Gold Making In Northrend

Gold Making In Northrend
Wrath of the Lich King Gold Making in Northrend

When you reach Northrend, the first question you will likely have once you get your bearings straight is where to go to start making gold. It is usually what most people want to know. There are always a few very particular ways to make gold following a new expansion that only work for so long as well as a few ways to make gold that will probably develop over time. While it is impossible to write a detailed gold making guide just yet for WotLK, I do want to provide a brief overview of all the ways that people are currently practicing and building up their gold making methods in the game.

Great Inflation and High Demands

If any of you can remember back as far as WoW Pre-Burning Crusade, recall how much the inflation burst up in that two month period. Where before you could brag about having 1,000-2,000 gold on standby, it became a laugh to only have 1,000 gold after you hit Level 70. Just grinding your way through solo quests to 70 would get you 1,000 gold and that wasn’t counting all the new stuff that sold for so much.

In Wrath of the Lich King, the effect has yet to be fully seen, but to give you an idea of what the inflation may settle at, stacks of Peacebloom started selling for over 22 gold each the days after the 3 0 2 patch hit and didn’t level off for more than two weeks The volume of gold in banks and the volume of gold required to accomplish new things (15,000 for an Ice Mammoth anyone?) is making it so that having 5 000 gold is going to be chump change We’ll see by how much of an effect this actually happens, but it is likely to be one heck of a jump.

The Great Demand

When Burning Crusade Launched the value of things like ore which is now used for Jewelcrafting spiked. The same is happening now to herbs for Inscription and will continue to happen with new faction items, new PvP items, higher level crafting materials, and anything new that people will always need. So, it stands to reason that there is zero reason to hoard anything when you first start playing Don’t wait to sell anything you gather – instead, sell it all and gain as much gold as you can right away.

It will go a long way toward getting you the gold you need to hit the fortunes that you only hear about from people who take advantage of launch windows for new expansions and patches. The goal should be to level up to 80 as fast as possible and then get the highest end crafting materials and reputation items as fast as possible – then sell them and watch the dough pour in.

Questing

People use to laugh if you told them to try questing as a means to get gold in the game. But, as the game has continued to grow and the value of dropped goods increased, it is now possible to earn as much as 3,000 gold just from leveling up between 70 and 80. That’s right – just from completing quests and selling your loot, including vendor trash, you will gain about 3,000 gold (probably upwards of 3,500 if you use the auction house). That means that you will have a huge chunk of change when you hit 80. The faster you do it and can start grinding the better.

Daily Questing

This is a huge factor as well and will allow you to make a ton of gold when you hit 80. With the daily quest rewards sitting around 16 gold each for daily quests at Level 80 and a 25 limit on them, plus the opportunity to pick up reputation items while questing for your daily quests, you can make a tidy little sum just doing this. Always look for the fastest, most productive ones you can find though. See the Daily Quest chapter for more information about which daily quests will really get you a nice profit.