are the DQs worth the trouble

ok i have tried and discovered that DQ's are really not worth the effort or the cash from the items which you could sell. most dqs you should just sell to npc as people rarely buy them, but a few are in high demand. Elemental frags and dew of herbs can go 4k easy if you catshop. Dull claws 3k, complete sack 2.5k elemental essence 4.5kish. If you put maybe 20 or so of these each in your catshop and go to bed most of it will be gone in the morning. keep in mind the lvl 20-31 dqs can almost always sell, i suspect because lots of lower lvls like dq. A good strategy for pricing these are maybe just double or 1.5x the npc price. At higher lvls most dqs should be sold to npc. Hope this helps!

IMO when you dont hav any quests left to help you lvl the DQ is worth the time and effort, 15K exp for the lvl 20 quest is way worth it lol.

as for molds and whatnot i dont know anything about them as I havent found anyone selling the lvl 32 Legendary wep you can get.

Edit: Just a note, if you port to where you need to go then this quest isnt worth it.

Although to expand your invnetory you will need DQ items, Ive also noticed some quests need the DQ items also other then the DQ

i made a half mil one night selling DQ 20-31 items at only 1.5x npc price. People that are lazy buy them for two reasons:

A) they think the DQ is worth the effort and money
they need em for bank quests

You can also sell at higher levels the Element essences for about 6k apiece (drop from level 60ish mobs) since players need them at level 47ish for a quest. Me being able to fight mobs that high above me - i farmed em myself and got some nice xp payoff for it. Other classes are generally daunted by that / don't want to spend the amount of time it takes to get 10 DQ drops from higher level mobs at a reduced drop rate. SO... they buy em to get the quest done NOW rather than hold it for a while.

IE... any DQ item you find that is needed for a quest other than DQ - catshop it over night for around 2x NPC price (thats all i mark it up for nowadays) and you'll make 2x what you'd get from NPC. Your profit margin increases if you have a nice stack of em from farming in the same spot for a while. Once you get to higher levels though - most people have stopped doing DQ already - especially since at level 70 you get the paperclip for villa quest that takes about 2 hours of each day (if you can be bothered to do that even).

IMO the amount of pure drop sales loss (and teleport fees incurred if you are iin a rush) combined when doing DQ will be higher than just buying the item you are trying to get. Especially considering that it takes upwards of 50 dragon tables to get anything decent. Doing DQ to get that many tablets = poor player. Selling DQ items = smart player.