Old World Material Speculation for 10.1.7 – Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 292

Yes? I screenshot all my very positive interactions and the the negative ones. The amount of people who emphatically say thank you, call me a hero, say crafters are MVP, etc vastly outweigh the negative.

These are my worst interactions, and it’s honestly not a lot. In hindsight a lot of them aren’t as bad as they felt in the moment. https://imgur.com/a/Fe4r7mK

Some people are fine, they just don’t understand crafting: https://imgur.com/a/YyQbfCK

I also take the time to thank the really polite people who don’t end up being a customer. The people who message me to say “thanks I found someone else” don’t understand how much that goes towards not leaving me hanging since I need to switch crafters a lot.

I feel the system isn’t transparent enough.

As a customer (even recently) it feels like the first sets of crafters to make contact are all scammers. I couldn’t verify anything they were saying, there’s no way for me to see their true skill, I can’t tell what tool they’re using, I don’t know if they actually care about getting me a R5, etc

Now that I craft myself I understand what’s going up, but that doesn’t help all the people who don’t craft at all. So it ends up the “free” crafters seem to be the most trustworthy and that’s not necessarily the case.

Me personally I don’t mind tipping, I always tipped 5-30k depending on how much work I was making the person do. I understand the people who feel if they’re providing mats they shouldn’t have to pay anything else, but those people can match with the crafters who think they’re just pushing a button.

This week I started messaging customers things like this when it comes to T2 vs T3 mats vs embelllishments:

443| —–*—–|447

433|———*–|437

420|———–*|424

and I’ve gotten so many messages back saying “OMG that helps so much!” But like you’re saying I don’t expect that to be on demand information for the customer.

But just something like seeing the profession talent tree same way we can see their DPS/Healing/Tank tree for their spec. Or we can inspect people’s gear/weapons, let us inspect profession tool set-up too. Doesn’t even have to be in game, can put these stats on their armory page.

10.1.7 will be adding new achievements for every primary profession. Each achievement is earned by doing 1500-2000 crafts, depending on the profession. List of new profession achievements on Wowhead.

There will be some players eager to complete these achievements, and they’ll be looking for the cheapest way to get these achievements done – which will increase demand for the commodities needed in the cheapest recipes. (I realize other players won’t care too.)

Below is a list of the crafts that I expect will be cheapest, and the trade goods needed for the cheapest crafts (the goods that I expect will be in more demand). This is all based on current market prices, which will fluctuate.

Goods potentially in demand for 10.1.7 achievements (based on below list of crafts)

• Eternal Crystal
• Sha Crystal
• Snow Lily
• Green Tea Leaf
• Fool’s Cap
• Silkweed
• Rain Poppy
• Crescent Oil
• Blackwater Whiptail Flesh
• Sea Scorpion Segment
• Crystallized Earth
• Dense Stone
• Rough Stone
• Coarse Stone
• Solid Stone
• Porous Stone
• Heavy Stone
• Callous Hide
• Tempest Hide
• Exotic Leather
• Rugged Hide
• Light Leather
• Linen Cloth
• Wool Cloth
• Mageweave Cloth
• Netherweave Cloth
• Cheapest ore for prospecting (currently Serevite Ore)
• Cheapest herb for milling (currently Hochenblume)

Currently Cheapest Crafts by Profession

Enchanting

• Eternal Crystal & Sha Crystal shatters – see my notes here.

Alchemy – Elixirs (there’s one achievement for 2000 elixirs and one for 2000 potions)

• Elixir of Peace – Crystal Vial (1), Rain Poppy (1), Fool’s Cap (1)
• Mad Hozen Elixir – Crystal Vial (1), Rain Poppy (2)
• Elixir of Weaponry – Crystal Vial (1), Silkweed (2)
• Elixir of Mirrors – Crystal Vial (1), Silkweed (1), Fool’s Cap (1)
• Monk’s Elixir – Crystal Vial (1), Rain Poppy (1), Silkweed (1)
• Elixir of the Rapids – Crystal Vial (1), Rain Poppy (1), Snow Lily (1)
• Elixir of Perfection – Crystal Vial (1), Silkweed (1), Snow Lily (1)
• Mantid Elixir – Crystal Vial (1), Green Tea Leaf (2)

Alchemy – Potions

• Potion of Focus – Crystal Vial (1), Snow Lily (2)
• Potion of Mogu Power – Crystal Vial (1), Green Tea Leaf (1), Fool’s Cap (1)
• Virmen’s Bite – Crystal Vial (1), Green Tea Leaf (1), Snow Lily (1)
• Potion of the Jade Serpent – Crystal Vial (1), Green Tea Leaf (1), Silkweed (1)
• Potion of the Mountains – Crystal Vial (1), Green Tea Leaf (1), Rain Poppy (1)
• Master Mana Potion – Crystal Vial (2), Snow Lily (1), Green Tea Leaf (1), Fool’s Cap (1)
• Draenic Swiftness Potion – Crescent Oil, Blackwater Whiptail Flesh (3)
• Healing Tonic – Sea Scorpion Segment (10)
• Mighty Arcane Protection Potion – Crystal Vial (1), Crystallized Earth (2)

Blacksmithing

• Dense Sharpening Stone – Dense Stone
• Solid Sharpening Stone – Solid Stone
• Coarse Sharpening Stone – Coarse Stone
• Rough Sharpening Stone – Rough Stone

Engineering

• Dense Blasting Powder – Dense Stone (2)
• Rough Blasting Powder – Rough Stone (1)
• Solid Blasting Powder – Solid Stone (2)
• Coarse Blasting Powder – Coarse Stone (1)
• Heavy Blasting Powder – Heavy Stone (1)

Jewelcrafting

• Dense Stone Statue – Dense Stone (10)
• Rough Stone Statue – Rough Stone (8)
• Solid Stone Statue – Solid Stone (10)
• Porous Stone Statue – Porous Stone (5)

Leatherworking

• Hardened Tempest Hide – Tempest Hide (1), Amber Tanning Oil (1)
• Cured Rugged Hide – Rugged Hide (1), Deeprock Salt (1)
• Sha Armor Kit – Exotic Leather (4)
• Light Armor Kit – Light Leather (1)
• Heavy Callous Hide – Callous Hide (10)

Tailoring

• Linen Bandage – Linen Cloth
• Wool Bandage – Wool Cloth
• Mageweave Bandage – Mageweave Cloth
• Netherweave Bandage – Netherweave Cloth

Jewelcrafting

Inscription

I’ve been creating evokers to get Sparks of Ingenuity which I then use in work orders for my alts to level up their professions. At a pretty casual pace, it takes me about thirty minutes from character creation to send orders. This nets me about fifteen skill points.

Instead of deleting the evoker when the orders are done, I figured I’d do a quick route around the Dragon Isles for raw gold. This includes the four dragon racing world quests, selling the Elegant Canvas Brush, and doing the community feast in Iskaara for a chance at the Alchemical Flavor Pocket.

This nets about 5000 gold in forty-five minutes. Obviously this isn’t incredible, but this is primarily for the profession skill ups, and being able to cover most of the work order material costs is just a bonus.

My question for the community is this: Are there any other quick one time treasures or events that could be added for gold, whether in Dragonflight or elsewhere, that are also fairly time efficient? The bulk of the gold comes after the evoker starting zone, so I figured adding a few extra stops could greatly increase the gold-time efficiency. I’m not expecting enough to make me want to create evokers all day, but any extra bit could be handy.