Showing posts with label Scribes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scribes. Show all posts

Monday, October 15, 2012

Dust of Disappearance Still Selling Strong! LOL

Dust of Disappearance Still Making Me WoW Gold

It's no secret to most of us WoW gold making goblins that Dust of Disappearance is easily purchased from the vendors of Azeroth, but please don't tell my customers! 

Scribes are able to use their Inscription profession to craft 3 Dust of Disappearance for the lowly cost of 1 Blackfallow Ink.  While we can still craft the Dusts, it isn't recommended as a profitable strategy.  It used to be a very profitable option for Scribes looking for a better use of Blackfallow Inks.  Hell, on my home server it was often more profitable to craft and sell Dust of Disappearance over crafting Glyphs of any kind thanks to the invasion of kobolds into the Glyph market.  Now it isn't recommended at all to craft the Dusts for selling. 

Why?  Because as of the MoP expansion Pre-patch (WoW Patch 5.0.4), the vendor price got nerfed and more vendors are selling them.  A single Dust of Disappearance now only costs 45 silver (before applying faction discounts) from the in game vendors and there are 196 vendors that currently sell the Dusts! 

Prior to the Patch 5.0.4 that nerfed the vendor price of the Dusts into the ground, crafting Dusts and selling them for under the vendor costs was quite profitable.  I was a major proponent of also barking the Dusts of Disappearance in the trade channel to increase awareness that players could find them cheaper on the auction house.  Players weren't stuck paying the vendor prices, which at the time were 7+ gold each, depending on the players' reputation with the vendor.  Barking helped to increase awareness and urged players to save gold by purchasing from the WoW auction house.  This Dust of Disappearance Barking Strategy made me thousands of gold and allowed me to rival the good days of glyph sales, with only crafting and selling Dusts and MFCs and leaving the Glyphs to the Kobolds and White Knights.

My main Dust bark was:
"[Dust of Disappearance] is cheaper in the AH than on the vendor. Swap Those Glyphs & Save Some Gold Too!"
Then the vendor change came in Patch 5.0.4 and the sales of Dusts on the auction house died along with the cheaper vendor prices, right?  NOPE!  Although, I have quit using my Dust barking strategy, because that would be lieing, the sales continue to roll in.  Not only do I still make a nice profit off of selling Dusts of Disappearance, I no longer have to craft them myself.  I just buy stacks off of the vendor for the dirt cheap prices and sell them on the auction house for the same prices that I used to charge pre-patch, making even more profit per sale with each transaction.

How can I do this?  It's pretty simple.  By barking that they were available for cheaper than the vendor cost for so long prior to the expansion and the pre-patch changes, I've trained my server to first look on the auction house for their Dusts of Disappearance.  I bet many of the players on my server are unaware that the price has even dropped at the vendor, at least my buyers must be full unaware.  Why else would they be paying be 7+ gold per single Dust, when 7 gold would have bought them more than 14 for the same price as what I charge for a single one? 

Remember, those markets that you expect to be dead, can be quite profitable when others expect them to be dead too and vacate your market.  Sure, this can't go on forever because most players should eventually learn that I have been overcharging them on the auction house, but I'll keep making easy gold off of them until they wise up.

Anyone else still making gold off of Dust of Disappearance too?

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Scribes Rejoice - MoP Changes To Head & Shoulder Enchants

Another Gold Making Option For Scribes

Today there was some pretty big news released by Ghostcrawler in a blue post, regarding some major changes coming in the World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria.  Blizzard is removing head enchants from the game and is also changing how shoulder enchants are acquired for your gear. 

Ghostcrawler Explains Head & Shoulder Enchant Changes In MoP
We will no longer be having to grind reputation for either head or shoulder enchants in Mists of Pandaria.  Head Enchants are being removed completely and the Shoulder Enchants are going to remain in the game, but will now be made by the Inscription profession.  Scribes everywhere are already rejoicing as this will be an additional way to make gold with your Scribe in Mists of Pandaria.  Every single character will be wanting to purchase and use the Shoulder Enchants. 

Think of these new Inscription crafted Shoulder Enchants just like the Leatherworking & Tailoring crafted Leg Armor Enchants.  Almost every character uses Leg Armor Enchants and they have historically been great markets for gold making due to the constant demand.  Shoulder Enchants potentially could be just as profitable, but I do have one fear.  The Inscription Glyph market has been the most cut-throat market on damn near every server.  I hope those undercutting philosophies don't spill over into the Shoulder Enchant market as well. 

