Vallock wrote:
On my server I am buying the Arcane crystals for 4g. The thorium is maybe around 1-1.5 g a bar. So for around a 5-6 gold investment I can create an arcanite bar and sell it for 14-16 depending on how many ppl are undercutting.
Same situation on my server, sometimes I can even find Arcane Crystals for as low as 1.5-2g if I'm lucky, and I always try to buy them for 3g or less (patience is key). Since there's a one day cooldown on the transmute anyway it's not like I need so many crystals, so I can be patient. Overall I expect to pay less than 5g for the mats (crystal + thorium).
Arcanite bars used to sell for around 15g (a nice 10g profit per day), but again I have to be patient... some (most) days there are 10 arcanite bars for sale with a BO around 12g. But then there's usually one day per week when the supply seems to dry up and I can sell for around 15g.