World of Warcraft Tips and exploits

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

How to Make Gold with Inscription

Inscription is a great profession, the best part is that glyph prices are based on availability opposed to material costs. So the best thing you can do to increase your profit potential is to make your glyphs available, I'll talk more about that in the glyph section below. There are three main ways to make gold with Inscription. You can sell glyphs, vellums or Darkmoon Cards. Darkmoon Cards are risky, vellums are consistent but not incredibly profitable and glyphs have the potential to make a few hundred gold in just 10-20 minutes.

Creating Glyphs for Profit
As mentioned above, the best part about being a scribe is the disconnect between material costs and glyph value. You can make 20-30g on a glyph just for being the person who has it at the right time. This is supply and demand at it's finest. The best way to make yourself available is to link your book in trade along with a flat price (say, 20g). However, you can make a lot more in World of Warcraft by posting otherwise unavailable glyphs on the Auction House and hope that someone else doesn't undercut you before a paying customer buys your glyph.

Making glyphs available can be tough if you haven't discovered any unique glyphs (but not impossible). At every opportunity you need to use Northrend Inscription Research and Minor Inscription Research to discover more glyphs. You should also look for affordable Book of Glyph Masteries to the post Patch 3.1 glyphs. These glyphs are easily the most valuable since they are still very rare and are among the best major glyphs in the game.

When you're not advertising by linking your book in trade, deciding which glyphs to make and post on the Auction House is the challenge. The strategy I use is to search the Auction House for every glyph, leaving the Name field empty and selecting Glyph on the left:

Then sorting by Bid Total (make sure when it sorts it doesn't sort just the visible page, if you see outlandish prices then it's working) Scroll your way down until you find an expensive glyph that you can make. Search for that glyph to see if there are any listed cheaper, if not then write it down to craft it. Come up with a dozen or so glyphs to craft this way and craft them. This should take 10-20 minutes and net you hundreds of gold.

Some glyphs in World of Warcraft won't show up this way because they simply aren't posted, and these are the best glyphs to sell! When you post a glyph that isn't posted yet start the price between 40 and 50g (for a normal glyph), anything higher (depending on the glyph)
and you'll be encouraging your potential customers to find an Inscriptionist in their guild to make it for them.

Popular Glyphs:

Glyph	Class	Value	Source
Glyph of Dash	Druid	45G	Discovery
Glyph of Starfall	Druid	45G	Discovery
Glyph of Mend Pet	Hunter	45G	Discovery
Glyph of Penguin	Mage	45G	Discovery
Glyph of Obliterate	Death Knight	40g	Discovery
Glyph of Avenger's Shield	Paladin	40g	Discovery
Glyph of Mortal Strike	Warlock	40g	Discovery
Glyph of Arcane Intellect	Mage	37g	Discovery
Glyph of Conflagrate	Warlock	35g	Discovery
Glyph of Healing Wave	Shaman	35g	Discovery
Glyph of Incinerate	Warlock	35g	Trainer
Glyph of Health Funnel	Warlock	35g	Trainer
Glyph of Swiftmend	Druid	35g	Discovery
Glyph of Dark Death	Death Knight	34g	Trainer
Glyph of Steadyshot	Hunter	34g	Discovery
Glyph of the Ghoul	Death Knight	32g	Trainer
Glyph of Revive Pet	Hunter	31g	Discovery
Glyph of Hemorrhage	Rogue	30g	Discovery
Glyph of Unbreakable Armor	Death Knight	30g	Trainer
Glyph of Vanish	Rogue	30g	Discovery
Glyph of Deadly Throw	Rogue	30g	Discovery
Glyph of Shadowfiend	Priest	30g	Discovery
Glyph of Blood Tap	Death Knight	30g	Discovery
Glyph of Renewed Life	Shaman	25g	Discovery
Glyph of Ghost Wolf	Shaman	25g	Discovery
Glyph of Water Walking	Shaman	25g	Discovery
Glyph of Rupture	Rogue	25g	Discovery
Glyph of Exorcism	Paladin	25g	Trainer
Glyph of Resonating Power	Warlock	25g	Discovery
Glyph of Seal of Light	Paladin	25g	Discovery
Glyph of Arcane Blast	Mage	25g	Discovery
Glyph of Thorns	Druid	22g	Discovery
Glyph of Blocking	Warlock	20g	Discovery
Glyph of Circle of Healing	Priest	20g	Discovery
Glyph of Frostbolt	Mage	20g	Discovery
Glyph of Aimed Shot	Hunter	20g	Trainer
Glyph of Fireball	Mage	20g	Discovery
Glyph of Lightwell	Priest	20g	Discovery
Glyph of Wyvern Sting	Hunter	15g	Discovery

Weapon and Armor Vellums
Enchanters use vellums to post their enchants on the Auction House. Weapon Vellums are used for weapon enchants and Armor Vellums are used for armor. Each vellum is crafted from cheap parchment and usually cheap ink. Use the table below to make note of your realm's Auction House prices and calculate the potential AH price of the vellum. If the price is competitive compared to the other listings, craft a bunch and make some gold.

