Project Lore: Five dudes. Four cameras. One World of Warcraft.

Posted by Bastosa on Monday, December 15th, 2008 - 43 Comments

Tags: cobalt, enchanting, engineering, eternals, gold, herbalism, making gold, mining, money, northrend, saronite, titanium, titansteel, world of warcraft gold, wow gold

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By TuLaBeRrY on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

I chose alchemy / Echanting and i reget it. Although i have made over 1000g DEing all the northrend greens and selling the mats. They sell like crazy

By Neonia on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

I chose Enchanting/Tailoring and do not regret it. I’ve never had to buy mats. Plus the ability for Tailors to find “additional” Frostweave on humanoids is fantastic. The stuff sells easy. And so does DE mats.

By Eventime on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 2:05 pm

I’m mining/BS, and since I’m still a few BS levels away from making the epic items I haven’t been selling anything, and therefore haven’t made any money off of it. In fact I’ve had such poor luck finding titanium nodes that I’ve bought some bars to actually make my titansteel everyday. Hopefully though after crafting my 2h weapon I can make some of my money back from selling all my ore and such.

By Sathas on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

lol same im a prot pally tank (on the horde tho and only lvl 77 currently) and i just bought my cold weather flying i have 500g left which isn’t much for me

don’t laugh but i still don’t have my epic flyer

oh yeah and i have the same profs as you bast =P

By Alayea on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 2:14 pm

I have alchemy / herbalism on my main, and leatherworking / skinning for my hunter alt. As such, it enables me to avoid buying stuff off the AH. I refuse to pad the lines of people who charge ripoff prices.

By Oggrillain on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

Mining/Jewelcrafting is the cash cow of WoW. I can sell the ore as is, or smelt it into bars, or prospect and sell the uncut gems, or cut gems for other people, or sell high level cut gems. Let’s see…that’s 5 different revenue streams from two professions. Let’s say I am never in need of cash and I usually have plenty to lend to my guildies.

By jonny on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

I have skinning and leather working with kinda go hand in hand with each other the only problem is that as a rogue my down time is quite high after farming for leather this can be costly on the old food front.
after just getting my leather working to 425 i have spent over 2k gold on the ah on mats its getting crazy

By Brandy on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Engineering/Mining: I’m making a lot of money lately selling Eternal Fire which I get from mining and using my zapthrottledohickymabober. I used to make money fishing up pure water in Nagrand.. alas.. those days are over.

By ENgkebøllen on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

I’ve got Herbalism/Alchemy.

It’s not a money maker, more like a money saver. Doing the flasks/pots I needs for my raids is truely nice. + making a little cash from guild members needing flasks for raids.

By Joshy on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

Im a skinner and minner. I just use my profession to sell mats. On my rogue i made 16k gold from 70 to 80. My Death knight has the same professions (i stick to what i know) Im currently 71 and have 11K gold. :D. And im on a europe sever so i guess things could be even better over the pond

By DankBud420x on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

ya same here. I do Skinning/Mining and I love it!!! Lots o gold that way. Anyone out there that is broke and just lookin for gold I highly suggest picking up these professions and givin it a try.

By Bruit on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 4:57 pm

I have 3 high level chars that have all their prof maxed out.

Hunter: maxed out mining and skinning.
Mage: maxed out tailoring and chanting.
Pally: maxed out mining and JC.

I’m still broke. not b/c i don’t farm but i am a compulsive buyer of stuff i don’t need. yes i make a lot of money farming and selling them in AH but it is contraindicated with my compulsive shopping in AH. I need to tone it down cuz i want to get my epic flyer for my pally.

Thank goodness for dailies. :))

By kiley on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

both my main and alt are miners, one’s a 450BS the other is just bumping 400engineering. but needless to say i have been able to level then both up fairly easily since ore and smelted bars are selling so well. I’ve even made about 3k gold selling some epic BS gear. (all do to the fact that blizz made them all BOE) First time us BS are really raking in the cash. So being a gatherer helps out a ton getting my own mats to sell some epic gear. Or even just to sell some bars. Though i don’t expect my engineering to make much gold (never really has for me) i’m glad to know that it won’t dig a hole in my pocket thanks to titansteel. All in all for those that don’t gather, maybe talk to your friends and guildies and so about working out a deal with those who gather. My other BS/JC friend and i work it out by me getting mats for gems that i like and he levels up his JC

By Sawari on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

I’m proud to say for the moment that I am self sufficient. I’ve been selling SOME of my LW mats I gather as I am capped now. I was too lazy to get my epic flight form when I hit 70 so I think all that money will start getting me closer to that epic crow.

