There are couple ways to make money through a profession. The first way is to use your profession to either sell the materials you collect or the items you craft. Since one of your primary goals is to make a lot of Gold fast, then you should focus primarily on gathering and not worry so much about crafting items.
What I mean by this is that instead of using all your harvested ore or herbs to craft weapons, armor, potions, etc … , you should just sell the mats in stacks at the Auction House. People would much rather prefer to just buy these necessary materials from you at the Auction House. What this means for you is that you can usually charge a lot more for the materials than you could for the crafted item they make
The other way to make a lot of money is to scan the Auction House for items that are necessary for other players to complete Profession specific quests or gain the higher skills they are trying to achieve. Most players don ‛ t realize that an item they have is a quest item that someone else needs. If you can identify these, you will be surprised at how much Gold this is going to bring in for you. I will be displaying a list of these items later on in this section.
Gathering Professions
All of the Gathering Professions can make you a lot of money. The ones that I have found to generate the most gold for me in the shortest amount of time are Mining and Skinning. Herbalism and Fishing will also make you a lot of gold as well but Mining and Skinning have a larger market for their items. Below you will find a list of these professions and ways you can make some easy gold with each one.
Mining
Mining can generate you some serious gold because Engineers and Blacksmiths both need lots of it. I ‛ m going to assume that everyone knows where they can find some Copper and Tin, for their respective starting points. For Iron, I head over to Arathi Highlands. That zone is loaded with it and you will also find some Mithril while you are there. Also, you will want to head over to the Drywhisker Cave next to Hammerfall in the Northeast. This cave has a lot of Lesser Bloodstone which is needed for the Favor for Krazek quest, which is given by Krazek in Booty Bay. You can sell stacks of these for a few gold at the Auction House or in Booty Bay where the quest is given.
Another ore needed for a quest is Incendicite Ore which can be found in the cave just north of Dun Algaz in the Wetlands. This ore is needed for the Search for-Incendicite quest given by Pilot Stonegear in Dun Morogh so you should try to sell through Trade Channel there or at the Auction House.
One of the best places to find Mithril and Truesilver is by making passes in the Blasted Lands, Searing Gorge, and Tanaris. The Charred Vale in Stonetalon Mountains is also good for a quick run to get some Mithril while being able to find some Gold and Truesilver.
Now for the real money maker...
Thorium ! Not only does Thorium by itself sell very well (About 10 Gold per stack), you can also find Arcane Crystals in these veins. These things have a decent drop rate and can sell between 12 and 15 Gold a piece at the Auction House. If you don't do anything else to make gold but sell the Thorium and Arcane Crystals you find, you will be just fine.
Now where are the best spots to get this you ask? The 3 best spots to find these veins are in the Burning Steppes , Eastern Plaguelands , and Winterspring .
These places are loaded. If those areas are being hit by too many people, you can also find some more Thorium veins over in Un'Goro.
Making runs in these areas can make you well over 50 Gold per hour! Be sure to make use of the Gatherer UI Mod to help you locate these veins. The faster you can locate the veins, the faster you can you can make money.
Skinning
This gathering profession can also generate a lot of gold for you too because these items are needed for multiple professions such as Leatherworking,
Tailoring, and even Blacksmithing. One of the best tips I can give you is to find places where it is necessary for players to kill enemies/creatures for a quest. It‛s at these places where you can skin a lot in a small area without having to spend the time fighting. Stranglethorn Vale is a very good example of this. There are about a dozen quests or so given out a Nesingwary's Expedition to the north. You will find a TON of Raptors , Tigers , and Panthers that you can skin. Another is Un ‛ Goro where you will be able to skin a lot of Devilsaurs and Gorillas .
Once you get to the higher levels, you should definitely head on over to
Winterspring where you will find Shardtooths just about everywhere. There are 2 main clusters of Elder Shardtooths that you should visit because they will have a higher drop rate. These guys will drop a lot of Rugged Leather (3
Gold Per Stack) and Warbear Leather (6 Gold Per Stack) and you can skin the mobs in these areas as well for more hide. Taking into account the leather, skinning, and loot you'll find along the way, you can make about 40 Gold per hour from these guys. The only complaint I have about skinning is that you typically can ‛ t stack the items in groups of 20. This causes you to take up some extra space in your bags. To address this, buy bigger bags which won‛t be a problem with the additional gold you are bringing in now or you can mail them to your alt as soon as you get to a mailbox.
Herbalism
Herbalism is also a great gathering profession. You won't be able to do much with these herbs yourself unless you pick up Alchemy to make some potions but that's ok because the plan here is to sell the herbs themselves. There are a fewgood herb spots that I like to hit up for some easy gold. The first are the Plagueblooms which as the name suggests can be found all over the Eastern and Western Plaguelands. This herb can also be found in abundance in Felwood which may be your best bet because most people focus on the Plaguelands. Plaguebloom currently goes for about 8 Gold per stack. Another place I like to hit up is in the Hinterlands for some Ghost Mushrooms.