Item	Materials
2 Weapon Vellum	Midnight Ink - 5 level 10-20 herbs Light Parchment x 2 (6c)
2 Weapon Vellum II	Fiery Ink - random from lvl 40-50 herbs Celestial Ink - 5 level 40-50 herbs Heavy Parchment x 2 (6s)
2 Weapon Vellum III	Ink of the Sea x 3 - 15 Northrend herbs Resilient Parchment x 2 (2g)
2 Armor Vellum	Moonglow Ink - 5 level 1-10 herbs Light Parchment x 2 (6c)
2 Armor Vellum II	Celestial Ink - 5 level 40-50 herbs Common Parchment x 2 (62c)
2 Armor Vellum III	Ink of the Sea - 5 Northrend herbs Resilient Parchment x 2 (2g)

Darkmoon Cards of the North
Darkmoon Cards are turned in for an epic trinket during the Darkmoon Faire. However, you need to collect an entire deck, ace through eight, before being able to turn it in for the epic trinket. The trinkets are very valuable, but you have no say in which card you get. It costs a lot of money to craft a single random Darkmoon Card and you can be continually shafted on cards that are only worth ~20g.

It takes 10 Northrend herbs, on average, to produce a single Icy Pigment (which you need 12 of). However, you can exchange 10 Ink of the Sea for 1 Snowfall Ink. After doing the math, and creating a dozen cards myself, it takes about 80-100 Northrend herbs to get a single card. Even if Goldclover or Adder's Tongue is selling for 30g a stack, that's going to cost 120g per card. Lately, even the Aces can sell for as little as 80g. You should check your realm's Auction House to determine if this is something you're interested in. The possible results are as follows: Ace through Eight of Chaos, Ace through Eight of Undeath, Ace through Eight of Nobles and Ace through Eight of Prisms.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

How to Make Gold with Enchanting

Enchanting is one of the (if not THE) most expensive professions to level up. It can however be a good way to make money if you work it the right way. There are a couple basic ways to make gold with Enchanting: selling enchants and selling enchanting supplies.

Disenchanting
The first disenchanting strategy I will discuss involves buying greens and possibly blues if they are cheap enough, disenchanting them, and then selling the enchanting supplies you received. Often times the enchanting supplies you receive sell for more than the item will sell to a vendor or on the Auction House. You can guess by yourself to figure out what pieces of gear you might make gold off of by buying them and disenchanting them or you can use the addon Enchantrix, which will tell you how much an item is worth to you if you disenchant it. I suggest using this addon because it will provide you with a much more accurate number than guessing yourself and it will save you time from researching manually to figure out what items will be worth it to disenchant.

If you choose not to buy items to disenchant then you'll have to simply disenchant all the greens, blues, and purples you loot if you want to sell your Enchanting supplies. If you have a high level character a good way to get gear pieces to disenchant is by doing lower level instances that your character can plow through. If you go to the Instances section of this guide you'll find information regarding some of the best zones to take your character to in order to make gold.

Very basically, and if you are an Enchanter this is no new news, green armor usually disenchants into dust, green weapons usually disenchant into essences, blues usually disenchant into shards,and high level epic gear disenchants into crystals. Also, when you sell Enchanting supplies consider selling them in smaller units for very expensive supplies because for rarer or more expensive supplies players are often just looking to get the mats for one enchant for themselves.

Below is a list of instances and the common types of Enchanting supplies you can get from them. This will help you if you decide you'd like to farm Enchanting supplies.

