WoW Forever gold guide: vendor income, spending and beta cost changes
Blizzard’s documented vendor-price changes, gold-saving Legacy perks, temporary beta respec costs and gold-buying policy for WoW Forever.
The quick answer
Check vendor proceeds before buying crafting materials: Blizzard reduced profession-item sell prices during beta. Bartering discounts vendor items, but a later fix removes its unintended training and repair discounts. Gold buying can lead to gold removal or account closure.
Guide details and editorial record
- For
- WoW Forever players planning how to earn, spend and protect gold
- Game version
- World of Warcraft: Forever; Blizzard beta notes dated September 24 through October 16, 2026, Legacy explainer and gold-buying post checked October 23. Exact client build not published.
Responsible editor: Max · Editorial record: medium risk · desk review · AI assistance: draft
Blizzard reduced the vendor sell price of many profession-created items during the World of Warcraft: Forever beta. Before buying materials to craft for vendor income, check the finished item’s sell value: the October 16 notes give no itemized replacement prices. The development notes document the changes below; they do not establish profitable launch farms or gold-per-hour figures.
Check vendor proceeds before crafting for gold
Blizzard’s notes show why an older crafting calculation can stop working:
| Dated beta update | Documented change | What to check before spending |
|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Crafted common and uncommon wands sell to vendors for 1 copper. | An old wand-vendor calculation needs new inputs. |
| October 8 | Enchanting-produced items receive individual vendor-price adjustments. | Use the later item-specific values for that update. |
| October 16 | Many profession-created items have their vendor sell price reduced. | Check the item tooltip again; the post gives no replacement list. |
For example, the October 8 post lists 
Lesser Magic Wand at 1 silver 10 copper, 
Greater Magic Wand at 2 silver, Lesser Mystic Wand at 4 silver 50 copper and 
Greater Mystic Wand at 6 silver. These are dated beta values. The broader October 16 reduction means they cannot establish current proceeds or a launch profit margin.
Compare the finished item’s current vendor proceeds with the materials you would consume before buying a batch. The sources checked here contain no market-price survey or measured gathering income. The profession hub covers profession-specific progression.
Which Legacy perks affect spending?
Blizzard’s Legacy explainer describes several ways to reduce costs or resource use:
| Perk | Published effect | Limit for gold planning |
|---|---|---|
| Bartering | Reduces the gold price of items purchased from vendors. | The October 16 notes fix an unintended discount on training and repairs. Budget those separately. |
| Frequent Flier | Reduces flight costs and speeds flights up. | The explainer gives no fare table or discount percentage. |
| Reinforce | Reduces durability damage from death. | The explainer gives no repair-cost calculation. |
| Reagent Economy | Removes purchasable reagent requirements from class abilities and material costs from tier 1 camping features. | It does not establish a saving for every spell or camping object. |
Each character can spend up to 16 Legacy Points at launch, so these effects share a budget with other perks. The Legacy guide explains earning and spending; the sources do not establish a cheapest perk order.
Temporary respec costs were beta rules
The September 24 development notes make a first class-talent reset cost 1 silver when you have not recently changed talents. A subsequent reset costs more, then falls back to 1 silver after an hour. Blizzard explicitly calls this temporary for beta.
The October 8 post also sets the lowest-cost Legacy reset to 1 silver and reduces its cost by one reset step per hour, again only during beta. Neither post establishes a launch respec budget.
Buying gold and accepting transfers
In post 43 of the gold-buying thread, Blizzard community manager Kaivax says enforcement applies during beta and after launch. Blizzard will remove illicit gold from recipients and may take further action, including closing accounts.
The same post warns about gifts from strangers and other one-sided transfers. A recipient may face action if they knew, or should have known, that the gold came from an illegitimate source. It gives no safe transaction threshold.