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12/31/2014

The Power Word: Gold 2014 Year In Review

It's New Year's Eve and time to put some of my thoughts down about what's happened here at Power Word: Gold this year. While there has been some fairly drastic changes in the area of gold-making itself due to the release of Warlords of Draenor this post will mainly focus on what's...
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12/27/2014

Is Savage Blood Being Duped? Here's The Evidence

I was tipped off by Twitter user @OriShmori that there's a strong chance that Savage Blood is being duplicated ("duped") on several servers. @PowerWordGold @CM_Lore Hopefully something will be done about the rampant Savage blood dupes. http://t.co/wbaEzSI298 — Ori (@OriShmori)...
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12/24/2014

New Forum Holiday WoW Pet Giveaway: Soul of the Aspects

Happy Holidays! In celebration of the successful launch of the Bid Fiddlers gold-making forums we're giving away a golden Soul of the Aspects pet. (A huge thanks to @RhoWoW from the @RealmPodcast for providing the giveaway pet. Rho is a fantastic cheerleader for all WoW podcasts...
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Episode 094: Spreadsheets Spreadsheets Everywhere!

Episode 094 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies. In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses leveling in Warlords, what are all our cooldowns really good for?, TSM .csv spreadsheets, Trading...
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12/22/2014

Build a WoW Item Pricing Spreadsheet Using TradeSkillMaster .CSVs + Google Drive Sheets

In this video I go over how to use the (Beta) TradeSkillMaster Web APIs (Stormspire post explaining the feature) to download a .csv of my realm auction house pricing data and build a Google Drive Sheets spreadsheet that allows me to access and manipulate that data to do things like: Quickly...
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12/19/2014

Blizzard To Allow Gold Buying? WildStar Did It First (Which Is Good)!

In Blizzard's 2014 World of Warcraft in the New Year forum post it mentioned that it is contemplating allowing players to buy in-game game-time tokens and then sell them to other players for gold. While I'm sure there will be much player reaction to this possibility, when...
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12/17/2014

Garrisons Explained: How Work Orders Work (Get Faster, Get More)

In this "explainer" video, I go over how the Garrison Work Order system works. I try to break it down in terms that are simple and easy to understand and help people like me make sure that we're thinking correctly about how they work. In addition, I go over adding a follower to your...
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Fur and Leather Caged Beasts Now Stack!

Looks like fur/leather cages for the Barn now stack. WAHOO!! #yougetbagspace #andyougetbagspace #everyonegetsbagspace Like this post? Get even more Power Word: Gold - Purchase our Gold-Making Guides, subscribe via RSS, subscribe to the Podcast via iTunes or...
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12/14/2014

Unraveling Why Gold-Making Has Changed In Warlords of Draenor

My initial intention with this video was to sit down and make a "quick 15 minute" video about why gold-making functions differently in Warlords of Draenor. I was planning to do this by mapping out how materials flowed in the game before and after Warlords. What I ended up with is...
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12/13/2014

Episode 093: Garrisons and Gathering and Gold-Making…Oh My!

Episode 093 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies. In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses how gold-making has changed in Warlords, Blizzard fighting botters, gold-making with garrisons,...
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12/12/2014

Introducing BidFiddlers.com - A New Gold-Making Forum

I'm proud to announce that I have created a new gold-making forum at BidFiddlers.com. I've been contemplating starting a gold-making forum ever since I started the blog back in 2010 but never felt the time was right. After 4 years of blogging, I finally feel comfortable starting...
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12/07/2014

Episode 092: Doing The Level One Hundred Dance

Episode 092 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies. In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses hitting level 100, picking tier 3 garrison buildings, the "Working More Orders" achievement, garrison...
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12/06/2014

Best Garrison Buildings To Make Gold - Tier 3 Small, Medium, and Large

We finally hit level 100 on one of our characters and are now faced with what new small, medium, and large garrison buildings to build. Just like when we wrote Best Starter Tier 2 Small and Medium Garrison Buildings To Make Gold? we're going to look at what we might want to do in...
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12/04/2014

Pre-Built Warlords Importable TradeSkillMaster Groups by Animadnb

(Today's guest post was written by Animadnb. If you would like your gold-making guest post featured on Power Word: Gold please submit it for consideration to powerwordgold@yahoo.com. In the email include the post title, post text, images, and a public name/pseudonym for attribution.) So...
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12/02/2014

Hotfix Removes Many Cooldown Mats From Profession Recipes

Wowhead reports many of the rare crafting recipes no longer require soulbound materials that have cooldoowns. This will likely change (tank?) the value of these items but also allow them to be more readily crafted and bought/sold. Keep an eye on these items and also how the ore...
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11/30/2014

