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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 ago.

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

Cheapest Artisan crate right now

Waylaid Crate: Artisan Fabrics icon Waylaid Crate: Artisan Fabrics

Fill it with 2 Cured Thick Hide for 37 silver 50 copper.

Per Favor
94 copper
Merchant's Favor
40 expected, not confirmed
Crate price
1 gold 25 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: Artisan Fabrics icon Artisan Fabrics

Crafted goods, level 35

#1: 2 Cured Thick Hide

40expected 94 copper37 silver 50 copper in all
Waylaid Crate: Artisan Ingots icon Artisan Ingots

Crafted goods, level 35

#2: 10 Truesilver Bar

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

Gathered goods, level 35

#3: 10 Golden Sansam

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

Crafted goods, level 35

#4: 2 Thorium Tube

40expected 5 silver2 gold in all
Waylaid Crate: Artisan Textiles icon Artisan Textiles

Gathered goods, level 35

#5: 20 Thick Leather

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

Gathered goods, level 35

#6: 10 Truesilver Ore

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

Gathered goods, level 35

#7: 20 Mountain Silversage

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

Gathered goods, level 35

#8: 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.