There are only a few small spots but at least that makes it easier for you to locate them without having to run around much. A stack of these sells for about 20- 25 Gold!
By far one of my favorite places to go for collecting herbs is Felwood. Not only will you collect Plagueblooms there but you will also find a lot of other higher end herbs there as well. Examples of these are Gromsblood and Dreamfoil both of which sell for about 12 Gold per stack. When you combine that with the Plagueblooms that you can also collect in Felwood, it adds up to a TON of gold in a short amount of time.
The only possible downside to Herbalism is that most of the herbs are pretty much only be used by Alchemists, which means that your market won't be as large as it is for some of the other professions. However, a lot of Alchemists prefer to just buy the herbs and as you can see by the selling prices, you can still make anywhere from 10 - 25 Gold per stack!
Fishing
I have to admit that I thought Fishing was a waste of time when the game first came out. Yeah it was fun to try but when all you were catching at the low levels were things like Bristle Whisker Catfish it quickly lost its luster.
That soon changed however. After giving it another try and getting my fishing level up, I soon realized that fishing can actually generate a lot of income.
One good way to make money is to fish for pearls like the Black Pearls and
Golden Pearls . You may have to open up a few clams before you get one of these pearls but once you do, you can sell them for a good amount of gold.
Black Pearls sell for about 10 Gold per stack and a single Golden pearl sells for around 30 Gold . You can get these from any high level water area but one of the best spots is in Feralas near Feathermoon.
Not only can you get them from fishing there but you can also get them as drops from the mobs nearby.
Another great spot for fishing is in Winterspring. There are only a couple small spots to fish but you can find a lot of very nice items in this high level area. No matter where you are fishing, be sure to get yourself a nice fishing rod and a good lure so that your fishing skill goes up and therefore increases your chance at catching those higher end items.
Fishing can bring you in a lot of gold if you hit spots in the higher level areas so don't consider it a waste of your time to pick this up early on in your playing. The other nice thing about this profession is that it's something you can do whenever you are near water and are waiting for something such as the boat to show up or a party member to meet you somewhere. Not only does it kill time in these situations, but it will help you level up your Fishing skill faster and make you some money at the same time. I will talk about a couple more great spots for fishing later on.
Production / Service Professions
The crafting profession that you choose won't make you much money if you don't compliment it with the right Gathering profession. All of these crafting professions need materials in order to craft an item so you'll want to make sure that you are gathering your own materials and not relying on the Auction House for them.
Alchemy
This is probably the best crafting profession for making money because all classes can benefit from the potions that an Alchemist can create. These potions are especially helpful in the higher level areas where you are fighting the upper level elites. As an Alchemist, you may have to invest some money up front on a couple good recipes but the return on investment is amazing. You should definitely pick up Herbalism as your Gathering profession on this as it will be needed for potions that you need to make.
One of the more popular items that sells for about 15 Gold for a stack of 5 are Major Mana Potions . The recipe sells for ton of money at the Auction House but you can buy one for ONLY 3 Gold from Magnus Frostwake in the Western Plaguelands. I have made as much as 100 Gold in a good solid day's work just from selling the Major Mana Potions.
Another popular item is Greater Fire Protection which sells for about 10 Gold per stack of 5. The recipe for this is a bit of an investment up front. If you choose to buy one, the going rate is around 200 Gold. However, there is a better way to get one of these. It can be dropped by Firebrand Invokers and Firebrand Pyromancers in the Hall of Blackhand Dungeon.
These guys are mid 50 Elites so they can be solo'd if you are a high enough level. The good news is for being such a nice recipe it will drop about 3% of the timemeaning on average you should have one of these drop within 33 kills.
Once you have this recipe, you will be making 10 Gold per stack or about 70-80 Gold per day depending on the market at the time. If you want, you can also just go ahead and sell the recipe at the Auction House for about 200 Gold. It's up to you whether you want to make a lot of money now or have a continual 10 Gold per sale income from the potions.
Invisibility Potions are in pretty high demand as well. They sell for about 10
Gold per stack and the recipe to make them is pretty cheap. You should also keep an eye out for the various transmute recipes as these items are profitable as well.
Alchemy is one of those professions that if you choose to do nothing other than camp at the Auction House, you won't have any problems making a lot of money.
Blacksmithing
Picking up Mining as your Gathering profession is a no brainer. Blacksmithing can be an expensive profession to level up but once you reach the higher levels, you can craft a lot of nice rare and epic armor/weapons. One of the things you have to be careful of when purchasing plans from places like the Thorium Brotherhood is to check the Auction House for the going rate on the items before you invest a lot of money. If you aren't careful with the items you are choosing to craft and then put up for sale, you may actually lose some money. Always check the mats needed to craft an item to see how much they sell for at the Auction House and then compare that with the crafted item itself to see the profit.
As with any profession, one of the best ways you can make some good money with Blacksmithing is to craft items that other players can use as well. One of the best money makers that I have used with Blacksmithing are with the various types of rods that can be crafted such as the Golden Rod , Truesilver Rod , and Arcanite Rod . Crafting these items is the only way an Enchanter can get them so they are always selling in the Auction House. The one that can make you the most profit is the Arcanite Rod. To make one of these, you need (3) Arcanite Bars and (1) Dense Grinding Stone .
