Your Amazing Cataclysm Stockpiling Guide

[mihaitza]

WAY OUTDATED

Cataclysm Stockpiling Guide

Hello everyone and welcome to your one and only Cataclysm stockpiling guide!

As most of the WoW population will reroll in the first 1-2 months of Cataclysm, a never before experienced (on such a large scale) economic aspect of World of Warcraft will come to life. That is, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people will rush to the Auction House to buy the mats required to powerlevel their alt's professions.

This guide will teach you (or just provide you with a list) what, when, how and how much stuff to stockpile for Cataclysm in order to resell and make a huge profit. I have made around 100,000 gold during the first few weeks after WotLK was released using these methods and I am 99% confident that they will work for you. Enough jabbering, let's get down to business:


How this thread is arranged:

1) General Information
2) Professions (Secondary + Primary)
3) Companion Pets & Mounts
4) Other stuff that should be in here

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General Information

You should have a bank toon equipped with everything it needs (ex: own guild, large bags, auctioneer - or whatever addon you prefer - auction house data, etc.). If you don't, read this.

You are going to buy a ton of items from the auction house, so you must have a 5k-10k gold budget to spend on the stuff listed in this guide.

If you use Auctioneer to gather your auction house data and have all the percentages saved up, look only for stuff that is under-priced, NEVER buy over-priced stuff! This is a mistake that most people do because they lack patience. You should never spend more than 10-20 minutes a day looking through the AH for things to stockpile.

Again, if you use Auctioneer, always buy items that are under 60% of their particular market value.

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Professions - What to Stockpile

Mining

Since mining fuels 3 primary professions -Blacksmithing, Engineering and Jewelcrafting- it will probably be your main source of profit using this technique.

WoW Blacksmithing Guide 1-450 | Blacksmithing Leveling Guide
WoW Engineering Guide 1-450 | Engineering Leveling Guide
WoW Jewelcrafting Guide 1-450 | Jewelcrafting Leveling Guide

What to buy

Copper Ore
Tin Ore
Iron Ore
Mithril Ore
Thorium Ore
Fel Iron Ore
Cobalt Ore
Saronite Ore
Heavy Stone
Solid Stone

Herbalism

WoW Alchemy Guide 1 - 450 | Alchemy Leveling Guide
WoW Inscription Guide 1-450 | Inscription Leveling Guide

What to buy - Alchemy

Peacebloom
Silverleaf
Briarthorn
Goldthorn
Sungrass
Golden Sansam
Felweed
Goldclover

What to buy - Inscription
Emerald Pigment

Fadeleaf
Goldthorn
Khadgar's Whisker
Wintersbite

Nether Pigment

Ancient Lichen
Dreaming Glory
Felweed
Mana Thistle
Netherbloom
Nightmare Vine
Ragveil
Terocone

Azure Pigment

Adder's Tongue
Deadnettle
Fire Leaf
Goldclover
Tiger Lily

Skinning

WoW Leatherworking guide 1-450 | Leatherworking Leveling Guide

What to buy

Light Leather
Medium Leather
Heavy Leather
Thick Leather
Rugged Leather
Knothide Leather
Borean Leather
Arctic Fur

Enchanting

WoW Enchanting Guide 1-450 | Enchanting Leveling Guide

What to buy

Soul Dust
Vision Dust
Dream Dust
Arcane Dust
Infinite Dust - A LOT-

Shards may or may not increase in price, depending on how many people run instances and DE their drops. I have no way of telling how the shard niche will turn out and I don't want to waste money on something that will drop in price.

Low level enchants will sell amazingly fast due to new populations of twinks that will start to emerge during Cataclysm, so keep that in mind!

Cloth

Any cloth will do, really. People will want cloth for Tailoring, Engineering and of course, First Aid. Don't forget about all that cool rep that you get just by turning in cloth.

Runecloth is your best friend in this situation.

Also, one Netherweave Bag require a stack of Netherweave cloth to create. Most people will buy bags from the AH for their alts when Cataclysm hits, so expect to see a large increase in Netherweave prices.


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Companion Pets and Mounts

Alchemy is getting a new mount, another reason for players to powerlevel Alchemy.

MMO-Champion - Alchemy Cataclysm, Blue Posts, Comics


Enchanting is getting a new race specific pet, yet another reason for players to powerlevel Enchanting.

MMO-Champion - Enchanting Cataclysm, World Drops, Zone Update, MMO Report


Pets will be very profitable in Cataclysm, especially cross fanction pets. Don't stockpile any pets yet, though, save your bag space for more profitable items. Woink pointed out that the Black Tabby cat might be removed on Cataclysm. (thanks for the heads up, I'm looking for a confirmation link) Also, I'd like to point this out:

http://www.mmowned.com/forums/world-...oved-cata.html


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What to Throw Out

I'll keep this short. By throwing out I mean selling them as fast as possible.

LvL 80 Flasks
iLvL 264 BoE
LvL 80 Gems
High LvL Bandages

Because lvl 81 greens will be so much better than lvl 80 epics, I suggest you throw out everything that's on this list.

EDIT: Guys...you don't sell your own soulbound gear. You want to sell any lvl 80 boe that you have simply because they will degrade in value immediately after cataclysm.

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Thanks for taking the time to read this guide, sorry for my bad english, and good luck making gold when Cataclysm hits.

[Shleven]

Well written and informative. I will rep when I get home.

[predator123445]

Very very nice. +rep to you

[Inshanity]

Wow, thanks a lot for this!
Gonna try follow this asap.

[Methodus]

Nice post thx for the tips

[kaliska]

thank you
be looking for something like this

[Excesum]

Thanks for the list! Really helpful! +Rep x4

[noes]

Thnx! Will rep tomorrow!

[J2V]

Nice guide! Well done

[Woink]

Like it, might be worth to mention that black tabby might be removed in Cataclysm. I belive there's some gold to be made on those.

[DkDemon]

Well written, and just what I needed! +rep

[BuloZB]

well written guide thx

[mihaitza]

Glad it helped guys, use it well

[Eternalism]

Awesome post bro but I feel like your missing alot at least on the sell asap list, what about rep faction items like AQ & ZG junk? Also do you think the mats price will go up or down on mech's chopper? Curious if this will be a good flip come cata...

[adamf123]

Very helpfull indeed thanks.