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The Secrets of the Darkmoon Faire

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Many people within World of Warcraft will not be familliar with this strategy, but Ive been using it to my advantage for as long as I can remember and I have amassed atleast 45% of my gold balance from doing it. Now this is pretty limited, as you can only get the items during the the Darkmoon Faire.

Now, I can hear you asking, what is this big secret? well… it’s the opportunity to purchase Replica transmog items, from the vendor Baruma for a measly amount of Darkmoon Prize Tickets. The important part of this strategy, is to buy Darkmoon Quest Items, which Ive listed below this paragraph for you, once these are turned in, you will get a small amount of gold or experience (depending on your level) and more importantly the Darkmoon prize tickets. Do this on all your alts too, like I do. Remember, the tickets are BoP, but once you’ve bought your Replica transmog items, they’re BoE and tradable.

Darkmoon Quest Items:
Monstrous Egg
Fallen Adventurer’s Journal
Banner of the Fallen
Captured Insignia
Imbued Crystal
Mysterious Grimoire
Ornate Weapon
Soothsayer’s Runes
A Treatise on Strategy

TSM import string:
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You can buy each of the quest items from the Auction House for as little as 10g and as much as 500g for the higher demand items, you may even prefer to farm them. If this is the case, check the links out on the items above and see where they drop from. Personally, I buy them off the Auction House about 2 weeks before the Darkmoon Faire comes, as they maybe cheaper, than when it’s in Town. It’s a small amount of gold compared to what you’ll make on the Replica transmog items you sell. Dont forget to do the daily’s in the area too, whether it’s profession daily’s or the game daily’s for extra tickets, every little helps…

Quest – Silas’ Secret Stash:
As well as the Darkmoon Quest items above, you can also complete a quest called Silas’ Secret Stash. This can only be completed once on any one character and doesn’t reset! This quest costs 100  Darkmoon Daggermaw and you can buy this quest from the vendor Galissa Sundew at co-ords [52.88]. Once you have started the quest, you’ll notice that you’ve been given a set of clues and some treasure to find.

I’ve added a video below, from a very good streamer called oldbess. He does many awesome videos, helping his viewers make gold in Warcraft. Be sure to leave some feedback and a like if you found his video on this quest helpful.

The Replica Gear:
Instead of posting links for every Replica item available, I will instead link every Replica set, you can go through the page to see the individual items. You will also notice the item it’s replicating.

Replica Sets:

Cloth
Dreadmist Raiment
Deathmist Raiment
Magister’s Regalia
Sorcerer’s Regalia
Vestments of the Devout
Vestments of the Virtuous

Leather
Shadowcraft Armor
Darkmantle Armor
Wildheart Raiment
Feralheart Raiment

Mail
Beaststalker Armor
Beastmaster Armor
The Elements
The Five Thunders

Plate
Battlegear of Heroism
Battlegear of Valor
Lightforge Armor
Soulforge Armor

I  have made a Replica Transmog Import String for TSM which you can find HERE.

If you’re confident that you can get these items cheaper on the Auction House, feel free to purchase them to flip. I can sell Replica gear between 20-30k at the moment, so I’m happy to buy at 10k to guarantee a healthy flip.

Sales:
Each item within each set will be worth considerably more than another, this is where you’ll have the task to check your Auction House and see what the prices are and then purchase the best item that will maximise your profit.  Below are a couple of screenshots I took today showing what sales you could make, by investing in a small amount of gold and a little time.

Darkmantle spaulders SOLD                      Darkmantle gloves SOLD

  Darkmantle cap SOLD                    Darkmantle boots SOLD
You can find further images of my Replica Transmog sales HERE or simply check out my Facebook page or Twitter feed for recent sales.

I hope you found this post interesting, please do post questions if you have any, but more importantly, please feel free to share your sales too…

Thanks for reading!

Reset Instance Macro…

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That long and tedious moment, when you exit an instance and need to right-click your portrait or player frame to reset all instances, well not anymore! With this handy little macro, you can cut down all that time, concentrating on getting back into the instance and continue your farming.

Open your macro tab, either by entering in chat /m or /macro 

Please create a new macro, and add whatever icon you wish, that will help you quickly pick it out from your action bar and add the following script to it.

/script ResetInstances(); 

Once you’ve input the script, save it. Add the new macro to your action bar and viola; you’re good to go! Run an instance or clear the trash, exit and click on the macro to promptly re-enter, rinse and repeat. 

Please remember in retail World of Warcraft; there is a ten instance limit per hour, if you exceed this, you’ll be restricted entry into another instance until this time has passed.

I hope you found this post informative, until next time, thanks for reading!

No More Limited Items from a Vendor…

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A cracking little tip for you today. Ever got disappointed, when you find out that an item you need, can be purchased from a vendor, only to realise it’s a limited stock item and already been purchased by someone. Normally a limited stock item has a 12 hour reset, but luckily for you, I have managed to find an alternative. With the joy of cross realm, we have the chance to bounce across realms, thus meaning, our chance of obtaining our item sooner, is incredibly higher.

What you’ll need to do, to make this option achievable, is click on the link for this addon, Cross Realm Assist. This addon can be downloaded from Curse.com. Simply shut down World of Warcraft (WoW) if your currently playing, go to Curse, download the addon and install it to your WoW directory. Once completed, re-log back into WoW and viola.

Once logged in, check for the Cross Realm Assist icon on your mini map, open it up and opt for Quick Join. This will let you join a group in Premade Groups that has auto accept enabled. Once you’re in the group, you’ll notice you’ve changed realm too. Keep leaving and joining new realms until the vendor you’re at, has the item you require. Make sure you close the vendor tab upon leaving group, or when you join another realm, the vendor tab wont refresh.

The Manual Join option to find a realm is a good option too and easy to understand. I try to concentrate on joining Kazzak groups that have a lot of people in, so you don’t get noticed easily, for realm hoping. Many people in the game dis-like realm hoppers, but that’s their issue for having auto accept enabled.

Good luck and if you have any questions or alternative ideas, be sure to post them below. Thanks for reading!

Draenic Philosopher’s Stone Shuffle

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Welcome to my Draenic Philosopher’s Stone shuffle guide. Here I will try and advise you on how to make some guarenteed profit by following this easy step by step guide. A profession shuffle is crafting an item, to maximise materials from either disenchanting, prospecting it or by selling the craft to a vendor for a profit.

Let’s get started!

Item: Draenic Philosopher’s Stone

First off, make sure you have the ability to craft this item. If not, you can simply purchase the recipe from Albert de Hyde or Joshua Alvarez (Horde) or Katherine Joplin or Mary Kearie (Alliance) for one  Secrets of Draenor Alchemy. You can craft one of these once per day, via your profession.

Mats:
 Alchemical Catalyst x5
 True Iron Ore x1

You can either craft these items yourself, or simply purchase them from the Auction House. Remember, when purchasing materials from the Auction House, the price you pay for each item, will reflect on your prfoit at the end of the shuffle, so always bear that in mind.

The  Draenic Philosopher’s Stone sells for 25g 31s 47c each and there’s no crafting limit. As long as the mats cost for example 20g in total, we set to make just over 5g in profit. So you’re probably thinking, is that it, 5g! Well… imagine buying enough mats to craft 1000x Draenic Philosopher’s Stone, like I currently have in my inventory. Now that 5g doesn’t look too bad now, does it? as this would total 5.000g once crafted and sold to a vendor.

There are many other profession shuffles in Jewelcrafting, Enchanting and Tailoring, simply find the one that makes the most profit for you. Check out my future guides for tips and tricks.

Thanks for reading!