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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................8 Things to Know and do Before you get Started ..................................................................9 Bag Space .................................................................................................................9 Auction House Alts .....................................................................................................9 Talent Builds for Your Farmer .......................................................................................9 Rare NPCs .................................................................................................................9 Addons ...................................................................................................................10 Gatherer .............................................................................................................10 Auctioneer ...........................................................................................................10 Auctionator ..........................................................................................................10 Fishing Buddy ......................................................................................................11 Loot Filter ............................................................................................................11 MailGet ...............................................................................................................11 Quest Helper ........................................................................................................11 Chapter 1 - The Auction House...........................................................................................12 Common Mistakes & Misconceptions ...............................................................................12 Being Impatient .......................................................................................................12 Thinking I Can Share With You Magical Numbers That Will Make You Rich ........................12 Thinking You Always Need to Undercut ........................................................................13 My Realm's Economy Is Screwed Up, I Can't Make Gold In It .........................................13 I Don't Have Enough Time to Make Gold, I'm a Casual Player..........................................13 Prices Always Go Down Because People Keep Undercutting Each Other ...........................13 Getting Started ............................................................................................................13 Tracking Prices .........................................................................................................14 Using the Trade Channel.............................................................................................14 Expect to Maintain an Inventory .................................................................................15 When to Undercut.....................................................................................................15 Using AddOns...........................................................................................................15 Ten Tricks to Dominate the Auction House with Auctionator ...............................................15 Knowing Prices .........................................................................................................16 The Shopping List .....................................................................................................17 Buy Buy Buy ............................................................................................................18 Sell Sell Sell ............................................................................................................18 Big Stack Small Stack ...............................................................................................20 Splitting and Combining Cosmic Essences ....................................................................21 Closing Spreads .......................................................................................................21 Watching Your Existing Auctions .................................................................................22 No Deposit Items .....................................................................................................23 Adjusting Your Undercut ............................................................................................24 Finding, Buying and Reselling Hot Items ..........................................................................24 My Favorite Hot Items (enchanting, crafting mats and gems)..........................................25 Raid Bind on Equips...................................................................................................25 Ulduar Normal:.....................................................................................................25 Ulduar Heroic:......................................................................................................26 Eye of Eternity (Malygos) Normal:...........................................................................26 Eye of Eternity (Malygos) Heroic:............................................................................26 Naxxramas Normal:...............................................................................................26 Naxxramas Heroic:................................................................................................26 Obsidian Sanctum Normal:.....................................................................................26 Obsidian Sanctum Heroic: .....................................................................................26 secretgoldguide.com
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Twink Items .............................................................................................................26 Level 40, 58 and 68 Greens........................................................................................27 Rare Pets ................................................................................................................29 How to Find your Own Niche to Sell.................................................................................31 Miscellaneous Strategies................................................................................................32 Artificially Inflating Prices ..........................................................................................32 Pre-Patch Buyouts ....................................................................................................32 Chapter 2 - Gathering Professions ......................................................................................33 How to Make Gold with Mining........................................................................................33 Smelting Titansteel....................................................................................................33 Farming Ore.............................................................................................................33 Farming Titanium Ore................................................................................................34 Titanium in Icecrown.............................................................................................34 Titanium in Sholazar Basin.....................................................................................34 Titanium in The Storm Peaks..................................................................................35 Farming Thorium Ore ................................................................................................36 Thorium in Silithus ...............................................................................................36 Thorium in Un'Goro Crater .....................................................................................37 Farming Cobalt Ore...................................................................................................38 Cobalt in Zul'Drak .................................................................................................38 Cobalt in Howling Fjord .........................................................................................39 Farming Mithril Ore ...................................................................................................40 Mithril in The Hinterlands .......................................................................................40 Mithril in Tanaris ...................................................................................................41 Farming Saronite Ore ................................................................................................42 Saronite in Icecrown .............................................................................................42 Saronite in Sholazar..............................................................................................42 Farming Adamantite Ore ...........................................................................................43 Farming Fel Iron Ore .................................................................................................44 Farming Iron Ore.......................................................................................................45 Farming Tin and Copper Ore.......................................................................................46 How to Make Gold with Skinning ....................................................................................47 Loque'Nahak ............................................................................................................48 Arctic Fur.................................................................................................................49 Scion of Quetz'lun - Zul'Drak .................................................................................49 Plagued Proto-Dragon ...........................................................................................49 Cobra Scales ............................................................................................................50 Nerubian Chitin ........................................................................................................51 Forgotten Depths NPCs - Icecrown ..........................................................................51 Hath'ar Skimmer - Zul'Drak ...................................................................................52 Nerub'ar NPCs - Borean Tundra...............................................................................53 Icy Dragonscale .......................................................................................................53 Drakes - Sholazar Basin ........................................................................................53 Scalebanes - Crystalsong Forest..............................................................................54 Rugged Leather.........................................................................................................55 Plaguehounds, etc. - Eastern Plaguelands ................................................................55 Cats & Yeti - Winterspring ......................................................................................56 Other Locations for Rugged leather .........................................................................57 Jormungar Scale.......................................................................................................57 Jormungars - The Storm Peaks ..............................................................................57 Jormungars - Dragonblight.....................................................................................58 Borean Leather ........................................................................................................59 Skinnable Mobs - 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Skinnable Mobs - Sholazar Basin ............................................................................60 Knothide Leather ......................................................................................................61 How to Make Gold with Herbalism...................................................................................62 Gathering Icethorn and Lichbloom (lvl 80)....................................................................66 Icecrown..............................................................................................................66 The Storm Peaks...................................................................................................66 Farming Adder's Tongue, Goldclover and Tiger Lily from Sholazar Basin...........................67 Sholazar Basin......................................................................................................67 Farming Talandra's Rose in Zul'Drak.............................................................................68 Zul'Drak...............................................................................................................68 Farming Tiger Lily in Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord.......................................................69 Grizzly Hills & Howling Fjord...................................................................................69 Farming Goldclover in Howling Fjord............................................................................70 Howling Fjord .......................................................................................................70 Farming Felweed & Golden Sansam in Hellfire Peninsula (lvl 60+) ..................................71 Hellfire Peninsula ..................................................................................................72 Farming Plaguebloom & Dreamfoil in Plaguelands (lvl 55+) ........................................72 Plaguelands .........................................................................................................72 Farming Sungrass in Feralas (lvl 45+) .........................................................................73 Feralas ................................................................................................................73 Farming Kingsblood in Arathi Highlands (lvl 35-60) .......................................................74 Arathi Highlands ...................................................................................................74 Farming Bruiseweed in Stonetalon Mountains (lvl 30-60) ...............................................75 Stonetalon Mountains ...........................................................................................75 Chapter 3 - Crafting Professions .........................................................................................77 How to Make Gold with Alchemy......................................................................................77 Transmuting Diamonds ..............................................................................................77 Transmuting Bars .....................................................................................................78 Mixing Potions ..........................................................................................................78 Mixing Flasks............................................................................................................79 How to Make Gold with Blacksmithing .............................................................................79 Cobalt Tanking Gear..................................................................................................80 Titansteel Weapons...................................................................................................81 Tempered Titansteel (defense) ...................................................................................83 Brilliant Titansteel (crit, mp5 & spellpower)..................................................................83 Tempered Saronite Tanking Gear.................................................................................84 How to Make Gold with Enchanting .................................................................................84 Disenchanting ..........................................................................................................84 Selling Enchants .......................................................................................................89 How to Make Gold with Engineering ................................................................................92 Crafted Items...........................................................................................................92 Crafting Guns/Scopes/Ammunition..............................................................................93 Crafting Mounts/Pets/Trinkets ....................................................................................94 Crafting Reagents/Misc..............................................................................................96 Farming Eternals with Zapthrottle Extractor .................................................................97 Cinder Clouds ......................................................................................................98 Steam Clouds.......................................................................................................99 Arctic Clouds ......................................................................................................100 How to Make Gold with Inscription ................................................................................101 Creating Glyphs for Profit.........................................................................................102 Weapon and Armor Vellums .....................................................................................104 Darkmoon Cards of the North ...................................................................................105 How to Make Gold With Jewelcrafting ............................................................................105 secretgoldguide.com
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Prospecting.............................................................................................................105 Cutting Gems .........................................................................................................107 Crafting Epics .........................................................................................................110 Doing Dailies ..........................................................................................................111 Shipment: Blood Jade Amulet ..............................................................................111 Shipment: Bright Armor Relic ...............................................................................112 Shipment: Glowing Ivory Figurine .........................................................................113 Shipment: Intricate Bone Figurine ........................................................................114 Shipment: Shifting Sun Curio ...............................................................................115 Shipment: Wicked Sun Brooch .............................................................................116 How to Make Gold with Leatherworking .........................................................................117 Crafting Leg Armor .................................................................................................117 Crafting Cloaks .......................................................................................................119 Crafting BoE Frost Resistance Epics ...........................................................................120 Crafting BoE Epics ..................................................................................................121 Crafting BoE Rares ..................................................................................................122 Crafting Armor Kits .................................................................................................123 Crafting Heavy Borean Leather .................................................................................124 How to Make Gold With Tailoring ..................................................................................124 Crafting Spellthread ................................................................................................124 Crafting Cloaks .......................................................................................................125 Crafting Bags .........................................................................................................126 Creating Specialty Cloth ..........................................................................................127 Crafting Epic Gear ..................................................................................................128 Crafting Miscellaneous Items ....................................................................................129 Chapter 4 - Secondary Professions ...................................................................................131 How to Make Gold with Fishing .....................................................................................131 Farming Fish ..............................................................................................................131 Deep Sea Monsterbelly ............................................................................................131 Nettlefish ...............................................................................................................132 Dragonfin Angelfish and Musselback Sculpin ..............................................................133 Glacial Salmon........................................................................................................134 Raw Whitescale Salmon ...........................................................................................135 Fishing Dailies ............................................................................................................136 Blood is Thicker ......................................................................................................136 Jewel of the Sewers.................................................................................................136 Monsterbelly Appetite ..............................................................................................137 Dangerously Delicious .............................................................................................138 The Ghost Fish .......................................................................................................139 How to Make Gold with Cooking ...................................................................................139 What to Cook .........................................................................................................139 Dalaran Cooking Daily Quests...................................................................................141 Cheese for Glowergold.........................................................................................141 Mustard Dogs! ....................................................................................................142 Sewer Stew .......................................................................................................143 Infused Mushroom Meatloaf .................................................................................144 Convention at the Legerdemain ............................................................................145 How to Make Gold With First Aid ...................................................................................145 Chapter 5 - Farming .......................................................................................................147 Farming Eternals.........................................................................................................147 Eternal Fire ............................................................................................................148 Wintergrasp........................................................................................................148 Storm Peaks ......................................................................................................149 secretgoldguide.com
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Borean Tundra (recommended lvl 70-75)................................................................150 Eternal Water..........................................................................................................150 Wintergrasp........................................................................................................150 Storm Peaks.......................................................................................................151 Sholazar Basin....................................................................................................152 Zul'Drak (lvl 76-80).............................................................................................152 Howling Fjord (lvl 70+)........................................................................................153 Dragonblight (lvl 74+)..........................................................................................154 Borean Tundra (lvl 70+).......................................................................................155 Eternal Shadow ......................................................................................................156 Wintergrasp .......................................................................................................156 Dragonblight (lvl 72-80).......................................................................................156 Eternal Air .............................................................................................................157 Wintergrasp .......................................................................................................157 The Storm Peaks ................................................................................................158 Sholazar Basin ...................................................................................................159 Grizzly Hills (lvl 76+) ..........................................................................................159 Borean Tundra (lvl 70+) ......................................................................................160 Eternal Earth ..........................................................................................................161 Wintergrasp .......................................................................................................161 Storm Peaks ......................................................................................................162 Sholazar Basin (lvl 76+) ......................................................................................163 Grizzly Hills (lvl 76+) ..........................................................................................164 Eternal Life.............................................................................................................164 Wintergrasp........................................................................................................164 Zul'Drak (lvl 76+) ...............................................................................................165 Dragonblight (lvl 71+) .........................................................................................166 Howling Fjord (lvl 70+) .......................................................................................167 Farming Cloth ............................................................................................................167 Farming Linen Cloth ................................................................................................168 Farming Wool Cloth .................................................................................................170 Farming Silk Cloth ..................................................................................................171 Farming Mageweave Cloth .......................................................................................173 Farming Runecloth ..................................................................................................174 Farming Netherweave Cloth .....................................................................................176 Farming Frostweave Cloth ........................................................................................177 Farming Relics of Ulduar ..............................................................................................179 Farming Iceweb Spider Silk ..........................................................................................180 Farming Emblems of Valor ...........................................................................................181 Farming Meat..............................................................................................................181 Chunk o' Mammoth .................................................................................................182 Shattertusk Mammoth .........................................................................................182 Mammoth Calves and Wooly Mammoths (level 70+) ...............................................182 Chilled Meat ...........................................................................................................183 Sholazar Basin (level 76+) ...................................................................................183 Rhino Meat ............................................................................................................184 Borean Tundra (level 70+) ...................................................................................184 Shoveltusk Flank ....................................................................................................185 Howling Fjord .....................................................................................................185 Worg Haunch .........................................................................................................186 Howling Fjord .....................................................................................................186 Worm Meat ............................................................................................................187 The Storm Peaks ................................................................................................187 secretgoldguide.com
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Chapter 6 - Instance Farming ..........................................................................................188 Stratholme ............................................................................................................188 Strategy to Make Gold..........................................................................................189 Hellfire Ramparts.....................................................................................................190 Strategy to Make Gold..........................................................................................191 Scholomance .........................................................................................................192 Strategy to Make Gold..........................................................................................193 Zul'Farrak ..............................................................................................................193 Strategy to Make Gold..........................................................................................195 Scarlet Monastery....................................................................................................195 Chapter 7 - Dailies ..........................................................................................................197 The Storm Peaks ....................................................................................................197 Icecrown ...............................................................................................................198 Sholazar Basin........................................................................................................200 The Frenzyheart .................................................................................................200 The Oracles ........................................................................................................200 Kalu'ak ..................................................................................................................200 Chapter 8 - Before Level 80 .............................................................................................202 Introduction ...............................................................................................................202 Things that can be Done Regardless of Level ..................................................................202 Auction House ........................................................................................................202 Crafting .................................................................................................................202 Levels 1-30 ................................................................................................................202 Mining Copper (Level 10-30) ....................................................................................203 Linen Cloth (Level 15-30) ........................................................................................204 Skinning Light & Medium Leather (Levels 25-35) ........................................................206 Wool Cloth (Level 25-35) .........................................................................................207 Levels 30-60 ..............................................................................................................208 Gathering Bruiseweed in Stonetalon Mountains (Levels 30-45) .....................................209 Gathering Kingsblood in Arathi Highlands (Levels 35-60) .............................................209 Mining Mithril Ore (Level 43-55) ...............................................................................210 Mageweave Cloth (Levels 43-55) ..............................................................................211 Heavy and Thick Leather (Level 44+) ........................................................................212 Gathering Sungrass in Feralas (Levels 45+) ...............................................................213 Rugged Leather (Levels 54+)....................................................................................214 Plaguehounds, etc. - Eastern Plaguelands ..............................................................214 Cats & Yeti - Winterspring ....................................................................................215 Other Locations for Rugged leather .......................................................................216 Gathering Plaguebloom & Dreamfoil in Plaguelands (Levels 55+) ..................................216 Thorium Ore (Level 55+) .........................................................................................217 Thorium in Silithus ..............................................................................................217 Thorium in Un'Goro Crater ...................................................................................218 Levels 60-70 ..............................................................................................................219 Farming Felweed & Golden Sansam in Hellfire Peninsula (lvl 60+) .................................219 Mining Fel Iron Ore (lvl 60+) ....................................................................................220 Mining Adamantite Ore (lvl 64+) ..............................................................................221 Knothide Leather (Level 65+) ..................................................................................221 Netherweave Cloth (Level 64+) ................................................................................222 Levels 70-80 ..............................................................................................................223 Mining Cobalt Ore (Level 68+)..................................................................................223 Goldclover and Shoveltusk Flank (Level 70+) .............................................................224 Frostweave Cloth (Level 75+) ..................................................................................225 Borean Leather (Level 75+) .....................................................................................226 secretgoldguide.com
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Chapter 9 - Leisure .........................................................................................................228 Running Lower Level Players through Instances..............................................................228 Begging for Gold.........................................................................................................228 Questing at Level 80....................................................................................................229 Scan Public Test Realm for Changes...............................................................................230 Browse Profession Forums for Ideas...............................................................................230 Keeping up with the Holidays........................................................................................230 Chapter 10 - Conclusion ..................................................................................................231

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Introduction
There are a lot of gold guides out there on the market so sometimes it can be hard to decide which one to use. I was once in the same situation you were, in fact, I own a copy of every gold guide that was ever written, if it was available through Clickbank that is. Every gold guide seemed to be more of the same junk and generic tips without really ever telling you what to do or how to do it. Some of them contained hundreds of pages of old world stuff that was no longer applicable. Turns out this is a common strategy used to boost the number of pages in the guide to make it seem like it's more useful than it really is, but when 2/3's of the guide was written in previous expansions and not updated it's just useless crap you have to sort through. Most of the guides don't even have an organizational structure or way to navigate around the guide very easily. I spent so much time and so much money reading the same stuff over and over in every gold guide but just written differently. I've compiled a list of problems with the "popular" gold guides that have led me to creating this one:

Out dated content from old updates that are no longer relevant No way to navigate the guide, most sections weren't even labeled or organized Gave me generic, obvious advice, without really telling me what to do or where to go Nothing mentioned was ever really a secret and hardly a tip Didn't really tell me how to MAKE gold

So what I set out to do was create a guide that does exactly what it claims to do. This guide TELLS you how to get gold, down to the items to sell and where to get them. Most of the other gold guides barely have 3 pages of information on things like gathering skills and almost none of them have maps they just tell you to go to a zone and farm something, yet, that's how the majority of the people in game make their money! Not only do I have maps, I have routes, and I tell you exactly what stuff to farm and exactly where to get it, no more guess work, no more using third party programs to figure out what these other gold guides are talking about, and most importantly, no more wasting money on gold guides that you could have written by yourself while sleeping. This is the real thing. The features of this guide are:

Detailed maps explaining exactly what to do, what to get, and where to go Farming locations given to you by someone who actually plays World of Warcraft, most of the other gold guide authors HAVE NEVER PLAYED WOW! Item lists to sell in the Auction House, from someone who actually PLAYS WORLD OF WARCRAFT and HAS A LOT OF GOLD Daily routes and maps FROM SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY PLAYS WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND HAS USED THEM TO MAKE GOLD! A GOLD GUIDE WRITTEN BY SOMEONE WHO HAS PLAYED WORLD OF WARCRAFT SINCE RELEASE, HAS MAXED ALL PROFESSIONS SEVERAL TIMES, HAS MAXED ALL CHARACTERS, HAS RAIDED TO END-GAME CONTENT, AND FARMED TILL HER WRISTS HURT!

This is a real guide, made by a real person, who actually plays the game. This guide is NOT written by someone who paid other people to write a guide for them that is so generic anyone could have written it. I have a real navigation structure, I have real organization, you WILL NOT spend hours trying to figure out what sections apply to you (just click and go), I will never tell you to farm something and make you look up where to go, and MOST IMPORTANTLY...I TELL YOU HOW secretgoldguide.com
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TO MAKE GOLD...SERIOUSLY. Read on and see for yourself.

Things to Know and do Before you get Started

I've compiled a list of things you should know, things you should get, and things you should do before you get started making gold. I didn't want anyone to start into the guide and not be prepared to fully optimize their gold making experience.

Bag Space
This one seems obvious, but a lot of people don't take this into consideration. If you are going out to gather or farm items, the most important thing you can have is bag space. I highly recommend you invest in the biggest bags you can find, I give even my alts all Frostweave Bags (20 slots) because that's how important bag space is. Even when collecting items to sell to vendors it's a painful process to have to stop farming to delete things from your bag in order to keep looting.

Auction House Alts

Another obvious preparation tactic is to have an another character on the account that you're going to be farming from. When you create this alternative character, make sure to give it a realistic name, don't name it "Itemseller" or "Shopmart" give it name like it's a regular player. You DO NOT want to post items in the Auction House with your main character because if someone sees you posting a bunch of items they may add you to friends and keep tabs on where you are going and possibly even come out and find you, then they will know how you are making gold and do it themselves. The reason you create this character on the same account as the account you are farming from is because all items you send to this alternative character will be received instantly. Make sure you give your Auction House alt 20 slot bags or whatever you can afford too with lots of bank tabs, he's going to be holding onto all of your valuables and selling them for you.

Talent Builds for Your Farmer

Unfortunately, this guide does not cover what talent build to use on your characters. I will say this though, you should have a PvE or Farming Talent build in order to increase your efficiency at making gold. It doesn't do any good if you can't kill NPCs fast because your in a PvP talent spec or in a healing spec that kills slow. There are free talent builds at this site you can use, otherwise, if you want to get some official talent builds from someone who knows your class, I highly recommend you check out these class guides they do cost money but you get what you pay for, if it's free, you can't really expect much from it.

Rare NPCs
A lot of gold guides use up endless amounts of pages telling you about rare NPCs and that you should farm them. While I can't disagree that if you happen to find a rare mob you should kill it but it's not an effective way to farm gold by any means. Which is why in this guide we are not going to waste pages telling you to go farm rare NPCs. Some of these NPCs spawn every 8 hours, some more, and some less, but the point is, in the time it takes for you to take a chance to go see if they are up, you could be making gold. If you want to dedicate your time to farming rare NPCs then I recommend you just go to the Casino instead and if you win money out of there maybe just secretgoldguide.com
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buy gold instead of farm it! But seriously I'm not really recommending you buy gold, I am simply saying that spending time on rare NPCs, in most cases, is a waste of time.

Addons
Addons are what makes World of Warcraft incredibly easy and convenient for everyone: raiders, farmers, and PvP'ers alike. If you don't have the following addons installed you will be missing out on taking advantage of the Auction House and making things easier for yourself, which in turn makes you a lot more gold. These aren't necessary to follow this guide but if you have them you will benefit from them greatly. I get my addons from Curse, if for any reason the links below don't work they were probably changed at Curse and you can go to their site to search for them by name, but I will keep them updated as soon as I am aware of a change.

Gatherer
Gatherer is an addon for herbalists, miners, and treasure hunters in World of Warcraft. It's main purpose is to track the closest plants, deposits, and treasure locations on your minimap. The addon does not track like a tracking ability does, rather it "remembers" where you have found various items in the past. It does this whenever you gather (perform herbalism, mining or opening) on an item, and records the specific map location in its history. From then on, whenever the item comes into range of being one of the closest 1-25 (configurable) items to your present location, it will pop up on you minimap. When you view your World Map, you will also see the item locations marked on the particular map you are viewing there.

Auctioneer
Auctioneer Suite provides you with the tools and data necessary to make those difficult auctioning decisions with ease. From purchasing to posting, the Auctioneer Suite provides time-tested tools to allow you more time to actually play your characters or play the market. As you will soon discover, it is much more than a simple "Auctioning AddOn", the Auctioneer Suite also shows indepth information for all game items, such as those used in quests or recipes, and much, much more. Numerous other addons will also use the Auctioneer statistics you gather via scanning. This is especially true for many of the popular crafting addons, such as Little Sparky's Workshop. Auctioneer Suite is a complete rewrite that has taken over a year to complete and I am quite pleased with the outcome and trust that, given a few days, you will find most tasks made easier and, importantly, faster!

Auctionator
Auctionator is an easy-to-use World of Warcraft add-on that helps you buy, sell and manage auctions (see the Auction House chapter for more detailed tricks using Auctionator). The most complete and up-to-date information can be found at auctionatoraddon.com. Simply drag an item into its SELL tab and Auctionator automatically:

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sets the buyout and start price to slightly undercut the selected auction

If you're happy with those prices, just click the Create Auction button. If not, select one of the other auctions to undercut, or manually enter prices. With Auctionator, creating an auction is usually just a matter of picking an item to auction and clicking the Create Auction button.

Fishing Buddy
A fishing addon that keeps track of the fish you catch and helps manage your fishing gear. Features: - 'Fish Watcher' lets you see the fish you've caught here before (or the fish that you've caught in the current session) - Display your current skill level and the time since you started fishing - Choose your fishing outfit and change into it easily - Support for automatically adding a lure to your fishing pole - Full Titan Panel support - myAddOns support - Preliminary support for tracking 'cycle fish' such as the Nightfin Snapper so you know when to go looking for them

Loot Filter
Are you tired of deleting all the crap items from your inventory that you get from looting corpses? Or are you tired of having to manually click the items you want from a corpse? Then this addon is for you. It lets you filter loot by quality, item name and item value, and helps you keep your inventory clean. It also features an option to easily sell or delete items in bulk.

MailGet
MailGet will let you retrieve all of your mail at the click of a single button. You can click either the "Take All" Button on individual messages, or on your entire mailbox. Blank messages with only items attach remove immediately. Messages with text will have their items removed, but text remain. Messages with money in them will automatically be picked up. Auction House winnings will be retrieved. Auction House listings that do not sell will be retrieved.

Quest Helper
Quest Helper tells you how to finish your quests in the easiest, fastest manner. It includes a database of quests, monsters, and items, telling you the exact location of that dang Perfect Satyr Horn you can't find. It also computes the fastest path to complete all your quests - and gain experience - as quickly as possible.

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Chapter 1 - The Auction House

The Auction House is the lifeblood of any gold making strategies in World of Warcraft. It is extremely important that everyone who reads this guide understands how to use Auctionator, MailGet and the Trade Channel. Further, auction trading is a discipline and an art. I can't teach it to you with one paragraph, there's no 1-trick that will give you the edge over other people. Instead, it's a game of patience and knowledge. Understanding how to properly use the Auction House is very important so I have included an entire chapter focused on it. In this chapter you will learn about the essential addons to use to make buying and selling on the Auction House much easier. You will also learn about buying items and reselling them for a high profit. I will also discuss ways in which you can find your own niche to make tons of gold. Finally, in this chapter you will learn about techniques including market manipulation of the prices of items and about bidding on items and getting them extremely cheap. It is these kinds of strategies that are discussed in this chapter that will make using and selling items on the Auction House much easier. You will be able to quickly assess the value of items and make informed decisions regarding pricing.

Common Mistakes & Misconceptions

It's best to start by clearing your mind of a few common mistakes and misconceptions about making gold on the Auction House. These are the problems I encounter most often with people who are struggling in this area. Here's a list of common mistakes that you need to avoid if you're going to learn to make gold on the Auction House the way I do.

