Introduction

Welcome to my gold guide. I originally wrote this on the Feenix forums but that went the way of the dodo bird so I rewrote it here as best as I could remember. The $$$$$ rating are based off my personal opinion and results may vary.

I can be reached on discord sinyou#9983.

Use https://classicdb.ch/ or https://vanillawowdb.com/ to look up items if https://classic.wowhead.com/ hasn't been updated with enough info.

Items to Farm by Level

Level 5-60: Herbalism, Mining, Skinning

Level 5: Stringy Wolf Meat - Used for power leveling cooking

Level 5: Chunk of Boar Meat - Used for power leveling cooking

Level 15: Magic Dust - Used for PvP consumables

Level 23-27: Red Whelps - Wetlands - For the Tiny Crimson Whelpling (Super Rare), Large Fangs, Sharp Claws, Small Flame Sacs, Red Whelp Scale/Skinning

Level 23-60: $$ Elemental Fire - Stonetalon (Burning Ravager)/Arathi Highlands (Burning Exile)/Searing Gorge/& More - Used in Greater Fire Protection Potions (MC/BWL)

Level 23-60: $$ Elemental Earth - Hillsbrad (Rumbling Exile)/Badlands (Rock Elemental)/Thousand Needles (Thundering Boulderkin) - Used in Greater Nature Protection Potions (Not worth it until AQ40), Elemental Sharpening Stone ,Restorative Potion ,Field Repair Bot

Level 23-60: Elemental Water - Stranglethorn Vale (Lesser Water Elemental)/Thousand Needles (Boiling Elemental)/Feralas (Sea Elemental) - Used in Greater Frost Protection Potions (Not worth it till Naxx)

Level 25-25: Rotted One - Kill Worms which spawn when Rotten Ones die for Grave Moss, also pick the moss nearby if you have herbalism (Used in Shadow Oil/Greater Shadow Protection Potions (Naxx))

Level 35-37: Dreaming Whelp - Swamp of Sorrows - for Tiny Emerald Whelpling (Super Rare), Small Flame Sacs, Large Fangs, Wicked Claws

Level 38: Essence of the Exile charms - Whirlwind Axe (Warrior) quest materials

Level 36-41: Searing Whelp - Dustwallow Marsh and Scalding Whelp Badlands - For Dark Whelpling (Super Rare), Small Flame Sacs, and Wicked Claws

Level 39-44: Volatile Rum - Stranglethorn Vale and Tanaris Pirates - Used in Goblin Rocket Fuel

Level 41-60: $$ Golden Pearl - Farm Hatecrest Serpents in Ferelas for Big-mouth Clams. Used in Enchant Weapon - Spell Power and Runed Arcanite Rod

Level 45-50: Bloodmage Lynnore do quest for Vulture Gizzard, Snickerfang Jowl, Scorpok Pincer, Blasted Boar Lung, Basilisk Brain - repeatable quest/raid consumable (Ground Scorpok Assay, Cerebral Cortex Compound, Gizzard Gum, Lung Juice Cocktail)

Level 50-60: $$ Felcloth - used in Mooncloth and Warlock Crafted Gear

Level 53-60: $$$ Essence of Fire (Also Elemental Fire / Heart of Fire) used in popular Enchant Weapon - Fiery Weapon and various other recipes

Level 53-60: $ Living Essence - Dire Maul/Felwood (Withered Protector) - Used in Enchant Weapon - Healing Power and various other recipes

Level 54-60: $$ Larval Acid - Eastern Plaguelands (Carrion Devourer/Carrion Grub) - Used in Enchant Gloves - Threat enchant and Hide of the Wild

Level 54-60: $$ Winterfall Firewater/Winterfall Eko - Winterspring (Winterfall Tribesmen) - Juju Power

Level 54-60: $$ Essence of Water - Eastern Plaguelands (Blighted Horror/Plague Monstrosity/Plague Ravager/Blighted Surge) - used in Enchant Weapon - Spell Power and various other recipes

Level 54-60: $$$$ Devilsaur Leather - Devilsaurs (Un'goro) - used for Devilsaur Leggings and Devilsaur Gauntlets

Level 54: Un'Goro Soil/Morrowgrain - Un'goro Crater - Darnassus and Thunder Bluff Reputation Gains

Level 54: Crystals of Power and Red Power Crystal/Green Power Crystal/Blue Power Crystal/Yellow Power Crystal - Un'goro Crater - quest item/consumable turn in

Level 55-60: $$ Essence of Air - Silithus (Whirling Invader/Cyclone Warrior/Dust Stormer) - Used in Agility enchants and various other recipes

Level 55-60: Insignia of the Crusade/Insignia of the Dawn materials for turn in: Dark Iron Scraps, Bone Fragments, Crypt Fiend Parts, Core of Elements, Savage Fronds - Various Locations - Argent Dawn Reputation (Naxx)

