Cheap, fast way to skill up Enchanting?Follow

Hi people, I play a Night Elf Warrior which is currently level 60 and in the Outlands.
I've been making a lot of gold and I'm currently at 300g. Now I've got Skinning and Enchanting as professions.
Skinning is leveling as I do, and enchanting is standing still at 140. I want to reach at least 225 so I can start Disenchanting the greens I get in the Outlands that I don't need, which might net me more gold than the actual items themselves. As I'm trying to save up for my epic mount(this is my first 60 character) I don't want to spend a lot of gold leveling enchanting.

So my question is; Should I run instances for DE's that supply mats or buy cheap greens off the AH or what? I want to get it up quick, hopefully not spending loads of cash. And if instances are the best options, which instances should I run for which levels of Enchanting and so on? Would love to hear from you.

Thanks on forehand!

Edited, Feb 12th 2007 11:34am by NameAlreadyExists

Look for cheap green items on the AH. Enchantrix really helps this process by showing you the predicted enchanting mats from disenchanting an item. One strategy you could use is to level on dusts as much as possible and sell essences and shards. This will help keep the costs low.

Here are a couple of specific hints:

(1) Look for items where the disenchanted value is higher than the buyout price.
(2) Crafted items can be really cheap! Don't forget rings.
(3) Bid instead of buyout if you have time.

Happy Enchanting!

the way i did it, was to level it as my mate (who was a mage) levelled tailoring, we both farmed cloth, he made stuff, gave me all the greens, i disenchanted, levelled enchanting, he got tailoring increased to 300 quickly, and my enchanting hit 300 too, although without any income (i was herb/alchemist before) i had to drop enchant in TBC, i also dropped alchemy in favour of mining/blacksmithing, as im looking forward to getting my suit of armor.

I would suggest buying mats (and items to DE) off the AH. In particular, go shopping over the weekend. Fri-Sun always seems to bring out the lowballers. During the week, prices are more stable and more or less reflect the real price of something. But, come the weekend, there are always people who want to make quick cash by lowballing. Also a good time to buy things and re-sell later, if they go low enough to make it worthwhile. It may take a little time, but know the value of the mats and buy/sell accordingly.

Reednut's advice is very good (DE value > item cost, crafted items, and bid instead of buyout). To that, I would add...make sure you level up using the cheapest enchants. If you have two enchants that are both orange, but one uses more expensive mats, go with the cheaper one.

Finally, if you're in a hurry to level enchanting (or, even if you're not in a hurry) it's not really a cheap profession to level. So, plan on spending a bit. It may cut into your mount money in the short term, but long term, it should work out.

Edited, Feb 12th 2007 10:43am by azwing

Have a look at the Wowwiki link here:

http://www.wowwiki.com/Disenchanting

If you check the figures posted there, you will notice that at 140 enchanting, you can DE items up to level 44. This would allow you to get Dream Dust (as well as every lower level dust) so that you could level your skill. Along with the dust, you will get essences and shards, some of which sell for a decent amount.

If you are clever and the AH isn't really out of shape on your server, it should be possible to buy green items and DE them into dusts, essences and shards. With the right enchants, some of which you will need to purchase, you can level your skill with dusts only, allowing you to sell the essences and shards on the AH. You may or may not break even, but this method will make the process much less gold intensive.

I agree you won't have access to the really golden opportunities offered by the level 51~60 "old world" items until you reach 175~200, but on my server the Greater Nether Essences and Large Radiant Shards go for 4~5G and 6~7G. You can already DE items at that level now. Hint: Look at level 41~44 weapons for a higher percentage of the Nether Essences. (and 41~49 as soon as you hit 150)

Agree. It pays too look at all of the orange (and yellow) enchants on your list.

The mats you want are indeed a little expensive to buy for lvlling but grinding for them is not that easy because he disenchant rate is not 100% as for the itms needed. So no simple answer on that.
http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=10998&locale=enUS;source=live

http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=10940&locale=enUS;source=live

These are the items where you have the chance for astral (second strange dust). Now its p to you to figure out how to get these items, AH or grinding

However the tips you got above (enchantrix usage for cheep greens) should provide you with an astral or strange dust.

Like mentioned before try this post
Worked well for me.

Anyway good luck

In my experience, Strange Dust is very easy to come by. It disenchants from level 5-20 items. This level green is readily available on the AH because better drops are usually found, so not a lot of demand for them. And, multiple low level crafted goods from people skilling up end up in the AH. So, the result is usually a flood of really cheap items on the AH in the 5-20 range. Enchantrix is great, if you have it...use the /percentless command. If not, just scan the 5-20 level items and buy things that are around 10s or less. You should end up with more Strange Dust than you know what to do with and will get the odd essence and shard, too.

You could try running some of the higher level instances solo. Think Uldaman, Maraudon, and Zul'Farrak.

Yeah, it may not seem doable, but I can solo ZF. So, give it a try.

I wouldn't suggest buying stuff on the AH though, because you can always get stuff in instances and you don't want to go and waste all the gold you have for enchanting.

ROFL - I MAKE tons of gold buying underpriced green items in the AH and selling the mats. IMHO running instances for middle to high level enchanting mats is a huge waste of time. For reference, two of my characters have epic (non-flying mounts) and my banker has around 1800 gold at the moment. Some of the gold has come from Outland questing and some has been earned via the netherweave bag trade, but disenchanting still provides the biggest boost. I don't know about you, but I plan to buy an epic flying mount at 70.

I am not trying to boast or stroke my ego here. I am attempting to make a point that, if you know the strategy, you can make a ton of gold by buying and disenchanting items from the AH. Just read the thread (likely still on the first page of this forum) started by Veliv.