Being Impatient
Some people might think that the purpose of this chapter is to teach them how they can log on and in 20 minutes make a few thousand gold off the Auction House. Don't get me wrong, you will 'earn' thousands of gold in short periods of time but you will likely hold onto those items for several days or even weeks before you cash in on the items you purchased. Trading on the Auction House is a game of patience and wisdom. You won't be able to login on day 1 and earn this type of gold either. You will need to watch the Auction House prices for several days if not weeks before you have the confidence to start capitalizing on the price fluctuations.

Thinking I Can Share With You Magical Numbers That Will Make You Rich
Some people are looking for magical numbers, like 'buy all the Solid Stormjewels you see that go for less than 500g and repost them at 700g'. This guide is not here to give you price guidelines like that. I might share with you the price ranges I use but these are dependent on the realm, faction and time that I used those prices. The most important factor in making gold trading on the Auction House is knowing the value of items. If you traded for 2 weeks and watched Abyss Crystals sell for 110g almost every Tuesday evening and now see a stack of 17 Abyss Crystals at 80g each, you need to pull from your experience to quickly make that investment before someone else does and know how long to wait before reposting them. Knowing these price ranges for as many high volume/cost items as secretgoldguide.com
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possible is going to help you make gold on the Auction House. Unfortunately I can't teach you the numbers I use, unless you play Alliance on my realm, and even then my criteria for buying/selling changes regularly.

Thinking You Always Need to Undercut

A lot of people complain about having to undercut all the time and losing money. This is a bad habit many people make when starting off on the Auction House, especially people who farm something and try to sell it as quick as possible. If you farm 5 stacks of Saronite Ore and just undercut the lowest stacks on the Auction House you're probably not going to make as much gold as you wanted to. More than likely, someone like me will see your lowball post, buy it immediately and post it 2 days later for a 3-digit profit. Prices stay low for periods of time, sometimes days or even weeks. You need to be patient and watch the prices come up before you post your items. If the prices are low, and you know it, you can buy a lot of inventory to sell during high price periods. This is how I make about half my gold. The other half is made from artificially inflating prices on high cost items such as but not limited to Runed Orbs, Stormjewels and ilvl 213+ items.

My Realm's Economy Is Screwed Up, I Can't Make Gold In It

I've heard this several times. Most of the people who complain are complaining because they are experiencing extreme price fluctuations. You actually want to see these, they are what let you make gold. The people who complain about them are those who made the mistake of buying high and not being patient enough to wait for prices to come back up before selling their inventory. In conclusion, you can make gold on any realm's Auction House. I have been successful on low, medium, and high population realms and there's no reason for you to get discouraged if you're struggling on your realm, it's not your realm's fault.

I Don't Have Enough Time to Make Gold, I'm a Casual Player

A lot of people simply don't have time to farm, they would rather raid, do dungeons, daily quests or just chill in Dalaran telling Chuck Norris jokes. That's actually good news, because you can make a lot more gold per hour if you only spend 30 minutes a day checking the Auction House. In the 3-4 hours you spend on the Auction House per week (spending about 30 minutes per day) you can make 2-5,000 gold without much thinking. That's an average of over 1,000 gold an hour! If you don't have a lot of time then you need to start by focusing on this part of the guide.

Prices Always Go Down Because People Keep Undercutting Each Other

This can't possibly be true, if it were everything would be free, right? It might seem obvious to you but this is a common misconception people have when they only play during peak hours. During these hours most prices have a tendency to plummet. They will come back up, trust me. You don't always have to undercut, each time you post an item you have to figure at what price it will sell and undercutting is only effective if you're posting in your desired price range.

Getting Started
The first thing you should do is start buying some cheap items and reposting them. Don't expect secretgoldguide.com
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to get rich right away. This is how I got started when I was new. You might lose a little bit of gold at first but each time you lose gold you will learn a valuable lesson you would otherwise have missed completely. Start with a few items that you can follow by checking their prices with Auctionator a few times a day. As you get comfortable with those items continue to expand your list. Here's a list of some basic items I would recommend monitoring in the beginning: Abyss Crystals Frozen Orbs Dream Shards Arctic Fur Eternal Fire Greater & Lesser Cosmic Essence Frost Lotus Titansteel Bar

I selected each of the above items because they have both high volume so they are traded often enough to make things happen quickly and set at decent prices so the amount you make per trade is suitable for your time investment (opposed to Infinite Dust, for example). The enchanting materials have no deposit, so they can be traded much easier than the ones with expensive deposits. When you're ready to start monitoring items with higher prices you can take a look at items like Stormjewels (Runed and Solid are the best) and Runed Orbs which you can buy and sell every few days to make several hundred gold per sales.

Tracking Prices
As you're getting started you should keep track of the prices of the items I listed above. The best thing you can do is write down each item's highest price observed and lowest price observed for each day. You will see one of my bonus materials is a Auction House Price Tracking Sheet. As you get started, print out this sheet each week to keep track of prices. This will help you learn item prices and when to purchase and when to sell along with how the prices change throughout the days of the week.

Using the Trade Channel

If you can, watch trade channel in your free time when you're not actively playing. Leave WoW up in windowed mode so you can see it while you're surfing the net (and while you're reading this). People who are selling rare and epic items will catch your eyes. Keep an eye out for people selling Frozen Orbs, Runed Orbs and other stuff for really low prices. It amazes me that people who just finished a heroic will sell a Frozen Orb for 25g less than it's value opposed to posting it on the AH and waiting a day for it to sell. Make an offer to EVERYONE you see selling ANYTHING, even if they are asking a higher price than you're willing to pay. Most of these people are trying to sell a large inventory of items and are willing to go very low with their prices if they can find a buyer. Some of the best deals are found in the trade channel. After making a good deal, always ask the person if they have more to sell. 'Anything else to sell?' You already know the person you're dealing with is desperate to make money, so maybe they have some Frozen Orbs, Arctic Fur, etc. Here's your chance to really lowball them, they know they secretgoldguide.com
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can make the deal immediately and won't go double check prices. Know your prices, and lowball all of them.

Expect to Maintain an Inventory

When I say inventory, I mean the items that you currently own. You may have these in your mailbox, in your backpack or posted on the Auction House. At any given time I have anywhere from 1,000-10,000g in 'inventory' and anywhere between 100 and 200 Auctions posted. Just like any real world sales person you have to hold on to items for a certain period of time before you find an appropriate buyer for them. At first, you won't have enough gold to buy all the 'good deals' you see on the Auction House, this will come as you progress. As you get more involved in your realm's economy your inventory will build and you will notice your gold isn't going up as fast as you thought it would.

When to Undercut
Like I mentioned in the common mistakes section, don't always undercut. However, there are a few important times that undercutting is essential. This is the case when prices spike up and then come down quickly. Arctic Fur for example, on my realm hangs out around 25-35g per. This morning the lowest price was at 65g. Of course they won't stay there for long, they have been plummeting all morning by several gold every time someone posts more Arctic Fur. Even though there are more sellers than buyers and therefore prices are going down, that doesn't mean there aren't SOME buyers paying this high price for Arctic Fur. In conclusion, when prices are shifting downward rapidly you want to undercut those prices as often as possible so when that rare buyer comes around you make the sale. If you have 6 items you can post 1 every hour or so that you have time to log on, post it in the cheapest position so that your item sells for that high price. Don't post all 6 of your furs every time you undercut, because you'll be paying more in depositors that way. The other time to undercut is with very expensive items that people are only going to buy 1 of. For example, you can undercut the other Runed Stormjewel that is posted on the Auction House by only 2g. Just try to check the listing more often than your competitor so you have a better chance of selling yours.

Using AddOns
Like I mentioned in the first paragraph, you need to install and use MailGet and Auctionator. I wrote an entire section dedicated to using Auctionator to employ all my favorite tricks. You may also want to install Auctioneer, and Chatter. I use Auctioneer along with Auctionator because it has a few features that Auctionator doesn't have, such as the iLvl and percent columns when browsing the Auction House. Chatter is a very nice chat addon which allows you to use the up arrow to repeat what you just said, I use this for advertising in the trade channel, but I'm sure there are other options.

Ten Tricks to Dominate the Auction House with Auctionator

When it comes to making money on the Auction House, Auctionator is the best tool you can learn to use. Let's start by making sure you have the right version of Auctionator installed properly. Head to Curse Gaming and find the Auctionator Addon, when I wrote this guide it was at http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/auctionator.aspx. There are two options, secretgoldguide.com
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automatic install and manual install. I have used both but I would recommend automatic install. If you use automatic install, Curse will have you install a program called Curse Client. It will run in your system tray and allow you to quickly and efficiently update your addons without knowing how they work. Otherwise, if you choose to use manual install, you will have to download updated versions manually when new patches come out. If you choose this option, download and extract the contents of the zip file from Curse into your World of Warcraft/Interface/Addons directory:

Once the Auctionator folder is inside your World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns folder you can load up World of Warcraft (restart it if it's still running) and it will be installed.

Knowing Prices
The first and most important point I'm including in this section is that knowing prices is THE MOST IMPORTANT aspect to making gold with Auctionator. Auctionator DOES NOT tell you prices (although it gives you SOME informational tooltips), only you can figure these out. It takes awhile to get a feel for each market, and you might make a few mistakes learning it. This is not something I can teach you. I can't tell you that Frozen Orbs will sell between 60-80g consistently or that Dream Shards sell above 20g pretty well so if you see them lower buy them. This is only true for the realms I play on and at the time I wrote this section. I'm also not going to keep these price estimates updated as time goes by, since they will inevitably fluctuate. There is also no right answer when you ask what is a Dream Shard worth. This is dependent on too many variables, what day of the week it is, what time of the day, how many people are playing, if it's Super Bowl Sunday, etc. Once you get a feel for the prices you'll realize that prices are dependent not only on the current market but also on the amount of time secretgoldguide.com
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you're willing to spend finding a buyer. If you post Dream Shards up for 10g they will sell in minutes. You can sell a single Dream Shard at 30g and it will probably sell but it will take a week or more to find a buyer. The skill here is watching the prices, logging on and posting your inventory at the right time in the right quantities depending on how fast you want to liquidate it. When Dream Shard demand rises above supply the Auction House will start to get depleted and prices will rise. If you're paying attention you can post remaining inventory at higher prices and they will sell, instead of undercutting the cheapest post.

The Shopping List

The Shopping List is an amazing feature that you've got to be aware of. Every time you do a search with Auctionator it saves the term in the left side, (which is called Recent Searches) and it saves the term even if it's a typo :(. Next time, all you have to do is click on the name of the item on the left and it will automatically search for the item and list the results in the appropriate format! You don't even need a keyboard to make hundreds of gold in a sitting with Auctionator. 'Recent Searches' gets pretty packed, pretty quick. It keeps the most recently and most popularly searched items at the top so the typos and less often search items sink down. It's even more effective to keep Shopping Lists of your favorite items. This way when you login you can load up your Shopping Lists to remember the hot items you have been tracking, you won't forget to look at Dream Shards or Small Dream Shards because they'll be right there. And best of all, you won't need a keyboard :). Here is what it looks like, I created a fake test list to protect the innocent.

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Buy Buy Buy

The buy feature in Auctionator is amazing. It will search, sort and organize all the auctions for a specific item. The best part is that it even shows how many items are in each price range. For instance it will say: 3 stacks of 20 or, for example, 20 stacks of 1; this tells you a lot.

After you click on the Buy tab, all you have to do is either type in the search term or click on one of the items on the left bar. The left bar is automatically populated with recent searches or manually populated with items if you're viewing a shopping list. Play around with the interface to get a feel for how it works. The coolest thing is that it makes it so easy to buy a ton of auctions. All you have to do is click on the row with the price that you want to pay and click buy in the bottom right. It will then prompt you asking how many of the stacks you want to purchase. This is how I start out most of my auction sessions. I use my recent searches on the left (or shopping lists) to search for my favorite items. When I see the right prices I'll buy them out and post them higher.

Sell Sell Sell

The Sell tab is the most useful part of Auctionator. Instead of selling things individually, calculating and entering the values for each item, you can rapidly sell dozens of an item in a matter of seconds. Once you have the Sell tab selected, you just drag the item from your inventory into the Auction Item box in the top left. You can see here I put up my 149 Relic(s) of Ulduar. Auctionator will automatically load the list of matching items in the right column and let you select which position you want to sell them at. I had a friend who didn't know he could select the price on the right side, he thought that Auctionator always undercut the lowest price. I showed him how to do this and he was extremely pleased. In the screen shot below I will probably post the Relics above the 2g 11s or maybe above the Relics for 2g 0s. Either way, all I have to do is select the price that I want to undercut and it will calculate the new individual and total prices.

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Once you have the price highlighted you can select the duration of your auction. Always keep track of what the deposit is, if this goes too high you might need to lower your price to ensure that the auction will sell before the time expires. Finally, click either Create Auction, which, if possible, will sell everything in 1 stack or select Create Multiple Auctions and it will bring up this dialog:

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This dialog lets you post auctions in the stack size that you want. For Dream Shards I would mostly do 5-10 stacks of 1, in this case I will do a 1 stack of 100 Relic(s) of Ulduar since this stack size sells very good.

Big Stack Small Stack

A lot of people post large stacks of high volume items at low prices so that they will sell quickly. It almost seems like they do this so people like me can pickup the stack, split it up and repost it for a profit. Who else is going to buy, for example, 20 Frozen Orbs for 50g each? All 3 tabs in Auctionator are really good ways to hunt down big stacks. You can even do this from the default search screen, but I don't recommend EVER using that (unless Auctionator starts saying there are no auctions and if that happens then logout or switch auction NPCs. Here's what a really good big stack looks like for Dream Shards:

This guy posted 80 Dream Shards at 17g each. I had already bought 1 stack and sold 12 of them for 24.55 and after this screenshot I bought the rest. These have been consistently selling for 22-30g on my realm, so I'm very confident that I will be able to sell them. So for a 1360g investment I can immediately start posting these up at the positions I want, and I don't have to wait for prices to adjust to make my profit. I'll probably sell these over the next several days for a total of, AT LEAST, 1800g for a nice ~440g profit. It's good to keep stack size in mind when posting or buying. Imagine a scenario where you want to post 5 Dream Shards and the cheapest price listed is 17g. You need to look at that 17g listing and see how big the stack is. If it says 1 stack of 20, or 2 stacks of 20, you don't need to go that low with your price. Most people who buy things like Dream Shards don't buy stacks of Dream Shards they buy individuals. They will search for the cheapest individually priced Dream Shard and buy that one. The above image is a good example of this. I'll post 5-10 Dream Shards at 24g 24s right after I buy them for 17g each. However, THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR ALL ITEMS; particularly I've noticed that Relic(s) of Ulduar sell better in large stacks (of course so does cloth, ore, bars, herbs, etc). This is probably because people want to buy large even numbers for turn ins. I've been buying ALL RELICS for <1g 50s and I've never had a problem selling them for as much as 2g 80s (stack of 200). Usually they are posted really cheap in small stacks and sell much higher in large stacks divisible by 50. I build a stack of 200 when I can, post it between 2g-3g per and it usually sells the first time I post it. This is a huge money maker.

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Splitting and Combining Cosmic Essences

Watching Cosmic Essences is fun. At the time I write this Greater Cosmic Essences (Greaters) sell from 11-18g consistently. Lessers sell for 3-8g each. Do the math and you'll see these match up pretty well. But the fun part is that they don't always match up, in fact they actually hardly match up in my experience. In the last week alone I've seen Lessers selling for 3g each and Greaters selling for 15g, that's a 6g profit. It's not a ton but it's a really good thing to throw into the mix. This works both ways, you can find Greaters for sale for 12g buy them and split them and 20 minutes later sell them for 5g 50s each (I did this today!). Why would anyone buy a Greater Essence for 15g when there's a stack of Lessers for sale for 3g each? Who knows these things?

Closing Spreads
I call it a spread when items get listed with a large range of prices as a result of several poorly planned undercuts. Here's a hypothetical example of what I mean. Let's say you search for Dream Shards and see (5x1 means 5 stacks of 1): 10x1@24g 5x1@23g 12x1@22g <--- SPREAD TOP 1x1@21g 1x5@20g 1x1@19g 3x1@18g <--- SPREAD BOTTOM What we see here is that the 1x5 stack isn't an individual stack so most buyers aren't going to buy this stack. So now we see the spread a little different, 3 items are blocking the price at 18g, 1 is sitting at 19g, the one at 20g isn't going to sell to most buyers and there is only 1 at 21g. What

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you can do here is buy the 5 individual Dream Shards at 18g, 19g and 20g and repost them either at 21g 90s or competitively somewhere higher on the stack. This might seem obscure or unlikely, maybe it seems obvious to you (that's good) my point is that sometimes items are priced lower than they seem. In this example the 18g Shards are a steal, ESPECIALLY considering the range that Dream Shards usually sell. You really have to look at stack sizes and the quantity of items that are selling at the prices to determine how much you can afford or risk to move to higher prices. Just last night I saw Abyssal Crystals in a similar setup, however the price differences were in 5g segments so it was a much better deal. I was able to buyout all the individual Abyssal Crystals below 100g and repost them all and sell them all that night. I believe my total investment there was about 400g and I resold them for just a little less than 500g. If I hadn't bought out the low posted Crystals the perceived value of the Crystals would have stayed well below 100 gold and I wouldn't have been able to sell the others that high. Here's a real example, notice where the REAL value of Shards is:

Watching Your Existing Auctions

After you've posted everything and spent 20-30 minutes shopping, buying, selling and making numerous trips from the mailbox and back you've got to remember to check your More tab. This will give you a recap of what you're doing. It will even show you if you're still holding the cheapest position with all the items you have posted (green check mark) or if you have been undercut (red X). Most of the time if you've been undercut it's not the end of the world, prices will adjust and your item will have its time. Notice how many Dream Shards I have up right now, I took this picture in the evening when everyone was posting so prices were dropping quickly, they'll come back up though. Other times you might need to immediately repost your item and undercut the other guy. Items like Frozen Orbs, Abyssal Shards and lvl 213 epics might experience price inflation and you might know that's about as high as they are going to go. To milk that opportunity you need to undercut by a small amount keeping the price high but keeping the best position so that when a buyer comes around your item sells. In times like this (when demand is lower than supply but the prices remain inflated), you want to keep the best position on the Auction House while prices adjust downward. Just because there are secretgoldguide.com
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more sellers than buyers doesn't mean there aren't buyers who aren't going to wait for prices to adjust before making a purchase. There's a button on the bottom you can click to refresh all active auctions or you can select them individually and they will update.

No Deposit Items
You don't have to be an enchanter to make a ton off enchants. Items like Dream Shards, Small Dream Shards, Lesser & Greater Cosmic Essences, Abyssal Crystals and even Frozen Orbs (this isn't an all inclusive list, there are more!) have ABSOLUTELY NO DEPOSIT! That means you can post them at any price you want for up to 48 hours and not pay anything if they don't sell. You can even take them down if you want to reposition them. I don't know why Blizzard did this, maybe to create an economy just around these items, whatever the reason this is the best place to start for beginners to start playing the WoW market. Start with a few items at a time, like Dream Shards and Greater Cosmic Essences, start watching them and learning how their prices move. If you're a risk taker, which you'll need to be in order to be really successful, buy a stack or a few low priced items and sneak them in at different prices. This way you can see that it's not only the lowest item that sells (well, it is, but during times of heavy buying an expensive Dream Shard will EVENTUALLY sell even though it wasn't posted as the cheapest). Posting your items in the cheapest spot isn't ALWAYS the best strategy, it's mostly for people who are impatient or have a lot of inventory. With no deposit items, you can play around without risking a deposit. It's also useful for high volume items you have a ton of and need to get rid of, just make sure you're making a suitable profit. secretgoldguide.com
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Adjusting Your Undercut

In the Auctionator menu (in the top right) there's an Undercutting menu. You've got to adjust your undercut. This won't only help you make money but it will help everyone else who is playing this game. Ever notice how prices step downward. For instance someone posts a Dream Shard at 30g, then someone posts one for 29g 90s, next someone for 28g, next 27g 90s, next 27g 80s, etc. The people who undercut by exactly 10s are probably using an addon, the people who undercut by a whole number of gold are both impatient, crazy and not using an addon. Now if everyone used an addon it would take 10 posters to undercut 1 gold (10 silver per poster). This isn't bad, but if everyone used an addon that undercut by only 1 silver instead of 10 it would take 100 posters to bring the price down by 1 gold. Of course that's pretty idealistic. Some people might say that if you don't lower the prices enough people won't buy, that's hogwash. Most people who need a Dream Shard for an enchant aren't going to shop around for it, they are just going to pay the cheapest price on the Auction House. When they do this, they get a warm fuzzy feeling inside because they think they got a great deal. Here are the undercuts I use. This will instantly increase all of your profits.

Finding, Buying and Reselling Hot Items

Finding, buying and reselling hot items on the Auction House is one of the best things you can do with any character, regardless of it's level and with only a little bit of gold. The trick is to know which items will sell, how long they will take to sell and how much that buyer will pay. Some items, like specific greens, might appear to be worth only 10-25g but in reality a new level 68 Death Knight might have the bank to drop 150g on a chest piece with the right stats. Twinks will

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also buy some items for insane amounts, since your realm might only see a few of a specific item get posted every month. Disenchanters also have the ability to scan the Auction House and buy greens within certain level ranges below their disenchant value (see the Enchanting section for more details). Below I'm going to share the items that I watch for, and the approximate values they are worth.

My Favorite Hot Items (enchanting, crafting mats and gems)

Dream Shards and Abyss Crystals are my favorite items to watch. They regularly fluctuate in price and sell in high volume (read the Getting Started section above for more details on how to start tracking your realm's prices) and the same goes for Frozen and Runed Orbs. Frozen Orbs sell in high volume and most buyers are impulsive. Runed Orbs are a bit more tricky, get a good feel for what they are actually selling for on your server, don't use their posted Auction House prices as the only guide. I bought my first Runed Orb at 1100g and sold it for 1050g, later I learned that just because they were posted at 1300-1500g doesn't mean they sell for that much quick enough to make a the profit I wanted. Although, when a buyer comes around they might buyout up to 6 of them straight up off the Auction House so undercutting and being the lowest priced Runed Orb isn't necessary. I buy almost all of my Runed Orbs from the trade channel now, since people are willing to sell them quickly for much less than they are worth. Stormjewels have a very small drop rate (from level 80 Fishing Dailies), it's between 2-5 per 1,000. So you're not going to see a lot of these on most realms. My favorites are Runed and Solid but I also trade Delicate and Bold, this is just personal preference. Always check bid prices on high priced items, sometimes a Stormjewel will be posted with a buyout of 800g but a bid of 400g, you can bid on it and pick it up and sit on it for a few days until it sells for well over 800g (these are the prices on my realm, not yours learn yours first). I buy most my Stormjewels off the Auction House, since they are still very rare and thus seldom traded in the trade channel.

Raid Bind on Equips

A lot of PUGs are running Naxx, Malygos, Obsidian Sanctum and even Ulduar these days, and when BoEs drop either the raid leader nabs them or they do a roll. Shortly afterwards you'll see a confused person in trade trying to sell a ilvl 200+ epic item. The secret is, they usually have no idea how much it is worth. To be honest, sometimes I don't, but that doesn't stop me from being the first person to offer them 500g, or 1000 gold after doing a quick wowhead search to confirm it's a valuable item. Whenever you see someone in trade selling a level 80 epic, check the iLvl, and if it's above or equal to 200 look up the item as quickly as possible and if you can, ask someone who plays the class who would equip it how good it is. If it's a BiS (best in slot) item, make a lowball offer and see if you can resell it. Always post these items with a different character than the one you trade with. Throw them up for 2-3x as much as you expect to get for them. Then, sit in trade with your trade character selling the same item offering to undercut the person who is selling it on the Auction House for the ridiculous price. Buyers will feel like they are getting a good deal and you'll be able to work down to a fair price. This strategy is covered in more detailed in the Artificially Inflating Prices section below. Here's the WoTLK raid BoE lists, you should familiarize yourself with the lists when you have time: Ulduar Normal: http://www.wowhead.com/?items&filter=qu=4:5:6;cr=105:2;crs=4273:2;crv=0:0#0-2+1

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Ulduar Heroic: http://www.wowhead.com/?items&filter=qu=4:5:6;cr=106:2;crs=4273:2;crv=0:0 Eye of Eternity (Malygos) Normal: http://www.wowhead.com/?items&filter=qu=4:5:6;cr=105:2;crs=4500:2;crv=0:0 Eye of Eternity (Malygos) Heroic: http://www.wowhead.com/?items&filter=qu=4:5:6;cr=106:2;crs=4500:2;crv=0:0 Naxxramas Normal: http://www.wowhead.com/?items&filter=qu=4:5:6;cr=105:2;crs=3456:2;crv=0:0 Naxxramas Heroic: http://www.wowhead.com/?items&filter=qu=4:5:6;cr=106:2;crs=3456:2;crv=0:0 Obsidian Sanctum Normal: http://www.wowhead.com/?items&filter=qu=4:5:6;cr=105:2;crs=4493:2;crv=0:0 Obsidian Sanctum Heroic: http://www.wowhead.com/?items&filter=qu=4:5:6;cr=106:2;crs=4493:2;crv=0:0

Twink Items
A twink is a character who stops leveling at a certain point, usually level 19 or 29, and collects the best piece of gear for each slot to fight in battlegrounds against other people in their level's bracket (level 10-19 or 20-29). Most people choose Hunters or Rogues to twink. Twink gear, the best stuff for levels 19 and 29, is worth tons given the right customer. Some items, like an Assassin's Blade, can fetch a price of 500g for someone's twink. Since a server might not see this item again for a long time, twinks will dump their wallet for a chance to have the best possible piece of gear for their level. The best way to find these is to search the Auction House for level 19:

The next challenge is identifying items that are undervalued before someone else does. You can use Auctioneer to show %s next to the price of each item (as discussed in the intro), this can help you pick out under-priced items to re-list. Otherwise, I've compiled some lists of items that I watch out for. Don't expect to find these items the first time you search the Auction House. I do these searches almost daily. Here's a list of level 19 twink items. Keep in mind the average value column is an average over all realms, so this can vary on your realm and, in my experience, most items will sell for a lot more. Item Name Average Auction Value

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Shadowfang Assassin's Blade Darkweave Breeches Magefist Gloves Mindthrust Bracers Staff of the Blessed Seer Twisted Chanter's Staff Boahn's Fang Ironpatch Blade Keller's Girdle Night Reaver Sentry Cloak

550g 250g 150g 110g 100g 100g 90g 50g 50g 50g 50g 50g

Here's a similar list for level 29 twinks: Item Name Burning War Axe Vendetta Gnarled Ash Staff Vibroblade Average Auction Value 120g 120g 90g 80g

Oscillating Power Hammer 50g Dense Triangle Mace Staff of the Shade Supercharger Battle Axe Looming Gavel Zealot Blade 50g 50g 45g 40g 40g

Level 40, 58 and 68 Greens

There are three more categories of gear that are very popular. The first is level 40 plate and mail.

