WoW Guides For Gold

A few days after the release of Wrath of the Lich King, a lot of things have changed in the World of Warcraft, including the way we farm for gold. Daily quests in the isle can still be your source for quick WoW gold. You’ll find the isle deserted because most of the players are in the Northend.

You could also make gold just by leveling. You can do the quests and sell the unwanted items. Items that are BOE could be sold in the Auction House or disenchanted. With lots of Death Knights at level 58-70, items looted in the new realm would fetch a good price in the AH.

Now let’s talk about the professions. Gathering professions would still profitable. Skinners will find a lot of new monsters to skin. Look for an area where people are just grinding for XP and skin the corpses they leave behind.

Miners would discover Cobalt and Titanium veins in the Northend. These ores would be in demand because Jewel crafters, Blacksmiths and Engineers would want to level their skills. At the moment, Cobalt is selling like 10gold for a single piece in my server. Be sure to check the Auction House for a more accurate rate.

New instances to raid would mean that Alchemists would be making a lot of potions. That means that herbs would still be priced high because of the demand. Not only that, Inscriptionists would still be a popular profession, therefore Herbalists would have to work double time. Herbs from the Northend are selling as high as 100gold per stack. Herbs from the Outlands are cheaper but supply of it would dwindle down because people would be spending more time in the Northend.

New places mean new fishes to catch and new recipes to cook. Food buffs would still be in demand and therefore fishing and cooking could be a potential gold mine. Be your realm’s food provider and you’ll see the gold flowing in.

As you can see, making gold in WoTLK would be easy. But you must know that you need a lot of it with the expansion. New mounts would be expensive. There’s the caravan mount, Dalaran Bear, and the engineer crafted motorcycle. These would cost a lot of gold.

You might be making a lot of WoW gold but you’ll still be spending a lot more than before. One word of advice is that you must not spend on things you don’t need yet. Spend it on something worthwhile.

It is only rational that once you’ve hit level 70, the only place you need to spend a lot of time in is the Outlands, save for the daily Isle of Quel’danas run. The Outlands is where you can farm for items that worth a lot than any items you’ll find in Azeroth. Items such as elemental motes that could be turned into primals can bring in a lot of WoW gold for you.

One of the places in the Outlands that I love is the Hellfire Peninsula, specifically at the eastern regions where the Voidwalkers are aplenty. In an hour of farming the area can give you around 2 Primal Shadows that is worth 30gold each. That’s 60gold in just an hour. Plus you’ll also get a couple of greens and vendor trash as well. The Voidwalkers would also drop decent gold with each kill.

For skinners like me, Nagrand would be the place to grind for Thick Clefthoof Leather. This leather is priced at 3gold each in my server’s Auction House. What you want are the Clefthoof Bulls which have a better drop rate than the other clefthoof mobs. Go to North West of Garadar for the best grinding spot. That is if you’re Horde. For the Alliance, you could visit east of Trelaar, just right beside the lake.

Even if you’re not a skinner, Nagrand could be a good source for your WoW gold. Around the area you can find a lot of elementals that can be farmed for motes. Go to the area around Oshu’Gun for some Motes of Shadow or to the South for Motes of Earth. Then there’s the plateau of elementals where you can farm for motes of fire, earth, and air. The downside is that the plateau is heavily farmed.

If you’re in a cloth farming mood, head to Netherstorm for its netherweave cloth. The areas around the Manaforges are the farming sites to go. The humanoid drop netherweave cloth and Sunfury Signets as well. Sunfury Signets sell for 1gold each at any given day.

Lastly, go spider-hunting in the Netherweb Ridge of the Terokkar Forest. Deadfang Widows and Lurkers are your target mobs. You can easily sell these for 10gold each. If you don’t want to hunt for spider then grind on the Talonite Birdmen for their Arakkoa Feathers. The feathers sell quickly in the Auction House plus they drop green items that could be disenchanted or sold in the AH as well.

Instance soloing is always fun. This is what I do if I got nothing better to do. If you’re lucky, you could net at least a couple of gold in a day. Today we’re going in Dire Maul West and going to kill all the mobs in the first room. It would be best if you’re a ranged class with a decent mana pool. Mages, priests and warlocks would be ideal for this grind. Just be sure that you have decent DOT for this grind.

The farming spot would be the ramp going towards Tendris Warpwood. You can find a ledge on each side of the ramp. The target mobs would be the trees and the blue casters. The patrolling big trees can punt you back so be careful not to be knocked back towards the edge or worst fall down the bottom.

What you need to do is to pull a group back to the top of the ramp. Then you must jump onto a ledge of either side of the ramp. The mobs would then run back to the bottom of the ramp and go up the ledge. You must then hop to the middle again. They would be going up to you and when they get near, jump to the other ledge. Once on the other ledge, start casting. Keep doing this until all the mobs are dead.

The group of trees would have a healer. Don’t focus on it first. Attack another tree and let the healer heal him. After the first heal, switch to the healer. Burst on him until he is dead. Then switch back on your previous target. DOTs would play a large part in this grind. Be sure to equip for damage to help you with this grind.

This grind would need lots of patience and concentration but the result is rewarding. Each mob would drop decent silver, green and gray items. But you’ll hit the jackpot if the mobs drop the Libram of Focus. Prices vary from server to server but it in mine it is worth around 5 to 15 gold in the Auction House.

You can clear the room in about 30 to 45 minutes. Then you can go out and reset the instance then go back in. Practice does make perfect and after a couple of runs, you can cut back on the total time spent clearing the room.

Your level 45 toon could make a lot of World of Warcraft gold even before he reaches the maximum level. Best of all, you don’t need to spend all your time farming. 1 to 2 hours of farming a day would be enough time. You’ll have time to spend outside Azeroth and do normal human stuff like eating perhaps.

If you want to farm at this level then head to the Hinterlands and find the Vilebranch Trolls. Their levels range from 43 to 50. There are some elites mixed with the crowd so be careful of what you pull. They drop a lot of stuff but what you’ll be looking for is the Wildvine. This herb sells for 1gold each. The Wildvine drops 1 in every 10 Trolls killed.

You might be asking why it costs that high. It is used to make Wildvine Potion that restores up to 1,500 HP and Mana. It is also by Blacksmiths, Tailors, Engineers, Leatherworkers, and Enchanters to craft items. Wildvines are required for two Leatherworking quests. It is such a useful herd that’s why it’s in demand even at present.

The Vilebranch Trolls have other valuable drops. Alliance players can turn in Troll necklaces for a repeatable quest. They also drop money, Mageweave and Silk cloths. The cloths could fetch a couple of gold in the Auction House. Plus they would drop the occasional green and blue items. You can have them disenchanted or sold at the Auction House.

They would also drop Flask of Mojo. Since The Burning Crusade, Flask of Mojo value has risen. These days it could be sold in the Auction House for at least 1gold each. Jewelers need Flask of Mojo to craft Aquamarine Signet. Leatherworkers and Engineers use these as well. Just like the Wildvines, the Flask of Mojo is another money maker from the Vilebranch Trolls although the drop rate is a bit down.

The Wildvines from the Vilebranch Trolls could be worth the grind you spend here. Plus if you’re Alliance, you can turn in the necklace from the Trolls at the entrance of Aerie Park. 5 necklaces give you 390 XP. As always, this is gank territory. For those in PVP servers, be sure to watch your back. If gankers are in the area, it is best to look for other farming spots. It would be not worth the effort if you are always in ghost form.