WoW token price

[Mechismo-nesingwary]

@Kthis-shandris

I have not seen it go above 300k yet, but as soon as it does i’ll be first in line to buy one. I don’t usually, but $20 for 300k is just too sweet to pass up.

They got me. I was a buyer at 291k

[anon59086671]

@Chillproof-moon-guard

Since Blizz isn’t creating gold and mailing it to everyone, wouldn’t there still be limitations on its supply?

You are correct here. There is currently a limit on gold based on what people do in-game. As you said, Blizzard isn’t just mailing people an endless supply of gold.

I’ve noticed there are many inaccuracies that people express regarding tokens. To level-set things:

1. There is a common misconception that buying a token off the shop directly creates gold out of thin air. Tokens do not create gold out of thin air. A person who wants to sell a token for gold must first buy the token with cash, then list it on the Auction House. Then, someone who actually has the in-game gold has to buy it.

2. Prices will rise or fall incrementally based on supply or demand. The prices usually end up at a balance point that the market supports. It is possible (as we saw at the beginning of the year) for there to be no token supply yet have a suppressed cost. We saw this early on the expansion when token prices were around 140k gold and supply was not available (when this happens, you will get an error on the AH telling you there are no tokens available for purchase). The price will move as needed until there’s a balancing point. The higher the token supply, the lower prices will move, and vice versa.

3. Tokens purchased off the AH can be converted to 30 days of gametime or $15 of Bnet balance, which can be used to purchase anything in the Bnet shop. There is a $350 Bnet balance cap and a 10-token inventory cap (account-wide).

[Chillproof-moon-guard]

Curious what folks spend all that gold on. Besides tokens, I just use it for consumables and repairs. Maybe something off a rep vendor on occasion. Or do you just sit on it and wait for token prices to drop, then buy with gold?

[Sasarai-blades-edge]

Yes. But depending on how many you have purchased and whether or not you want to pay with real money to keep playing every month… Sometimes you might have to choose to bite the bullet.

If i’m going to spend the gold to buy gameshop things I will definitely wait for it to be cheap… I don’t need those things

[Mechismo-nesingwary]

I’m a big transmog/mount etc. collector so the Blackmarket Auction House gets me every time.

[Vortimer-proudmoore]

@Felforsale-illidan

There is no shortage of digital WoW gold thus supply isn’t a thing.

While it’s true, that digital WoW gold is produced out of thin air for characters performing certain content, there IS a limit on how much gold one can grind per unit time.

I’m sure you know, but I’ll reiterate that a token transaction is a transfer of gold from one player to another and that Blizz is not creating 300K gold for $20 out of thin air… it’s something a player did over time and as noted above is rate-limited.

It’s still very much a supply and demand thing and people with gold want tokens to buy D4 and/or its platinum currency more than those who want gold in exchange for $20.

Blizzard is not directly controlling the supply of digital gold nor the demand for tokens.
There are indirect supply controls by limiting how much gold one can farm per hour and indirect demand spikes for tokens when they introduce new cash shop items that are desirous to players with gold such as WoW & D4 games, as well as cosmetics & mounts for both WoW and D4 (maybe OW2 and Hearthstone too).

[Jàrèd-sargeras]

Nah blizz shouldn’t interfere with the economy. We token sellers deserve the gold too

[Gavinel-fenris (Gavinel)]

I tend to buy raw trade materials, ore, herbs, etc. I’ll also spend some gold on gear for a newly leveled toon. Just haven’t done that all that much this xpac.

[Kennie-malganis]

Players decide the price.

It’s 500k+ on China right now.

[anon59086671]

@Kennie-malganis

It’s 500k+ on China right now.

How is that possible? WoW’s China region has been shut down for most of the year.

[Boostins-lightbringer]

No it hasn’t.

200k+ has only been a usual trend since the April 2022 trailer for dragonflight. Very rarely peaking to near that point twice prior over the 7 years prior since the token introduction in April 2015.

https://wowtokenprices.com/extended-history (Select NA region and sort to all time).

[Kennie-malganis]

@anon59086671

WoW’s China region has been shut down for most of the year.

Oh, maybe it’s old data then. I was actually wondering why it was so low. Anyways, apparently 300k is what US players have decided is worth $20

[Felforsale-illidan]

@anon59086671

Gold is the primary currency in WoW. It’s used to purchase services, gear, transmogs, mounts, toys, pets, and many other things. With that said, different people probably view gold differently. For example, raidloggers may only care about having enough gold to cover the cost of raiding, whereas collectors may have a much heavier thirst for gold to help them collect as many things as possible.

I’m a collector type and gold-making is my primary gameplay as a result. I use the gold I make to buy tokens for gametime and Bnet balance, as well as rare items that I am missing. I also hire teams of mercenaries and ride on their backs as they conquer challenges to help me obtain additional cosmetics (e.g., KSM mount and KSH portals).

Hopefully this helps!

Holy cow. I’ve never realized this but you summed up how I play the game amazingly. Thanks for that.

Cheers.

[Felforsale-illidan]

@Varlth-mankrik

To argue gold is limitless is stupid because we’ve seen the impact of what happens if Blizzard gives players too much gold making capabilities; it creates inflation…which is exactly what happens in the real world too and ultimately why the token is now worth almost 300k rather than 30k.

I’m not saying blizzard “prints” unlimited gold. I’m saying they can, thus there is no limit on supply in principle. Also, when you point to inflation aren’t you proving my case that gold has been flooded into the WoW economy via token sales? Lastly, I’m not stating a conspiracy, it would merely be good business to come up with ways for people to exchange Warcraft gold (a digital currency only useful to buy things you make) with real world currency.

[Felforsale-illidan]

@Sasarai-blades-edge

No but demand is very real.

They are sweetening the pot to get people to buy so they can make money.

Exactly. It’s great business.

[Ulendur-moon-guard]

What exactly causes token price to go up or down, and when can we expect it to go down? Miss when I could buy 2-3 tokens for current price.

[Ratpally-stormrage]

What is this dude talking about? Was the token actually at 300k earlier and I just missed it?

[Jalanili-moon-guard]

There are not enough things that people need to use WoW Gold on right now, and a lot of things that people want to use a Blizzard balance on instead. Until there are bigger gold sinks in WoW and other games like Diablo and Overwatch 2 cool down, expect prices to stay high.

Unfortunately the release of tokens into the WotLK Classic economy hasn’t helped balance things because the extra market there is its own deal and doesn’t impact retail tokens.

As a note, that’s why I’m kind of low-key hoping that the graphics for buying bundles of Traders Tender is actually going to be bought with gold, not cash. That’d be a nice big once-a-month dip in token prices.

[Orctang-area-52 (Orctang)]

@Mechismo-nesingwary

collector so the Blackmarket Auction House gets me every time

What cool things have you gotten from the BMAH?

[anon59086671]

@Orctang-area-52

What cool things have you gotten from the BMAH

One of the interesting things about this question is that we can automatically label anyone who says “The Brutosaur that totally shows up like it’s supposed to” a liar =D