BASTIAN'S STRATEGIES
Bastian's Gold Rumours
Every way to get rich I was ever told about, written down by a man who is still not rich
Printed in Booty Bay, on credit.
This is the book from Bastian's Strategies, the same pages you read in WoW Forever with /bbook. It grows with the travellers' rumours and gets a new edition most days. The addons
The boxes show the auction prices of the RP-PvE realm in Europe once it opens on 4 November 2026. Until then they show what is known without them: the vendor prices and what the creatures drop.
What's new
- 2026-10-24 Bastian tells you more about himself, and about the statue, in the preface.
- 2026-10-23 Vendors and flips: three pages, starting with the first 36 hours after launch.
- 2026-10-23 Trades: five pages on which professions to learn and what they pay up to the level cap.
- 2026-10-23 The rumour mill: after each chapter, what the travellers say and I have not tried yet.
- 2026-10-23 The book opens with two strategies: the dig at Bael'dun and the bandage bargain.
- 2026-10-23 The auction house: five pages on the deposit and the cut, commodities, how long to list, binding and holds.
- 2026-10-23 Fishing: a new chapter of five pages, from the Westfall coast to Lordamere Lake.
- 2026-10-23 Farming: four new pages, from the dust devils of Westfall to the harpy cave in Thousand Needles.
- 2026-10-23 Crafting: four new pages, among them the Barbaric Bracers and the Gnomish Cloaking Device.
Contents
Before the first page
- Prefacelevel 1-60
Farming and easy kills
Places where creatures carry cloth, leather and coin, and how to work them. I spend most of my evenings in this chapter.
- The Dust Devils of Westfalllevel 17-22
- Murloc Pearls in the Wetlandslevel 20-26
- Bael'dun: The Dig That Never Endslevel 21-26
- Raptor Teeth in the Wetlandslevel 23-28
- The Harpy Cave in Thousand Needleslevel 27-30
Fishing
Where to fish, what bites there and what it sells for. Bring a chair.
- Oily Blackmouth off Westfalllevel 10-20
- Deviate Fish from the oaseslevel 14-20
- Blackmouth and trunks in the Wetlandslevel 20-30
- The fishing rack and the bottleslevel 20-30
- Trout and trunks at Lordamere Lakelevel 25-30
- Rumour mill: 1 rumour I have not tried yet
Crafting for profit
Making one thing out of three and selling it for more than the three cost. The pages in this chapter are the ones where the sums still come out right after the auction house's cut.
- The Bandage Bargainlevel 1-60
- Wands and Bronze for Launch Weeklevel 1-20
- Barbaric Bracerslevel 10-30
- Silk Headbands and the Bandit Masklevel 22-30
- The Gnomish Cloaking Devicelevel 25-30
Vendors and flips
Buying from one person and selling to another for more. Merchants do it all day and nobody calls them clever.
- The First 36 Hourslevel 1-30
- Vendor Recipes That Selllevel 15-30
- The Black Market at Powderfuse Portlevel 25-30
The auction house
How the auction house works on Forever: the deposit, the cut and when to sell.
- The deposit, the cut and the postlevel 1-30
- Commodities and their delaylevel 1-30
- How long to listlevel 1-30
- Bind on equip, bind when madelevel 1-30
- Holds, access and biddinglevel 1-30
Trades
Which professions earn their keep, and at which level.
- What to learn firstlevel 1-30
- Gathering first, with no moneylevel 1-25
- Herbs, dust and hideslevel 15-30
- Skinning, Leatherworking and Mininglevel 10-30
- Cooking, alwayslevel 5-30
- Rumour mill: 5 rumours I have not tried yet
The stamps
- [Checked] I held the rumour against the prices and the loot tables, and it stood.
- [Half right] True for part of it. The page says which part.
- [Did not hold] It failed the check. The page stays as a warning.
- [Heard, not checked] Nobody has managed to check it yet.