Black Market Auction House

Were you looking for the Black Market in the Underbelly of Dalaran?

The Black Market Auction House (or "BMAH") is a type of Auction House that gives players access to bid on items normally not sold by NPCs. The Black Market is run by the mysterious Madam Goya <Leader of the Black Market>. She is located in Dalaran above the Broken Isles, setting up shop among the lawless elements in the Underbelly.

The items for auction vary by server, as other servers are able to bid on various items.

Bids start in the 10,000-20,000 range and there is no buyout option. The sky is the limit when competing against other collectors for items. Mounts seem to start at 20,000, armor at 10,000, companions/pets at 10,000, and misc items at 10,000 - 15,000.

The auctions last for more than 12 hours and return your gold to you when outbid or the item upon winning. After winning, another item is not added to the auction house immediately. The number of items that are up for auction is not the same across all servers.

Requirements and issues of note

From Wowjuju:

• You need a lot of gold, as the lowest bids start at 1,000.
• Be prepared for a contested zone, so you can expect a lot of ganking on PvP realms.

Faster access in Patch 6.2

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Player can obtain a quest item, Waterlogged Manifest, from a naval mission, [??] Ship-Treasure Black Market Journal. The manifest gives a quest, The Missing Manifest. Upon completing the quest, player can browse Black Market Auction House in their garrison via a new NPC, Zhang Yeoh.

It's not clear what requirements are needed for your to get the Black Market Journal naval mission.

New Draenor location

This section concerns content exclusive to Warlords of Draenor.

As of Patch 6.0.2, the Black Market Auction House has moved to Nagrand in Draenor. Due to this many aspects of the place have changed.

From Wowjuju:

• You'll need the Warlords of Draenor expansion.
• Get to the Ring of Blood (around ^{[0, 0]}
  ), in northern Nagrand, a level 98 area.

Original old location

This section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria.

From Wowjuju:

• You'll need the Mists of Pandaria expansion.
• Get to the Veiled Stair, a level 87 area.

How does it work

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From Wowjuju:

• There are about 10 items in the auction house at all times that vary in item type and rarity.
• There is no buyout option. This means that if you really want an item you will have to win it by bidding on it.
• The bids start at 10,000.
  • Bids can go up to 9,999,999.^{[citation needed]}
  • Mounts bids start at 20,000.
  • Companions bids start at 1,000.
  • Gear items start from 10,000.
  • Vanity/misc items start between 10,000 and 15,000.
• The bidding works similar to the other auction houses bids.
• All auctions last for more than 12 hours.
• After an item is bought by someone, another item is not added to the auction house immediately.
• The items you might find in BMAH are realm-based.

Items

The most up-to-date list can usually be found via the Wowhead filter.

Some items

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Some items seen so far:

A sample of items for auction
Armor sets	Armor - Back	Armor - Neck
Tier 3 sets (The following sets do not have any class restrictions, unlike their original ones): Bonescythe Armor Cryptstalker Armor Dreadnaught's Battlegear Dreamwalker Raiment Frostfire Regalia Plagueheart Raiment Redemption Armor The Earthshatterer Vestments of Faith	Item level 509: [Drape of Gathering Clouds] [Cloak of Overwhelming Corruption] [Hisek's Chrysanthemum Cape] [Legbreaker Greatcloak] [Stormwake Mistcloak] [Cloak of Raining Blades] [Daybreak Drape]	Item level 509: [Choker of the Unleashed Storm] [Necklace of Congealed Weaknesses] [Korven's Amber-Sealed Beetle] [Shackle of Eversparks] [Kaolan's Withering Necklace]
Armor - Finger	Armor - Waist	Armor - Wrist
Item level 509: [Vizier's Ruby Signet] [Fragment of Fear Made Flesh] [Ring of the Bladed Tempest] [Ring of the Shattered Shell] [Painful Thorned Ring] [Seal of the Profane] [Regail's Band of the Endless] [Watersoul Signet] [Dread Shadow Ring]	Item level 509: [Belt of Malleable Amber] [Healer's Belt of Final Winter] [Sorcerer's Belt of Final Winter] [Ranger's Chain of Unending Summer] [Waistplate of Overwhelming Assault] [Binder's Chain of Unending Summer] [Belt of Embodied Terror] [Weaver's Cord of Eternal Autumn] [Stalker's Cord of Eternal Autumn] [Invoker's Belt of Final Winter] [Protector's Girdle of Endless Spring] [Mender's Girdle of Endless Spring] [Patroller's Girdle of Endless Spring] Season 12 Arena rewards PvP belts and bracers.ω	Item level 509: [Attenuating Bracers] [Cuffs of the Corrupted Waters] [Smooth Beetle Wristbands] [Pearlescent Butterfly Wristbands] [Bracers of Tempestuous Fury] [Luminescent Firefly Wristguards] [Plated Locust Bracers] [Shining Cicada Bracers] [Darting Damselfly Cuffs] Season 12 Arena rewards PvP belts and bracers.ω
Companions	Mounts	Recipes
[Hippogryph Hatchling] Argent Tournament pets: [Ammen Vale Lashling] [Dun Morogh Cub] [Durotar Scorpion] [Enchanted Broom] [Mechanopeep] [Mulgore Hatchling] [Sen'jin Fetish] [Shimmering Wyrmling] [Teldrassil Sproutling] [Tirisfal Batling] Other pets: [Elwynn Lamb] [Giant Sewer Rat] [Tiny Sporebat] [Captured Firefly] [Cat Carrier (Black Tabby)] [Cat Carrier (Bombay)] [Cat Carrier (Siamese)] [Obsidian Hatchling] [Dark Whelpling] [Gundrak Hatchling] [Parrot Cage (Green Wing Macaw)] [Proto-Drake Whelp]	[Ashes of Al'ar]: Kael'thas Sunstrider, Tempest Keep [Deathcharger's Reins]: Lord Aurius Rivendare, Stratholme [Flametalon of Alysrazor]: Alysrazor, Firelands [Smoldering Egg of Millagazor]: Ragnaros, Firelands [Swift White Hawkstrider]: Kael'thas Sunstrider, Magister's Terrace [Reins of the Blazing Drake]: Deathwing, Dragon Soul [Reins of the Blue Proto-Drake]: Skadi the Ruthless, Utgarde Pinnacle [Reins of the Green Proto-Drake]: Cracked Egg, Oracle dailies [Reins of the Drake of the North Wind]: Altairus, Vortex Pinnacle [Reins of the Drake of the South Wind]: Heart of Wind, Throne of the Four Winds [Reins of the Onyxian Drake]: Onyxia [Reins of the Plagued Proto-Drake]: Glory of the Raider (10 player) (pre-Patch 3.1) [Reins of the Vitreous Stone Drake]: Slabhide, Stonecore [Reins of the White Polar Bear]: Hyldnir Spoils	Some recipes requiring 600 skill: [Pattern: Royal Satchel] [Plans: Breastplate of Ancient Steel] [Plans: Living Steel Breastplate] [Plans: Gauntlets of Ancient Steel] Other datamined recipes requiring 600 skill: [Chestguard of Earthen Harmony] [Chestguard of Nemeses] [Fists of Lightning] [Gloves of Creation] [Gloves of Earthen Harmony] [Greyshadow Chestguard] [Greyshadow Gloves] [Lifekeeper's Gloves] [Lifekeeper's Robe] [Liferuned Leather Gloves] [Living Steel Gauntlets] [Murderer's Gloves] [Nightfire Robe] [Raiment of Blood and Bone] [Raven Lord's Gloves] [Robes of Creation] [Spelltwister's Gloves] [Spelltwister's Grand Robe] [Stormbreaker Chestguard] [Wildblood Gloves] [Wildblood Vest]
TCG	Weapons
Redemption items: [Banana Charm] [Fishing Chair] [Goblin Gumbo Kettle] [Imp in a Ball] [Paper Flying Machine Kit] [Picnic Basket] [Dragon Kite] [Goblin Weather Machine - Prototype 01-B] [Hippogryph Hatchling] [Riding Turtle] [Tabard of Flame] [X-51 Nether-Rocket X-TREME]	[Arcanite Ripper]

