Niche Bugs And Tricks In SOD (Patreon)

This post is going to be of most value to hardcore theory-crafters and/or people who like to develop their own exploits. 

Normally I try to only post things where the exploit/s would be of considerable value to someone (though not always everyone). This is a rare exception as rounding up a list of weird bugs and exploits in the past has proven relatively popular:

1.  My Favourite Gold Farm

I've been trying to find the "best" gold farm for sod but it varies a lot depending on your goals/class - I try to avoid frustrating people with gold per hour numbers which are not obtainable as a practical matter. For my own play I keep coming back to this one from a suggestion in a comment on a post I made on youtube: 

"A good farm right now that I use is farming Kolkar centaurs in Barrens for the Kolkar Booty Key.  The chest that the key is for never de-spawns so as long as you can keep finding the key you can reopen it.  It almost always has a green inside and frequently has recipes."

2. Rune Swaps

Feedback from youtube viewers about rune swaps yielded some interesting comments:

"Two pairs of pants for Way of Earth / Shamanistic Rage is absolutely essential for pvp"

"Rogues can have thst shadow step on an alt set of gloves vanish boom jump"

"Paladins were using diff pants with aveng shield throw the shield swap pants before shield hits to do combat"

3. Infinitely Kitable Mob

The mob "Hirzek"

https://www.wowhead.com/classic/npc=212694/

who drops the earth shield rune for shaman, can be kited anywhere, and has no leash. 

4. Chimera Shot Causes Serpent Sting To Scale Off Attack Power:

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/sod-chimera-shot-causes-serpent-sting-to-scale-off-attack-power/1747154

There are some interesting builds with this. 

5.  Astral Essences Not Dropping

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/disenchanting-materials-bug-astral-essences-not-dropping-sod/1738872

The angle here needs to be explained as most are not aware of it: when supply of an item is artificially throttled it becomes more valuable due to supply and demand. While the bug exists the item tends to increase in value. When the bug is fixed supply increases and the value of the item falls. This is exploitable for trading purposes. The correction is not usually instantaneous even after the bug is fixed.