Druid for life.

By teddy on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

my mage is a tailor/enchant and my warrior is a 450miner and 200skinner. 1 is a gatherer and makes a ton of $$ off the cobalt and saronite, along with titansteel. and DEing greens makes a ton of gold in the AH…
but im not good with money lol! i spend more than i make per day so thats why im in the crapper kinda

By David on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

my main is skinning/leatherworking, skinning makes me lots of gold on the AH but i havnt kept my leatherworking up so im thinking about starting a new profession.

in other news… my school banned project lore from our network! we get issued laptops each year and i used to love checking the blog, or reading some game guides to get me through some boring classes but its all over

By Angel on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

I’m shocked to hear you don’t have an alt with mining/skinning/fishing as a strong focus. A good choice would be a mage.. since you don’t have to think about food.

Me…

Mage….. herb/alch/fish
Fighter…. ench/skin/cooking
Death Knight…. herb/inscrip

Whatever you guys do… don’t grind a profession with a DK until you hit 80 and have all the gear you want.. having to go back to newbie lands and find them pilfered by people just selling mats (herb/min) on the AH is quite annoying.

Fish sells very well since Sage fish, Snapper, and Oily Black are all component fish.

Herbs have skyrocketed because of Inscription.

Minerals have always been profitable. More so after BC when they added Jewelcrafting.

By Moose on Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

I was originaly a tailor/enchanter, not exactly the best money makers around. In the last month or so I had paid out for the mats on my Dreadsteed (about as much as you pay for an epic mount now anyway), paid for most of my wifes epic land mount, as well as regular flying mounts for both of us I was broke.

After hitting up a few levels in Northrend I decided to drop enchanting (it was the lowest of the two profs I had) and pick up mining when I heard from some guildies how much they were making off of it. I spent nearly a week doing nothing but leveling my mining (plus/minus a few days spent just mining copper nodes as they were selling for around 20 gold a stack) Now I’m back in Northrend with my mining up to par for cobalt, and my tailoring is just a few levels shy of frostweave so I’m up to date on my crafting, and making money for a change!

By fog4o on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 1:55 am

I chose mining herbalism and i’m very happy with that.Though I’m only 47 lvl i have plenty of gold around 1,5k only for selling herbs.My mining is only 55.I think at lvl 70 I’ll be able to get my flying mount and with some grinding I’ll get epic flying as well.
Also when I go to Northend I’ll lvlup my mining :P.
Many say that 2 gathering proffesions suck but I don’t think so because if I need something (enchants, Items etc) I’ll be able t buy them.The only thing thaat sucks is that I cant get the BoP items but who cares, I’ll get better with honor.
Oh yeah pvp ftw.
I still like raiding, but PvP is my thing.

I have a question also.I’ve heard that Zand always tells that he sucks at PvP but I don’t know why I can’t believe him.So do we get to see some PvP in soloing?

Sorry for my bad english

By bullrog on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 3:30 am

i am a holy pally and my profs arent anything to shout about (130 engineering, 36 skinning) i havnt even needed any profs throughout my whole wow career i picked up eng fo the goggles and skinning cos it looked easy to do but i just cnt b bothered with them now im at 80 i myt start to do a lil more but honestly i got ma cold wether flyin at 77 and still had 900g left which i only used on the odd enchant and repairs.

By Rúna on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 3:34 am

I got Jewelcrafting and Leatherworking and i hate the fact that i got rid of my 375 mining for the damn LW that is just taking all my money. Only one thing that is good is the fur lining. At 70 when i got into raiding ZA i already had better gear that i could make with LW and i regret to have ever switched the profession.

By Likkitysplit on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 4:33 am

Skinning / Mining on my Rogue on Suramar. He’s only level 77 atm but I’ve still made a fair amount of income from just the first mats I farmed. Light Leather and Copper Ore still sell reasonably high over here so i take the guess that these professions are still lucrative? Or maybe it’s just the post - xpac release frenzy. Either way i am happy with my professions and hope to level my toon and my professions as to make my gold easily and having fun in the process.

By Blacktiger on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 4:45 am

Wow, no one has the combo that I have?

Herb/Inscription

But, I havnt been able to do much because I’ve spent so much on Guild stuff and leveling(currently 77).

I just figured that more people would have that combo. It makes good gold.