Some NPCs

Most auctions are posted by various well known NPCs, depending on the item type:

• Breanni from Warcraft Pets sells all the Argent Tournament pets.
•  Dran Droffers and  Malton Droffers of <Droffers and Son Salvage> in Orgrimmar list many Tier 3 pieces.
•  Jasper Fel, a Stormwind City poison vendor, sells Druid Tier 3.
• Landro Longshot, the NPC who redeems TCG codes in Booty Bay, sells TCG items.
•  Quincy Cutler, a Stormwind bartender wearing a top hat and tux with shorts and flipflops, sells some Tier 3.
• Mei Francis, a Dalaran vendor who sells exotic mounts, as well as the mailer behind Celestial Steed and Reins of the Albino Drake, sells various mounts.
• Wodin the Troll-Servant from the Ring of Blood sells Zena's kittens.
• Elusive Goblin leader Trade Prince Gallywix sells crafting patterns.
• Peripatetic Chou Li sells ilvl 509 heroic items.
• Zunji the Knife, Four-Fingered Fong, and Nexus-Prince Haramad all sell items, although their listings have blank items.

Gear up a character

#310 - Black Market is starting to go too far | 2012-06-19 12:34 | Zarhym

No one should count on this even being close to a viable option for gearing up a character. If you can raise that kind of gold in the game, you're going to have much better success paying your way into raids for gear than hoping the right items appear for you in the black market AH (which doesn't include set pieces), hoping you can afford to outbid everyone else on your realm, and hoping you're the last one to bid before the auction ends.

Sure, it'll have some of the best rewards for sale. But that doesn't mean it'll be remotely reliable for one person to gear up quickly. It's the black market, after all. :)

Ultimately the system is going to benefit the extremely wealthy and the extremely lucky. But in all likelihood the benefits won't at all be consistent, even for those who can pony up the gold.

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Media

Videos

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Black Market Auction House - An Introduction

Black Market Auction House - Mounts

★ Mists of Pandaria - Black Market Auction House Preview - Ft LoudsCast - WAY

See also

• Madam Goya <Leader of the Black Market>

External links

News

Wowhead News Warcraft Movie Trailer to Debut at SDCC and Signing Schedule, BMAH in 6.2, July 6 Hotfixes by perculia 2015/07/06 12:22 PM

  Archive.org (archive of WoW Juju) Black Market Auction House - All you need to know by Luci Jul 28 2012 12:50 PM

Wowhead News Mists of Pandaria: Black Market Auction House by perculia 2012/07/03 10:24 AM

WoW Insider Zarhym clarifies the Mists Black Market Auction House by Matthew Rossi Jun 19th 2012 at 8:00PM

Wowhead News News Round Up: Purchasable Raid Epics on the Black Market Auction House by perculia 2012/06/19 6:28 PM

The Daily Blink The Black Market We’d Like to See

MMO-Champion Black Market Auction House Items, Diablo III Information Recap by chaud 2012-05-13 08:57 PM

MMO-Champion Mists of Pandaria Beta - Build 15689 by chaud 2012-05-12 07:28 PM