The Dense Grinding Stone is cheap but the Arcanite Bars can be a little expensive to purchase going for about 18 Gold. This brings the total to craft one of these to about 55 Gold which sounds like a lot. However, the going rate for an Arcanite Rod is around 75 Gold each. That is a 20 Gold profit every time you do this! Not bad for a few minutes of work.
Another way to make a lot of gold is with the Steel Weapon Chain .This chain attaches to a weapon and prevents that player from being disarmed. Each of these sells for about 7 Gold. The hard part is getting the plans . They can't be purchased from a vendor and the drop rate isn't too high. So unless you get lucky, that leaves just one place, the Auction House.
These plans aren't up for sale too often but when they are, then can go for around 200 Gold. The good news is that there are clueless people out there when it comes to selling this who don't know what it's worth. I have personally seen 2 auctions that were selling these for less than 1 Gold because the default selling price is very cheap. In both cases, I obviously bought them. One of them, I kept for myself to create the Chains and the other I put back up for sale and made about 210 Gold. Keep an eye out for these plans because it's only a matter of time before they sell cheap and then you can make a lot of money by crafting these.
Some of the other popular Blacksmithing items that are always in demand are items such as Mithril Spurs and Shield Spikes . While these won't bring you in a ton of gold per sale, they are things that you can sell a lot of and have it add up to a nice amount of change over time.
Enchanting
Enchanting requires a bit of effort because this is a service profession. Think
of it as being a salesman, you need to find clients (other players) that are
willing to pay for the enchantments that you provide. There are a few ways to
go about doing this.
The first is to post messages in the Trade window saying something along the lines of "Enchanting Cloak - Greater Fire Resistance at Bridge". When you do an enchant for someone, ask them to add you to your friend's list because you will give deals in the future if they come back.
Another way to sell your enchantments is to keep an eye on the Trade
Channel. There are always people posting messages asking for someone to
enchant something for them.
Try to respond back right away because if more than one Enchanter replies back, they will typically respond to the first one.
When you are selling your enchantments to other players, you should first ask
to see if they have the mats. If they do, then just charge a fee for your
services. If they don't have the mats, you should mark up the cost of the
reagents because they didn't feel like going to the Auction House on their
own to get them. In this scenario, you will make a profit on the reagents and
you can add in a small fee as well.
Another way to make some good money that doesn't involve selling your
enchantments is to sell your overstocked reagents at the Auction House. A lot
of reagents such as Large Brilliant Shards and Arcane Crystals sell for a lot
of money. On top of that, there is no listing fee for Enchanting reagents so if
they don't sell, it doesn't cost you anything. As far as another profession to
pick up with Enchanting, Tailoring is good because they can compliment each
other with disenchanting. You can also pick up a gathering profession such as
Herbalism or Skinning to help the funding. What I like to do is pick up Mining
because there are various types of gems needed for Enchanting such as
Arcane Crystals that you can get from the Thorium veins. This will allow you
to get some of the materials yourself and therefore increase your profit
margin on the enchantments you are selling.
You should also disenchant anything that you don't need. This includes un-
needed quest rewards, BOP items, and old equipment that you no longer need.
The only exception to this is some of the rare items because they can go for
a lot more at the Auction House. To help you determine if an item is worth
disenchanting, you should use the Enchantrix add-on which will provide this
information for you.
If you find yourself hurting on money on the earlier levels, don't get too discouraged. Enchanting can be an expensive profession to level up at times. Once you hit about 250, you will really start making some good money. Some of the more popular enchants are weapon enchants like Enchant Weapon - Fiery Weapon and Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might . People are also interested in the enchants that add to their profession's skill level such as Enchant Gloves - Advanced Herbalism and Enchant Gloves - Advanced Mining . Once you start learning some of these higher level enchants, you will be making a LOT of money because they are in such high demand.
Engineering
Engineering is probably one of the harder professions to make money from
mainly because the target audience for their crafts are usually just other
Engineers. There are however a couple ways that I have found to make money when I was playing with the Engineering profession. The first way to make gold is by only crafting items that can be used by the other classes. Some of the more popular items that non-Engineers can use are Guns and Scopes.
A gun and scope that I have been making a lot of money on are the Dark Iron
Rifle (80 Gold) and the Sniper Scope (7 Gold). There are also a couple of
items that Engineers can make that are needed by other professions such as
Salt Shaker which is needed by Leather Workers. These sell for about 5
Gold a piece on my server. You should also keep your eye out for rare high
level Schematics as this is another way to generate a nice little income.
There are also quite a few quests out there that require Engineering items to
complete. A few of these are: Advanced Target Dummy for Show Your
Work , Gyrochronatom for Gyro... What? , and Hi-Explosive Bombs for
That's Asking A Lot . If you can focus on crafting these items needed for
quests or ones that don't require Engineering to use, that is your best bet for
making some good money as an Engineer.
