Early Access Gold Making & Token Prices - Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 341
Hello! Welcome to the 341st edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up!
This week we take a look at Early Access War Within and how people have been making their gold. We discuss dual gathering knowledge points and builds plus how some have shifted to early crafting and farming to make their gold. Also, we analyse the Token price as it's usually very volatile at the start of an expansion.
My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!
Early Access Gold Making
And so it begins. The War Within Early Access is upon us with the main launch coming on Monday. Many who bought access have been looking to capitalize on their time and get a head start. These namely break down into 3 activities ...
- Levelling
- Gathering
- Crafting
The first thing many will advise is to log into every max level alt and kick start rested xp gains ready for the next time you play them. After that, many have focused on the main story, exploring and doing what they can to get professions ready for the masses whilst also looking for opportunities to make some immediate gold.
I made my first million!
For the first time ever, I have over a million gold! I started yesterday with around 200k and thought I would spend the first few days exclusively gathering, but once I noticed how expensive gathering profession tools were I immediately swapped to blacksmithing and engineering and started slamming out Pickaxes, Sickles, Mining Helms, and Fishing Rods. The value has dropped dramatically over night but I managed to make my first million!
I also sold a surprising number of Bismuth Rods, the 5g vendor item, at 5k. That markets fallen through too but it was fun while it lasted.
This is a great example of selling shovels during a gold rush! Many will be wanting to gather as they level and explore and to do that efficiently, they need the new tools and accessories.
I've made about 4.5mil so far on engineering. Profession tools and toys. Kinda delayed my push to Read more on wowhead.com
