Patch 4.0.6 PTR: Sell prices for common archaeology artifacts changed (again)

by Mathew McCurley Jan 25th 2011 at 8:00PM

After the hoopla that went on over a 1,000g sell price on the Word of Empress Zoe, Blizzard has changed the sell values on all of the common archaeology artifacts again on the PTR. Word of Empress Zoe's sell price to vendors has gone down significantly, but to compensate, many other commons have had their prices increased to even out the spread of money-makers in the profession. Thanks to Wowhead for the comprehensive list. You can check out the full table of common sell prices after the jump.

Artifact	Current	PTR
Word of Empress Zoe	10g	375g
Silver Scroll Case	90s	200g
Imprint of a Kraken Tentacle	5g	200g
Chest of Tiny Glass Animals	40s	100g
Cat Statue with Emerald Eyes	90s	100g
Scepter of Nekros Skullcrusher	1g	80g
Intricate Treasure Chest Key	5g	50g
Anklet with Golden Bells	1g	50g
Maul of Stone Guard Mur'og	1g	50g
Scepter of Nezar'Azret	5g	50g
Fine Crystal Candelabra	1g 20s	50g
Tooth with Gold Filling	40s	50g
Bracelet of Jade and Coins	22s	25g
Tiny Bronze Scorpion	1g	25g
Umbra Crescent	90s	20g
Six-Clawed Cornice	5g	20g
Fanged Cloak Pin	5g	20g
Silver Kris of Korl	9g	20g
Warmaul of Burningeye	9g	20g
Proto-Drake Skeleton	5g	20g
Spiked Gauntlets of Anvilrage	9g	20g
Pipe of Franclorn Forgewright	10g	20g
Scepter of Bronzebeard	9g	20g
Carcanet of the Hundred Magi	90s	20g
Infested Ruby Ring	5g	20g
Tiny Oasis Mosaic	1g	15g
Dignified Portrait	1g	10g
Drakkari Sacrificial Knife	40s	10g
Fierce Wolf Figurine	1g	10g
Plated Elekk Goad	1g	10g
String of Small Pink Pearls	40s	10g
Fiendish Whip	1g	10g
Castle of Sand	90s	10g
Ewer of Jormungar Blood	5g	10g
Scramseax	5g	10g
Vizier's Scrawled Streamer	5g	10g
Soapstone Scarab Necklace	90s	10g
Scepter of Xavius	40s	10g
Dented Shield of Horuz Killcrow	40s	10g
Thorned Necklace	5g	10g
Feathered Raptor Arm	40s	10g
Carved Harp of Exotic Wood	1g	10g
Engraved Scimitar Hilt	1g	10g
Scorched Staff of Shadow Priest Anund	40s	10g
Vicious Ancient Fish	40s	10g
Strange Silver Paperweight	1g 10s	10g
Sketch of a Desert Palace	1g	10g
Scepter of Charlga Razorflank	40s	10g
Scepter of the Nathrezim	1g	10g
Mithril Chain of Angerforge	41s	10g
Spidery Sundial	5g	10g
Baroque Sword Scabbard	1g	10g
Skull Staff of Shadowforge	40s	10g
Gruesome Heart Box	3g 50s	7g
Notched Sword of Tunadil the Redeemer	20s	5g
Insect in Amber	20s	5g
Bodacious Door Knocker	20s	5g
Kaldorei Amphora	20s	5g
Jade Asp with Ruby Eyes	10s	5g
Boot Heel with Scrollwork	20s	5g
Ancient Shark Jaws	20s	5g
Feathered Gold Earring	10s	5g
Golden Chamber Pot	20s	5g
Tile of Glazed Clay	1g	5g
Hairpin of Silver and Malachite	22s	5g
Cracked Crystal Vial	40s	5g
Winged Helm of Corehammer	20s	5g
Skull Drinking Cup	1g	5g
Delicate Music Box	20s	5g
Eerie Smolderthorn Idol	10s	5g
Ironstar's Petrified Shield	20s	5g
Cinnabar Bijou	10s	5g
Skull-Shaped Planter	20s	5g
Gahz'rilla Figurine	20s	5g
Atal'ai Scepter	20s	5g
Gray Candle Stub	1g	5g
Devilsaur Tooth	20s	5g
Cloak Clasp with Antlers	10s	3g
Mummified Organ	1g	2g
Coin from Eldre'Thalas	10s	2g
Shattered Glaive	10s	2g
Green Dragon Ring	10s	2g
Zandalari Voodoo Doll	5s	1g
Shard of Petrified Wood	5s	1g
Silver Neck Torc	11s	1g
Lizard Foot Charm	5s	1g
Strange Velvet Worm	10s	1g
Fetish of Hir'eek	5s 20c	1g
Fine Bloodscalp Dinnerware	5s	1g
Beautiful Preserved Fern	5s	1g
Moltenfist's Jeweled Goblet	11s	1g
Highborne Pyxis	5s	1g
Inlaid Ivory Comb	5s	1g
Black Trilobite	5s	1g
Scandalous Silk Nightgown	5s	1g
Worn Hunting Knife	5s	1g
Wooden Whistle	5s	1g
Pewter Drinking Cup	10s	1g
Twisted Ammonite Shell	10s	1g
Bone Gaming Dice	5s	1g
Dwarven Baby Socks	5s	1g
Ceramic Funeral Urn	10s	1g
Belt Buckle with Anvilmar Crest	5s 50c	1g
Necklace with Elune Pendant	5s	1g
Stone Gryphon	10s	1g
Dazzling Sapphire Pendant	98c	98s

