Making money with alchemy Alchemy , at least once you have reached a certain level of skill and acquired a few high - demand recipes , is a fairly good money - making venture ( especially when combined with Herbalism ) . Compared to other production professions ( Blacksmithing , Enchanting , Leatherworking , Tailoring ) , goods you sell from Alchemy are , for the most part , consumable so your customers will keep coming back for more . Also , there isn ' t anything that requires farming ridiculous amounts of rare materials ; even the highest - level recipes require only a few herbs per potion . Although some of the recipes are quite difficult or time - consuming to obtain , these recipes will become your premier money - makers . As with any economy the main way to make money involves supply and demand . Be prepared to spend top price for rare recipes and spend hours grinding reputation with several factions . If you have Herbalism as well as Alchemy , be sure to check how much you can just sell the raw materials for . For the common recipes you can often make more selling the herbs than you could by turning them into potions ! Before making potions to sell , check prices and demand on your server . You should be able to make a profit from buying herbs from the Auction House and selling the finished product . If you cannot make a profit from doing this at higher alchemy levels , then you need to find better recipes . High Demand Products . Healing and Mana potions are constantly in demand , although you ' ll find more buyers for the higher - level versions . Stat - buffing Elixirs . Especially the highest - level versions and the ones that buff multiple stats , such as Elixirs of Strength , Elixirs of Intellect , and Elixirs of Major Agility are usually good sellers . Elixirs of Damage boost spell damage , like Elixir of Major Frost Power or Elixir of Major Firepower , and are also often in demand . Again , the higher - level versions will sell better , since higher - level characters have more disposable income . PvP Potions . There are a number of potions that PvP players will constantly need . These include : Free Action Potion , Swiftness Potion , Living Action Potion , Greater Stoneshield Potion , Purification Potion , Invisibility Potion , Limited Invulnerability Potion , and Rage Potion . Quests and Professions . Some potions are needed for quests , or for other professions . Elixir of Defense are needed to make Toughened Leather Gloves ( an excellent set of blue gloves ) ; there is a quest that needs a Strong Troll ' s Blood Potion ; Goblin Rocket Fuel is needed for a number of Engineering recipes ; Ghost Dye is needed for a number of Tailoring recipes ; Elixir of Shadow Power is needed for the Warlock epic mount quest . Swiftness Potion , in addition to their PvP demand , can be used to make Swift Boots and Deadly Bronze Poniard . Shadow Oil and Frost Oil are also used in various recipes or weapon enchants . Transmutation is also quite valuable , especially high - end transmutes involving primals . The Thorium - > Arcanite transmute ( since it is needed for so many other professions ' pre - TBC top items ) is fairly useful , but not as it used to be . Prices have also gone down sharply after the 23 hour cooldown was removed in patch 2 . 4 ( was 48 hours before TBC ) . Mithril - > Truesilver can produce some decent ( but not spectacular ) returns from level 20 until level 35 . Raiding Potions . Depending on your server , the greatest possible profits may be in making potions that are useful for high - level characters running endgame instances — For instance , in the past Greater Fire Protection Potions were in high demand for running Molten Core , and AQ content was driving up demand for Greater Nature Protection Potions . The outstanding buffs provided by the " Flask " recipes are also always in demand . With the newly updated requirements for resistance Flasks in some Outland instances , and profession specializations , Flasks are quickly becoming the raid consumable of choice ( their ability to persist through death is highly useful ) . Such labs are found in Scholomance , Blackwing Lair , Shattrath City , and . Shattrath may only be used if you have the Burning Crusade expansion , and Acherus : The Ebon Hold may only be used if you have the Wrath of the Lich King expansion . Scholomance and Blackwing Lair require fighting in order to reach the labs , while Shattrath City and Ebon Hold are sanctuaries . Low Supply Products . Due to hard to get ingredients . Herbalism will allow you to gather most of the materials yourself . This works even at lower levels , there are a number of potions at the 225 skill level or below that are still useful to higher - level characters , but farming the ingredients for them is often a slow process , and a high - level character will gain little of value other than the herbs . Fishing can also be useful . Alchemy - related fish ( Oily Blackmouth , Firefin Snapper , and especially Stonescale Eel ) are very valuable relative to the time taken getting them . If you have Herbalism profession , consider farming Grave Moss . It is one of the rarest herbs of the game , as it is found only in graveyards ( and only at a few of the many in the game ) . Grave Moss is an ingredient for both Shadow Oil and Greater Shadow Protection Potion . The Kodo Graveyard in Desolace can be a good source for Grave Moss . Another valuable herb is Ghost Mushroom . This is the rarest of all herbs in Azeroth ( not including those exclusive to instances ) and is prized for its use as an ingredient in Invulnerability Potions . At level 70 , many of the best - selling potions and elixirs are those that require Ancient Lichen Node s of which are exclusively found in instances introduced in The Burning Crusade . Ironshield Potion and Elixir of Major Shadow Power both sell for high prices but require either running high level dungeons or farming the Ancient Lichen off various mobs , at a very low drop rate . Due to hard to get recipes . The potions made from recipes obtained from Zul ' Gurub ' s Zandalar Tribe reputation still sell for high prices on the AH . Flask s used to be a fantastic source of income for any alchemist lucky enough to have one or more recipes , mats ( especially Black Lotus ) , and regular access to an Alchemy Lab . Since the release of The Burning Crusade and the availability of most flasks through reputation grinds , and later the relaxation of the discovery system , all three of these have become much less hard to find , and flasks have been reduced in power as well , reducing demand . However , they are still limited in supply on many realm s and remain popular for heroic instances and raids , so it is possible for a flask - making alchemist to find regular buyers . Random Tips . Keep an eye out in the AH for any Alchemy recipes selling cheaply . This is less common than it used to be , but sometimes people will sell recipes for considerably less than their market value ( since most of them have misleadingly low vendor sell values ) . * Most * lower - level recipes that are not trainable can be bought from a vendor in one of the cities ( though some are limited supply , so you may have to camp the vendor for a while to get them ) . But others , like the , are random drops and are very difficult to find . Also keep an eye out for anybody selling herbs for low prices . Buy low and sell high , or hang on to herbs for later recipes . Make as many transmutes as possible , even if you have to spend your last money on materials . It is easier to sell transmuted materials in stacks of 5 or more . Of course you can sell your transmutes only , but will not profit as much as by transmuting for yourself and then selling .