Level 55-60: $$$ Essence of Earth (Also Elemental Earth) - Burning Steppes (Greater Obsidian Elemental)/Silithus (Desert Rager) Used in Enchant Weapon - Strength and various other recipes

Level 57-60: $$$ Encrypted Twilight Text/Greens Silithus - Cenarion Circle reputation

Level 60: Guardian Stone - Un'goro Crater (Stone Guardian) for Enchant Cloak - Dodge and blacksmithing items

Level 60: Eye Of Shadow - Elite Demons in Blasted Lands and Winterspring for the quest to get Benediction

Level 60: $$$$ Chimaerok Tenderloin - material for Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops

Level 60 Dungeon: $$$ Righteous Orb People try to reserve these in Strat Live runs. - Used for Enchant Weapon - Crusader

Level 60 Dungeon: $$ Materials for Libram of Focus, Libram of Protection, Libram of Voracity, Lesser Arcanum of Resilience, and Lesser Arcanum of Constitution - sell these enchants like an enchanter would

AoE Farming Guide

$$$ https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Mage_area_of_effect_locations

How to reset instances

Solo ish

1.) Set up a raid group with an alt as raid leader

2.) Log out to character screen

3.) Log in alt and /script resetinstances();

4.) Relog on main

With a friend

1.) Set up a group with a friend or guildie as leader

2.) Log out to character screen

3.) Have friend /script resetinstances();

4.) Relog on main

Youtube Video

Solo Instance Farming

Naxx Frozen Rune

$$$$$ (Rogue)

Youtube Video

Aq 20 Larva Acid

$$$ (Hunter)

Youtube Video

Zul'Gurub Crocs - Skinning

$$$$$ (Mage)

Youtube Video

2006 Video Mage

LBRS Farming Plans: Arcanite Reaper & Recipe: Greater Fire protection Potion

$$$$ (Rogue)

Youtube Video

2006 Video Rogue

2006 Video Rogue

Dire Maul Tribute

$$$$$ (Hunter)

Youtube Video

2006 Video Hunter

Dire Maul East Lasher - Herbalism

$$$$ (Warlock, Mage, Paladin, Priest , Druid)

Youtube Video

2006 Video Mage

2006 Video Priest

Dire Maul North Hyena Farm - Skinning

$$$ Mage, Lock, Hunter

Youtube Video

2006 Video Mage

2006 Video Lock

BRD AoE Farming - Mining or Skinning

$$$ (Mage)

Youtube Video

2006 Video Mage

BRD Incendius Runs

$$ (Warlock, Hunter, Mage)

Youtube Video

2006 Video Lock

BRD Pickpocketing, Fiery Recipe/Dark Iron Ore - Mining

$$$ (Rogue)

Youtube Video

2006 Video Recipe:Fiery Weapon Farm Rogue

Mara Princess Run/Ghost Mushrooms - Herbalism

$$$ (Hunter, Warlock)

Youtube Video

2006 Video Hunter

Stockade/RFK/RFD/SM Pickpocketing

$ (Rogue)

Youtube Video

Duo Instance Farming

Dire Maul Stealth Tribute

$$$ (Rogue/Druid)

Youtube Video

Dire Maul East Jump Runs - Herbalism

$$$ (Healer/Tank)

Youtube Video

LBRS First two Bosses

$$$ (Rogue/Druid)

Youtube Video

Zul'Gurub AoE Crocs - Skinning

$$$ (Healer/Mage)

Youtube Video

Naxx Trash Farming

$$$$$ (Warlock (tank/kite)/Mage (slow)/Extras) Sell the trash epics.

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2006 Video Lock

Professions

Alchemy

$$$$$

Alchemy is the most lucrative profession in the game because of the constant demand for raid/pvp consumables.

Flasks

Flask of the Titans

Flask of Distilled Wisdom

Flask of Supreme Power

Elixirs/Potions

Elixir of the Mongoose

Mageblood Potion

Elixir of Fortitude

Elixir of Superior Defense

Major Troll's Blood Potion

Gift of Arthas

Elixir of Giants

Greater Arcane Elixir

Elixir of Shadow Power

Elixir of Greater Firepower

Elixir of Frost Power

Greater Fire Protection Potion

Greater Nature Protection Potion (AQ40)

Greater Shadow Protection Potion (AQ40/Naxx)

Greater Frost Protection Potion (Naxx)

Greater Stoneshield Potion

Major Mana Potion

Limited Invulnerability Potion

Restorative Potion

Free Action Potion

Elixir of Poison Resistance

Lesser Invisibility Potion

Invisibility Potion

Swiftness Potion

Frost Oil

Shadow Oil

Transmutes

$$$ Heart of Fire to Elemental Fire 10 minute cd

$$ Essence of Undeath to Essence of Water 1 day cd

$ Arcane Crystal and Thorium Bar to Arcanite Bar 2 day cd

Herbalism

$$$$

Herbalism is very lucrative, even more so when paired with alchemy.