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At level 40 Warriors and Paladins gain access to plate armor and Shamans and Hunters gain access to mail armor. This means that most characters will rush to the Auction House (if they didn't already in preparation of) to upgrade their level 30s mail to plate or leather to mail. So our job is to make sure that the prices accurately reflect the supply & demand curve (aka, we screw them by price gouging). Class Hunters upgrading to mail Shamans upgrading to mail Warriors upgrading to plate Paladins upgrading to plate Gear Suffix of the Monkey of the Eagle, Falcon, Monkey of the Monkey or Tiger of the Eagle, Bear, Monkey or Tiger

The next big cut offs are level 58 & 68. Characters leveling through the 50s & 60s end up with really crappy gear compared to the Outland greens that open up at 58 and Northrend greens that open up at 68. Once they hit that level all bets are off because they gain access to all the greens that drop in Outland/Northrend. The stats on these greens are scaled entirely different and will make it possible for a level 58 to breeze through Hellfire Peninsula or a 68 to breeze through Howling Fjord or Borean Tundra. I purchase these greens, particularly the most popular of them, and resell them a lot higher. You can tell the difference between an Outland item and an Old World item by it's iLvl (visible with ItemLevel AddOn or Auctioneer). Outland greens start at iLvl 84, You won't find a green from the Old World that high. The same applies for Northrend items, however those greens start at 130. The greens in Outlands go to about 111. You can't just buy out all greens though. I stick to suffix items because they are so easy to interpret and re-list. For example, you wouldn't want to try to resell cloth 'of the Falcon' since it has agility on it (what cloth wearer is going to use agility?). Neither would you want anything that is 'of the Wolf', since Wolf is a combination of Agility and Spirit. The most popular suffix items are 'of the Monkey' plate armor. The reason being, all three plate wearers, Paladins, Death Knights and Warriors can use this stuff. Here's a table I came up with to help understand the relationship between different suffixes.

bear Cloth Warlock Mage Priest

boar

eagle

falcon

gorilla

monkey owl

tiger

whale

wolf

x x x

x x

Leather

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Mail Hunter Shaman x x x x

Plate Paladin Death Knight Warrior x x x x x x x x x

In conclusion, purchase any level 58 or 68 leather/mail/plate of the Monkey/Tiger if it's price doesn't already reflect this increased demand. Be careful, make sure the stats reflect Outland or Northrend stats, don't accidentally buy a level 53 green of the monkey and try to resell it.

Rare Pets
A niche you may want to look into if you have the time is pets. Pets are very popular with many players and you can make decent profit by selling them on the Auction House. In the Leisure section of the guide buying holiday pets is discussed but in this section I'm going to talk about selling pets on the neutral Auction House. I should also note that often times you can sell your faction's pets on your Auction House because many players are too lazy to visit the vendor to buy it themselves, don't realize that the item is bought from a vendor, certain pets require certain faction or currency to be purchased that many players don't have, and because some are on limited supply vendors that must be farmed. The pets in the tables below are some pets that you can buy from vendors and then sell on the Auction House if you choose to do so. Pet Cat Carrier (White Kitten) Mana Wyrmling Brown Rabbit Crate Blue Dragonhawk Hatchling Average Auction Value 150g 60g 30g 25g Source Lil Timmy in Stormwind City Dealer Rashaad in Netherstorm Dealer Rashaad in Netherstorm Dealer Rashaad in Netherstorm

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Red Moth Egg Wood Frog Box Cat Carrier (Siamese) Ancona Chicken Black Kingsnake Blue Moth Egg Brown Snake Cat Carrier (Orange Tabby)

25g 25g 15g 5g 5g 5g 5g 5g

Dealer Rashaad in Netherstorm Flik in Terrokar Forest Dealer Rashaad in Netherstorm Magus Tirth in Thousand Needles Xan'tish in Orgrimmar Sixx in The Exodar Xan'tish in Orgrimmar Donni Anthania in Elwynn Forest Dealer Rashaad in Netherstorm or Jeremiah Payson in Undercity Dealer Rashaad in Netherstorm or Xan'tish in Orgrimmar Jilanne in Eversong Woods Shylenai in Darnassus Shylenai in Darnassus Halpa in Thunder Bluff Yarlyn Amberstill in Dun Morogh Jilanne in Eversong Woods Jilanne in Eversong Woods Flik in Terrokar Forest Sixx in The Exodar Sixx in The Exodar

Cockroach

5g

Crimson Snake Golden Dragonhawk Hatchling Great Horned Owl Hawk Owl Prairie Dog Whistle Rabbit Crate (Snowshoe) Red Dragonhawk Hatchling Silver Dragonhawk Hatchling Tree Frog Box White Moth Egg Yellow Moth Egg

5g 5g 5g 5g 5g 5g 5g 5g 5g 5g 5g

There are a few pets that drop around the world. However, they are so ridiculously difficult to obtain that they are not worth farming, even though they sell for upwards of 1,000 gold. I wanted to include a list of these in case you see them under priced on the Auction House. If you do see them, do some quick research to make sure there drop rate hasn't been recently increased. Otherwise, pick them up and try to make bank off of them. Here's the list (I've excluded their source for simplicity): secretgoldguide.com
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Pet Disgusting Oozeling Tiny Emerald Whelpling Tiny Crimson Whelpling Azure Whelpling Captured Firefly Cat Carrier (Black Tabby) Black Whelpling

Average Auction Value 3,500g 2,200g 1,500g 1,000g 1,000g 1,000g 1,000g

How to Find your Own Niche to Sell

Finding your own niche is not as hard as it sounds. What you want to do here is start with everything you're knowledgeable with. For example, if you're a Blacksmith, you know exactly what you can make and you know exactly how much it should sell for...or maybe you don't and that's why you need to search for items you craft in the Auction House to see if anyone is selling them and how much they are selling for. You can do this with every profession you have. Another way to find a niche is to base it off what you are currently doing in game. If you're doing daily quests and you recognize a quest requires a reagent that is in high demand by other players, see what that reagent is going for on the Auction House. Or maybe you run instances all day and you have Frozen Orbs or something else that drops in the instance and you can control those niches. Anything you regularly obtain or regularly sell gives you a huge advantage over other players when looking for your own niche to make money off of. Let's say you've been farming Relics of Ulduar in The Storm Peaks to sell on the Auction House, well you are already aware of how much you get for them, so what's to stop you from buying out any of them that are cheap and reselling them. I'm just using these as examples, there's no limit to how many items you can control. Some people on my server don't craft or even do anything in the game except check the Auction House. You'll find them buying out gear that they know is cheap just to resell it at a higher price. This one guy buys "of the champion" tanking gear from Wrath of the Lich King and resells it for over 100g a piece. Normal players who randomly obtain these items have no idea what their value is and when they list it in the Auction House for 10g he's already in there buying it and relisting it for a much higher price. When you focus on things that you already know and do (area of competence), making gold is that much easier for you because you're always one step ahead of the competition.

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Miscellaneous Strategies
Artificially Inflating Prices
This strategy involves using two or more characters in order to convince a potential buyer that an item is worth more than it actually is. In many of the crafting professions I've outlined specific pieces of gear that can be crafted and posted, in other cases I've talked about particular rare items which have prices that are very negotiable. These exclude items that are easy to obtain. A great example would be a bind on equip epic from normal Naxxramas, or the BoE epics that drop from heroic instances. The price might be difficult to gauge and if you begin negotiations with another player you'll want to make sure you have something to base your offer on. You can do this by putting the item on the Auction House using an alt with a different name. Put it up for, say, 2200g, and then advertise in trade that you're selling the same item for only 1500g (700g less than the Auction House), but only for a limited time because you need gold NOW! Alternatively, if you're quiet about it, a buyer might ask 'how much?' and you can respond with 'hold on, let me check the Auction House'. Keep this trick in mind when dealing with low supply/questionable valued items.

Pre-Patch Buyouts
On Tuesday's the servers oftentimes go down for maintenance or patch. When these servers go offline people aren't able to access anything, not even login. But you'll be surprised to learn that the Auction House doesn't stop ticking time away on the auctions. This means if you post an auction sometime before the server goes down, there will be a period of time when no one is able to buy it. So how does this work in your favor? Simple! If you know a patch day or maintenance day is coming, the night before or hours before the patch, you go into the Auction House and just bid on everything that's priced low. Not buyout, BID! It's important that you bid because the buyout price is usually significant higher than the bid price. If you find auctions that will expire before the server goes down no one else will be able to bid on that same item and best of all, if the person who posted the Auction didn't get a bid for what they wanted, they won't be able to login and cancel the auction. This means you can basically steal items for bid that are expiring prior to maintenance / patch days. This also means you shouldn't post auctions before these days because the same could happen to you!

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Chapter 2 - Gathering Professions

Gathering professions are generally referred to as the main gold making professions. If you look at any forum post about what professions to take to make lots of gold you'll likely find that most of the responses include some combination of gathering professions. I also agree with this idea, if you are leveling up a character and looking to make gold with a profession as you level up then gathering professions are your best bet. Now, the downside of using gathering professions to get gold if you are a higher level character is that you will be spending lots of time gathering. In this section of the guide I have outlined some of the best places to gather so that you can save time by only visiting the highest density areas of the particular item you are gathering. One final note, if you are able to ride an epic mount, whether you are lower level with an epic ground mount or a higher level in Northrend, you should absolutely get an epic mount because it will save you tons of time while you are gathering.

How to Make Gold with Mining

This section will cover the different routes you can use to gather ore and other ways to make gold with mining.

Smelting Titansteel
Once you are skill level 450 skill you will be able to smelt Titansteel. The Titansteel Bars go for around 150G on average so check your server to see the local price. If you don't want to get the materials to make the Titansteel Bar yourself then you can sell the ability in trade chat and offer to smelt Titansteel for someone for a price.

Farming Ore
Farming ore is probably one of the most effective ways to make gold in World of Warcraft. Starting with the best ore to farm first and working our way down to the least profitable I will give you all of the routes on maps. Recommended Player Level to Farm 77+ 50+ 68+ 45+ 73+ 62+

Ore Titanium Ore Thorium Ore Cobalt Ore Mithril Ore Saronite Ore Adamantite Ore

Average Buyout Price (each) 7g 2g 2g 1g 50s 1g 1g

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Fel Iron Ore Iron Ore Tin Ore Copper Ore

58+ 20+ 10+ None

1g 75s 50s 25s

Farming Titanium Ore

Titanium Ore sells for an average of 7g each, that means you can expect to receive about 140g for a stack (depending on the server you are on). It was added in Wrath of the Lich King and can only be found in a the higher level zones in Northrend. It is best to farm Northrend zones early in the morning or late at night when everyone is still asleep or at work otherwise you may have problems finding nodes due to competition.

Titanium in Icecrown It's recommended you have a flying mount and be 77+ to farm Titanium in this zone. Use the map below for the best results.

Titanium in Sholazar Basin It is possible to do this next route without a flying mount but it is oftentimes so competitive you will have a hard time if you are on a ground mount. You will want to stick to just the outside loop if you are doing it on the ground, you probably want to be 75+ to do this route effectively. There are two different routes you can alternate between. All of the pillars have pretty good ore around the outside of them and so does the entire outer edge of the zone, mix and match onto the routes secretgoldguide.com
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Titanium in The Storm Peaks This is another route you will want to be level 77+ for and have a flying mount. Most of the Titanium nodes will be found in caves so be sure to stop at all the caves marked on the map.

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Farming Thorium Ore

Believe it or not, the most profitable non-rare spawn ore is Thorium which is from the original World of Warcraft. The reason behind this is simple, more and more people are power leveling their professions to 450 to get awesome Epic items in Wrath of the Lich King but none of these people want to go out and farm Thorium because you can't use a flying mount to farm it and most people would rather just buy it in the Auction House. This is bad for them, but good for those who want to make some money. So below I will give you the best 2 routes to get Thorium. Remember there are Rich Thorium Veins (required skill 275) and Small Thorium Veins (required skill 245). Thorium in Silithus You will most likely want to be around level 55 or higher to farm this route without getting killed frequently. Don't forget there are Ooze Covered Rich and Thorium Veins in this zone to be mined just like regular Rich Thorium Veins. Most of the nodes are around the hives where the bugs are.

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Thorium in Un'Goro Crater I have set the minimum skill for this route to 245 but keep in mind there are Rich Thorium Veins around the center and western edges that will require 275 skill to mine. It is vital that you make sure you go into the cave in the northeast and drop down into the Hive in the south in order to maximize your ore.

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Farming Cobalt Ore

Cobalt ore typically sells for about the same as Thorium Ore, there are several advantages and disadvantages to each. For example, Cobalt Ore will require you to be a higher level and if you want to do it efficiently it is best that you have a flying mount and be level 77+ even though you will not need to be that level to not be killed. The mobs are also higher level around the Cobalt Nodes and there will be more competition. The advantage is, you can farm Cobalt Ore while you level in Northrend. So choose which one to farm based off your local Auction House, both are great.

Cobalt in Zul'Drak I'm highly recommending you do not try to follow this route unless you have a flying mount because you will run into problems with walls and drop offs without one. It can be done without a flying mount but it may not be optimal. Also, there is a mix of Cobalt Deposits and Rich Cobalt Deposits, if you aren't 375 skill so you can mine both it also might not be optimal but technically you can farm the regular Cobalt Deposits at 350 skill.

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Cobalt in Howling Fjord There will also be a mix of Rich Cobalt Deposits and Cobalt Deposits in Howling Fjord but the skill I recommend is going to remain at 350 because there should be more regular nodes than not. You will also want a flying mount to complete the route effectively but you don't need one just watch out for parts of the route that don't use bridges and make sure you ride across them instead of following the route in some places.

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Farming Mithril Ore

Here is another great ore from the original World of Warcraft that can be farmed for some profits. The reason people want this ore, is the same reason they want Thorium Ore. It takes awhile to farm by ground mount and they'd rather pay for it to power level their professions. If you're not level 80 don't worry, this step was made just for you!

Mithril in The Hinterlands You don't need to be high level for this mining route, level 40+ will suffice, although some of the mobs on the eastern end can get as high as level 50. Obviously, it's always better to be higher level than the highest mob you're going to be near but it's doable without that.

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Mithril in Tanaris Tanaris is my favorite spot to mine Mithril Ore for the simple fact that the route is so easy. Yeah it looks like I just drew a circle on the map but there's more to it than that. This circle hits all of the major nodes and areas for Mithril in Tanaris. There isn't a better route and it's simple.

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Farming Saronite Ore

You're probably shocked to see Saronite Ore this far down the list in the 5th position but there's an easy explanation as to why it's not as profitable as the above ore, it's over farmed. Yep, everyone in the world is out looking for Titanium Ore and what node is the place holder for Titanium? If you said Saronite, you're correct. There is so much Saronite farmed from the Northrend zones it's almost worthless, but not quite, you can still expect to get 40g for a stack of 20 on average and it has earned the position of the 5th best ore to farm, profit wise.

Saronite in Icecrown You'll notice this route is almost an exact replica of the Titanium Route above. The only modification has been to fly southeast more over the Temples cause there's usually 3-5 Saronite Spawns in that region that you can get. You will probably find Titanium on the way too since Saronite is a placeholder for Titanium.

Saronite in Sholazar Sholazar is usually the favorite for those players who just hit 77 and can ride their epic flying mount again. This route can also be farmed on land mount but its not recommended.

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Farming Adamantite Ore

Adamantite Ore can be farmed for a moderate profit but it's not as important as the first five so I'll just give you one good map to use.

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Farming Fel Iron Ore

Fel Iron is on the same par as Adamantite for making gold off of it, but it's probably easier to get because it's most prevalent in the beginning zone once you enter Outland, Hellfire Peninsula.

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Farming Iron Ore

This is a step lower level players can do to make money if you aren't high enough to do the ones above. The mobs in zones with Iron are typically start at around level 20, therefore you need not be much higher to effectively follow this route.

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Farming Tin and Copper Ore

Copper and Tin Ore can be farmed effectively by players 10+, it's an excellent step to use to help pay for your mount at level 30. Unfortunately the best zone to do them in is The Barrens, a Horde zone, but have no fear, you can still get over there as Alliance. You can run south out of Ashenvale or take the boat from Stranglethorn, either will be a grand adventure for someone around level 10, good luck!

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Converting Ore into Bars With the introduction of Jewelcrafting, there usually isn't a price discrepancy between ore and bars because Jewelcrafters need to prospect ore, but sometimes there is, especially for nonprospectable ores. Before you post any of your ore up for sale make sure you check the price of bars and see if you can make more money just by smelting them. Also look for ore in the Auction House and see if any of it is cheap enough to buy and make into bars for profit. This is an easy way to make some cash without even going mining but it depends on your local Auction House.

How to Make Gold with Skinning

There are a few different ways to make money skinning. There are rare mobs that can be skinned to drop rare items, there are common mobs that can be skinned to drop rare fur, and there are regular mobs to skin that can drop leather for you. The most consistent way to make money is through common leather, but this can be done while looking for these jackpots. Recommended Player Level to Farm 76+

Skinning Component Loque'Nahak's Pelt

Average Buyout Price (each) 105g

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Arctic Fur Cobra Scales Nerubian Chitin Icy Dragonscale Rugged Leather Jormungar Scale Borean Leather Knothide Leather

68+ 65+ 68+ 75+ 50+ 70+ 68+ 58+

50g 7-15g 5g 1g 50s 1g 95s 50s 50s

Loque'Nahak
Loque'Nahak is a rare spawning beast in Sholazar Basin that is supposed to spawn every 8-10 hours, but because he is the only spirit beast in the game he is heavily camped by Hunters. Nonetheless, I will show you the points where he spawns in case you are farming leather out in Sholazar Basin or are passing through you can stop and skin this guy he drops a rare pelt when skinned and it has a random enchant. It sells for an average of 105 gold per, depending on which one you get. Click Here to See the Cloak

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Arctic Fur
Arctic Fur is currently the new hottest reagent that comes from skinning in Wrath of the Lich King. Unfortunately it is rare, the best recorded drop rate is 2%. It has a chance to drop off of almost every beast in Northrend, but a consistent pattern seems to be the higher level the mob the better chance for it to drop and if it's an elite mob, even better. Here are two recommended farming spots for Arctic Fur.

Scion of Quetz'lun - Zul'Drak These are level 76-77 elite mobs but they currently have the highest drop rate for Arctic Fur and they also can drop 1-3 Borean Leather which is a good consistent source of regular leather.

Plagued Proto-Dragon There are other mobs that have a higher drop rate than these guys but they were instances so I choose to pick this mob instead. The good news is, it can be done by a player around level 70 and it's in Howling Fjord. The reported drop rate of Arctic Furs is 1.7%.

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Cobra Scales
This component is farmed in Outland, more specifically, the best spot to farm this item is in Shadowmoon Valley off of Shadow Serpents. It is still one of the highest profitable reagents due to no one farming them anymore and their demand for twinks. They commonly sell between 7-15g, but be careful not to over farm them, the demand is less for these than it used to be. It is used to make two leg enchants, one can be placed on level 50+ players and the other 60+. Check your Auction House before farming these to make sure it is not flooded.

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Nerubian Chitin
These skinning component only can be skinned from the Nerubian NPCs that are commonly found inside and around the instances of Azjol-Nerub and Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom. If you are a level 80 one option you have is soloing these instances on regular to get Nerubian Chitin, otherwise you will have to find a group or farm mobs that have less common drop rates. There are two other main spots to do this if you don't kill the mobs outside of Azjol-Nerub.

Forgotten Depths NPCs - Icecrown There are a few NPCs that can drop Nerubian Chitin that spawn in this area. They start with the name Forgotten Depths and are bug looking creatures. They spawn all around these two temples. You will want to be 75+ to do this area maybe even 77+.

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Hath'ar Skimmer - Zul'Drak There are a bunch of Hath'ar Skimmers around Kolramas just waiting for you to come kill and skin them. So why keep them waiting? You will want to be at least level 72+ to do this area.

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Nerub'ar NPCs - Borean Tundra These NPCs spawn around Warsong Hold, you can do it as alliance but be careful not to get too close to the guards. There are all kinds of bug looking Nerub'ar NPCs around the hold that spawn and also a Flamespitter that can drop Nerubian Chitin. I'd draw you a map but they are easy to find since they sit right outside a major Horde City.

Icy Dragonscale
These are mostly found on dragonkin inside of Violet Hold, in fact, I usually try to do a Heroic Violet hold at least once a day just so I can skin the dragons inside. If I'm the only skinner I'll leave with a few stacks of Borean Leather and a good amount of Icy Dragonscales. You can also go into Regular Violet hold and accomplish a similar feat.

Drakes - Sholazar Basin In the northern part of Sholazar Basin there are drakes flying in the air and also on ground. You can kill and skin these and you can also break hatchlings out of the eggs here to kill and skin. This will net you with a decent amount of Icy Dragonscales because this area has one of the higher drop rates in game. You'll want to be 75+ for this area.

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Scalebanes - Crystalsong Forest There are a lot of dragonkin out in this area of Crystalsong Forest that have a really good drop rate. Use whichever of the two areas you prefer. You'll want to be 76+ for this area.

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Rugged Leather
As with all gathering professions, old world regular components are worth more than some of the new ones. The reason for this is simple, everyone wants to power level their professions but do not want to go farm the components themselves. Since less people are doing the farming, they get paid higher for each item, thus making Rugged Leather the most profitable leather to farm.

Plaguehounds, etc. - Eastern Plaguelands The best spot to farm Rugged Leather is in Eastern Plaguelands, hands down, yeah there are close seconds, but there are so many beasts here that have high drop rates that you can just run around randomly in this zone and get piles of Rugged Leather. Fortunately, I'm going to give you a boundary area that you should try to stick to while running around where the beasts are higher level. I recommend being 54+ for this area.

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Cats & Yeti - Winterspring This is probably the second best zone in the game to come to for skinning for drop rate on Rugged Leather. You can go to either location in case one or the other is farmed, they are near identical. You will want to be 55+ for this area.

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Other Locations for Rugged leather Un'Goro Crater - Entire western part of zone has higher drop rate than eastern Zul'Gurub - if you're able to handle this old world raid instance there are plenty of beasts in here with high drop rates

Jormungar Scale
There are two major locations to get Jormungar Scales from, The Storm Peaks and Dragonblight. If you don't know what a Jormungar is, it's one of those ugly looking big worms that tries to eat you. These are good to kill and skin because they drop Worm Meat as well which can be used for cooking.

Jormungars - The Storm Peaks Jormungars are all over this zone, so I'll highlight the areas on the map the different Jormungars can be found. They are all basically equal drop rates, about 25%, so where you go is up to you. You should be 76+ for this part because the NPCs will be around level 80.

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Jormungars - Dragonblight The drop rate on these is about 15% but the advantage is you can do them at level 70 or so, which is a great for people needing gold and just starting in Northrend.

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Borean Leather
Borean Leather is the new leather that was introduced with Wrath of the Lich King and is in high demand but is also in high supply. There is always at least a page in my Auction House of this stuff, but you can still sell it decently fast if you keep your prices low. The advantage to farming Borean Leather is you can farm a number of other things off of mobs anywhere in Northrend where those beasts or skinnable mobs to get it. You only have to be 68+ to collect Borean Leather efficiently, the higher the level you are the faster you'll collect it. You can get a lot of this stuff out of instances like Violet Hold, Gundrak, and Zul'Drak also, in case you're looking to do an instance.

Skinnable Mobs - Zul'drak There are so many mobs you can farm in this zone for Borean Leather. The ones in this map have some of the highest drop rate in the game, near 100% when averaged out.

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Skinnable Mobs - Sholazar Basin There are very few things that cannot be skinned in Sholazar, you can basically walk around drunk with a skinning knife and if you manage to kill something it's probably skinnable. But I highlighted the areas that have near 100% drop rate anyway. I recommend you be level 74+ to do this area. The mammoths to the north have a 100% chance to drop Chunk o' Mammoth, which is among the most valuable meats in Wrath of the Lich King.

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Knothide Leather
People still need Knothide Leather from the Burning Crusade to level from 300-350 Leatherworking or for other miscellaneous things. While the demand may not be as high as Borean Leather there is still a demand and it almost commands the same price as Borean Leather. This is the least important skinning item to gather so I'm just going to give you ONE GOOD MAP! Just for your information, if you are level 80 or so you will want to just go ahead and start a regular instance of Black Morass and kill and farm the mobs there and then reset when you are done, it's the best place to farm Borean Leather. You may be able to just do it in the high 60s effectively since most of the stuff is non-elite anyways.

