Prospecting Saronite Ore & JC/Ench Spreadsheet

This article is an extension of our previous articles on Powerleveling Jewelcrafting, Cheap Enchanting as a Byproduct, and Recouping all Expenses and Disenchanting Stoneguard Bands. To sum up what those two are about; they are the process of taking raw materials, crafting, then disenchanting for profit. For this method to work at its’ optimum level, you will need a 390+ Jewelcrafter and a 350+ Enchanter. The JC skill has to be high enough to buy profitable patterns and the EH skill high enough to disenchant Northrend greens. Simply put, this will be your process:

• Buy [Saronite Ore] @ 20g/stack
• Use [Prospecting] to convert ore into green/blue quality gems
• Cut blue gems in to your server’s most profitable cuts
• Convert green gems with [Crystallized Earth] into green quality rings/necks
• Disenchant rings/necks into [Infinite Dust], [Greater Cosmic Essence], [Dream Shard]
• Unload inventory on the Auction House without flooding it

For maximum efficiency, there should be no green quality gems left over except for [Shadow Crystal] and [Dark Jade]. There are recipes for them, however they uses a whole [Eternal Earth] rather than 2 crystallized forms, making this not profitable on most economies. If for some reason green gems and their perfect cuts sell well on your server, you can always cut some of them. For most, you will be turning those in to enchanting materials. This may be a time consuming process with all the time spent at the AH, prospecting, crafting, and disenchanting.

Prospecting Results

1000 (50 Stacks @ 20g each) [Saronite Ore]

• 9 [Scarlet Ruby]
• 37 [Bloodstone]
• 8 [Autumn's Glow]
• 28 [Sun Crystal]
• 12 [Forest Emerald]
• 38 [Dark Jade]
• 9 [Sky Sapphire]
• 45 [Chalcedony]
• 5 [Monarch Topaz]
• 42 [Huge Citrine]
• 2 [Twilight Opal]
• 32 [Shadow Crystal]

Just by looking at the total spent on ore (1000g) and the number of [Scarlet Ruby]‘s (900g), we have come very close to breaking even with everything else being pure profit.

Making Jewelery

• [Sun Rock Ring] - Yellow
• [Bloodstone Band] - Red
• [Crystal Citrine Necklace] - Orange
• [Crystal Chalcedony Amulet] - Blue

Consider making these BOP’s if they are profitable
(Market Value of [Eternal Earth] + 2 green gems < [Small Dream Shard]):

• [Jade Ring of Slaying] - Green
• [Earthshadow Ring] – Purple

Macros

Prospecting

#showicon Saronite Ore
/cast Prospecting
/use Saronite Ore

Disenchanting

#showicon Disenchant
/cast Disenchant
/use Bloodstone Band
/use Sun Rock Ring
/use Crystal Citrine Necklace
/use Crystal Chalcedony Amulet

Additional Tools

To figure out how much this method is worth to you, you must find out how much each stack of [Saronite Ore] is worth in your economy. Worth meaning not its’ actual market value, but what the gems and enchanting materials sell for as the result of [Prospecting] it. Luckily there is a spreadsheet (with instructions) you can use to figure all this information out using drop rate percentages based on the ones at Wowhead.com and yes it does take into account how much your’re buying the [Eternal Earth] for. Just export it if you want to change the values based on your own economy. For those interested in the formula associated with it, it can be found at ElitistJerks. For us, we had an estimated 50g value for each stack of ore, while market prices were at 20g/stack. This meant that for every stack we buy, we make about 30g. So for those 50 stacks, it would be a 1500g profit. However I am almost positive we made more than that with the massive amounts of blue gems and enchanting materials as a result.

Stockpiling for 3.1

In the next patch, expect many items to go up in price. Some of the materials gained from this method may be worth a lot more soon. Ore, earth, gems are definitely in this category. The new Ulduar patterns will bring back some of the demand for all 3 of those. It may be wise to hang on to a few of these for higher profits in 3.1 as well as for your own gear.