79 crafted items drop in vendor price

In the beta build of 16 October, 79 crafted items sell to a vendor for less. They come from six professions, and together they bring in 44% less than before. Crafting items only to sell them pays less again.

Buying materials, crafting an item for less than a vendor pays for it and then selling that item is called a vendor shuffle. The wands from Enchanting went first. On 1 October they dropped to 1 copper, and a week later they sold for silver again, but for less than before.

The new build came with the maintenance of 15 October. The old prices in this post come from the beta build of 13 October. Whether the cuts are aimed at bots, Blizzard does not say. They come in the same weeks as the measures against gold sellers, such as the economy hold that freezes trade.

Blacksmithing loses the most

Of the 79 items, 54 come from Blacksmithing. Bronze Dory drops the most, by 85%: from 32 silver 53 copper to 4 silver 88 copper. Sterling Silver Breastplate falls from 28 silver 23 copper to 4 silver 85 copper. Half of all 79 items lose 40% or more.

All 8 items from Enchanting, such as Libram of Invocation and Totem of Ancestral Protection, lose more than half. Two bars from Mining drop by 40%: Azerothium Bar from 50 to 30 silver and Heavy Thorium Bar from 25 to 15 silver.

Seven thrown weapons go up

Seven new recipes go the other way. Four satchels of bombs from Engineering and three hammers from Blacksmithing are thrown weapons that bind on pickup. They sold for 9 copper and now bring in 8 silver 21 copper to 2 gold 66 silver 2 copper.

Item	Before	Now
Cracked Blacksmith Hammer	9 copper	14 silver 11 copper
Mithril Blacksmith Hammer	9 copper	76 silver 58 copper
Arcanite Blacksmith Hammer	9 copper	2 gold 61 silver 86 copper
Satchel of Copper Bombs	9 copper	8 silver 21 copper
Satchel of Bronze Bombs	9 copper	44 silver 84 copper
Satchel of Iron Bombs	9 copper	1 gold 31 silver 24 copper
Satchel of Dark Iron Bombs	9 copper	2 gold 66 silver 2 copper

Each takes a lot of materials. Satchel of Copper Bombs needs 20 Rough Copper Bomb, 6 Light Leather and 4 Handful of Copper Bolts. Cracked Blacksmith Hammer needs 18 Bronze Bar, 2 Silver Bar and a Tigerseye. Whether crafting them for a vendor pays off, depends on the price of those materials.

