Patch 4.0.6: PTR Build 13482 – New Alchemist Stones, Archaeology Buffs, New Enchants and Meta Gems

Updated 1/11

Patch 4.0.6 – Build 13482 Patch Notes (Source)

Professions

Find Herbs, Fish, and Minerals are no longer canceled upon entering an Arena or rated Battleground.

A socket has been added to all crafted epic armor pieces that did not already have one.

Alchemy

Alchemist’s Stones for Agility, Strength, and Intellect have been added.

The number of herbs required to create flasks has been reduced, while the Volatile Life needed has been increased slightly.

The drops from Tiny Treasure Chests have been improved slightly.

Archaeology

Archaeology finds now grant a guaranteed skill point up to 50 skill, and then no longer grant skill gains, as opposed to granting up to 100 skill very slowly.

Engineering

The Electrified Ether recipe now creates 2 to 3 Electrified Ether instead of 1.

The Heat-Treated Spinning Lure buff duration has been increased to 20 minutes, up from 5. In addition, the recipe now creates 2 at a time.

Synapse Springs now increase Agility, Strength, or Intellect (whichever is highest for the character).

Volatile Air now has an increased chance of dropping from rich mining nodes and Pyrite.

Jewelcrafting

Vivid Dream Emerald (new gem) provides resilience/spell penetration and can be purchased for 3 Illustrious Tokens.

Leatherworking

The 500 to 510 skill-up range for Leatherworking has been improved.

Tailoring

Darkglow Embroidery (Rank 2) now increases Spirit instead of restoring a flat amount of mana.

Items

Left Eye of Rajh: Chance of triggering increased.

Right Eye of Rajh: Chance of triggering increased.

Weapon Chains now reduce disarm duration by 60%, up from 50%.

In-depth Item Info

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• Quicksilver Alchemist Stone (301 Agility Alchemy Stone) – Creates Quicksilver Alchemist Stone. / Reagents: Volatile Life x 50, Cinderbloom x 24, Heartblossom x 12
• Volatile Alchemist Stone (301 Strength Alchemy Stone) – Creates Volatile Alchemist Stone. / Reagents: Volatile Life x 50, Cinderbloom x 12, Heartblossom x 24
• Vibrant Alchemist Stone (301 Intellect Alchemy Stone) – Creates Vibrant Alchemist Stone. / Reagents: Volatile Life x 50, Cinderbloom x 8, Azshara\\’s Veil x 20, Heartblossomx 8

Also, all flasks had their reagents requirements changed and now requires 8 Volatile Life (up from 6) and 8 of each Herb (down from 12)

• Flask of Titanic Strength – Creates Flask of Titanic Strength. / Reagents: Volatile Life x 8, Cinderbloom x 8, Whiptail x 8, Crystal Vial
• Flask of the Winds – Creates Flask of the Winds. / Reagents: Volatile Life x 8, Azshara\\’s Veil x 8, Whiptail x 8, Crystal Vial
• Flask of the Draconic Mind – Creates Flask of the Draconic Mind. / Reagents: Volatile Life x 8, Azshara\\’s Veil x 8, Twilight Jasmine x 8, Crystal Vial
• Flask of Flowing Water – Creates Flask of Flowing Water. / Reagents: Volatile Life x 8, Stormvine x 8, Heartblossom x 8, Crystal Vial
• Flask of Steelskin – Creates Flask of Steelskin. / Reagents: Volatile Life x 8, Cinderbloom x 8, Twilight Jasmine x 8, Crystal Vial

Archaeology

• Survey now has a 3 sec cooldown, down from 5 sec
• Archaeology: Queen Azshara’s Dressing Gown now requires Level 51, down from 60.
• Archaeology: Headdress of the First Shaman now requires Level 61, down from 70.
• Archaeology: Nifflevar Bearded Axe now requires Level 71, down from 80.

Enchanting

• Enchant Bracer – Agility – Permanently enchant bracers to increase Agility by 50. Requires a level 300 or higher item.
  Creates Enchant Bracer – Agility. / Reagents: Hypnotic Dust x 12, Maelstrom Crystal x 2, Volatile Air x 15
• Enchant Bracer – Major Strength – Permanently enchant bracers to increase Strength by 50. Requires a level 300 or higher item.
  Creates Enchant Bracer – Major Strength. / Reagents: Hypnotic Dust x 6, Maelstrom Crystal x 2, Volatile Earth x 25
• Enchant Bracer – Mighty Intellect – Permanently enchant bracers to increase Intellect by 50. Requires a level 300 or higher item.
  Creates Enchant Bracer – Mighty Intellect. / Reagents: Hypnotic Dust x 4, Greater Celestial Essence x 4, Maelstrom Crystal x 2, Volatile Water x 15
• Enchanting: Enchant Off-Hand – Superior Intellect now increases intellect by 40, down from 100.

Engineering

• Engineering: Heat-Treated Spinning Lure now lasts 15 minutes, up from 5 minutes.

Inscription

• Glyph of Dark Succor – Creates Glyph of Dark Succor. / Reagents: Ethereal Ink x 3, Heavy Parchment

Jewelcrafting

• Agile Shadowspirit Diamond – Creates Agile Shadowspirit Diamond. / Reagents: Shadowspirit Diamond
• Burning Shadowspirit Diamond – Creates Burning Shadowspirit Diamond. / Reagents: Shadowspirit Diamond
• Reverberating Shadowspirit Diamond – Creates Reverberating Shadowspirit Diamond. / Reagents: Shadowspirit Diamond

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Warcraft Econ: Good news for alchemists with the addition of trinkets for the other classes. If you have been crafting these for disenchanting into maelstrom crystals, you now have other options for picking the one that uses the cheapest mats to make. According to our realms prices, the new flask reagent change makes them 31% cheaper to produce. Watch for the increase of Volatile Life soon. This should make it cheaper for guilds going for the 1000/3000 flask achievement, which unlocks guild cauldrons. The archaeology buff is nice, but most of your time is spent traveling all over the entire world. Check out this Archaeology Guide if you want more information on how to optimize your leveling. The Jewelcrafting meta gem changes and additions are definitely a good thing, we’ll keep you up to date on where the three new recipes drop since they are not bought from the vendor with tokens. A socket for crafted epics may make them a bit more desirable and bump them up on gear lists. We can estimat a +40 stat gem with a +10 stat socket bonus to this gear, increasing the EP values to certain pieces by around 100. This puts them closer to heroic raid gear quality and at least on par with any normal raid loot.

Well that is all for today, we hope everyone is making insane amounts of gold in Cataclysm. If you have obtained the gold cap of 1,000,000, 500,000, or 250,000 gold; we invite you to join our Warcraft Econ Hall of Fame. We have heard from various HOF members mention that the hall of fame gave them a goal or achievement to hit those ridiculous amounts of gold. Look forwards to these interviews with some of the wealthiest players in this game soon!