scraig

When I started the game I set up my night elf as a skinner and a miner.
He's 225 at skinning an 150 at mining. My question is how can I maximize
what I earn. What's best:

(1) continue mining and skinning and selling mineral/hides
(2) drop mining and take up leatherworking and earn from leather products
(3) drop skinning and take up blacksmithing and make money doing that?

What's most profitable?

burt

#3 is definitely out. Blacksmithing is a money-sink. It's a long time
(if ever) before the items you sell will be worth more than the mats for
them.

I tend to think #2 is similar. My leatherworker has not broken even at
level 30 yet. Not sure he ever will.

#1 seems to be the most profitable from what I have seen. Others may
recommend dropping mining and substitute herbalism, but personally I
have not been that happy with having to sidetrack into fields of mobs to
pick a flower so far...

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vladesch

Drop skinning and take herbalism.
Possible drop mining and take alchemy as well.

devast8or

This would present a bit of a probelm as you can only track one type of
ressource at a time. Otherwise not a bad idea.


Alc isn't exactly a moneymaker. My alc only makes money on arcanite
transmute, and that ain't enough to make her rich. Maybe some of the really
high end recipes can make you a lot of money, but getting those is not
exactly something you count on.

Devast8or

conspiracy

Swiftness pots and Free Action pots sell. I buy these all the time I
love running around with FAPs on

scraig

So herbalism is more profitable than skinning but not more than mining? My
impression is that skinning is more profitable than mining just because
there's so much more hide to get than minerals to mine.

david carson

My miner was making more money mining iron at level 30 than my 300
skinner was skinning at level 60.

Cheers!
David...

tor iver wilhelmsen

"SCraig" <sassy@yahoo.com> writes:


But it's precisely that rarity that makes mining profitable...

Without a doubt keep both if profits is your goal. Also get an alt to
level 5, pick enchanting. You can buy armor from the AH for less than
its value in enchanting components. Ex. I bought two items for 75
silver each. Disenchanted them, put up auctions for 2g and 4g. Profit
= 4.5 gold. Learn what level armors disenchant into what dusts. Then
bid up to the cost of 1 dust. You always get at least one dust, about
1/2 the time you get better.

bruce grubb

Funny mine is not any even 16 level and she breaks even nearly every time.
But then again she does not get *every* freaking pattern there is