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A Black Market Auction House at Powderfuse Port

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Madam Swyndle runs a Black Market Auction House at Powderfuse Port in the Riverglades, and Mister Graphed sells top-end reagents at fixed prices. A November 7 developer interview confirms that the system is live as a conservative gold sink, not simply a beta experiment.

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From the beta client (build 1.60.1.70888), names and tooltips as the game shows them: hover, tap or focus a card.

  • Gift of GallopingUse: Increases mounted movement speed by 10% for 360 hrs, stacking with all other mounted movement speed bonuses. This expires while offline.150 gold+10% mount speed15 days real time
  • Black Lotus50 goldNo limit
  • Arcane Crystal50 goldNo limit
  • Fel CrystalNew reagent
  • StranglevineNew reagent
  • Pyrite5 goldSells to vendors for 1 silver
  • Pristine LeatherNew reagent
  • Frilled LichenNew reagent

Where it is

Powderfuse Port is the goblin harbor on the Riverglades coast (about 78, 52), not Farholde Keep. The new boat from Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris docks there. Madam Swyndle runs the auction house; Mister Graphed, next to her, is the reagent vendor.

What the auction house sells

Bids start around 100 gold. Most of the gear Wowhead saw is Classic’s Dungeon Set 1, reworked for Forever, with companion pets and tabards among the lots. The Black Market Auction House first appeared in Mists of Pandaria.

In MrGM’s November 7 interview, the developers said launch stock is deliberately narrow: a few mounts and pets, pieces of the dungeon sets, and other carefully selected items. Baron Rivendare’s Deathcharger was removed from the pool rather than turning an iconic chase drop into a gold purchase.

The reagent vendor caps prices

Mister Graphed sells the reagents that ran up to extreme prices in Classic at a fixed price and without a limit, which puts a ceiling on what players can charge for them. Some sell for well above their vendor value, so gatherers aren’t undercut: Pyrite costs 5 gold from him and sells to vendors for 1 silver. The cards above show the ones Wowhead named, with the beta client’s own tooltips.

The cap is deliberate: Blizzard’s Clay Stone told 4Gamers, as reported by Wowhead, that vendors can sell some materials at capped prices, with Black Lotus capped at 50 gold.

What this means for you

  • No 1,000-gold Black Lotus. A vendor price puts a ceiling on raid consumables’ top reagents.
  • Gold has a sink. The auction house and the 150-gold Gift of Galloping give gold somewhere to go.
  • It is live, but the stock can evolve. The developers describe the launch selection as conservative and can add or remove lots later.

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Still unknown

  • The full list of lots and how often it changes.
  • Whether the reagent prices move with the economy or stay fixed.

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