Design: Jeweler's Amber Monocle

MONOCLE SMILE!

Now you can be fancy while your raiding

At some point in time, you get tired of using your main for auctioning. Too much stuff cluttering the mailbox and ah, so we make "bank toons". Some do so to say "I'm rich", others do so simply for organizing. No matter why you FIRST made it, you end up sick of him looking like the scrawny zombie or naked cow, and level 1 items either have very low drop rates or cost a pretty penny just from a vendor. There is a quest that gives 4 items; athough 1 can't be traded, but you have to be level 83 for it (I really need to learn to link, any suggestions where to go, what to look for would help). Even in that reward though the only truly useful thing is the gem studded bracelets. There is a vendor; though the name escapes me, in Booty Bay that sells 4-5 Limited Quantity items, somewhat like Harris Pilton, and even has 1 of the same item I believe. These are VERY expensive...for anyone really. To drop 20k at a vendor for some stuff is; even in my world, a little over the top, but some; just as in life, have to do it. That said, I'm a tailor and I want the tophat dammit. Implement it NOW:)......and I want to use it with the monocle....... You don't have to have much interest in roleplaying to do this either. Though the more demand = higher price, so RP server's are gonna eat this up. So if your a JC and wondering why, that's why. To find out how your economy is, do a search in AH under armor, headgear, with level 1-1 item filter, and see what all is listed and prices (junk and weapons do same if you want) and you'll get an idea of if it's worth it to make. Otherwise watch trade and respond when someone wants it, because they have the gold to spend on it. Good Luck

The screenshot is not the Jeweler's Amber Monocle. It looks more like the Noble's Monocle. Unless this is different on females, The Cata Jewelcrafting monocles are all on the left side, not the right.

The jeweler's monocles go on the left eye so

This item was formally "Jeweler's Emerald Monocle" and that's what the screenshot appears to be displaying. I don't know when it was changed, or why.

This recipe is actually surprisingly rare (most Cata recipes aren't very rare). It sells for ~2.5k-5k on many servers simply for its rarity and not really its use. https://theunderminejournal.com/item.php?item=52496

There are four (Ultra) rare recipes in Cataclysm that teaches Jewelcrafters how to make awesome headgear. They are highly sought for vanity reasons and are very likely to fetch a nice price in the Auction House: [quote][ul] [li][item=52487][/li] [li][item=52486][/li] [li][item=52485][/li] [li][item=52489][/li] [/ul][/quote] I compiled several other information that I could gather from all of the comments in the itens and recipes' pages: [quote][ul] [li][b]They can't be transmogged as of Patch 7.0.3.[/b][/li] [/ul][/quote] [small]Original Commenter: [b]Saevenar[/b] (Patch 7.0.1): [i]"This item -does not- work with the new transmog system as of 7.0.3"[/i] - at [item=52485] page.[/small] [quote] [ul] [li]They are a rare World Drop from Cata and MoP (and can drop from almost any creature).[/li] [li]They can only drop for Jewelcrafters [b]***[/b][/li][/li] [li]The Drop Rate is ~0,01% and is a bit higher on Cata creatures.[/li] [/ul][/quote] [small]Original Commenter: [b]illostos[/b] (Patch 5.0.5): [i]"I spoke with a GM a few minutes ago and he told me this: - This pattern is a worlddrop and can drop from every mob in Cata and MoP. - The Chance in Cata is a bit higher than in MOP, maybe because it was implemented in Patch 4.3. - The Chance is aprox. 0,01% and can only drop for Jewelcrafters. - It can drop realy from every monster"[/i] - at [item=71965] page.[/small] [quote]*** There is a solitary comment claming a recipe drop in a non-Jewelcrafter char:[/quote] [small]Original Commenter: [b]vitreous[/b] (Patch 5.3.0) [i]"Yup, it dropped for my non-JC hunter in Uldum a couple of months back"[/i] - at [item=52495] page.[/small] [quote][ul] [li]All those itens are throwbacks to the old [item=38089].[/li] [/ul][/quote] It used to cost some thousands gold when it was added in TBC. Its price got reduced to coppers shortly before it was removed, some time in Wotlk. [quote][ul] [li]While they can't be transmogged, there are no level restrictions nor any status gains.[/li] [/ul][/quote] They can - and most likely will only - be used to pimp your AH lvl1 alts with the coolest gear.

I got Jeweler's Ruby Monocle recipe 2 mins ago from Garr without jewelcrafting profession.

I got Jeweler's Amber Monocle from Julak Doom on a toon with no professions as well.

The patterns (designs) for the all the jeweler's monocles and the Rhinestone Sunglasses are BoE now, so it is possible to obtain the patterns on the AH (for an exorbitant amount of gold, probably). The monocles and sunglasses themselves are now transmoggable cosmetic items. This comes with patch 10.0.5 in which white and grey items are now transmoggable.

Just sold one for 50k on Ally Caelestrasz, found it sitting in an alts bag from however long ago and threw it up. Took a few relists to get down to a price people would pay but 50k seems pretty good.

Got the amber design from Garr today (2020-10-20) on a tailor/enchanter hoping for Top Hat pattern. This was first of the 5 ultra-rare recipes I've seen in a bit over 1000 times looting Garr over the last month. Logged and uploaded data from Wowhead Client right after but did not appear in the database. In fact none of those 5 recipes show up as drops from any Cataclysm world boss despite likely being the best sources for monocle designs and only sources for glasses and top hat recipes. Their recipe/boss rarity and number of people using the client still make that still entirely possible but odd mine did not show up.

I got this recipe today on my level 50 alt, I just changed professions to jewelcrafting and tailoring, both are level 1. I got it from Xariona at 10:45 am EST on Trollbane, which as luck would have it, was the first time I tried to find him. I got lucky. I know people like to downvote people who brag about..."I got him on my first kill, haha"... but I'm sharing, in case anyone else (like myself) wonders if they have to level up their profession or not. Good luck!

Got this from [npc=50005]. [b]I am not a jewelcrafter[/b]. It dropped on my druid, leveling in Chromie Time and my two professions are Herbalism and Mining.

March 2022 - Patch 9.15 - amber monocle recipe dropped from Julak'Doom in Twilight Highlands. Toon was Lvl 50 and a JC with Cata JC at skill level 1. Estimated kills approx 400 over all Cata rares. This is the first rare drop I've received (toons are also tailors).

5th monocle (1st amber) to drop on Garr on the 3,222nd attempt. This would average to about 640ish attempts per monocle. Check the other patterns for my stats as well. 6th and 7th monocle (2nd sapphire) dropped on my 3,622nd kill of Jalak-doom.

The drop rate for all of the Cataclysm monocle designs and rare patterns was GREATLY increased in a stealth update after 10.0.5, then it appears the odds returned back to normal in 10.0.7 In about 250 kills after the 10.0.5 patch I obtained: 3x [item=52496] 5x [item=52495] 5x [item=52494] 3x [item=67541] 2x [item=71965] A stealth update hit them again around 10.0.7 and since then I have seen just a single Monocle design in over 200 kills. There are now a few people on each server that can make these. I think that is what Blizzard intended.