World of Warcraft Gold Making Guide - Increase Your WoW Gold Stack!

Free Death Knight Leveling Guide

If you are one of the three (zillion) people who is going to be playing a Death Knight in Wrath of the Lich King, then check out this free DK leveling guide for the starter area (levels 55-58.)

It covers every step: what to do, where to go, what to kill or collect and will get you out into the rest of the game world in record time.

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The Muke

First things first: while many methods of earning lots of gold are restricted to the higher levels, not all are. I had enough gold on the trip to 60 that I was able to buy the occasional blue item, a number of greens, plenty of potions, and my level 40 mount and my epic mount at 60. I also bought my Epic Flying Mount shortly after dinging 70.

The first part of what I have here for you can be used by practically anyone from level one to seventy. Before you start your gold creating career you want to make an auction house mule character that does all the item selling and mails gold to your characters as needed. I make it a point to keep most of my gold on the mule, even shipping some to the mule from my higher level characters.

Two Mules are Better than One

On a PvP server you can only have characters that are all Horde or all Alliance. On a non-PvP server you can have both, so consider making mules for both sides, then you can do some cross-faction selling.

As your main character charges around Azeroth (or outlands) killing and looting she will fill her bags with stuff. Mail off the good stuff to the mule, then get back to work. If the item is grey then sell it to a vendor, if it's white it goes to the AH. I've found plenty of white drops that go for a gold or more each (each piece, not each stack.)

The Gathering Skills

One of the most important and easy to do methods of making money is through tradeskills, not those gold munching crafting skills either, but rather the less intensive gathering variety. Mining, skinning, and herbalism, to be exact.

All three of these can roll in the gold quite efficiently if you set a good pace with them. All of these also are best done as a side project while grinding for levels. Some can even be done while doing quests.

Skinning. You're going to be killing thousands of beasts on your run to 80, so you might as well skin them. Light Leather goes for anywhere from 75 silver to 2 gold per stack. Clefthoof leather goes for 2-5 gold per piece. Northrend leathers are still pretty high and who knows where they'll settle down to, though Borean Leather should be pretty cheap (because it's so common.)

Rocks and Flowers

You'll also be walking by hundreds of ore nodes and hundreds of pickable herbs. You might as well collect and sell them. Mining especially is an excellent method of earning gold. Here's a WoW Mining Guide on Squidoo.

Since Wrath of the Lich King, and the new Inscription profession, went live the value of herbs has gone up way up. I'd say that it's a better money make right now than mining.

The Grind

Grinding for gold is a major, simple, and quite boring method of gaining money. The gathering skills, while increasing your gold per hour, are pretty dull. To make it easier, and a bit more fun, listen to music or watch a movie on your computer or give yourself mini-goals to accomplish while grinding.

Despite its faults grinding is one of the best and, more importantly, risk-free methods of making Warcraft cash. Combine it with your quests and it's steady cash: grind, fill your packs, send to your mule, rinse and repeat. Kill 100 of something and you can pretty much count on certain quantities of drops.

Then there's the Auction House

The next method is called, playing the AH (Auction House.) When browsing the auction house you follow the simple marketing rule of: buy low, sell high.

Rather than wasting your hard earned gold on that new shiny sword/trinket you instead look for an unsually low priced item, especially on items with a buyout, these often can go for upwards of a hundred gold below normal price.

Why? People either don't know the market price of something or they don't want to wait, so they price it low hoping for a quick sale. You're patient and your job is to find the bargains and repost them at market price.

The auctioneer addon (google it) will help a lot with this project. This tool takes some time to learn the Auctionhouse and what items go for what prices. It will help you find all kinds of items that are priced very low. You grab them and sell them for a profit. Repeat this a few times and you'll make a nice cash flow.

It's pretty simple, but remember, if you buy something one day that look's underpriced, and the next day you find that the actual market price on it's changed, you may have just lost a big investment. If that's the case hold on to the item for awhile.

Wrath of the Lich King killed prices for certain enchanting materials, void crystals, for example, and they aren't likely to regain much value. Materials for higher level enchants, on the other hand, might be something you will want to look into.

Also, sometimes you'll find items that just don't seem to resell. You can then hold those items for a few days or swallow the loss. I've found that it may take four or five auctions for something to sell, but sometimes they just don't. Destroy it or sell it at a super low price.

This is why it's not a good idea to buy rares and epics unless they are WAY underpriced and you know the item will be in some demand (like good Rogue gear.)

Also, watch the deposit costs. They'll eat into your profit margin if you're not carefull.

• Here's a killer video on playing the Auction House game.

In the long haul, though, once you're good at finding bargains, you'll make a pretty fair amount of extra cash. You'll get a good feel for AH prices and your cash flow will be hugely improved.

Another great method of earning gold at any level is by buying certain rare or limited items from the various vendors found all over the world.

Some of these items you can buy for very little and sell for 10 times what you paid for them.

The Wedding Dress

One example is the wedding dress, found in Stormwind. This video will show you how to find the wedding dress and why you want to buy and sell it.

The best way to find these items is to look at every vendor you ever come across, several times. You'll find items that are sold only by one vendor and you'll find items sold only in limited quantities, such as that wedding dress.

Prarie Dog whistles, of all things, are another way to make WoW gold at an early level. Run your character over to ThunderBluff and buy a few, or make a Tauren Alt and park him here.

The whistles are sold in unlimited quantities, but only by the one vendor. Only post one at a time on the Auction House or you're likely to dampen the market.

Here's a video which will show you exactly how to find the Prarie Dog whistles.

Darkmoon Faire

Speaking of limited items sold by unique vendors, check out the DarkMoon Faire. A couple of vendors there sell certain items, such as gems and motes, for far less that what you can resell them for on the Auction House.

Here's a video which will show you exactly how to do just that.

Note: Wrath of the Lich King killed the prices of some of the faire items, though new items might be popping up (I'll be looking for them.) The same guy who does the above videos has also put together several Wrath videos, but you'll have to become a member to get those.

When playing the AH I prefer to sell my acquisitions within the same day that I find them. I buy them, grab them from the mail box, and immediately re-post them. You never know when a previously rare item's going to get flooded onto the market. Also if need be you can simply wait until the price rises again, if it does.

Demand will vary for items from day to day, week to week, and server to server. Be patient and you'll get your items sold.

In the process of grinding (for levels) you'll occasionally find the interesting item. These should be sold at the auction house instead of to a vendor. In the long run you'll make a lot more cash than if you vendor those items.

Interesting means anything that's blue or green (or purple.) Keep an eye on which mobs drop what. Then grind them some more. Such as those Dampscale Basilisks in Terrokar forest. Eyes, raw meat, cooked meat, hides, and the occasional item.

It's a Science

Making a ton of cash in the World of Warcraft is more science than art. Follow the rules and you'll have more than enough. Rely on just luck and you'll be just like those who claim not to be interested in money and then whine about their lousy gear.

You might also want to check out the Massive WoW Gold Blueprint. Once you become a member you will have access to a large collection of videos which will have you making a ton of WoW gold quickly.

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