So you may have noticed that I have been away for a while, stuff happens! I plan on posting more regularly going forward and I have a lot of things to talk about and thoughts to give on how to make some more gold. As you know, I have made over 1 million gold in game, in fact, I have generated over 1.6 million gold in profits and I have over 1.2 million gold currently, and that is after buying a Swift Spectral Tiger Mount for 300k. My biggest purchase ever and one that I had been wanting to make after hitting 1 million gold.
On to my thoughts about 4.3 gold making opportunities. Currently I am watching the newly released Guardian Cubs, these little pets are sold at the Blizzard store for $10 and were listed for over 15k on the first day and then dwindled down to 5k. I saw several posted and bought them to resell. Why? Because as time goes on people will forget about them until they want a pet achievement. In the last few days they have already climbed back up over 10k. I think this item will bounce around from 5k to 15k with volatility especially after patch 4.3 hits and people get side tracked with raiding, new 5 mans, new arena season and so on. Time will tell, but this might be the best little money maker ever, thanks Blizz!
Ok, now some easy money makers. With every new patch comes new PVE and new PVP gear which means people will want new gems and enchants. A lot of folks are not storing up on their rare gems because 4.3 will bring epic gems...kind of. Blizz decided to only give us them gems from boss kills which means that they will go to high end raiders who can clear bosses and they will not sell them for a while. Very few will hit the market and when they do they will be very expensive. That means all that new shiny gear needs rare gems making them in high demand. Obviously the best one to stock up on is the red gems. These will climb 50-100% in price and then fluctuate as people drop their stick into the AH. Enchants will be in demand, especially the high end enchants.
Enchants come from mats like Maelstrom Crystals, Cosmic Essences and Heavenly Shards. I am stocking up on the Cosmic Essences as much as I can because they are high volume materials for high end enchants. I am also buying Maelstrom Crystals and Heavenly Shards if they are priced right. This one is tricky. The Maelstroms will be able to be shattered in patch 4.3 to make 2 Heavenly Shards. Right now, the Heavenly Shards are selling for more than the Maelstrom Crystals, so either the Shards will come down in price or the Crystals will go up, or a little of both. In either case it only makes sense to grab Maelstrom Crystals because if the price of Heavenly Shards drops even a little, you will still be way ahead once you shatter them into 2 Shards. Easy profit.
Volatiles. I am already seeing the different volatiles starting to climb, but they will go higher. Let’s start with tailoring; they need 30 volatiles for each Dreamcloth they wish to make. There is a cool down so it does slow down the demand, but there is also a wrinkle in that Chaos Orbs will become tradable and it takes 5 orbs to make a Dreamcloth. So why would volatiles go up in price? Once they first wave of Chaos Orbs goes through the AH we will see a huge drop in the number of Orbs posted which means they will go up in price and push volatiles up along with them. Plus there will be a huge need for Dreamcloth for new recipes and patterns which means they need mats. Speaking of patterns and recipes, anytime we see new recipes come out we see a demand spike for the mats needed…volatiles will rise again! Next, a new raiding tier will mean more flasks which mean Volatile Life will see a big demand spike in the first 30-60 days of raiding before leveling off again. Buy them now while you can!
Speaking of flasks, herbs will see a spike again as well. With raid teams hitting new content there will be a huge increase in flasks and potions which translates into herbs. Right now I am seeing herbs selling for cheap, too much supply and not enough demand has driven prices down to very low levels. I am betting that these same herbs that I can buy for between 20 and 30 gold per stack will jump to over 50 gold per stack with some climbing back into the 80-100 gold per stack range. Your server may differ, but the concept will be the same. Buy them now while you can cheaply.
There are plenty of other ways to make a ton of gold in patch 4.3, but this is a good start and a good strategy to begin with!
