This resource is as useful as it can be a hassle to get, but we have tricks up our sleeve.
Gold in World of Warcraft is as precious as, well… gold, which means you’ll find yourself in a pickle if you spend too much of it on things that don’t matter and grinding it can be quite tiresome. In this article, I aim to assist you with some very useful tips on gathering gold that I wish I knew back when I started.
Of course, the opportunity to buy WoW gold is always there, and I recommend it to anyone who maybe doesn’t have a lot of free time and needs to expedite the process of gathering it all.
Of course, you might be reading this right now and think to yourself, “I have gold, and it doesn’t seem that hard to get” if you’re new and haven’t seen everything that gold can get you and how much you’ll need. Let’s go over some reasons why you want to hoard as much gold as you can.
Why is gold important?
Gold is used for so many critical aspects of World of Warcraft. It isn’t just a measly currency you use at a store and be done with it. You can use it to
- Repair gear: After raids go badly, and they will go badly eventually, your gear will be pretty busted up, but luckily you can fix it using gold, granted it’s not cheap!
- Crafting: Some professions will have you searching for very rare materials to craft different useful items, gear and other things. Sometimes it’s useful to just look up someone that’s selling those and purchasing them.
- WoW Tokens: Perhaps the most interesting of the uses of gold is the ability to exchange it for WoW tokens, which can in turn be used to purchase game time. Remember that World of Warcraft is a subscription based game, and not having to spend real money on your subscription is just great! Besides that, you can exchange WoW tokens for battle.net currency and use that in turn to purchase expansions, services, and even other Blizzard games.
- Carries: You can pay more experienced players to carry you through difficult or time-consuming areas or events.
This is just a few of the most useful ways gold can be used by players. If you can use WoW gold in these ways, including specially the ways that prevent you from using real money in the game. Then it should come as no surprise at all that people hoard and value gold to this standard. Now that I know you truly appreciate gold for what it is, let’s get into some of the easiest ways of getting it.
Acquiring gold
Before we get into the tips themselves, I want to give a few pointers that will also help with some points I will make soon. One of the easiest ways of getting gold in WoW is to sell everything you don’t use, and to this end, I recommend you enable a setting called “Auto Loot” that’s disabled by default in the game’s menu. This setting makes the process of looting enemies way quicker as you don’t need to click each item individually. Another good thing to keep in mind is the many addons you can get that help with inventory management, selling, and you can even wishlist items you want. Which ones are the best tend to change with the times so it’s best if you ask around forums and look at some guides, but these addons will work magic when it comes to you making gold quicker.
Picking the right profession
Professions like herbalism, skinning and mining are great when it comes to gathering things you can use to sell or even craft things that will sell for more! You can mine ores that will respawn after some time, skin enemies passively or gather herbs and sell these items in the auction house as people are always looking for materials. I would recommend you keep an alt character specifically to farm.
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Flipping
You will be able to buy some items for a price and then sell them at the auction house for a lot more. The more you spend on them, the more you have, and this, in turn, lets you decide what they’re worth. This is pretty hard to do because you need to be in tune with the ongoing WoW market, what’s on high demand and where to get it easy. Find an undervalue item that someone is selling, purchase it and sell it at a higher price.
Bags
If you got tailoring profession then you can craft bags and those usually fly off the shelves very quickly as everyone needs bigger and bigger pockets.
Farm
Possibly the most known way of making gold in this game is farming old raids and dungeons. Old content is easy to finish, specially at higher level, and if you have a lot of free time then farming raids can give you thousands of gold per hour. It also gives you lots of items to sell at vendors, for which I recommend the aforementioned addons that help you with selling junk.
Play quests and events
Pretty self-explanatory. Blizzard isn’t shy about giving you just rewards when it comes to participating in its events and plot. Just playing the game normally will net you a fair amount of gold. You won’t be as rich as if you do all the other tips in this list, but you should know the game will also send gold your way without you working for hours.
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In conclusion
World of Warcraft’s gold is very valuable, but not so valuable that you should seek it for hours on end just for the sake of having it. These tips are the tip of the iceberg that should help even beginners to get gold quick. But like I mentioned at the start of the article, there’s many third party resources that will give you gold and carry you through the most difficult parts of the game. First and foremost you should focus on having fun because at the end of the day that’s what it’s all about.