Instance	Instance Level	Enchanting Supplies Common in Zone
Ragefire Chasm	13-16	Strange Dust, Glimmering, Shard, Magic Essence
The Deadmines	15-20	Strange Dust, Glimmering Shard, Astral Essence, Magic Essence
Wailing Caverns	15-21	Strange Dust, Glimmering Shard, Astral Essence, Magic Essence
Shadowfang Keep	18-25	Glimmering Shard, Soul Dust, Astral Essence
Blackfathom Deeps	20-27	Glimmering Shard, Magic Essence, Soul Dust, Astral Essence, Glowing Shard, Magic Essence
The Stockade	24-32	Glimmering Shard, Astral Essence, Soul Dust
Gnomeregan	24-33	Soul Dust, Mystic Essence, Glowing Shard, Astral Essence,
Razorfen Kraul	25-30	Glowing Shard, Soul Dust, Mystic Essence, Magic Essence, Glimmering Shard
Razorfen Downs	33-40	Radiant Shard, Glowing Shard, Vision Dust, Mystic Essence, Nether Essence
Scarlet Monastery	34-45	Radiant Shard, Vision Dust, Nether Essence, Glowing Shard, Mystic Essence
Uldaman	39-47	Radiant Shard, Dream Dust, Nether Essence, Glowing Shard, Vision Dust, Mystic Essence
Zul'Farrak	43-47	Radiant Shard, Nether Essence, Dream Dust
Maraudon	43-49	Brilliant Shard, Radiant Shard, Dream Dust, Eternal Essence
Sunken Temple	49-55	Brilliant Shard, Dream Dust, Eternal Essence,
Blackrock Depths	55-60	Brilliant Shard, Dream Dust, Eternal Essence,
Blackrock Spire	58-60	Brilliant Shard, Dream Dust, Eternal Essence,
Dire Maul	58-60	Brilliant Shard, Dream Dust, Eternal Essence,
Scholomance	58-60	Brilliant Shard, Dream Dust, Eternal Essence,
Strathholme	58-60	Brilliant Shard, Dream Dust, Eternal Essence,
Hellfire Ramparts	60-62	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
The Blood Furnance	61-63	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
The Slave Pens	62-64	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
The Underbog	63-65	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
Mana-Tombs	64-66	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
Auchenai Crypts	65-67	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
Old Hillsbrad Foothills	66-68	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
Sethekk Halls	67-69	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
Shadow Labyrinth	70	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
The Black Morass	70	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
The Steamvault	70	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
Magisters' Terrace	70	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
The Arcatraz	70	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
The Mechanar	70	Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard
Utgarde Keep	70-72	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
The Nexus	71-73	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
Azjol-Nerub	72-74	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
Ahn'kahet: Old Kingdom	73-75	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
Drak'Tharon Keep	74-76	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
The Violet Hold	75-77	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
Gundrak	76-78	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
Halls of Stone	77-79	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
The Culling of Stratholme	80	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
The Oculus	80	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
Halls of Lightning	80	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard
Utgarde Pinnacle	80	Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard

Below are the average selling prices of Enchanting supplies on the Auction House.

Enchanting Supplies	Average Price on Auction House (each)
Lesser Magic Essence	50s
Strange Dust	25s
Greater Magic Essence	50s
Small Glimmering Shard	5s
Lesser Astral Essence	20s
Large Glimmering Shard	50s
Greater Astral Essence	50s
Soul Dust	50s
Small Glowing Shard	5s
Lesser Mystic Essence	50s
Large Glowing Shard	1g
Greater Mystic Essence	1g
Vision Dust	1g
Small Radiant Shard	5g
Lesser Nether Essence	3g
Large Radiant Shard	10g
Greater Nether Essence	9g
Dream Dust	50s
Small Brilliant Shard	1g
Lesser Eternal Essence	5g
Large Brilliant Shard	2g
Greater Eternal Dust	15g
Illusion Dust	1g
Nexus Crystal	1g
Lesser Planar Essence	3g
Arcane Dust	1g
Small Prismatic Shard	1g
Greater Planar Essence	10g
Void Crystal	5g
Large Prismatic Shard	5g
Lesser Cosmic Essence	7g
Infinite Dust	5g
Abyss Crystal	100g
Dream Shard	10g
Small Dream Shard	4g

Selling Enchants
Selling Enchants is a bit more time consuming and complicated than simply disenchanting items and selling the supplies. The classic way for selling enchants is to advertise your Enchanting book in the trade channel and hope that some one will message you with an Enchanting request. The main problem with this approach is that it is time consuming. You can also now sell scrolls of enchants but in order to do this you'll need to purchase Vellum from Inscriptionists to enchant. Selling enchants can make you a lot of gold but the key to doing it is to have good enchants to sell. You will make far more gold in far less time if you simply have good enchants that have a strong demand. Often times it is worth spending the time to spend time farming Enchanting formulas for the large amounts of gold you can make selling the enchants later on. Also, if you have the gold you might want to consider investing in some Enchanting formulas that have a good steady demand. If you choose the right formulas this investment is usually recovered very quickly. This strategy also included buying Enchanting recipes with shards off of the vendor. With Enchanting, the more nonstandard formulas you have, the more gold you can make.

