nother Black Lion Chest key thread got me thinking about making money by farming these keys. The key farming method is well-known (and apparently Anet has no objections):
- You create a new toon and rush through the Personal Story until you get a key at the Level 10 story. Apparently, this can be done anywhere between 20 and 30 minutes per key.
- As I understand it, you get 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket Scrap every 5 or so chests and you need 10 scraps to make 1 Black Lion Claim Ticket. So on average, it’d take you 50 runs to get 1 Ticket. This is subject to RNG, of course.
- 1 Ticket gives you one skin from the current Living Story. You buy the most popular skin and TP it for gw2 gold.
This way, if it took you 20 minutes per key, then in order to make 10 gold/hour (competitive with Dungeon running/Champ training), you’d need to sell your skin for 170g. (If it took 30 mins per key, then you’d have to sell for 250g.)
