Mo' Money, Mo' Problems: Brewfest 2009 Edition
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iTZKooPA on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 13 Comments Tags: brewfest 2009, columns, gold, making gold, mo' money mo' problems, tankard o terror, wow gold
iTZKooPA on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 13 Comments Tags: brewfest 2009, columns, gold, making gold, mo' money mo' problems, tankard o terror, wow gold 
Mo' Money, Mo' Problems features tips and tricks to striking it rich in World of Warcraft. If you need some extra gold to cover those costly repair bills, are working on an epic flyer for your umpteenth alt, or are attempting to hit the gold cap, Mo' Money, Mo' Problems is for you. Have ideas or tips you'd like to submit? Then @iTZKooPA or leave a detailed comment.
Ahh, gold, I collect it even though I have little use for it these days. Due to that fact I am willing to share my gold making ways with you, free of charge! No longer will you have to drop real money on some random gold making guide seen on Google Ads panes. You can just come to your friendly ProjectLore were we, and the community, will collect, refine and categorize ways to turn a buck in our favorite MMORPG. We've already given out a few basic tips in the past, but now I will pull out all the stops, and go so far as to tell you my biggest money makers.
On this second edition of Mo' Money, Mo' Problems we will cover ways to turn Brewfest into a beer drinking and money making seasonal event. Okay, ways may be stretching it, as I have only found one surefire scheme to turn a tidy profit from the seasonal event. The quests generally reward nothing but steins and tokens, and the loot from Coren Direbrew is unvendorable and not disenchantable. All of it except the Tankard O' Terror. The gnome-sized tankard is truly a money maker.
For starters, the tankard is the only BoE weapon above ilvl 200. That makes it worth at least 1000 gold right there. The mug isn't exactly rare, I've already seen a few, but it's highly limited availability, only drops during Brewfest of course, will also impact the price. The non-unique status means that a moneymaker like yourself can have on in the AH, and continue to farm for another. Oh, and people may want to dual wield them, driving up the demand, thus the price, further. A perfect storm of potential profit in my mind.
That's all pretty basic stuff, but here's the real tip, hold out on putting your tankard on the AH. As mentioned, the supply is limited by the presence of Brewfest. If you don't need the money right now, then you'll be able to raise your profit to stupid levels if you can hold out until a few weeks after Brewfest is complete. Just be sure to play the AH before Blizzard decides to release another high ilvl weapon for the next seasonal event!
Tankard O' Terror is running around 1500 gold on my server at the moment. What it's priced at on yours? Have you already cashed in?
Reader Comments (13)
Got one yesterday and I knew I would wait on selling it even before I got one. And I don't have any real need for a lot of g tbh at this time at least since the only gold sinks that I've had were mounts... And well after you've bought every single mount available with gold there really isn't much more to buy only thing I would like is the Kirin Tor ring, and it really isnt the top of my list so I can hold out on that
Lolz i sold mine for 4k ...Then ran Coren 5 more times and it droped twice and won another :)
Just a tip, you can DE the Shanker 2.0 as well.
i sold mine 2k
lol its only 600g on my server, started at 2k then just fell
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dangit i didnt notice that was BoE so i passed it cause i cant weild it and i need money that would have been nice
I am going to have to disagree on this tip Koopa.
This item is shiny new at the moment and people are scrambling to pick it up. I bet that very few of these are actually selling; its easy to jump into something like htoc or even Naxx to get some comparable to better weapons. With the Icecrown 5 mans coming out, we can only expect exceptional loot in there, and the introduction of substitute goods will drive the price down.
In short, its only expensive because its the talk of the town. Once the collector's grab them, especially as we approach 3.3, the price is going to drop.
I agree with Heartbourne. When the BoE i226 mace first began making its appearance, it was selling for about 2k gold a pop. But once the buzz died down, the average price had dropped to a little under 1k on Malfurion.
So it's nice if you can auction it for some quick gold if needed, but a person would be better off farming for runecloth or other profession mats that are always in demand.
I sold mine for 1.4k. If I get another I'm holding on to that thing for a 'rainy day'.
sold mine for 3k as soon as i got it, hours later the price was driven down to 750 on Uther. I don't expect it to go back up, it's dropping pretty often.
Tankard of Terror? BAH!
BAH, I say!
I'm dual wielding the 2007 Yellow mug and the 2009 Green mug. (I missed 2008 because I'm retarded or something...I don't know.) I also enchanted both just for funzies.
Price has dropped on Terenas from 2.5K to 1K. Too many people read your post!!!
Sell a new BOE for money? This constitutes money making advice? C'mon come up with something a little more original.