Investing in a Vial from the Sands
If you are no Alchemist, or Archeologist, and you won't want to grind/farm/bleed the right path into it (who?) you may still buy a Vial from the Sands from an Alchemist using the recipe, outright. There's a substantial cost in materials which are crafted using the Alchemy profession, plus an additional significant cost in the two materials that may simply be purchased in a Vendor in Uldum.
- Pyrium-Laced Crystaline Vial x 1
- Sands of your time x 8
- Truegold x 12
- Flask from the Winds x 8
- Flask of Titanic Strength x 8
- Deepstone Oil x 8
Everything however the Vial and also the Sands are crafted by Alchemy. The recycleables of these products are:
- Pyrite Ore x 72 (Truegold)
- Volatile Fire x 120 (Truegold)
- Volatile Air x 120 (Truegold)
- Volatile Water x 120 (Truegold)
- Volatile Existence x 96 (Flask from the Winds and Flask of Titanic Strength)
- Azshara's Veil x 96 (Flask from the Winds)
- Whiptail x 192 (Flask from the Winds and Flask of Titanic Strength)
- Cinderbloom x 96 (Flask of Titanic Strength)
- Albino Catfish x
6 (Deepstone Oil Body fish makes 1-2 oils)
The Truegold material cost could be reduced when the transmute is completed with a Transmutation Master Alchemist, after which only when it will happen proc additionals. Bear in mind that you could only transmute Truegold once each day.
There's additionally a gold cost, because the Sands of your time and also the Pyrium-laced Crystaline Vial are ordered in the Innkeeper Yasmin in Uldum (northwest corner from the zone). She isn't connected with any faction. so there's no status discount available. The only method to get discounts on these products would be to get them on the Goblin character (racial ability "Best Prices Anywhere" 20% discount), or using the guild level 24 perk "Bartering" (5% discount). If you're able to get both, these discounts do actually stack.
- Sands of your time x 8 - 24,000 gold
- Pyrium-laced Crystaline Vial x one to five,000 gold
With Goblin Discount:
- Sands of your time x 8 - 19,200 gold
- Pyrium-laced Crystaline Vial x 1 to 4,000 gold
With "Bartering" Discount:
- Sands of your time x 8 - 22,800 gold
- Pyrium-laced Crystaline Vial x 1 to 4,750 gold
- Sands of your time x 8 - 18,000
- Pyrium-laced Crystline Vial x one to three,750 gold
So, you'll be able to conserve to 7,250 gold on these products.