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How to Make Gold with Herbalism

Herbalism is a great gathering profession to make tons of gold with. But it's not as simple as going out and gathering an herb in the nearest zone. In this section of the guide I'm going to explain to you how to evaluate the Auction House to determine the most valuable herbs to gather. There are a few main reasons that people would pay big bucks to buy herbs off the Auction House: First, there are the people who are leveling Alchemy in a hurry will pay whatever it takes to get the herbs they need without traveling every-which way to farm them themselves. Second there are those who are leveling Inscription, creating glyphs or Northrend cards won't want to farm herbs. And most importantly, people who are creating flasks and elixirs at level 80. Below is a table outlining all the important herbs from levels 1 to 80, where they are best farmed, how many typically sell a day (from tons of experience on multiple servers) and their average price (also from tons of experience on multiple servers.) The prices will fluctuate significantly but these values help identify low or high herb prices to help you capitalize on them. You need to learn how much herbs sell for on your server and how their volume helps sell them quickly. From the table we see that a few herbs for each section are particularly lucrative (high volume and high price) These include: Bruiseweed, Kingsblood, Khadgar's Whisker, Sungrass, Dreamfoil, Plaguebloom, Felweed and most the Northrend Herbs. These are the herbs I hold on to and release in stacks of 20 on the Auction House whenever the price is right (about 150% of the price listed below). There are also route maps below the table, from high level to low, for each of these lucrative herbs: Level 1-10 herbs, milled for Alabaster Pigment (low demand) Herb lvl req Best Farming Location Volume Gold per

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Stack Peacebloom Silverleaf Earthroot 1 1 15 low Durotar, Teldrassil, Trisfal Glades, Mulgore, Dun Morogh, very low Eversong, Elwynn, Azuremyst Isle and Bloodmyst Isle very low 2 2 2

Level 10-20 herbs, milled for Dusky Pigment (low demand) Herb lvl req 50 70 85 Best Farming Location The Barrens, Silverpine Forest, Westfall, Wetlands, Darkshore, Ghostlands, Redridge The Barrens, Silverpine Forest, Westfall, Wetlands, Darkshore, Ghostlands, Redridge Shores of STV, Ashenvale, Wetlands, Darkshore, Westfall and Bloodmyst Isle Stonetalon Mountains, The Barrens, Wetlands and Ashenvale Volume Gold per Stack 10 10 10 40

Mageroyal Briarthorn Stranglekelp

low medium low medium

Bruiseweed 100

Level 20-30 herbs, milled for Golden Pigment (medium demand) Herb Wild Steelbloom Grave Moss Kingsblood Liferoot lvl req 115 120 125 150 Best Farming Location Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highlands, Stonetalon Mountains, Hillsbrad Foothills Duskwood, Desolace or the Wetlands Stranglethorn Vale, Wetlands, Arathi Highland, Stonetalon Mountains & The Barrens Stranglethorn Vale, Dustwallow Marsh, Wetlands and Swamp of Sorrows Volume Gold per Stack 20 15 10 10

very low very low lowmedium low

Level 30-40 herbs, milled for Emerald Pigment (medium demand)

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Herb Fadeleaf Goldthorn Khadgar's Whisker Wintersbite

lvl req 160 170 185 195

Best Farming Location Dustwallow Marsh, Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highlands Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highlands and Feralas Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highlands and Feralas Alterac Mountains

Volume medium low low very low

Gold per Stack 20 20 30 30

Level 40-50 herbs, milled for Violet Pigment (medium demand) Herb Firebloom Purple Lotus lvl req 205 210 Best Farming Location Searing Gorge, Blasted Land, Badlands The Hinterlands (Jintha'Alor), Azshara, Feralas and Tanaris Western Plaguelands, Eastern Plaguelands and Felwood Feralas, The Hinterlands and Azshara Swamp of Sorrows and Un'Goro Crater The Caves of The Hinterlands Felweed and The Blasted Lands Volume medium low low medium -high low low low Gold per Stack 20 20 15 20 20 20 24

Arthas' Tears 220 Sungrass Blindweed Ghost Mushroom Gromsblood 230 235 245 250

Level 50-60 herbs, milled for Silvery Pigment (medium demand) Herb Golden Sansam Dreamfoil lvl Best Farming Location req 260 270 Hellfire Peninsula, Zangarmarsh, Azshara, Un'Goro Crater and Felwood Hellfire Peninsula, Azshara, Zangarmarsh and Eastern Plaguelands Volume Gold per Stack 20 20

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280

Hellfire Peninsula, Winterspring, Azshara and Eastern Plaguelands

very low low very low

16 20 20 50

Plaguebloom 285 Western Plaguelands, Eastern Plaguelands and Felwood Icecap Black Lotus 290 Winterspring 300

Winterspring, Burning Steppes, Eastern Plaguelands and lowSilithus medium

Level 60-70 herbs, milled for Nether Pigment (medium demand) Herb Felweed Dreaming Glory Ragveil Terocone Flame Cap Ancient Lichen Netherbloom Nightmare Vine Mana Thistle lvl Best Farming Location req 300 Hellfire Peninsula, Zangarmarsh and Nagrand 315 Nagrand, Terokkar Forest, Netherstorm, Blade's Edge Mountain & Hellfire Peninsula Volume medium very low very low very low very low very low low very low very low Gold per Stack 10 8 10 16 10 18 30 20 10

325 Zangarmarsh 325 Terokkar Forest and Shadowmoon Valley 335 Zangarmarsh 340 Level 70 Dungeons 350 Netherstorm 365 Shadowmoon Valley 375 Terokkar Forest and Shadowmoon Valley

Level 70-80 herbs, milled for Azure Pigment & Icy Pigment (high demand) Herb lvl Best Farming Location req 350 Howling Fjord, Sholazar Basin, Borean Tundra and Grizzly Hills Volume Gold per Stack 30 30

Goldclover Tiger Lily

high high

375 Sholazar Basin, Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord

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385 Zul'Drak 400 Sholazar Basin 425 The Storm Peaks and Icecrown 435 The Storm Peaks and Icecrown 450 The Storm Peaks, Icecrown, Sholazar Basin

medium medium very high very high very high

40 40 40 60 15g each

Gathering Icethorn and Lichbloom (lvl 80)

Icethorn and Lichbloom are located only in The Storm Peaks and Icecrown, while you farm them you will find a good amount of Frost Lotus as well. I connect the two routes periodically to keep things interesting. This is one of the best ways to consistently make gold with Herbalism. Lichbloom is used for a few level 80 potions such as the Runic Mana Potion and Potion of Wild Magic. Icethorn is used for Runic Healing Potions, while both are used for all of the level 80 flasks (along with a single Frost Lotus). These crafts create a very high demand for Icethorn and Lichbloom and keep prices consistently high (try purchasing Lichbloom & Icethorn and self inflating prices, it sells fast enough to make money off this method especially after patches with new content).

Icecrown

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Farming Adder's Tongue, Goldclover and Tiger Lily from Sholazar Basin
You can farm Adder's Tongue in Sholazar Basin. It's used for a few important Elixirs such as Elixir of Mighty Agility, Elixir of Deadly Strikes, Elixir of Expertise and Potion of Speed, it's also used daily by many Inscriptionists for Northrend Alchemy Research. However, it is typically the least expensive and most abundant herb on the Auction House for milling Azure & Icy Pigment so it's volume is usually very high. Sholazar Basin

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Farming Talandra's Rose in Zul'Drak

Talandra's Rose isn't used for any import Alchemy recipes, however, it can be quick to farm and if you drop the price below Goldclover's & Adder's Tongue Inscriptionists will purchase it for milling. It's only found in south western Zul'Drak (the thawed portion).

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Farming Tiger Lily in Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord

Tiger Lily is used for Elixir of Armor Piercing, Spellpower Elixirs and milling. I've noticed this herb is very inconsistent, often times there's a ton posted on my realm's Auction House for less than 20g a stack, other times there are only a few for 40-50g. I don't farm this very often, so I definitely recommend checking prices first and only farming a little bit of Tiger Lily. A bit of it is found in the above Sholazar Basin route, but the bulk of it can be found by following the rivers in Grizzly Hills & Howling Fjord.

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Farming Goldclover in Howling Fjord

Goldclover is used for a ton of stuff, including Runic Healing Potions, Runic Mana Potions, Elixir of Mighty Agility, Spellpower Elixir, Wrath Elixir and even Flask of Endless Rage. Add to that, not a whole lot of people don't enjoy hanging out in level 70-74 zones collecting this stuff. The best place to pick it up is Howling Fjord

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Farming Felweed & Golden Sansam in Hellfire Peninsula (lvl 60+)

Felweed and Golden Sansam are used a lot while leveling Alchemy and Inscription. With Inscription, Felweed is the only herb worth milling to get Nether Pigment, so it sells in high volume every time a new Inscriptionist levels from 300 to 350. Golden Sansam is used a lot in Alchemy, but sells in low volume. You'll be able to move tons of Felweed but you'll find yourself sitting on a lot of Golden Sansam after running this route (but it will sell very well). This route is ideal for level 60s who don't have a flying mount. If you have a flying mount you can widen the circle a little bit around Thrallmar and head through the Pools of Aggonar.

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Farming Plaguebloom & Dreamfoil in Plaguelands (lvl 55+)

Level 50-60 herbs are used mostly for leveling Alchemy, Inscription, or making obscure items for unheard of reasons. While Golden Sansam has the highest volume because it's needed so much, when The Burning Crusade came out they put a lot of it in Hellfire Peninsula, so you'll farm it along with Felweed (above). Plaguebloom and Dreamfoil can be found tracing this route in the Plaguelands.

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Farming Sungrass in Feralas (lvl 45+)

Sungrass is almost always in high demand for Alchemy and Inscription; it's a keystone to leveling both (assuming the other herbs of this level group 40-50 aren't posted, which they are almost always not). Fortunately it can be farmed pretty efficiently in Feralas along with Goldthorn and Khadgar's Whiskers for the level 30-40 group which also sells well:

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Farming Kingsblood in Arathi Highlands (lvl 35-60)

Kingsblood is an amazing level 20-30 herb that you can price gouge new Inscriptionists and Alchemists for. There is tons of it along with Khadgar's Whiskers and Goldthorn in Arathi Highland in the route below.

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Farming Bruiseweed in Stonetalon Mountains (lvl 30-60)

Bruiseweed is about the lowest level herb that is worth farming, while Mageroyal and Briarthorn rival it as an herb for milling, Alchemists will need about 2 stacks of Bruiseweed to level to 150. It's hidden away in Stonetalon Mountains and is probably best for low level players to farm to make gold. I strongly recommend bringing a level 30 mount since there is a ton of open space in Stonetalon Mountains.

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Chapter 3 - Crafting Professions

Now, gathering professions are a sure way to sell items on the Auction House but let's face it, they can be boring and time consuming. Crafting professions don't require any gathering, you can buy all your mats off the Auction House to make your items. If you have a bit of gold already or are interested in crating professions then this section of the guide is for you. I've included tips for making gold with every crafting profession, even cooking, and highlight some of the current hottest items for making that you might want to try crafting. I would like to point out that you can make good gold with every crafting profession but before you go out and create a bunch of items you must assess the demand for the items on your server. Also, ensure that you are actually selling items for a profit, meaning, if you can sell all the mats for an item separately for more gold you aren't really making a profit by crafting that item.

How to Make Gold with Alchemy

With Alchemy you can mix potions, elixirs and flasks and you can transmute bars and diamonds all for a profit without farming any materials yourself. The prices for all those and the prices for the mats they require; mostly herbs, fluctuate a lot because Alchemy is an under utilized profession. The best way to make money is to carefully calculate the profit potential of the highest volume/price items on a regular basis, purchase the mats when they are low and sell the potions, elixirs, flasks, bars and diamonds when the prices are high. I've had Alchemists with all three masteries: Master of Flasks, Master of Potions and Master of Transmutations. I recommend Transmutations because I do more transmutations and the value of the procs is higher than the value of the potion or flask procs. If you are mixing flasks for your guild at high volume you will want to consider being a Master of Flasks. Remember, you can switch masteries for only 150g and pickup any mastery for free afterwards. I use the below tables (typically printed out but lately I do most of it in my head because I have it memorized) to quickly gauge the prices of the mats and the product. Print out the following pages and make note of the prices for the mats and the product and compare the profit potential by subtracting. It's not rare that you'll find one of these crafts very lucrative (like the other day Titanium was up to 28g each and Saronite was selling for 40g a stack)

Transmuting Diamonds
Earthsiege and Skyflare Diamonds are cut into some of the most popular meta gems. Since most players receive head upgrades unexpectedly, they need these diamonds equally unexpectedly to fill their meta socket, so they will not have time to find an Alchemist to transmute them a diamond. For that reason late night price hiking of these Diamonds can be very lucrative. Item Earthsiege Diamond Skyflare Diamond Materials Dark Jade Huge Citrine Eternal Fire Bloodstone Average Price 40g 40g Your Price

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Transmuting Bars
There's only two potential profitable bars to transmute: Arcanite and Titanium. Arcanite is a low volume high profit deal where you should probably always have a few posted, it's well worth the deposit. Transmuting Titanium, on the other hand, should only be done when Saronite prices are very low (30-40g and below per stack). You'll need the Titanium prices to be high enough (16g or higher) for it to work. Often Titanium will sell for under 10g for months and then pop up into the high teens. Item Titanium Bar Arcanite Bar Materials Saronite Bar x 8 Thorium Bar Arcane Crystal Average Price 10-20g 10-20g Your Price

Mixing Potions
I really like Runic Healing & Mana Potions, they sell in high volume for a good price. Potion of Speed and Wild Magic sell especially well to casters who want to max their damage in Ulduar or Naxx. Even Alchemists will buy a stack of 5 Runic Healing/Mana Potions instead of buying the mats to make them themselves because they will get stuck with short stacks of extra mats (which makes the cost seem higher to them). But we know that if we mix potions in high enough volume the short stacks will go to good use.

Item Runic Mana Potion

Materials Lichbloom x 2 Goldclover Imbued Vial (2g) Icethorn x 2 Goldclover Imbued Vial (2g) Adder's Tongue x 2 Pygmy Oil Imbued Vial (2g) Lichbloom x 2 Pygmy Oil Imbued Vial (2g) Talandra's Rose x 2 Lichbloom x 2 Imbued Vial (2g)

Your Price

Runic Healing Potion

Potion of Speed

Potion of Wild Magic

Powerful Rejuvenation Potion

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Ghost Mushroom Sungrass Crystal Vile

Mixing Flasks
Lately, Flasks have been difficult to make money off of. Herbalist/Alchemist combos have been farming their own mats and devaluing them to sell them as Flasks instead of Herbs. This creates an inflated herb market and a deflated high-end consumable market. Even if you are making 2 flasks per combine you may still find yourself out 10-20g using the best prices on the Auction House. Regardless, I've included this section in case the conditions are different on your realm (they likely are). Always evaluate your market before taking any other numbers to heart. Item Materials Lichbloom x 7 Goldclover x 3 Frost Lotus Enchanted Vial (1g) Lichbloom x 7 Crystallized Earth x 3 Frost Lotus Enchanted Vial (1g) Icethorn x 5 Lichbloom x 5 Frost Lotus Enchanted Vial (1g) Icethorn x 7 Pygmy Oil x 3 Frost Lotus Enchanted Vial (1g) Your Price

Flask of Endless Rage

Flask of Stoneblood

Flask of the Frost Wyrm

Flask of Pure Mojo

How to Make Gold with Blacksmithing

There are a lot of options for making gold with Blacksmithing. The challenge is finding the specific things to craft on your realm and find buyers for them. The most lucrative item to craft is the Eternal Belt Buckle and ought to be the staple of every Blacksmith's income (see table below). With high cost items like Titansteel gear, try to find a buyer before you craft the items. This isn't necessary but it can save you a lot of hassle. You can find a piece, like a Titansteel Destroyer on the Auction House for 1500g and try selling it in trade for 1400g and when you find a buyer craft it up right quick and sell it for the discounted price. You can utilize the high price as testimony for why your customer should pay 1400g. To help determine the value of each item accurate to the Auction House prices, I've included the below tables for all of the best Blacksmithing items. You can print these off and write in the prices of each material and add them up to calculate how much you'll need to sell the product for to make a profit. Most of the work with these high end items is in finding a buyer. Eternal Belt Buckles and Enchanting Rods secretgoldguide.com
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Eternal Belt Buckles are a new "mandatory" enchant used on belt equipment. It adds a new gem slot to the belt, so every level 80 is going to be buying one of these with each new belt they equip. They sell consistently around 70-80 gold on my realm, and cost about 30-40g to make and sales are driven by upgrades. These are a must for posting in the late afternoon and watching them sell when everyone gets their evening upgrades. Rods also have the potential to sell very well. Their volume is much lower but some of them support very strong profit margins like the Arcanite and Eternium Rods. Don't flood the market with these, craft 5-10 of each and release them over several weeks for a steady stream of profit.

Item

Materials Saronite Bar x 4 Eternal Earth 7 Eternal Water 8 Eternal Shadow 7 Saronite Bar x 2 Titanium Bar Adamantite Bar x 10 Arcanite Bar x 3 Dense Grinding Stone Eternium Bar x 4 Fel Iron Bar x 6 Gold Bar Coarse Grinding Stone x 2 Silver Bar Rough Grinding Stone x 2 Truesilver Bar Heavy Grinding Stone

Average Price

Your Price

Eternal Belt Buckle

70g

Titanium Rod Adamantite Rod Arcanite Rod Eternium Rod Fel Iron Rod Golden Rod

25g 40g 50g 50g 50g 2g

Silver Rod

2g

Truesilver Rod

15g

Cobalt Tanking Gear

The Cobalt tanking gear is an amazing way to make gold with Blacksmithing. Some realm Auction Houses don't have any of this stuff posted, and I guarantee you every level 68-72 wanna-be plate-wearing tank will load up the AH and search for this type of stuff. It is extremely useful for entry level Northrend dungeons. Advertise this stuff as a set in /2, it's total cost is 37 Cobalt so you can sell it for, say, 100-150 or even 300g to a customer! Imagine, the best level 70 tanking 7 piece set right at level 70 for only a few hundred gold!

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Item Cobalt Belt Cobalt Boots Cobalt Bracers

Materials Cobalt Bar x 4 Cobalt Bar x 4 Cobalt Bar x 4

Average Price 20g 12g 10g 18g 10g 15g 10g 10g

Your price

Cobalt Chestpiece Cobalt Bar x 6 Cobalt Gauntlets Cobalt Helm Cobalt Legplates Cobalt Shoulders Cobalt Bar x 5 Cobalt Bar x 5 Cobalt Bar x 5 Cobalt Bar x 4

Titansteel Weapons
A lot of new level 80s want to get the appropriate Titansteel weapon for their class. I've found several buyers while flying through Storm Peak and Icecrown mining, I've even found a buyer while helping them with Icecrown dailies. Some level 79s don't realize that they can get such awesome items right at level 80 for only ~1,000g (this may seem like a lot to some aspiring 80s but after getting Northrend flying and doing 3 levels of quests, they are bound to have a few thousand gold in their coffers. Get to them before they hit 80 and they won't be broke yet. If scouting for buyers while mining isn't your style, trade channel can work as well. Even if an existing item is selling on the Auction House you can undercut it without actually making it yet (just make sure you have the mats). You can advertise the uncut price in trade and when people claim the price isn't fair, refer to the Auction House price (you can also use an alt to post items at inflated prices to help sell items on other characters) Item Materials Saronite Bar x 6 Titansteel Bar x 6 - 18 Titanium Bar - 6 Eternal Fire - 6 Eternal Earth - 6 Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb x 2 Saronite Bar x 8 Titansteel Bar x 8 - 24 Titanium Bar - 8 Eternal Fire - 8 Eternal Earth - 8 Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb x 2 Average Price Your Price

Titansteel Bonecrusher

750g

Titansteel Destroyer

1600g

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Titansteel Guardian

Saronite Bar x 6 Titansteel Bar x 6 - 18 Titanium Bar - 6 Eternal Fire - 6 Eternal Earth - 6 Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb x 2 Saronite Bar x 6 Titansteel Bar x 6 - 18 Titanium Bar - 6 Eternal Fire - 6 Eternal Earth - 6 Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb x 2 Saronite Bar x 4 Titansteel Bar x 3 - 9 Titanium Bar - 3 Eternal Fire - 3 Eternal Earth - 3 Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb Titansteel Bar x 6 - 18 Titanium Bar - 6 Eternal Fire - 6 Eternal Earth - 6 Eternal Shadow Infinite Dust x 2 Frozen Orb x 2

1500g

Titansteel Shanker

900g

Titansteel Shield Wall

650g

Titansteel Spellblade

1000g

Spiked Titansteel (hit and crit) The Spiked Titansteel set is geared for Death Knights, Warriors, etc. Notice the average prices for these items are much higher than other products which require the same materials. This is because there is much higher demand so it's been easier to make a profit on these items. Item Materials Saronite Bar x 4 Titansteel Bar x 4 - 12 Titanium Bar - 4 Eternal Fire - 4 Eternal Earth - 4 Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb Average Price Your Price

Spiked Titansteel Helm

850g

Spiked Titansteel Treads Saronite Bar x 4 Titansteel Bar x 3 - 9 Titanium Bar

1100g

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Tempered Titansteel (defense)

Tempered Titansteel is amazing for new tanks reaching level 80. It's somewhat mandatory gear to enter heroics or entry level raids. Some may argue the Treads aren't worth their epic status (and this is why the average price is so low). Item Materials Saronite Bar x 4 Titansteel Bar x 4 - 12 Titanium Bar - 4 Eternal Fire - 4 Eternal Earth - 4 Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb Saronite Bar x 4 Titansteel Bar x 3 - 9 Titanium Bar - 3 Eternal Fire - 3 Eternal Earth - 3 Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb Average Price Your Price

Tempered Titansteel Helm

600g

Tempered Titansteel Treads

400g

Brilliant Titansteel (crit, mp5 & spellpower)

The Brilliant Titansteel set is geared for Paladins. As you can tell by the average price these items don't sell for a whole lot compared to the other Titansteel gear. I would definitely try to line up a buyer before trying to make a profit on this gear. Item Materials Saronite Bar x 4 Titansteel Bar x 4 - 12 Titanium Bar - 4 Eternal Fire - 4 Eternal Earth - 4 Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb Average Price Your Price

Brilliant Titansteel Helm

450g

Brilliant Titansteel Treads Saronite Bar x 4 Titansteel Bar x 3 - 9 Titanium Bar - 3 Eternal Fire - 3 Eternal Earth - 3 Eternal Shadow

450g

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Tempered Saronite Tanking Gear

The Tempered Saronite tanking set is a mid 70s set for tanking, it can be used into the 80s and provides solid stats to your customer. Item Tempered Saronite Belt Tempered Saronite Boots Tempered Saronite Bracers Tempered Saronite Breastplate Tempered Saronite Gauntlets Tempered Saronite Helm Tempered Saronite Legplates Tempered Saronite Shoulders Saronite Defender Materials Cobalt Bar x 6 Saronite Bar x 5 Cobalt Bar x 3 Saronite Bar x 8 Saronite Bar x 13 Cobalt Bar x 6 Saronite Bar x 5 Crystallized Earth Saronite Bar x 14 Saronite Bar x 12 Crystallized Earth Cobalt Bar x 5 Saronite Bar x 5 Crystallized Earth Saronite Bar x 12 Cobalt Bar x 6 Saronite Bar x 4 Average Price 35g 50g 25g Your Price

50g

25g 50g

50g

50g 80g

How to Make Gold with Enchanting

Enchanting is one of the (if not THE) most expensive professions to level up. It can however be a good way to make money if you work it the right way. There are a couple basic ways to make gold with Enchanting: selling enchants and selling enchanting supplies.

Disenchanting
The first disenchanting strategy I will discuss involves buying greens and possibly blues if they are cheap enough, disenchanting them, and then selling the enchanting supplies you received. Often times the enchanting supplies you receive sell for more than the item will sell to a vendor or on the Auction House. You can guess by yourself to figure out what pieces of gear you might make gold off of by buying them and disenchanting them or you can use the addon Enchantrix, which secretgoldguide.com
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will tell you how much an item is worth to you if you disenchant it. I suggest using this addon because it will provide you with a much more accurate number than guessing yourself and it will save you time from researching manually to figure out what items will be worth it to disenchant. If you choose not to buy items to disenchant then you'll have to simply disenchant all the greens, blues, and purples you loot if you want to sell your Enchanting supplies. If you have a high level character a good way to get gear pieces to disenchant is by doing lower level instances that your character can plow through. If you go to the Instances section of this guide you'll find information regarding some of the best zones to take your character to in order to make gold. Very basically, and if you are an Enchanter this is no new news, green armor usually disenchants into dust, green weapons usually disenchant into essences, blues usually disenchant into shards, and high level epic gear disenchants into crystals. Also, when you sell Enchanting supplies consider selling them in smaller units for very expensive supplies because for rarer or more expensive supplies players are often just looking to get the mats for one enchant for themselves. Below is a list of instances and the common types of Enchanting supplies you can get from them. This will help you if you decide you'd like to farm Enchanting supplies. Enchanting Supplies Common in Zone Strange Dust, Glimmering Shard, Magic Essence Strange Dust, Glimmering Shard, Astral Essence, Magic Essence Strange Dust, Glimmering Shard, Astral Essence, Magic Essence Glimmering Shard, Soul Dust, Astral Essence Glimmering Shard, Magic Essence, Soul Dust, Astral Essence, Glowing Shard, Magic Essence Glimmering Shard, Astral Essence, Soul Dust Soul Dust, Mystic Essence, Glowing Shard, Astral Essence, Glowing Shard, Soul Dust, Mystic Essence, Magic Essence, Glimmering Shard Radiant Shard, Glowing Shard,

Instance Ragefire Chasm

Instance Level 13-16

The Deadmines

15-20

Wailing Caverns

15-21

Shadowfang Keep

18-25

Blackfathom Deeps

20-27

The Stockade Gnomeregan

24-32 24-33

Razorfen Kraul Razorfen Downs

25-30 33-40

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Uldaman

39-47

Zul'Farrak Maraudon Sunken Temple Blackrock Depths Blackrock Spire Dire Maul Scholomance Strathholme Hellfire Ramparts The Blood Furnance The Slave Pens The Underbog Mana-Tombs Auchenai Crypts Old Hillsbrad Foothills

43-47 43-49 49-55 55-60 58-60 58-60 58-60 58-60 60-62 61-63 62-64 63-65 64-66 65-67 66-68

Prismatic Shard Sethekk Halls Shadow Labyrinth The Black Morass The Steamvault Magisters' Terrace The Arcatraz The Botanica The Mechanar Utgarde Keep The Nexus Azjol-Nerub Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom Drak'Tharon Keep The Violet Hold Gundrak Halls of Stone The Culling of Stratholme The Oculus 67-69 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70-72 71-73 72-74 73-75 74-76 75-77 76-78 77-79 80 80 Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard Arcane Dust, Planar Essence, Prismatic Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, secretgoldguide.com
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Dream Shard Halls of Lightning Utgarde Pinnacle 80 80 Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard Infinite Dust, Cosmic Essence, Dream Shard

Below are the average selling prices of Enchanting supplies on the Auction House. Enchanting Supplies Lesser Magic Essence Strange Dust Greater Magic Essence Small Glimmering Shard Lesser Astral Essence Large Glimmering Shard Greater Astral Essence Soul Dust Small Glowing Shard Lesser Mystic Essence Large Glowing Shard Greater Mystic Essence Vision Dust Small Radiant Shard Lesser Nether Essence Large Radiant Shard Greater Nether Essence Dream Dust Small Brilliant Shard Lesser Eternal Essence Average Price on Auction House (each) 50s 25s 50s 5s 20s 50s 50s 50s 5s 50s 1g 1g 1g 5g 3g 10g 9g 50s 1g 5g

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Large Brilliant Shard Greater Eternal Dust Illusion Dust Nexus Crystal Lesser Planar Essence Arcane Dust Small Prismatic Shard Greater Planar Essence Void Crystal Large Prismatic Shard Lesser Cosmic Essence Infinite Dust Abyss Crystal Dream Shard Small Dream Shard

2g 15g 1g 1g 3g 1g 1g 10g 5g 5g 7g 5g 100 10g 4g

Selling Enchants
Selling Enchants is a bit more time consuming and complicated than simply disenchanting items and selling the supplies. The classic way for selling enchants is to advertise your Enchanting book in the trade channel and hope that some one will message you with an Enchanting request. The main problem with this approach is that it is time consuming. You can also now sell scrolls of enchants but in order to do this you'll need to purchase Vellum from Inscriptionists to enchant. Selling enchants can make you a lot of gold but the key to doing it is to have good enchants to sell. You will make far more gold in far less time if you simply have good enchants that have a strong demand. Often times it is worth spending the time to spend time farming Enchanting formulas for the large amounts of gold you can make selling the enchants later on. Also, if you have the gold you might want to consider investing in some Enchanting formulas that have a good steady demand. If you choose the right formulas this investment is usually recovered very quickly. This strategy also included buying Enchanting recipes with shards off of the vendor. With Enchanting, the more nonstandard formulas you have, the more gold you can make. Below you will find some Enchanting recipes that you might want to consider investing in or farming. This list is by no means all inclusive and there are tons of enchants that might be very popular on your server that different from the ones listed below. Your best bet is to analyze your own particular server, watch for enchants that people are requesting, and monitor the prices enchants are selling for on the Auction House.

