by Seth Symonds
From the moment you start a new character in WoW, you can start accumulating gold - it’s not something that only more advanced characters can focus on. Below I will reveal 3 secrets to keep in mid when trying to increase your gold.
1. Choose Gathering Professions
If you choose profession such as Jewelmaking, Blacksmithing, Enchanting or Inscription you’ll most likely end up spending thousands and thousands over the course of levelling. They are great once they have been levelled up but it’s very expensive and takes a lot of time and energy to get there.
At the other end of the spectrum, professions such as Mining, Skinning and Herbalism are more straightforward. You can find many of the resources you need while you are leveling and you have the option of selling these in the Auction House.
Since the release of Inscriptions with WOTLK (Wrath of the Lich King), Herbalism has gained a lot in popularity. Herbalism’s popularity is partly due to low level herbs such as Peacebloom and Earthroot being able to be sold for between 10 - 30 gold per stack.
By the time I had reached level 10, I already had 90g purely due to Herbalism.
2. There are numerous items that you can purchase from sellers to resell.
You’ll find that some of these items are a bit out of the way for low level players. Another way you can benefit is to buy these items in the Auction House and then choose to resell them using an Alt. One such item is the first aid training book.
I often sell these types of items for up to 9 times the vendor’s price - it’s easy to make a lot of money doing this if you want to.
3. Choose Cooking as your Profession.
While this is not exactly a gold farming tip, it’s useful to know. By choosing cooking as a profession you’ll be able to save a heap of money buying food and water and you can easily skill up cooking by collecting meats when you’re questing. Farming and grinding are much easier if you have cooking as your profession.
Don’t think about gold farming purely as killing creatures to get gold and items. Think about how you can use your profession to cash in on the benefits of questing. By doing this you’ll be much richer in the long run.