All price cuts

Blacksmithing

Item	Before	Now
Copper Battle Axe	6 silver 13 copper	4 silver 80 copper
Glowing Copper Boots	3 silver 94 copper	2 silver 56 copper
Strange Copper Boots	3 silver 64 copper	2 silver 43 copper
Heavy Copper Maul	5 silver 95 copper	4 silver 66 copper
Ironforge Chain	4 silver 96 copper	2 silver 98 copper
Thick War Axe	9 silver 37 copper	7 silver 15 copper
Heavy Copper Broadsword	14 silver 98 copper	11 silver 35 copper
Acolyte’s Chain Shirt	9 silver 85 copper	3 silver 13 copper
Big Bronze Knife	14 silver 26 copper	9 silver 15 copper
Crusader’s Chain Shirt	9 silver 89 copper	4 silver 56 copper
Ironforge Breastplate	8 silver 71 copper	6 silver 90 copper
Protector’s Chain Shirt	9 silver 82 copper	4 silver 88 copper
Rough Bronze Leggings	9 silver 62 copper	5 silver 77 copper
Bronze Mace	11 silver 19 copper	8 silver 98 copper
Bronze Axe	12 silver 69 copper	9 silver 17 copper
Rough Bronze Bracers	6 silver 29 copper	3 silver 17 copper
Rough Bronze Cuirass	7 silver 52 copper	6 silver 1 copper
Bronze Shortsword	14 silver 39 copper	11 silver 36 copper
Acolyte’s Chain Leggings	19 silver 68 copper	7 silver 81 copper
Bronze Dory	32 silver 53 copper	4 silver 88 copper
Bronze Warhammer	19 silver 44 copper	15 silver 44 copper
Crusader’s Chain Leggings	19 silver 75 copper	8 silver 1 copper
Deadly Bronze Poniard	27 silver 31 copper	20 silver 44 copper
Patterned Bronze Bracers	8 silver 7 copper	5 silver 7 copper
Protector’s Chain Leggings	19 silver 61 copper	7 silver 88 copper
Silvered Bronze Shoulders	12 silver 84 copper	9 silver 16 copper
Silvered Bronze Boots	13 silver 17 copper	9 silver 18 copper
Sterling Silver Shoulders	15 silver 92 copper	4 silver 90 copper
Acolyte’s Chain Helm	24 silver 98 copper	10 silver 88 copper
Crusader’s Chain Helm	25 silver 7 copper	10 silver 24 copper
Protector’s Chain Helm	24 silver 89 copper	11 silver 1 copper
Sterling Silver Breastplate	28 silver 23 copper	4 silver 85 copper
Silvered Bronze Leggings	28 silver 42 copper	23 silver 66 copper
Moonsteel Broadsword	1 gold 1 silver 53 copper	86 silver 15 copper
Golden Scale Bracers	16 silver 49 copper	13 silver 15 copper
Steel Spear	1 gold 5 silver 69 copper	25 silver 1 copper
Golden Scale Coif	44 silver 5 copper	30 silver 84 copper
Searing Golden Blade	1 gold 3 silver 95 copper	81 silver 65 copper
Frost Tiger Blade	1 gold 41 silver 20 copper	88 silver 60 copper
Shadow Crescent Axe	1 gold 42 silver 21 copper	1 gold 3 silver 86 copper
Steel Breastplate	64 silver 88 copper	56 silver 15 copper
Mithril Warhammer	1 gold 74 silver 23 copper	43 silver 56 copper
Justicar’s Boots	1 gold 31 copper	33 silver 88 copper
Mithril Claws	1 gold 63 silver 18 copper	40 silver 79 copper
Officer’s Boots	98 silver 81 copper	33 silver 21 copper
Sentinel’s Boots	99 silver 19 copper	33 silver 51 copper
Steel Plate Helm	23 silver 77 copper	19 silver 44 copper
Warder’s Boots	99 silver 57 copper	33 silver 57 copper
Mithril Stiletto	1 gold 91 silver 71 copper	41 silver 33 copper
Charged Mithril Battleaxe	2 gold 59 silver 75 copper	1 gold 2 silver 73 copper
Dazzling Mithril Rapier	2 gold 92 copper	1 gold 46 silver 71 copper
Runed Mithril Hammer	2 gold 16 silver 60 copper	1 gold 44 silver 60 copper
Thorium Greatsword	3 gold 36 silver 21 copper	2 gold 35 silver 34 copper
Bold Dirk	4 gold 7 silver 72 copper	3 gold 66 silver 33 copper

Enchanting

Item	Before	Now
Mystic Mushroom	10 silver 12 copper	4 silver 99 copper
Polished Driftwood Icon	10 silver 12 copper	4 silver 99 copper
Tenets of the Silver Hand	10 silver 12 copper	4 silver 50 copper
Orb of Mystic Insight	21 silver 56 copper	4 silver 99 copper
Orb of Souls	21 silver 56 copper	4 silver 96 copper
Libram of Invocation	58 silver 33 copper	26 silver 55 copper
Talons of Wrath	58 silver 33 copper	20 silver 1 copper
Totem of Ancestral Protection	1 gold 18 silver 80 copper	47 silver 52 copper

Engineering

Item	Before	Now
Deadly Blunderbuss	11 silver 79 copper	7 silver 90 copper
Clanking Cord	17 silver 22 copper	10 silver 33 copper
Bent Goggles	62 silver 73 copper	37 silver 64 copper
Dented Goggles	88 silver 5 copper	22 silver 1 copper
Stuckbutton Goggles	75 silver 68 copper	37 silver 84 copper

Leatherworking

Item	Before	Now
Embossed Leather Boots	2 silver 68 copper	2 silver 17 copper
Fine Leather Boots	2 silver 43 copper	1 silver 95 copper
Hillman’s Shoulders	11 silver 99 copper	6 silver 59 copper
Nightscape Headband	44 silver 95 copper	29 silver 22 copper
Nightscape Tunic	59 silver 71 copper	38 silver 81 copper
Volcanic Leggings	1 gold 45 silver 59 copper	80 silver 7 copper
Volcanic Breastplate	1 gold 72 silver 75 copper	95 silver 1 copper

Mining

Item	Before	Now
Azerothium Bar	50 silver	30 silver
Heavy Thorium Bar	25 silver	15 silver

Tailoring

Item	Before	Now
Phoenix Bindings	24 silver 81 copper	7 silver 44 copper
White Bandit Mask	43 silver 65 copper	34 silver 92 copper
Runecloth Cuffs	76 silver 88 copper	69 silver 8 copper

Whether the prices change again before the launch on 4 November, Blizzard does not say.