Top 3 Ways to Make Gold in World of Warcraft

Every player of World of Warcraft needs gold. Although gold cannot usually help you to get the very best equipment available in the game, you can use it to purchase lower-end gear, materials, novelty items and item enhancements. The latest expansion pack, Cataclysm, has made it easier than ever to get gold, though things are also more expensive.

1 – Daily Quests in World of Warcraft

Daily quests should never be neglected. Patch 4.2 introduced a whole new selection of daily quests which are available to level 85 players who have completed the main quest chains in the level 80-82 zone, Mount Hyjal. There’s also a whole set of daily quests available in the PvP zone, Tol Barad, from level 85. There are an additional 6 daily quests available when your faction controls Tol’Barad. Other daily quests include those for the faction of Therazane in Deepholm as well as those for the Wildhammer Clan in Twilight Highlands. Finally, there are daily cooking and fishing quests in your faction’s capital cities.

Remember that you can only do 25 daily quests per day, but doing so will bring in around 500 gold in quest rewards and trash item drops which you can sell to a vendor. For the best amount of gold, stick to the Tol Barad and new Hyjal dailies. These also offer the best rewards once you’ve been doing them for a while.

2 – Gathering Professions in World of Warcraft

Gathering professions include Mining, Herbalism and Skinning. Some of the crafting professions also have a gathering component such as Milling for Inscription or Prospecting for Jewelcrafting. While it might be boring to go out gathering materials for hours on end, it can also be an effective way to get gold. For best results, you should analyze the auction house before setting off on your hunt for materials. If you are only gathering materials to earn gold, then you should gather the most valuable ones. These are usually those from the previous expansion packs, since there is not so much competition on the auction house for older materials. Players still need these to level up their crafting professions.

3 – Crafting Professions in World of Warcraft

Not all of the crafting professions are very good for making gold. Generally considered to be the best gold-making crafting professions are Jewelcrafting, Inscription and Enchanting. These professions are used to make gems, glyphs and enchants respectively. Every high-level player needs all three of these things in considerable abundance, so there will always be a high demand for the goods that they create. Remember, however, that there will also be a lot of competition. Other crafting professions sometimes include some profitable recipes such as the leg enchants made by Leatherworking and Tailoring. Before you set out making gold with a crafting profession, you should be aware that most of them are very expensive to level all the way to 525. Your character will also need to be at least level 75.