My Miner/Engineer would purchase all the basic raw materials
(32 Frozen Orbs, 22 stacks of Saronite Ore, 8 Eternal Shadows, and 8 Eternal Earths) in Dalaran and then trade
with Frozo in Dalaran thru The Eternals Exchange to get 4 Crusader's
Orbs (which go straight to the Blacksmith) and 8 Eternal Fires, which he keeps along with the other
Eternals.
He smelts the Saronite Ores and mails 20 Saronite Bars to
the blacksmith and the rest to the Alchemist, who in turn transmutes them into 24 Titanium Bars. She then
mails the Titanium Bars to the Miner who creates the Titansteel Bars and sends them to the Blacksmith, who
creates the end product, Saronite Swordbreakers, from the final products of 8 Titansteel Bars, 20 Saronite
Bars, and 4 Crusader Orbs.
Lets take a look at the
costs:
8 Titansteel Bars,
20 Saronite Bars, and 4 Crusader Orbs are the materials needed, but we arrive at those by using the
following starting raw materials:
424 Saronite Ore, 8
Eternal Shadow, 8 Eternal Earth, 32 Frozen Orbs.
These calculations are
basic costs NOT including any bonus savings from alchemy transmutation procs for extra Titanium
Bars.
Costs:
424 Saronite Ore x
12g-14g per stack = (21.2 stacks) 254g 40s - 296g 80s
8 Eternal Shadow x 6g-10g
each = 48g - 80g
8 Eternal Earth x 2g-4g
each = 16g - 32g
32 Frozen Orbs x 18g-20g
each = 576g - 640g
Total = 894.4g -
1048.8g
I sell these for
2200-2500g each easily. This is a great seller because tanking wrists are not a common drop and
the easy ones to get from badges are only item level 213. Even without any procs from
transmutation this is very profitable. Any procs would be more profit for you. Hell, you
don't even need an alchemist or a blacksmith to do this, if you just tip someone to do the
transmutes, smelts, and crafting and you can still gain a nice profit when including
tips.
You can make even more
profit, if you find some Crusader Orbs for 120g or less. You can either trade Frozo 6 Frozen
Orbs for one Crusader Orb or buy them outright, whichever is cheaper. Titanium Spikeguards can
also be crafted following the same processes for similar profits. I also do this with Titanium
Razorplate and Breastplate of the White Knight, but those 2 costs a significant deal more to invest.
So thats my take on
turning 1k gold into 2k gold. I hope you see the significance of using multiple professions to
make a better profit.