By Alex on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 7:39 am

YES! i got 450 skinning a while ago and in one day i earned 1500g on just artic furs (approx. 105g on my server)

By Dulica on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 9:40 am

I am a blacksmith/miner. I make good money selling what I make, and selling extra mats like copper or tin. But I have to say, I HATE the prices some people charge. Do you really need to charge 15 gold for 2 copper bars? I try to be fair with my pricing and I make plenty to do stuff/repair/put in gv/buy new weapons and armor.

By Grant on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 9:42 am

I just started doing BS/mining again (Im a pally) the reason I did is I heard the armor you can make off of it is really great starting gear for lvl 80 and stuff so I just started that. My plan was to get mining up very high and just sell my ores and get stuff for lvling BS(I am pretty poor right now) so I am thinking now I made th eright choice.
On my server copper ore, yes i said it COPPER ORE, costs 9g 50s 90c on the AH per stack!
This blew me away and they give you the money that you’d get basically off of 70 dalies. So yes my gathering skills are bringing in tons of money now

By dave on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 10:08 am

I dunno if you can say enchanters don’t gather. I was making 200G a stack on the northrend dusts for a while there.

So, simply split the days take and milk the powerlevelers…

By Janke on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 10:30 am

I have a hunter and my professions are Mining/Blacksmithing. I do regret taking those on, because at lvl 72 my professions are still not being closed to maxed. SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Kalcifer on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 11:09 am

I love being a miner. 60g a stack for cobalt bars and 50g a stack for mithril bars is all you need to know. plus the toughness is a nice bonus

By N. on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 11:30 am

Toon #1: skinning + leatherworking = poor, got mount 8 levels late due to funding issues. treading water with pots/repairs/etc.

Toon #2: mining + blacksmithing = poor (crafted weapons sell poorly in my experience). mining ore wasted on smithing.

Toon#2 switch: mining + tailoring = enough money, but not rich-feeling. spent it all on making high end bags. so I get $ from selling ore/bars and get mats for tailoring from humanoid kills and to a lesser extent, the AH

Toon#3: herbalism + skinning = rich. Had more money than I needed, and the crafted items I wanted on the AH were cheap due to levelers dumping a dozen items at a time on the AH. Had mount money 10 levels early. Could afford enchants+(mats from AH) for all gear.

Thought I’d try it again:
Toon #4: herbalism + skinning = rich again.

Toon #5: mining + skinning = freaking rich. way rich. IT kinda helped that this guy came on line before Burning Crusade. I made an absolute killing on raw ore and gems for everyone picking up jewelcrafting.

Toon #6: mining + jewelcrafting = poor again.

Toon #7: mining + skinning = freaking rich again.

I think I found what works for me, anyway.
So, for me, I prefer to have the money than the ability to craft par and sub-par stuff.
So my opinion is: take 2 gathering skills as soon as possible, pick one that needs mini map and one that doesn’t, or you spend your whole time switching your map radar.

By Ozzel's Cousin Fred on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

JC Engy fortunately I planned ahead and my alt miner enchanter is helping me weather the price fluxuations by gathering my own mats. Unfortunately with 3 crafting professions I have very little surplus .. so far

Dailies are my main source of income, but the massive distances to be travelled to do some of them represents a rather large financial hazard

By Percolatte on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

I’m just gonna say.. What gathering mats sell for on Executus is insane. My level 25 has well over 300g… My 73 dual crafter (like you), has much less comparatively. I feel your pain.

It’s Winter Veil though. Go get some eggs.

By Etherous on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 12:18 pm

Lvl 78 Undead Mage (Aggramar) -
Lvl 70 Undead Rogue (Aggramar) -

I have been a miner/skinner on my Mage since day one. It has been very profitable for me. My Rogue is a LW and JC. My secret on the WOTLK expansion was early exploration into icestorm to max out my mining. Producing titansteel early on was slow, but insanely profitable when people finally needed it. I run a guild and have bought all the tabs. As a perk, I buy my highest ranked members their epic mount training (if they don’t already have it). I’m focused now on the 3 person Mammoth mount. I should have it soon.

By Ironhoof on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

For money making profs. i would say to go Alchemy/Herbalism. Alchemy is one of the most profitable prof. of them all, because unlike most of other, you can sell 1-2-5/player and that limits your market over time. In Alchemy you never run out of buyers, raids/dungeons and other stuff are made with flasks/potions/elixirs and they come and buy more when there pots run out, so alchemy is a gold mine. Herbalism is another great one, players will always need herbs when the can’t gather. Inscription works with herbalism so all you Herba/Alch out there can make some serious cash from the Inscription guys. Enchanting is not a very good way to make money, yes i know that everyone needs enchants, but they are very expensive for the Enchanter (mats can reach up to 95% of the price you ask for the enchant) and there’s the same problem on 1 player you don’t have a limitless sell capacity like in potions or herbs. As for mining is good for everyone, but is best for tanks, so if you are a tank screw all profs. and go find a pick axe.

