Liferose
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Some people have asked me "How do you make gold?" Well simply put, I am not a fountain of infinite knowledge, nor do I own one in pdf format. However, I make private profiles to sell accounts with moderate amounts of achievements and reputations to make them more desirable. This means I don't have time to sit in front of the auction house crunching numbers, plotting total realm domination. It's simply not in my schedule, and I won't fight the extremists who actually do that on my realm.
A common mistake I see people make is that they assume selling Ore or Herbs will give them the most profit. They just assume this, and it may be the case in some situations, however on many realms it is not. I'm going to show you how to Gem Shuffle, but what is it you ask? You're basically prospecting Obsidium and Elementium and cutting the resulting gems, or making the shards into things and then disenchanting them. If you haven't figured it out from the title, you need a Jewelcrafter and an Enchanter. Or at least a friend who has one/both. [Everything below doesn't apply to Milling, although the technique applies if you have common sense]
What does this elaborate picture I stole from here mean exactly? You either buy (or bot in our case) some Elementium/Obsidium. Prospect them, or make them into whatever that blacksmithing thing is (this method usually doesn't recommend it and I don't have one), then you cut the gems into ones that sell the most, and turn the shards into JC misc rings and then disenchant them. From then on you can turn them into Enchants, tailoring bags, or sell the materials raw. I usually sell the Celestials raw, sell cut gems, and turn the dust into enchants because it doesn't sell on my realm. You can vendor or try to auction Zephyrites, they don't make rings and are the exception.
There's a catch though. Unless your realm has the sudden urge for Celestials, you can easily flood the AH if you stick to one item too much. This can cause you to get undercut like crazy, causing you to lose gold having to undercut them. That's why you can take other approaches and tackle different parts of the AH. This includes, Heavenly Shards, Greater Celestials, Lesser Celestials (some realms are this bad), Cut Gems, Uncut Gems, and the Uncut Shards.
You may ask however, how do you know what route to take? When should you buy Obsidium or Elementium? How should I know if this isn't right for me and I should just sell the ores/go a different route? If only there was some magical spreadsheet that knew everthing.
Go to that link above, follow the mans directions, and you will then have a spreadsheet that knows your entire AH and will tell you what to do. Literally, it will tell you what to do with the stuff you get. If your Profit Per Stack is negative, that simply means your realm is broken and you can't do this. You can buy out your AH and try to fix it for yourself, but I won't help you with that. Here is what mine looks like...
You really should take the "Gold Per Hour - Estimated" with a grain of salt. You will make roughly half that at most if you have a really awesome server. Also keep in mind this is all chance based. Your entire realm could be out to get you, and they're having secret meetings to not buy your stuff. You could also prospect 15 Carnelians and get 5x(2 or 3 roughly) Celestials and make bank. As you can see, one Obsidium costs about 53g. Lets say you get a couple bad gems, 1 red gem, 2 Carnelians, and some other shards. Chances are you will get either Hypnotic Dust, maybe some Shard fragments, and couple lesser celetstials from disenchanting on average. If you get 1 red gem no matter what, you have payed off the ore cost. If you are farming ore, great, you just doubled your income. Celestials you can see are roughly the same cost as my Obsidium ore. Basically if you get a red gem, you're making money, if you get enough Carnelians to make Carnelian spikes, you will most likely get a couple Greater Celestials and pay off the ore anyway. This may not apply to you, this spreadsheet is just my realm as an example. Yours might say selling them raw is more profitable.
I won't respond to help questions regarding the spreadsheet, but if you have some general questions about the process or needing some advice you can go ahead. My best advice is keep in mind Obsidium tends to give more shards (duh) and will result in more enchanting mats. If you get a bad gem from Elementium, you're kinda screwed.
Everything shamelessly stolen from Consortium Cataclysm Shuffling Spreadsheet v4.5
You can ask them about help with the spreadsheet, they don't like botters though.
A common mistake I see people make is that they assume selling Ore or Herbs will give them the most profit. They just assume this, and it may be the case in some situations, however on many realms it is not. I'm going to show you how to Gem Shuffle, but what is it you ask? You're basically prospecting Obsidium and Elementium and cutting the resulting gems, or making the shards into things and then disenchanting them. If you haven't figured it out from the title, you need a Jewelcrafter and an Enchanter. Or at least a friend who has one/both. [Everything below doesn't apply to Milling, although the technique applies if you have common sense]
What does this elaborate picture I stole from here mean exactly? You either buy (or bot in our case) some Elementium/Obsidium. Prospect them, or make them into whatever that blacksmithing thing is (this method usually doesn't recommend it and I don't have one), then you cut the gems into ones that sell the most, and turn the shards into JC misc rings and then disenchant them. From then on you can turn them into Enchants, tailoring bags, or sell the materials raw. I usually sell the Celestials raw, sell cut gems, and turn the dust into enchants because it doesn't sell on my realm. You can vendor or try to auction Zephyrites, they don't make rings and are the exception.
There's a catch though. Unless your realm has the sudden urge for Celestials, you can easily flood the AH if you stick to one item too much. This can cause you to get undercut like crazy, causing you to lose gold having to undercut them. That's why you can take other approaches and tackle different parts of the AH. This includes, Heavenly Shards, Greater Celestials, Lesser Celestials (some realms are this bad), Cut Gems, Uncut Gems, and the Uncut Shards.
You may ask however, how do you know what route to take? When should you buy Obsidium or Elementium? How should I know if this isn't right for me and I should just sell the ores/go a different route? If only there was some magical spreadsheet that knew everthing.
Go to that link above, follow the mans directions, and you will then have a spreadsheet that knows your entire AH and will tell you what to do. Literally, it will tell you what to do with the stuff you get. If your Profit Per Stack is negative, that simply means your realm is broken and you can't do this. You can buy out your AH and try to fix it for yourself, but I won't help you with that. Here is what mine looks like...
You really should take the "Gold Per Hour - Estimated" with a grain of salt. You will make roughly half that at most if you have a really awesome server. Also keep in mind this is all chance based. Your entire realm could be out to get you, and they're having secret meetings to not buy your stuff. You could also prospect 15 Carnelians and get 5x(2 or 3 roughly) Celestials and make bank. As you can see, one Obsidium costs about 53g. Lets say you get a couple bad gems, 1 red gem, 2 Carnelians, and some other shards. Chances are you will get either Hypnotic Dust, maybe some Shard fragments, and couple lesser celetstials from disenchanting on average. If you get 1 red gem no matter what, you have payed off the ore cost. If you are farming ore, great, you just doubled your income. Celestials you can see are roughly the same cost as my Obsidium ore. Basically if you get a red gem, you're making money, if you get enough Carnelians to make Carnelian spikes, you will most likely get a couple Greater Celestials and pay off the ore anyway. This may not apply to you, this spreadsheet is just my realm as an example. Yours might say selling them raw is more profitable.
I won't respond to help questions regarding the spreadsheet, but if you have some general questions about the process or needing some advice you can go ahead. My best advice is keep in mind Obsidium tends to give more shards (duh) and will result in more enchanting mats. If you get a bad gem from Elementium, you're kinda screwed.
Everything shamelessly stolen from Consortium Cataclysm Shuffling Spreadsheet v4.5
You can ask them about help with the spreadsheet, they don't like botters though.
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