Fishing Wintergrasp
What is the best thing to farm in World of Warcraft to make Gold?
I recently started fishing in Wintergrasp for fish because it seems i can catch 3-5 fish per minute all which go for 1-2 gold each usually. I also am a herbologist but it seems that flying around looking for herbs just doesn't bring in as much as fishing. What else can i farm that will make me more money than fishing? What about farming for cloth? Any ideas?
Basic Gold Farming
Gold is “farmed” in four different ways: farming NPCs for drops that sell on the auction house, farming herbs/ore/skins/shards and selling them on the auction house, playing the auction house, or doing daily quests.
Let’s look at gathering first.
Gathering & Professions
Gathering is a very simple way to get gold. You basically just need a flying mount, level 80, and time. Mount up and fly around gathering herbs or ore. Skinning requires the death of animals, which takes time, but involves little searching. Take these items and sell them on the auction house on Tuesday (when demand is the highest) for whatever the going rate is on your server.
Of course, there are tricks to get more money out of your resources. You can convert the resources into items with your professions and get more money out of them. Darkmoon Cards sell for a ton and require you to simply mill your gathered herbs and add in some parchment. Glyphs, especially in demand ones, can sell for 20-30 gold while selling the herbs would get you nowhere near that much.
Milling, prospecting, and “enhancing” some resources can produce higher prices as well. For instance, a stack of 20 Goldclover can go for 15g. You can mill it and produce 8 pigment which might sell for 25g. You may also get a rare pigment that will sell for 15g by itself.
The only profession that can’t generate income is Engineering because the only BoE item anyone wants is the motorcycle. That thing takes so much to put into that it’s not worth the time to even try to sell.
Farming NPCs
It is a method, but not a productive one. Some NPCs drop items that are needed for quests, that are vanity pets, or just items that are in demand. Each server is different. You’ll need to look on the auction house for items that are selling for a lot and are easy to get then go out and farm them. It’s a simple method that can be combined with gathering to produce some money. In modern times you may not find easy gold this way.
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS REGARDING LAKE WINTERGRASP SAFETY: THE Daily Fishing QUEST (SHANDRIS)