| Niche | | | | full of other players there are alternatives. |
| There are several types of motes, nearly all of | | | | There are 3 places you can go, each which has |
| them worth a huge amount of money | | | | elements all below level 70. |
| Putting it simply there are seven types of motes, | | | | For Air there is a place called the Alter of |
| all of which can be turned into their primal | | | | Shadows in Shadowmoon Valley (58,70) around |
| elements for free, just right click on a stack of | | | | here you will find a fair few air elementals, there |
| 10, remember to check on the AH if it's the | | | | are also some that roam about Nagrand, they are |
| primals or the motes that are selling for the most, | | | | however too far apart for any effective grinding. |
| a single primal water may go for 30g, but a small | | | | For Fire Elements there are several spots, also in |
| stack (Between one and five) of mote of water | | | | Shadowmoon Valley, the most effective being at |
| may go for more than if you combined it into a | | | | (34,27) and (47,47) where you will find a large |
| Primal. | | | | amount of fire elementals and earth elementals. |
| Prices | | | | Be careful here though, there are several parts |
| Primal Fire - 30 - 45g each | | | | on the lava which deal 600-800 damage per tick, |
| Primal Air - 30-40g each | | | | making it a difficult place to grind if you are not |
| Primal Water - 25-35g each | | | | careful |
| Primal Mana - 20-30g each | | | | My all time favourite grinding spot has to be for |
| Primal Life - 15-25g each | | | | Primal Water, this is a spot just south of the |
| Primal Earth - 5-10g each | | | | Elemental Plateau in Nagrand (58,26) Here you will |
| Primal Shadow - 70s-2g each | | | | find hundreds of water elementals (levels 64-66), |
| Primal shadow up to primal life are hardly worth | | | | you can easily get 150g to 300g an hour grinding |
| the effort., if you ever need any of these grind | | | | Primal water here, and that doesn't include the |
| the more expensive Primals (such as fire or | | | | grey drops (about 30g an hour) and the greens 1 |
| water), sell them and buy the lower ones at | | | | seems to drop every 20-30 minutes. This is |
| cheaper price. | | | | based on a level 70 with good gear, if you are a |
| Where | | | | lower level it will take you a little bit longer, |
| Primal Mana can be ground fairly easily in | | | | especially as you will need to take a mana/food |
| Netherstorm (34,57) at the ruins of Enkaat. The | | | | break more often! |
| mana wraiths there drop about 1-2 with a 30% | | | | Primal Might |
| drop rate. While this is easy enough there are | | | | If you are an alchemist you might want to turn |
| better places to grind motes, that can later be | | | | your Primals into Primal Might. |
| exchanged for primal mana. | | | | Primal Might requires: |
| The best place by far to grind Motes is the | | | | 1x Primal Earth |
| Elemental Plateau (67,23) in Nagrand. This can only | | | | 1x Primal Water |
| be reached by a flying mount, however it does | | | | 1x Primal Air |
| contain a lot of level 70 Fire, Wind and water | | | | 1x Primal Fire |
| elementals, all of which drop their respective | | | | 1x Primal Mana |
| motes. This is a fantastic grinding spot, with the | | | | It will however sell for the cost of mats plus upto |
| only flaw being it is slowly becoming filled with | | | | 30-50 gold, depending on your server. This is a |
| constant farmers, making it a slow way to get | | | | fantastic way to make more cash from your |
| your motes sometimes. However if the plateau is | | | | primals, it does however require 350 in alchemy. |