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Pitbull
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To make gold?
Mining and Herbalism.
Both gathering and sell the ores and herbs on AH.
Later at level 85 you can either keep them or you drop one to take up a crafting profession.
If however you like the lore of having a crafting profession then I would go for Alchemy with herbalism.
Mining and Herbalism.
Both gathering and sell the ores and herbs on AH.
Later at level 85 you can either keep them or you drop one to take up a crafting profession.
If however you like the lore of having a crafting profession then I would go for Alchemy with herbalism.
Kaine
Expert Member
herbing and mining/skinning is the way to go. you can sell pretty much everything you get on the AH, and most of it will actually sell. or you can keep the mats until you decide to level up a crafting profession. just a heads up, leatherworking is insanely expensive to level up. you will have to buy some mats for it
Pitbull
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That part of being expensive is true about all professions apart from Alchemy I have learned. Alchemy is pretty painless and costs just about nothing, apart from the vials.
Black-smiting, Enchanting, Leather Working, Tailoring, crap all of them cost money
Enchanting is the worst of them all though.
MaximusZA
Senior Member
dont forget, if gold is a huge problem with dailies you can earn 200 to 300g a day just on dailies. Pickup any plants or ore while you doing your dailies and you can earn quite a bit pretty quick.
MaximusZA
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this is going to prevent you from earn gold quick, so get a couple gathering professions and the first lot of gold you get in stack up on netherweave bags they not that expensive at the moment and they big enough for now. then once you full up with decent size bags your gold should start rolling in.
Making gold is insanely easy right now, or at least it is on alliance lightbringer. I just rolled my first alliance toon, and by the time I was 25 I had 300g just by running instances and selling the cloth drops. And now that I am level 45 I have over 1k gold... And I have never set foot outside Ironforge since level 10. I exclusively leveled in dungeons since I was able to use the dungeon finder. On this server even normal lowlevel silk (that went for 1g a stack pre cata) goes for 30g a stack... Quite silly really...
Don't buy gear on the AH. That's first thing. You can get decent gear with justice and valour points and reputation. Make sure have all the tabards to boost rep while in dungeons. Attempts at instant gratification is the path to financial ruin.
My main has tailoring and herbalism. I make enough selling intellect leg enchants and herbs, especially the herbs used for flasks and certain potions that raiders use for burst dps, such extra intellect for 15 seconds, or haste speed boost. A lot of guilds now use guild cauldron to make flasks for the raid, which means they buy a lot of herbs. Remember that with guild perks and guild achievements, guild have a steady income now.
Tailoring and leather working both have epic leg enchants which are always needed. It's often an easy 400g depending the realm. Leather working has the disadvantage that you need leather, therefore you should have skinning, otherwise you end up buying leather, which reduces your profit substantially. Tailoring also allows you to make bags which people always need.
My main has tailoring and herbalism. I make enough selling intellect leg enchants and herbs, especially the herbs used for flasks and certain potions that raiders use for burst dps, such extra intellect for 15 seconds, or haste speed boost. A lot of guilds now use guild cauldron to make flasks for the raid, which means they buy a lot of herbs. Remember that with guild perks and guild achievements, guild have a steady income now.
Tailoring and leather working both have epic leg enchants which are always needed. It's often an easy 400g depending the realm. Leather working has the disadvantage that you need leather, therefore you should have skinning, otherwise you end up buying leather, which reduces your profit substantially. Tailoring also allows you to make bags which people always need.
If you have enough patience cooking and fishing works out nicely as come raid nights all my food sells out Herbs and ore prices have dropped to ridiculous prices on my realm so just make sure your not in the same boat before you spend hours herbing and then you have to sell them for next to nothing.
Herbs and ore prices have dropped to ridiculous prices on my realm so just make sure your not in the same boat before you spend hours herbing and then you have to sell them for next to nothing.
Kaine
Expert Member
fishing yes! for the fish feasts its well worth it, but it does take ages to get up. somewhere in wotlk I took a day of my sanity and power leveled fishing and cooking, 13hours of my life, but its done now! so yes, fishing can be quite profitable, if you have the time to do it. also, the intellect food, which you get by fishing in open see is worth loads, but you cant fish it from pools, and the drop rate is quite abysmal
Well on my server ore is still making a killing.. specially NR and OL ore. I was selling adamantite ore for roughly 50 gold for a stack of 5. Cobalt generally goes for about 20/25 gold per stack of 5 as well.