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Enchant Scroll of Enchant 2H Weapon - Massacre Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Berserking Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Mighty Spellpower Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Accuracy

Average Price on Auction House (each) 1200g 1100g

Where to Obtain Enchant Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran Vanessa Sellers in Dalaran Drops off of Moroes in Karazhan

Notes

1000g

900g

Scroll of Enchant Chest 500g - Powerful Stats Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Black Magic Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Mongoose Scroll of Enchant Weapon - Crusader 500g

375g

This is BOP so you will have to farm it if you want it

100g

Eastern/Western This is BOE so you can Plaguelands (see maps buy it off the Auction below) House

This is where you can get the Crusader formula off of Scarlet Spellbinders (levels 57-58) in Western Plaguelands. The drop rate is close to 1%.

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Below is where you can get the Crusader formula off of Scarlet Archmages (levels 55-57) in Eastern Plaguelands. These mobs are elites and the drop rate for the formula is about 1%.

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Below is a list of profitable enchants that are trained by the Enchanting Trainer. Once again, these are only a few examples and you really need to look at your own server and analyze what there is a demand for and what is currently selling good. Average Price on Auction House (each) 120g 80g 75g 50g 25g 50g

Enchant Scroll of Enchant Weapon Exceptional Spellpower Scroll of Enchant Bracer Expertise Scroll of Enchant Bracers Greater Spellpower Scroll of Enchant Gloves Exceptional Spellpower Scroll of Enchant Gloves Expertise Scroll of Enchant Bracers Striking

Where to Obtain Enchant Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer

How to Make Gold with Engineering

Engineers are widely known for their ability to create explosives or other unique devices that can sometimes turn the battle in PvP. What people don't realize, is Engineering can be used to make a decent amount of gold, through crafting items, mounts, and rare pets to sell in the Auction House. They are also the only profession that can harvest clouds for Eternals with a Zapthrottle Mote Extractor.

Crafted Items
We will focus on what items can be crafted as an Engineer and sold to other players and then in the next section I will tell you how to use the Zapthrottle Mote Extractor to make even more gold. Required Skill Level to Craft 450 450 Where It Is From Average Buyout Price 15,000-20,000g 15,000-20,000g

Item Name Mekgineer's Chopper Mechano-hog Turbo- Charged Flying Machine Control

Sold To

Exalted with Rich Players Alliance Vanguard Exalted with Horde Rich Players Expedition Trainer in Shadowmoon Valley Other Engineers who are Lazy

375

3900g

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Nesingwary 4000 Armor Plated Combat Shotgun Titanium Toolbox Flying Machine Control

450 450 405

Northrend Trainers Mainly Hunters Northrend Trainers Mainly Warriors Supply Vendors in Engineers Dalaran/Icecrown Trainer in Shadowmoon Valley Lazy Engineers

1000g 990g 175g

350

150g

Lifelike Mechanical 265 Toad Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 250

Original WoW Players collecting Outdoor Boss Drop pets Quest in Winterspring Players collecting pets

150g 150g 50g 50g 40g

Heartseeker Scope 430 Saronite Arrowmaker Ultrasafe Bullet Machine Sonic Booster Sun Scope Khorium Power Core Hardened Adamantite Tube Overcharged Capacitor 415 410 420 425 340 340 375

Northrend Trainers Mainly Hunters Northrend Trainers Mainly Hunters Northrend Trainers Mainly Hunters Northrend Trainers

Engineers too lazy 30g to get to 420 30g 30g 25g

Northrend Trainers Mainly Hunters Outland/Northrend Engineers Trainers Outland/Northrend Engineers Trainers Northrend Trainers

Engineers/Players 20g doing Quests

Crafting Guns/Scopes/Ammunition
Item Materials 10x Titanium Bars 1x Frozen Orb 12x Eternal Fires 12x Eternal Shadows 3x Sun Scopes 1x Walnut Stock 10x Titanium Bars Notes

Nesingwary 4000

Trained from any Engineering Trainer in Northrend

Armor Plated Shotgun

Trained from any Engineering

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20x Saronite Bars 15x Eternal Air 15x Eternal Water 1x Frozen Orb 1x Walnut Stock Heartseeker Scope 10x Saronite Bars 2x Twilight Opals 1x Froststeel Tube 1x Sun Crystal 1x Autumn's Glow 15x Saronite Bars 6x Saronite Bars 4x Volatile Blasting Triggers

Trainer in Northrend

Trained from any Engineering Trainer in Northrend Trained from any Engineering Trainer in Northrend Trained from any Engineering Trainer in Northrend Trained from any Engineering Trainer in Northrend

Sun Scope

Saronite Arrow Maker Ultrasafe Bullet Machine

Crafting Mounts/Pets/Trinkets
Item Materials Notes This is the Alliance version of the hog. It can only be obtained from the Alliance Vanguard vendors and you must be exalted reputation with them. It is very very expensive to craft and very very hard to find someone to sell too. My advice to you is if you are going to craft this you find a buyer first. It can be very very profitable. This is the Horde version of the Chopper. It can only be obtained from the Horde Expedition vendors and you must be exalted reputation with them. It is very very expensive to craft and very very hard to find someone to sell too. My advice to you is if you are going to craft this you find a buyer first. It can be very very profitable. Taught by Engineering Trainer in Shadowmoon Valley. For Horde its Jonathan Garret in secretgoldguide.com
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12x Titansteel Bar 40x Handful of Cobalt Bolts 2x Arctic Fur 1x Salvaged Iron Golem Parts 8x Goblin-machined Piston 1x Elementium-plated Exhaust Pipe

Mechano-hog

12x Titansteel Bar 40x Handful of Cobalt Bolts 2x Arctic Fur 1x Salvaged Iron Golem Parts 8x Goblin-machined Piston 1x Elementium-plated Exhaust Pipe

Turbo-Charged Flying Machine Control

4x Adamantite Frame 8x Khorium Power Core 8x Felsteel Stabilizer

1x Hula Girl Doll

Shadowmoon Village. For Alliance its Niobe Whizzlespark in Wildhammer Stronghold. See map below. Also, this item sells slow and may require additional advertising in trade to sell because a lot of Engineers who could buy and use this don't even realize it exists so they don't look for it on the Auction House. Same thing applies to this recipe as the above one. The recipes are trained at the same NPC.

Flying Machine Control

2x Adamantite Frame 30x Fel Iron bars 8x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts 8x Star Wood 5x Adamantite Bar 4x Elemental Seaforium Charge

Item Lifelike Mechanical Toad

Materials 1x 4x 1x 1x Living Essence Thorium Widgets Gold Power Core Rugged Leather

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Azuregos, Taerar, Lethon, Onyxia, and Nefarian. Most of these bosses can be soloed or at least duo'ed by a well geared 80 so it's not as hard to get as it seems. You can also search the Auction House for this recipe as well or hope you get lucky elsewhere. Must complete questline Are We There Yeti from Umi Rumplesnicker in Everlook, Winterspring. Then once you are 250+ Engineering and at least level 55 talk to her again and she'll give you a quest that teaches you how to make them. Trained from any Engineering Trainer in Northrend

Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

1x 4x 2x 2x 1x

Cured Rugged Hide Thorium Widget Globe of Water Truesilver Transformer Gold Power Core

Sonic Booster

2x Froststeel Tubes 4x Overcharged Capacitors 2x Handful of Cobalt Bolts

Crafting Reagents/Misc
Item Materials Notes Recipe is sold by Northrend Engineering Supplies NPCs in Dalaran and Icecrown, see map below. This is a limited supply item.

Titanium Toolbox

8 Saronite Bars 8 Titanium Bars 4 Handful of Cobalt Bolts

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Item Khorium Power Core Hardened Adamantite Tube Overcharged Capacitor

Materials 3x Khorium Bars 1x Primal Fire 3x Hardened Adamantite Bars 4x Cobalt Bars 1x Crystallized Earth

Notes Trained from Any Engineering Trainer in Outland / Northrend Trained from Any Engineering Trainer in Outland / Northrend Trained form Any Engineering Trainer in Northrend

Farming Eternals with Zapthrottle Extractor

First off, if you don't have or don't know what a Zapthrottle Extractor is and you are an Engineer with a skill of 305 or greater, shame on you! But instead of make fun of you like other Engineers might, I'm going to help you to understand why it's important. secretgoldguide.com
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The Zapthrottle Extractor is an Engineered item that you use to extract resources out of gas clouds. It was introduced in The Burning Crusade and works to extract Motes or Crystallized components out of the corresponding cloud. For example, you see a Cinder Cloud floating around in Sholazar Basin you can walk up to it and click your Zapthrottle Extractor and suck anywhere from 4 Crystallized Fires and 4 Crystallized Waters out of it. In Northrend there are 3 types of clouds to look for, Arctic Clouds, Cinder Clouds, and Steam Clouds as referenced in the table below. Cloud Name Arctic Cloud Cinder Clouds Steam Clouds What Comes Out Of It Zones It Can Be Found In

Crystallized Air and Crystallized Howling Fjord, Dragonblight, Water Storm Peaks, Icecrown Crystallized Fire Crystallized Fire and Crystallized Water Sholazar Basin, Wintergrasp, Dragonblight Sholazar Basin, Borean Tundra

Cinder Clouds
Hands down the best place to farm these clouds is in Sholazar Basin. The reason why I think that is because you can do it while doing things around the house. What I do is take my flying mount and center myself over the area and when one spawns I swoop down, suck it up, fly back into the air, and then go do stuff around the house for a few minutes. You can also farm them in Lake Wintergrasp and Dragonblight, I'll include all maps.

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Steam Clouds
Steam Clouds are heavily prevalent in the Geyser Fields of Borean Tundra and all around Sholazar Basin. Instead of just give you locations to farm them I'll give you routes because you'll want to move around to gather them.

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Arctic Clouds
Arctic Clouds are found in multiple zones (the ones that are cold!!!). You'll probably want to follow a route instead of farming a single location.

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How to Make Gold with Inscription

Inscription is a great profession, the best part is that glyph prices are based on availability opposed to material costs. So the best thing you can do to increase your profit potential is to make your glyphs available, I'll talk more about that in the glyph section below. There are three main ways to make gold with Inscription. You can sell glyphs, vellums or Darkmoon Cards. Darkmoon Cards are risky, vellums are consistent but not incredibly profitable and glyphs have secretgoldguide.com
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the potential to make a few hundred gold in just 10-20 minutes.

Creating Glyphs for Profit

As mentioned above, the best part about being a scribe is the disconnect between material costs and glyph value. You can make 20-30g on a glyph just for being the person who has it at the right time. This is supply and demand at it's finest. The best way to make yourself available is to link your book in trade along with a flat price (say, 20g). However, you can make a lot more by posting otherwise unavailable glyphs on the Auction House and hope that someone else doesn't undercut you before a paying customer buys your glyph. Making glyphs available can be tough if you haven't discovered any unique glyphs (but not impossible). At every opportunity you need to use Northrend Inscription Research and Minor Inscription Research to discover more glyphs. You should also look for affordable Book of Glyph Masteries to the post Patch 3.1 glyphs. These glyphs are easily the most valuable since they are still very rare and are among the best major glyphs in the game. When you're not advertising by linking your book in trade, deciding which glyphs to make and post on the Auction House is the challenge. The strategy I use is to search the Auction House for every glyph, leaving the Name field empty and selecting Glyph on the left:

Then sorting by Bid Total (make sure when it sorts it doesn't sort just the visible page, if you see outlandish prices then it's working) Scroll your way down until you find an expensive glyph that you can make. Search for that glyph to see if there are any listed cheaper, if not then write it down to craft it. Come up with a dozen or so glyphs to craft this way and craft them. This should take 10-20 minutes and net you hundreds of gold. Some glyphs won't show up this way because they simply aren't posted, and these are the best glyphs to sell! When you post a glyph that isn't posted yet start the price between 40 and 50g (for a normal glyph), anything higher (depending on the glyph) and you'll be encouraging your potential customers to find an Inscriptionist in their guild to make it for them. secretgoldguide.com
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For the glyphs that won't show up, use the following list of the top 40ish glyphs I've had luck selling. Search for the ones you have discovered and see who is selling them. For the most part, they can all sell between 30-40g if no one else is selling them. Popular Glyphs: Glyph Glyph of Dash Glyph of Starfall Glyph of Mend Pet Glyph of Penguin Glyph of Obliterate Glyph of Avenger's Shield Glyph of Mortal Strike Glyph of Arcane Intellect Glyph of Conflagrate Glyph of Healing Wave Glyph of Incinerate Glyph of Health Funnel Glyph of Swiftmend Glyph of Dark Death Glyph of Steadyshot Glyph of the Ghoul Glyph of Revive Pet Glyph of Hemorrhage Glyph of Unbreakable Armor Glyph of Vanish Glyph of Deadly Throw Glyph of Shadowfiend Glyph of Blood Tap Class Druid Druid Hunter Mage Death Knight Paladin Warlock Mage Warlock Shaman Warlock Warlock Druid Death Knight Hunter Death Knight Hunter Rogue Death Knight Rogue Rogue Priest Death Knight Value 45g 45g 45g 45g 40g 40g 40g 37g 35g 35g 35g 35g 35g 34g 34g 32g 31g 30g 30g 30g 30g 30g 30g Source Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Trainer Trainer Discovery Trainer Discovery Trainer Discovery Discovery Trainer Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery secretgoldguide.com
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Glyph of Renewed Life Glyph of Ghost Wolf Glyph of Water Walking Glyph of Rupture Glyph of Exorcism Glyph of Resonating Power Glyph of Seal of Light Glyph of Arcane Blast Glyph of Thorns Glyph of Blocking Glyph of Circle of Healing Glyph of Frostbolt Glyph of Aimed Shot Glyph of Fireball Glyph of Lightwell Glyph of Wyvern Sting

Shaman Shaman Shaman Rogue Paladin Warlock Paladin Mage Druid Warlock Priest Mage Hunter Mage Priest Hunter

25g 25g 25g 25g 25g 25g 25g 25g 22g 20g 20g 20g 20g 20g 20g 15g

Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Trainer Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Discovery Trainer Discovery Discovery Discovery

Weapon and Armor Vellums

Enchanters use vellums to post their enchants on the Auction House. Weapon Vellums are used for weapon enchants and Armor Vellums are used for armor. Each vellum is crafted from cheap parchment and usually cheap ink. Use the table below to make note of your realm's Auction House prices and calculate the potential AH price of the vellum. If the price is competitive compared to the other listings, craft a bunch and make some gold. Item 2 Weapon Vellum 2 Weapon Vellum II Materials Midnight Ink - 5 level 10-20 herbs Light Parchment x 2 (6c) Fiery Ink - random from lvl 40-50 herbs Celestial Ink secretgoldguide.com
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- 5 level 40-50 herbs Heavy Parchment x 2 (6s) 2 Weapon Vellum III Ink of the Sea x 3 - 15 Northrend herbs Resilient Parchment x 2 (2g) Moonglow Ink - 5 level 1-10 herbs Light Parchment x 2 (6c) Celestial Ink - 5 level 40-50 herbs Common Parchment x 2 (62c) Ink of the Sea - 5 Northrend herbs Resilient Parchment x 2 (2g)

2 Armor Vellum

2 Armor Vellum II

2 Armor Vellum III

Darkmoon Cards of the North

Darkmoon Cards are turned in for an epic trinket during the Darkmoon Faire. However, you need to collect an entire deck, ace through eight, before being able to turn it in for the epic trinket. The trinkets are very valuable, but you have no say in which card you get. It costs a lot of money to craft a single random Darkmoon Card and you can be continually shafted on cards that are only worth ~20g. It takes 10 Northrend herbs, on average, to produce a single Icy Pigment (which you need 12 of). However, you can exchange 10 Ink of the Sea for 1 Snowfall Ink. After doing the math, and creating a dozen cards myself, it takes about 80-100 Northrend herbs to get a single card. Even if Goldclover or Adder's Tongue is selling for 30g a stack, that's going to cost 120g per card. Lately, even the Aces can sell for as little as 80g. You should check your realm's Auction House to determine if this is something you're interested in. The possible results are as follows: Ace through Eight of Chaos, Ace through Eight of Undeath, Ace through Eight of Nobles and Ace through Eight of Prisms.

How to Make Gold With Jewelcrafting

Jewelcrafting can be a very profitable profession to have to make gold. In this section of the guide I'll discuss various ways to make gold with Jewelcrafting. One general tip I have is that when listing cut gems be sure to list in small increments, possibly by one per post since individuals are often only looking for one or two gems to place in their gear.

Prospecting
Prospecting is one of the most essential ways to make money with Jewelcrafting. You can get ore and prospect it to sell the gems or to cut and sell the gems. The chart below will show you the most profitable ores to prospect, what gems you can get by prospecting them, and how much the gems sell for on the Auction House. When prospecting you'll often receive more than one green gem per prospect.

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Type of Ore to Prospect Cobalt

Gems that can be Received

Percentage from Prospecting 25.00% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% 1.2% 18.00% 18.00% 18.00% 18.00% 18.00% 18.00% 4% 4% 4% 4%

Average Auction House Sell Value

Huge Citrine (1-2) Dark Jade (1-2) Shadow Crystal (1-2) Sun Crystal (1-2) Chalcedony (1-2) Bloodstone (1-2) Monarch Topaz Scarlet Ruby Sky Sapphire Forest Emerald Autumn's Glow Twilight Opal

2g 1g 1g 2g 2g 2g 50g 80g 10g 8g 30g 20g 2g 1g 1g 2g 2g 2g 50g 80g 10g 8g

Saronite

Huge Citrine (1-2) Dark Jade (1-2) Shadow Crystal (1-2) Sun Crystal (1-2) Chalcedony (1-2) Bloodstone (1-2) Monarch Topaz Scarlet Ruby Sky Sapphire Forest Emerald

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Autumn's Glow Twilight Opal

4% 4%

30g 20g

Cutting Gems
You can make money cutting any types of gems but certain gems are far more profitable. As you are prospecting ore you'll likely get lots of green gems that you can cut, sell as they are, save for turn ins for Jewelcrafting dailies, or cut them and sell them. My recommendation is to use your best judgment on what to do with these types of gems and to pay closer attention to the rare gems. I have listed some of the most profitable gems to make and have made sure to include the top four-five cuts for each of them. Also the meta gems that you can cut are created by alchemists and there is currently no cooldown to transmute these gems so don't pay a lot for them, you can likely find a friend to transmute a bunch for you for cheap if you aren't an Alchemist. Item Pattern Source Average Notes Auction House Sell Value 145g 145g

Enchanted Tear

Trainer

Destructive Skyflare Diamond Rare Northrend Drop

Revitalizing Skyflare Diamond Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 95g Dalaran Chaotic Skyflare Diamond Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 75g Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 75g Dalaran Knight Dameron, Wintergrasp or Morgan Day, Wintergrasp or Stone Guard Mukar, Wintergrasp 60g

Ember Skyflare Diamond

Enigmatic Skyflare Diamond

Insightful Earthsiege Diamond Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 90g Dalaran

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Relentless Earthsiege Diamond Eternal Earthsiege Diamond Trenchant Earthsiege Diamond Beaming Earthsiege Diamond Reckless Monarch Topaz

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 85g Dalaran Rare Northrend Drop 70g

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 70g Dalaran Rare Northrend Drop 55g

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 65g Dalaran Cielstrasza, Wyrmrest Temple Dragonblight 50g Requires The Wyrmrest Accord - Exalted

Glimmering Monarch Topaz

Luminous Monarch Topaz

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 50g Dalaran Rare Northrend Drop Rare Northrend Drop 49g 47g

Stalwart Monarch Topaz Champion's Monarch Topaz Bold Scarlet Ruby

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 100g Dalaran Rare Northrend Drop Archmage Alvareaux - Dalaran 100g 100g Requires Kirin Tor - Exalted

Fractured Scarlet Ruby Runed Scarlet Ruby

Delicate Scarlet Ruby

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 90g Dalaran Trainer 85g

Bright Scarlet Ruby Lustrous Sky Sapphire

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 40g Dalaran Knight Dameron, Wintergrasp or Morgan Day, Wintergrasp or 24g

Stormy Sky Sapphire

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Stone Guard Mukar, Wintergrasp Solid Sky Sapphire Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 20g Dalaran Trainer 25g Requires Frenzyheart Tribe - Revered

Sparkling Sky Sapphire Jagged Forest Emerald

Tanak, Frenzyheart Hill Sholazar 65g Basin

Energized Forest Emerald

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 50g Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 40g Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 33g Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 30g Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 75g Dalaran Knight Dameron, Wintergrasp or Morgan Day, Wintergrasp or Stone Guard Mukar, Wintergrasp 65g

Enduring Forest Emerald

Lambent Forest Emerald

Vivid Forest Emerald

Quick Autumn's Glow

Mystic Autumn's Glow

Rigid Autumn's Glow

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 45g Dalaran Lillehoff, Dun Niffelem The Storm Peaks 35g Requires The Sons of Hodir Exalted

Smooth Autumn's Glow

Brilliant Autumn's Glow Purified Twilight Opal

Trainer Rare Northrend Drop

30g 60g

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Defender's Twilight Opal Sovereign Twilight Opal Glowing Twilight Opal

Rare Northrend Drop Rare Northrend Drop

50g 45g Requires Knights of the Ebon Blade - Exalted

Duchess Mynx, The Shadow Vault 40g - Icecrown

Shifting Twilight Opal

Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, 45g Dalaran

Crafting Epics
There are epic items that can be crafted through Jewelcrafting to make gold. The following epics listed in the chart below are some of the best gold making epics to try to sell as a Jewelcrafter. Item Pattern Source Average Auction House Sell Value 2400g

Titanium Earthguard Chain Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran Titanium Spellshock Necklace Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran Anuur, Icecrown or

1800g

Titanium Impact Choker

1200g

Titanium Spellshock Ring

1500g

Titanium Impact Band

744g

Titanium Earthguard Ring

798g

Titanium Frostguard Ring

665g

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Tiffany Cartier, Dalaran

Doing Dailies
Doing Jewelcrafting dailies is important for making gold for several reasons. First off Jewelcrafting dailies are very easy to complete and they provide you with Dalaran Jewelcrafter's Tokens, which can be used to buy patterns to make more valuable items and gems to sell and to buy Dragon's Eyes to either sell on the Auction House or to use to make valuable epic items to sell. If you really need gold I recommend you do the Jewelcrafting dailies for these reasons and very simply because the dailies are very easy to do and you will get 13g 23s (at 80) just for doing them. I recommend that you save some Bloodstone, Dark Jade, Huge Citrine, Chalcedony, Shadow Crystal, and Sun Crystal because they are required for turning in with the dailies. You can do one Jewelcrafting daily per day and must be at least level 65 with at least level 350 Jewelcrafting. Every Jewelcrafting daily is obtained by visiting Timothy Jones (the Grand Master Jewelcrafting Trainer) in Dalaran. Also, every quest is turned in to him. Note: I have included maps for the most convenient zones to obtain the quest items from but you can get the items from other zones in Northrend.

Shipment: Blood Jade Amulet

Combine a Vrykul Amulet, a Dark Jade and a Bloodstone to make a Blood Jade Amulet and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran. The Vrykul Amulet drops off any Vrykul in Northrend. You can find them off of the Vrykuls in The Storm Peaks in the areas circled in the map below.

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Shipment: Bright Armor Relic

Combine an Elemental Armor Scrap, a Bloodstone and a Huge Citrine to craft a Bright Armor Relic and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran. The Elemental Armor Scrap drops off of any Revenant in Northrend. The map below shows the most concentrated areas of Revenants in Dragonblight.

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Shipment: Glowing Ivory Figurine

Combine Shoveltusk Ivory, a Chalcedony and a Shadow Crystal to create a Glowing Ivory Figurine and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran. The Shoveltusk Ivory drops off of any Shoveltusk in Northrend. The map below shows the most concentrated areas of Shoveltusk in The Howling Fjord.

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Shipment: Intricate Bone Figurine

Combine a Proto Dragon Bone, a Chalcedony and a Dark Jade to craft an Intricate Bone Figurine and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran. The Proto Dragon Bone drops off of any Proto Dragon in Northrend. See the map below for where to get the Proto Dragon Bone in The Storm Peaks.

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Shipment: Shifting Sun Curio

Combine a Scourge Curio, a Sun Crystal and a Shadow Crystal to make a Shifting Sun Curio and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran. The Scourge Curio drops off of any Scourge in Northrend. The map below shows the most concentrated areas of Scourge in Crystalsong Forest.

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Shipment: Wicked Sun Brooch

Combine an Iron Dwarf Brooch, a Huge Citrine and a Sun Crystal to create a Wicked Sun Brooch and bring it to Timothy Jones in Dalaran. The Iron Dwarf Brooch drops off of any Iron Dwarf in Northrend. The following map shows the most concentrated areas of Iron Dwarves in The Storm Peaks.

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How to Make Gold with Leatherworking

A lot of gold can be made with Leatherworking, especially since they introduced Wrath of the Lich King and made Bind on Equips more accessible. Leatherworking now has epic consumables and some of the best BoE Epics in the game for some of the highest popularity classes. I'm going to break this into sections based on what type of item it is. Before you craft any items make sure you compare the pricing and availability to your local Auction House.

