Based on some of our reader feedback and my personal observations I'm shifting my professions to more profitable ones. I had leveled up skinning to 225 and leatherworking to 150, but neither of those professions were giving me good returns on my time. Granted, some very high level skins and the top notch leather products sell well (think Dragonscale and Dragonscale armor) at the auction house, but I was just not able to consistently sell stacks of leather and hides for good prices with a near artisan level of skinning. On top of that the few decent leatherworking items I could occasionally sell like Toughened Leather Gloves had expensive reagents which cut into my profits. Time to move on and explore new professions.
One of our readers suggested herbalism and alchemy which, based on some initial auction house scanning, seem to be more profitable at lower levels. Fishing was also mentioned as a good money maker, and it won't even take up a main profession slot! Little did I know that even a secondary profession like fishing could be more profitable than both skinning and leatherworking with less effort and cost.
In Orgrimmar I picked up beginner fishing at the trainer, bought a cheap pole, and started casting away at a murky pond in the Valley of Honor. After about an hour of fishing, using shiny baubles from the supplier near the pool, I was up to a skill of 50. This is a profoundly boring profession - make sure you have something to read or do while fishing. I would just cast and then wait to hear the splash when the fish bit the hook and clicked. I could do this mundane and repetitive task without even looking at the screen for most of the time. I then trained up on apprentice fishing and headed over to the Barrens where I'd heard there were some good fishing holes.
Based on some auction scans, raw Deviate Fish were going for 4g per stack of 20. Wow! Considering you can find Deviates in the pools outside of Wailing Caverns in a low level area like the Barrens this profession definitely seems promising. I fished the pools for a couple of hours, pulled up 45 Deviates amongst other fish, and ramped my fishing skill up to 125. Just for kicks I ate one of the Deviates and it shrunk me down to half size. Apparently they can be cooked into Savory Deviate Delight which can turn you into a pirate, ninja, and other random effects. Guess this is fun for players and they'll pay a premium for it.
In order to get expert fishing, I had to go over to Booty Bay and buy a book entitled "Expert Fishing - The Bass and You" from the fishing supplier there named Old Man Heming. It requires 125 skill in fishing to use. After this I spent a few more hours fishing in Booty Bay to ramp my skill a bit more. I mailed my Deviates and other reagent-type fish over to my alternate character for auctioning, I'm excited to see how quickly I can sell these little morsels.
I'll dive more into herbalism and alchemy in a later post and give an update on how the fish are selling.
4 comments:
Awesome news! I think you'll find that fishing and herbalism are both lucrative professions. Alchemy can be as well but, even when it's not, it's so much fun to make potions for yourself!
Don't forget to fish for Stonescale Eels once you hit about 225 in fishing (Steamwheedle Port is where I've found the best luck). They go for almost 1g/per on my server and are also used in some well used potions.
I rolled an alt and am going to try mining/blacksmithing this time (but not so much as a money maker but to supply armor for my weapons - I'll let you know how it pans out).
Wicc
I'm looking forward to hearing your results with mining. I've heard its pretty decent, but we'll see if it can match the herbalism :)
My level 60 warlock is 300 tailor/enchanter/fishing. I can make easier money on the fishing than either of the other two as enchanting requires standing around spamming. You should add stonescale eel to your fishing list. Its needed to make stonescale oil and is required for some of the new armor upgrades.
Yep, the Stonescales will be my next target once I grow out of the Deviates. Isn't it funny how a secondary skill is a prime moneymaker? I also have high hopes for the herbalism/alchemy as it produces consumables that need to be bought over and over again. We'll see, and thanks for the comments!
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