Episode 091: Garrison Madness

Episode 091 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies. In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses what he's been doing now that he has a little time to play, garrisons, garrisons (and more garrisons),...
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11/29/2014

To Stockpile Ore or Not To Stockpile Ore

As was updated in our recent post on material prices since launch: @CM_Lore: "@dopplegager @TheCrafticus The Garrison was giving too much ore. That was hotfixed yesterday. Will take some time to see the effects." 2:31 PM - 26 Nov 2014 With "yesterday" in that tweet being November...
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11/27/2014

Warlords Pricing Trends for Ore, Herbs, Enchanting, Leather, and Cloth Since Launch

Tonight I am going to record the pricing trends for the various crafting materials introduced in Warlords of Draenor. Since it's been about 2 weeks since launch the very beginning data will soon not be shown in The Undermine Journal charts. This is my chance to record it for posterity. I'll...
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Garrisons, Casinos, and Lawn Mower Races

Yesterday I summed up my current feelings about my experiences with the following tweet: "You know how you can turn off XP for 10g? Blizz needs to implement "Don't let me into my Garrison for 10 hours". Then I'd actually level." The reason I came to that conclusion is that I feel...
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11/26/2014

Grouper Now Compatible With The New Undermine Journal

We're happy to say that Grouper has been updated to work with links from the newly relaunched Undermine Journal! Grouper is the fastest way to build TSM-importable shopping lists from places like the Undermine Journal Deals, Unusuals, and Wowuction Bargain Hunter pages. In...
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11/24/2014

Gold-Making With Jim! #354 - Warlords Launch

More Warlords of Draenor Launch madness in Gold-Making With Jim Episode #345! Also check out the Episode 300-400 YouTube Playlist for past episodes! Part 1: WoW Gold-Making With Jim! #354 Pt.1/2 Warlords Launch by Jim Younkin (Part 2 after the jum...
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11/22/2014

Episode 090: Back In Business

Episode 090 of The Power Word: Gold Podcast. We bring you the latest World of Warcraft gold-making tips, tricks and strategies. In this episode your host Jim Younkin discusses what he's been up to while on break from WoW, the Warlords of Draenor launch, level 90 items,...
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11/20/2014

Finding and Flipping Level 90 Warlords of Draenor BoE Greens From The AH

A new expansion is upon us and that means finding the green items that can be flipped. In the past these were the 77-80 Cataclysm items usable in Wrath of the Lich King (and PVP) and the 83-84 Mists of Pandaria items usable by those still in Cataclysm (and PVP). With Warlords of...
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11/18/2014

Unobtainium No More by Dasvamp

(Today's guest post was written by Dasvamp. Submit your own gold-making guest post for consideration to powerwordgold@yahoo.com.) Been a reader of PW:Gold for quite some time, and it was the articles by The Mogfather that infected me with the Goblin virus. Guess that I was lucky...
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Best Starter Tier 2 Small and Medium Garrison Buildings To Make Gold?

I finally got my first Tier 2 Garrison in Warlords of Draenor and I now have the question that many of you have had to answer: which starter medium and and small building should I build in Tier 2? In my post Details On All Twenty Garrison Buildings In The Warlords Beta I outlined...
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11/17/2014

Back In The Saddle Again

I finally stole away some time to level my garrison and now I'm getting the dreaded "Character not found" error. This means that I have a bit of "free" time to do things like, oh I don't know, write a blog pos...
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Nooooooooo!

Like this post? Get even more Power Word: Gold - Purchase our Gold-Making Guides, subscribe via RSS, subscribe to the Podcast via iTunes or RSS, watch our Livestreams, follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, and subscribe via Youtube....
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11/16/2014

Gold-Making With Jim! #353 My Warlords Launch! (AKA The Waiting Game)

WoW Gold-Making With Jim! #353 Pt.1/2 Warlords Launch by Jim Younkin WoW Gold-Making With Jim! #353 Pt.2/2 Warlords Launch by Jim Younkin Like this post? Get even more Power Word: Gold - Purchase our Gold-Making Guides, subscribe via RSS, subscribe to the Podcast via iTunes or RSS, watch our Livestreams, follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, and subscribe v...
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11/15/2014

All I Could See…

Too Many Cooks Like this post? Get even more Power Word: Gold - Purchase our Gold-Making Guides, subscribe via RSS, subscribe to the Podcast via iTunes or RSS, watch our Livestreams, follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, and subscribe via Youtube....
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10/26/2014

