World of Warcraft: Forever is live, and with it comes the excitement of farming gold to earn the first riding mount at level 40. Players know how to use the Auction House to make a killing in the first few days of any launch, but this time, there was a bit of an issue.
On launch day, players noticed that the minimum deposit for the Auction House was set to 1 Silver, and while that might not seem like a lot, it can be when items are only selling for a handful of copper. This was eating into player profits, making it so that lower-level materials and items should be vendored rather than placed on the AH.
On the r/wow Reddit, it was initially thought that this deposit was a bug. After some digging, it was found that this was an intentional deposit created by developers.
When players list an item for sale on the Auction House, there is always a deposit required. The deposit is given back to you once the item sells, is cancelled, or expires. Back in the OG version of World of Warcraft, the deposit amount was determined by the vendor price of the item/material and the amount of time it would spend listed.
Most gold farmers won’t want to risk the 1 silver on items that are only selling for a few copper each. Early game is all about saving money to be able to afford your mount and making money to afford everything you could want or need in game, such as extra bags to carry more items to sell on the Auction House.
The only way to combat this current hefty price tag is to only sell maximum stacks of items, and if the vendor price is significantly higher than the deposit and AH value, just vendor the items instead.
Luckily, the devs have announced that the deposit will be going to 1 Copper soon, though there is no exact date for when that change will take place. For now, gold farmers will have to deal with the 1 Silver deposit, or hold onto their items until the change is made.
