Best Farming Spots in Azeroth and How to Bank Gold

With so many changes coming to the Old World due to the Cataclysm it is going to take a while to figure out where the best farming spots in Azeroth are likely to be. One thing that you can always count on is that lowbie materials are going to sell well for the two new races. This means you are still going to make good gold on all of the cloth you can gather, along with ore and herbs. 

While so many people honestly still think that farming for high level herbs and ore is the only way to earn the gold they seek, this simply isn't so. Even after the Cataclysm the best places to farm for gold are going to be the low to mid-level dungeons in the old world as they drop tons of cloth and blues you can vendor off. This still is not going to really make you rich by any means, but it will put money in your bank. 

For the first few weeks and maybe months you are going to find that places like Sholazar Basin and Ice Crown will continue to dominate in the old zones for farming as the number of people who suddenly find the need to level up their professions always increases exponentially after an expansion. I remember when Wrath of the Lich King came out and Khorium ore sold for several hundred gold per stack faster than you could put in the auction house. 

With all of the new ores and herbs that are being farmed all over the new zones, and from what I have seen so far they are scattered fairly well throughout the new zones, these are selling for premiums in the Auction House. However, during the first few weeks you will find the best farming spots in all of the zones are still going to be in Nothrend where you will be able to farm for Frostweave in the Borean Tundra, Saronite and Titanium in Sholazar Basin and herbs in Ice Crown and Storm Peaks. 

I realize that these areas are not strictly in Azeroth, but if you want to bank gold in the first few weeks, you will find that these raw materials are going to be selling at unheard of prices. One final superb farming spot is the Auction House itself. As you watch the prices you can buy out certain materials at lower prices and then turn around and relist them at higher prices making a fast turnaround profit.

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WoW Auction House Tips

While there are players that only use the Auction House to buy the items they need and make a little gold from time to time, the savvy player knows that the Auction House can make you rich. One thing that all players know is that it takes lots of gold to succeed. The high cost of potions, elixirs and mounts like the Mechgineer's Chopper or the Grand Mammoth means learning how to make the gold you need with as little effort as possible.

In other words, it means learning how to use the Auction House to your advantage. Here then are a few WoW Auction House tips that can help you make gold on any server:

1. Auctioneer: This is a free download and if you don't already have it, you need to get it. You will always have access to current market prices on everything that drops and has been seen in the AH. It can help you track pricing trends and give you a better idea of what to sell for.
2. Save Your Gold:  Getting started in using the Auction House to make money means starting small, build your wealth slowly at first buying and selling cheap items. Once you have a fat bank account you can afford to buy out the bigger items and sit on them if they don’t sell. However, you should still sell the smaller items as well, one gold or one thousand gold it doesn't matter as it all adds up.  
3. Watch the Splits: Here is one of my favorites; some of the items sell as individuals and as combined products. For example the eternals in WotLK can be broken down into 10 crystals. Essences do the same thing; before you list either of them see which is selling for more. This doesn't take long to do and at times the difference in price is significant.
4. Pay Peter to Rob Paul: Yes, I know this sounds backwards, but it is one of the best ways to make fast gold in the Auction house. Look carefully at specific segments of the items for sale and you are going to find that there are items listed far below market value, Auctioneer can help you with this as it can show the items percentage of market value. When you find items that are being sold far too grab them and then sell for a fat profit.

These are just a few strategies that always seem to work well as a fast way to make gold using the World of Warcraft Auction House. There are others and  everyone seems to have a few of their own that work, study the markets and then just like the Stock Market learn to follow the trends, buy low and sell high. Before long you will be at the gold cap on all of your characters and be able to have all of the goodies in the game.

Dan figured out a long time ago that the auction house is the best and easiest way to make gold in World of Warcraft. Learn how he’s making his way toward the gold cap at www.HitGoldCap.com.

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