Engineers also have the unique ability to craft various pets. Below is a table
that shows the 8 types of pets that can be crafted by an Enginneer. You
should learn as many of these as possible because they are very popular and
always sell well at the Auction House.
@ Compact Harvest Reaper
@ Mechanical Dragonling
@ Mithril Mechanical Dragonling
@ Gnomish Battle Chicken
@ Mechanical Squirrel
@ Pet Bombling
@ Lil' Smokey
@ Lifelike Mechanical Toad
What I mean by this is that instead of using all your harvested ore or herbs to craft weapons, armor, potions, etc … , you should just sell the mats in stacks at the Auction House. People would much rather prefer to just buy these necessary materials from you at the Auction House. What this means for you is that you can usually charge a lot more for the materials than you could for the crafted item they make
The other way to make a lot of money is to scan the Auction House for items that are necessary for other players to complete Profession specific quests or gain the higher skills they are trying to achieve. Most players don ‛ t realize that an item they have is a quest item that someone else needs. If you can identify these, you will be surprised at how much Gold this is going to bring in for you. I will be displaying a list of these items later on in this section.
Gathering Professions
All of the Gathering Professions can make you a lot of money. The ones that I have found to generate the most gold for me in the shortest amount of time are Mining and Skinning. Herbalism and Fishing will also make you a lot of gold as well but Mining and Skinning have a larger market for their items. Below you will find a list of these professions and ways you can make some easy gold with each one.
Mining
Mining can generate you some serious gold because Engineers and Blacksmiths both need lots of it. I ‛ m going to assume that everyone knows where they can find some Copper and Tin, for their respective starting points. For Iron, I head over to Arathi Highlands. That zone is loaded with it and you will also find some Mithril while you are there. Also, you will want to head over to the Drywhisker Cave next to Hammerfall in the Northeast. This cave has a lot of Lesser Bloodstone which is needed for the Favor for Krazek quest, which is given by Krazek in Booty Bay. You can sell stacks of these for a few gold at the Auction House or in Booty Bay where the quest is given.
Another ore needed for a quest is Incendicite Ore which can be found in the cave just north of Dun Algaz in the Wetlands. This ore is needed for the Search for-Incendicite quest given by Pilot Stonegear in Dun Morogh so you should try to sell through Trade Channel there or at the Auction House.
One of the best places to find Mithril and Truesilver is by making passes in the Blasted Lands, Searing Gorge, and Tanaris. The Charred Vale in Stonetalon Mountains is also good for a quick run to get some Mithril while being able to find some Gold and Truesilver.
Now for the real money maker...
Thorium ! Not only does Thorium by itself sell very well (About 10 Gold per stack), you can also find Arcane Crystals in these veins. These things have a decent drop rate and can sell between 12 and 15 Gold a piece at the Auction House. If you don't do anything else to make gold but sell the Thorium and Arcane Crystals you find, you will be just fine.
Now where are the best spots to get this you ask? The 3 best spots to find these veins are in the Burning Steppes , Eastern Plaguelands , and Winterspring .
These places are loaded. If those areas are being hit by too many people, you can also find some more Thorium veins over in Un'Goro.
Making runs in these areas can make you well over 50 Gold per hour! Be sure to make use of the Gatherer UI Mod to help you locate these veins. The faster you can locate the veins, the faster you can you can make money.
Skinning
This gathering profession can also generate a lot of gold for you too because these items are needed for multiple professions such as Leatherworking,
Tailoring, and even Blacksmithing. One of the best tips I can give you is to find places where it is necessary for players to kill enemies/creatures for a quest. It‛s at these places where you can skin a lot in a small area without having to spend the time fighting. Stranglethorn Vale is a very good example of this. There are about a dozen quests or so given out a Nesingwary's Expedition to the north. You will find a TON of Raptors , Tigers , and Panthers that you can skin. Another is Un ‛ Goro where you will be able to skin a lot of Devilsaurs and Gorillas .
Once you get to the higher levels, you should definitely head on over to
Winterspring where you will find Shardtooths just about everywhere. There are 2 main clusters of Elder Shardtooths that you should visit because they will have a higher drop rate. These guys will drop a lot of Rugged Leather (3
Gold Per Stack) and Warbear Leather (6 Gold Per Stack) and you can skin the mobs in these areas as well for more hide. Taking into account the leather, skinning, and loot you'll find along the way, you can make about 40 Gold per hour from these guys. The only complaint I have about skinning is that you typically can ‛ t stack the items in groups of 20. This causes you to take up some extra space in your bags. To address this, buy bigger bags which won‛t be a problem with the additional gold you are bringing in now or you can mail them to your alt as soon as you get to a mailbox.