Crafting Leg Armor

Leg Armor is made by Leatherworkers and works like an enchant. You right click on the Leg Armor and left click it onto any set of legs that are in your inventory. The advantage is, they are tradeable and some are worth a good chunk of money. Before you make any of these though, compare the average price to your Auction House price and take note of how many of each particular one is listed in the Auction House. If there's few or none great you might be able to make some money off these but if there's 50 and the price is way below the Average Buyout Price you can still make money but may need to wait to post yours. Required Skill Materials To Craft 2x Arctic Fur 4x Eternal Earth 1x Frozen Orb Where to Get Average Pattern Buyout Price Northrend Trainers

Item

Notes

Earthen Leg Armor

425

200g

Highly used in PvP

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Frosthide Leg Armor

425

2x Arctic Fur 2x Nerubian Chitin 1x Frozen Orb 2x Arctic Fur 2x Icy Dragonscale 1x Frozen Orb 4x Heavy Knothide Leather 16x Thick Clefthoof Leather 8x Primal earth 1x Primal Nether

Northrend Trainers

160g

Icescale Leg Armor

425

Northrend Trainers Cenarian Refuge in Zangarmarsh from Fedryen Swiftspear, requires Exalted with Cenarion Expedition

150g

Nethercleft Leg 365 Armor

125g

Used for Twinks

Nethercobra Leg Armor

365

4x Heavy Knothide Leather 4x Cobra Scales 8x Primal Air 1x Primal Nether

For Alliance: Requires Exalted with Honor Hold, sold by Quartermaster there 125g For Horde: Requires Exalted with Thrallmar, sold by Quartermaster There

Used for Twinks

Celfthide Leg Armor

335

4x Heavy Knothide Leather 8x Thick Clefthoof Leather 4x Primal

Cenarion Refuge in Zangarmarsh from Fedryen Swiftswpear, Requires Honored Reputation Earth with Cenarion Expedition

55g

Used for Twinks

Cobrahide Leg Armor

335

4x Heavy Knothide Leather 2x Cobra Scales 4x Primal Air

For Alliance: 130g Requires Honored with Honor Hold, sold by Quartermaster there

Used for Twinks

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For Horde: Requires Honored with Thrallmar, sold by Quartermaster There Jormungar Leg 405 Armor 5x Heavy Borean Leather Northrend 1x Jormungar Trainers Scale 4x Heavy Borean Leather Northrend 1x Nerubian Trainers Chitin

30g

Nerubian Leg Armor

405

35g

Crafting Cloaks
In Wrath of the Lich King they added two epic Bind on Equip cloaks that you can craft which usually sell pretty decent and there are two lower level blue cloaks which I can never find up for sale in my Auction House even though they are really good for that level. That's actually my current hot selling item, even though the average price is 30 and 25 gold for the two bottom cloaks I've been selling them on my local Auction House for 100g just because no one else has taken the time to make and sell them. Required Skill To Materials Craft 2x 6x 4x 1x Where to Get Pattern Average Buyout Price

Item

Ice Striker's Cloak 440

Arctic Fur Eternal Fire Northrend Trainers 395g Eternal Shadow Frozen Orb

Durable Nerubhide 440 Cape

2x Arctic Fur 40x Nerubian Chitin 1x Frozen Orb

Northrend Trainers 300g

Cloak of Harsh Winds

380

16x Borean Leather Northrend Trainers 30g 4x Crystallized Air 6x Heavy Borean Leather 5x Crystallized Air Northrend Trainers 25g 5x Crystallized Water

Cloak of Tormented Skies

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Crafting BoE Frost Resistance Epics

Some people are still big time noobs and need Frost Resistance gear for Naxxramas or they like the frost resistance gear for PvP, whatever the reason, you can make money selling these pieces to mail and leather wearers. Check to see if anyone is selling on your server, on my server there is usually very few and if you sell each three pieces as a set, you can usually get rid of them faster in trade channel. Required Skill To Materials Craft 10x Heavy Borean Leather 3x Eternal Fire 3x Eternal Water 8x Nerubian Chitin 1x Frozen Orb Where to Get Pattern Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 3 Heavy Borean Average Buyout Price

Item

Polar Vest

425

500g

Polar Cord

420

8x Heavy Borean Leather 2x Eternal Fire 2x Eternal Water 4x Nerubian Chitin 1x Frozen Orb

325g

Polar Boots

420

8x Heavy Borean Leather 2x Eternal Fire 2x Eternal Water 4x Nerubian Chitin 1x Frozen Orb

250g

Icy Scale Chestguard

425

10x Heavy Borean Leather 3x Eternal Fire 3x Eternal Water 8x Icy Dragonscale 1x Frozen Orb 8x Heavy Borean Leather 2x Eternal Fire 2x Eternal Water 4x Icy Dragonscale

400g

Icy Scale Boots

420

250g

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1x Frozen Orb 8x Heavy Borean Leather 2x Eternal Fire 2x Eternal Water 4x Icy Dragonscale 1x Frozen Orb

Leather to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather to purchase

Icy Scale Belt

420

125g

Crafting BoE Epics

If you can't make money off of the Frost Resistance epics then try these other BoE Epics that are hot sellers right now. Required Skill To Materials Craft 12x Heavy Borean Leather 6x Eternal Air 6x Eternal Water 1x Frozen Orb Where to Get Pattern Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 2 Arctic Furs to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 2 Arctic Furs to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 2 Arctic Furs to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 2 Arctic Furs to purchase Average Buyout Price

Item

Windripper Leggings

440

650g

Earthgiving Legguards

440

12x Heavy Borean Leather 6x Eternal Life 6x Eternal Water 1x Frozen Orb

615g

Trollwoven Girdle

440

10x Heavy Borean Leather 5x Eternal Fire 5x Eternal Shadow 1x Frozen Orb

550g

Trollwoven Spaulders

440

10x Heavy Borean Leather 6x Eternal Fire 6x Eternal Shadow 1x Frozen Orb

390g

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Giantmaim Legguards

440

12x Heavy Borean Leather 6x Eternal Water 6x Eternal Air 1x Frozen Orb

Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 2 Arctic Furs to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 2 Arctic Furs to purchase

500g

Giantmaim Bracers

440

10x Heavy Borean Leather 5x Eternal Water 5x Eternal Air 1x Frozen Orb

325g

Revenant's Treads 440

Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in 10x Heavy Borean Dalaran outside Leather Leatherworking 10x Eternal Water Shop, costs 2 1x Frozen Orb Arctic Furs to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in 12x Heavy Borean Dalaran outside Leather Leatherworking 12x Eternal Water Shop, costs 2 1x Frozen Orb Arctic Furs to purchase 10x Heavy Borean Leather 5x Eternal Life 5x Eternal Water 1x Frozen Orb Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 2 Arctic Furs to purchase Sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside Leatherworking Shop, costs 2 Arctic Furs to purchase

500g

Revenant's Breastplate

440

480g

Earthgiving Boots

440

200g

Windripper Boots

440

10x Heavy Borean Leather 5x Eternal Air 5x Eternal Water 1x Frozen Orb

400g

Crafting BoE Rares

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of PvP sets you can craft, Swiftarrow, Stormhide, and Overcast. I'm going to give you all of the BoE blues that have an average buyout price of 100g or more and if these don't work for you there are a bunch of other items in the set sold by the same vendor, check your local Auction House to find the hot one. All the following recipes are sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran outside the Leatherworking shop for 3 Heavy Borean Leather. Required Skill To Craft 420 Average Buyout Price 175g

Item

Materials 12x Heavy Borean Leather 1x Eternal Air 10x Heavy Borean Leather 1x Eternal Air 10x Heavy Borean Leather 1x Eternal Water 10x Heavy Borean Leather 1x Eternal Water 12x Heavy Borean Leather 1x Eternal Water 10x Heavy Borean Leather 1x Eternal Air 10x Heavy Borean Leather 1x Eternal Shadow

Swiftarrow Helm

Swiftarrow Shoulderguards

420

175g

Overcast Spaulders

420

140g

Stormhide Shoulders

420

125g

Overcast Headguard

420

125g

Eviscerator's Shoulderpads

420

110g

Swiftarrow Boots

425

100g

Crafting Armor Kits

Armor Kits work in the same fashion as Leg Armor. You craft them, right click them, and apply them to an item. Armor Kits can be applied to more than just the legs though. Some can be attached to the head, chest, shoulders, legs, hands, or feet. These are cheap alternative to getting enchants and in some cases they are the best enchant for that slot. Required Skill Materials To Craft Where to Get Average Pattern Buyout Price

Item

Notes

Glove 350 Reinforcements

4x Heavy Knothide Any Outland Leather Trainer 3x Primal earth

50g

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Vindicator's Armor Kit

325

Aldor Quartermaster 3 Heavy in Shattrath, Knothide requires 40g Leather Revered 1x Primal Earth Reputation with Aldor 4x Heavy Northrend Borean Leather Trainer 3x Heavy Knothide Leather 4x Borean Leather Any Outland Trainer Northrend Trainer

The +8 Defense on these is still a pretty good option to have for tanks when they can't hit the Defense cap.

Heavy Borean Armor Kit Heavy Knothide Armor Kit Borean Armor Kit

395

30g

350

10g

350

7g

Crafting Heavy Borean Leather

This is a cheap and easy tactic to use to make gold but only works when prices are right. Watch the price of Heavy Borean Leather and then watch the price of Borean Leather. It takes 6 Borean Leather to make 1 Heavy Borean Leather and Leatherworkers are the only ones who can make that change. So it takes 120 Borean Leather to make 20 Heavy Borean Leather. If you can find 6 stacks of Borean Leather for sale for less than you can sell a stack of Heavy Borean Leather for, then buy those up and resell them.

How to Make Gold With Tailoring

This section will teach you how to make money with Tailoring. Tailoring takes a huge amount of cloth to level but the profession can actually be quit profitable if you can develop a feel for several special niches. Below are my favorite and most profitable ways to make gold with Tailoring.

Crafting Spellthread
Spellthread is a special enchant created by Tailors that can be woven into pants to provide stat bonuses. There are various spellthread and there are different level requirements for them so as long as there is a demand for it on your Auction House, older spellthread patterns still sell well to those leveling up. The good thing about spellthread is that there is usually a consistent demand for it since it can only be used once to enchant a piece of gear and the mats are very cheap to make them. Required Skill Item To Craft 430 Brilliant Materials Where to Get Pattern Veteran Average Buyout Price 260g Notes

4 Eternal Life,

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4 Iceweb Spider Silk, 1 Frozen Orb

Crusader Aliocha Segard, Argent Vanguard Icecrown Archmage 250g Alvareaux, The Violet Citadel Dalaran Quartermaster 150g Enuril, The Scryer's Bank Shattrath City 100g

Argent Crusade Exalted

430

Sapphire Spellthread

4 Eternal Fire, 4 Iceweb Spider Silk, 1 Frozen Orb 1 Rune Thread, 10 Primal Mana, 1 Primal Nether

This requires Kirin Tor Exalted

375

Runic Spellthread

This requires The Scryers Exalted

375

Golden Spellthread

1 Rune Thread, Quartermaster 10 Primal Life, Endarin, The 1 Primal Nether Aldor Bank Shattrath City 1 Rune Thread, Quartermaster 5 Primal Life Endarin, The Aldor Bank Shattrath City

This requires The Aldor Exalted

335

Silver Spellthread

45g

This requires The Aldor Honored

335

Mystic Spellthread

1 Rune Thread, Quartermaster 40g 5 Primal Mana Enuril, The Scryer's Bank Shattrath City 2 Crystallized Fire, 2 Iceweb Spider Silk 2 Crystallized Life, 2 Iceweb Spider Silk Trainer 39g

This requires The Scryers Honored

400

Azure Spellthread

400

Shining Spellthread

Trainer

11g

Crafting Cloaks
Wrath of the Lich King provided Tailors with the ability to make two BOE epic cloaks to sell, Deathchill Cloak and Wisp Cloak. If there is a market for them on your server these can make you a lot of gold for relatively low mats cost. Required Item Materials Where to Get Average Notes secretgoldguide.com
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Skill To Craft 420 Deathchill Cloak 5 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave, 6 Eternal Fire, 4 Eternal Shadow, 1 Siren's Tear, 1 Frozen Orb 5 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave, 6 Eternal Life, 4 Eternal Water, 1 Siren's Tear, 1 Frozen Orb

Pattern Trainer

Buyout Price 1200g In order to get this pattern you must complete the Loremaster of Northrend achievement

420

Wispcloak

Trainer

600g

In order to get this pattern you must complete the Northrend Dungeonmaster achievement

Crafting Bags
One of the most basic ways to make gold with Tailoring is to make bags. I have listed some of the best bags to make loads of gold off of but don't be afraid to try selling lower level bags also if you have the mats for them. Required Skill Item To Craft 445 Glacial Bag Materials Where to Get Pattern Average Buyout Price 650g Notes

4 Moonshroud, Lillehoff, Dun 4 Ebonweave, Niffelem - The 1 Eternium Storm Peaks Thread Cielstrasza, Wyrmrest Temple Dragonblight

This requires The Sons of Hodir Exalted This requires The Wyrmrest Accord Revered

440

Mysterious Bag 4 Spellweave, 2 Moonshroud, 1 Eternium Thread

400g

410

Frostweave Bag

6 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave, 2 Eternium Thread

Trainer

100g

435

Emerald Bag

4 Moonshroud, Sairuk, Moa'ki

450g

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Harbor Dragonblight Duchess 500g Mynx,The Shadow Vault Icecrown

The Kalu'ak Revered This requires Knights of the Ebon Blade Revered

435

Abyssal Bag

4 Ebonweave, 2 Spellweave, 1 Eternium Thread

340

Imbued Netherweave Bag

4 Bolt of Imbued Netherweave, 2 Netherweb Spider Silk, 1 Greater Planar Essence 4 Bolt of Netherweave, 1 Rune Thread

Eiin, Lower City - Shattrath City or Mathar 50g G'ochar, Garadar Nagrand (H)

315

Netherweave Bag

Trainer

10g

Creating Specialty Cloth

The specialty cloths that tailors can make like Moonshroud, Ebonweave, Spellweave, and so on are good to sell on the Auction House because they are cheap to make and have a cool down associated with their craft so there is a demand for them when people want an item crafted and don't want to wait days for cooldowns. Also, be sure that you are specialized in a particular cloth so that you get two of the cloth when you create it. Required Skill Item To Craft 415 Ebonweave Materials Where to Get Pattern Average Buyout Price 100g Notes

1 Bolt of Trainer Imbued Frostweave, 2 Eternal Shadow 1 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave, 2 Eternal Life 1 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave, 2 Eternal Fire Trainer

Keep in mind this has a cooldown

415

Moonshroud

90g

Keep in mind this has a cooldown

415

Spellweave

Trainer

88g

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Crafting Epic Gear

The latest Ebonweave, Spellweave, and Moonshroud epic gear can be sold on the auction house for a decent price at times. Check your server's auction house to assess the market and demand of the items and try it out. If you are lucky enough to come across a rare drop epic Tailoring pattern then by all means utilize the recipe to make some gold. The items listed in the chart below are epics that are easily made by tailors for lots of gold. Required Item Skill To Craft 440 Materials Where to Get Pattern Average Buyout Price

Ebonweave Robe 8 Ebonweave, 6 Imbued Trainer Frostweave, 1 Eternium Thread, 1 Frozen Orb Spellweave Robe 8 Spellweave, 6 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave, 1 Eternium Thread, 1 Frozen Orb Moonshroud Robe 8 Moonshroud, 6 Imbued Frostweave, 1 Eternium Thread, 1 Frozen Orb Trainer

1800g

440

1500g

440

Trainer

800g

435

Ebonweave Gloves

4 Ebonweave, 4 Imbued Trainer Frostweave, 1 Eternium Thread, 1 Frozen Orb 4 Moonshroud, 4 Bolt of Imbued Frostweave, 1 Eternium Thread, 1 Frozen Orb 4 Spellweave, 4 Bolt of Imbued Netherweave, 1 Eternium Thread, 1 Frozen Orb Trainer

600g

435

Moonshroud Gloves

500g

435

Spellweave Gloves

Trainer

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Crafting Miscellaneous Items

Believe it or not but those seemingly useless shirts that you can make with Tailoring can actually be profitable to sell on the Auction House. Below are some of the most profitable shirts to make, also don't be afraid to test out your own server's market for other shirts, but before you make a bunch of shirts ensure that you are getting cloth cheap enough to make it worth making them. There's really no point in making a bunch of shirts when you could simply sell the cloth itself for more gold, so be careful. Also, although I have not listed holiday clothing and shirts, keep in mind around the holidays that there are many people who will pay several gold to get cheap items because of the holiday. Required Skill To Craft 230 Item Materials Where to Get Pattern Average Buyout Price

Lavender Mageweave 2 Bolt of Shirt Mageweave, 2 Purple Dye, 2 Heavy Silken Thread Rich Purple Silk Shirt 4 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 1 Purple Dye, 1 Heavy Silken Thread Dark Silk Shirt 2 Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2 Gray Dye, 1 Fine Thread

Borya, The Drag 6g Orgrimmar (H) or Outfitter Eric Ironforge (A)

185

Rare Drop in Old World

15g

155

Mallen Swain, Tarren Mill Hillsbrad Foothills (H) or Sheri Zipstitch, Darkshire, Duskwood (A) Rare Drop in Northrend

15g

400

Blue Workman's Shirt 4 Bolt of Frostweave, 1 Blue Dye Blue Lumberjack Shirt 4 Bolt of Frostweave, 1 Blue Dye

20g

400

Rare Drop in Northrend

15g

400

Red Lumberjack Shirt 4 Bolt of Frostweave, 1 Red Dye

Rare Drop in Northrend

27g

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240

Tuxedo Shirt

4 Bolt of Mageweave, 2 Heavy Silken Thread

Millie Gregorian, 15g The Magic Quarter Undercity (H) or Outfitter Eric Ironforge (A) Millie Gregorian, 10g The Magic Quarter Undercity (H) or Outfitter Eric Ironforge (A) Millie Gregorian, 25g The Magic Quarter Undercity (H) or Outfitter Eric Ironforge (A) Haughty Modiste, Steamwheedle Port - Tanaris 15g

250

Tuxedo Jacket

5 Bolt of Mageweave, 3 Heavy Silken Thread

245

Tuxedo Pants

4 Bolt of Mageweave, 3 Heavy Silken Thread

250

Dress Shoes

4 Bolt of Mageweave, 2 Thick Leather

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Chapter 4 - Secondary Professions

How to Make Gold with Fishing
Before you get too excited and ready to dive into this section make sure you have the Fishing Buddy addon installed that I talked about in the Introduction, it will let you know how well you're doing while fishing and give you some statistical data such as catch rates that can help you pick the best spots for your skill level to make gold.

Farming Fish
The catch rate from pools is a lot higher than open water fishing for the specific type of fish you are catching. So if you don't want to sit in one area fishing or you're after something very specific go to the pools in the zones that are recommended. Fish prices vary from server to server but I've compiled a chart with the average buyout price and the fish you should be after. For you to tell which fish you should go after on your server and faction, go to the auction house and see which ones from the list are selling and for what. This chart uses the average buyout across all servers. Fish Open Water Catch Rate Recommended Skill 575 525 475 475 475 425 Average Buyout Price (each) 5g 3g 2g 2g 2g 2g

Deep Sea Monsterbelly ~20% Nettlefish Dragonfin Angelfish Glacial Salmon Musselback Sculpin ~30% ~22% ~22% ~20%

Raw Whitescale Salmon ~40%

Deep Sea Monsterbelly

The farming locations can be a little scary to find because they are all out in the Frozen Sea. Basically there are a few points you can fly to and land on like broken pillars or icebergs. I'll show you where I fish from as well as the location of the pools. Remember, you can fish for these in open water anywhere in the Frozen Sea, in case these areas are crowded. There are a bunch of icebergs you can on southwest of Grizzly Hills around 60,70 on the Northrend map or 6, 93 on the Grizzly Hills map.

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Nettlefish
Most people have problems fishing Nettlefish because they only come from Sholazar Basin and it's heavily farmed for a ton of stuff already so there is a lot of PvP that happens. It's hard to sit there fishing peacefully without being killed by other players, but I know of one of the best open water spots in the game. Nettelfish Pools are found in all the inland water sections of Sholazar so if the area I picked out for you is camped just go to any other inland water source.

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Dragonfin Angelfish and Musselback Sculpin

This fish can build up quickly if you don't pay attention to your supply. Not only does it come from multiple zones but the spot I'm going to tell you to fish for it, is also the same spot you'll be catching Musselback Sculpin. It's an open water location that you rarely will be bothered at but I'll give you the location of some of the fishing pools as well. In my hot spot, there is a piece of land under the water you can stand on and cast all day and barely anyone comes by to see what you are doing.

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Glacial Salmon
To get to my secret spot it's kind of hard without a flying mount if you are Horde, if you are Alliance, you cheat! Alliance can fish for Glacial Salmon right off the dock of Valgarde in Howling Fjord. There are so many pools found on the inland waters of Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills that its as simple as running or flying next to a river to find one.

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Raw Whitescale Salmon

The demand for this fish comes from people power leveling their cooking. It is used in a recipe that can get people from 275 to over skill 300, therefore, it has some demand, but because it's in the original World of Warcraft, almost no one farms it. Check your Auction House before you set out to get this fish to see if it's oversupplied or not there, then depending on what you find out, decide whether or not you want to catch some to sell.

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Fishing Dailies
In patch 3.1 they added fishing Dailies from Dalaran. You can do these to make some money, the reward you get has a chance to contain items that will get you a little bit of cash on the Auction House.

Blood is Thicker
The bloodtooth is a fiesty little fish used in a recipe to cure infected wounds. We could use some of them, if you're up to it. As the name suggests, they've a hunger for blood. The only way I know how to catch the little devils is by creating a blood pool and fishing in it. Get yourself covered in blood - just slaughter a beast in the Borean Tundra - and then jump in the water. It'll wash right off and create the perfect fishing spot. Head to Borean Tundra, kill any animal, then head to any inland water source and you will see a blood pool has spawned, cast into it and catch your 5 Bloodtooth Frenzies.

Jewel of the Sewers

Hard to believe that most people fish in the Dalaran Sewers for giant rats and mutated fish. Especially when those waters are filled with priceless jewelry - discarded by broken hearted fools, thieves, and careless drunks.

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The trick is to let your hook drag the bottom and don't pull up too hard when get something. Try it out, . I'd be willing to trade whatever you find for a few trinkets of my own. You can fish anywhere in the sewers of Dalaran for this quest. The item you are looking for is Corroded Jewelry.

Monsterbelly Appetite
It seems a recent deep sea fishing trip went very wrong. The boat capsized, and one of the fisherman lost an arm to a hungry monsterbelly. Our first aid clinic promises they can reattach the arm if we can bring it back. You fish long enough where monsterbellies are found, and I'd bet my favorite fishing pole our little monsterbelly will show his ugly face. Find that arm, and bring it to Olisarra the Kind here in Dalaran. She'll know what to do. Use my hot spot for Deep Sea Monsterbellies in Dragonblight. Fly south out of Dalaran and head to about 58,80 in Dragonblight. Stand on one of the broken pillars and fish from there. If you go elsewhere, make sure it says you are in the "Frozen Sea" before you start fishing. You're looking to catch a Bloated Monsterbelly. When you get one of these, open it up and you will find the Severed Arm in there. secretgoldguide.com
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Dangerously Delicious
The best fishing is often the most dangerous. Wintergrasp boasts a bountiful catch for the brazen. In fact, it's the only place to catch the fabled Terrorfish - a fish both lethal and delicious. Bring me some, and we'll have something to discuss. Fish in any lake in Lake Wintergrasp until you catch 10 Terrorfish.

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The Ghost Fish

Any Northrend angler worth salt knows about the pygmy suckerfish. It's not edible, but sometimes useful to alchemists. There is, however, a stealthy fish that hides among the suckerfish in the River's Heart of Sholazar Basin. The phantom ghostfish. When out of water, they become increasingly translucent until they fade away completely. Some hypothesize they return to Sholazar, and others are more... superstitious. I want you to catch this fish and discover it's secret by any means! Go to the River's Heart in the center of Sholazar Basin and fish there until you catch a Phantom Ghostfish. Once you catch it, you must eat it within 1 minute to complete the quest or it will disappear.

How to Make Gold with Cooking

There is a lot more to Cooking in WoW than 'meats the eye'. Anyone can max their Cooking level and reap the benefits of it, yet not many people know how to monetize the profession. There are primarily two ways to make gold with this profession. The first way is to make the right recipes and post them for the right prices. The second thing you should be doing is earning your Dalaran Cooking Awards and Northrend Spices everyday. I'll talk about how to do both of those in detail.

What to Cook
It can be very challenging to make gold by purchasing meat off the Auction House, cooking it, and selling it. Of course, you could go farm your own meat, cook it and sell that on the Auction House but then you're effectively losing money on the meat since you could have sold the meat for it's secretgoldguide.com
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market price instead of cooking it (assuming there is a market for that meat). Just like the other crafting professions, you need to make careful estimates of the cost and value of items crafted. I have compiled a list of the top 15 selling foods which require Northern Spices. Sometimes it's more profitable to sell your Northern Spices, other times, when spice prices are deflated, it's better to buy them and/or use your own. When this is the case, you'll want to scan the follow 15 recipes and determine which are currently profitable on your realm. Keep in mind the Average Auction Prices are estimates across hundreds of realms and won't be accurate to your realm, they are used to help gauge the demand of each food. Food Dragonfin Filet Poached Northern Sculpin Worg Tartare Firecracker Salmon Ingredients 1 x Dragonfin Angelfish 1 x Northern Spice 1 x Musselback Sculpin 1 x Northern Spice 2 x Worg Haunch 1 x Northern Spice 1 x Glacial Salmon 1 x Northern Spice 1 x Worm Meat 1 x Rhino Meat 1 x Northern Spice 2 x Shoveltusk Flank 1 x Northern Spice 1 x Imperial Manta Ray 1 x Northern Spice 3 x Bonescale Snapper 1 x Northern Spice 2 x Worm Meat 1 x Northern Spice 1 x Nettlefish 1 x Northern Spice 1 x Chunk o' Mammoth 1 x Northern Spice 1 x Fangtooth Herring 1 x Northern Spice 2 x Dragonfin Angelfish 1 x Northern Spice 1 x Moonglow Cuttlefish Average Auction Price 5g 5g 5g 4.5g

Rhinolicious Wormsteak

4g

Tender Shoveltusk Steak Imperial Manta Steak Snapper Extreme Spiced Worm Burger Spicy Blue Nettlefish Spiced Mammoth Treats Spicy Friend Herring Blackened Dragonfin Cuttlesteak

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1 x Northern Spice Mega Mammoth Meal 2 x Chunk o' Mammoth 1 x Northern Spice 2g

When Northern Spice prices are inflated, you don't want to buy them and you want to sell yours. Here is a list of the top 10 selling foods that don't require Northern Spices. You can usually cook some of the following foods for a profit. Food Dalaran Clam Chowder Shoveltusk Steak Worm Delight Smoked Salmon Poached Nettlefish Baked Manta Ray Pickled Fangtooth Grilled Sculpin Black Jelly Rhino Dogs Ingredients 2 x Succulent Clam Meat 1 x Shoveltusk Flank 1 x Worm Meat 1 x Glacial Salmon 1 x Nettlefish 1 x Imperial Manta Ray 1 x Fangtooth Herring 1 x Musselback Sculpin 3 x Borean Man O' War 1 x Rhino Meat Average Auction Price 2.5g 2g 2g 1.75g 1.6g 1.5g 1.5g 1.2g 1g 1g

Dalaran Cooking Daily Quests

Everyday you can do the Dalaran Cooking daily quest, they all reward 1 Dalaran Cooking Award and a few Northrend Spices. The Cooking Award is used to purchase new cooking recipes and the Northrend Spices are used for making the second tier of level 80 food, which typically has extra stats (for example, instead of +35 spell power food, +46 spell power food with Northrend Spice). The spices can be sold on the Auction House as well.

