WoW Forever: vendor price cuts end the Iron Grenade shuffle

Many crafted items in WoW Forever had their vendor prices changed with the weekly reset on 10 November. The changes appear aimed at vendor shuffles: crafting cheap materials into items that sell to a vendor for more than the materials cost. This is one report based on item data, and Blizzard has not commented on the changes.

The best known of them is the Iron Grenade shuffle. An Iron Bar, Heavy Blasting Powder and Silk Cloth make several of the Iron Grenade. With cheap enough materials, about 5 silver worth of them turned into 3 grenades that sold to a vendor for 5 silver each. After the cut, the same 3 grenades sell for 3 silver and 75 copper in total, less than the materials, so the shuffle no longer works.

Not every change is a cut. Some crafted items now sell to vendors for more than before, and the changes cover Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Engineering, Leatherworking and Tailoring. Minor Arcane Elixir, for example, now sells for 5 copper instead of 25.

Shuffles add new gold to the economy, which is why they tend to be closed quickly. Several were already shut during the beta, including ones built on weapons and enchanting wands, and this is the first set of such changes on live realms. With many new crafting recipes in WoW Forever, it is unlikely to be the last.