Whats a fair price to offer for weapon enchantments?

[Boneshaker]

Im only at lvl 25 and I dont have any close friends that I play with that enchant & I was thinking of asking some more advanced players to enchant my weapons for $$. Is it better form to find the matterials needed for the enchanting or to just pay more?

Im not sure what the limits are for enchanting weapons at or near my level and I have no idea what matterials are needed & what they cost as enchanting is not my profession. Wondering if its worth it & how much is fair to pay?

[Gorny]

Theres more to it now.

Enchanters can now put enchants on scrolls and sell those off the AH.

For a warrior at your level +to damage on a 2h or one hand weapon is more what you may be looking for. There are also enchants for damage to beasts, and fiery enchant.

At the low end of things are the +2 enchants, these aren't too expensive due to there being more than enough mats flooding the market and also sitting in peoples banks...like mine :P

They get a bit more expensive as the damage goes up, due to mat costs.

Minor Beastslayer: http://www.wowdigger.com/spell/view/7786/enchant-weapon-minor-beastslayer

Minor Impact, 2h http://www.wowdigger.com/spell/view/7745/enchant-2h-weapon-minor-impact

Lesser striking, http://www.wowdigger.com/spell/view/13503/enchant-weapon-lesser-striking

2H Lesser Impact, http://www.wowdigger.com/spell/view/13529/enchant-2h-weapon-lesser-impact

2H Impact, http://www.wowdigger.com/spell/view/13695/enchant-2h-weapon-impact

Striking for 1H, http://www.wowdigger.com/spell/view/13693/enchant-weapon-striking

Fiery Weapon, http://www.wowdigger.com/spell/view/13898/enchant-weapon-fiery-weapon

^^

It all depends on your weapom too, if your weapon is too low level, like for example something you have been using for a few levels already, you might not be able to get a higher level enchant on it like +7 to damage.

Fiery might be expensive too depending on your cash reserves.

A good idea is to figure out what enchants you want andthen find out what mats are used in the enchant, then see what those mats are going for on the AH. The you can either buy the mats yourself ans find an enchanter to do it for you. Look to your guild for enchanters if you are in one.

If you don't choose to buy the mats then atleast you can figure out what a fair price would be for an enchant, then decide if the enchanter's asking price is either too much or a deal.

Lastly, you can choose to buy enchants pre casted onto scrolls on the AH, Enchanters can now do this and at the market may be high for some things but expect it to come down as more and more enchanters put stuff on the market.

Last bit of advice - when in major cities, keep an eye out for enchanters barking things that they can do they may be offering something you need...tips always help them.

[Boneshaker]

This is exactly the kind of info I needed. As I learn where to find this info I will stop asking these questions. As I aquire better weapons can the enchanted weapons be disenchated to recover the mats to enchant the newer weapons?
Thanks again..

[Gorny]

This is exactly the kind of info I needed. As I learn where to find this info I will stop asking these questions. As I aquire better weapons can the enchanted weapons be disenchated to recover the mats to enchant the newer weapons?
Thanks again..

Yes...and no.


Unless your warrior is an enchanter, you will not be able to Disenchant your weapons that you had enchanted and were using due to them being soulbound. Only thing to do is sell to vender.

Catch is that they can be disenchanted but only if the toon using them is an enchanter with a high enough skill in Enchanting. My Mage is an Enchanter/Tailor and using him I can DE anything he has regardless of it being soulbound or not. My Rogue on the other hand is stuck selling thingss to the vendor after he can't use them anymore.

The same mechanic that prevents you from giving/mailing/AH'ing soulbound items to others also prevents an enchanter from using the trade window (bottom most box in trade window) for DE'ing someone elses stuff via the trade window.

So, if your war is an enchanter, you can DE your old stuff but if he isn't you will have to vendor it.

[Boneshaker]

I have been using skinning and mining as my main profesions but perhaps I should drop one for enchanting? Im only lvl 25 so I have not really spent that much time on mining. My skinning level is very high and my mining is low. Think mining is about to be dropped for enchanting..

[clevins]

I'd not enchant too many things as you level. You will be replacing gear pretty swiftly and you don't want to hang onto things because they're enchanted. One of the primary mistakes new players make is not taking upgrades because they're just a little better, not realizing that it all adds up.


In general though, I'd offer a couple of gold tip for low level enchants - but some enchanters will do things for free to gain skill points. Just watch trade. Oh and if you they say "X gold, my mats, free with yours" make sure that you can't get the mats cheaper on the AH. If you can, buy them. If not, then pay them the gold.

[Mazhulsage]

I don't suggest doing Enchants on your first, or even second char leveling up to 70, unless you can grind a minimum of around... 100 gold per hour, that way it's not a total waste of your time.

[Boneshaker]

That sounds like good advice. I have been trying to save $$ for my 1st mount so I have not been buying many weapons lately.

My big 2 hander is a sword called Polished Zwiehander that came from RFK & its like a 76 damage & my DW swords are 52 & 48 damage roughly. My ranged weapon is a bow called Venom Strike which I took off a MOB in WC. I also have a 2 handed mace called Black malice that I took off a MOB in SFK I believe.

I see a 2 handed AXE in the AH all the time thats like an 89 Damage that Im tempted to buy but its way overpriced usually and like I said Im trying to save some $$ up for my 1st mount. I only have about 13 gold right now and Im at lvl 25 so I have some saving to do.:ponder:

Im rarely impressed by any deals at the AH. Prices seem high. When I sell stuff there I look at the same items and drop my price and list my stuff and I always sell everything I list. Do different relms have different AH's or are they all linked I wonder??

[prion]

they are all different, and they are three different AH's for each realm: alliance, horde, and goblin

sometimes you can find a deal on the AH but not always the first time you look.

go do a bunch of mining and sell all the ore--there are two professions that use it.

I would not encourage wasting a lot of effort trying to get enchants. look for armor kits and sharpening stones instead. While you are on the AH you can go ahead and look for enchants but I would not ask about them in trade channel unless you are willing to really pay for them or waste a lot of time figuring out what mats you need and buying them.....I say waste because you can get a lot of xp in a short amount of time at that level and it is the better use of your time.

[Gorny]

Prion is correct as far as enchants go for weapons, you might be better off using sharpeninf stones rather than damage enchants at that level because you will be replacing stuff every other level.

For armor type enhancements you can only get extra defense from armor kits at those level (hands, legs, chest and feet). You can also consider stamina for your feet and bracers and for chest look into added stats, extra stamina. remember, if you have a choice between an enchant of +to health (usually +5 around that level) and +3 to stamina, take the +3 to stamina over the health when they are for the same slot.

You get more HP off of + to stamina than the + to health would give you.

Since you are Horde the Horde AH's of UC, ORG, TB and Silvermoon will be what you use. The Neutral (Goblin ones) will be more expensive because of the markup from the goblins.

[Boneshaker]

Gorny: Is there any reason I cant learn enchanting and that way I can disenchant my gear and capture the mats. ? Is is too late to learn that skill enough to make use of it at lvl 26? Or is it a waste of time??

[clevins]

you can learn enchanting, but it's takes one of the two main professions slots (remember you can only learn two main professions). If you've not learned two, you can take it. If you have learned two, you'd need to drop one. Enchanting is nice, but not a way to make money. The usual advice for new players is to take two gathering professions (herbing, Mining, skinning) Because you can sell what you gather for reasonably good money and as you level you have expenses in the form of training and occasional big expenses like your mount at 30 and epic mount at 60. Crafting professions like enchanting don't really give you any enchants that people want until you get them to a high level and they take up money versus generate it.