Skinning as a moneymaker?

Trevor Wilson wrote:
> My mining does better with iron+mithril selling ok.
> But i make more from killing mobs with vendor junk nowadays.
>
> One thing i have noticed is 'production' proffesions seem v.hard to make
> cash from. Both my gatherer
> chars are pretty well off and hit level 40 with more than 100G easily
> in contrast my alchemist char and leatherworking char are both poor and
> bleed money from other chars.

My 2cents worth
Skinning on Bronzebeard for me 1.80g for a stack of Rugged leather, i
don't bother below that as the space in my bag is worth more than that.
Black dragonscale is over 1g per scale, not so common but you can find
it lieing about on corpses in the burning steppes...that's free money.
Often you will meet someone who is killing turtles or whatever for XP
and cares nothing for the looted carcas...free money in scales and
leather. Good money for a mid 40 char

Mining Thorium is worth it to 4g odd plus for a stack. Mithril also
easy and common to find goes for a couple of g per stack or more.
Dark iron is your baby at 1.50 - 2g per ore as it is required for high
end armour and also warlock epic mount quests.

Oh and considering Arcane Crystals on my server go for 30+g mining
thorium is deffo worth it when you hit those babies, I have had 4 from
mining thorium. I am currently sitting on 1200g from grinding, mining
and skinning. A lot of that is from greens but most is from farming
skin and ores

Damon
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> I've only really been able to generate light leather though. Is the
> heaviness of the leather tied to your skill or the mob?

Mob level. Of course, your skill must be high too, otherwise you will
not be able to skin.
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> BTW: I think that the Forsaken should be able to skin humanoids. I mean,
> we can *eat* them, why not skin them?

Hehehe, I always thought the same. Human (and Alliance in general) skin
and parts would be very valuable for the creation of decoration items.
I can already imagine a dwarf head adorning Brill's Inn...
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> Ok ... I mentioned in another post that I have a new char and
> am using herbalism & skinning. Since I got those skills I've played
> about 15-20 hours total on the char and haven't gone out
> 'gathering' (by that I mean for either herbs or skinning I haven't
> gone anywhere explicitly to gather the items, just gone about
> my normal business ... not 100% true as I will go very slightly
> out of my way if I see an herb node and 2x I've gone a bit out of
> my way (say 5-10 min total out of the way), but you get the
> idea).
>
> In that time I've made a bit over 20g (hard to tell exactly as I've
> been buying stuff). I'd guestimate that 17+g of that was from herbalism
> and that number is likely higher than 17. I've made almost nothing
> off of skinning, despite the fact that I'm getting freaking leather
> everywhere.
>
> Is this to be expected? I mean there are times even when I price
> my leather way lower than anything else on the AH it doesn't even
> sell at all. I thought that perhaps it gets better as I start to
> get medium & heavy leather but again, they don't seem to ever price
> very high on the AH on Lightninghoof.
>
> I know folks have said that it is a good skill to have ('free money')
> but is it really worth it? Am I just doing something wrong here? Does
> it get better later on?
>
> This is a very sharp contrast to my first char, where I took tailoring
> and enchanting. Ugh, I was freaking poor in comparison. At this point
> of that chars life I think I had scraped together 2-3g.


Skinning isnt good money on my server, heavy leather ..30S per stack
nowadays, thick 40S.
I think its because its so damn easy to get basically.

My mining does better with iron+mithril selling ok.
But i make more from killing mobs with vendor junk nowadays.

