PhxOldGamer68 wrote: »

Go to Mournhold, Elden Root or Wayrest where the largest guild traders are located and see how much the items are selling for nowadays.

^This.^

Last I checked PC NA, the attunables and target dummies were selling for more than the writ voucher value in gold. But, that could be different depending on the platform you're on ...

Wow...what a useful response...do research. Ha.

So right now on my server (PS4 NA), the vouchers have an approximate value of $1,000 gold per credit - you could just sell the quest and earn this. This establishes an "opportunity cost" to act as a baseline for the profit question. Should you sell the quests for easy money, or invest in items to sell? If you buy items from the vendor then resell them, the cost to you is writ vouchers spent + materials that went into the items to get them.

(Skip this paragraph if you're already bored.) Interestingly, the master writ system has helped stabilize prices on the mats that go into these items because they create a firmer value for them. What I mean is that a ~100 voucher clothing writ requires standard 8 wax, 4 lining, etc, while a ~5 voucher writ requires everything but the wax, and you need 20 to get the same number of vouchers, so you'll spend either 8 wax or 80 lining for 100 vouchers...the bottom line is that the avenues to vouchers are similar enough that we can use a rule of thumb opportunity cost formula:

Rule of thumb: right now, each voucher costs approx. $1,000 for the voucher itself + $400 for the mats = $1400 each. Note - that's very rough. Consumable master writs make up 1/4-1/2 most people's writ income, and the supplies in these are worth way less. Plus I "cheat" the cost by selling quests calling for expensive mats (nirnroot, akaviri, tainted blood, dwemer, etc) and rebuying quests that don't. But I use $1400 each as a rough figure.

Items I've invested in

Target skeletons: I sell a lot of these clearing $90k after sales fees. They cost 50 vouchers each for the animus stones, so I figure I'm profiting $20k+ each.

Standard craft stations: the opportunity cost is about $50k. I sell these when I can clear over $75k.

Items made from recipes: some of the gold recipe items sell ok, for $20-$25k, like the poisonmakers cabinet. And probably the bathtubs. These only require a one time voucher investment, then require mats in a somewhat more complex calculation, but they're pretty profitable.

Attunable stations: the opportunity cost on these is astronomical, $350k. However, thrymflictuatemin price up over $500 and even $600k. I sold one once, then I just stopped because I've been investing in my 30 attunable station island. But for would be sellers, I'd say pick one of these when they're going for over $450k, but make one you wouldn't mind keeping of you can't off load it. Like I said I'm working toward a mega craft set island, so if I listed one for $500k and make $100k, great, if not it just goes where it was going to go in the first place.