I really don’t like flasks for making money. Maybe your server is different but 40g for a flask is selling at a loss for me. Fel Lotus generally goes for about 25g, Mana Thistle 1.5g, Nightmare Vine 1.5g - 2g. Add all that up and you might as well sell the herbs.

Remember, people are more willing to buy cheap things than expensive things even if it is a better value. Elixirs will sell more quickly and you can get a higher profit margin due to the lower relative price.

You do have to consider procs as well, but as far as I can tell, elixirs and flasks proc at the same rate. About 15% for me. Making a lot of elixirs will give you a more even proc rate then making a few flasks and therefore is more dependable.

Your server maybe different but you may want to relook at what you are selling.

Graylo

Rightie is better.

Yeah I should stock up on snowballs, the snowman thingie is cool
you can even do it in arenas

@kat

I never had transmute mastery so I don’t know how much it procs, but there’s an issue now with masteries, you can read more here,
Perhaps its related.

As of the 2.3 content patch, there’s currently an issue with Transmutation Mastery by which the percentage chance to receive additional results from transmutations — aside from Transmute: Primal Might — is lower than the intended value. This is likely contributing to the dearth of procs you’ve observed, and I’d like to offer my apologies for any consternation that has arisen as a result of the discrepancy. I’m happy to report that this matter should be resolved in a future patch, but your continued patience in the interim is appreciated.

As far as goldmaking with alchemy, I think elixir mastery is the best - some flasks (pure death for example) goes for 40g+ on my realm and it procs 1/10, at least for me (sometimes better, sometimes worse).

Question for the transmute mastery: my alchemist has transmuted Primal Mights and Earthstorm Diamonds about 25 times. He has only had it proc one time. Is this typical or just bad luck?

Wrong, unless they nerf the snowballs too!

1 / day = 360 = 13 bag slots w/ 20 per stack. Since they’re so bloody cheap, just do as I did and buy a few bags’ worth of them to sell later!

Remember that Snowballs are also required for turning into a snowman or (according to wowhead), to use a few other abilities. So, stock, wait, wait, sell and even if it doesn’t sell right away, costing so little, the restocking should be ridiculously low, so just keep trying!

1. Get a cash reserve of approx 1000g. Can’t make money without having money.

2. Get transmute mastery.

3. Religiously transmute skyfire diamond or earthstorm diamond every day. Try to do it around the same time every day so you don’t lose any transmutes.

4. Wait until you have about 10.

5. Find a trustworthy cutter in your guild and let him cut them to profitable diamonds (e.g. Bracing earthstorm for PVP)

6. Sell them for 110-200g a piece depending on market, situation, patches, whether it is AV weekend or not.

7. You’re easily sitting on 1500 gold in 10 days, that is if you farmed all the mats yourself. This takes way too much time - buy the mats off the AH instead. This nets you at least 70g a day.

8. Combined with daily skettis quests on two characters and you’ll have an epic mount for both in no time.