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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 1 hour, 10 minutes ago.

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

Cheapest Journeyman crafted goods crate right now

Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Fabrics icon Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Fabrics

Fill it with 2 Cured Medium Hide for 7 silver 42 copper.

Per Favor
37 copper
Merchant's Favor
20
Crate price
32 silver 98 copper

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: Journeyman Fabrics icon Journeyman Fabrics

Crafted goods, level 10

#1: 2 Cured Medium Hide

20 37 copper7 silver 42 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Journeyman Parts icon Journeyman Parts

Crafted goods, level 10

#2: 4 Bronze Framework

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

Crafted goods, level 10

#3: 10 Silver Bar

20 2 silver 18 copper43 silver 50 copper in all

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.