Herbalism
Herbalism is also a great gathering profession. You won't be able to do much with these herbs yourself unless you pick up Alchemy to make some potions but that's ok because the plan here is to sell the herbs themselves. There are a fewgood herb spots that I like to hit up for some easy gold. The first are the Plagueblooms which as the name suggests can be found all over the Eastern and Western Plaguelands. This herb can also be found in abundance in Felwood which may be your best bet because most people focus on the Plaguelands. Plaguebloom currently goes for about 8 Gold per stack. Another place I like to hit up is in the Hinterlands for some Ghost Mushrooms.
There are only a few small spots but at least that makes it easier for you to locate them without having to run around much. A stack of these sells for about 20- 25 Gold!
By far one of my favorite places to go for collecting herbs is Felwood. Not only will you collect Plagueblooms there but you will also find a lot of other higher end herbs there as well. Examples of these are Gromsblood and Dreamfoil both of which sell for about 12 Gold per stack. When you combine that with the Plagueblooms that you can also collect in Felwood, it adds up to a TON of gold in a short amount of time.
The only possible downside to Herbalism is that most of the herbs are pretty much only be used by Alchemists, which means that your market won't be as large as it is for some of the other professions. However, a lot of Alchemists prefer to just buy the herbs and as you can see by the selling prices, you can still make anywhere from 10 - 25 Gold per stack!
Fishing
I have to admit that I thought Fishing was a waste of time when the game first came out. Yeah it was fun to try but when all you were catching at the low levels were things like Bristle Whisker Catfish it quickly lost its luster.
That soon changed however. After giving it another try and getting my fishing level up, I soon realized that fishing can actually generate a lot of income.
One good way to make money is to fish for pearls like the Black Pearls and
Golden Pearls . You may have to open up a few clams before you get one of these pearls but once you do, you can sell them for a good amount of gold.
Black Pearls sell for about 10 Gold per stack and a single Golden pearl sells for around 30 Gold . You can get these from any high level water area but one of the best spots is in Feralas near Feathermoon.
Not only can you get them from fishing there but you can also get them as drops from the mobs nearby.
Another great spot for fishing is in Winterspring. There are only a couple small spots to fish but you can find a lot of very nice items in this high level area. No matter where you are fishing, be sure to get yourself a nice fishing rod and a good lure so that your fishing skill goes up and therefore increases your chance at catching those higher end items.
Fishing can bring you in a lot of gold if you hit spots in the higher level areas so don't consider it a waste of your time to pick this up early on in your playing. The other nice thing about this profession is that it's something you can do whenever you are near water and are waiting for something such as the boat to show up or a party member to meet you somewhere. Not only does it kill time in these situations, but it will help you level up your Fishing skill faster and make you some money at the same time. I will talk about a couple more great spots for fishing later on.
Production / Service Professions
The crafting profession that you choose won't make you much money if you don't compliment it with the right Gathering profession. All of these crafting professions need materials in order to craft an item so you'll want to make sure that you are gathering your own materials and not relying on the Auction House for them.
Alchemy
This is probably the best crafting profession for making money because all classes can benefit from the potions that an Alchemist can create. These potions are especially helpful in the higher level areas where you are fighting the upper level elites. As an Alchemist, you may have to invest some money up front on a couple good recipes but the return on investment is amazing. You should definitely pick up Herbalism as your Gathering profession on this as it will be needed for potions that you need to make.
One of the more popular items that sells for about 15 Gold for a stack of 5 are Major Mana Potions . The recipe sells for ton of money at the Auction House but you can buy one for ONLY 3 Gold from Magnus Frostwake in the Western Plaguelands. I have made as much as 100 Gold in a good solid day's work just from selling the Major Mana Potions.
Another popular item is Greater Fire Protection which sells for about 10 Gold per stack of 5. The recipe for this is a bit of an investment up front. If you choose to buy one, the going rate is around 200 Gold. However, there is a better way to get one of these. It can be dropped by Firebrand Invokers and Firebrand Pyromancers in the Hall of Blackhand Dungeon.
These guys are mid 50 Elites so they can be solo'd if you are a high enough level. The good news is for being such a nice recipe it will drop about 3% of the timemeaning on average you should have one of these drop within 33 kills.
Once you have this recipe, you will be making 10 Gold per stack or about 70-80 Gold per day depending on the market at the time. If you want, you can also just go ahead and sell the recipe at the Auction House for about 200 Gold. It's up to you whether you want to make a lot of money now or have a continual 10 Gold per sale income from the potions.
Invisibility Potions are in pretty high demand as well. They sell for about 10
Gold per stack and the recipe to make them is pretty cheap. You should also keep an eye out for the various transmute recipes as these items are profitable as well.
Alchemy is one of those professions that if you choose to do nothing other than camp at the Auction House, you won't have any problems making a lot of money.
Blacksmithing
Picking up Mining as your Gathering profession is a no brainer. Blacksmithing can be an expensive profession to level up but once you reach the higher levels, you can craft a lot of nice rare and epic armor/weapons. One of the things you have to be careful of when purchasing plans from places like the Thorium Brotherhood is to check the Auction House for the going rate on the items before you invest a lot of money. If you aren't careful with the items you are choosing to craft and then put up for sale, you may actually lose some money. Always check the mats needed to craft an item to see how much they sell for at the Auction House and then compare that with the crafted item itself to see the profit.
