Grinding For Gold in WOW

Knowing the correct places to farm and know how to farm are key assets when it comes to playing World of Warcraft effectively. Many players make minor mistakes when it comes to farming that it puts them far behind the rest of the competition.

Downtime is one of the most major mistakes players make when
Grinding For Gold In WOW. Downtime is the amount of time during grinding that you spend NOT killing other mobs. This includes running to the next mob, sitting for a drink, chatting to your friends, not chain-casting your next spell (casting the spell as soon as it's available) all of these things will drop your gold per hour rate. The most common downtime is sitting down to eat or drink. Every glass has a favorable "Grinding spec" and if you plan to farm for gold for a certain amount of time, it's well worth the money to re-spec to.

Every time you take a seat to drink or eat, you are knocking anywhere between 15-30 seconds off of your killing time. Let's say you can kill 5 mobs in a row without having to sit and drink or eat. That means, every time you kill 100 mobs you are spending 10 minutes on your butt. That's a pretty large amount of time, and most classes can't even make it 5 mobs with some of the specs.

For instance, my Mage was Fire Spec for a while until I realized I was only getting about 3 kills on average in before I had to take a drink. I switched to frost, which is a premiere grinding spec and it got me up to 8 kills before I sat down. This is a great rate because I nearly cut my downtime to 2/3rd of the rate it was.

So next time you go out Grinding For Gold In WOW, remember that downtime is a key penalty to the gold rate you pull in. You can easily double your gold rate over night by choosing the right spec for your character.

If you are wondering how I learned these strategies. I actually had the awesome privilege to sit under on of the best Gold Farmers in the game. His name is Derek Beacher and he has dominated the currency in this game, since the game was released. Just recently he released a guide called "Derek's Gold Mastery Guide" that is showing all of his underground techniques to make hundreds of gold. Check it out here:

Click Here For Derek's Gold Mastery Guide

He's a great player and he doesn't hold back anything. I would stop by just to see his video proof of 27,000g. That's something you don't see everyday!