This could be the last bit of encouragement you need to dust off that mid level Scribe and get that Inscription skill maxed and ready for Mists of Pandaria gold making. 

Do you see this change as another benefit for Scribes or a hassle for consumers?

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Monday, August 8, 2011

WoW Scribe Tricks - Dust of Disappearance Barking

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Dust of Disappearance

Dust of Disappearance is a great item for making gold on the WoW auction house.  The Dust of Disappearance is crafted by WoW Scribes using the Inscription profession.  Dust of Disappearance is required by players of all types to remove and rearrange glyphs once that player reaches level 81.  The market for Dust of Disappearance targets players level 81 or higher that are going to move glyphs in their chosen glyph combination.  This may be a player returning to the game, a new level 81, or a raider that swaps his glyphs around during the various raid boss encounters. 

Dust of Disappearance vs. Mysterious Fortune Card

The Dust of Disappearance is an extremely inexpensive market to enter, especially if you are already selling Mysterious Fortune Cards.  One Blackfallow Ink creates 3 Dust of Disappearance, so selling Dust of Disappearance goes hand in hand with the Mysterious Fortune Card Barking Business.  It's as easy as buying Cataclysm herbs,milling them into Blackfallow Inks, then crafting the Blackfallow Inks into Dust of Disappearance. 

Dust of Disappearance Barking

The key to making larger numbers of sales is Barking.  Just as Mysterious Fortune Cards sell much better when properly barked, the Dust of Disappearance works the same way.  This time you are educating your server that the Dust of Disappearance is available from the auction house, not just the Inscription Vendor.  Many players do not even realize that you can get the Dust of Disappearance from the auction house and that it is usually cheaper than buying the Dust of Disappearance from the vendor.  Even at the below vendor pricing, 3 Dust of Disappearance sells for more than a single Mysterious Fortune Card.

I use the following Dust of Disappearance bark in my barking rotation:
"Dust of Disappearance is Cheaper on the Auction House than from the Vendor.  Swap those Glyphs and Save Some Gold!  Check the AH now!"
From my own personal experience, I have seen the Dust of Disappearance barking technique work best on the weekends when there are more players on.  Players also tend to play alt characters over the weekend as well.  I continually use the Dust of Disappearance bark within my barking rotation.  Barking isn't only helpful for selling Mysterious Fortune Cards and Dust of Disappearance.

What items have you found that sell better when barked?

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Forged Documents Are Easy Profits Now

Forged Documents

Back in December, I wrote about the Forged Documents For Scribes.  Back then the recipe required 3 Blackfallow Inks, but since Patch 4.1 the recipe requirement has been lightened.  The Forged Documents now only require a single Blackfallow Ink and 1 Resilient Parchament.  This simple change makes the Forged Documents and their daily quest a profitable option as opposed to being just a nice way to level your Inscription Skill 1 point per day.

The following charge can be used to determine how many Blackfallow Inks you can obtain for each stack of Cataclysm herbs.  The Ore and Herb markets have been in flux and you can often find Cataclysm herbs for crazy low prices.

Cataclysm Herbs and Inks Chart


Cataclysm Herb     Skill To Mill Inks Per stack Average
Cinderbloom4255 Blackfallow Ink & 0.5 Inferno Ink
Stormvine4255 Blackfallow Ink & 0.5 Inferno Ink
Azshara’s Veil4505 Blackfallow Ink & 0.5 Inferno Ink
Heartblossom4505 Blackfallow Ink & 0.5 Inferno Ink
Twilight Jasmine4756 Blackfallow Ink & 1 Inferno Ink
Whiptail4756 Blackfallow Ink & 1 Inferno Ink


So removing the Inferno Ink from the equation, you can see that 1 stack of Cinderbloom, Stormvine, Azshara's Veil, or Heartblossom will mill into 5 Blackfallow Inks.  The Whiptail and Twilight Jasmine will produce 6 Blackfallow Inks on average when milled.

Is Making Forged Documents Daily Profitable?

Each time it is completed the Forged Documents quest will award you a sack of gold that will provide you 18-25 gold for the quest completion.  The quest is super easy.  Just craft your Forged Document, start the quest, and hand it to one of many vendors in Orgrimmar (or alliance capital) to get your sack of gold.

So let's look at an example.

30g for a stack of Cinderbloom.

30g / 5 Inks = 6 gold it cost you per Blackfallow Ink.
6g Blackfallow Ink combined with a 50 silver parchament and you have 6.5 gold invested to make a Forged Document that will reward you more than double that investment.

