2023 A Gold Making Year in Review - Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 308
Hello! Welcome to the 308th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up!
This week we take a look back over 2023 and discuss all the major things that have happened over the year to completely change the face of gold making as we know it.
My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!
2023 — A Year in the Gold Economy
As 2023 draws to a close, it's a good time to look back and reflect on the gold economy and the highs and lows of gold making as we went through the Dragonflight expansion, Classic and all the flavours and phases.
WoW Token
The Token saw some record highs this year with EU hovering at 400,000 gold for long stretches. The US token relatively saw bigger spikes, even at one point briefly overtaking EU (not shown on the graph below because it's averaged out). Things have settled since Blizzard introduced the ruling of needing at least one spend of real money within the past 6 years which seems to have successfully settled things for the moment.
Graph courtesy of wowanalyica.com
The Classic Token was introduced in May 2023 and has formed a viable alternative for players wanting to add game time only using gold. With a healthy GDKP scene keeping the price from sky rocketing, it's remained steady since it's introduction only rising recently due to less activity now that WotLK is in it's final phases.
Graph courtesy of classic.wowtoken.app Red is US, Yellow is EU
January 2023
The year started with mainly discussion around the Work Order system introduced in Dragonflight. While many have embraced the new concept and been able to make the most of it, others have been put off by the reliance on Trade Chat and actually interacting with potential customers.
A Blizzard post at