How To Turn Off Outlines In Warlords of Draenor

If you don't like the "outlines" that Blizzard added in World of Warcraft Patch 6.0.2 the setting to turn them off is a bit buried. Here's how to turn them off. TL:DR - Options > Interface > Display > Outline Mode > Disabled (or Quest Objectives Onl...
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Patch 6.0.2 The Iron Tide New User Interface Bits

Blizzard pulled me back in with 7 free days of game time. So far I've updated my files and jumped into game. So far all I've had time to do is log in and poke around the new interface. (In addition some of you who have been reading the blog may notice some visual changes to the...
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10/25/2014

Over 3,000,000! (Almost)

Just a quick note to say that Power Word: Gold will likely hit 3 Million all-time pageviews in the next few days. That's crazy. Also, Blizz pulled me back in with 7 free days of game time. I'll be logging in for a few hours tonight to poke around. (Now if the patch would just finish!) Update:...
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8/16/2014

Macros For Quickly Buying 5-Stack Vendor Items In WoD Beta

If you're like me and buying lots of items from your Garrison Trading Post vendor you might have noticed it is very annoying to have to click each and confirm buying each 5 stack or ore (for example). I decided to use good old /framestack (or /fstack) command to see if I could build...
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Warlords of Draenor Beta Gameplay - #003

Warlords of Draenor Beta Gameplay! - #003 Pt.1/2 by Jim Younkin In this livestream we continue our march into the Warlords of Draenor Beta. Find part 2 after the jum...
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7/28/2014

Details On All Twenty Garrison Buildings In The Warlords Beta

The new Level 100 build of the Warlords of Draenor Beta is all about Garrisons with Blizzard giving you all sorts of tricks and shortcuts that allow beta testers to build all sorts of Garrison goodness. I was very interested in all the different Garrison buildings along with...
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7/24/2014

New Garrison & Profession Information Via BlizzPro

Image Source: BlizzPro In the post "Build 18566: Garrison and Profession Shifts" BlizzPro's Crow (@unlimitedBLACK) gives us some further observations and insights on how garrisons and professions are coming together (and working together) in the Warlords of Draenor beta. Read...
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New Warcraft Movie Revealed…To Be Hideous?

Revealed at the @Legendary booth, here's your first look at the #WarcraftMovie logo! #LegendarySDCC pic.twitter.com/BFqeuDpl6u — Legendary (@Legendary) July 24, 2014 My initial thoughts are I don't like this new Warcraft movie logo but I'm not sure how much of that is based...
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7/19/2014

Profession Training Scrolls In Warlords of Draenor Beta

While killing Shadowmoon Voidmancers in (the surprisingly lush) Shadowmoon Valley in the Warlords of Draenor Beta I received three profession learning scrolls within a few drops of each other. These particular scrolls (A Guide to Skinning in Draenor, A Compendium of the Herbs of...
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How To Start & Turn In Garrison Missions in Warlords of Draenor

YouTube: How To Start a Garrison Mission in Warlords of Draenor While we know Warlords of Draenor is still in beta we thought the Garrison mission UI was not really that intuitive. We made a few short videos showing how to start as well as turn in Garrison missions. We also wanted to show off the cool little "mini-animation" that plays when you turn in that shows your follower...
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7/13/2014

Warlords of Draenor Garrisons - In Pictures

We've been going through the initial Garrison quests in the Warlords of Draenor Beta and taking pictures. Lots of pictures. Today we thought we'd give a bit of a sneak peek into the starting Garrison experience in picture form. While we won't write about Garrisons today we can...
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7/12/2014

Warlords of Draenor Beta Gameplay - #002

YouTube Part 1: Warlords of Draenor Beta Gameplay! - #002 Pt.1/2 by Jim Younkin We were able to spend more time in the Warlords of Dreanor Beta! In these videos we use our copied main character to explore the beta and even get into some gold-making theory. Part 2 is embedded past the jum...
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7/05/2014

Warlords of Draenor: New Bits and Pieces

I spent some more time in the Warlords of Draenor Beta this weekend (video to come soon) and tried to pay special attention to how the UI has changed as well as any other changes that might interest us as gold-makers. While many of these features have been known since Blizzcon,...
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7/04/2014

Warlords of Draenor Beta Footage: Night One!

Part 1: Warlords of Draenor Beta! - Night One Pt.1/3 by Jim Younkin We were finally able to get our gaming PC set up and the first thing we did was download the Warlords of Draenor Beta (we call it "Alpha" in the video but that's because we were out of the loop when we recorded, it's actually Beta now). While we had a few technical difficulties (feel free to skip ahead in...
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6/30/2014

So this is happening.

