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Gold Farming (WoW)  

This guide to getting gold is only for high level players. If you are not high level, it is recommended you focus on leveling and pick up the gathering professions (skinning, mining, herbalism) to support the cost of the mounts.

When you hit 70, it's a whole new world where getting gear is the main goal instead of getting experience. You cannot buy the most of the best gear in game with gold; However, you can buy quite a few decent pieces of epics with gold, and that would help you get a jump start on doing instance or pvp. Also high level gem and enchants and repair can cost a lot. Most of all, the EPIC FLYING MOUNT costs a fortune. So you are going to need lots of gold.

When you just hit 70, there are probably many quests left in Netherstorm and Shadowmoon valley that has not been completed. You can earn a very good amount of gold completing most of those quest, since the experience rewarded normally is converted into gold. You can probably earn 500-1000g by finishing those 70 quests. However they are not repeatable so you can only do that once.

One main way most 70s earn their gold is by doing daily quests. They are quests you can repeatedly do everyday which reward a decent amount of gold. A lot of them are located in the Isle, which can be accessed through a portal in Shattarth. You can easily earn around 100g within an hour by completing all the quests on the isle. This will take longer when there are many players in the area competing for quest objectives. Therefore it is done best during low traffic hours. If you are a non-dps spec (healers or tanks) you will have a harder time.

Farming primals is another sure fire way to earn a decent amount of gold. Since on most servers primal fires and primal airs are the most valuable elemental primals, the elemental plateau in Nagrand is probably the best place for primal farming for gold. It is located in the upper right area of Nagrand. Primal fires and primal airs sell for around 20-30 gold on most servers, and you can get around 5 per hour with decent dps. Unfortunately sometimes there are many other players in the area which will slow down the farm rate, so again this is done best during low traffic hours. You must have a flying mount in order to access the plateau; and again, non-dps spec will have a harder time.

For those of you who like the auction house and help some gold to play around with, please refer to the Auction House page.

As an enchanter, you can run low level instances for a decent amount. Although any 70 class can do it, this is best done by protection paladins and frost mages. Small radiant shards are what you are looking for. They can be obtained by disenchanting the blues from bosses in Razorfen Downs or Scarlet Monastery Cathedral. 4 Small radiants shards are required for the fiery enchant, which is in very high demand. The shards can usually go for 5-10g a piece. With a SM Cath run you can get 2 shards with an RFD run you can get 4-6 shards. You can also invite a low level player that is willing to pay you for the run's experience without looting the bosses for extra gold.

For those of you who are geared enough to do Heroics dungeons, farming Badge of Justice can be a fast way to make some gold. The badges can be traded in for some tradable items. These include primal nether, nether vortex, and all epic gems. Epic gems are probably your best bet in making money through badges. The epic gem vendor is located right next to the portal to the Isle in Shattrath. Each one cost 15 badges, and can be sold for 200-350g or even more if you have it crafted by a jewelcrafter. Some of the best place to farm badges include Heroic Slave Pens (3 badges), Heroic UnderBog (3 badges), and Heroic Mechanar (4 badges). They can easily be finished in under an hour without wipes. If you have an enchanter in group you might also be able to get large prismatic shard or void crystal. That can make you 50-100g easily in one run. Note that they can only be done once a day. If you know enough well geared friends you can also run Karazhan for over 20 badges. It can be done under 4 hours and you can earn over 400g for the full run.

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