Below you will find some Enchanting recipes that you might want to consider investing in or farming. This list is by no means all inclusive and there are tons of enchants that might be very popular on your server that different from the ones listed below. Your best bet is to analyze your own particular server, watch for enchants that people are requesting, and monitor the prices enchants are selling for on the Auction House.

Enchant	Average Price on Auction House (each)	Where to Obtain Enchant	Notes
Scroll of Enchant 2H Weapon - Massacre	1200g	Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran
Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Berserking	1100g	Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran
Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Mighty Spellpower	1000g	Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran
Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Accuracy	900g	Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran
Scroll of Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats	500g	Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran
Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Black Magic	500g	Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran
Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Mongoose	375g	Drops off of Moroes in Karazhan	This is BOP so you will have to farm it if you want it
Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Crusader	100g	Eastern/Western Plaguelands (see maps below)	This is BOE so you can buy it off the Auction House

This is where you can get the Crusader formula off of Scarlet Spellbinders (levels 57-58) in Western Plaguelands. The drop rate is close to 1%.

Below is where you can get the Crusader formula off of Scarlet Archmages (levels 55-57) in Eastern Plaguelands. These mobs are elites and the drop rate for the formula is about 1%.

Below is a list of profitable enchants that are trained by the Enchanting Trainer. Once again, these are only a few examples and you really need to look at your own server and analyze what there is a demand for and what is currently selling good.

Enchant	Average Price on Auction House (each)	Where to Obtain Enchant
Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Exceptional Spellpower	120g	Trainer
Scroll of Enchant Bracer - Expertise	80g	Trainer
Scroll of Enchant Bracers - Greater Spellpower	75g	Trainer
Scroll of Enchant Gloves - Exceptional Spellpower	50g	Trainer
Scroll of Enchant Gloves - Expertise	25g	Trainer
Scroll of Enchant Bracers - Striking	50g	Trainer

ARENA BUFFS (unccable,more rage,pop water/earthshield,MORE DMG +MORE)

Basically since arena doesnt remove debuffs if you can find a debuff that last long enough it can benefit you in arena. There are many curses and poisons which can prove really useful in arena.

For instance this curse I found could be extremly useful: Haunting Spirits - Spell - World of Warcraft

Will summon npcs that attack you for 10 dmg every once in a while.. In arena I had 10 of them on me because it procs fairly often..

This is useful for
Warrior: get tons of rage before the game even starts.
Healers: Break cc.
Mage: Proc fingers of frost.
Shamans: Proc shields like crazy.. Tons of mp5 or hp5.
Hunters: Fake dead them. They will go to person with highest agro (the opposite healer) and give lots of pushback.

Or in general **** people up when they are tab targetting. There are tons of possibilities with this debuff. It even last 5 minutes so you have lots of time for it to be useful. You get this debuff from Haunted Servitor in Shadowfang Keep. The servants can be killed by opposing players or by aoe but its still fun.

Heres a SS:

Sunday, December 6, 2009

How to Make Gold with Mining

This section will cover the different routes you can use to gather ore and other ways to make gold with mining.

Smelting Titansteel
Once you are skill level 450 skill you will be able to smelt Titansteel. The titansteel Bars go foraround 150G on average so check your server to see the local price. If you don't want to get the materials to make the Titansteel Bar yourself then you can sell the ability in trade chat and offer to smelt Titansteel for someone for a price.

Farming Ore
Farming ore is probably one of the most effective ways to make gold in World of Warcraft. Starting with the best ore to farm first and working our way down to the least profitable I will give you all of the routes on maps.

Ore	Recommended Player Level to Farm	Average Buyout Price (each)
Titanium Ore	77+	7g
Thorium Ore	50+	2g
Cobalt Ore	68+	2g
Mithril Ore	45+	1g 50s
Saronite Ore	73+	1g
Adamantite Ore	62+	1g

Fel Iron Ore 58+ 1g
Iron Ore 20+ 75s
Tin Ore 10+ 50s
Copper Ore None 25s

Farming Titanium Ore
Titanium Ore sells for an average of 7g each, that means you can expect to receive about 140g for a stack (depending on the server you are on). It was added in Wrath of the Lich King and can only be found in a the higher level zones in Northrend. It is best to farm Northrend zones early in the morning or late at night when everyone is still asleep or at work otherwise you may have problems finding nodes due to competition.

Titanium in Icecrown
It's recommended you have a flying mount and be 77+ to farm Titanium in this zone. Use the map below for the best results.

Titanium in Sholazar Basin
It is possible to do this next route without a flying mount but it is oftentimes so competitive you will have a hard time if you are on a ground mount. You will want to stick to just the outside loop if you are doing it on the ground, you probably want to be 75+ to do this route effectively. There are two different routes you can alternate between. All of the pillars have pretty good ore around the outside of them and so does the entire outer edge of the zone, mix and match onto the routes whenever you get bored.