Herbs it all depends...
Herbs it all depends...
Getting bags? Do you have a char above level 60 on another server? Create a deathknight on the server where you want to level your new toons. The deathnight quests and maybe a few afterwords will be enough to buy you those first bags. Takes about 1-3 hours to complete all the quests.
If you cannot create a deathknight, just ignore the initial quest for gold. Go out and play the game, you will get small bags on your way through quests and drops. Sell your ores and whatever else you are collecting on the AH, and dont buy gear on the AH.
Herbalism, skinning, mining are all good starting professions, depending on your server and what the price for low level trade goods are.
Effort vs time at level 85, I would take up a crafting profession. Jewel crafting or Alchemy, are the ones I am making my money on (Jewel crafting ~15k per week, Alchemy ~20k per week). I buy all my ore and herbs on the AH, if the prices are good up to 20k at a time, and then process it. Buying all the material I can ensure that the cost of crafting flasks or jewels remain high and I can always make a profit. In my experience, most alchemists are transmute specialists because that tends to be the gold spinner if you make volatile air/ True gold, but it also leaves a gap in the market for making flasks with flask specialization.
Being one of the biggest buyers of ore on my server, I would not recommend mining as a endgame profession. Competing with the bots and farmers out there, can be a full time job. Typically these guys put around 50 stacks of ore on the AH at a time (2-3 times a day). On my server there would typically be ~16 pages of elementium ore (auctioneer pages) at any given time, competing with that is just insane.
Same goes for some of the herbs at 80-85, but it seems still possible to make a decent profit from herbs.
If you cannot create a deathknight, just ignore the initial quest for gold. Go out and play the game, you will get small bags on your way through quests and drops. Sell your ores and whatever else you are collecting on the AH, and dont buy gear on the AH.
Herbalism, skinning, mining are all good starting professions, depending on your server and what the price for low level trade goods are.
Effort vs time at level 85, I would take up a crafting profession. Jewel crafting or Alchemy, are the ones I am making my money on (Jewel crafting ~15k per week, Alchemy ~20k per week). I buy all my ore and herbs on the AH, if the prices are good up to 20k at a time, and then process it. Buying all the material I can ensure that the cost of crafting flasks or jewels remain high and I can always make a profit. In my experience, most alchemists are transmute specialists because that tends to be the gold spinner if you make volatile air/ True gold, but it also leaves a gap in the market for making flasks with flask specialization.
Being one of the biggest buyers of ore on my server, I would not recommend mining as a endgame profession. Competing with the bots and farmers out there, can be a full time job. Typically these guys put around 50 stacks of ore on the AH at a time (2-3 times a day). On my server there would typically be ~16 pages of elementium ore (auctioneer pages) at any given time, competing with that is just insane.
Same goes for some of the herbs at 80-85, but it seems still possible to make a decent profit from herbs.
. What is a good endgame profession for a tank?All of the production profession bonuses are almost the same at max level. It is about 80 Str/Agi/Int or 120 Sta. Jewelcrafting is one of those that is slightly higher (81 and 123), but nothing major. There are some other bonuses that each profession get, but it doesn't affect raiding. It's more of a cost perk. As examples, Alchemy gets you double duration flasks and elixirs and a 359 epic trinket. Leatherworkers can enchant their own pants with AP at a much better price than the BoE ones. I think Tailoring also has the same leg enchants, but for SP. Engineering has a bunch of cool toys.
Gathering professions have their own perks, although not as great as the production. Herbalism has a small heal and 480 haste rating boost on a 2 min CD. At Cataclysm level herbs, you can also get a seed which turns you into a herb and allows you to regen health and mana at a quick pace. Skinning has extra 80 crit rating at 525, as well as a small chance to get volatiles. Mining gives you an extra 120 Sta.
Gathering professions have their own perks, although not as great as the production. Herbalism has a small heal and 480 haste rating boost on a 2 min CD. At Cataclysm level herbs, you can also get a seed which turns you into a herb and allows you to regen health and mana at a quick pace. Skinning has extra 80 crit rating at 525, as well as a small chance to get volatiles. Mining gives you an extra 120 Sta.