9 Ways To Make Fast World Of Warcraft Gold - What Are Their Pros And Cons?

Gold! That shiny, precious metal which is so important in both real life and World Of Warcraft. Experienced and professional players always have enough, but many noobs can only stare at their betters in jealousy. It is said that knowledge is power, and power can be parlayed into wealth. We'll talk about the 9 ways of making fast World Of Warcraft gold and compare their pros and cons.

The first method of making gold in World Of Warcraft is questing. Any decent MMORPG has quests for you to complete and World Of Warcraft is no different. Quests are fun, but only if you are prepared and are capable of completing it. Before you even accept a quest, you need to do some research. Are you strong enough to complete it? For example, if you are level 10 and solo, but the quest needs 5 level 20 players, you are SO royally screwed. Assuming that you are strong enough, does the quest require any special items? It would really suck to stall at the last stage just because you forgot the doodad to solve the final puzzle. So where can you do this research? Two free places are wow.allakhazam.com and thottbot.com.

Method number 2 is Farming. No, you don't have to go out and plant wheat or potatoes in the ground. What you do is go on a nice rambling tour around the country-side to harvest and kill the mobs and collect the stuff they leave behind. If you do it correctly, farming is lucrative and boring. Do remember that farmers are bullies, not gentlemen. You want to kill lots of mobs to collect lots of stuff. If you meet an enemy that is too strong for you, run away! For a farmer, discretion is the better part of valor. Always carry bigger bags. You get to kill more mobs and collect more loot before you have to go back. And its worth investing in a "donkey" so that you can carry even more bags. This way, you can make fast World Of Warcraft gold. Remember this: farming correctly is boring. If it gets exciting, you are doing it wrong.

The next 7 methods we'll discuss don't need combat. They are ideal if you don't like to fight (why are you playing Warcraft?) or your character got stuck in some tough location.

Trading in the Auction House is number 3. If you usually fight in a team, but your team mates aren't around right now - this is good for you. The rule is "buy low, sell high". Remember to scope out what the popular stuff are in the Auction House. After that, you need to find out when you can buy the stuff cheap, and when you can sell it high. Due to the activity of Chinese gold farmers, there is usually some kind of pattern.

Here is another way to make fast World Of Warcraft gold without fighting. Buy and sell rare recipes. There are rare recipes that you can buy from their vendors, then re-sell in the Auction House. Here's one to get you started: Zan Shivsproket in Ravenholt Manor (Hillsbrad Foothills) sells Gnomish Cloaking Device schematic for 15s. You should be able to sell it in the AH for 8-10g. You'll need to do some research to find out the other recipes and vendors.

Mining. I like the dwarves of Discworld - "Gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold" and "Today is a good day for someone else to die". Pick up the mining profession, find out where there is some valuable mineral like copper or platinum, then go dig it out of the ground. Don't forget your big bags and donkeys. Once your bags are full, go back and sell your stuff for more World Of Warcraft gold.

Gathering Herbs - This is similar to mining. Get the herbalism profession, then go out and collect herbs. The ending is more of the same: make more gold in WoW.

Fishing used to be effective in the past. But things change. Of course, sometimes they change back again. Who knows when fishing may become useful again? This is just something for you to keep in mind.

Crafting professions are usually considered a waste of time. But there are some experienced players who claim that at level 40 and above, you CAN make fast World Of Warcraft gold by picking up a crafting profession. Of course, they say, it has to be related to your main gathering profession. For example, alchemy is supposed to go well with herbalism. Remember this if you get bored of 2 gathering professions.

The Trade channel is another important way to make gold. Always keep an eye on the trade channel. You never know when one of the Chinese farmers put up something at a cheap discount because they need to meet their quota at end of shift. This is a good time to strike a deal and sell it for high profits at the Auction House. You may ask: why don't these players sell their valuable merchandise at the Auction House themselves? Because they don't have time to wait for the auction to complete.

Now you know 9 different ways to make fast World Of Warcraft gold and their advantages and disadvantages. If you want to know even better and faster ways, I recommend Derek Bleacher's Warcraft Riches guide.