Titanium in The Storm Peaks
This is another route you will want to be level 77+ for and have a flying mount. Most of the Titanium nodes will be found in caves so be sure to stop at all the caves marked on the map.

Farming Thorium Ore

Believe it or not, the most profitable non-rare spawn ore is Thorium which is from the original World of Warcraft. The reason behind this is simple, more and more people are power leveling their professions to 450 to get awesome Epic items in Wrath of the Lich King but none of these people want to go out and farm Thorium because you can't use a flying mount to farm it and most people would rather just buy it in the Auction House. This is bad for them, but good for those who want to make some money. So below I will give you the best 2 routes to get Thorium. Remember there are Rich Thorium Veins (required skill 275) and Small Thorium Veins (required skill 245).

Thorium in Silithus
You will most likely want to be around level 55 or higher to farm this route without getting killed frequently. Don't forget there are Ooze Covered Rich and Thorium Veins in this zone to be mined just like regular Rich Thorium Veins. Most of the nodes are around the hives where the bugs are.

Thorium in Un'Goro Crater
I have set the minimum skill for this route to 245 but keep in mind there are Rich Thorium Veins around the center and western edges that will require 275 skill to mine. It is vital that you make sure you go into the cave in the northeast and drop down into the Hive in the south in order to maximize your ore.

Farming Cobalt Ore
Cobalt ore typically sells for about the same as Thorium Ore, there are several advantages and disadvantages to each. For example, Cobalt Ore will require you to be a higher level and if you want to do it efficiently it is best that you have a flying mount and be level 77+ even though you will not need to be that level to not be killed. The mobs are also higher level around the Cobalt Nodes and there will be more competition. The advantage is, you can farm Cobalt Ore while you level in Northrend. So choose which one to farm based off your local Auction House, both are great.

Cobalt in Zul'Drak
I'm highly recommending you do not try to follow this route unless you have a flying mount because you will run into problems with walls and drop offs without one. It can be done without a flying mount but it may not be optimal. Also, there is a mix of Cobalt Deposits and Rich Cobalt Deposits, if you aren't 375 skill so you can mine both it also might not be optimal but technically you can farm the regular Cobalt Deposits at 350 skill.

Cobalt in Howling Fjord
There will also be a mix of Rich Cobalt Deposits and Cobalt Deposits in Howling Fjord but the skill I recommend is going to remain at 350 because there should be more regular nodes than not. You will also want a flying mount to complete the route effectively but you don't need one just watch out for parts of the route that don't use bridges and make sure you ride across them instead of following the route in some places.

Farming Mithril Ore
Here is another great ore from the original World of Warcraft that can be farmed for some profits. The reason people want this ore, is the same reason they want Thorium Ore. It takes awhile to farm by ground mount and they'd rather pay for it to power level their professions. If you're not level 80 don't worry, this step was made just for you!

Mithril in The Hinterlands
You don't need to be high level for this mining route, level 40+ will suffice, although some of the mobs on the eastern end can get as high as level 50. Obviously, it's always better to be higher level than the highest mob you're going to be near but it's doable without that.

Mithril in Tanaris
Tanaris is my favorite spot to mine Mithril Ore for the simple fact that the route is so easy. Yeah it looks like I just drew a circle on the map but there's more to it than that. This circle hits all of the major nodes and areas for Mithril in Tanaris. There isn't a better route and it's simple.

Farming Saronite Ore
You're probably shocked to see Saronite Ore this far down the list in the 5th position but there's an easy explanation as to why it's not as profitable as the above ore, it's over farmed. Yep, everyone in the world is out looking for Titanium Ore and what node is the place holder for Titanium? If you said Saronite, you're correct. There is so much Saronite farmed from the Northrend zones it's almost worthless, but not quite, you can still expect to get 40g for a stack of 20 on average and it has earned the position of the 5th best ore to farm, profit wise.

Saronite in Icecrown

You'll notice this route is almost an exact replica of the Titanium Route above. The only modification has been to fly southeast more over the Temples cause there's usually 3-5 Saronite Spawns in that region that you can get. You will probably find Titanium on the way too since Saronite is a placeholder for Titanium.

Saronite in Sholazar
Sholazar is usually the favorite for those players who just hit 77 and can ride their epic flying mount again. This route can also be farmed on land mount but its not recommended.

Farming Adamantite Ore
Adamantite Ore can be farmed for a moderate profit but it's not as important as the first five so I'll just give you one good map to use.

