Wizzy Looking to get into a tradeskill

[Sarethorn]

I am a Wizard wanting to make some platinum. I looked at the different tradeskills, and was a little disappointed to find that few of the tradeskills were profitable, and the one that I really wanted to do (jewelcrafting) is very hard for a wizard to get into.

I was wanting to know if anyone had any suggestions on a tradeskill that would be profitable to me. I don't care if its a hard skill or anything, or even if its not fun, the most important thing to me as of now is to get a skill that'll make me some platinum.

thanks in advance

Luclin: Sarethorn

[Rissenn]

Hi. You wont get many answers on your post since this question has been asked to no end many times before. Go look at the tradeskill guides and look at the various highend items to get an idea of the cost and time to get to GM before you will make PP.

Good Luck.

[Maevenniia]

There is a saying around here, and it is very true:

To make a small fortune with Tradeskills, start with a large fortune.

In other words, it takes platinum, and lots of it, to get most tradeskills up high enough to be worth the bother as a cash-making enterprise. Unless you get lucky and get your hands on some rare components for relatively cheap, you won’t be making any ‘big scores’ (ie: selling a product for a HUGE profit.) You can sell things like Misty Thicket Picnics, Grobb Liquidised Meat, etc in bulk for a small profit margin and watch the plat slowly accumulate.

You will actually make much more platinum farming tradeskill components and selling them to other tradeskillers. As a wizard, your PBAE spells are especially suited for killing green mobs by the dozens! You can also get lucky doing some vendor-diving, sometimes. There are many, many, many threads on these two subjects, use the forum search function, and read up on what we tradeskillers need/want, and start farming. Also, some subcombines will sell well...ex: Celestial Essence.

If you absolutely insist on becoming a GM tradeskiller…well, try Spell Research. As a Wizard you can Research you own class’ spells and Cleric/Druid/Shaman spells as well. Observe the bazaar for a while, talk to guildies, and determine which spells sell well on your server. Get your skill to 200 and get a geerlock, and start making spells. Except for the really rare components, most of what you need will be sitting on NPC merchants or at relatively low costs on bazaar traders.

Good luck!

[Sarethorn]

Thanks

You have been very helpful. I think I'll just go ahead and stick to my class specialty and research, and then maybe when that goes stale I'll do a little tailoring. Then maybe I'll get an enchanter just for jewelcrafting, who knows. But thanks for the help, I appreciate it

Server: Luclin
Sarethorn

[Maevenniia]

I re-read my post......I don't want to discourage you altogether. I just wanted to ensure you knew what you'd be getting into, as generally tradeskills become profitable between 200 & 250 (closer to 250!)

If you think you could pursue a tradeskill for FUN, please jump in...those PBAE spells will help you farm your own components and keep your costs down...and the platinum will eventually follow, you just need patience.

It's just not a way to get rich overnight.

[burnttoastv]

If humming orbs ever became stackable...well a wizard with decent smithing skill and incredible patience I could imagine doing well selling to the impatient and rich.

Heh, or just load up a vendor toon in the bazaar with nothing but humming orbs and swirling shadows anyways. Who knows, it could happen.