As with any profession, one of the best ways you can make some good money with Blacksmithing is to craft items that other players can use as well. One of the best money makers that I have used with Blacksmithing are with the various types of rods that can be crafted such as the Golden Rod , Truesilver Rod , and Arcanite Rod . Crafting these items is the only way an Enchanter can get them so they are always selling in the Auction House. The one that can make you the most profit is the Arcanite Rod. To make one of these, you need (3) Arcanite Bars and (1) Dense Grinding Stone .
The Dense Grinding Stone is cheap but the Arcanite Bars can be a little expensive to purchase going for about 18 Gold. This brings the total to craft one of these to about 55 Gold which sounds like a lot. However, the going rate for an Arcanite Rod is around 75 Gold each. That is a 20 Gold profit every time you do this! Not bad for a few minutes of work.
Another way to make a lot of gold is with the Steel Weapon Chain .This chain attaches to a weapon and prevents that player from being disarmed. Each of these sells for about 7 Gold. The hard part is getting the plans . They can't be purchased from a vendor and the drop rate isn't too high. So unless you get lucky, that leaves just one place, the Auction House.
These plans aren't up for sale too often but when they are, then can go for around 200 Gold. The good news is that there are clueless people out there when it comes to selling this who don't know what it's worth. I have personally seen 2 auctions that were selling these for less than 1 Gold because the default selling price is very cheap. In both cases, I obviously bought them. One of them, I kept for myself to create the Chains and the other I put back up for sale and made about 210 Gold. Keep an eye out for these plans because it's only a matter of time before they sell cheap and then you can make a lot of money by crafting these.
Some of the other popular Blacksmithing items that are always in demand are items such as Mithril Spurs and Shield Spikes . While these won't bring you in a ton of gold per sale, they are things that you can sell a lot of and have it add up to a nice amount of change over time.
Enchanting
Enchanting requires a bit of effort because this is a service profession. Think
of it as being a salesman, you need to find clients (other players) that are
willing to pay for the enchantments that you provide. There are a few ways to
go about doing this.
The first is to post messages in the Trade window saying something along the lines of "Enchanting Cloak - Greater Fire Resistance at Bridge". When you do an enchant for someone, ask them to add you to your friend's list because you will give deals in the future if they come back.
Another way to sell your enchantments is to keep an eye on the Trade
Channel. There are always people posting messages asking for someone to
enchant something for them.
Try to respond back right away because if more than one Enchanter replies back, they will typically respond to the first one.
When you are selling your enchantments to other players, you should first ask
to see if they have the mats. If they do, then just charge a fee for your
services. If they don't have the mats, you should mark up the cost of the
reagents because they didn't feel like going to the Auction House on their
own to get them. In this scenario, you will make a profit on the reagents and
you can add in a small fee as well.
Another way to make some good money that doesn't involve selling your
enchantments is to sell your overstocked reagents at the Auction House. A lot
of reagents such as Large Brilliant Shards and Arcane Crystals sell for a lot
of money. On top of that, there is no listing fee for Enchanting reagents so if
they don't sell, it doesn't cost you anything. As far as another profession to
pick up with Enchanting, Tailoring is good because they can compliment each
other with disenchanting. You can also pick up a gathering profession such as
Herbalism or Skinning to help the funding. What I like to do is pick up Mining
because there are various types of gems needed for Enchanting such as
Arcane Crystals that you can get from the Thorium veins. This will allow you
to get some of the materials yourself and therefore increase your profit
margin on the enchantments you are selling.
You should also disenchant anything that you don't need. This includes un-
needed quest rewards, BOP items, and old equipment that you no longer need.
The only exception to this is some of the rare items because they can go for
a lot more at the Auction House. To help you determine if an item is worth
disenchanting, you should use the Enchantrix add-on which will provide this
information for you.
If you find yourself hurting on money on the earlier levels, don't get too discouraged. Enchanting can be an expensive profession to level up at times. Once you hit about 250, you will really start making some good money. Some of the more popular enchants are weapon enchants like Enchant Weapon - Fiery Weapon and Enchant Weapon - Winter's Might . People are also interested in the enchants that add to their profession's skill level such as Enchant Gloves - Advanced Herbalism and Enchant Gloves - Advanced Mining . Once you start learning some of these higher level enchants, you will be making a LOT of money because they are in such high demand.
Engineering
Engineering is probably one of the harder professions to make money from
mainly because the target audience for their crafts are usually just other
Engineers. There are however a couple ways that I have found to make money when I was playing with the Engineering profession. The first way to make gold is by only crafting items that can be used by the other classes. Some of the more popular items that non-Engineers can use are Guns and Scopes.
A gun and scope that I have been making a lot of money on are the Dark Iron
Rifle (80 Gold) and the Sniper Scope (7 Gold). There are also a couple of
items that Engineers can make that are needed by other professions such as
Salt Shaker which is needed by Leather Workers. These sell for about 5
Gold a piece on my server. You should also keep your eye out for rare high
level Schematics as this is another way to generate a nice little income.
