| Before I begin, let me note something of a | | | | blues and purples. If you happen to pick one up, |
| disclaimer. By putting the strategies I outline for | | | | go ahead and equip it, or better yet, sell it off to |
| you here to use in your World of Warcraft | | | | some other sucker. Weekends are the best time |
| gameplay, you will easily make enough gold for | | | | to sell your low-level blues and purples, the PVP |
| the most basic needs for your character, such as | | | | (player vs. player) twinks will snap them up in a |
| enchants, repair and leveling your profession. You | | | | heartbeat. In five more levels that purple staff |
| won't make mountains of gold for them, | | | | you paid 800g for will be useless, and you'll replace |
| however, so if you like to be tricked out with all | | | | it with a green and be out a ton of gold. Don't get |
| the latest things or you don't mind spending big | | | | stars in your eyes till 70. If you want nifty blues, |
| inside the game, you'll likely want to take a look | | | | run dungeons and get rewards from there. Then |
| at one of the gold making guides available online. | | | | you'll have the benefit of free blues, greens to |
| It's also worth noting too, that even if you want | | | | disenchant, money from mobs, and learning to |
| a really grand epic flying mount, you don't need to | | | | play your character. |
| be buying gold from gold farmers. You can earn it | | | | Once you've reached 70, be sure to quest as |
| all yourself without breaking any rules of the | | | | frequently as possible - every quest you do will |
| game. Now let's move on to the gold making tips. | | | | earn you much more gold than you'll get at prior |
| The biggest money-making professions in World | | | | levels. If you ever reach the mythical 5200 gold |
| of Warcraft are the mining professions. Getting | | | | required for an epic bird, you can then do quests |
| your mining up and selling the bars you make, will | | | | like the Netherwing reputation line, where you do |
| make you a lot of gold, especially in the lower | | | | daily quests, earn reputation, and get paid for it. |
| levels. The trick is not to have a profession that | | | | You can make fistfuls of gold that way, it just |
| will use up the ore, so you don't want to become | | | | takes some time to get there. |
| a blacksmith. You want to have that ore available | | | | You should generally farm your own mats for |
| to sell to other players. | | | | any enchants you're looking to pick up, but |
| Another good profession to have is enchanting, so | | | | remember, time is money. If you only have two |
| that you can disenchant any greens or blues that | | | | hours a day to play, what's your most financially |
| you find. That way you'll get enchanting materials | | | | viable strategy? Should you make 200g from |
| out of your useless soulbound rewards and all the | | | | questing, or spend that two hours farming 20g |
| useless crud you pick up in dungeons. The green | | | | worth of motes of fire? Better to have that |
| shield you found in Blackfathom Depths won't sell | | | | extra 180g. Balance your time and money |
| for anything, but the strange dust you disenchant | | | | correctly and you should have enough for what |
| from it will sell easily. The Auction House deposits | | | | you need. To really maximize your gold-making |
| on enchanting materials are practically nothing, so | | | | opportunities, a World of Warcraft gold making |
| you can afford to keep putting it them up for | | | | guide will be a big boost to your efforts and is |
| auction over and over again. Once you know the | | | | well worth the initial investment. Using a guide cuts |
| prices of things, you can buy them cheap from | | | | down on the learning curve so you can quickly fill |
| others and sell them more expensively. | | | | your bags with a lot more loot and it will save |
| If you're focused on leveling, the best advice you'll | | | | you both time and money (both virtual and real) in |
| have is this: don't spend your money on low-level | | | | the long run. |