WoW 10.1.7 Gold Making: Economy Digest 294 (2023)

The September 2023 Economy Discussion

Historical economy digest. Samadan’s September 3, 2023 Weekly Wrap-Up 294 examined gold-making ideas as Patch 10.1.7 approached. Its topics were returning transmog drops, Dragonflight professions, rising Token prices and the newly opened Classic Hardcore realms.

The useful question for a player was which activity suited their recipes, market and available time. Community opinions about the whole economy were context for that discussion, rather than measurements of every realm’s gold supply.

What 10.1.7 Actually Changed for Collectors

Blizzard’s Fury Incarnate update notes confirmed the restoration of hundreds of zone-drop and rare-spawn items lost to Cataclysm. That created new collection targets, but a restored appearance did not by itself establish a profitable farm.

For a potential sale, check the exact item’s binding, whether its appearance is distinctive, the competing listings and evidence that buyers want it. A high asking price can remain on the Auction House without becoming a completed sale. Begin with a small stock rather than assuming every returned item will sell quickly.

The patch also made Phylacterweave bind on account, a relevant change for Tier 3 restoration projects spread across a player’s characters. An account-bound material is different from stock intended for sale to other players.

Compare the Margin and the Waiting Time

These checks address different ways of making gold. Use prices from the relevant game version and market:

Activity	What to check first	What determines the result
Restored transmog farming	Tradeability, appearance, competition and actual buyer interest	Time to obtain an item and time to sell it, including relisting costs
Crafting orders	Recipe access, achievable quality, commission and missing reagents	What remains after the crafter’s material and finishing-reagent costs
Fresh Hardcore bags or consumables	That realm’s reagent costs, competing sellers and leveling demand	Completed sales and safe access to materials, rather than Retail prices

For a crafted product, the cost comparison also needs a quality check: a cheaper batch may not produce the quality a buyer requested.

Crafting Skill Needed a Recipe-Specific Plan

Blizzard’s Dragonflight profession explanation describes commissions, specialization knowledge, reagent quality and profession equipment. Base skill alone did not describe a crafter’s ability to complete every high-quality recipe.

Choose a recipe you can actually supply, identify the specialization and materials it needs, then inspect an order’s offered commission and supplied reagents. Customer-provided materials and crafter-provided materials affect the margin differently. A large commission is useful only after accounting for the costs you must cover.

The roundup also discussed active sources such as world quests and dragonriding races alongside trading. Dragonflight did not introduce a new mission-table income system. That is different from saying that every older expansion’s mission-table feature was deleted.

The Token Chart Was a Dated Snapshot

The chart reproduced in the September 2023 roundup ends on September 3, 2023. It separates US and EU Token prices. Its historical trend gives context for the discussion; it is not a current quote or a prediction of when a future price will fall.

Blizzard’s Token support page explains that the Auction House displays the current selling rate and that availability differs by game version. Classic Era and Hardcore do not offer Tokens. A Token-price chart also does not tell you how much gold an individual player can earn per hour.

Hardcore Had Its Own Market and Its Own Risks

The Classic Era 1.14.4 notes scheduled the original Hardcore realms for August 24, 2023 and defined their death rules. Characters could not resurrect on the Hardcore realm after dying.

Bags and leveling supplies were topics in the roundup’s early-market discussion. Their usefulness created possible demand, but not a guaranteed selling price. Compare materials and finished goods on the actual Hardcore realm, and account for the danger involved in collecting them. Retail prices, profession progression and gold balances were separate from that market.