Happy World Water Day, everyone!
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Who says sustainability can’t be tasty?
A couple of days after I wrote my previous post, a patch came out. Not only did they buff the mana regeneration rate of holy pallies and druids such that it isn’t such a big issue anymore, but they also made consumable mana drinks a whole lot cheaper!
Firstly, they have changed the ‘Cocoa Beans’ to ‘Imported Supplies’ which cost 1 Chef’s Award but contains 40 Cocoa Beans.
Secondly, they changed the recipe! Instead of using Fresh Water, it uses Refreshing Spring Water.
Thirdly, South Island Iced Tea got buffed and now gives 96000 mana/30sec.
South Island Iced Tea is still the most expensive since the price for Tropical Sunfruit has stayed the same. However, Starfire Espresso has now overtaken Highland Spring Water as the leading drink since it technically only costs 80 copper (for the Refreshing Spring Water) and half a Chef’s Award to make a stack of 20. Or a whole Award (which you get from doing a Cooking Daily) and 1s 60c for 2 stacks. Heaps better than the ‘cheapest’ pre-patch cost of 4g 40s/stack for the Highland Spring Water!
Again, these prices are all reputation dependant but even if you were only neutral with Org (which is impossible) the water couldn’t possible cost much more than 20 copper. Even the dirt on my sandals cost more than 20c! I can’t believe how unbelievably cheap it dropped down to. The only thing is you’ll need 450 Cooking to get the recipe but here’s a hint: Thanksgiving is the perfect time to level your cooking 😉 More on that later!
So anyways, the funny thing is we don’t really need the drinks anymore but its nice to see that coffee is now the leading drink, as it should be :p
I was looking for the cheapest source for end-game mana replenishment (dungeons etc.). There are 2 recipes you can get from Cooking: South Island Iced Tea and Starfire Espresso. Unlike the Sauteed Gobi of pre-Cata times, there doesn’t appear to be gatherable sources to make mana drinks as both the aforementioned recipes require vendor items.
South Island Iced Tea^
92307 mana/30sec + gets you drunk :: 9g 28s/stack of 20*
Starfire Espresso
96000 mana/30sec + makes you sober :: 5g 12s/stack of 20*
The third option is to buy Highland Spring Water from vendors.
Highland Spring Water
96000 mana/30sec :: 4g 40s/stack of 20*
Surprisingly it would seem that the cheapest option is to obtain the springwater from a vendor. Plus you don’t get drunk/grumpy sober. Pretty expensive considering the gobi was health + mana for free (just needed to fish it up and cook).
I guess the only other option is to strike a deal with a mage to conjure you a supply of mana cakes everyday for a set price per month. Perhaps this is Blizzards way of allowing mages to generate even more monies. Ports and food. Aren’t they just a little bit greedy :p
Hopefully mana drinks won’t become such a dire issue once they buff the crap mana regeneration rate of holy pallies.
^ Tropical Sunfruit can be bought at Uldum or Twilight Highlands. I bought mine at Uldum from ‘Umi’ (co-ord: 50;38 @ the docks southwest of Ramkahen)
*Prices are reputation dependant; these are based on Org rep Exalted, Ramkahen rep Honored.
Edit: Patch came out on 08/02/2011 and changed stuff. See this post.
– ant –
Ant and Owl 
