Siren’s Tear

Posted by Warcraftecon | December 8, 2008 .

[Siren's Tear] is one of the most unique items I have come across in Wotlk. The ways of obtaining one are just as unique as well.

Used for:

Tailoring: [Deathchill Cloak] - Caster DPS Cloak
- Requires [Loremaster of Northrend] to train
Tailoring: [Wispcloak] - Healing Cloak
- Requires [Northrend Dungeonmaster] to train
Jewelcrafting: [Enchaned Tear] - Unique Equipped +6 to all stats gem

I had mentioned crafting level 80 epics in previous posts and the two cloaks listed above easily sell for over 1000g. The only rare material for crafting these cloaks would be the [Siren's Tear]. They usually don’t appear on the auction house very often and when they do they are tend to be expensive. I was lucky to find one for only 100g, right before it went up to 800g on my server. There is a high demand for these cloaks as well as for the [Siren's Tear]. For now only a handful of Tailors can craft these since they require the achievements just to learn the recipe. This involves doing the majority of the quests in each of the Northrend zones and/or clearing all the new Northrend dungeons. All the reasons I listed above only add to the rarity of the cloaks being made, therefore prices will stay high in the mean time. Even if people find all the easy materials for one to be crafted, [Siren's Tear] will usually stop them in their tracks. If you want to have these crafted for resale, the materials will cost roughly 500g not including the tear. If they sell for over 1000g, your going to profit about 500g. It is a pretty sweet deal, that is if you find the tear for cheap or farm one yourself.

How to obtain one

Over in Borean Tundra, there is a vendor named Ahlurglgr <Clam Vendor>, that sells these in limited supply. However the currency used to buy them is not gold, but 100 [Winterfin Clam]‘s. These drop off various Murlocs across the water as well as spawning on the ground and underwater. At level 80, I was able to collect 100 clams in under an hour. The tear is a limited supply item and re-spawns about every 2.5 hours. I don’t farm much, but killing Murlocs and collecting these clams wasn’t so bad. The tear itself is worth a lot in some cases and is used to craft epic cloaks which sell for even more. While farming, the mobs also drop money, greens, and your regular clams. The nice thing the new clams, [Brooding Darkwater Clam], is that they have a 33% chance to drop a [Siren's Tear], as well as [Northsea Pearl] and [Succulent Clam Meat]. The chance of the clam to drop is less than 1% however. There is also another type of “open me” clams that have a higher drop rate and contain the pearl/clam meat. The pearl may sell for a few gold on the auction house and the clam meat can be used to cook a non-Northern Spices dish called [Dalaran Clam Chowder] which is the exact well fed buff that [Great Feast] gives. Add these items along with decent vendor trash, green items, fast re-spawn times, and easy to kill mobs, you get a profitable farming area. As a side note, if your a Rogue, you can also pickpocket these mobs for [Reinforced Junkbox], which in a very rare chance, it will contain an epic weapon or a rare gem.

Profit

Once you get one, assuming your going to craft a cloak for resale, you have spent about an hour farming/buying mats and will profit an estimated 500g. So essentially, your averaging 500g an hour doing this. If your able to sell a [Siren's Tear] for over 500g, you can skip the whole buying mats and crafting part. The 5 [Bolt of Imbued Frostweave] that are required for these cloaks may be expensive. I recommend finding someone to disenchant your greens and process the cloth for you. I have sold about 10 crafted epics so far for a profit of 5000g, part of my success is diversification. I chose about 5 different BOE epics to craft. I also do not make more than one of each item at a time, this is just in case the one doesn’t sell and that the price of the mats may do down. These BOE items only sell so fast, there is a very good chance you may have to re-list the item, sometimes with a lower price to undercut the competition. What’s that, you dont have a crafting profession or are not high enough yet? No worries, most people are eager to level their professions so you can just have someone else do it. They may even pay you if they gain a level! As for tipping, most don’t charge very much anyways. Good luck with crafting your BOE epics and we hope it brings it plenty of gold for that [Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth] you have been saving for.