Herbs

Mageroyal (Swifthistle)

Briarthorn (Swifthistle)

Stranglekelp

Bruiseweed

Wild Steelbloom

Grave Moss

Fadeleaf

Goldthorn

Khadgar's Whiskers

Wintersbite

Firebloom

Purple Lotus

Arthas' Tears

Sungrass

Blindweed

Ghost Mushroom

Gromsblood

Dreamfoil

Mountain Silversage

Plaguebloom

Icecap

Black Lotus

The above herbs are all used in something, mostly for the potions listed in the alchemy section. Get the add-on Gatherer and don't be afraid to look up node locations on classic.wowhead.com.

Blacksmithing

$$$

Blacksmithing isn't super profitable unless you get rare recipes.

Crafted Pre-Raid BiS

Arcanite Champion

Arcanite Reaper

Heartseeker

Dazzling Mithril Rapier

Invulnerable Mail

Lionheart Helm (rarest recipe)

Stronghold Gauntlets

Titanic Leggings

Whitesoul Helm

Enchanted Thorium Breastplate

Enchanted Thorium Helm

Enchanted Thorium Legs

Sulfuron Hammer

Nightfall

Blackguard

Sageblade

Resist gear

Icebane set

Dark Iron set

Ironvine set

Jagged Obsidian Shield

Thick Obsidian Breastplate

Black Grasp of the Destroyer

Other

Enchanting Rods

Demon Forged Breastplate

Dawnbringer Shoulders

Hammer of the Titans

Elemental Sharpening Stone

Dense Sharpening Stone

Mithril Spurs

Thorium Shield Spike

Mining

$$$

Arcane Crystals spawn on Thorium veins but you should mine any node you come across. Get the add-on Gatherer and don't be afraid to look up node locations on classic.wowhead.com.

Leatherworking

$$$

Leatherworking isn't super profitable unless you get some rare recipes.

Crafted Pre-Raid BiS

Black Dragonscale Shoulders

Blue Dragonscale Breastplate

Blue Dragonscale Shoulders

Devilsaur Gauntlets

Devilsaur Leggings

Ironfeather Shoulders

Living Breastplate

Living Leggings

Stormshroud Pants

Shifting Cloak

Hide of the Wild

Resist Gear

Corehound Belt

Chromatic Cloak

Molten set

Lava Belt

Black Dragonscale set

Polar set

Icy Scale set

Sandstalker set

Bramblewood set

Other

Wolfshead Helm

Onyxia Scale Cloak

Gordok Orge Suit

Rugged Armor Kit

Helm of Fire

Swift Boots

Deviate Scale Belt

Cooldown

Deeprock Salt with Salt Shaker to Refined Deeprock Salt (3 day cooldown)

Skinning

$$$

You'll need to get Finkle's Skinner off The Beast In UBRS for the +10 skinning. The most profitable leather is Black Dragonscales, Blue Dragonscales, Red Dragonscales, Green Dragonscales, Devilsaur Leather (usually camped), Core Leather, and Pristine Hide of the Beast which is very rare off The Beast in UBRS but your should basically skin any animal you come across.

Tailoring

$$$

Tailoring isn't very profitable at all without rare recipes, but cloth dps need it for the Bloodvine +2 crit set bonus so that's that.

Crafted Pre-Raid BiS

Felcloth Hood

Felcloth Shoulders

Felcloth Robe

Felcloth Pants

Robe of Winter Night

Bloodvine Set

Resist Gear

Flarecore set

Sylvan set

Glacial set

Other

Shadoweave set

Frostweave set

Mooncloth set

Dreamweave set

Ghostweave set

Belt of the Archmage

Gloves of Spell Mastery

Black Mageweave Gloves

Star Belt

Phoenix Pieces (w damage)

Azure Pieces (w damage)

Shadow Hood

Robe of Power

Red Mageweave Pieces (w damage)

Cindercloth Pieces (w Damage)

Gordok Orge Suit

All bags (Bigger = Better)

Cooldown

Felcloth in Moonwell to Mooncloth (4 day cooldown)

Enchanting

$$$

Enchanting can be very profitable with rare raid drop recipes, but you have to stand around and spam your wares in trade chat.

