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Waylaid Crates: cheapest Merchant's Favor

Which Waylaid Crate turns the least gold into Merchant's Favor on the US Normal auction houses right now. Prices from 47 minutes ago.

Showing Normal. Each game type trades on its own houses, so their prices are never mixed.

Cheapest Favor right now

Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Fabrics icon Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Fabrics

Fill it with 2 Cured Light Hide for 3 silver 36 copper.

Per Favor
34 copper
Merchant's Favor
10
Crate price
22 silver

Waylaid Crates ranked by gold per Merchant's Favor

Ranked by the cheapest bundle that fills each crate, per Favor, for when you already have the crate.

Waylaid Crates by fill cost per favor
Crate Favor Fill per Favor
Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Fabrics icon Apprentice Fabrics

Crafted goods, level 10

#1: 2 Cured Light Hide

 10 34 copper3 silver 36 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Fabrics icon Journeyman Fabrics

Crafted goods, level 10

#2: 2 Cured Medium Hide

 20 37 copper7 silver 42 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Herbs icon Apprentice Herbs

Gathered goods, level 10

#3: 20 Silverleaf

 5 76 copper3 silver 80 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Herbs icon Journeyman Herbs

Gathered goods, level 10

#4: 10 Bruiseweed

 10 83 copper8 silver 30 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Expert Fabrics icon Expert Fabrics

Crafted goods, level 20

#5: 2 Cured Heavy Hide

 30 83 copper24 silver 96 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Artisan Fabrics icon Artisan Fabrics

Crafted goods, level 35

#6: 2 Cured Thick Hide

 40expected 94 copper37 silver 50 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Textiles icon Apprentice Textiles

Gathered goods, level 10

#7: 20 Light Leather

 5 1 silver 48 copper7 silver 40 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Ingots icon Apprentice Ingots

Crafted goods, level 10

#8: 10 Bronze Bar

 10 1 silver 72 copper17 silver 20 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Parts icon Apprentice Parts

Crafted goods, level 10

#9: 4 Copper Modulator

 10 1 silver 80 copper18 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Textiles icon Journeyman Textiles

Gathered goods, level 10

#10: 20 Medium Leather

 10 1 silver 94 copper19 silver 40 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Parts icon Journeyman Parts

Crafted goods, level 10

#11: 4 Bronze Framework

 20 2 silver40 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Ingots icon Journeyman Ingots

Crafted goods, level 10

#12: 10 Silver Bar

 20 2 silver 18 copper43 silver 50 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Earthly Expert Herbs icon Earthly Expert Herbs

Gathered goods, level 20

#13: 10 Khadgar's Whisker

 15 2 silver 29 copper34 silver 40 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Expert Ingots icon Expert Ingots

Crafted goods, level 20

#14: 10 Gold Bar

 30 2 silver 75 copper82 silver 50 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Expert Textiles icon Expert Textiles

Gathered goods, level 20

#15: 20 Heavy Leather

 15 2 silver 84 copper42 silver 60 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Curiosities icon Apprentice Curiosities

Gathered goods, level 10

#16: 4 Greater Magic Essence

 5 3 silver 4 copper15 silver 20 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Ore icon Apprentice Ore

Gathered goods, level 10

#17: 20 Copper Ore

 5 3 silver 60 copper18 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Expert Parts icon Expert Parts

Crafted goods, level 20

#18: 8 Iron Strut

 30 3 silver 87 copper1 gold 16 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Artisan Ingots icon Artisan Ingots

Crafted goods, level 35

#19: 10 Truesilver Bar

 40expected 4 silver1 gold 60 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Earthly Artisan Herbs icon Earthly Artisan Herbs

Gathered goods, level 35

#20: 10 Golden Sansam

 20expected 4 silver 60 copper92 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Artisan Parts icon Artisan Parts

Crafted goods, level 35

#21: 2 Thorium Tube

 40expected 5 silver2 gold in all
Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Curiosities icon Journeyman Curiosities

Gathered goods, level 10

#22: 4 Greater Astral Essence

 10 5 silver 84 copper58 silver 44 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Expert Ore icon Expert Ore

Gathered goods, level 20

#23: 10 Gold Ore

 15 6 silver90 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Artisan Textiles icon Artisan Textiles

Gathered goods, level 35

#24: 20 Thick Leather

 20expected 6 silver1 gold 20 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Ore icon Journeyman Ore

