| The Auction houses in Warcraft can be a daunting | | | | up, there is a good chance you are looking at an item |
| area for new players in Warcraft. For a start there is | | | | type you do not have the skills to use (remember you |
| often a scrum in front of the auctioneer, hand's waving, | | | | ticked the "usable items" button) |
| characters jumping about, running in and out. But take a | | | | Assuming you get a list of items they will be shown in |
| deep breath and let's talk you through the process | | | | the main area to the right of the list. Moving your |
| quickly and simply. You'll be making good deals and lots | | | | mouse pointer over these items will give you |
| of Warcraft Gold in no time. | | | | information. The icon of the item will give you a tooltip |
| In this guide, we will assume you are selling for the first | | | | giving you the stats for it, The colour of the item text |
| time, my follow up guide will be for the process of | | | | gives the general quality. Pressing the labels at the top |
| buying. | | | | of the list will sort by that criteria. So for example |
| First what are your requirements. If it's weapons or | | | | pressing "lvl" will sort by the items by the level |
| armour then you need to scan the market for suitable | | | | requirement - starting with the highest level first. |
| items. Assuming no addons. then the first thing to do is | | | | Repressing will sort the list in the reverse order. |
| right click on the auctioneer. The standard auction | | | | Next look at the price. There will normally be two |
| house graphic user interface (G.U.I) will open. | | | | prices. The "bid" price and the "buyout" price. In this |
| If you want to avoid embarrassing and costly errors | | | | short article I won't go into the pro's and con's of |
| the first thing to do is to tick the "usable items" box at | | | | bidding and buyout, but you need to know that if you |
| the top centre of the auction G.U.I. This will mean that | | | | press bid, you will then be given a text box to enter |
| you will only be shown items your character is the right | | | | the amount you wish to bid for the item. It must of |
| level and has the correct skills to use. The only risk | | | | course be higher than the current bid (or the low bid |
| here is you will be shown items at any level below | | | | level as set by the vendor). You will then have to wait |
| your own including those that - although you could use | | | | for the end of the auction to see if your bid is |
| them - are far too weak to be a worthwhile | | | | successful. The time you will wait varies, Auctions can |
| investment. So the next thing is to select the level | | | | be 12, 24 or 48 hours long, and the approximate time |
| range. | | | | left is always shown in the "time left" column. Putting |
| There are two boxes. These are the "to" and "from" | | | | your mouse pointer over the time left will show you |
| level range requirements you want to focus on. So | | | | the approximate time left for each auction in hours. |
| (for example) if you are level 20 type "20" in the right | | | | You may be outbid by another player, in which case |
| hand box. If you want all items up to level 20 leave the | | | | you will need to come back to the auction house and |
| the left hand box empty. If you want only level 20 | | | | bid again. Or perhaps decide the item is not worth the |
| items put "20" in the left hand box as well. | | | | extra cost (or the time taken to re-visit to the auction |
| I find it useful to have a range of one or two levels to | | | | house) and give it up. Any monies you have bid (which |
| look at. So at level 20 I might put 19 in the left box and | | | | are deducted immediately upon bidding) will be returned |
| 20 in the right. This would return results of all items | | | | to you via the post system. More often than not you |
| usable by my character that have a level 19 or 20 | | | | may want to use the "buy out" option. In this case you |
| requirement. Likewise putting 16 in the left box would | | | | pay the full amount of the "buyout" price, it is deducted |
| give all items from levels 16, 17,18,19 and 20. | | | | from your character account immediately, and the item |
| OK next select the item type you are interested in in | | | | will be in the post box within a few seconds. To do this |
| the drop boxes to the left. Weapon is top of the list, | | | | you just need to click the "buyout" button, then confirm, |
| Armour second etc. Clicking weapons will show the list | | | | and the deal is done. |
| of all weapon types available. Clicking on one of these | | | | If you want some advice on how to use this system in |
| will return a list of all items that meet the criteria you | | | | a way to make some gold follow the links below. My |
| have set above within that item type. If nothing comes | | | | next article will be on selling. |