Money Making with Inscription

[Sheng Long Grad]

Money Making with Inscription

Inscription seems to be a very profitable profession. I have been researching for the scroll that gives you the most return on investment in the least amount time.

The character I used for my research has the following characteristics:
GM Inscription
GM Meditation
GM Focus
125 Intelligence
1 item with Intelligence +8
2 items with Mana Regeneration 1
1 item with Mana Regeneration 2
1 item with Mana Increase 4

I had a lot of faith in the 7th circle spell Flamestrike. The expenses are 11 gold per scroll (scribe's pen expenses not included), and the NPC vendors buy them for 40 gold. This seemed great, as the ROI was 29 gold per scroll. Now I looked at the success chance, and we have a 78.6% success at GM Inscription. This reduces the ROI to 22.794 gold per scroll, but that's pretty good anyways.

Now I conducted an experiment, measuring the time required to spend 50 blank scrolls and 50 of each of the reagents required for Flamestrike. The time it took me was almost exactly 8 minutes and 0 seconds, and the end result was 41 scrolls, a little above expected.

Now if I want to scribe Flamestrike scrolls for 2 hours, I would get around 589.5 scrolls in average, giving me an average of 17,095 gold in return.


I wanted to compare it with the 3rd circle spell Poison. The expenses are 8 gold per scroll (scribe's pen expenses not included), and the NPC vendors buy them for 20 gold. The ROI is much lower, 12 gold per scroll. The success chance is 100% at GM Inscription.

I conducted the same experiment as with the Flamestrike scroll. On this case, it took almost exactly 2 minutes and 0 seconds. That is 1/4 of the time, and since the success chance is 100%, I had 50 scrolls at the end.

Spending 2 hours scribing Poison scrolls, I will get 3,000 scrolls done, giving me 36,000 gold in return!!!

Now we have to take into consideration the expenses of scribe pens. If we assume the average uses of each scribe's pen is 50, we are spending 8 extra gold for every 50 scrolls. In the 2 hour experiments, we spend 12 pens with the Flamestrike scrolls, and 60 pens with the Poison scrolls. That is 96 gold and 480 gold, respectively. It's not a great difference in the ROI.


The results of this investigation are very clear. With time taken into account, the ROI on scribing Poison scrolls is more than twice that from scribing Flamestrike scrolls.

 

[[Drakull]]

Inscription ...The results of this investigation are very clear. With time taken into account, the ROI on scribing Poison scrolls is more than twice that from scribing Flamestrike scrolls.

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Ok... just making things clearer:
1) If you use flamestrike scrolls to make money... well... you should replan your strategy. Level 7 spells have a 78.6% sucess rate. Using level 3 spells is not either a good idea... the profit is gone on the cost per scroll. Use level 6 spells (usually invis or reveal) that use just 2 regs. They sell for 5 gp less than the 7th level but the success rate at gm scribe is 100%. Also the mana required is lower than with level 7 spells.
2) A money maker scribe should use a really specific template Magery/meditation/inscription/focus/necromancy. The reason for necromancy is not only the necro spells to scribe but using liche form to regen mana faster. Usually lower mana and mana regen items will be part of the equipment.
3) DON'T MACRO AT LUNA'S BANK!!! STOP GENERATING LAG THERE.

 

[pbguy434]

Using level 3 spells is not either a good idea... the profit is gone on the cost per scroll.

The profit is still 12 gp. Do you know that the profit is for level 6 spells? I never checked those. But I garuntee you that in Liche Form and with a shadow wisp you will never run out of mana.

So I use Poison.

 

[Sheng Long Grad]

Use level 6 spells (usually invis or reveal) that use just 2 regs. They sell for 5 gp less than the 7th level but the success rate at gm scribe is 100%. Also the mana required is lower than with level 7 spells.

I have just conducted the same experiment with a reveal scroll. The results are the following:

50 scrolls were finished in 5 minutes 35 seconds. This gives us approximately 1074.7 scrolls in two hours. The material for each scroll costs 13 gold, and the NPC vendor pays 35 gold for a finished scroll, so this gives us 22 gold in profit. So, we will earn 23643.2 gold for every two hours.

We needed 22 scribing pens (assuming each has 50 uses), so we spent 176 gold in them.

Conclussion: Taking time into account, the profit for 6th circle spells inferior to that from scribing Poison scrolls.

By the way, I spent 6 hours scribing today, and bought a 11x17 customizable 3-story house a few hours ago. I had money to pay for a bigger one, but couldn't find a spot big enough to place it.

 

[[Drakull]]

I have just conducted the same experiment with a reveal scroll. The results are the following:

50 scrolls were finished in 5 minutes 35 seconds. This gives us approximately 1074.7 scrolls in two hours. The material for each scroll costs 13 gold, and the NPC vendor pays 35 gold for a finished scroll, so this gives us 22 gold in profit. So, we will earn 23643.2 gold for every two hours.