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Tags: archaeology, archaeology-common, archaeology-grey-items, common, commons-archaeology, commons-sell-price, sell-price

Filed under: Cataclysm, Archaeology

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Necromann Jan 25th 2011 8:02PM

1k was way to much.

Barinthos Jan 25th 2011 8:29PM

After leveling Arch on 2 characters to max in hopes of getting SOMETHING epic for my 85s and turning up nothing. 1000g isn't enough.

But still, the new prices are very generous and I'm very pleased to have a crap ton of random stuff still in my bag ready to sell to a vendor.

Skrotus Jan 25th 2011 10:23PM

Too much in what way? it's not like it's super easy to get, archaeology requires a lot of time invested. Considering gold incomes these days 1000g is a drop in the ocean.

elvendude Jan 25th 2011 10:44PM

@Barinthos

Leveling it on a second character is *not* the way to get epics you can use. You figure out which epic you want, and you go grind the sites that give you that type of artifact. The vast majority of archaeology takes place above the 525 cap if you want anything good out of it from anything but pure luck.

Ettin Jan 26th 2011 12:21AM

@Barinthos: Why do you want Blizzard to pay you to look for BOA epics?

Snuzzle Jan 26th 2011 6:32AM

While I agree in theory that 1000g isn't much nowadays for a vendor trash item (after all, wasn't there items you could get from fishing that would vendor for that much back in WOTLK?) when none of the other prices even came close (there was one for 180g, and then nothing over 100g) it really wasn't fair. It was like hoping for a rare grey... which, at that point, you might as well just make it a rare.

The even prices are much more fair and reasonable. But anyone who says 1000g isn't enough for the time and effort put into 525 archaeology has never levelled it that far. :P

Scritch Jan 26th 2011 7:48AM

Make them not BOP!! I collect gray items, and can't put them in my Museum display because of the bloody BOP *sobs*

Barinthos Jan 26th 2011 10:27AM

Ok, just to clear things up. I leveled it on two characters just to level them because i was bored with quests. So archaeology was something else to do randomly. So I'm perfectly aware of how to "farm" for a specific race.

@Ettin - I don't care if I don't get the epics, but wasting a massive amount of time on random trash that doesn't even make it worth the effort when compared to killing a random 85 in twilight highlands is pretty lame. And i'm positive I'm not the only one that thinks this way because the profession forums are filled with threads regarding the same issue (QQing about no epics not included).

ToyChristopher Jan 25th 2011 8:08PM

These changes will make archaeology so much more fun and interesting.

Ruth Jan 26th 2011 10:49AM

Oh but it will! Everyone knows that money makes everything more exciting!

Uriah Jan 25th 2011 8:08PM

Money money!

MrJackSauce Jan 25th 2011 10:00PM

Money. It's so funny.

Shane Jan 25th 2011 10:38PM

in a rich man's world ... of Warcraft.

Hollow Leviathan Jan 25th 2011 11:00PM

You can keep your Marxist ways, cause it's only just a phase.

Ishammel Jan 26th 2011 3:33AM

... for it's money money money makes the world (of warcraft) goooo roooooooooooound!

Neuropox Jan 26th 2011 3:07PM

Im just a Cataclysm Millionaire!

Malkil Jan 25th 2011 8:10PM

Yes it was. Now that things have been a bit normalized, however, I feel the hit to my imaginary wallet a little more.

I'm not complaining about it in the slightest. I imagine that I'll get a few kraken tentacles from the 2600+ fossil fragments that I have saved up. Dang Tol'vir digsites... if you weren't so rare I wouldn't have given up on making fossil artifacts in the first place.

SaintStryfe Jan 25th 2011 8:22PM

Agreed. I wish Tol'vir had thier own cool down cycle. Personally, I'd be happy if Tol'vir couldn't even be accessed until 525 and level 85, but was on it's own cycle - maybe three spots per day, randomly spawned, in addtition to other sites on Kalimdor. Also, i'd be nice to have a small tol'vir spot somewhere in the Eastern Kingdoms.

Necromann Jan 25th 2011 8:30PM

Then the question arises as to what the Tol'vir were doing in E. Kingdoms

Antigen Jan 25th 2011 9:01PM

The Tol'vir were created by the Titans, and as such would have been active within the world before the sundering, which split the single continent known as Kalimdor into the continents we know today. It makes sense therefore, that a Tol'vir site could have survived the sundering and exist in the Eastern Kingdoms.

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