I'm excited to finally be able to start poking the Warlords of Draenor Alpha with a +2 stick of pointiness! More to follow. Like this post? Get even more Power Word: Gold - Purchase our Gold-Making Guides, subscribe via RSS, subscribe to the Podcast via iTunes or RSS,...
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4/10/2014

Power Word: Pause

There are a lot of big life changes happening around the Younkin household that will require much more of our time. While all these changes are positive (don't worry) it does, however, mean that we will have little-to-no time to properly maintain Power Word: Gold in the foreseeable...
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4/07/2014

Gold-Making With Jim! Episode #0350

YouTube: Gold-Making With Jim! #0350 (2.7M Gold+) by Jim Younkin YouTube Playlist: Gold-Making With Jim! (0301-0400) by Jim Younkin Like this post? Get even more Power Word: Gold - Purchase our Gold-Making Guides, subscribe via RSS, subscribe to the Podcast via iTunes or RSS, watch our Livestreams, follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, and subscribe v...
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4/03/2014

Warlords of Draenor: No Prof Benefits, Easy-Mode Mining & Herbing

From Blizzard's Warlords of Draenor: Alpha Patch Notes: (Emphasis ours.) "Professions   Some of our goals with Professions in Warlords of Draenor are to make them more of a personal choice, and less of a mandatory “min/max” selection. To that end, we're removing...
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Warlords Of Draenor: Blizzard Thinks Glyphs Are Too Expensive

From Blizzard's Warlords of Draenor: Alpha Patch Notes: (Emphasis ours.) "Automatically Learned Glyphs  While leveling, characters unlock Glyph slots at several specific levels. However, in order to get glyphs, characters need to visit an Auction House (and potentially...
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4/02/2014

Jim's Twitch Raps - Beware!

What do you get when you mix rapping every so many Twitch followers, a mandatory 30 second delay on Twitch, lack of sleep, beatboxing, "rapping" and gold-making? Apparently you get 15 "songs" of questionable-to-no artistic skill. I considered keeping these buried forever but figured it was worth sharing them for, you know, teh lulz. Hit the "Play All" button on the embedded playlist...
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4/01/2014

Power Word: Gold Now Covering WildStar Only!

(This was posted in April 1st and was an April Fool's Joke. Did you really think we could leave WoW?!) This wasn't an easy decision and we've been debating it ever since we played the WildStar beta a week ago but we've made the decision to switch Power Word: Gold from a blog, podcast,...
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3/28/2014

Enough WildStar To Choke A Space Horse

It's the weekend again and you know what that means: WildStar Pre-Order Beta Weekend! If we decide to pre-order we'll be enjoying ourselves in WildStar for the next few days. For those who haven't pre-ordered or are not in the Beta we have a truckload of gameplay videos for you to watch to get a feel for the game. So far WildStar is one of the most promising MMO Betas we've...
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3/26/2014

The "Bankless" Glyph System - Three Chars, Zero Banks!

YouTube: "Bankless" Glyph Selling Guide - Three Chars, Zero Banks! My search for a glyph selling system that works for me continues. After 1.5 hours in glyph posting purgatory I decided there had to be a better way. What I wanted to eliminate: running back and forth to bank dozens of times managing expired glyphs. This video goes over my solution: Three glyph sellers...
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3/24/2014

Glyph Posting Purgatory!!! - A Cautionary Tale

What do you get when you're still trying to figure out what the hell you're doing to deal with hundreds and hundreds of expired glyphs? Apparently you spend 1.5 hours mucking about. Ugh! On a side note, after making this I came up with a new idea about how to deal with this. Might share more in the future. For now, whatcha see is whatcha get! If nothing else this video shows what...
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Gold-Making With Jim! Episode #0349

YouTube: Gold-Making With Jim! #0349 (2.7M Gold+) by Jim Younkin YouTube Playlist: Gold-Making With Jim! (0301-0400) by Jim Younkin Like this post? Get even more Power Word: Gold - Purchase our Gold-Making Guides, subscribe via RSS, subscribe to the Podcast via iTunes or RSS, watch our Livestreams, follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, and subscribe...
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3/19/2014

TradeSkillMaster Application (Beta) Preview

After tweeting that I was looking at the new TradeSkillMaster Application beta I was asked by a reader to post up some screenshots. Today I'll be giving you a brief overview of the current beta release of the new TradeSkillMaster Application. The new application has some really...
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3/17/2014

Macros To Swap Your Bags To The Bank

A livestream viewer saw me using the bag to bank swap macros while doing my glyph selling routine. I thought I'd post them here so everyone can get the use. Thanks to Faid of ClockworkRiot for sharing these macros with me. Eseven also pointed me to this post on The Consortium that...
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