewelcrafting. '

Currently on my server, adamantite ore goes for 20-25g per stack, and yields roughly 3-4 adamantite powder per stack. Adamantite powder goes for 14-20g on my server, and now that there is no competition, I'm sure you can push to 30 or even 40. The basic idea is, the powder pays for the ore and more, making whatever gems you get out of the ore, pure profit.

The reason this powder sells so well is because many people follow guides blindly, and most guides tell them to use this powder to level up. There are cheaper ways to level through the specific level without using this powder, but like said, most people follow guides blindly and simply want to level up.

Get to buying that adamantite ore! I, will be farming it along with outland herbs to add a little more to my depleted ethereal ink stockpile!

Patch 4.0.1 - Turn In your Honor!

Go! Right now, turn in that honor if you have any! If you haven't heard patch 4.0 removes the Jewelcrafting vendor, and you can no longer turn in 10,000 honor for an epic gem. NOW is the time to do it, don't even hesitate, just do it, you'll thank me later.

The reason I'm telling to turn in your honor NOW, is because come this Tuesday ( hopefully the patch hits ) this jewelcrafting vendor will be gone, Yup, no more getting epic gems through honor. On top of this, the closer we get to patch 4.0 ( even post patch ) the prices of these gems will decrease. You ask why? People are trying to get rid of gems quickly, because the patch also removes the epic gem transmute from alchemists. People are going to be MASS crafting these gems and will try to get rid of them and most likely they will flood the market. The demand will be okay for red gems ( Armor Penetration is being removed ), but any other gem color will drop in price. So go now, turn them in and give yourself that extra easy gold.

On a side note, I kind of want to change the layout/design of the blog ( again I know ), I'm just wondering, do you guys like this layout? Are the colors okay? Is the site design good? Any comments would be greatly appreciated!

Epic Gem Transmute Cooldown Removed - Easy Gold?

I just read on Mmo champion that epic gem transmutes cooldown will be gone once 4.0 hits the live servers. I know I will stockpile at least enough to craft up an easy 50-100 or so gems, seeing at I don't see gems dropping below 50g per ( the main cuts ), at least until cataclysm hits.

This gives people about a two week window where gems will drop in prices but if you manage to liquidate all of your stock before other people do there is little to no risk involved here. I will be crafting up at bare minimum 50 gems when 4.0.1 hits.

What are you guys thinking? Any thoughts or comments? Will you stockpile materials before 4.0?

How to turn 1000g into 2000g - Blogging Carnival

Markco has asked bloggers this question here, Blogging Carnival Info.

The way I would go about this would be to spend most of the gold provided ( 850g ) on Saronite ore below or at vendor prices. I would then proceed to Prospect the all of the Ore. 850g worth of Saronite ore is 68 stacks. After everything has been prospected, I would buy eternal earths at the cheapest prices I could possibly find and craft Jewelcrafting rings. I would mail these rings off to my Enchanters where they would be disenchanted, for even more profit.

The Dust And Essences that I would get from the Jewelcrafting rings, alone would pay for the Saronite ore and even more. That would leave me with rare gems to be Cut & posted on the AH for Pure profit. I can manage to sell Rubies at 50g+, Autumns Glow for 35g+ and Sky Sapphires for 20g+. The other left over rare gems would be cut into the most profitable gems. Shadow Crystals and Dark Jades would be cut into focusing lens, which sell rather well.

Well that's it! That's how I would turn 1000g into 2000g.

Holy Cow! I spent 50k Last night! - Cheap Mats & Return Prices

Holy Cow! I spent 50k Last night! No joke there was one farmer selling everything at very cheap price! I got 480 Cardinal Rubies at 75g per, 35 stacks of Abyss Crystals at 12.5g per, 50 Ametrines for 45g per, and couple minor things. I must admit I feel poor now :(

By the end of the night I managed to flip some of the cardinals at 110g ea, I still have roughly 340 Cardinal Rubies, I cut roughly 25 Cardinal Rubies, and posted them at an average price of 157g, within minutes, I sold several gems.

As for the Ametrines, I am actually keeping and cutting these, only because they don't really sell to well on my server. Ametrines sell much better when cut, especially when cut into Reckless. I can sell Ametrines at an average price of 146g.

I shattered the Abyss Crystals, and came up with roughly 900 Greater Cosmic Essence, and 2500 Infinite Dust. Dust on my server typically sells for 30-35g per stack, tonight it was at 37g per stack. Greater Cosmic Essences sell for 13-16g each. I managed to sell half the dust at 32.5/stack and roughly 200 Greater Cosmic Essences at 13g ea before calling it quits for the night.

All in all I made about 25-30k from everything that I listed here, I bought other things along with what's listed here, but if I listed everything then this post would become an encyclopedia ^.^

I guess the moral of this post is to get you to watch trade chat! Farmers & Hackers are trying to sell their stuff as fast as they can, and as soon as people see good deals it becomes a dog fight. Don't be afraid to dump your gold on mats that are extremely cheap, You're going to get it all back and then some. One tip I can offer is as an avid Alliance player, most hackers & farmers reside in Stormwind, Even though I hate the city ( Ironforge is 10 times better ), I can trade with them faster then other people, giving me access to even more mats that wouldn't have of been there if I had to travel to the farmer.

On a side note, the flask market on my server has officially crashed. I used to be able to sell flask at 20-22g per, now I'm lucky if they go above 16g. The sad thing is, that I have roughly 150 stacks of lichbloom, several hundred frost lotus & other herbs. Lichbloom prices have bottomed out at 18g/stack. They used to be at roughly 40-50g/stack. I'm not a very happy puppy with the current state of the flask market, I've tried to raise prices here and then, but everyone just undercuts their way down to 16g per flask.

Saronite Ore - A Magical Wonder.

Saronite Ore.
There's so much I do with this ore it's gotten out of hand, at any time I have ~300 stacks waiting in my mailbox. This ore is and has been a magical wonder to me.

One of the first things that I do with it is prospect it. There's so much profit in this that If I were to sell my Scarlet Rubies at 20g cut, I'd still make profit. The trick with prospecting is to craft as many JC rings as possible and then DE those rings for twice the profit. The DE'ed dusts and essences alone pay for the Ore, the Rare gems are just pure profit.

Another thing to do with this ore is to smelt it and then transmute it. Holy cow this is profitable. I transmuted roughly 250 bars, and walked out with 305. The Proc's of being a Transmutation Master of Alchemy makes this method 5 times better.

One last thing is a simple yet effective method, Eternal Belt Buckles. This is a great method to rid of those extra stacks of Saronite ore.