As a dwarf I have a certain affinity to the shiny metal. As a guild leader I believe it’s my right, nay, it’s my duty to go skinny dipping in the guild reserves in a manner which is reminiscent of Scrooge McDuck. Though the guild banker does mutter and curse about having to go in and polish all the coins after I’m done for the day.
Anyway it would appear from the complaining on trade, level 85’s begging for gold and so on that making gold is hard. That amassing enough for basic survival within the game is highly difficult.
To all those who don’t have gold I say “Stop drinking in Ironforge“, surely everyone knows by now that the innkeepers charge everyone, except dwarves, higher rates for beer.
Anyway. Ways to make piles of gold.
- Levelling
It really is that simple, a recent experiment with power levelling a warrior, ignoring professions, ignoring gathering, nuking through the levels as fast as possible left me with a level 85 sat on his epic pony at epic speeds and 2k in the bank.If I had done some more work, had him gathering through the levels and clearing Northrend and the whole of Cataclysm the pile of gold would have been much higher. - Sell everything
BoE items, check the AH, and see what similar items go for.
BoP items, where you don’t need the reward always select the most expensive
Pick up and vendor all greys
Vendor any potions you don’t use, they don’t sell on the AH
Cloth, if you’re not using it, slap it on the AH
It’s pretty clear to see the plan here, everything has a value, the coppers add up. - Bags, invest in them
Invest in at least 16 slot bags as soon as possible, carry the minimum of equipment and other stuff, clear out the junk every time you reach a vendor or mailbox. - Banking Alt
This is a key, no one wants to break their levelling to play the AH. So ship everything off to the alt and bulk list at the start or end of the session. - Dungeons
At cap these are worth a decent amount of cash, particularly for tanks and healers who don’t have the queue times. - Professions
There are guides a-plenty out there on making gold from your professions, however remember that for certain gold making schemes various professions link very nicely together (mining / blacksmithing / enchanting for example). Experiment, look at what’s needed on the AH and how that can be provided. Spreadsheets are your friend. - You don’t need to be a millionaire
For most players having 20k or so is actually more than enough. Raiders can burn through more and feed back into the economy by spending large wedges of cash on gear at the start of each patch grabbing BoE items. Work out how much gold you need, put in that much effort and be happy. Gold envy isn’t important, having enough so there’s no repair stress is.