Tips for making gold (season oriented)

[Whowantstoknow]

Yeah since the guide on MMO-Champ everyone on my server joined the Glyph bandwagon. Really killed the market. I still make some gold but nowhere near as much as before.

[Lyonheart]

The most fun way I have found to make money is to PvP in WG and AV and buy epic gems with honor. I cap honor every week, sometimes more. I would say about 100k honor a week. thats 10 gems x7 ( i 7 box when i PvP ) I sell them for an average of 200 each ( cut>>bold..runed and delicate cardinal rubies )

[accretion]

Honestly, xmutes alone could keep most 5-boxers in the money to the tune of 1-2K/day. I currently have 6 Alchemists (6-8 epic gems/day), 2 Miners (Titansteel) and 2 Tailors (Moonshroud/Spellweave/Ebonweave). Toss in 4 Jewelcrafters spending 15 mins on the daily which adds gold and Dragon's Eyes, and that's an easy way to keep a steady income.

Skilling up is a bit of a pain, but well worth it after the second or third week of watching your net worth grow steadily. Most of the professions can either be bought or farmed without too much trouble, especially Tailoring. No excuse to not have at least a few Tailors doing a bunch of xmutes.

[Fuzzyboy]

Honestly, xmutes alone could keep most 5-boxers in the money to the tune of 1-2K/day. I currently have 6 Alchemists (6-8 epic gems/day), 2 Miners (Titansteel) and 2 Tailors (Moonshroud/Spellweave/Ebonweave). Toss in 4 Jewelcrafters spending 15 mins on the daily which adds gold and Dragon's Eyes, and that's an easy way to keep a steady income.

Skilling up is a bit of a pain, but well worth it after the second or third week of watching your net worth grow steadily. Most of the professions can either be bought or farmed without too much trouble, especially Tailoring. No excuse to not have at least a few Tailors doing a bunch of xmutes.

I have no idea how people make 1-2k from transmutes. I have 4 alchemists and the mat cost of an epic gem on my server is around 25g. The uncut gems sell for around 150g, that's 500 gold per day (or a bit more when transmute mastery procs). Where do you get 1-2k from?

[accretion]

I have no idea how people make 1-2k from transmutes. I have 4 alchemists and the mat cost of an epic gem on my server is around 25g. The uncut gems sell for around 150g, that's 500 gold per day (or a bit more when transmute mastery procs). Where do you get 1-2k from?

Well, it isn't JUST the Alch transmutes themselves, although that's the payoff step. The reality is a bit more involved, though not a lot.

Step 1 - Buy Saronite Ore for 14g/stack (avg.)
Step 2 - Prospect; re-purpose greens for DE recipes and JC dailies
Step 3 - Purchase Eternal ____ from AH

Now for Math. Let's assume it costs me roughly 5g per blue gem from prospecting (it's actually less). And let's also say that the Eternal ___ costs 15g on average. Two recipes use Eternal Shadow, which can usually be purchased for 5-7g/each, and the other three fluctuate between 10-30 depending on the day. Anyway, 15g seems reasonable to me.

So, 5g + 15g = 20g invested per xmute. Assuming a 15% proc rate for xmute mastery, that means I average 7 epic gems per day from my 6 Alchemists, at a total cost of 120g. I sell these gems between 140-220g each, so let's assume 175g as the average. That nets me roughly 1050g once I take out original costs and the AH cut. I don't always sell out every day, so the actual number is lower some days, but my inventory nearly always sells on weekends, so those days net more. The same principle applies for cloth procs. And following Ualaa's principles, you can convert them into robes, gloves, bags, etc. for a better margin.

As for JC dailies, it's pretty straightforward. Invest 10-15 minutes, collect 13g for each toon, plus 90-120g per Dragon's Eye that you redeem. That's 100-135g per toon, per day.

So, once you level up the right professions, for a minimal investment of time (an hour of AH & prospecting every week or two, plus one daily), you can easily rake in 1-1.5K/day.

[Fuzzyboy]

The most fun way I have found to make money is to PvP in WG and AV and buy epic gems with honor. I cap honor every week, sometimes more. I would say about 100k honor a week. thats 10 gems x7 ( i 7 box when i PvP ) I sell them for an average of 200 each ( cut>>bold..runed and delicate cardinal rubies )

100k honor per week is pretty impressive - what is your honor / hr ratio? :-)