We needed 22 scribing pens (assuming each has 50 uses), so we spent 176 gold in them.

Conclussion: Taking time into account, the profit for 6th circle spells inferior to that from scribing Poison scrolls.

By the way, I spent 6 hours scribing today, and bought a 11x17 customizable 3-story house a few hours ago. I had money to pay for a bigger one, but couldn't find a spot big enough to place it.

Man, you're really slow. I just tried the same test: 50 scrolls using as spell reveal (cost on normal vendors 5+5+3 = 13 gp, sell price = 35gp, profit =22gp).
Total time employed: 3 minutes 35 seconds.
Description of char:
Meditation: 110
Focus: 81
Inscription: 100
Magery: 100
Int: 125.

Equipment:
Meddable armor with:
Intelligence bonus: 8
Mana increase: 20
Mana regen: 5
Lower mana cost: 54%

Total int on the char: 133.
Total mana on the char: 153

Scrolls aprox per 2 hours:1674
Gp: made (without counting the pens): 58604
Pens needed: 34
Gp cost pens: 272 gp
profit: 58,331 gp

 

[Sheng Long Grad]

Scrolls aprox per 2 hours:1674
Gp: made (without counting the pens): 58604
Pens needed: 34
Gp cost pens: 272 gp
profit: 58,331 gp

That's funny. 1674 x 22 gold = 36828 gold

Use the actual profit, not the sell price.

 

[[Drakull]]

That's funny. 1674 x 22 gold = 36828 gold

Lol... you're right... I multiplied by 35 gp
BTW... you can do that same amount of money in A LOT less time at tokuno's champ

 

[pbguy434]

But you can macro this. I wam waiting for an easyuo script for Tok champ .

 

[Sheng Long Grad]

BTW... you can do that same amount of money in A LOT less time at tokuno's champ

But not everybody does champs. Also, it's pretty hard to do a champ while AFK or while you sleep

 

[Sheng Long Grad]

But you can macro this.

Indeed. I usually have company when I am macroing inscription. Hello Prof!

 

[Uber Death]

Re: Money Making with Inscription

Can you post the script you use for this please? I have looked for scripts and all that I find seem to be crappy. Thank You!

 

[Epileptick]

Re: Money Making with Inscription

That is absolutely insane...why did I make a miner?!

...now I have to make a new char! damn you all!

 

[A-c-h-i-l-l-e-s]

Re: Money Making with Inscription

i think ill give this a try, i found a script called TurboScribe at easyuo.com

does everything you need it to, medited etc

 

[Nottheking]

Re: Money Making with Inscription

Well, most people who make money on scribing do do so by selling their scrolls back to the vendor. Of course, a somewhat more lucrative method would be to open your own shop, though such would require more creative macros/scripts if to be done AFK; I know someone on this shard that averages 30k of profit per day, on perhaps 15-20 minutes of effort. (AFK or otherwise) Of course, like escort missions, it can't be done constantly.

Perhaps the real key issue for the rate of scribing scrolls 5th circle and above is the scribe's mana regeneration rate. Drakull's comments on scribing 6th circle spells apply because they were using some fairly effective stuff; even at only +5, Mana regen goes a long way, even over +4.

However, I would never go past 6th circle, anyway; you jump from 20 mana per spell to 40 mana per spell, and even taking into account the increase wait while the scrolls are written, NO ONE would be able to do those constantly.

And lastly, Listen to Drakull when they say not to macro in Luna. There IS a sign that asks you not to, and I think that implies that it is against the rules. Even if you're not going to get caught by a GM, you are going to fail to make any friends doing that. None of us like seeing AFK scribes there. And often enough, they may be mistaken for AFK reagent gatherers as well, which won't be good for you...

But not everybody does champs. Also, it's pretty hard to do a champ while AFK or while you sleep

You'd be surprised. I recall seeing a thread on someone AFK'ing dark fathers, of all things. Of course, that's against the rules, but that didn't stop it from happening nonetheless.

 

[Epileptick]

Re: Money Making with Inscription

I honestly don't think have gotten the attention of 1 person standing in luna since I started. 90% of the people there all day, every day are macroing afk, and it drives me nuts. I will only talk now to people as they run out of the banking area because I know they must be at their computer. I macro in luna but never afk....I hope thats not illegal is it? If it is ill just do it in my house but I thought it was just afk?

I am so turned onto the fact that OSI has busted tonnes of accounts with fake money and of types of cheating in the past few months....and when punkbusters is in effect....

...I dont know...20 bucks a month doesnt seem so bad...