Ask any World of Warcraft player who has been playing for a long time what the most boring ways to make gold is and they'll all say the same thing -- farming. Newbie players (and even some veterans) will spend hours a day farming. Some will farm zones for equipment, others will mine, gather herbs, etc. After weeks of doing this over and over again and having maybe 200 gold to show for it, many players will jump at the chance to make money a different way.
Getting to Know the Auction House
The WoW Auction House is a very complex beast because there's tons of data available and the default WoW client doesn't really let you take advantage of it. To really get to know it properly, there are four key add-ons you need to install in your WoW client: Auctioneer, Auctionator, Postal, and Market Watcher. There are other add-ons such as TitanPanel which can help you see your total gold count and bag space but those four are the main four you should start with. Once you have them installed and working, you should scan the data in the auction house at least once a day (more often if you can). The add-ons will gather data that is critical for you to learn what are the best items to buy and sell (and even resell when people sell things lower than they should).
How to Make Gold in WoW with Less Time Spent
The most important thing to focus on with trying to make more gold in WoW while spending less time doing so is to focus on auctions with high yield returns. Items like Cobalt Ore and Eternals are great, but Crusader Orbs, Primordial Saronite, or Titansteel have higher returns. Although these items are quite expensive, I can pretty much guarantee you they will always sell for a profit if you know the best time to sell them and how much you should sell them for. Many players will spend hours a day doing this over and over again, while some can log in for an hour or so per day and make thousands of gold very quickly.
Once you realize that there are alternatives to farming if you want to make gold in WoW the sky becomes your limit. However, you need to be able and willing to take risks and push yourself a bit harder than you do normally. The rewards will then be far greater than flying in circles around Storm Peaks or Icecrown for hours on end.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
5 Quick and Easy WoW Gold Making Tips
Anyone who plays World of Warcraft would know that gold making throughout the game is essential in enabling you to buy all the epic mounts and awesome gear, as well as making your play time enjoyable. If you find yourself without much gold while trying to level-up your character it will become a much harder task and slow you down a great deal. You'll start to realize just how important World of Warcraft gold making is.However, it's time to stop fretting, because below I will let you in on 5 tips that are fundamental when it comes to World of Warcraft gold making:
1: First up, I strongly advise you to do a Google search for some good quality, comprehensive WoW gold making guides. At first you might be a tad overcome by the sheer amount of gold guides that show up in the search, but remember, so many guides out there are absolute rubbish. Only a select few guides are actually worth your money. A good tip is to try and find one that is proven it can make you around 500 gold per hour. (HINT): Hayden's Secret Gold Guide is a really good one that I use.
2: When you find yourself grinding or questing, aim to kill more humanoids, because when you loot them you will find you get tons more gold and better quality items than other types of mobs.
3: To pick up the good secondary professions of skinning and mining is one of the best things you can do to aid your gold making. You can start gathering the items straight away and sell them for big bucks.
4: While your in a main city also collect the fishing profession too. One good fish to begin catching near the starting areas is the Oily Blackmouth. This fish sells for quite good money in the Auction House.
5: If you are looking for a really quick way to earn gold then start playing the Auction House. A quality WoW gold making guide will explain to you exactly what to do when it comes to the Auction House. Until you feel you've found the right guide for you, you can start selling items in the Auction House for a bit more than they are worth.
