A Brief WoW Gold Making Guide
Despite the complaints you may hear from some, in the World of Warcraft game it’s easy to earn extra gold. Spend some effort, work at it a bit, and you’ll have plenty of gold to spend on your items. Most of the basic stuff you can do while leveling or exploring and this basic stuff applies whether you’re leveling to 85 in (the upcoming) Cataclysm or just playing vanilla WoW.
For starters, there are only a couple of ways to earn money in the entire game. You sell services or stuff to someone (whether a player or not) and/or you complete quests for the rewards. (If you’re a Rogue you can pick pockets and open boxes to earn a little more.) Though the vendors don’t offer much for your stuff it adds up in the long run. Completing quests is a good way to go and the rewards are pretty good at high level. High level players will often have a routine where they complete a number of the Daily Quests in an hour or two and make 200 to 300 gold.
But the best way to cash in is selling stuff to other players and most people do that through the Auction House (AH,) although some will do it in trade chat. (Selling your skills for tips is another good way to go.) The only trick is where to get the stuff to sell and discovering which stuff is worth the effort.
So where to start? Make a level 1 character and run that character straight to the big city. I like Stormwind on the Alliance side and Silvermoon on the horde side. This character will become your designated banker/buyer/seller. Everything that your main characters want to sell will be mailed to your banker for posting on the Auction House. This means that your characters do not have to go to all the way to the Auction House every time they want to sell their loot, saving you lots of time. Just dump your gray stuff at the nearest vendor and mail the better stuff to your banker and get back to gaming.
Grab “skinning” as your first skill. You’re going to be killing a lot of skinnable critters on your way to the level cap and you can make planty of gold selling those skins, even at the lower levels. Next pick up either herbalism or mining, that way you can be detecting herbs or ores while skinning things. . Just gather stuff and skin everything and , if necessary, take some time to make sure your gathering skills are high enough for the next zone.
If you’re higher level you can do pretty much the same thing. You’re going to start in the low level areas and level your skills until they’re high enough for the next area. If you’re high enough level, and you’re on a PvP server, you’ll also be in position to help out your side if the other side is harassing them. PvP won’t help your gold stash, but it can be a pleasant diversion.
As you gather loot from your kills keep anything that isn’t gray and sell it. All the gray stuff will go straight to the vendor to sell. Your banker gets all the stuff that’s white or better (if you’re not going to use it.) (By the way, pay attention to current AH prices so that you don’t over or under price your stuff.)
The lower level instances are great for youir higher level characters. You’ll find plenty of junk to sell to the vendors and plenty of cloth, green items, and stuff to sell on the AH. Bring large, empty bags, as you’ll fill them with just a couple of instance runs. If you’re lucky you may even find a blue item which can be sold for a pretty penny.
If you apply these tips as you level you will find yourself with enough gold to keep up your gear, buy mounts, and so on. Some people, though, are more ambitious. There are many sophisticated tricks that you can use if you want to earn a lot more gold and you can find a great number of these strategies in a book titled, “Warcraft Millionaire.” Whether you are looking to hit the gold cap or just want to stay in decent gear this book has you covered. Read this review of the “Warcraft Millionaire” and see if it won’t massively increase your gold stash.
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