Stabface
03-15-2008, 12:24 AM
Required : 350+ Jewelcrafter w/ Braided Eternium Chain recipe, 275+ Enchanter, starting capital (recommend 400-500g)
Strategy is to purchase items off the AH, craft items, and sell for a profit.
First! you need to do some simple math to determine if this is profitable or not on your server's economy. Here is the prices on my server, do some research and fill in with your own numbers.
Second! you need to *not* flood the AH. Don't list 10 of the same blue gem up at once... I list 2-3 max at a time.
Third! patience is the key. You might get stuck with multiple Talasites in a row. But keep going and you'll get those higher priced gems.
Consumed materials:
Adamantite Ore average 1.25g per
Primal Earth average 2.5g per
Eternium Bar average 1.5g per
(It is often cheaper to buy motes of earth and eternium ore than primals/bars.)
Produced materials:
Blue gems average 30g per (uncut)
Green gems average 1g per (uncut)
large prismatic shards average 23g per
You will use the raw materials in the following ratio, 2 eternium bar : 3 primal earth : 60 adamantite ore, so we use this as 1 industry "unit" to determine our cost and profit. We will prospect the ore, then use the adamantite powder & primal earth to make Mercurial Adamantite, and that along with eternium bar to craft Braided Eternium Chain. Finally, disenchant it into a large prismatic shard (you can also sell some for more than a LBS on average, but it's a tiny market). The final product is 1 large brilliant shard, along with on average 2.4 blue gems and 13 green gems.
Now, the costs and profit:
60 adamantite = 75g
3 primal earth = 7.5g
2 eternium bar = 3g
Our cost per unit is 85.5g
1 large prismatic shard = 23g
2.4 blue gems = 72g
13 green gems = 13g
Our revenue per unit is 108g, so we make a profit of 22.5g per unit less the AH fee, it averages around a 25% return. Your profits will be significantly higher if you have the in-demand blue / green gem cuts.
Crafting time is approximately 45 seconds per unit, along with however long it takes you to deal with the AH, mailbox, travel time, etc. I spend about 3 minutes per on average, I mostly do crafting while I'm AFK doing other stuff.
tl;dr summary - easy make 4-500g+ an hour depending on your server economy, without ever stepping foot out of the city.
Strategy is to purchase items off the AH, craft items, and sell for a profit.
First! you need to do some simple math to determine if this is profitable or not on your server's economy. Here is the prices on my server, do some research and fill in with your own numbers.
Second! you need to *not* flood the AH. Don't list 10 of the same blue gem up at once... I list 2-3 max at a time.
Third! patience is the key. You might get stuck with multiple Talasites in a row. But keep going and you'll get those higher priced gems.
Consumed materials:
Adamantite Ore average 1.25g per
Primal Earth average 2.5g per
Eternium Bar average 1.5g per
(It is often cheaper to buy motes of earth and eternium ore than primals/bars.)
Produced materials:
Blue gems average 30g per (uncut)
Green gems average 1g per (uncut)
large prismatic shards average 23g per
You will use the raw materials in the following ratio, 2 eternium bar : 3 primal earth : 60 adamantite ore, so we use this as 1 industry "unit" to determine our cost and profit. We will prospect the ore, then use the adamantite powder & primal earth to make Mercurial Adamantite, and that along with eternium bar to craft Braided Eternium Chain. Finally, disenchant it into a large prismatic shard (you can also sell some for more than a LBS on average, but it's a tiny market). The final product is 1 large brilliant shard, along with on average 2.4 blue gems and 13 green gems.
Now, the costs and profit:
60 adamantite = 75g
3 primal earth = 7.5g
2 eternium bar = 3g
Our cost per unit is 85.5g
1 large prismatic shard = 23g
2.4 blue gems = 72g
13 green gems = 13g
Our revenue per unit is 108g, so we make a profit of 22.5g per unit less the AH fee, it averages around a 25% return. Your profits will be significantly higher if you have the in-demand blue / green gem cuts.
Crafting time is approximately 45 seconds per unit, along with however long it takes you to deal with the AH, mailbox, travel time, etc. I spend about 3 minutes per on average, I mostly do crafting while I'm AFK doing other stuff.
tl;dr summary - easy make 4-500g+ an hour depending on your server economy, without ever stepping foot out of the city.