Great Gold Making Spots

Angerclaw Maulers
Head into Felwood and find a nice cluster of Angerclaw Maulers . These guys respawn pretty fast so when you kill all of them in an area, the first ones you killed will start to respawn and you won't have much downtime. Even though they don't necessarily drop a lot of higher end items, you will get a lot of stackable Claws, Jaws, Bones, etc... that sell very well as vender trash. On top of that, you can skin them and make even more money off of the Leather that you sell at the Auction House. On average, this will bring in about 40 Gold per hour.

Crusader Enchant
The Formula: Enchant Weapon - Crusader is one of the most sought after formulas in the game. There is only one place to get one of these (besides the Auction House) and that is from the Scarlet Spellbinders which can be found at the tower on your way up to Heartglen. Click here to see a map of where you can find them. While you may have to invest some time before it drops, don't forget that this formula is worth anywhere from 250 to 350 Gold! In addition to the Crusader Enchant, you will find a lot of other nice green and blue items along the way including some of the cards that make up the Elementals, Portals, and Warlords decks. As long as this place isn't being farmed, you will have no problem making the money to justify your time up here. If this area is heavily occupied at the time, you would be better off using one of these other strategies and try coming back at a different time when it's less crowded. I have personally done this before and found mine in about 4 hours. With the profit I made from the formula as well as the other items I found during this time, it came out to be about 100 Gold an Hour for my time. If you are looking for a little more encouragement to get you going up here, someone else in my guild got it around their 15th kill which they obviously got very lucky but just to let you know that it could drop at any time.

Demonslaying Enchant
Over in the Southwest Corner of Azshara (West of Forlorn Ridge), you will find some Highborne Apparitions and some Highborne Lichling . They don ‛ t have too many hit points which means you can kill a ton of these things in a short amount of time. These guys drop a lot of mageweave, as well as some nice green and blue items. I have also gotten quite a few Patterns and Plans such as Formula: Enchant Weapon - Demonslaying . On average this should make you about 40 - 50 Gold Per Hour depending on how much this area is being hit at the time.

Whelps in the Badlands
A good spot for a low level 40 is the Eastern Side of the Badlands. Here you will find a LOT of Whelps, mainly the Scalding Whelps . They can do a good amount of damage but their hit points are low so you should be able to solo these just fine. They drop a lot of leather, a handful of blue items and a lot of very nice greens. I wasn't even grinding these guys and I got a Dark Whelpling for one of my drops. If you're a skinner, you'll definitely love this spot because you will get experience, gold/loot, and you can skin these guys.

Legash Encampment
In Azshara near the Legash Encampment , you will find a large group of Blood Elves that have an Excellent Rune Cloth drop rate. They also drop a good amount of greens and some nice blues. The last time I was grinding there, I found the Gryphonwing Long Bow and sold it for about 95 Gold if I remember correctly. Even if you don't find any blues, the rune cloth and plenty of nice green items will still bring you a lot of gold for the little time you spend killing these guys. On top of that, there are also a lot of chests that spawn in the area so be sure to keep an eye out for other players sneaking in for the loot.

Highbornes in Winterspring
In Winterspring, head to the area just Southwest of Everlook. Here you will find some Anguished Highbornes and some Suffering Highbornes . They will drop a ton of runecloth and you can also get a wide range of patterns, plans, and recipes. If you are lucky enough, you will spot Princess Tempestria. You might need a little help with this one because she is a 60 elite and has some friends around her. She drops the Tempestria's Frozen Necklace, lots of other BOE blue items and can also drop the Ace of Elementals which will fetch you about 100 Gold!

Eye of Shadow
Also in Winterspring, head to the Southern Part near Darkwhisper Gorge . There you will find Hederine Slayers which have a good drop rate (for an epic anyway) to give you the Eye of Shadow . This item is needed for the Priest to get Benediction. If you don ‛ t need it for yourself, you can make around 100 Gold for it at the Auction House.

Cloth in Felwood
Over in northeastern part of Felwood, you can find a lot of Hellcallers, Betrayers, and Tricksters. These guys don't drop a ton of great items but you will get a LOT of Runecloth and Felcloth which sells very well at the Auction House.