Farming Fel Iron Ore
Fel Iron is on the same par as Adamantite for making gold off of it, but it's probably easier to get because it's most prevalent in the beginning zone once you enter Outland, Hellfire Peninsula.

Farming Iron Ore
This is a step lower level players can do to make money if you aren't high enough to do the ones above. The mobs in zones with Iron are typically start at around level 20, therefore you need not be much higher to effectively follow this route.

Farming Tin and Copper Ore
Copper and Tin Ore can be farmed effectively by players 10+, it's an excellent step to use to help pay for your mounts at level 20 and 40. Unfortunately the best zone to do them in is The Barrens, a Horde zone, but have no fear, you can still get over there as Alliance. You can run south out of Ashenvale or take the boat from Stranglethorn, either will be a grand adventure for someone around level 10, good luck!

Converting Ore into Bars
With the introduction of Jewelcrafting, there usually isn't a price discrepancy between ore and bars because Jewelcrafters need to prospect ore, but sometimes there is, especially for nonprospectable ores. Before you post any of your ore up for sale make sure you check the price of bars and see if you can make more money just by smelting them. Also look for ore in the Auction House and see if any of it is cheap enough to buy and make into bars for profit. This is an easy way to make some cash without even going mining but it depends on your local Auction House.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

How to Make Gold With Jewelcrafting

Jewelcrafting can be a very profitable profession to have to make gold. In this section of the guide I'll discuss various ways to make gold with Jewelcrafting. One general tip I have is that when listing cut gems be sure to list in small increments, possibly by one per post since individuals are often only looking for one or two gems to place in their gear.

Prospecting
Prospecting is one of the most essential ways to make money with Jewelcrafting. You can get oreand prospect it to sell the gems or to cut and sell the gems. The chart below will show you the most profitable ores to prospect, what gems you can get by prospecting them, and how much the gems sell for on the Auction House. When prospecting you'll often receive more than one green gem per prospect.

Type of Ore to Prospect	Gems that can be Received	Percentage from Prospecting	Average Auction House Sell Value
Titanium	Titanium Powder	75%
	Majestic Zircon	4-5%
	Ametrine	4-5%	Variable
	King's Abmer	4-5%
	Dread Stone	4-5%
	Cardinal Ruby	4-5%
	Eye of Zul	4-5%
	Rare Gems (see below)	25%
	Uncommon Gems (see	100%
	below)

Cobalt	Huge Citrine (1-2)	25.00%	2g
	Dark Jade (1-2)	25%	1g
	Shadow Crystal (1-2)	25%	1g
	Sun Crystal (1-2)	25%	2g
	Chalcedony (1-2)	25%	2g
	Bloodstone (1-2)	25%	2g
	Monarch Topaz	1.2%	50g
	Scarlet Ruby	1.3%	80g
	Sky Sapphire	1.2%	10g
	Forest Emerald	1.3%	8g
	Autumn's Glow	1.2%	30g
	Twilight Opal	1.2%	20g

Saronite	Huge Citrine (1-2)	18.00%	2g
	Dark Jade (1-2)	18.00%	1g
	Shadow Crystal (1-2)	18.00%	1g
	Sun Crystal (1-2)	18.00%	2g
	Chalcedony (1-2)	18.00%	2g
	Bloodstone (1-2)	18.00%	2g
	Monarch Topaz	4%	50g
	Scarlet Ruby	4%	80g
	Sky Sapphire	4%	10g
	Forest Emerald	4%	8g
	Autumn's Glow	4%	30g
	Twilight Opal	4%	20g

Cutting Gems
You can make money cutting any types of gems but certain gems are far more profitable. As you re prospecting ore you'll likely get lots of green gems that you can cut, sell as they are, save for turn ins for Jewelcrafting dailies, or cut them and sell them. My recommendation is to use your best judgment on what to do with these types of gems and to pay closer attention to the rare gems. I have listed some of the most profitable gems to make and have made sure to include the top four-five cuts for each of them.

Epic gems and their cuts were made available after Patch 3.2. Each realm's prices are based on who is actively cutting and selling which gems. The best way to find out where you fit into this is finding which gems are minimally supplied but remain high in demand. This will help you determine which cuts to make available.

Here is a list of some of the higher volume cuts that I watch on a regular basis and should provide a good model for selecting which cuts you will purchase next. Even on bank alts on realms where I don't have a Jewelcrafter I will watch these gems and find JCs for cuts when the time is right:

Cardinal Ruby: Runed, Delicate, Bold, and Bright
King's Amber: Smooth, Thick, Mystic and Rigid
Majestic Zircon: Solid and Lustrous
Ametrine: Veiled and Glinting
Eye of Zul: Vivid, Enduring and Steady
Dreadstone: Shifting, Regal, Glowing and Balanced

Also the meta gems that you can cut are created by alchemists and there is currently no cooldown to transmute these gems so don't pay a lot for them, you can likely find a friend to transmute a bunch for you for cheap if you aren't an Alchemist.