There are also quite a few quests out there that require Engineering items to
complete. A few of these are: Advanced Target Dummy for Show Your
Work , Gyrochronatom for Gyro... What? , and Hi-Explosive Bombs for
That's Asking A Lot . If you can focus on crafting these items needed for
quests or ones that don't require Engineering to use, that is your best bet for
making some good money as an Engineer.
Engineers also have the unique ability to craft various pets. Below is a table
that shows the 8 types of pets that can be crafted by an Enginneer. You
should learn as many of these as possible because they are very popular and
always sell well at the Auction House.
@ Compact Harvest Reaper
@ Mechanical Dragonling
@ Mithril Mechanical Dragonling
@ Gnomish Battle Chicken
@ Mechanical Squirrel
@ Pet Bombling
@ Lil' Smokey
@ Lifelike Mechanical Toad
Leatherworking
Leatherworking can be a profitable profession but it won't be as easy to make
money as it is for some of the other professions because the Auction House
can be flooded at times with a lot of Leather crafted items. The Gathering
profession that you should pick up to compliment this profession is obviously
Skinning. This profession does more "saving" you money than it does "making"
you money. Leatherworking is a great profession for creating your own armor
because the skinning gives you a lot of materials to work with and the armor
you make doesn't usually need much more than that.
There are still some patterns that you can learn that will make you a very nice
profit at the Auction House. One of which was discussed in the "Buying Low
and Selling High" section and that is the Gem-Studded Leather Belt .
This pattern can be purchased for just 30s from Rikqiz in Booty Bay.
If you have the hide needed to make this belt, the remaining materials can all be
purchased for less than 2 Gold, which is still a lot less than the belt currently
sells for.
Another nice pattern that I have made probably close to 350 Gold total on is
the Pattern: Devilsaur Leggings . These have a decent drop rate from the
oozes scattered all throughout Un'Goro Crater. If you don't feel like getting
them yourself, they do sell pretty cheap (about 8-10 Gold) at the Auction
House. While this may not sound cheap, the leggings sell for about 50 Gold.
The most expensive material needed to make these are Devilsaur Leather .
You'll need 14 of these and they currently sell for about 1 gold a piece. What
you should do instead of buying these is head down to Un'Goro and kill these
Devilsaurs yourself as they are all over the place. As a level 57 character, I
was able to get 15 of these things in less than an hour. So...for an hours worth
of work, I was able to make 50 Gold! Note that I didn't subtract out the cost
of the pattern because that is a one time purchase and you can keep doing
this over and over again for approximately 50 Gold profit all the time. If you
were to have Skinning, but not Leatherworking as your profession, this would
also be a good spot because the Devilsaur Leather alone sells very well at the
Auction House.
Tailoring
Lower level bags are flooding the market and they are getting cheaper and
cheaper. To make money off the selling bags, you should stick with the ones
that are 12 slot or higher. Your best bet to make some quick and easy money
is with Mooncloth Bags because the recipe is cheap and you can craft the
item for about half the cost of what you can sell it for. You should be able to
make about a 7 Gold profit per bag. As far as the Bottomless Bags , they sell
for a ridiculous amount of money but the recipe is very hard to find. Keep an
eye out for this recipe in the Auction House. If you see it, compare it against
the going rate of of Bottomless Bags on your server and make the decision as
to whether or not it's a good deal.
Another way to make money with bags is with the Speciality Bags such as the
Shard Bags , Herb Bags , and Enchanting Bags . These hold a lot more items
than a normal bag so they are always in demand by Warlocks, Herbalists, and
Enchanters. Most of these can only be obtained from drops or from vendors
that require a certain reputation level. There are however, two of these
speciality bags that I have made a lot of money on that can purchased from a
vendor without building up reputation first. The Pattern: Enchanted
Runecloth Bag is sold by Kania in Silithus for 2 Gold and the Pattern: Soul
Pouch is sold by Vizzklick in Tanaris for 1 Gold 20 Silver are both popular 20
slot bags that can bring in a nice little income for you.
For whatever reason, shirts which have no real value at all sell very well in the
Auction House. Another nice thing about these shirts is that they don't
require a whole lot of investment to make. Do a quick search of the Auction
House on your server to see which shirts are selling for the most money and
then get the recipes for those. On the servers I have been playing on
recently, the Rich Purple Silk Shirt and the Swashbuckler Shirts seem to be
the more popular items to buy.
Also, just about anything that starts off with the word Mooncloth will sell
very well. Mooncloth sells for about 10 Gold and it only requires 2 Felcloth to
make. You can also look into making the rare Mooncloth armor such as
Mooncloth Vest and Mooncloth Leggings as they all seem to be selling very
well between 50 and 60 Gold.
Another great way to make money from Tailoring is by picking up Enchanting.