Cloak

Dodge

Subtlety

Lesser Agility

Superior Defense

Greater Resistance

Stealth

Chest

Major Health

Greater Stats (rare)

Bracers

Deflection

Superior Strength

Healing Power

Greater Intellect

Superior Spirit

Mana Regeneration

Superior Stamina

Gloves

Threat

Superior Agility

Healing Power

Fire Power

Shadow Power

Greater Agility

Greater Strength

Riding Skill

Advanced Mining

Advanced Herbalism

Skinning

Fishing

Boots

Minor Speed

Greater Agility

Spirit

Greater Stamina

Main hand

Superior Striking

Healing Power

Agility

Spell Power

Crusader

Mighty Intellect

Mighty Spirit

Lifestealing

Icy Chill

Fiery Weapon

Demonslaying

Lesser Beastslayer

Lesser Elemental Slayer

Shield

Greater Stamina

Superior Spirit

Lesser Block

Two Hand

Superior Impact

Agility

Other

Brilliant Mana Oil

Brilliant Wizard Oil

Disenchanting

You can disenchant anything at level 5 upon learning enchanting, so your bank alt should be an enchanter. Furthermore, enchanting mats cost no deposit to list on the AH, meaning you should disenchant anything that has got stats on it and has no hope of selling on the AH.

Engineering

$

Engineering is a basically a gold sink because you have to have engineering to use almost everything except the non-combat pets but it gives you a lot of versatility. Having the stuns from explosives is great for PvP and Goblin Sapper Charges, Arcanite Dragonling, Gnomish Battle Chickens and Repair Bots are great for raids.

Crafted Pre-Raid BiS

Green Lens of Shadow/Frost/Fire/Natures wrath

Other

Bronze Tube (Alliance Look to the Stars)

Deadly Blunderbuss (Horde Warsong Saw Blades)

Gyrochronatom (Gyro.. What?)

Mithril Casing (Chasing A-Me 01)

Field repair bot 74A

Arcanite Dragonling

Mithril Mechanical Dragonling

Gnomish Battle Chicken

Force Reactive Disk

Biznicks 247x128 Acurascope

Sniper Scope

Salt Shaker

Ultra Flash Shadow Reflector

Hyper Radiant Flame Reflector

Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector

Crafting Gnomish stuff for Goblins engineers

Crafting Goblin stuff for Gnomish engineers

Tranquil Mechanical Yeti

Likelike Mechanical Toad

Fireworks

Pet Bombling

Lil' Smoky

Discombobulator Ray

Aquadynamic Fish Attractor

Mechanical Squirrel Box

Ornate Spyglass

Fishing

$$$

Fishing is very lucrative especially when paired with alchemy and cooking. Fishing maxes out at 300 but 425 is needed for no fish to get away in max level areas. It is a secondary profession so you should have it no matter what.

Fishing Poles

Strong Fishing Pole +5

Big Iron Fishing Pole + 20

Nat Pagle's Extreme Angler Fc - 5000 + 25 (Horde only)

Arcanite Fishing Pole +35 (Fishing Competition)

Gear

Lucky Fishing Hat +5 (Fishing Competition)

Nat Pagle's Extreme Anglin' Boots +5 (Fishing Competition)

Lures

Shiny Bauble +25

Nightcrawlers +50

Bright Baubles +75

Aquadynamic Fish Attractor +100

Enchants

Gloves: Fishing +2

Fishing Pole: High Test Eternium Fishing Line +5 Fishing (Fishing Competition)

Fish

Stonescale Eel: $$$ Coastal, pools and open Water. Best time is 12 am-6 pm. Best Area is Bay of Storms, Azshara.

Winter Squid: $$ Only fishable Sept 23 - March 19 and fishable in coastal, open water only. Best time is 12pm-6pm and best area is Bay of Storms, Azshara.

Large Raw Mightfish: $$ Coastal, open water only, Best Area is Bay of Storms, Azshara.

Raw Nightfin Snapper: $$ Inland, pools and open water. Best Time is 12am-6am.

Firefin Snapper: $ Coastal, pools and open water.

Oily Blackmouth: $ Coastal, pools and open water.

Raw Greater Sagefish: $ Inland, pools and open water.

Deviate Fish: $ Only at Wailing Caverns.

Cooking

$$

Cooking is a secondary profession so you should have it anyways, so you might as well make some gold off of it.

Food

Grilled Squid

Smoked Desert Dumplings

Nightfin Soup

Runn Tum Tuber Surprise

Mightfish Steak

Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops

Dragonbreath Chili

First Aid

First Aid is a secondary profession that you will never profit from, but you should have it anyways.

First Aid Necessities

Heavy Runecloth Bandage

Powerful Anti-Venom

Auction House Tycoon

$$$$$

Bid on everything, bid on everything some more. Did i mention to bid? You need to bid/buy low, which means you need to bid. Get the auction house add-on of your choice (Auctionator, Auctioneer, Aux) and bid bid bid/buy low and sell high.

Flipping

Keep an eye out for anything underpriced or has a low bid on it. Anything used in a profession, to power level a profession, used in a quest, bags, consumables or is basically anything mentioned in this guide. You want something to be at least 30-50% below market value. Don't blindly trust your auctioneer, it records what things are listed for, not what they actually sold for. Use it as an approximation, not a fact. Those players that post an item for 1000g, 500g, 250g,100g, 50g, 25g etc when it sells for 1g is why auctioneers percentages aren't accurate. Use your head. Think to yourself, "is a guy power leveling blacksmithing really going to bother paying 50g for a shadowgem?" No he's not. BID, BID, BID and then BID some more.

