In this livestream we ponder the way gathering your own materials can change your perception of "cost", get back into the gem markets, disenchant our way out of another market and much more.

You can watch the livestream directly on YouTube here: WoW Gold-Making! (2.1 Million+) 4.18.13 by Jim Younkin or head past the jump for the embedded version.

Episode 060 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies.

In this week's episode your host Jim Younkin and co-host Erogroth discuss the best gold-making profession, gold-making myths, selling gems in Mists or Pandaria and much more. And now on with the show!

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Above is final part (8 of 8) of the recorded livestream I did last night where I recorded what I did as my "One Month, One Toon" Challenge ended. (You should probably start with part 1 down below.) The recording is about 2 hours long and is split into 8 parts to make it a bit more "YouTube friendly".Watch the whole stream using links below.

YouTube: Playlist (Includes all parts), Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.
twitch.tv: Jim Younkin - WoW Gold-making. Countdown to my "One Month, One Toon" Challenge ending. 3.17.2012 (Full recording.)

(While looking over the videos after the fact we noticed some "audio drift" in a few of them. If it bothers you you might try the twitch.tv recording linked above which doesn't seem to have the issue. We're still getting used to how things get from twitch to YouTube and we're not quite sure where the breakdown occurred. Still a great stream.)

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Episode 023 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your hosts flux, Gimp and Faid bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies.

In this week's episode we discuss how World of Warcraft Patch 4.3 has affected the economy, motivations for making gold, stockpiling and much more. And now on with the show!

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Another patch day means another Power Word: Gold Patch Megapost. Whether you live in  the EU or are stuck at work strap in and get your F5 keys ready. I've been sufficiently caffeinated and have appropriate patching/posting music. My ear's to the ground via twitter and a fire hose of RSS feeds. It's business time!

(If you want to chat with those who are poking the patch with a stick right now The Consortium's IRC chat is a great place to start.)

I'll be updating this post live as information comes in. As with any megapost the information will be posted as I find it and will likely not be the "prettiest" post you've ever seen. Enough jabber-jawing! Hop past the jump and let's get this show on the road!

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Thanks to out twitter peep @GavinNeilGray for tipping us off that MMO Champion is reporting new information from the PTR about where the epic gem designs may come from in Patch 4.3. Regular epic cut designs will cost (5) Illustrious Jewelcrafter's Token (the current tokens received from doing Jewelcrafting dailies).

We also know more about the Tome of Burning Jewels. It will also be sold by the vendors and cost (4) Illustrious Jewelcrafter's Tokens. I will allow the discovery of a random epic gem pattern. Follow after the jump where I give my thoughts on the new info.

Episode 020 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your hosts flux and Faid bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies from the last week.

In this week's episode we discuss how epic gems might come into the game, Blizzard's philosophy on exclusivity, PTR raw gem changes, setting a price ceiling on the glyph market and much more. And now, on with the show!

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As reported on twitter by @JoshDJX Cataclysm uncommon and rare gems on the PTR currently show as having "No Sale Price" and can not be sold to vendors.

I hopped on the PTR and can confirm I am seeing the same thing. It seems that lower raw gems may not be affected as raw Tigerseye and Malachite still have a vendor price. The same was true for the cut uncommon and cut rare Cataclysm gems I tested.

After Patch 4.3 you may have to cut each and every gem in order sell it to a vendor. So what if anything should you do before the patch if we have large stocks of undervalued rare and uncommon Cataclysm gems we were planning to vendor? Head past the jump for PTR prices, maths and some suggestions.

World of Warcraft Patch 4.3 is now available for testing on the Public Test Realm (PTR) and with new PTRs comes people who "mine" the data contained in these new patches to bring us lots of new and exciting information.

In the last few days there has been a flurry of new information about the profession changes and additions that will most likely be introduced in Patch 4.3. The two most thorough are "Patch 4.3 - PTR Build 14732 - Spell Changes, New Items, Maps, and More!" at Wowhead News and "Patch 4.3 on PTR" at MMO Champion.

