Alchemy and Money

[twylyght]

I am looking for a way to help our friends and make a little money on the side. Is Alchemy good for this or would my time be better spent hunting?

[Azirux]

Unless your Alchemy skill is max, it's not a good money maker. Actually, I'd never call it "good", just "ok". I make more money from drops like Acrylia and Velium blocks/bricks than I do with Alchemy. What sells depends on your server, but I find SoW and Gate potions sell resonably well. For a while the racial essences were selling, but the market has dropped off badly on my server.
The new GoD throwable potions - snare and stun might sell ok, but currently they are not stackable.

[Elder Neodoc]

Most likly the illusion potion I sell the most of myself (thru requests only) is gnome. Most of those being to people questing a Cloak of Greater Pernicity. This is another possiable thing to sell since most people don't have a high level shaman in there back pocket.

[Cleat]

I found that 5 dose 'essence of whoever' and 5 dose 'gate' sell faster than 10 dose. On my server (Drinal) 5 dose 'Gates' sell well, but the 10 dose 'gates' seem to sit in my inventory. 'Essence of Gnome' and 'Essence of Darl Elf' seem to be hottest illusion potions, and since GoD, I am seeing a marked increase in 'Potion of Greater Power' selling. The 'Kilv's' potions and 'Greater Null' sell well also, they seem to sell in spurts. The Elixir line of potions also sell, but not in trader...what I do is I give a free drink to a caster in a raid I am in or my group, and they always ask for more later, so I built a small but steady client base with those potion....not to mention that the elixirs are great for any new casting peep you make. The 'Awareness' potions don't sell, but I always make the 'Benefit Awareness 4' for my lvl 65 shaman, any mana help he can get in raids is essential.

The new 'concution' potions, well..if they worked, and they stacked, there may be a market for them. They are the cheapest potions to make thus far, but I tried them and the snare and stun don't work at all, and the damage from the higher end fire/cold really does not do any great amount of damage worth having the potion sloted for throwing.

[grossbottom]

I'm not yet a GM alchemist, but I make steady, small money on invis to undead and shrink potions. I'm usually selling smithing stuff and tradeskill components, so when I have some vacant space I make some potions and toss them in the bags.

Kithar's disease treatment also sells, though not as well. I assume the market is tanks who have figured out that cure disease also cures slow, and don't want to wait for the spell to be loaded by their healer.

I'd say I add about 20% over cost to the price, and they usually sell in a couple of days. Like I said, not much money, but a little on the side.

[Glauri]

Invis vs Undead broken?

I read on the recipe page that Potion Of Unlife Awareness requires elderberry and fennel. However, when I purchase these, and open my medicine bag...this recipe is NOT listed as a possible choice. And typing in any portion of the name doesn't help either!

Any ideas??

Glauri

[Elder Neodoc]

Boy, talk about awakening an old thread. Anyway, you have to learn the unlife awareness potion. CTRL+right click or just simply in the window hit experiment then just combine like in the old days. Once you get a sucessful combine you can search it and/or put it in your fav for fast referance.

[Khabok]

Hmm I may have to add some of the Unlife awareness potions to my trader. Between Warriors needing to scout for a mob deep in Veksar, and the new OoW expeditions in Murkglider Hive where you can run all the way through with invis to undead.

Anyways Gate potions have been my best plat maker but the market is getting crowded lately. And unless you can leave a trader up fulltime, or whenever not playing, your probably not going to sell a lot of potions.

And 10 dose gates are actually cheaper to use, per dose then the 5's but people just dont realize it. With the sellback prices though on the final dose to an NPC its cheaper using 9 out of a ten dose, then using 4 out of a 5.