Cataclysm Jewelcrafting & Passive Gold Making - Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 329
Hello! Welcome to the 329th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up!
This week we focus on mainly Cataclysm Classic as there are still loads of ways to make gold and the token can be used for gametime in both retail and classic. Professions are where it's at and we have plenty of resources to get you started. We have a deep dive into Jewelcrafting and Prospecting Profits as well as general methods for passive gold. For retail, we also have a great addon that helps take the pain out of using Trade Chat for finding work order customers.
My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!
Cataclysm Classic Jewelcrafting
One of the more popular professions for gold making is Jewelcrafting because of the steady use of gems to enhance gear throughout an expansion. In Cataclysm Classic, the time gated nature of high end recipes limits the availability and allows individual player to find their own niches.
Another part of Jewelcrafting which can be profitable is Prospecting Ore and then using the gems from that in the most profitable way possible, either selling direct, crafting into gems or items to either sell or disenchant.
I've put together a flowchart going through the basics ...
The Lazy Gold Maker has also put together a great video going through the process and what he thinks will be good items to look out for.
Prospecting is often very profitable, so let’s take a deeper look at the Cata gem shuffles.
Prospecting basics
Usually the main value of prospecting comes from the rare gems that you cut into finished gems. Right now however you can only have 1 recipe unlocked, and it will take quite a while to get one for each color. This does limit the speed at which you can move rare gems. There are two main ores to consider in cata, obsidium and elementium. Elementium has a much higher rate of rares, but a slightly lower rate of uncommons. The difference in value is overall quite small right now, but I expect Elementium to come Read more on wowhead.com
