Diablo 3 Economy Craziness: Gems and Crafting Materials

[Steven Hazani]

I assumed the explosion in flawless square gem prices was due to gems now being required to craft amulets. Hence the diamond prices are so low (not ended for any amulet) while all of the others soared. People trying to craft trifecta with +elemental % dmg before RoS, rather than anything regarding improving gem quality in gear at the moment

I wasn't aware you could buy diamonds on the AH at all. You can list them oddly enough, but if you go to buy gems only the old four types appear. That being said gems drop a LOT less often now for some reason, even in high density areas. That's probably why.

 

[Flux]

I crafted up a pair of Radiant Star Emeralds while researching this, and they both sold overnight for about 39.5m, in US HC. Profit per gem was around 8m, so yes, Radiant Stars are selling and you can make a lot of gold if you buy flawsies and upgrade them. Some types, anyway.

 

[FnB]

Someone might have said it already (i don\'t have time to read it all), but wouldn\'t people be trying to max what they have right now, to make themselves as strong as they can, so they can power level as fast as they can before the expansion comes out. Especially with this current bonus to experience.
I wish I had time to being only HC! I think I\'ll sell my gems as well.

 

[ZappaFan]

Also the price of Blacksmith plans since 2.0 hit have pretty much fallen through the floor on America\'s HC. Of particular note is the Cain\'s plan, which was selling for 500 mil pretty consistently for months leading up to the patch. Right now it\'s selling for 13 mil. I assume that\'s because of the \"smart drops\" for BS plans, and a lot more people must be finding it than before.

 

[Flux]

The irony is that you can either sell it, or use it, but not both, since once you teach a plan to your Smith, you\'ll never find it again.

 

[Steven Hazani]

Unless you have another account.

As for plan prices, it depends. If I had known the Sage Set was still junk that\'d have been 27m. Who\'d pay 27m for this? It seems to have equalized towards this sort of mid range price for all plans. It helps (and hurts) you can find lower level plans at high levels. I was quite excited about a hand crossbow plan on my Demon Huntee until I realized it was level 41.

 

[ericfordh]

I took advantage of this tonight on the AH (softcore US) and man... I was surprised. I posted a few hundred flawless square topaz and amethysts and in literally less than 5 minutes, they were sold for millions of gold. Wow. This is no joke! It was awesome to get rich quick that way - I\'ve never had much gold in D3. Doesn\'t seem worth keeping many gems anymore, since I can turn them into mad stacks of gold and will get better ones rapidly once RoS hits...

 

[mouseman]

I just sold all my flawless square gems to merchant before reading this Excited the game so can\'t even buyback..

I just thought they are worthless like they used to be and wanted to start a new character with a clean slate. Now I\'m a little bit annoyed, there were 50-60 of those things..

However, I\'m not sure gold will be all that important, after the AH closes down, right? All about finding those legendaries, I\'m hearing. Maybe it\'s not the end of the world..

 

[Steven Hazani]

I just sold all my flawless square gems to merchant before reading this Excited the game so can\'t even buyback..

I just thought they are worthless like they used to be and wanted to start a new character with a clean slate. Now I\'m a little bit annoyed, there were 50-60 of those things..

However, I\'m not sure gold will be all that important, after the AH closes down, right? All about finding those legendaries, I\'m hearing. Maybe it\'s not the end of the world..

1.5 million at best, so.... 20 cents? Also, item crafting, gem crafting, gambling, enchanting. You don't need the billions the gold farmers want you to believe but you do need something.

 

[mouseman]

1.5 million at best, so.... 20 cents? Also, item crafting, gem crafting, gambling, enchanting. You don't need the billions the gold farmers want you to believe but you do need something.

Yeah, you're right. However, I managed to sold crafting materials for 1 million, so I feel like I have all the money I need right now. I'm such a noob again, though!

 

[Abdar]

I can only assume most people don\'t know about how RoS will basically make the gems/mats useless. Otherwise, why are people buying them?

 

[Artemis]

Diamonds have opened up on the auction house. Hidden patch note? Anyways, flawless squares on softcore currently at 94,000g.

Edit: Just sold 10 for 800,000g after blizzard tax. Not bad.

 

[mrcnortheast]

Diamonds are down to about 58-60k. Nice tidy profit however, assuming gold will be worth anything in ROS for D3v2.

 

[Kittah]

Diamonds are currently fluctuating between 70k-90k for Flawless Squares, with Radiant Stars going for ~71-72 mil. I bought a few sets of 729 flawless squares and turned them into radiant stars for a bit of a profit a while ago, but prices are too high to do that right now so it\'s a loss on money until they drop a little..

Also, to the person who wrote this article (Flux, going from the name at the top): You\'re a bit inconsistent with your numbers. First you say the cost to make 1 radiant star is 3,010,000.. then elsewhere you say it\'s 3,090,000.. I\'m here to say that it\'s neither of these, and is in fact 3,060,000.

Flawless Square to Perfect Square = 5k each * 243 = 1,215,000.
Perfect Square to Radiant Square = 10k each * 81 = 810,000.
Radiant Square to Star = 20k each * 27 = 540,000.
Star to Flawless Star = 30k each * 9 = 270,000.
Flawless Star to Perfect Star = 50k each * 3 = 150,000.
Then finally Perfect Star to Radiant Star = 75k each.. since you\'re only making one, it\'s 75k.
Add all that up, and it\'s 3,060,000 gold.

 

[Kittah]

Also, the formula probably should be changed a little...

Original: Radiant Star gem price – 3,010,000 Jeweler cost, then divide that by 729 to determine the flawless square gem price.


Modified: Radiant Star gem price times .85, that result – 3,010,000 Jeweler cost, then divide that by 729 to determine the minimum flawless square gem price to break even.