Level 19 Twink Gear

Wrangler's Wristguards of 5 Stamina

Scouting Gloves of the Eagle 4/4

Deviate Scale Belt (crafted)

Scouting Trousers of the Eagle 5/5

Blood Ring

Face Smasher

Twisted Chanter's Staff

Sentry Cloak

Wrangler's Wristbands of the Monkey 3/3

Scouting Gloves of the Monkey 4/4

Meadow Ring of the Monkey 3/3

Tree Bark Jacket

Magefist Gloves

Keller's Girdle

Darkweave Breeches

Night Watch Shortsword

Defender Gauntlets of the Eagle 4/4

Fortified Belt of the Eagle 4/4

Grunt's Legguards of the Eagle 5/5

Forester's Axe of the Eagle 3/3

Evocator's Blade

Staff of the Blessed Seer

Shadowfang

Assassin's Blade

Witching Stave

Thorbia's Gauntlets

Fortified Belt of the Bear 5/5

Redbeard Crest

Flipping Blues/Epics

Foror's Compendium of Dragon Slaying

Teebu's Blazing Longsword

Hand of Edward the Odd

Elemental Mage Staff

Dwarven Hand Cannon

Axe of the Deep Woods

Krol Blade

Myrmidon's Signet

Warden Staff

Flurry Axe

Skullflame Shield

Stockade Pauldrons

Cloudkeeper Legplates

Edgemaster's Handguards

Alcor's Sunrazor

Freezing Band

Parrot Cage (Hyacinth Macaw)

Medallion of Grand Marshal Morris

Malefic Bracers

Shadowcraft Bracers (until DM)

Cassandra's Grace

Magiskull Cuffs (until DM)

Deepfury Bracers (until DM)

Elder Wizard's Mantle

Maiden's Circle

Stonegrip Gauntlets

Battlechaser's Greaves

These are all either a Pre raid BiS or are highly sought after by a specific class or another. Bid, Bid, Bid. You need to win these for at least 20% below market value. Then it's best to spam sell them in trade to avoid auction house fees.

Resist Gear

Blazing Emblem

Eidolon Talisman

Juno's Shadow

Random Rings of FR/NR/SR 18-21

Random Green cloth Head 20-15 NR

Random Green cloth Shoulder 15-20 NR

Random Green cloth Bracers 10-14 NR

Random Green cloth Gloves 15-20 NR

Random Green leather Head 15-20 NR

Random Green leather Bracers 10-14 NR

Random Green cloth Shoulder 15-20 NR

Fire Resist (Tanks) gear for Molten Core. Nature (Everyone) and Shadow (Caster Tank) Resist Gear for AQ40.

Darkmoon Faire

The Prices of Evil Bat Eye and Glowing Scorpid Blood fluctuate based off if the Faire is available or not. People want to acquire the Orb of the Darkmoon or the Amulet of the Darkmoon which costs 1200 Darkmoon Faire Prize Ticket. It takes a mixture of 600 Evil Bat Eye, and Glowing Scorpid Blood to acquire the necessary 1200 Darkmoon Faire Prize Ticket. Buy Evil Bat Eye and Glowing Scorpid Blood when the faire isn't available and then sell them when it is.

Winters Veil

From December 15th to January 16th a Christmas event called Winter Veil happens in-game. This event offers the opportunity to make some profit.

Stock up on Small Eggs a few months before the event begins. Their price will increase due to the seasonal quest,The Feast of Winter Veil, which requires five Gingerbread Cookies. The event also adds Egg Nog to the game. Both of these recipes require Small Eggs and are only obtainable during the Winter Veil event.

Stock up on Deeprock Salt a few months before the event. Their price will also increase because of the seasonal quest, The Hero of the Day. Which rewards 5 Preserved Holly.

Preserved Holly itself can be sold on the auction house. If you stock up during the Winter Veil event while prices are low you can expect to make a profit when they are out of season in the spring and summer.

Winter Veil wouldn't be Winter Veil without Snow Balls, which can be found in snow piles in the Alterac Mountains by the elite Ogres, in the Arathi Highlands by the Yetis or bought off the seasonal vendors in the capital cities. This item used to knockdown their targets but were nerfed for whatever reason. They're like Heavy Leather Balls except you hit your target with a snowball instead. They go out of season at the end of the event. If you stock up on these during the event to sell later on in the off seasons you can expect to make a profit.

The Quest, You're a Mean One... rewards one of the following profession recipes that are only obtainable during the event. The recipe you get is random and may not be for your actual professions.

Schemtic: Snowmaster 9000 is a engineering item that makes 1 snowball every 24 hours. It is better to stock up on snowballs during the event than to think that 1 snowball a day is going to make you much, but people collect recipes so stocking up on a few of the recipes during the event to sell during the offseason should net you a profit.