Twilights in Silithus
The place where I have been spending most of my time recently is Silithus. One of the things I do there is focus on the areas where you can find Twilight Stonecallers and Twilight Avengers . There are a few different clusters of these guys scattered throughout Silithus which is nice because you don't have to worry about someone farming these guys all the time. These guys will give you a ton of Runecloth and a few items that I have personally found here are the Orb of Deception, Plans: Radiant Leggings , and a Four of Warlords . Making passes in here with a high level character will easily make me about a 150 gold per day!

Essence of Air
In the Northern part of Silithus , you will find some Dust Stormers . These guys drop some good items and have decent drop rate for Essence of Air
which goes for about 12 Gold a piece. They also drop a lot of elemental items and quite a few people have gotten an epic from these guys. As with any epic, they are hard to get but it's nice to hear that these guys have dropped a couple different ones. Not counting the epics because those are tough to get, the Essences and other elemental items received should bring you in about 60 Gold per hour.

Essence/Core of Earth
Another great spot in Silithus can be found in the top left corner of the zone. Here you will find plenty of Desert Rumblers that drop Essence of Earth and Core of Earth as well as lot of nice blue items and if you are really lucky maybe even an epic.

Making Gold in BRD
There is a gold mine waiting for you over in Blackrock Depths (BRD) that you just have to know about. At the Grim Guzzler Tavern inside of BRD, you will find Lokhtos Darkbargainer of The Thorium Brotherhood. What you need to do is build up your reputation so that you can purchase some top of the line Patterns and Plans. The way you do this is by completing quests and selling him certain items such as Dark Iron Ore and Core Leather. As you increase your reputation with him, he will begin selling you some of the 30 plans and patterns that he offers such as the Plans: Dark Iron Destroyer and the Pattern: Molten Helm. To see a more comprehensive list of what he sells and how to gain the reputation needed to purchase these items, check out this link here. As soon as you are able to begin purchasing these items, the gold will be flowing in.

Dark Iron Ore
The Dark Iron Ore in BRD is always in high demand because it is needed for reputation with the Thorium Brotherhood, higher-end crafts by Blacksmiths, and some other very rewarding quests. So if you aren't up for spending a lot of time to build up your reputation, you can still make about 10 gold per stack. You should be able to mine about 30 of these per hour and if you are a Rogue or Druid, you should be able to stealth your way around better so that you can get between 50 and 60 an hour. This will bring you in a good amount of gold per hour for just mining.

Weeping Cave
Head over to the Weeping Cave in the Western Plaguelands. Here you'll find a lot of Rotting Behemoths and Decaying Horrors that have drop a lot of nice loot and a decent amount of money. The drop you are looking for here is the Recipe: Greater Nature Protection Potion which will drop between 1% to 2% of the time. Currently on the server I play on, this sells for about 90 Gold. You should be able to get one of these in about 90 minutes of work which comes out to 1 Gold per minute!

Patch of Elemental Water
Off the coast of Azshara near the Bay of Storms is an area called Patch of Elemental Water. Here you can fish for Elemental Waters , Globes of Water, and Essences of Water which can go for 5-7 Gold a piece! The only thing you have to watch out for is there are some Level 50's out there. You should be able to avoid them for the most part but you should keep an eye out in case one is sneaking up on you. Depending on your Fishing skill level, you should be able to make around 75 Gold per hour for all the loot.

Deviate Fish
Another great money maker in fishing is over at the Wailing Caverns where you will be fishing for some Deviate Fish. For awhile, it was popular to use the Recipe: Savory Deviate Delight to make some Savory Deviate Delight. However, the Deviate Fish seem to be selling for more at the Auction House recently than the delight that you can turn it into by Cooking. So my recommendation to you is not bother with buying the Recipe which sells for about 25 Gold and just focus on collecting the fish. This will get you a lot more Gold in the end somewhere in the range of about 20 Gold per hour just for fishing. If you have a nice macro set up, then you will be able to make that money by basically doing nothing. While this isn‛t the hundreds of gold an hour that everyone wants to make, it is an easy way to make some gold solo if you can‛t take on those higher level elites yet.

Stone Guardians
The Stone Guardians on the Northeastern half of Un'Goro Crater have a really good chance to drop Guardian Stones. They are in high demand because they are needed to craft high level items for Blacksmithing, Tailoring, Leatherworking, and Enchanting. Right now on my server, they are going for about 5 Gold a piece. On top of that, the Guardians also drop Essence of Earth, some nice blue items and a lot of greens that you can either sell or disenchant.