This is a great way to start forming a daily pattern of everday tasks for everyday gold.

Unfortunately we Scribes can only create and complete 1 Forged Document quest per day, but it is a fail safe way to make some easy gold every single day on your high level scribe. Best thing is the profit is guaranteed as long as the herbs prices are at a low enough price.  We can only hope that one day the cooldown will be removed and we can craft these over and over for easy gold.  This would create a valid floor price for Cataclysm herbs much like the floor price of shuffling obsidium ores.  We can only hope.  I doubt the cooldown will be removed ever.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery | New WoW Gold Guide


WoW Gold Making with Mysterious Fortune Cards
Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery

So I have finished my gold guide and I present to you the Mysterious Fortune Card Mastery World of Warcraft gold making guide.    This new guide puts into words all of the strategies and tactics I have been using to make an absolute fortune selling the Mysterious Fortune Cards on the auction house. 

You've heard and read me discuss Mysterious Fortune Cards on Auction House Junkies, Cold's Gold Factory, a JMTC's Friday Night Meeting, and also the soon to release Hall of Fame Submission to WowEcon.

So Check It Out

You May Just FuQQ Around and Get Rich Too,

Cold

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Learn Glyph of Frost Armor

Glyph of Frost Armor

As I mentioned in a previous post on Glyph Changes In Patch 4.1, with the release of Patch 4.1 there would be one new glyph introduced to the Inscription Profession.  Scribes can now craft the Glyph of Frost Armor, a new glyph for the mage class.  It was unknown how the glyph would be learned once it became available. 


Quickly after the release of Patch 4.1, I learned that it was available from Northrend Inscription Research, which is just one of the possible options.  Scribes can also learn new recipes from Book of Glyph Mastery, Minor Inscription Research (but obviously minor glyphs only), or from the Inscription profession trainer.  Lucky for scribes it was one of the cheaper options.  Had it been learned from a Book of Glyph Mastery, it would have cost scribes far more in gold due to the scarcity and high demand that already exists for the Books of Glyph Mastery.   

Northrend Inscription Research and Snowfall Ink

The Northrend Inscription Research profession ability requires a Snowfall Ink, which may not be available on the auction house for your server.  There may exist a market for selling the Snowfall Inks for a super slight window of opportunity as all scribes will need at least 1 to learn the new Glyph of Frost Armor.  You can always get one from trading in 10 Snowfall Inks to Jessica Sellers or the newly added Ink Traders.


Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Mysterious Fortune Cards Mega-Compilation

Mysterious Fortune Cards

Mysterious Fortune Cards have become one of my most profitable markets within World of Warcraft and the Azerothian Auction Houses.  Barking for sales has become a very fun way to play the game for me as well.  My posts on these Mysterious Fortune Cards spurred a lot of discussion on blogs and gold forums.  The posts on Mysterious Fortune Cards Preview, Fortune Card Bait N Switch, and Fortune Card Barking Tactics have all 3 moved into my top 10 most popular blog posts of all time!  So starting the discussion before Cataclysm spurred a lot of discussion, interest, and sales of these highly profitable Inscription made Mysterious Fortune Cards.

In case you have been living under a rock these past few weeks, here is a recap of the entire gold blogosphere and the discussions on Mysterious Fortune Cards.  This should serve to help any of you getting into this hot topic late.

Cold's Gold Factory - 5 Part Series on Mysterious Fortune Cards
  1. Cataclysm Item Preview: Fortune Cards and Fortune Cookies
  2. Mysterious Fortune Cards Barking Tips - Great Tactics For Trade Chat Advertisements
  3. Fortune Card Bait and Switch Tactics - Get 'Em Hooked and Raise the Price
  4. Dealing With Undercutters
  5. The 5k Epic Fortune Card and Why You Should Own One
Wukam did a Mysterious Fortune Cards Gambling Guest Post in response to my original article.
Gnome of Zurich did a Fortune Cards post in response to Wukam's guest post.
Sterling of the Consortium did a great post comparing the Fortune Cards to pull tabs.
Xeroaze of The Tipper Copper has great ideas on Fortune Card Barking Tips.

Also check out Cold's Blog Azeroth Secret Santa Guest Post at Nicegrl.com on Mysterious Fortune Cards - What's The Hype?  This is an excellent overview I did as my guest post on a non-gold making blog.