Cheese for Glowergold Combine the empty cheese platter with Aged Dalaran Limburger from the cheese shop "One More Glass" and with 6 Half Full Dalaran Wine Glasses found on tables around Dalaran. Bring the Wine and Cheese platter to Ranid Glowergold at the Leatherworkers in the Magus Commerce Exchange. First collect the 6 Wine Glasses in the light blue areas, head to the blue area and pickup your secretgoldguide.com
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Aged Dalaran Limburger. Combine them and turn the quest in at Ranid Glowergold (green blob)

Mustard Dogs! Fill the Empty Picnic Basket with 4 Rhino Dogs that you cook with your cooking skill and 4 Wild Mustard that you find in the grassy areas of Dalaran. Bring the Picnic Basket to Archmage Pentarus at Krasus' Landing in Dalaran. Cook up 4 Rhino Dogs, head to Storm Peaks if you need Rhino meat (grab extra for next time), collect Wild Mustard from around their spawn points (orange blobs on the map) and finally turn the quest in at Archmage Pentarus on Krausus' Landing.

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Sewer Stew Cook 4 Crystalsong Carrots from Crystalsong Forest with 4 Chilled Meat in the Cookpot. Once it is ready bring the Vegetable Stew to the Dalaran sewers Innkeeper Ajay Green. Head to Krausus' Landing and mount up, fly down to the surface and gather 4 Crystalsong Carrots from around the river. Cook these up along with 4 Chilled Meat (always keep a few dozen of these handy). Head back to Alay Green in the Sewers in Dalaran.

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Infused Mushroom Meatloaf Cook 4 Infused Mushrooms from the Dalaran sewers with 2 Chilled Meats in your Meatloaf Pan and bring them to Orton Bennet in Curiosities & Moore located in Runeweaver Square in Dalaran. Head into the Sewers and collect 4 Infused Mushrooms. Head to a fire and cook these up along with 2 Chilled Meat. Orton Bennet is hiding in Curiosities & Moore (see the map), turn it in there.

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Convention at the Legerdemain Bring 4 Northern Stew that you use your cooking skill to make and a Jug of Wine from the cheese shop in Dalaran to Arille Azuregaze at the Legerdemain Lounge found in Runeweaver Square in Dalaran. Cook up 4 Northern Stew (learned at the trainer) and deliver it, along with a Jug of Wine (see map) to Arille (see map).

How to Make Gold With First Aid

Believe it or not but you can actually make money with First Aid. In my experience bandages do not sell well on the auction house but if cloth is being sold cheap enough you can actually buy the cloth, make bandages and sell them to a vendor for a profit. Below you will find the bandages that you can sell more to the vendor than you can by selling the cloth itself. Bandage Vendor Buyout Price for Bandage Vendor Buyout Price for Cloth Difference Between Bandage and Cloth Vendor Buyout Prices 4s (stack) Cloth Profit in Bandage Form

Silk Bandage

34s (stack)

30s (stack)

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1s 70c (each) Heavy Silk Bandage 80s (stack) 4s (each) Mageweave Bandage 68s (stack) 3s 40c (each) Heavy Mageweave 1g 60s (stack) Bandage 8s (each) Runecloth Bandage 85s (stack) 4s 25c (each) Heavy Runecloth Bandage 2g (stack) 10s (each) Netherweave Bandage 2g 55s (stack) 12s 75c (each) Heavy Netherweave Bandage 6g (stack) 30s (each)

1s 50c (each) 30s (stack) 1s 50c (each) 50s (stack) 2s 50c (each) 50s (stack) 2s 50c (each) 80s (stack) 4s (each) 80s (stack) 4s (each) 1g 60s (stack) 8s (each) 1g 60s (stack) 8s (each)

20c (each) 50s (stack) 1 s (each) 18s (stack) 90c (each) 1g 10s (stack) 3s (each) 5s (stack) 25c (each) 1g 20s (stack) 2s (each) 1g 15s (stack) 4s 75c (each) 5g 40s (stack) 14s (each)

20c (each) 25s (stack) 50c (each) 18s (stack) 90c (each) 55s (stack) 1s 50c (each) 5s (stack) 25c (each) 60s (stack) 1s (each) 1g 15s (stack) 4s 25c (each) 1g 40s (stack) 7s (each)

Keep in mind that the heavy bandages require two pieces of cloth to craft, but if you look at the chart above you will see that for the bandages I have listed it is actually more profitable per piece of cloth to sell the heavy bandages to the vendor. First Aid isn't a huge money making skill but if you pay attention to the auction house you can actually make money with very little effort.

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Chapter 5 - Farming
The word farming often conjures up images in players minds of someone sitting for hours trying to grind out on mobs in one spot in order to make a few gold. Others think of mass numbers of people sitting at computers for 12 hours at a time grinding on mobs for 25 cents an hour. Whatever image farming brings to your mind, discard it. I've included some of the most popular items to farm right now and the best places to get these items so that you don't need to spend hours getting the items you need or items you want to sell.

Farming Eternals
Eternals are the bread and butter of level 80 crafting professions. They sell at high volume on the Auction House because they are needed for dozens of high-end items. Fire, Air and Water can be farmed by Engineers (see Engineering). In this section I'm going to share the areas I use to farm Crystallized Earth, Shadow, Air, Water, Earth & Life along with which mobs, their level and the drop rate. There are several places to farm each Eternal, even places that are ideal for low to mid level 70s. However, the best place to farm Eternal for overall profit is Wintergrasp but only when your faction has control of it. Shadow, Earth, Water, Air and Life can all be farmed in the central and western regions in a big loop as drawn below. Follow the solid red arrow around collecting Water, Earth, Water, Shadow, Life and then Air. If one section is too busy with other farmers you can move on to the next. After doing the loop a few times I'll head over and farm some Fire as well (dotted red arrows):

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To avoid having to deal with tons of Crystallized Eternals in your inventory, copy this macro and use it to combine when your inventory starts to get full. #showtooltip none /use Crystallized Fire /use Crystallized Shadow /use Crystallized Air /use Crystallized Water /use Crystallized Earth /use Crystallized Life

Eternal Fire
Eternal Fires can be farmed by killing mobs or Engineers can use a Zapthrottle Mote Extractor, see the Engineering section for more on mote extractor.

Wintergrasp In Wintergrasp Flame Revenants and Raging Flames can be found on the plateau on the east side. However, you can only see and kill the Revenants when your faction controls Wintergrasp, so there's little use farming here if that's not the case. Otherwise, this is the best place to farm Eternal Fires. Always race for the Flame Revenants because they have a 100% chance to drop Crystallized Fire while the Raging Flames only have a 25% chance to drop them.

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Storm Peaks The Storm Peaks is a great place to farm Eternal Fires because they will also drop valuable Relics of Ulduar. It would be the best place if there weren't so many people doing Sons of Hodir quests. You will need to have completed the Sons of Hodir before the elites in the area turn friendly. The Seething Revenants drop Crystallized Fire 25% of the time. The Wailing Winds are inside the cave to the north west of the Seething Revenants and have a 25% drop rate.

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Borean Tundra (recommended lvl 70-75) The Raging Boilers in southwest of Bor'Goror Outpost have a 20% chance to drop Crystallized Fire. This is a great place for level 70-75 characters who want to make some gold or need Eternal Fires.

Eternal Water
Eternal Water can be farmed by Engineers with a mote extractor, see the Engineering section for details. Eternal Water can also be fished (as Crystallized Water), but this is not an effective way to farm them (see the farming section for more details). The best places to kill mobs and loot Crystallized Waters are outlined below.

Wintergrasp Wintergrasp is the best place to farm Eternal Waters at level 80. If your faction controls the zone. Otherwise, you will not be able to see or kill the Water Revenants which have a 100% chance to drop Crystallized Water. The Glacial Spirits have a 25% drop rate. Follow the edges of the lakes pulling the mobs out to the surface to fight them.

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Storm Peaks Inside and outside of this cave there are Icebound Revenants which have 25% chance to drop Crystallized Water.

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Sholazar Basin The Aqueous Spirits on the west side of the zone (accessible only with a flying mount) have a 25% drop rate.

Zul'Drak (lvl 76-80) Zul'Drak is a surprisingly good place to farm Eternal Waters. The Frozen Earths are only level 76 and 77 so they can be farmed earlier than 80, they have a 25% drop rate. The Crazed Water Spirits also drop 25% of the time, they also are low level and are in high abundance. This is a great place to farm Eternal Waters and level your mid 70s characters.

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Howling Fjord (lvl 70+) The Ice Elementals south of Fort Wildervar have a 20% drop rate and are only level 68-69. This is a good place to level and make gold.

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Dragonblight (lvl 74+) In Dragonblight there are two mid level places to farm Eternal Water. In the south east and near the north border. These both have a 15-20% chance to drop Crystallized Water.

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Borean Tundra (lvl 70+) There are a ton of Frozen Elementals off the south eastern coast of Borean Tundra. They have an 18% chance to drop Crystallized Water and can be farmed at level 70.

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Eternal Shadow
Eternal Shadows are tough to farm unless you're a Miner (in which case you'll have a lot of extra). They are best found in Wintergrasp when your faction has control of it otherwise in north eastern Dragonblight.

Wintergrasp Wintergrasp is the best place to farm Eternal Shadows, however your faction needs to have control of Wintergrasp or you won't be able to see or kill the Shadow Revenants (100% drop rate). The Wandering Shadows should always be visible and have a 25% drop rate.

Dragonblight (lvl 72-80) This is the only other place to farm Eternal Shadows. The cave in the north east has Deathbringer Revenants with an 18% chance to drop Crystallized Shadow. These can be farmed as early as level 72.

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Eternal Air
Eternal Air are best found in southern Wintergrasp or north eastern Storm Peaks.

Wintergrasp Eternal Airs are best farmed in Wintergrasp, but only when your faction controls the zone. Otherwise, you will be unable to see or kill the Tempest Revenants which have a 100% chance to drop Crystallized Air. The Whispering Wind have a 25% chance to drop them.

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The Storm Peaks Scion of the Storm are the second best place to farm Eternal Air. They also drop Relics of Ulduar which are worth bling on the Auction House. The Scions have a 25% chance drop rate of Crystallized Air. Enter from the north on your flying mount.

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Sholazar Basin The Storm Revenants on the western plateau have a 25% chance to drop Crystallized Air.

Grizzly Hills (lvl 76+) This is a fun place to farm Eternal Airs. The scattered Lightning Sentries have a 19% drop rate of Crystallized Air. This is a great place to level and farm at the same time.

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Borean Tundra (lvl 70+) This is another great place to level and farm Eternal Airs at the same time. The Storm Ragers in the east have an 18% drop rate and the Enraged Tempests have an 18% chance drop rate.

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Eternal Earth
Miners end up with a ton of extra Eternal Earths which drives down the prices. Otherwise, they can be found in central Wintergrasp when your faction controls it or eastern Storm Peaks.

Wintergrasp If your faction controls Wintergrasp this is the best place to farm Eternal Earths. When your faction doesn't control it you won't be able to see or kill the Earthbound Revenants (100% drop). You will always be able to see and kill the Chilled Earth Elementals (25% drop).

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Storm Peaks Brittle Revenants are the second best mobs to farm Elemental Earth, since you can also farm Elemental Fire and Relics of Ulduar all at once. These may not be available if you haven't completed the Sons of Hodir quest chain.

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Sholazar Basin (lvl 76+) The Lifeblood Elementals in Sholazar Basin have a 25% drop rate and are in high abundance. These are good for level 76-80 characters to level and make gold.

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Grizzly Hills (lvl 76+) This is another great spot for level 76-80s to level and farm gold. You can farm Elemental Air and Elemental Earth at the same time. The Runic War Golems drop Crystallized Earth 18% of the time.

Eternal Life
Herbalists get a lot of Eternal Life from herbing and this extra supply drives prices down. They are best farmed in south western Wintergrasp when your faction controls it or in central Zul'Drak.

Wintergrasp The Living Lashers are available in Wintergrasp regardless of whether your faction controls the zone or not. They have a 25% drop rate and are an excellent place to farm Eternal Life.

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Zul'Drak (lvl 76+) The Mossy Rampagers in Zul'Drak are easy to kill and sport a high drop rate of 25% considering their mid 70s level. This is a great place for mid level 70 characters to farm Eternal Life while gaining experience.

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Dragonblight (lvl 71+) The Woodland Walkers in Dragonblight are another good place for level 71+ characters to farm Eternal Life and gain experience, they have an 18% drop rate.

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Howling Fjord (lvl 70+) This is a really good place to farm Eternal Life. The Thornvine Creepers have an 18% drop rate, spawn very fast and are really easy to kill since they are only level 69-70.

Farming Cloth
Selling cloth on the Auction House is a good way to make gold. There is usually a stable market for it and from my experience cloth is one of those items that will usually sell fast the first time you post it on the Auction House. One thing to be careful of when selling cloth on the Auction House is to not flood the market with tons of cloth or continually post auctions undercutting other prices because you will drive the price of the cloth down. The chart below shows the various types of cloth you can farm for gold and the average buyout price for it on the Auction House. As you can see, the profitability of different cloth types varies, this is due to the fact that some cloth is very easy to get and some cloth has a very high demand. Felcloth has a very high selling price but one thing to keep in mind is that Felcloth is hard to get and there is a limited demand for it since it is an old world cloth that is used by very few recipes. In fact, I wouldn't advocate farming it, but it can be a bonus if you happen to loot some while farming Runecloth. Cloth Types Linen Cloth Wool Cloth Silk Cloth Average Buyout Price on Auction House 5s each (1g stack) 10s each (2g stack) 5s each (1g stack)

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Mageweave Cloth Runecloth Felcloth Netherweave Cloth Frostweave Cloth

25s each (5g stack) 20s each (4g stack) 2g each (40g stack) 15s each (3g stack) 75s each (15g stack)

Below you will find maps for some of the best places to farm cloth. I have also included some information about instances since instances are often really good places to farm in if you are a higher level. When farming for cloth it's important to consider not only the drop rate of the cloth off of the mob but the number of mobs in an area. It's better to have 30 mobs in an area with a 50% drop rate than having 10 mobs in an area with a 75% drop rate because with fewer mobs it's likely that you will have to wait for mobs to respawn.

Farming Linen Cloth

Besides the maps that I have shown below other good areas to farm Linen Cloth are in the Ghostlands and Westfall. Below you will find areas for farming Linen Cloth in Silverpine Forest. The areas on the map have a 42-55% drop rate of Linen Cloth. Note: Pyrewood Village to the south is friendly to the Alliance during the day but at night the residents turn into mobs which are kill on site. The Horde can kill the mobs here any time.

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Below you will find areas for farming Linen Cloth in Loch Modan. The areas on the map have a 42-46% drop rate of Linen Cloth.

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Farming Wool Cloth

Besides the areas in the maps below, you can also farm Wool Cloth good in The Stockade and Blackfathom Deeps. If you are Alliance I strongly suggest that you try The Stockade if you are farming with a high level character. Below you will find areas for farming Wool Cloth in Ashenvale. There are some areas that are friendly to one faction or another so in those areas I have marked whether or not the Horde or Alliance can kill there. The areas on the map have a drop rate of 24-31% of Wool Cloth.

Below you will find areas for farming Wool Cloth in Redridge Mountains. The areas on the map have a drop rate of 25-28% of Wool Cloth.

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Farming Silk Cloth

One of the best places to farm Silk Cloth is in Scarlet Monastery, if you have a high level character I strongly suggest you try Scarlet Monastery because of the high amount of mobs and good drop rate of silk. Below you will find areas for farming Silk Cloth in Alterac Mountains. The areas on the map have a drop rate of 34-37%.

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Below you will find areas for farming Silk Cloth in Dustwallow Marsh. The areas on the map have a drop rate of 39-43%.

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Farming Mageweave Cloth

If you have a high level character I suggest trying out Zul'Farrak if you are looking to farm Mageweave Cloth. Otherwise the two zones below are quite good for finding Mageweave. One of the maps I have included is for the Horde only and it is one of the best Mageweave Cloth farming locations. Below is the Horde area for farming in Blasted Lands. This is an excellent area to farm Mageweave and the area on the map has a drop rate 45-47%.

Below you will find areas to farm Mageweave Cloth in Tanaris. The areas on the map have a drop rate of 26-46%.

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Farming Runecloth
One of my very favorite places to farm Runecloth is Strathholme. It has a decent drop rate of cloth, blues, and other items to sell, which is why it's featured in the Instance Farming section of this guide. You can also find lots of Runecloth in Dire Maul, Blackrock Spire, and Scholomance. Below you will find areas to farm Runecloth in Eastern Plaguelands. There is one area in the north that is for Horde only and the areas in the south are elite mobs. The areas on the map have a drop rate of 41-47%.

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Below you'll find areas to farm for Runecloth in Hellfire Peninsula. The areas on the map have a drop rate of 40-44%.

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Farming Netherweave Cloth

While you can get Netherweave Cloth out of Outland instances, I have had better luck farming in Shadowmoon Valley and Nagrand. Shadowmoon Valley is a great place to get cloth because there are so many humanoids with good drop rates throughout the zone. The areas circled on the map have a drop rate of 39-51%.

Nagrand is also a great place to farm for cloth. One thing to note is that some of the mobs in Forge Camp Hate and Forge Camp Fear are elites. The areas circled on the map have an average drop rate of 40-49%.

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Farming Frostweave Cloth

Because Wrath of the Lich King is the latest expansion it's a little more difficult to farm for cloth in Wrath instances so your best bet for farming Frostweave is by visiting Sholazar Basin and Icecrown. Below you will see cloth farming locations in Sholazar Basin. The areas circled on the map have an average drop rate of 39-45%.

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Below you'll find locations for farming Frostweave Cloth in Icecrown. The areas that are circled in the map below have an average drop rate of 35-48%.

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Farming Relics of Ulduar

Relics of Ulduar are a staple of the economy and will remain so until an easier to obtain shoulder enchant is released. All level 80s who are not scribes will need to earn Sons of Hodir reputation to earn their level 80 shoulder enchant. They drop from most mobs in The Storm Peaks, some have higher chances than others, but most of all, some have overall higher yields if you consider all of what they drop combined. For example, Seething Revenants east of Dun Niffelem near Fjorn's Anvil, have a reasonable drop rate for both Relics of Ulduar and Crystallized Fire. However, they are Fire Elementals that are often heavily farmed. Each area tends to have its downsides and sometimes you might just be sick of an area and want new scenery. So, I've listed my top 5 favorite Relic farming areas, each has a high overall yield from either Eternals or Frostweave.

A) Nidavelir The Stormforged Magus, War Golems, Champions and Artificers are probably the best farming spot for Relics of Ulduar. On both sides of the valley there are tons of Stormforged humanoids who drop tons of Frostweave and Relics. They are tightly packed and there are enough to keep going forever. B) Sifreldar Village Sifreldar village is my second favorite spot for farming Relics. The Sifreldar Storm Maidens and Runekeepers drop extra Frostweave Cloth along with Relics. C) Thunderfall

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Thunderfall is a great place for Relics. It would be my first pick if it wasn't so heavily populated by people doing Sons of Hodir dailies. The Niffelem Forefathers, Restless Frostborn Ghosts and Warriors drop plenty of Frostweave Cloth. This is a good place to go during obscure server hours, like 5am ST. D) Fjorn's Anvil Fjorn's Anvil is a classic place to farm both Crystallized Fire, the Seething Revenants drop the Relics along with Crystallized Fire, sometimes I go here for the bonus of getting the extra Eternals. You can sneak out onto Frostfield Lake and kill Brittle Revenants too, they drop Crystallized Earth and Relics. E) The Howling Hollow This cave is full of Scion of Storms, they drop Crystallized Air and Relics. This is a good spot to get away from the crowd if Thunderfall and Fjorn's Anvil is too populated and you don't want to fly across the zone.

Farming Iceweb Spider Silk

Iceweb Spider Silk is used by Tailors in various epic and rare tailoring patterns such as spellthreads, mounts, and gear. On average it sells for 1g and 50s each or 30g a stack. Iceweb Spider Silk only drops in Drak'Tharon Keep, Naxxramas, The Storm Peaks, and Zul'Drak. The following map shows you where you can find Iceweb Spider Silk in The Storm Peaks. It drops off of Crystalweb Spitters (29%), Crystalweb Weavers (29%), and Icetip Crawlers (6%).

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The following map shows the locations where you can find Iceweb Spider Silk in Zul'Drak. It drops off of Trapdoor Ambushers (38%) and Trapdoor Crawlers (28%).

Farming Emblems of Valor

Most people don't know they can make money off Emblems of Valor. For 60 Emblems of Valor you can buy any of the epic wrists patterns from the Emblem of Valor merchant. They are bind on equip which means you can sell them in trade. Before you go ahead and spend the 60 Emblems, I highly recommend you find a buyer in trade channel first to buy them off you before you purchase the wrist. You don't want to end up with a wrist that you can't sell. If you don't find a buyer then check the Auction House and sell the most expensive one. I've seen the wrists go from 1200-3000 gold, it just depends on the day.

Farming Meat
There are all sorts of meats that sell on the Auction House for a good amount of gold. Not a whole lot of people go and farm meat so if you can create a stockpile of this stuff and put it on the market at the right time you can make serious bling. If you're a skinner then you are in for double duty, since all the beasts in world of Warcraft are skinnable. Here's a list of the most popular meat, following are maps where to farm the stuff. Keep in mind the average auction house values are average across hundreds of realms and are best used as a guideline not an actual amount. Meat Recommended Level Average Auction Value

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Chunk o' Mammoth Chilled Meat Rhino Meat Shoveltusk Flank Worg Haunch Worm Meat

70-80 70-80 70-80 70-80 70-80 70-80

2g 1g 1g 1g 1g 1g

Chunk o' Mammoth

This stuff is used when cooking Great Feasts, Mega and normal Mammoth Meals and Spiced Mammoth Treats.

Shattertusk Mammoth The Shattertusk Mammoths have a 100% chance to drop Chunk o' Mammoth.

Mammoth Calves and Wooly Mammoths (level 70+) The Mammoths in this area (Wooly, Bulls and even Calves) have a 50% chance to drop Chunk o' Mammoth and are levels 68-70. secretgoldguide.com
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Chilled Meat
Chilled meat drops from all Northrend mobs (except those that drop a specific type of meat, like Mammoths, Worms, Shoveltusk, etc). It is also valuable since cooks need about 5 a day to do their Dalaran Cooking Dalies.

Sholazar Basin (level 76+) The Hardknuckle Cargers and Foragers have about a 60% chance to drop Chilled Meat.

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Rhino Meat
Rhino Meat is used for Hearty Rhino, normal and Mighty Rhino Dogs and Rhinolicious Wormsteaks.

Borean Tundra (level 70+) There's no reason to go anywhere else for your fix of Rhino Meat. There herb in Borean Tundra contains Wooly Rhino Calves, Matriarchs and Bulls that you can slaughter. Afterwards, head north and get your fix of Mammoth too.

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Shoveltusk Flank
Shoveltusk Flanks are used in Shoveltusk Steaks, Tender Shoveltusk Steaks and Great Feasts and therefore fetch a great price.

Howling Fjord Shoveltusks of any kind are only found in Howling Fjord. The best density of them is on the western continent where you will find Shoveltusk Calves, Stags and plain old "Shoveltusks" which all have a 40-50% drop rate.

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Worg Haunch
These are used for mostly haste food, specifically: Roasted Worg, Very Burnt Worg and Worg Tartare.

Howling Fjord There are plenty of low level Fanggore Worgs in Howling Fjord, these have a drop rate of 44%.

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Worm Meat
Worm Meat is used in the Great Feast recipe as well as making Rhinolicious Wormsteak, Worm Delight and Spiced Worm Burger.

The Storm Peaks This cave in The Storm Peaks has a ton of Jormungars which have a 100% chance to drop Worm Meat. There are also a lot of Worgs in this cave.

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Chapter 6 - Instance Farming

Instance farming is one of the most fun ways to make gold and as an added bonus you can take lower level characters with you, either other players and charge them for the free ride, or your own and level them up while making lots of gold. In this section of the guide I have highlighted some of my very favorite instances to farm to make lots of gold in. I've personally done the instances I have listed hundreds of times and have made thousands of gold off of them.

Stratholme

Stratholme is the best money maker I know of in the game right now. I put the picture above into this section because I've never had that happen before. While clearing the Abominations before Baron I pulled them all at once and AoE'd them and 4 of the same Bind on Equip Belt dropped, Belt of Valor. Shortly after the Valor Gauntlets dropped, that's 5 BoE Blues in like 1 minute. Now that's not a common occurrence but it goes to show how rich with money Strat is. secretgoldguide.com
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Level Range Disenchanting Reagents from Items Cloth Type Dropped Number of Bosses Number of Rare Spawns Amount to Charge for Run Throughs Estimated Time for Level 80 To Run Through Potential Gold Per Hour for Run Throughs with Full Group Treasure Chests? Rare BoE Drops? Unique Items Skinnable Mobs? Mines? Total Gold Per Hour Potential Strategy to Make Gold

58-60 Illusion Dust, Eternal Essence, Large Brilliant Shard Runecloth 14 3 50g + (25g for just Baron Run) 40-60 Minutes with healer (15 for Baron Only, 25 for Live Side) 200g/hr No Yes, Lots of BoE Set Items (Received 7 from one run) Righteous Orbs from Live Side Some No 600g+

To make money in Stratholme you will really want to bring an Enchanter with if you aren't one. If you can't do that, it's fine, just sell the items instead; but the Large Brilliant Shards sell for 7-9 gold each on my server, your server might be different but count that up. There are around 14 bosses in a full clear, each one drops a rare blue item that can be disenchanted into a Large secretgoldguide.com
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Brilliant Shard, that's 14x say 7 gold each, that's 98 gold right there from just the boss kills. Now I usually get 3-10 rare Bind on Equip drops from the zone, these things can be sold for as much as 50g but usually sell for let's say 10g on average. That's another 30-100g right there from BoE Blues. The next thing you're looking for is Righteous Orbs from the live side, I average about 2-5 per run, those sell for 20g on average, that's another 40-100g in Righteous Orbs per run. You're already up to a potential of 300g for the run. Then you have other things like cloth and you can make money running people through. There's also a rare chance at getting a mount off the Baron and you have to take into consideration that the Baron and other bosses drop 2-3 blue items per kill, that's way beyond the 14 total blues i calculated up top. This zone has the most potential for easy farming. The best feature is you don't really need to depend on running people through to make money and it can be profitable done solo.