One thing i have noticed is 'production' proffesions seem v.hard to make
cash from. Both my gatherer
chars are pretty well off and hit level 40 with more than 100G easily
in contrast my alchemist char and leatherworking char are both poor and
bleed money from other chars.
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I share in your disappointment in skinning as a money maker. I did
mining/skinning and made the bulk of my money off the mining. That
being said, heavy leather and up starts to sell for a decent chunk of
change. A stack of heavy leather goes for about 1g on my server, which
isn't amazing compared to say iron stacks selling for 6g+. Still, it's
better than nothing, and you don't have to go out of your way to get
it. As always, prices vary by server. Check your local AH and see
what the market's like. Don't expect to beat out herbalism/mining with
skinning, but remember that it's basically free money.
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<jes.t.er DeleteThis @hexduxhmp.org> wrote in message
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> Ok ... I mentioned in another post that I have a new char and
> am using herbalism & skinning. Since I got those skills I've played
> about 15-20 hours total on the char and haven't gone out
> 'gathering' (by that I mean for either herbs or skinning I haven't
> gone anywhere explicitly to gather the items, just gone about
> my normal business ... not 100% true as I will go very slightly
> out of my way if I see an herb node and 2x I've gone a bit out of
> my way (say 5-10 min total out of the way), but you get the
> idea).
>
> In that time I've made a bit over 20g (hard to tell exactly as I've
> been buying stuff). I'd guestimate that 17+g of that was from herbalism
> and that number is likely higher than 17. I've made almost nothing
> off of skinning, despite the fact that I'm getting freaking leather
> everywhere.
>
> Is this to be expected? I mean there are times even when I price
> my leather way lower than anything else on the AH it doesn't even
> sell at all. I thought that perhaps it gets better as I start to
> get medium & heavy leather but again, they don't seem to ever price
> very high on the AH on Lightninghoof.
>
> I know folks have said that it is a good skill to have ('free money')
> but is it really worth it? Am I just doing something wrong here? Does
> it get better later on?

When you get to heavy leather, you can make a decent amount of silver
(sometimes a gold+) for a stack. Get to thick and rugged, and you should
be able to start making decent money. Not to mention specialty stuff
like scorpid scales, dragon scales, and certain hides from specific beasts.
And of course, devilsaur leather once you get up to where you can take
them out. It's not as big a moneymaker as herbalism, but it's dependable,
and you can always find beasts to stripmine. There is a lot of competition
for the high-end herbs, and you'll often find the best herbalism spots
pretty well cleaned out at any given time.
-Marshall
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<jes.t.er.DeleteThis@hexduxhmp.org> wrote in message
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> Ok ... I mentioned in another post that I have a new char and
> am using herbalism & skinning. Since I got those skills I've played
> about 15-20 hours total on the char and haven't gone out
> 'gathering' (by that I mean for either herbs or skinning I haven't
> gone anywhere explicitly to gather the items, just gone about
> my normal business ... not 100% true as I will go very slightly
> out of my way if I see an herb node and 2x I've gone a bit out of
> my way (say 5-10 min total out of the way), but you get the
> idea).
>
> In that time I've made a bit over 20g (hard to tell exactly as I've
> been buying stuff). I'd guestimate that 17+g of that was from herbalism
> and that number is likely higher than 17. I've made almost nothing
> off of skinning, despite the fact that I'm getting freaking leather
> everywhere.
>
> Is this to be expected? I mean there are times even when I price
> my leather way lower than anything else on the AH it doesn't even
> sell at all. I thought that perhaps it gets better as I start to
> get medium & heavy leather but again, they don't seem to ever price
> very high on the AH on Lightninghoof.
>
> I know folks have said that it is a good skill to have ('free money')
> but is it really worth it? Am I just doing something wrong here? Does
> it get better later on?
>
> This is a very sharp contrast to my first char, where I took tailoring
> and enchanting. Ugh, I was freaking poor in comparison. At this point
> of that chars life I think I had scraped together 2-3g.