After the jump I'm going to be doing my best to break down the epic gem information which was recently made available via this datamining and analyze what it could mean to us as gold-makers. I'll also be giving a few ideas on how the datamined information matches up with epic gem information given in recent interviews.

Episode 019 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. Your host flux brings you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies from this last few weeks.

In this week's episode flux discusses how he's been making gold this week, the news of epic gems in 4.3 and what it means to gold-making, posts of the week, preparing for Patch 4.3 and much more. And now, on with the show!

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It's official (kind of): Epic gems in 4.3 will have a small chance to come from a "geode" individual players will get each time they kill a 4.3 raid boss. This means that (at least initially) there will be no way for gold-makers to "farm" or produce epic gems (unless they are raiders). Chances for epic gems to drop from "geodes" rare enough that it may take all of patch 4.3 to replace a single player's gems with epic red gems.

Read the interview with Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street as well as our initial reactions after the jump.

In this video I answer a reader question about why we call it the "Obsidium Shuffle".

Full question and answer after the jump.

Episode 016 of The Power Word Gold Podcast. Your hosts flux and Jokine along with guest Jimmy bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies from this last week.

In this week's episode we discuss how we've been making gold this week, how Patch 4.2 is affecting the in-game economy, price-matching and white-listing, the state of the Obsidium Shuffle and much more. And now, on with the show!

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Episode 015 of The Power Word Gold Podcast. Your hosts flux and Nev along with guest Wes bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies from the last week.

In this week's episode we discuss how we've been making gold this week, making gold selling low-level glyphs, working the Inferno Ruby market, what it's like to hit one million gold and much more. And now, on with the show!

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Episode 013 of The Power Word Gold Podcast. Your hosts flux and Jokine along with guest Nev bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies from the last week.

In this week's episode we discuss how we've been making gold this week, what we might expect from Patch 4.2, how to get started selling cross-faction, how to best use a new Jewelcrafter and much more. And now, on with the show!

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Picking up a piece off of Khalior's Tentacular Junkpile (See "Not a Patch Speculation Post (But it's as boring)") I wanted to talk about what I'll be doing in the last few days until Patch 4.2 drops (assuming it comes on June 28, 2011).

Get a peek into my preparation after the jump.

One of the things I was most happy about Patch 4.1 was that I had a large stockpile of Inferno Rubies I was able to sell right after the patch for extortionate prices.

Even my whole stockpile wasn't enough to sate the demand players had for Inferno Rubies to gem the new gear they were getting out of the new Heroic Zul'Aman/Zul'Gurub. I made a killing. I was smiling all the way to the bank.

One thing I promised myself was that I would make sure I had a good stockpile of Inferno Rubies for Patch 4.2 so I could supply the new-patch demand for gear gemming.

Once Patch 4.2 comes along the cost to produce Inferno Rubies will go up. After the jump I'm going to teach you how to produce cheap Inferno Rubies in the last few days before patch 4.2.

Recent news from the Patch 4.2 Public Test Realm (PTR) that the vendor price for uncut uncommon Cataclysm gems has being reduced from 5 gold each to 50 silver (See "Patch 4.2 PTR: Uncut green gems vendor price reduced") has lead many to wonder: "What is the new vendor "price floor" of a 20 stack of Obsidium Ore?"

The answer to that question as well as some advice on what to do to prepare after the jump.

Episode 010 of The Power Word Gold Podcast. Your hosts flux and Jokine bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies from the last week.

In this week's episode we discuss how we've been making gold this week, advice for working the glyph market, how to make gold with limited play time, interview gold blogger Gimp and much more. And now, on with the show!

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Episode 009 of The Power Word Gold Podcast. Your hosts flux and Jokine bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making news, tips and strategies from the last week.

In this week's episode we discuss how we've been making gold this week, recent datamined Patch 4.2 information, what we're stockpiling for Patch 4.2 recipes, interview gold blogger Nev (Auction House Addict) and much more. And now, on with the show!

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