Impact of the Brutosaur on the WoW Token - Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 349

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Hello! Welcome to the 349th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up!

This week we discuss the new Brutosaur mount and what it means for gold makers and players alike and the impact it's had on the WoW Token. We also talk about Inscription and the balance of specialism as well as discuss the crashing prices of raw materials.

My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!

There's a New Brutosaur in Town!

Massive news this week for the gold making community and for WoW as a whole was theintroduction of a new version of the Brutosaur, but this time on the Store!

The Reins of the Trader's Guilded Brutosaur features a mailbox as well as an Auction House, all it would need is bank access and it would complete the gold making package!

The controversial part of this mount was that it's a store mount and not an in-game purchase. However, this is not usually an issue for gold makers as we can convert gold into Battlenet balance and buy it that way. As you can see, the effect this had on the Token price was immediate and dramatic!

Graph courtesy of wowanalytica.com
What's interesting about this graph is that you can see how it is hard capped to rise and fall at a maximum rate. At the time of writing, the price has crashed and spiked a second time as such a dramatic change made it a good time to buy gold with Tokens if you so wished. Who knows where it will settle at!

It's a popular mount with some very tempting quality of life features. You have until January 6th 2025 to save up enough gold to buy it.

Depending on your country, it costs 6 Tokens to buy. At previous token prices that would've been roughly for NA and for EU. That's a big discount compared to