By ryan on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 1:35 am

mage: tailor and enchanter im making a killing selling the ebonweave robes and gloves all the dps classes are wanting em and ive made going on 10k selling em for 1k each and i have yet to sell a single enchanting mat making it easy mode when i get that awesome raiding gear that needs to be enchanted

paladin: miner and engineer making a killing off cobolt and the other metals and doing ok with the engineering ting buy selling the crystallized elements

needless to say im banking it if i combine both toons cause these professions are making me richer and richer by the day 3 man mammoth here i come

By Nerrectuz on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 2:00 am

I went Mining/Blacksmith with my Warrior’s, just felt best and so far I’ve made more in the the AH then on quests, so that’s a thumbs up.

As for my Hunter, I went Herbalism/Inscription. Though buying Herbs to level up Inscription was a lil’ expensive, I made that all back when I finally learned to make Glyphs. It’s the easiest thing and should be the most focused item to sell for Inscriptionist. The last few days I’ve made all 78g (what I sent from other toon) back with 3 Glyphs on the AH.

I’ve heard that Enchanting makes good money actually, so I don’t know about others. Some people go Herbs/Mining and just do that for money, which isn’t bad but you do miss out on a lot of the benefits of being able to make items, but the gold is still very nice I suppose.

By Notabot on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

I learned really early the only way to make it in WoW is to have lots of chars with all skills and profesions so i never spen any money on AH for mats been playing dor 2+years and Never bought mats! of course its slower to lvl profesions but unlike most players i like to take my time lvl my chars and skills i only have..

lvl 78 \hunter LW / SKIN
lvl 72 Warlock Herb / Alchemy
lvl 71 Mage Mining / JC
lvl 60 Warrior Minning / Engin
lvl 54 Shaman Mining / BS
lvl 52 druid Mining / Tailor
lvl 52 Priest inscription / enchant
and a few others above chars are All maxed on all the profesions for their Lvl’s

this hasent made me rich as i dont sell matts but means i never have any trouble buying my chars mounts epic or normal.

By souljahxx on Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 4:22 am

im a tank on wildhammer eu and i just thought for profs u should take l/working and maybe alchemy for the simple reasons that the trinkets and armour kits u can get (ie +90 stamin on bracers from lw/ing) and the 75 stam 59 dodge trinket from alchemy it can realy boost your stats

By souljahxx on Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 4:25 am

btw to my last comment im a lvl 80 tank that has cleared nax not tht that matters tho

By Cairn on Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 10:29 am

Hi am a lvl 23 draeni and i dnt no what armour i should get i like running in getting crowds then just AoEing them and getting mass ex p.

By anthony on Friday, December 19th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

i have herb and mineing and its a huge money maker…saronite bars where selling for 250 a stack and adders tounge for 150..its was insane..

By illee on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 at 1:34 am

Back in the good old BC days, JC/Mining netted me around 500g a day without much effort, and if I pushed I could make around three times that. Now I pull in around 1200g for the same small effort (read: one or two hours of farming). I haven’t tried a full-day farm, but I don’t doubt that if I wanted to buy that rediculously expensive mammoth, I could do it in a week or so.
I’ll let you in on a little secret (okay, maybe not really a secret) but if you’re bored and leveling an alt like me, do herbalism and mining (which I did with my first toon). Even the low-level stuff sells pretty good. I discovered, much to my dismay, that I wouldn’t be able to just go BUY copper to level my alt’s blacksmithing. At 45g a stack, you probably wouldn’t either.

As it stands now, the endgame bar-stock prices have settled to something a little more sane (except titanium and titansteel, of course)

illee
~who once had this pop up in Aszhara general chat:
Hey kids, what’s shakin?
Oh great, the hoover vacuum is here. I might as well go pvp or something.

By Richard on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 at 3:37 am

I made 16,000+ Gold in 1 week after the release of WoTLK and after i reached lvl73/74 i think it was.

Started up my mount, went to sholazar basin and ran in circles near the edge, every single ore was available for me, I prospected them all and sold all raw green/bue gems in stacks of 5 for 120/500g (depending on the type), now titanium bar was truely a goldmine, 500g each.

A week later I had my mammoth mount and other people started to do the same thing, so good thing I made this move a week earlier as the place got crowded

So yes, Mining + Jewelcrafting = win