Cataclysm Gold Making Guides: Weeks 50-51 2010

We wanted to inform our readers about some of the articles we found interesting and informative this week. It would almost be impossible for us alone to report on every single issue going on this week, though we want to try. Believe it or not, some of our posts take 3-4 hours to write, research, data-mine,  test in-game, code, and edit. The one time we didn’t do our homework, we got burned bad by a recent guest post, which was the first article, for the few that remember, that had to be pulled from the site due to a large number of negative comments on the inaccuracies of it.

Photo by Alex Barth

Our standards for choosing these articles and news stories include well written posts detailing how to make insane amounts of gold, unique ideas, and analysis of the current economy or big picture stuff on making gold in Cataclysm. You cannot buy or plug a spot here; we really wanted to pick articles that would apply to our audience and ones that we would consider writing ourselves but someone beat us to the punch. However you can definitely recommend your favorite ones to us. We sometimes come across these articles while browsing or Googling relevant topics in the first month of Cataclysm. Please help us figure out what you would like to see coverage on by taking 60 seconds to fill out a quick survey if you haven’t done so yet. So without further adieu, here are our picks for the week 50-51 of 2010:

Cataclysm Gold Making Articles & News

Enchanting Spotlight: Hurricane - Capped by Cata
This is a best-in-slot enchant until players are able to obtain high level enchants which require Maelstrom Crystal.

Jewelcrafting: Go against the grain – Capped by Cata
Short and sweet strategy on choosing your Jewelcrafting patterns to maximize profit and avoid competition.

How A 9 Gold Vendor Value Changes The Jewelcrafting Market – Phase 3: Profit!
Finally a big picture/market analysis for a profession.

Mysterious Fortune Card Barking Tips – Cold’s Gold Factory
Details on how to profit off of player gambling psychology by selling WoW’s lotto ticket: Fortune Card

How I made 20k gold in one day – Trading With Zoxy
Another one detailing Mysterious Fortune Cards.

The Cost Of Doing Business – Acadia’s Gold
A must read for players that flip its on the auction house. Fees may be eating into your profits.

Gold Capped: Early Cataclysm economy tweaks – Wow Insider’s Basil Berntsen
Find out what’s been going on in the Cataclysm economy, it is a volatile one… (a volatile market is not the same as a Volatile Air)

Tips for Cataclysm Gathering – Kaliope’s Crafting
Although we aren’t big on farming topics, a lot of players love to farm for their materials.

Cataclysm Volatile Farming Guide – Just My Two Copper
Farming spots for all types of Volatile elements.

Make lots of gold with Archaeology – Saate
One of the first articles about Archaeology profits, which players assumed, was none.

Reflecting on Past Cataclysm Speculation – Sterling of The Consortium
Was stockpiling worth it? Seems so if you diversified with various items.

Twilight Highlands Profession Trainers – Just My Two Copper
You need these items to level Inscription, but they are on a vendor in limited supply.

Milling spreadsheet – Foo
A spreadsheet this early in the expansion? Nice work!