Gathered goods, level 10

#25: 20 Iron Ore

 10 6 silver 58 copper65 silver 80 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Expert Curiosities icon Expert Curiosities

Gathered goods, level 20

#26: 4 Greater Mystic Essence

 15 7 silver 27 copper1 gold 9 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Artisan Ore icon Artisan Ore

Gathered goods, level 35

#27: 10 Truesilver Ore

 20expected 7 silver 95 copper1 gold 59 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Flowering Expert Herbs icon Flowering Expert Herbs

Gathered goods, level 20

#28: 10 Wintersbite

 15 8 silver1 gold 20 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Flowering Artisan Herbs icon Flowering Artisan Herbs

Gathered goods, level 35

#29: 20 Mountain Silversage

 20expected 14 silver 31 copper2 gold 86 silver in all
Waylaid Crate: Artisan Curiosities icon Artisan Curiosities

Gathered goods, level 35

#30: 6 Small Brilliant Shard

 20expected 22 silver 20 copper4 gold 43 silver in all

Artisan Favor is expected, not confirmed: no player guide has reported it yet. Those crates are ranked on the expected amount.

How Waylaid Crates work

  1. A Waylaid Crate drops from mobs. Read its label to find out what it wants.
  2. Fill it with any one bundle from its list. You can also buy labeled crates on the auction house.
  3. The filled crate becomes a Sealed crate. It is bind on pickup.
  4. Hand the Sealed crate in for Merchant's Favor.

Where to turn in Sealed crates

  • Alliance Marcy Baker, Azeroth Commerce Authority, Three Corners, Redridge Mountains
  • Horde Dokimi, Durotar Supply and Logistics, west of the Crossroads, The Barrens

Your first filled crate also starts a one-time Shipping Label quest: 50 Favor and 2,000 reputation with that camp.

Merchant's Favor per crate

From player reports: Blizzard does not publish these.

Merchant's Favor from each kind and tier of crate
TierGathered goodsCrafted goods
Apprentice 510
Journeyman 1020
Expert 1530
Artisan 20expected40expected

Gathered goods: Herbs, Ore, Textiles, Curiosities. Crafted goods: Fabrics, Ingots, Parts.

Waylaid Crates FAQ

How do Waylaid Crates work?

A Waylaid Crate drops from mobs. Read its label and it becomes a crate for one kind of goods, like Expert Fabrics. Fill it with any one bundle from its list and it turns into a Sealed crate, which you hand in for Merchant's Favor.

How much Merchant's Favor does each crate give?

From player reports: Gathered goods crates (Herbs, Ore, Textiles, Curiosities) give 5 at Apprentice, 10 at Journeyman and 15 at Expert, and are expected to give 20 at Artisan, which nobody has confirmed yet. Crafted goods crates (Fabrics, Ingots, Parts) give 10 at Apprentice, 20 at Journeyman and 30 at Expert, and are expected to give 40 at Artisan, which nobody has confirmed yet.

Where do you turn in Sealed crates?

Alliance hand Sealed crates to Marcy Baker of the Azeroth Commerce Authority at Three Corners, Redridge Mountains. Horde hand them to Dokimi of Durotar Supply and Logistics, west of the Crossroads, The Barrens. Your first one also starts a one-time Shipping Label quest worth 50 Favor and 2,000 reputation with that camp. Players report that regular turn-ins give no reputation.

What is the cheapest way to get Merchant's Favor right now?

On the US Normal auction houses right now: Waylaid Crate: Apprentice Fabrics filled with 2 Cured Light Hide, about 34c per Favor if you already have the crate. If you buy the crate too: Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Fabrics with 2 Cured Medium Hide, about 2s 2c per Favor.

What does Merchant's Favor buy?

The camp vendors sell recipes, the Pack Kodo mount, pets, toys and tabards for it. The Performance Bonus legacy talent can double the Favor from a turn-in, a 15% chance at its top rank.

Can you buy Waylaid Crates on the auction house?

Yes, the labeled crates trade on the auction house: 30 of the 30 are listed in US Normal right now. The unidentified Waylaid Crate is not listed right now. Sealed crates are bind on pickup, so they cannot be sold.

How we work it out

  • Each bundle costs its material's market price on the Normal houses, times how many the bundle needs.
  • Fill cost is the cheapest bundle with a price. Buy and fill adds the crate's own market price.
  • "Only N listed" means there are fewer units for sale than the bundle needs.
  • The auction house cut and deposit are left out.

Market price: a quarter of all units listed cost this or less. Updated every hour.