Plans: Edge of Winter is a blacksmithing 1h axe that has a chance to do frost damage on hit. Its only real use might be as a weapon on Viscidus in aq40, but again, people collect recipes so stocking up on a few recipes during the event to sell in the offseasons should be profitable.

Formula: Enchant Weapon Winter's Might is a enchant that might be useful in phase one if you don't have access to Spell Power yet. Again, those pesky recipe collectors so stock up and sell some off recipes during the off seasons.

Recipe: Elixir of Frost Power is a raid consumable that frost mages use to increase their frost damage during Mc and Bwl raids. If you are an alchemist, make sure you get this during the event. Since this recipe has an actual valid use it's not a bad idea to buy up a lot of recipes during the event. Alchemists that want it later on will have to pay a premium for this recipe in the off seasons.

Pattern: Gloves of the Greatfather are some leatherworker gloves that could be sold to druids and shamans levelers, but beyond that, stock up on a few to sell to recipe collectors during the off seasons.

Pattern: Green Holiday Shirt is a green shirt that matches well with the Gloves of the Greatfather and a Santa hat. It's cosmetic only. Stock up on a few recipes to resell to collectors during the off seasons.

Disenchanting

Your bank alt should already be an enchanter so he/she can disenchant for you. Get Enchantrix. It tells you an item's average disenchant value based off of your auction house scans. You should scan the auction house at least twice a day to keep the info as accurate as possible, then bid, bid, bid/buy any armor or weapons that are listed for below their average disenchant value. After you disenchant them, remember that enchanting mats have no deposit cost. You can repost enchanting mats as many times as you want without losing any gold.

Flipping Leveling Armor/Weapons

Keep it cheap, shoot to buy items for at least 50% of what the item sells for. Bid, bid, bid. You'll get most of your inventory from winning bids. Expect not to make a lot per item (5s-50s). Levelers aren't going to blow a lot on something they'll throw away in 10 levels. Make sure the stats make sense. Don't bid/buy armor or weapons with shitty stats. Leveling warriors, shamans, and paladins want strength and/or stamina (of the Bear). Hunters, rogues, and druids wants agility and/or stamina (of the Monkey). Casters want intellect and/or stamina (of the Eagle). Don't buy mail past level 35 with warrior stats because they want plate at level 40.

The Sweet Spot and Flipping Trade Goods

Everyone thinks they'll make tons of gold flipping epics for a bazillion gold when in fact, playing auction house tycoon is more about flipping thousands of items for tiny profit. The sweet spot is the price point that an item always still sells for but not being the lowest price of that particular item. There might be Linen Cloth up for as little as 80c each but it'll still sell for 1.1 silver each, all day, everyday. That's the sweet spot. You could buy all the Linen Cloth up to 1.03s each, relist it for 1.1s each and in the absolute worst case still be making 1 copper profit per linen. Of course... You're not selling 1 or 20, you're selling several hundred everyday. Auctioneer gives you a rough guess, but it's up to you to find that sweet spot for any particular item by trial and error. This works well with trade goods, ammo, or anything that goes in and out of the AH in bulk everyday.

Seller Amount Buyout / Bid Each Seller 1 3 Linen Cloth 79c / Seller 2 2 Linen Cloth 80c / Seller 3 19 Linen Cloth 85c / Seller 4 12 Linen Cloth 99c / Seller 5 3 Linen Cloth 1.05s / 50c Seller 6 2 Linen Cloth 1.11s / 70c <--Sweet Spot Seller 7 9 Linen Cloth 1.12s / 90c Seller 8 14 Linen Cloth 1.14s / 50c Seller 9 12 Linen Cloth 3.00s / 1c

Look for a supply wall Bid bid bid/Buy all the linen under (6% under sweet spot) 1.05s each Repost it for (find the Sweet Spot) 1.11 buyout each and 1.11 bid.

Seller Amount Buyout / Bid Each You 134 Linen Cloth 1.11s / 1.11s <-- Same Sweet Spot Seller 6 2 Linen Cloth 1.11s / 70c $ Seller 7 9 Linen Cloth 1.12s / 90c $ Seller 8 14 Linen Cloth 1.14s / 50c $ Seller 9 12 Linen Cloth 3.00s / 1c $

$ = You're the highest bidder

Spent: 1g25s43c on 134 linen buyouts 134 linen sold -5% ah cut = 1g41s30c -1g25s43c = Profit: 15s 87c not counting if you won and bids.

You do this over and over and over and over with several items until it adds up to an epic mount.