Thick, heavy medium and rugged leather are the best sellers. Weekends are a
good time to sell. I do skinning and tailoring. One makes the money, the
other spends it. Level 54, %90 blue armor (magister's and deadmist set
items) mount, and almost 400 gold in my pocket. But that's a lot of looting
too. And many hours played. But skinning definately helps. My char's
skinning is at 300.
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<jes.t.er.RemoveThis@hexduxhmp.org> wrote in message
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> Ok ... I mentioned in another post that I have a new char and
> am using herbalism & skinning. Since I got those skills I've played
> about 15-20 hours total on the char and haven't gone out
> 'gathering' (by that I mean for either herbs or skinning I haven't
> gone anywhere explicitly to gather the items, just gone about
> my normal business ... not 100% true as I will go very slightly
> out of my way if I see an herb node and 2x I've gone a bit out of
> my way (say 5-10 min total out of the way), but you get the
> idea).
>
> In that time I've made a bit over 20g (hard to tell exactly as I've
> been buying stuff). I'd guestimate that 17+g of that was from herbalism
> and that number is likely higher than 17. I've made almost nothing
> off of skinning, despite the fact that I'm getting freaking leather
> everywhere.
>
> Is this to be expected? I mean there are times even when I price
> my leather way lower than anything else on the AH it doesn't even
> sell at all. I thought that perhaps it gets better as I start to
> get medium & heavy leather but again, they don't seem to ever price
> very high on the AH on Lightninghoof.
>
> I know folks have said that it is a good skill to have ('free money')
> but is it really worth it? Am I just doing something wrong here? Does
> it get better later on?
>
> This is a very sharp contrast to my first char, where I took tailoring
> and enchanting. Ugh, I was freaking poor in comparison. At this point
> of that chars life I think I had scraped together 2-3g.

Herbalism is by far the best moneymaking profession (or for that matter
moneymaker period) in the game.
Skinning is ok. Good if youre raiding places like ZG and youre the only
skinner there (assuming people actually loot the corpses)
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> <jes.t.er.DeleteThis@hexduxhmp.org> wrote in message
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>> Ok ... I mentioned in another post that I have a new char and
>> am using herbalism & skinning. Since I got those skills I've played
>> about 15-20 hours total on the char and haven't gone out
>> 'gathering' (by that I mean for either herbs or skinning I haven't
>> gone anywhere explicitly to gather the items, just gone about
>> my normal business ... not 100% true as I will go very slightly
>> out of my way if I see an herb node and 2x I've gone a bit out of
>> my way (say 5-10 min total out of the way), but you get the
>> idea).
>>
>> In that time I've made a bit over 20g (hard to tell exactly as I've
>> been buying stuff). I'd guestimate that 17+g of that was from herbalism
>> and that number is likely higher than 17. I've made almost nothing
>> off of skinning, despite the fact that I'm getting freaking leather
>> everywhere.
>>
>> Is this to be expected? I mean there are times even when I price
>> my leather way lower than anything else on the AH it doesn't even
>> sell at all. I thought that perhaps it gets better as I start to
>> get medium & heavy leather but again, they don't seem to ever price
>> very high on the AH on Lightninghoof.
>>
>> I know folks have said that it is a good skill to have ('free money')
>> but is it really worth it? Am I just doing something wrong here? Does
>> it get better later on?
>>
>> This is a very sharp contrast to my first char, where I took tailoring
>> and enchanting. Ugh, I was freaking poor in comparison. At this point
>> of that chars life I think I had scraped together 2-3g.
>
> Thick, heavy medium and rugged leather are the best sellers. Weekends are
> a good time to sell. I do skinning and tailoring. One makes the money, the
> other spends it. Level 54, %90 blue armor (magister's and deadmist set
> items) mount, and almost 400 gold in my pocket. But that's a lot of
> looting too. And many hours played. But skinning definately helps. My
> char's skinning is at 300.
>

Have to admit i am worried im underselling stuff now.

I dont use auctioneer but i do check prices on my server to get an average
price and try
to be 'mid-priced'

Typically after a decent playing session on a gathering char ill come back
with 100-150 Thick leather
20-30 mithril, 30 or so iron, not taking special time to farm or anything.
Sometimes have elemental earth as well.

The thicks i put up for 50S per stack at most, iron 10S per bar at most,
mithril 15S per bar maximum. Elemental earth
10s a piece.

Id thought this the most i could sell reliably at ..but the prices are
dramatically less than
everyone lists here..i dont use auctioneer because im paranoid about bans
for '3rd party software'

Am i just selling stuff way way too cheap? (kul tiras if anyone else is on
there)
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