July 31, 2008

Top World of Warcraft Gold Farming Techniques

by Jim Wapp

I have played World of Warcraft for more than 3 years. Throughout the years, I came up with some great gold farming techniques that I use to farm WoW gold.

1. Each profession in World of Warcraft is unique and gold can be made through every one of them. However, if you want a CONSTANT flow of gold coming in, 'gathering' professions are always better 'crafting' professions.

2. When leveling or grinding for gold, you should vendor all the 'grey' items (lol, duh!). You should post ALL the other items onto the Auction House.

3. All the green items that you find should be saved and mailed to an alternative character, when you have collected bags full of them, you should tip (generously) an Enchanter to disenchant them. Shard and Dusts are selling at an incredible rate and I can only foresee even better outcomes when the Wrath of the Lich King comes out.

4. Using addons such as Gatherer and Auctioneer.

5. Become a personal supplier of Ores, Herbs, Skinning Mats to "crafters" in top guilds. You could sell your goods at a lower price, but there won't be an Auction House cut and this will guarantee sales.

6. When Mining, keep in mind that Silver and Tin shares a spawning node; Gold and Iron shares another one; and the same applies for Truesilver and Mithril. For example, if you are only looking for Gold Ores, you MUST mine all the iron nodes as well because this will increase the overall Gold Node spawns.

7. Take on the profession Inscription when Wrath of the Lich King launch. New professions will be in very high demand with little competition.

8. Prior to a WoW Seasonal event, purchase or farm items that are needed during these events. During certain times of the years, prices of certain items skyrocket. This is an excellent time to reap in the profits.

9. Understanding World of Warcraft Economy. Not as complicated as the real world economy, but it follows the same basic principle: supply and demand. You need to look for items that are low in supply and high in demand.

Let's look at this example, on a Realm like Mal'Ganis where it is dominated by raiding guilds, the demand for certain items (pots and flasks?) will be very high, if the supply cannot match the demand, the price will rise to balance things out.

10. WoW is very fair, there is no single way to farm the most gold, there are many! Just find the way that suits your play style the most and enjoy your way of gold farming. It's a game after all!

I hope you picked up something new here, I use these very World of Warcraft gold farming strategies to farm hundreds of gold every day.

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