Tailoring allows you to make a lot of green items at a cheap price. Once you
have the item, you should then disenchant that item and sell the disenchants
you just got. This requires very little investment on your part and you will
make a lot of gold especially when you are getting things like the Large
Brilliant Shard which sell for about 6 Gold a piece. If you do decide to go
with Enchanting as your other profession, you should highly consider creating
a low level alt that does nothing for your main other than disenchant. This will
allow you pick up another profession to go allow with Tailoring. Skinning is a
good profession because it can be a nice cash flow and it will also help provide some of the materials that are needed for some of the higher end crafting, which in turn will make your profit margin bigger.
Leatherworking can be a profitable profession but it won't be as easy to make
money as it is for some of the other professions because the Auction House
can be flooded at times with a lot of Leather crafted items. The Gathering
profession that you should pick up to compliment this profession is obviously
Skinning. This profession does more "saving" you money than it does "making"
you money. Leatherworking is a great profession for creating your own armor
because the skinning gives you a lot of materials to work with and the armor
you make doesn't usually need much more than that.
There are still some patterns that you can learn that will make you a very nice
profit at the Auction House. One of which was discussed in the "Buying Low
and Selling High" section and that is the Gem-Studded Leather Belt .
This pattern can be purchased for just 30s from Rikqiz in Booty Bay.
If you have the hide needed to make this belt, the remaining materials can all be
purchased for less than 2 Gold, which is still a lot less than the belt currently
sells for.
Another nice pattern that I have made probably close to 350 Gold total on is
the Pattern: Devilsaur Leggings . These have a decent drop rate from the
oozes scattered all throughout Un'Goro Crater. If you don't feel like getting
them yourself, they do sell pretty cheap (about 8-10 Gold) at the Auction
House. While this may not sound cheap, the leggings sell for about 50 Gold.
The most expensive material needed to make these are Devilsaur Leather .
You'll need 14 of these and they currently sell for about 1 gold a piece. What
you should do instead of buying these is head down to Un'Goro and kill these
Devilsaurs yourself as they are all over the place. As a level 57 character, I
was able to get 15 of these things in less than an hour. So...for an hours worth
of work, I was able to make 50 Gold! Note that I didn't subtract out the cost
of the pattern because that is a one time purchase and you can keep doing
this over and over again for approximately 50 Gold profit all the time. If you
were to have Skinning, but not Leatherworking as your profession, this would
also be a good spot because the Devilsaur Leather alone sells very well at the
Auction House.
Tailoring
Lower level bags are flooding the market and they are getting cheaper and
cheaper. To make money off the selling bags, you should stick with the ones
that are 12 slot or higher. Your best bet to make some quick and easy money
is with Mooncloth Bags because the recipe is cheap and you can craft the
item for about half the cost of what you can sell it for. You should be able to
make about a 7 Gold profit per bag. As far as the Bottomless Bags , they sell
for a ridiculous amount of money but the recipe is very hard to find. Keep an
eye out for this recipe in the Auction House. If you see it, compare it against
the going rate of of Bottomless Bags on your server and make the decision as
to whether or not it's a good deal.
Another way to make money with bags is with the Speciality Bags such as the
Shard Bags , Herb Bags , and Enchanting Bags . These hold a lot more items
than a normal bag so they are always in demand by Warlocks, Herbalists, and
Enchanters. Most of these can only be obtained from drops or from vendors
that require a certain reputation level. There are however, two of these
speciality bags that I have made a lot of money on that can purchased from a
vendor without building up reputation first. The Pattern: Enchanted
Runecloth Bag is sold by Kania in Silithus for 2 Gold and the Pattern: Soul
Pouch is sold by Vizzklick in Tanaris for 1 Gold 20 Silver are both popular 20
slot bags that can bring in a nice little income for you.
For whatever reason, shirts which have no real value at all sell very well in the
Auction House. Another nice thing about these shirts is that they don't
require a whole lot of investment to make. Do a quick search of the Auction
House on your server to see which shirts are selling for the most money and
then get the recipes for those. On the servers I have been playing on
recently, the Rich Purple Silk Shirt and the Swashbuckler Shirts seem to be
the more popular items to buy.
Also, just about anything that starts off with the word Mooncloth will sell
very well. Mooncloth sells for about 10 Gold and it only requires 2 Felcloth to
make. You can also look into making the rare Mooncloth armor such as
Mooncloth Vest and Mooncloth Leggings as they all seem to be selling very
well between 50 and 60 Gold.
Another great way to make money from Tailoring is by picking up Enchanting.
Tailoring allows you to make a lot of green items at a cheap price. Once you
have the item, you should then disenchant that item and sell the disenchants
you just got. This requires very little investment on your part and you will
make a lot of gold especially when you are getting things like the Large
Brilliant Shard which sell for about 6 Gold a piece. If you do decide to go
with Enchanting as your other profession, you should highly consider creating
a low level alt that does nothing for your main other than disenchant. This will
allow you pick up another profession to go allow with Tailoring. Skinning is a
good profession because it can be a nice cash flow and it will also help provide some of the materials that are needed for some of the higher end crafting, which in turn will make your profit margin bigger.
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