Hello! Welcome to the 286th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up! This week we look at the patch notes for 10.1.5 and any last minute nuggets of information that might help with gold making. We also look at a great set of tools from The Saddlebag Exchange for trading cross realm. Plus, we take a dive into the «Why» of gold making and discuss what the economy might look like in Classic Hardcore. My name is Samadan and I'll be your guide through the World of Gold Making!
10.1.5 Is Upon Us!This week will see the release of 10.1.5 and with ita few changes that are particularly pertinent to gold making opportunities as posted in the patch notes this week ...
ITEMS AND REWARDSCROSS-REALM TRADING Players will now be able to trade items and gold directly to characters on other realms in their region. Previously this was limited to things like conjured items or eligible raid/dungeon loot, but all those cross-realm restrictions will now be lifted. Play with your friends and trade whatever you want to whoever you want! Updated some legacy raids to drop bind-on-equip items more often when running them solo. Developers' note: We found that some legacy raids had a very low BoE drop rate, so this change is to make farming those transmog items easier. Slightly increased the frequency of all mounts that appear in the Black Market Auction House and added Battle for Azeroth dungeon and raid mounts to the list of possible auctions.PROFESSIONSThere is now an Apprentice Crafter and Gatherer near the Crafting Orders vendors of Valdrakken. Adventurer's who have fully specialized into their professions can trade in excess profession knowledge for Artisan's Mettle. Frozen Runes can now be found along the walls of Naxxramas for players Read more on wowhead.com