Is Alchemy a waste of time?

[Sil-hakkar]

I went into flask/potion production on my alchemist and I’m having a really hard time making money.

The market has gotten to a point where selling a flask is simply not worth it.

I can make 2 gold level flasks and sell them for 899 each, or 1798 total. It’s not bad. However, if I sell the material to make the flasks, it totals over 2700 gold.

I’m not an AH goblin who can shift/control the prices of things. Just a casual alchemist trying to make some gold. Im starting to think maybe I should just focus on Transmutation instead. Flask/Potion production just doesn’t seem profitable

[Jere-llane (Jere)]

I can’t speak for the market. I’ve been making a lot of gold off of the vers flasks, but I get a lot of resourcefulness and multicraft procs. I don’t know if I have better than average luck or if it is common though.

[Amaad-aggramar]

Yeh…since the merged the servers in the AH for a lot of items its pretty much not worth the time. I use to spend hours farming herbs and minerals. I didn’t make bundles of gold but was able to make a profit worth the time. It was a great way to decompress after work. Now…just not worth it .

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[Teishoku-proudmoore]

Best way to make money with Alchemy?

What’s the best way to make money with Alchemy/Herbalism? Most flasks sell for less than the materials to make them, so I’m kind of at a loss. Is transmutation worth it maybe? I haven’t started on that tree yet but I’m about to I see people making lots of money with actual crafting professions that can make gear, but alchemy feels like it’s kind of left out of that loop.

The results in this thread are still valid. I just checked them, and while the numbers have shifted, the resulting profits are roughly the same.

Were you confused about my answer last time?