In WoW Forever's first week, starter materials like Linen and Copper sold for copper pieces, mid-level materials crashed as more players reached them, and leather and hides sold for several times their vendor price. The prices below are listing prices from an auction house scan on 7 November, published by Timesaver. They're snapshots, not guarantees: every Forever economy started from zero on 4 November and moves daily.
First-week prices
| Item | US | EU |
|---|---|---|
| Linen Cloth | 30c | 29c |
| Wool Cloth | 1s 61c | 1s 30c |
| Silk Cloth | 3s 90c | 3s 39c |
| Mageweave Cloth | 13s | 10s 40c |
| Copper Ore | 86c | 71c |
| Tin Ore | 3s 13c | 3s 27c |
| Mithril Bar | 33s | 16s 20c |
| Peacebloom | 32c | 28c |
| Silverleaf | 18c | 20c |
| Small Silk Pack | 65s | 63s |
| Mageweave Bag | 2g 83s | 2g 53s |
Materials for levels 30 to 45 fell by half or more during the week as more players got there, and Runecloth was barely listed yet.
Leather sells well
On 9 November every leather and hide was listed at about two to six times its vendor price, Timesaver reported: Light Hide around 1s 64c against 50c at a vendor, Heavy Hide around 12s in the US and 21s in Europe. That makes Skinning one of the better gathering picks right now. See the Skinning guide.
Scarce materials
Forever's new materials aren't their own nodes. Players report they drop as extras from ordinary nodes:
| Material | Comes from |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Copper, Tin and Iron veins |
| Bauxite | Mithril veins |
| Frilled Lichen | Early herbs such as Earthroot, Mageroyal and Briarthorn |
| Rosecap | Kingsblood, Fadeleaf and Goldthorn |
They're used in new recipes such as Sulfuric Acid (Pyrite), Cerulean Dye (Frilled Lichen) and Magenta Dye (Rosecap), so keep them rather than vendoring. No reliable prices have been published yet. More in the Mining and Herbalism guides.
The auction house rules
- A 1 silver minimum deposit on every listing, players report. You get it back when the item sells and lose it if the auction expires or you cancel it. Blizzard hasn't explained it.
- So don't list items worth a few copper. Sell them to a vendor.
- Listing prices aren't sales. An item listed at 1 gold that never sells is worth nothing.
Your big costs
Blizzard's launch notes put class training from 1 to 60 at about 206 to 207 gold for every class. Riding is reported at 100 gold at level 40 and 1,000 gold at 60, see riding and mounts. Players on the forums complain about training, the deposit, mail and flights adding up. Plan for it.
Two other ways to earn
- Waylaid Crates and Craftsman's Writs. Fill a crate with materials or craft an ordered item for Merchant's Favor, a little silver and reputation. Blizzard made both drop in dungeons on 9 November. See Merchant's Favor.
- The black market in the Riverglades. Players report a vendor selling Black Lotus and Arcane Crystal at a fixed 50 gold each, which puts a ceiling on their price. See the Riverglades zone guide.
Don't buy gold
Blizzard has said buyers, sellers and anyone knowingly receiving bought gold can lose it, be suspended or be banned, and accounts can be held during a review. See the gold buying ban.
More: making gold while leveling, best class for gold and the Auction House basics.