Here's some more articles from around the Gold Blogosphere on the topic of Mysterious Fortune Cards

Zoxy of Trading With Zoxy:  How Zoxy Made 20k Gold In One Day
Faid of Nerf Faids:  Hops on Mysterious Fortune Card Bandwagon
Breevok at CSAAHF:  Fortune Cards - A Simple Perspective
Euripides at WoW Insider:  Take The Mysterious Fortune Card House Advantage
Mageshadow at JMTC:  Making a Fortune From Mysterious Fortune Cards
Alto at Alto's Goldish Advice:  The New WoW Crack
Cindia of The Golden Muse:  Random Rewards From Mysterious Fortune Cards

This list is not mean to be fullyinclusive of every post on Mysterious Fortune Cards.  These are the most popular posts on the topic.  Apologies to anyone I missed.  Feel free to post a link in the comments section, if you also did a post on Mysterious Fortune Cards.

So has anyone found a 5000 gold jackpot winner yet?
As of the Hotfix on Tuesday the 18th, I've seen 4 5k Winners in 3 days.  They haven't mention any improvement in the odds, but I believe the odds have been increased.  Hell, I own 2 of the 5k cards myself.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Mysterious Fortune Cards & Fortune Cookies

Goblinish Wisdom
The Interaction of Scribes and Cooks

Fortune Cookie and Fortune Cards are an interesting pair of craftable items that perplex me.  Fortune Cookies are a nice consumable that will be created by the cooking profession.  These Fortune Cookies require 1 Simple Flour and 1 Mysterious Fortune Card for each cookie.  The Simple Flour can be bought at any cooking vendor, but the Fortune Card must be crafted by a scribe through the inscription profession.  The Mysterious Fortune Card only requires 1 Resilient Parchment and only 1 Blackfallow Ink, which comes from the pigments of Cataclysm herbs.  I myself like to craft these type of items for profit because the interaction of requiring multiple professions tends to lower the number of competitors.  A good current example is Fused Wiring, which requires a jewelcrafter and an engineer to craft, and aren't typically a heavy competition item on the auction house. 

To Gamble, To Cook, Or Both?

Gambling
Now for the perplexing part.  The Mysterious Fortune Card is a new form of World of Warcraft in-game gambling.  Just crafting the card itself, you can sell it outright to gamblers or gamble yourself.  Using the Mysterious Fortune Cards give you 1 of 58 possible vendorable Fortune Cards that sell for anywhere from 10 silver to 5000 gold.  Yeah, you didn't misread that.  1 Mysterious Fortune Card can turn into 1 Fortune Card, which will vendor for the nice sum of 5k gold!  Fortune cards can vendor for 5k, 1k, 200g, 50g, 20g, 5g, 1g, 50s, or 10s.  So in a sense it is gambling for gold. 

Cooking
The option other than gambling is to use the Mysterious Fortune Card to create a Fortune Cookie.  These cookies give a nice 1 hr buff of +90 Stamina and +90 to a player's prime stat.  The crazy thing is once you eat the cookie you receive a Fortune Card just like if you had used it gambling.  The card from the Fortune cookie is the vendorable version, not the reagant version. 

Fortune Card Market Fluctuations

As auctioneers we need to be on alert and watching the markets for both Mysterious Fortune Cards and Fortune Cookies.  If you are looking to gamble and try your luck at getting a profit from these cards, then instead of buying or using the Mysterious Fortune Cards it may be cheaper at times to just buy the Fortune Cookies and eat those.  If the auction house market was in equilibrium, then the Mysterious Fortune Cards would be near the same price of the Fortune Cookies.  I am sure we will have some chances to play within both of these markets as players will be unaware of this relationship.  Scribes and cooks both should see nice demand and profits from both of these items. 

Options For Mysterious Fortune Cards

There could exist other options for using these Fortune Cards.  The 5k ones will be rare, but instead of vendoring for 5k you may be able to hold these and sell for a little more than 5k.  Why?  Players that are transferring servers are only allowed to transfer with a maximum amount of gold.  Therefore, some transferring players may be looking for high value items to take along in a non-liquidated form to further maximize the starter gold on their new server.

Gold Sellers could also be on the lookout for using these cards as a much more discreet way of paying players for their gold they have purchased unscrupulously.  Blizzard may keep a close eye on lareg exchanges of liquid gold, but will they be watching for these high value items?  Just food for thought...

Check out part 2 of this 3 part series:  Mysterious Fortune Card Barking Tips

Anyone else got a creative idea for these Fortune Cards or Cookies?