Hellfire Ramparts

Hellfire Ramparts is the first instance in the Outland located in Hellfire Peninsula. The mobs range from level 60-62. It is easily soloable by any level 80 and can be soloed by as low as level 65 if you go slower and are really good, but you want to be as high of a level as you can to maximize gold output. In one run there are 3 bosses and from these 3 bosses you will get 4 blue drops which can be disenchanted for gold. There will also be greens and cloth to sell. This is also a very good instance to power level alts through.

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Level Range Disenchanting Reagents from Items Cloth Type Dropped Number of Bosses Number of Rare Spawns Amount to Charge for Run Throughs Estimated Time for Level 80 To Run Through Potential Gold Per Hour for Run Throughs with Full Group Treasure Chests? Rare BoE Drops? Skinnable Mobs? Mines? Total Gold Per Hour Potential Strategy to Make Gold

60-62 Arcane Dust, Small Prismatic Shard, Planar Essence Runecloth, Netherweave Cloth 3 0 25g+ 15-30 minutes 400g/hr Yes Just World Drops Very Few No 500g+

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should be a good amount of people needing to do Ramparts during the prime time hours of your server because everyone wants a new Death Knight or alt.

Scholomance

Scholomance is located on the Isle of Caer Darrow in between Western and Eastern Plaguelands. It requires a key to get access too and is more difficult to solo than Stratholme and should really be avoided unless you're after something specific in here or have a full group to run though. A full group makes it easier to run through otherwise even with a level 80 it can be slow. Definitely try to pickup a healer if you are coming here.

Level Range Disenchanting Reagents from Items

58-60 Illusion Dust, Eternal Essence, Large Brilliant Shard

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Cloth Type Dropped Number of Bosses Number of Rare Spawns Amount to Charge for Run Throughs Estimated Time for Level 80 To Run Through Potential Gold Per Hour for Run Throughs with Full Group Treasure Chests? Rare BoE Drops? Skinnable Mobs? Mines? Total Gold Per Hour Potential Strategy to Make Gold

Runecloth 15 0 50g+ 60 minutes 200g/hr No World Only Some No 300g+

Most importantly here is to make sure you have a healer to make this a smooth run and you have people who want to pay you to come here, otherwise I don't recommend it. The advantage for you if you have the key is that not a lot of people who can do run throughs probably will. The Warlock Epic Mount quest, if anyone does it, requires them to come to Scholomance. It's pretty decent dungeon for items and experience for people in the level range. But the priority should be getting a full group, then get a disenchanter to give you the shards from blue gear and someone to loot the cloth for you to sell. This instance can take a long time compared to the rest and has less rewards than Stratholme, but it's an option if you are getting bored of Strat.

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Level Range Disenchanting Reagents from Items Cloth Type Dropped Number of Bosses Number of Rare Spawns Amount to Charge for Run Throughs Estimated Time for Level 80 To Run Through Potential Gold Per Hour for Run Throughs with Full Group Treasure Chests? Rare BoE Drops? Skinnable Mobs? Mines? Total Gold Per Hour Potential

43-47 Nether Essence, Radiant Shards, Vision Dust Silk, Mageweave Cloth 5 3 10g+ 15-30 minutes 160g/hr No World Only Very Few No 280g+

Zul'Farrak is located on Kalimdor in the Northwest corner of Tanaris. It is one of the hottest instances players power level themselves through from levels 35-50. It might be somewhat harder to find players to fill your group here for run throughs but just picking up a looter helps tremendously, Mageweave Cloth is a hot commodity on most servers.

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Strategy to Make Gold The most important thing here is to make sure you're able to gather all of the Mageweave Cloth you can because it usually sells good. Filling the group isn't as big as a priority because people at this level don't usually have a lot of cash. There are also a lot of weapons that drop off bosses in here that you can sell to make as much 20g or even more per run just off vendoring blue weapons. In addition to the greens you'll be able to get and the extra cash if you can disenchant, this can be a money making machine.

Scarlet Monastery

Scarlet Monastery is an area that consists of 4 individual instances in Tirisfal Glades which is in Horde Territory. It is one of the most popular instances to run and you should always be able to find someone to run through the instance. The major things you will get out of here are cloths and occasionally a few rare BoE's like the Scarlet Chestpiece that is worth 50g on average.

Level Range

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Disenchanting Reagents from Items Cloth Type Dropped Number of Bosses Number of Rare Spawns Amount to Charge for Run Throughs Estimated Time for Level 80 To Run Through Potential Gold Per Hour for Run Throughs with Full Group Treasure Chests? Rare BoE Drops? Skinnable Mobs? Mines? Total Gold Per Hour Potential

Vision Dust, Nether Essence, Radiant Shards Wool, Silk, Mageweave Cloth 8 3 15g+ 20-40 minutes (full run) 5-10 minutes per section 180g/hr Yes Yes Very few No 200g+

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Chapter 7 - Dailies
Dailies are often a quick way to make gold while gaining reputation. I suggest doing dailies just for this reason, there are really nice reputation rewards from certain factions that can actually end up making you more gold, when they are in the form of profession patterns. Below you will find some of the best dailies that I recommend doing if you are looking to make gold or gain reputation.

The Storm Peaks

The Storm Peaks has 5-6 dailies in Dun Niffelem and 4 dailies in Brunnhildar Village, which, if done quickly can yield high gold per hour return. The Sons of Hodir reputation is useful to earn your shoulder enchants: Greater Inscription of the Axe, Greater Inscription of the Crag, Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle and Greater Inscription of the Storm. You can also earn the right to pay 10,000g for an epic Grand Ice Mammoth. Similarly, doing the Brunnhildar Village give you a tiny chance of receiving a rare epic Polar Bear Mount.

Sons of Hodir (1950 Sons of Hodir rep + 82g)

Blowing Hodir's Helm Hot and Cold Polishing the Helm Spy Hunter Thursting Hodir's Spear Feeding Angrim (requires revered)

Brunnhildar Village (49g 50s)

The Aberrations Must Die Prequest: Aberrations Back to the Pit Prequest: Into the Pit Maintaining Discipline Prequest: Discipline Defending Your Title Prequest: Taking on All Challengers

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Icecrown
Icecrown has the most dailies for one zone in Northrend, a total of 38 dailies across Horde & Alliance. Most of these dailies are found on either the Skybreaker (Alliance) or Orgrim's Hammer (Horde). However, most of them won't be available until you finish all the quests that start from your faction's airship. I strongly recommend doing all the quests so you can enjoy and reap the benefits of these dailies.

Alliance Ship (160 gold):

Blood of the Chosen Not a Bug Retest Now Slaves to Saronite That's Abominable! The Solution Solution Capture More Dispatches Drag and Drop No Mercy! (PvP) No Rest For The Wicked (Group) Neutralizing the Plague (Group)

Horde Ship (160 gold):

Blood of the Chosen Slaves to Saronite Volatility Retest Now That's Abominable! Not a Bug Drag and Drop Keeping the Alliance Blind Make Them Pay! (PvP) Neutralizing the Plague (Group)

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No Rest For The Wicked (Group)

The rest of the Icecrown dailies are scattered around in several camps. The blue circles represent Alliance camps and the red represent Horde camps:

The Shadow Vault (Neutral)

Leave Our Mark Shoot 'Em Up Vile Like Fire!

Death's Rise (Neutral)

Intelligence Gathering No Fly Zone From Their Corpses, Rise!

Assault Outposts (Alliance: Ground Commander Koup, Horde: Ground Commander Xutjja)

Assault by Ground Assault by Air

Ymirheim (Alliance: Frazzle Geargrinder, Horde: Blast Thunderbomb)

King of the Mountain

Kibli Kilohertz (Alliance)

Static Shock Troops: the Bombardment Putting the Hertz: The Valley of Lost Hope

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Fringe Engineer Tezzla (Horde)

Riding the Wavelength: The Bombardment Total Ohmage: The Valley of Lost Hope!

Sholazar Basin
Sholazar is home of two competing factions: The Oracles and The Frenzyheart tribes. Most people choose the Oracles, once you're Revered you can purchase a Mysterious Egg every 7 days which gives you a tiny chance of receiving a Green Proto-Drake, also known as the Welfare Drake for people who can't earn their own. Either one you pick you can do 3 dailies for them, chosen randomly from a pool of 7.

The Frenzyheart

Chicken Party! (Everyday) Tools of War The Heartblood's Strength Rejek: First Blood Kartak's Rampage Secret Strength of the Frenzyheart Strength of the Tempest A Hero's Headgear

The Oracles

Appeasing the Great Rain Stone (Everyday) Mastery of the Crystals Song of Reflection A Cleansing Song Will of the Titans Power of the Great Ones Song of Wind and Water Song of Fecundity

Kalu'ak
The Kalu'ak are the Tuskars that hang out on the edge of the North Sea all around Northrend. The only purpose to doing their dailies is to buy the Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole at exalted. I don't recommend doing their dailies for gold since the return is pretty poor. But I've added this portion to the guide just in case you wanted to get the achievements or the fishing pole.

Preparing for the Worst (Borean Tundra) Planning for the Future (Dragonblight) The Way to His Heart (Howling Fjord)

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Chapter 8 - Before Level 80

Introduction
Most of the other gold guides out there focus on end game gold farming as if level 80 players are the only people who need gold. What they don't understand is most of the people who buy these guides are not level 80 and are having problems getting gold for their mounts or even their skills. Because I actually play World of Warcraft I know this. That is why throughout the guide I have discussed, whenever possible, gold farming methods for lower level players that aren't level 80. In my opinion there are a few key points where gold is a necessity and let it be no surprise that it's not level 80. They are as follows, level 30, 60, 70. At each one of the previous points you will want to be able to purchase mounts to improve your game play. Most guides focus their advertising on "Make 200 or more gold an hour" and while that's great for a level 80, the strategies they mention are impossible for everyone else to obtain this gold farming rate. They don't understand that a level 30 would be happy to make 5 gold an hour, let alone 200, and that's why I have included these strategies for you in this guide. And just in case you missed them, I am going to review them right now and lay them out for you. Because I understand and know what it's like to not have money at these levels..I was once there too.

Things that can be Done Regardless of Level Auction House

The Auction House is a great place to make money where anyone can get started right away. I won't repeat everything in this chapter that is already in my Auction House Chapter, instead take a look at it instead.

Crafting
There is potential to make gold with almost every crafting Profession even at lower levels. However, most of the items are useless or have very low demand. Check your crafting profession in my Crafting Professions Chapter.

Levels 1-30
Leveling from 1-30 might feel like the longest segment of the game because you have to do it all on foot, once you reach level 30 you get to purchase and use your first ground mount (which will change the way you travel forever!). Until then, you're stuck questing with few options to make gold. Most of the crafting professions make junk that isn't worth much if you try to sell it. Luckily there are several items that sell for a large amount on the Auction House that you can effectively gather while at the same time earning experience killing mobs. The zones and mob groups below have been selected to be close to home cities and in areas where you don't have to run around too much.

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Mining Copper (Level 10-30)

Copper Bars sell for a surprising price on the Auction House considering how accessible it is to low level players. You can find it in any level 1-20 area in large amounts. If you're Alliance you can just leave Stormwind into Elwynn Forest and head south and follow this path. Go into both caves marked on the map:

The best place for the Horde is to run around Durotar, Here's the loop I follow (go into the cave, there are usually Copper Veins in there)

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Linen Cloth (Level 15-30)

Linen Cloth is a great thing to farm if you're in your teens. You can pull in a few gold per stack of Linen Cloth and gain a lot of experience farming it. You can gather this stuff from just about any level 6-15 humanoid (most mobs with two legs that are not clearly animals) such as the Defias around Elwynn Forest or Westfall, or the Pirates on the shore of The Barrens. If you're Alliance I suggest you head out to Westfall and kill the Defias and Riverpaw Gnolls.

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Skinning Light & Medium Leather (Levels 25-35)

Light and Medium Leather go for a good price on the Auction House. You can skin it off of any level beast that is level 5-30 (roughly). The higher the level the more likely it is to give you Medium Leather. The best place to farm this for Alliance is the Wetlands. There are Raptors in the southern area and Crocolisks spanning across most of the swampy areas of the zone. You can also farm the nearby Gnolls for Wool Cloth at the same time for an excellent place to farm as a low level player.

The Horde should head to southern Barrens and kill Stormhides, Thunderhawks, Kodo, Silithid Swarmers (Scorpions), and in the cave entrance to Wailing Caverns Deviate Raptors.

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Wool Cloth (Level 25-35)

Wool Cloth drops from mobs of level 16-25 and is usually worth about twice as much as Linen Cloth . If you are Alliance the best place to go is the Wetlands (you'll probably already be there questing), there are tons of Mosshide Gnolls in the central and southeastern areas of The Wetlands.

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If you are Horde you ought to head to The Barrens, the southern area has two camps that are fun to farm Wool Cloth. On the west side of the road there are tons of Razormane Gnolls with a fast respawn. On the west side there is a camp of Bael'dun Foreman (along with other Bael'dun mobs), they all drop Wool Cloth very well.

Levels 30-60
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around places like Stranglethorn Vale. You can also use it to efficiently make gold. Here's some routes to help you stay rich enough to buy your epic ground mount at level 60.

Gathering Bruiseweed in Stonetalon Mountains (Levels 30-45)

Bruiseweed is about the lowest level herb that is worth farming, while Mageroyal and Briarthorn rival it as an herb for milling, Alchemists will need about 2 stacks of Bruiseweed to level to 150. It's hidden away in Stonetalon Mountains and is probably best for low level players to farm to make gold. I strongly recommend bringing a level 30 mount since there is a ton of open space in Stonetalon Mountains.

Gathering Kingsblood in Arathi Highlands (Levels 35-60)

Kingsblood is an amazing level 20-30 herb that you can price gouge new Inscriptionists and Alchemists. There is tons of it along with Khadgar's Whiskers and Goldthorn in Arathi Highlands on this route.

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Mining Mithril Ore (Level 43-55)

Tanaris is my favorite spot to mine Mithril for the simple fact that the route is so easy. Yeah it looks like I just drew a circle on the map but there's more to it than that. This circle hits all of the major nodes and areas for Mithril in Tanaris. There isn't a better route and it is simple.

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Mageweave Cloth (Levels 43-55)

Mageweave Cloth still sells for a decent price (unlike Silk and Runecloth which just aren't worth it to farm). You can find a ton of Mageweave off the Southsea Pirates at Lost Rigger Cove and off the Ogres in their camps in Tanaris.

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Heavy and Thick Leather (Level 44+)

Heavy and Thick Leather can fetch a good price on the Auction House and be a great means to save up for your epic ground mount. They can be skinned off of level 40 beasts. The best place to farm these is the Yeti Cave in Feralas.

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Gathering Sungrass in Feralas (Levels 45+)

Sungrass is almost always in high demand for Alchemy and Inscription. It's a keystone to leveling both (assuming the other herbs of this level group 40-50 aren't posted, which they are almost always not). Fortunately it can be farmed pretty efficiently in Feralas along with Goldthorn and Khadgar's Whiskers for the level 30-40 group which also sells well.

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Rugged Leather (Levels 54+)

As with all gathering professions, old world regular components are worth more than some of the new ones. The reason for this is simple, everyone wants to power level their professions but do not want to go farm the components themselves. Since less people are doing the farming, they get paid higher for each item, thus making Rugged Leather the most profitable leather to farm. The Oculus is also another good instance to get these in. But for those of us who just want to farm them solo I know a few good spots that I'll share with you.

Plaguehounds, etc. - Eastern Plaguelands The best spot to farm Rugged Leather is in Eastern Plaguelands, hands down, yeah there are close seconds, but there are so many beasts here that have high drop rates that you can just run around randomly in this zone and get piles of Rugged Leather. Fortunately, I'm going to give you a boundary area that you should try to stick to while running around where the beasts are higher level. I recommend being 54+ for this area.

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Cats & Yeti - Winterspring This is probably the second best zone in the game to come to for skinning for drop rate on Rugged Leather. You can go to either location in case one or the other is farmed, they are near identical. You will want to be 55+ for this area.

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Other Locations for Rugged leather Un'Goro Crater - entire western part of zone has higher drop rate than eastern Zul'Gurub - if you're able to handle this old world raid instance there are plenty of beasts in here with high drop rates

Gathering Plaguebloom & Dreamfoil in Plaguelands (Levels 55+)

Level 50-60 herbs are used mostly for leveling Alchemy, Inscription, or making obscure items for unheard of reasons. Plaguebloom and Dreamfoil can be found tracing this route in the Plaguelands.

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Thorium Ore (Level 55+)

Believe it or not, the most profitable non-rare spawn ore is Thorium which is from the original World of Warcraft. The reason behind this is simple, more and more people are power leveling their professions to 450 to get awesome Epic items in Wrath of the Lich King but none of these people want to go out and farm Thorium because you can't use a flying mount to farm it and most people would rather just buy it in the Auction House. This is bad for them, but good for those who want to make some money. So below I will give you the best 2 routes to get Thorium. Remember there are Rich Thorium Veins (required skill 275) and Small Thorium Veins (required skill 245).

Thorium in Silithus You will most likely want to be around level 55 or higher to farm this route without getting killed frequently. Don't forget there are Ooze Covered Rich and Thorium Veins in this zone to be mined just like regular Rich Thorium Veins. Most of the nodes are around the hives where the bugs are.

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Thorium in Un'Goro Crater I have set the minimum skill for this route to 245 but keep in mind there are Rich Thorium Veins around the center and western edges that will require 275 skill to mine. It is vital that you make sure you go into the cave in the Northeast and drop down into the Hive in the South in order to maximize your ore.

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Levels 60-70
Farming Felweed & Golden Sansam in Hellfire Peninsula (lvl 60+)
Felweed and Golden Sansam are used a lot while leveling Alchemy and Inscription. With Inscription, Felweed is the only herb worth milling to get Nether Pigment, so it sells in high volume every time a new Inscriptionist levels from 300 to 350. Golden Sansam is used a lot in Alchemy, but sells in low volume. You'll be able to move tons of Felweed but you'll find yourself sitting on a lot of Golden Sansam after running this route (but it will sell very well). This route is ideal for level 60s who don't have a flying mount. If you have a flying mount you can widen the circle a little bit around Thrallmar and head through the Pools of Aggonar.

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Mining Fel Iron Ore (lvl 60+)

Fel Iron is on the same par as Adamantite for making gold off of it, but it's probably easier to get because it's most prevalent in the beginning zone once you enter Outland, Hellfire Peninsula.

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Mining Adamantite Ore (lvl 64+)

Adamantite Ore can be farmed for a moderate profit but it's not as important as the first five so I'll just give you one good map to use.

Knothide Leather (Level 65+)

Knothide Leather is another great thing you can gather and sell to people leveling through Leatherworking. The best place is right around Garadar, the Clefthoof Bulls and Talbuk Thorngrazers have a high drop rate and are plentiful.

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Netherweave Cloth (Level 64+)

Netherweave is a great way for a mid 60 to start saving money for their flying mounts. You can collect Netherweave Cloth, Firewing Signets (which may also resell on your server) and experience at Firewing Point in Terokkar Forest.

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Levels 70-80 Mining Cobalt Ore (Level 68+)

There will also be a mix of Rich Cobalt Deposits and Cobalt Deposits in Howling Fjord but the skill I recommend is going to remain at 350 because there should be more regular nodes than not. You will also want a flying mount to complete the route effectively but you don't need one just watch out for parts of the route that don't use bridges and make sure you ride across them instead of following the route in some places.

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Goldclover and Shoveltusk Flank (Level 70+)

Goldclover and Shoveltusk Flank both sell for a lot, and here is a farming spot that you can earn a ton of both while leveling up. There are more shoveltusk in the north eastern section of this route, the rest is included to gather more Goldclover and allow the Shoveltusks to respawn.

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Frostweave Cloth (Level 75+)

There are no good spots in the pre 75 areas to farm Frostweave Cloth, the first opportunity is Sholazar Basin. There are Bonescythe Ravagers and such to the east and Venture Company camps in the middle.

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Borean Leather (Level 75+)

Borean Leather is great to farm, the best place is western Sholazar Basin where there are tons of beasts including Dreadsabers, Cobras, and Rhinos.

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Chapter 9 - Leisure
There are actually a lot of miscellaneous ways to make gold in WoW. You can partake in holiday festivities, help out lower level character, or even beg for gold if you are really looking for an interesting time. In this section of the guide I have highlighted some other good ways to make gold if you want to do something outside of the ordinary.

Running Lower Level Players through Instances

Even before recruit a friend became popular, there was always a high demand for lower level players to receive "run throughs". A run through is basically someone with a high level character running one or more low level players through an instance that is the level of the lower level players. For example, a level 30 player may have problem finding a group to go through Scarlet Monastery so they may come into trade channel and ask for someone that is higher level to run them through. This is where you come in, you don't always have to be the max level to do Run Throughs, a level 40 can easily run through Stockades or other instances that are significantly lower. So take your character and start going through the instances starting from the lowest to highest all by yourself. Figure out which instances you can solo and run people through fast and figure out which instances you can run through say if one of the people you are running through can heal. Usually a level 60 character can run up to Zul'Farrak unassisted, a level 70 character can run up to Stratholme without much assistance, and a level 80 player can run most of the Outland instances without too much assistance, but it depends on your class, gear, and skill so figure that out, make a list and then start advertising. To advertise make social keys that talk in trade chat. If you don't know how to do this very simply, type /macro, click new, select any icon and name you wish, and then in the Macro Commands box type "/2 Doing Scarlet Monastery run throughs 25g per person, pst". Make sure you don't put the quotes in there, then drag the button to your hotbar and press it when you are in cities. This will announce in /2 which is trade chat that you are offering to run players through Scarlet Monastery for 25g per person. You can tailor the message to whatever it is you would like to do and you can make multiple buttons and put them on a separate hotbar if you want. You can also change the channel you are advertising in, /1 is general, etc.

Begging for Gold

Yes, begging for gold works. These people are both the entertainment and disgrace of Stormwind. Create an alt with an emo anime name and level it to 7 or higher, then start chatting it up with people in Ogrimmar or Stormwind. Don't expect to become rich but do demand results. I've experimented with this a little bit and actually found myself in a giving mood enough times to know it works. Here are a few tips that can help a lot: 1. Asking for gold for a specific reason (talents or a specific item on the Auction House) secretgoldguide.com
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2. Start a conversation about something else first, "Where's the mining trainer?" 3. Find people in isolated areas near profession trainers. The bystander effect is applicable in WoW, if you're in a mix of 20-30 people near the Auction House and mail box people are much more likely to ignore you. 4. If you find someone who responds, keep talking to them. Most people will ignore you, so the ones who respond are rare potentials. Here's a bad example of how to beg for gold:

Lol, good luck and have fun begging for gold!

Questing at Level 80
Doing non-daily quests at level 80 can be enjoyable and is always profitable. Start working on your Loremaster of Northrend achievement. It should only take a day or so for each zone and there's around 100 quests for each zone. Which works out to at least 1,000g in quest rewards and that doesn't include the gold you'll earn vendoring or disenchanting the quest item rewards.

When I earned Realm's First Level 80 Human I skipped the end of Howling Fjord, all of Dragonblight, half of Storm Peaks and all of Icecrown. Dragonblight took me 1-2 days to clear, Storm Peaks was actually very fun because of the long quest lines involving Sons of Hodir etc. I grouped up to do the second half of Icecrown because of all the group quests. Afterwards I literally bathed in all the extra gold I had on that character.

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Since you're already level 80, you should start doing the easiest and fastest zones in your spare time: Howling Fjord, Borean Tundra and Dragonblight. After those do Zul'Drak (these are fun and easy), Crystalsong and Sholazar. You can do most of Storm Peaks solo but you'll need a group for Icecrown. Keep working towards your Loremaster achievements being very thorough to complete every quest and you'll be surprised how much gold you earn.

Scan Public Test Realm for Changes

This can give you a serious upper hand against other players if you take an active role in scanning for upcoming game changes. Their are a few ways you can do this. You could just play on the public test realm, read the public test realm patch notes, or read the forums at worldofwarcraft.com. The way I recommend you do it to save yourself the most time is to just read the Public Test Realm Patch Notes, you can see updated version of the patch notes here. What you want to look for is changes to anything in this guide that we talked about and not only changes to the above material but new ways that could be coming up to make money. If you've read this guide you are already far more aware of the possible ways to make money more so than any average player. Use this knowledge to look for things in the Patch Notes that you can make gold from.

Browse Profession Forums for Ideas

There are specific profession forums you can browse to see if you can figure out what people are looking for or what the next item in demand is. Here is a link to the profession forums

Keeping up with the Holidays

If you have the extra time, you can make a good amount of gold around the various holidays that exist within World of Warcraft. People will pay very high amounts of gold for low level items just so they can complete holiday quests and achievements or just to simply participate in the holiday fun with their characters. One important key point of making gold during the holiday season is that you need to have a head start and begin listing items related to various quests and achievements within at least the first few days of the holiday. For example, during the Feast of the Winter Veil a lot of players look to the Auction House to buy Small Eggs so that they don't need to farm them in a low level zone in order to complete the quest for Greatfather Winter for an achievement. If you prepare for this by farming Small Eggs before the holiday you can put them up on the Auction House the night before the holiday goes live and make some decent gold. Another tactic you can take is to farm holiday items during the season and then sell them on the Auction House later in the year. This can be somewhat profitable as the random player decides he'd like to buy some snowballs to throw at people during a Naxx raid in July. Some of the most common items to sell on the Auction House from the holidays are Snowballs, crafted clothing, Preserved Holly, Holiday Spices, Mistletoe, Small Eggs, holiday crafting formulas, and pets. Pets like the Jingling Bell, Red Helper Box, Green Helper Box, and Snowman Kit can sell for a few hundred gold in the off season to players looking to complete the Shop Smart, Shop Pet...Smart achievement or to players who just like collecting pets.

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Chapter 10 - Conclusion
Well, that's it. You are now at the last section of the guide. I hope that you found everything useful and I know that you are now armed with the knowledge to make tons of gold for yourself. Remember, making gold is simple but you have to dedicate a little time to making it. You can't expect it to come from no where! If you are still craving more WoW knowledge then I highly encourage you to check out the following resources to help you excel in other areas of World of Warcraft. Resource Description

Both Horde and Alliance 1-80 Leveling Addon included to point you in the right direction at all times In-Game Talent Guide with Leveling Talent Builds for Every Class Talent and Gear Guides for Every Class Developed by a 2200+ Rated Arena Player Includes PvP Macro Guide Includes PvP Video Tutorials Detailed instructions on how to fight every class from any of your characters Includes recommended PvP Talent Specs Fastest and Cheapest Routes to Level Step by Step Instructions Both Horde and Alliance

Leveling & Class Guide

PvP Guide

Profession Guide

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