Item	Pattern Source
Enchanted Tear	Trainer
Destructive Skyflare Diamond	Rare Northrend Drop
Revitalizing Skyflare Diamond	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Ember Skyflare Diamond	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Enigmatic Skyflare Diamond	Knight Dameron, Wintergrasp or Morgan Day, Wintergrasp or Stone Guard Mukar, Wintergrasp
Insightful Earthsiege Diamond	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Eternal Earthsiege Diamond	Rare Northrend Drop
Trenchant Earthsiege Diamond	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Beaming Earthsiege Diamond	Rare Northrend Drop
Reckless Monarch Topaz	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Glimmering Monarch Topaz	Cielstrasza, Wyrmrest Temple - Dragonblight
Luminous Monarch Topaz	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Stalwart Monarch Topaz	Rare Northrend Drop
Champion's Monarch Topaz	Rare Northrend Drop
Bold Scarlet Ruby	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Fractured Scarlet Ruby	Rare Northrend Drop
Runed Scarlet Ruby	Archmage Alvareaux - Dalaran
Delicate Scarlet Ruby	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Bright Scarlet Ruby	Trainer
Lustrous Sky Sapphire	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Stormy Sky Sapphire	Knight Dameron, Wintergrasp or Morgan Day, Wintergrasp or Stone Guard Mukar, Wintergrasp
Solid Sky Sapphire	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Sparkling Sky Sapphire	Trainer
Jagged Forest Emerald	Tanak, Frenzyheart Hill – Sholazar Basin
Energized Forest Emerald	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Enduring Forest Emerald	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Lambent Forest Emerald	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Vivid Forest Emerald	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Quick Autumn's Glow	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Mystic Autumn's Glow	Knight Dameron, Wintergrasp or Morgan Day, Wintergrasp or Stone Guard Mukar, Wintergrasp
Rigid Autumn's Glow	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran
Smooth Autumn's Glow	Lillehoff, Dun Niffelem – The Storm Peaks
Brilliant Autumn's Glow	Trainer
Purified Twilight Opal	Rare Northrend Drop
Defender's Twilight Opal	Rare Northrend Drop
Sovereign Twilight Opal	Rare Northrend Drop
Glowing Twilight Opal	Duchess Mynx, The Shadow Vault - Icecrown
Shifting Twilight Opal	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran

Crafting Epics
There are epic items that can be crafted through Jewelcrafting to make gold. The following epics listed in the chart below are some of the best gold making epics to try to sell as a Jewelcrafter.

Item	Pattern Source	Value
Titanium Earthguard Chain	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran	2400g
Titanium Spellshock Necklace	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran	1800g
Titanium Impact Choker	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran	1200g
Titanium Spellshock Ring	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran	1500g
Titanium Impact Band	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran	744g
Titanium Earthguard Ring	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran	798g
Titanium Frostguard Ring	Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran	665g

Doing Dailies
Doing Jewelcrafting dailies is important for making gold for several reasons. First off Jewelcrafting dailies are very easy to complete and they provide you with Dalaran Jewelcrafter's Tokens, which can be used to buy patterns to make more valuable items and gems to sell and to buy Dragon's Eyes to either sell on the Auction House or to use to make valuable epic items to sell. If you really need gold I recommend you do the Jewelcrafting dailies for these reasons and very simply because the dailies are very easy to do and you will get 13g 23s (at 80) just for doing them. I recommend that you save some Bloodstone, Dark Jade, Huge Citrine, Chalcedony, Shadow Crystal, and Sun Crystal because they are required for turning in with the dailies.

You can do one Jewelcrafting daily per day and must be at least level 65 with at least level 350 Jewelcrafting. Every Jewelcrafting daily is obtained by visiting Timothy Jones (the Grand Master Jewelcrafting Trainer) in Dalaran. Also, every quest is turned in to him.

Note: I have included maps for the most convenient zones to obtain the quest items from but you can get the items from other zones in Northrend.

Shipment: Blood Jade Amulet
“Combine a Vrykul Amulet, a Dark Jade and a Bloodstone to make a Blood Jade Amulet and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran. “

The Vrykul Amulet drops off any Vrykul in Northrend.

You can find them off of the Vrykuls in The Storm Peaks in the areas circled in the map below.