Controlling the Market

Let's say a Large Glimmering Shard is selling for 90 silver and there are 10 shards up at the Auction House. To control this market, what you would do is completely buy out all of the large glimmering shards. Then, you would go back and sell them for any price you decide as you are the only supply for Large Glimmering Shards. Let's be reasonable and only sell them for 1 gold 80 silver (double). Now, you must have at least 3 - 5 items up at any given time for the price you have set. If they are not yours but are at 1 gold 80 silver ish, no problem. If someone puts them up for less or the original price, immediately buy them out. People will start to accept that the price of a Large Glimmering Shard is now 1.8g. Also, the people selling the shards will think that they have been selling at 1.8g, so they will put them up for that amount as well. Now, all you have to do is sell off all of your Large Glimmering Shards at 1.8g. You just made twice what you invested.

STEP 1: Pick a market with a limited supply of the same item - no more than 10-20 is best.

Seller Amount Buyout / Bid Each Seller 1 1 Glimmering Shard 88s / 80s Seller 2 3 Glimmering Shard 89s / 80s Seller 3 6 Glimmering Shard 90s / 80s

STEP 2: Buy them all out and repost 3-5 for whatever you decide. Most other sellers will think the new price (1.8g) is what they go for and post for near the same.

Seller Amount Buyout / Bid Each Seller 4 3 Glimmering Shard 80s / 80s Seller 5 1 Glimmering Shard 1.70g / 80s Seller 6 2 Glimmering Shard 1.79g / 80s You 1 Glimmering Shard 1.80g / 1.80g You 1 Glimmering Shard 1.80g / 1.80g You 1 Glimmering Shard 1.80g / 1.80g

STEP 3: Buyout the 3 Glimmering Shards for 80s (regular price) each, the one for 1.7g (5% undercut) and bid up the 2 Large Glimmering Shards with a 80s bid (5% undercut) to force your price point to be competitive with it/or win it.

Seller Amount Buyout / Bid Each You 2 Glimmering Shard 1.78g / 1.78g Seller 7 1 Glimmering Shard 1.78g / 1.78g Seller 6 2 Glimmering Shard 1.79g / 80s $ You 1 Glimmering Shard 1.80g / 1.80g You 1 Glimmering Shard 1.80g / 1.80g You 1 Glimmering Shard 1.80g / 1.80g

$ = You're the highest bidder

STEP 4: Keep (3-5) of your Large Glimmering Shards up around 1.8g each ish buyout and bid at all times and let the natural demand sell them.

STEP 5: Repeat steps 3 and 4 or even start over at step 1 after a few days and increase the price again if step 1 still applies.

STEP 6: Other people will see the rise in price in that market and decide to start selling the item as well. If too many people do this, which ALWAYS happens, Once step one no longer applies (20+ items), abandon the market. Sell what you have left for more than you bought it for and move onto another market.

Vendor Recipes for Resale

Profit priority is towards the bottom for each zone.

http://www.blizzardguides.com/vendor_profession_recipes_guide.html

Vendor Vanity Pets For Resale

Remember if you put these on the neutral auction house, the deposit is 75% vendor price 12hr, 150% vendor price 24hr, and 300% vendor price 48hr. That's 5x more than your faction auction house. Mark up accordingly.

Alliance

Cat Carrier (Cornish Rex) – Donni Anthania, Elwynn Forest 40s

Cat Carrier (Bombay) – Donni Anthania, Elwynn Forest 40s

Cat Carrier (Orange Tabby) – Donni Anthania, Elwynn Forest 40s

Cat Carrier (Silver Tabby) – Donni Anthania, Elwynn Forest 40s

Cat Carrier (White Kitten) – Lil Timmy, Stormwind 60s, limited quantity (1)

Rabbit Crate (Snowshoe) – Yarlyn Amberstill, Dun Morogh 20s

Great Horned Owl – Shylenai, Darnassus 50s

Hawk Owl – Shylenai, Darnassus 50s

Horde

Crimson Snake – Xan'tish, Orgrimmar 50s

Brown Snake – Xan'tish, Orgrimmar, 50s

Black Kingsnake – Xan'tish, Orgrimmar 50s

Prairie Dog Whistle – Halpa, Thunder Bluff 50s

Cockroach – Jeremiah Payson, Undercity 50s

Neutral

Parrot Cage (Cockatiel) – Narkk, Booty Bay 40s

Parrot Cage (Senegal) – Narkk, Booty Bay 40s

Ancona Chicken – Magus Tirth, Thousand Needles 1g

Tree Frog Box – Flik, Darkmoon Faire 1g

Wood Frog Box – Flik, Darkmoon Faire 1g, limited quantity (1)

Alts

Passive gold

Tailoring, Alchemy, and Leatherworking all have cooldown based abilities. Alchemists can use transmutes like Essence of Undeath to Essence of Water (24hr cd) or Arcanite Bar (48hr cd). Tailors can make Mooncloth (96hr cd). Leatherworkers can make Refined Deeprock Salt (72hr cd). The minimum level a character needs to gain access to these abilities is level 35.

