Stargrace

[WoW] A Tour You Won’t Find in the Brochures

Most tour guides will show you the grand gates of Stormwind, talk about noble kings, heroic statues, and all that very polished, very approved history.

I show you the cheese smuggler.

“Stay close,” I whisper to my group, ushering them down a side alley that absolutely isn’t on any official map. “You see that crate? Marked ‘grain?’ That’s not grain. That’s illegal Dalaran triple-cream. Worth more than gold per wedge. Try not to make eye contact. He can smell curiosity.”

They usually make eye contact.

We leave very quickly.

Next stop is Orgrimmar.

Now, most people will point out the Valley of Strength, maybe say something inspiring about honor. I nod, very respectful. Then I guide my group just slightly off the beaten path.

“Over here,” I say, lowering my voice. “This is where three separate ‘totally legitimate’ businesses are all selling the same crate of ‘fresh’ fish.”

A goblin across the way waves at me.

I wave back.

“Don’t ask how long that fish has been traveling,” I add quickly. “It’s had more adventures than you.”

One of the tourists looks a little green. I hand them a mint.

Finally, I bring them somewhere really educational: Booty Bay.

“Oh, you’ll love this one,” I say, clasping my hands together. “Pirates, trade, exotic goods—very lively! Also, absolutely nobody here pays full price for anything, ever.”

I lead them past a cheerful bar, then subtly point upward.

“You see that window? Third one on the left? That’s where a very famous noble once tried to auction off a ‘cursed love letter.’ Turned out it was just badly written.”

I pause.

“…I may have bought it.”

The group laughs. I don’t clarify.

By the end of the tour, they’ve seen less marble and more… questionable destinations. Which, in my professional opinion, is the real Azeroth.

As we part ways, one of them asks, “How do you know all this?”

I adjust my satchel, offering a perfectly innocent smile.

“Oh, I travel,” I say lightly. “I listen. I notice things most people overlook.”

I pause, then add, just a touch quieter:

“And sometimes… I write them down.”

[WoW] Gold Making Wrap Up – Week 17 (2026)

Well, this is where I start to lose interest in World of Warcraft, and gold making. But I’m going through and making some blog posts after the fact just to show how even with a tiny bit of effort, you can still make some pretty solid gold.

This is 2.5 million for the week, mostly transmog, a small handful of pets. Spread across 7 realms. Diversity is key.

[WoW] Gold Making Wrap Up: Week 16 (2026)

This week was pretty smooth as far as sales go, I’ve started leaving my auctions for 48h, in the hopes that I don’t have to babysit them quite as much. My stock is mostly older items, nothing is from Midnight, and only a handful of items even come from The War Within. These are pets, transmog, recipes, and other curiosities that span across the older expansions. People who purchase from me are usually either gold goblins hoping to flip it on another server, or collectors.

Anyway, I may not be pulling in as much gold as the big players out there, but a million or two a week is a good amount for the effort I put in, I feel. It’s 30 minutes of posting every two days, and some restocking here and there when required.

What do I do with my gold? Well, I pay for everything I can with it. Whether that’s expansions, store items, game time. I also gift a large amount to friends, because what is the point of all of this gold if I can’t share it with others. Eventually you get to a point where you don’t even really think about it any more. Ideally I’d like to get to 100m liquid (I reached this in The War Within, but it has been some time now) and then we’ll see where things are.

As always, happy gaming – no matter where you find yourself.

[WoW] Week 15 Gold Making Wrap Up (2026)

This week I made a total of 2,098,336g and I didn’t have any purchases, so that was nice. The thing is, I barely did any gold making at all this week. I started off with good intentions, wanting to make sure all of my auctions were restocked and posted, but before long I fell off. Life being what it is, I just didn’t have the spoons to do everything that I wanted to do, so something had to take a back seat. In this case, it was World of Warcraft. I didn’t even get my weekly completed (I’m hoping to work on all of that tonight before reset happens tomorrow, but if it doesn’t work out that’s no big deal, we do what we can).

As you can see my sales were all over the place, a few recipes, some transmog. Nothing important of note. I imagine I’m selling to a lot of other goblins who are hoping to make a profit, or maybe the odd collector here and there. Still, 2 million gold is at least some gains, and next week is a new week.

As always, happy gaming – no matter where you find yourself.

[EVE] The Gallente Election (or, my favourite event, ever)

I started out confused, but by the time I had finished the latest EVE Online event, a gallente election, I was smitten. I have a hard time finishing most EVE Online events, they usually require me to leave my cozy wormhole, head to highsec/nullsec/lowsec or some other activity that I am less than thrilled to be doing.

This event had a long list of things I could do. I started out attempting to mine scordite like everyone else in the universe and quickly backed off of that one as it became the most rare ore in all of New Eden. In my wormhole, there were sites to hack that gave points, but searching for them was a bit hit / miss, I did find a nice C6 that had 6 of the sites, so that was lovely.

Eventually I opted for the lesser of all evils, and I grinded L1 security missions with the masses. I completed the quest chain, and then I promptly started doing it on alts.

Number one, the currency is actually tradeable. You can sell it on the market or pass it to your main . Alpha characters can also fully do this event – though the daily login rewards ARE boosted for Omega characters. I currently have 2 Omega accounts, and one alpha. For a change I decided to just stick with the alpha account and see what I could do. I found a Tristan fit that Alpha can use without too much issue, and off I went. Easy.

This is the first event I’ve completed so quickly, and also the first event that I’ve even WANTED to do on alts. I hope CCP keeps up with events of this type. I didn’t feel pigeonholed into completing something I wasn’t interested in, it didn’t take too much effort, and I found it mildly enjoyable. I do hear some corp mates who are leaning the opposite direction, but compared to the winter event I will take this one all day every day.

Fly your way! o7