Cobra Scales Sell

Sometimes, I think when Blizzard adds a new item to World of Warcraft, I don't think they check to see what's already available. Case in point, these leatherworking patterns:

• Nethercobra Leg Armor
• Cobrahide Leg Armor

Nethercobra Leg Armor requires some pretty hefty resources, not to mention being EXALTED with Honor Hold or Thrallmar. Who's exalted with Honor Hold or Thrallmar? Hardly anyone, that's right. But wait, do you even NEED to make Nethercobra Leg Armor?

Cobrahide Leg Armor has only 2 points less crit rating, and 10 less attack power. So, it's a fraction of a percent of crit lost, and maybe 2 points of damage lost. You only have to be HONORED with Honor Hold or Thrallmar to get the pattern, and the materials are much, much less expensive to the leatherworker.(doesn't need primal nethers, and only half as many primal airs!).

Whichever one you make, it sells well. Twinks love it, and well-geared players love it because it ads some more "oomph" to their already uber items. You can make it yourself, or just farm and sell the most difficult to come by component in the recipe, Cobra Scales.

Yes, everyone, that IS a 1.7% drop rate. What does that mean? They're darn hard to come by! And they're DARN expensive to buy (so they're DARN profitable to sell! 20-30 gold PER SCALE). Head over to Shadowmoon Valley's Coilskar Cistern and kill Coilskar Cobras. If you only see 3 or 4, go into the cave to find more. If you get lucky on the drops, you stand to make maybe 80 to 100 gold per hour, here.

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Heavy Knothide Leather

The best thing about World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade is that they added so many high-level patterns to the craft skills. This is great for YOU, because it means materials are perpetually in demand! Heavy Knothide Leather is very popular right now for higher-level recipes, as people grind their way to 375 in leatherworking.

Before you begin farming this, head for Shattrath to get Pattern: Heavy Knothide Leather from
Cro Threadstrong. It's also sold in Silvermoon City by Tyn and Zaralda. Now you can turn 5 Knothide Leathers into Heavy Knothide Leather.

The best place to get this, in my opinion, is in Terokkar, in a cave where you can find Blackwind Sabrecats (map). Now, you can skin them and make the leather yourself, which is good money, and 100% profit. OR, you can take advantage of other people's hard work. Less profit, but it's easier to do, and more convenient. Read on!

Go to the Auction House (with the pattern learned), and buy stacks of Knothide Leather. Buy up, oh, 100 knothide leathers. Then turn that into a stack of 20 Heavy Knothide Leather. In most economies, you'll be able to sell that stack of 20 at a profit of 30 gold or so over what you paid for the raw materials. MAKE SURE YOU VERIFY THIS FIRST. If Heavy Knothide Leather is down in price, this will obviously not work, and cost you gold.

As an added bonus, you'll be getting skill ups as you do this, whichever method you choose.

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