You could have 7 Alts, all level 35 with alchemy and either tailoring or leatherworking. After the initial gold investment to power level all the professions, you would have steady passive income from their cooldown abilities. It takes some time to recoup your investment, but after the leveling is done, it's basically passive income.

Camping

The most lucrative version of camping with your alt(s) is you park them on Black Lotus spawns. Log on, check the Black Lotus spawn points in the zone, and profit. Remember Black Lotus respawn about an hour after being picked and spawn one at a time in each of the 4 zones they can spawn in.

Next is parking your alts at rare recipe vendors to quickly check their stock. Vi'el in Winterspring comes to mind.

Don't Overlap

Don't overlap professions unless you're going for passive income or it's needed for raiding (Example: Tailoring: Bloodvine Set).

Cartels

Devilsaur Cartel

A group of players (both Horde and Alliance conspiring together) that control both the Devilsaur spawns and control the Devilsaur Leather market on the auction house. This is insanely lucrative. You'll hate these people.

Black Lotus Cartel

A group of players that camp all the Black Lotus spawns everywhere, control the Black Lotus market and by extension the flask market on the auction house. This is insanely lucrative. You'll hate these people.

Making Your Own Cartel

Basically find yourself some business partners and invest/farm together to take over markets. The larger the gold available, the bigger the market you can control. With a large enough cartel you can control any market, quadruple the prices, make a fortune and get out. Rinse, repeat, and savor those tears.

Youtube Video

Fresh Servers

Fresh Server offer a unique opportunity. All the level 19 Twink Blues, Pre Raid BiS Epics, and Blues listed in the guide above will never be cheaper than they are in the infancy of a server. Why? Due to the influx of players leveling through content and the lack of a gold in existence, you can expect more supply and the lowest prices for first few weeks of a server's existence. Any smart investments made will pay off big in 3-6 months' time.

Addons

Auctioneer, Auctionator, Aux - Allows you to scan the auction house and adds a lot of features

Postal - makes mailing lots of stuff easier to do Enchantrix - Works with your scans to estimate an items disenchant value and modifies item tooltip to have more info

SellValue - Modifies an items tooltip to show an item's vendor value (not sure if the name is accurate)

Devilsaur Leather

Info taken from https://www.reddit.com/r/lightshope/comments/984zax/how_the_devilsaur_mafia_works_from_a_mafia_member/

Devilsaurs come in four forms:

Devilsaur - 54-55 Elite

Ironhide Devilsaur - 54-56 Elite

Tyrant Devilsaur - 54-55 Elite

King Mosh - 59-60 Elite

This map shows the patrol locations of Un'goro Devilsaurs:

The table below shows the spawn and window timers of the Devilsaurs.

SpawnTime: maximum time it will take for the Devilsaur to spawn

WindowTime: earliest time it will take for the Devilsaur to spawn

Devilsaur Location SpawnTime WindowTime NW 11 minutes 2 minutes W 17 minutes 4 minutes M 17 minutes 4 minutes E 17 minutes 4 minutes N 17 minutes 4 minutes S 17 minutes 4 minutes

Tag Macro

If you're farming Devilsaurs, use the below macro in order to tag them first (in order to compete with same-faction farmers)

This macro should work in the Legion API we are receiving.

/tar Tyrant Devilsaur

/tar Ironhide Devilsaur

/tar Devilsaur

/cast <INSTANT-ABILITY-HERE>

Lockarrian’s guide to being a proper Robinson Crusoe in Un’Goro Crater

Do you already have the “Timers” AddOn?

No => Install Lockarrian’s explicit cartel version

Yes => Delete your old piece of shit and install Lockarrian’s explicit cartel version

Install Bigwigs too

Why Timers?

They are automatic. They trigger off the text in the combat log. Like “Devilsaur dies.”

So no need to remember to set the timer in bigwigs.

OMGWTFBBQQ can’t track Mid,East,South,Mid with this poolshit

(if images too tiny check da gallery -> http://imgur.com/a/tmAP7)

No1 gives a fok m8. Except Lockarrian. Lockarrian cares. That’s why he edited the lua code for you and made this no scope -Cartel only- Timers config. Now it DOES display the location of the devilsaur.

HAXBANS?

This works from your player position. Take a look at dis map

If the Devilsaur dies in one of the red boxes AND your character is near, the timer will be set to north,east,mid,south accordingly. If it dies outside the box AND your character is near, it will be set with the coordinates of your character.

Why BigWigs then?

If you are away from a devilsaur and communicating via TS, you can manually set timers since the Timers AddOn only procs if your character is near when the Devilsaur dies.

Config timers correctly

Follow the red circles in the images

If the timers don’t delete themselves after expiration (as we configed them in the image), blame obama. You are proper cartel now.

Extras

I am going to add a dirty guild shout out. Yep, right here! You ready? Here it goes!

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Thankyou

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