Shipment: Bright Armor Relic
“Combine an Elemental Armor Scrap, a Bloodstone and a Huge Citrine to craft a Bright Armor
Relic and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran.”

The Elemental Armor Scrap drops off of any Revenant in Northrend.

The map below shows the most concentrated areas of Revenants in Dragonblight.

Shipment: Glowing Ivory Figurine

“Combine Shoveltusk Ivory, a Chalcedony and a Shadow Crystal to create a Glowing Ivory igurine and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran.”

The Shoveltusk Ivory drops off of any Shoveltusk in Northrend.

The map below shows the most concentrated areas of Shoveltusk in The Howling Fjord.

Shipment: Intricate Bone Figurine

“Combine a Proto Dragon Bone, a Chalcedony and a Dark Jade to craft an Intricate Bone Figurine and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran.”

The Proto Dragon Bone drops off of any Proto Dragon in Northrend.

See the map below for where to get the Proto Dragon Bone in The Storm Peaks.

Shipment: Shifting Sun Curio
“Combine a Scourge Curio, a Sun Crystal and a Shadow Crystal to make a Shifting Sun Curio and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran.”

The Scourge Curio drops off of any Scourge in Northrend.

The map below shows the most concentrated areas of Scourge in Crystalsong Forest.

Shipment: Wicked Sun Brooch
“Combine an Iron Dwarf Brooch, a Huge Citrine and a Sun Crystal to create a Wicked Sun Brooch
and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran.”

The Iron Dwarf Brooch drops off of any Iron Dwarf in Northrend.

The following map shows the most concentrated areas of Iron Dwarves in The Storm Peaks.

Warrior Talent Guide

Strengths

Have higher HP base than some of the other tanks
Can tank with shield
Can wear plate
Can use all weapons except wands
Can tank or DPS

Weaknesses

Can't heal
Very limited ranged abilities
Limited party buffs
More activity required to control threat than some other tanks

Stats To Get For Tanking:

Defense, Stamina
Expertise, Hit, Dodge, Parry
Agility, Strength

Stats To Get For DPS:

Strength, Hit
Expertise, Crit, Agility, Attack Power
Stamina

Gear to Look For
Bandit, Bear, Beast, Champion, Monkey, Soldier, Tiger

Talent Templates

You can farm effectively in any of the three trees, however, if you do protection it is slow in the beginning levels, but protection is king for soloing bosses, hard mobs, or even AoE grinding at the higher levels. But for farming only purposes, I have selected fury.

Rotation Suggestion
Blood Thirst, Whirlwind

If Bloodsurge procs make sure to throw in your instant Slam. Use Heroic Strike or Cleave for ragedump depending on what you are fighting.

Major Glyphs to Get

Glyph of Whirlwind
Glyph of Bloodthirst

Warlock Talent Guide

Strengths

Can summon pets to help fight
Creates health stones and soulstones
Can summon other players by summoning a summoning stone
Can heal itself by draining the health of enemies
Capable of causing high amounts of AoE and single target damage

Weaknesses

Can only wear cloth
Cannot melee well
Certain spells require the use of soulshards

Stats To Get

Spellpower
Crit, Spell Hit
Intellect, Stamina
Spirit

Gear to Look For
Since you will be wearing only cloth and you'll only be casting you will be using caster type gear.
Eagle, Elder, Hierophant, Invoker, Owl, Physician, Prophet, Sorcerer

Talent Templates
Most people feel comfortable stacking points into demonology so they can buff their pets like
hunters do. While that is a viable option for grinding, the most fun and efficient way to farm
mobs is through the affliction tree.

Rotation Suggestion
Shadow Bolt, Haunt, Corruption, Unstable Affliction, Curse of Agony, Shadow Bolts until you have to renew DoTs.
Use Lifetap to keep mana full
Use Drain Soul on mobs with low health instead of Shadow Bolt

Major Glyphs to Get
Glyph of Haunt
Glyph of Corruption

Go through invisible walls

World of Warcraft exploiting on a live server 3.2.2.

I'm being dumb and sharing all my exploits to the public... yes you. I show how to do all my exploits, and I hope you enjoy. Blizzard will probably fix this soon, until then you guys can exploit the hell out these glitches.

The macro I use:

/run if(not scm) then scm = SendChatMessage; end; function SendChatMessage(msg,type,lang,chan) scm("\124cFF00FFCC\124Hitem:19:0:0:0:0:0 :0: \124h" ..msg.. "\124h\124r",type,lang,chan);end;
/say DISCONNECT RISK: TRUE.

Please copy and paste this in your macros. You need this to successfully exploit my glitches.

Special thanks to OotHE, for all his videos! Without him I wouldn't of been able to find these exploits.