Primal Farming!

[Daxo]

Farming Primal Earth

Anything that looks like a big, floaty-swirling pile of rocks is a likely candidate for Motes of Earth. Far and away, I prefer Nagrand for the large amount of likely mobs to kill, and their relatively low level (mid 60s) There are plenty of Shattered Rumblers south of Osh'gun, near the edge of the world. You can also find various earth-based creatures wandering Nagrand proper (Tortured Earth Spirits and Enraged Crushers), so be sure to kill them when you see them! You can make runs along the mountain's edge between the Throne of the Elements and Laughing Skull Keep to find Enraged Crushers.

As a bonus, Nagrand contains a lot of mining nodes, especially if you're running the mountains I mentioned above. You can often get 3 or 4 motes from node, so if you're a miner, this place is perfect.

In Shadowmoon Valley, you can go to the center of the zone to the Hand of Gul'Dan and kill Enraged Earth Spirits. They won't drop as easily as the mobs in Nagrand, but when they drop additional loot, it will be better!

Primal Earths fetch the lowest price in the Auction House, probably owing that there aren't a huge amount of good, popular items that especially need them. They're also the easiest to get, thanks to them being found during mining. HOWEVER, if you are an alchemist, or know one, they can Transmute your Primal Earths into Primal Water!

Farming Primal Air

All those high-level tornado-looking mobs drop Motes of Air. Again, Nagrand is a great place to farm these, because of the Throne of the Elements. If you have a flying mount, head to the northeastern corner to get there. You'll find plenty of Storming Wind-Rippers here. Be advised though, this place is constantly and heavily farmed by both factions.

Again, you can find more in Shadowmoon Valley, in the southeastern area. There is another group of them north of the Altar of Shatar.

Stay tuned for another update in the near future!

Farming Primal Water

Shimmerscale Eels seem to be the best combination of low-level and decent % drops. They can be found in Terokkar Forest, at Slimyr Lake, north of Shattrath. These mobs drop fast, and have a decent drop rate. However, I found them to be always heavily farmed. Still, it's a decent area to spend some time at, and there is also a lot of good mining in the mountain area.

You can also go to the Elemental Plateau in Nagrand and kill Crashing Wave Spirits for these. Previous warnings about this area still apply, especially to Motes of Water, as Primal Water is a particularly huge seller on most servers. Still, the elementals respawn quickly, and drop high-level greens sometimes, so this is a very good place to farm.

Another favorite spot of mine are Lake Spirits, found in Nagrand, in the lake just south of the Throne of the Elements. The lake is huge, so even if others are farming, you can probably go about your business steadily and in relative peace. I usually get about 20 motes per hour or so. If you're not Undead or a Druid, and you have some Nagrand Cherry's left over from A Rare Bean, they let you breath underwater for 30 minutes per cherry. Otherwise, get a Deepdive Helmet, which lets you breath under water.

Muck Spirits around Halaa also drop motes of water, with the added benefit that you don't need to be under water all the time. Blackwind Lake in Skettis in Terokkar Forest has Skettis Surgers, and they can also drop them. This place is somewhat less-often farmed, in my experience. Watch out for the 72 elite! He is deceptively sneaky.

Most high-level fishing spots will also fetch you Motes of Water. Look for Pure Water and fish! That also means you can combine killing at the lakes with fishing. But be warned! Other people want to farm these, too, and there are only so many viable farming spots in the world. Any popular primal farming spot is a good place to get PK'ed.

Farming Primal Fire

Motes of Fire can also be farmed at the Elemental Plateau in Nagrand. See why that place is so popular and dangerous? Kill Raging Fire-Souls there, they drop them often.

You can also go to Forge Camp Terror in the Bladefist Mountains to kill Vile Fire-Souls. This place is nicely out of the way, and you'll have a better chance to farm in peace here. Also in the Bladefist Mountains (northeastern part) you can go to Skald and kill Searing Elementals.

The Hand of Gul'Dan in Shadowmoon valley is another good source of Motes of Fire. Kill Enraged Fire Spirits here.

Wherever you go, if you've got fire resist gear, use it. It will greatly decrease your time between mobs, which will increase your gold per hour! Just watch your back -- if you had an easy time getting to the spot, opposing players will be able to as well, and they'd probably love to kill you.

Primal Fire sells very well in the Auction House!

Farming Primal Mana

Netherstorm is just about the only place where you can farm for Motes of Mana. I recommend Wizard's Row in Kirin'Var village. Look for Mana Seekers and Mageslayers. You can drop these guys pretty quickly, and make great gold here.

Head south of Area 52 and you'll find Nether Rays and Mana Wraiths. You can also kill Mana Snappers along the edges of the islands, which are less frequently farmed.

Primal Mana is probably one of the most expensive Primals on the Auction House, so don't be afraid to sell high.

Farming Primal Life

The Bone Wastes in Terokkar are a great place to farm lower-level mobs. Look for Infested Root Walkers and Rotting Forest Ragers, which both have decent drop rates, and are only around level 64.

The Dead Mire in Zangamarsh is another good spot, with even lower level enemies. Remember how many Withered Bog Lords you killed here when you were questing? They'll go down even more easily if you're around 70, and they drop Motes of Life regularly.

Primal Life, like Primal Earth, is fairly easy to come by, and so doesn't fetch a huge price in the Auction House, unfortunately.

Farming Primal Shadow

Motes of Shadow are the most easy to come by, out of all of them. Go to Hellfire Peninsula's Pools of Aggonar and kill Terrorfiends for them. They are only level 61 ish, and you'll go through them like butter. Chances are this was the first place you saw a Mote of anything drop, and you said to yourself AWhat the heck is this thing?@ There's also less of a chance of any higher-level PK'ers wandering around.

Also in Hellfire Peninsula is The Warp Fields, in the south. Kill the Uncontrolled Voidwalkers to quickly build up your Mote of Shadow supply. There seems to be an endless supply of these mobs, and I've never seen them farmed.

Note: I pulled all this info from OTHER sites.

[m0ses88]

nice. sounds sexy to me

[Daxo]

lol, thanks...

[Cakewalk]

Where did you get all this? I mean, you made 5-6 threads in 10 minutes top.

[hotthairguy]

he doesnt write them he plagiarizes and expects rep if anyone repped him thats hilarious

[spartan646]

..must...not...flame... nice work putting all that together in one post

[Minimized]

Ripped from one of the "epic guide pack lol w/e-thing-something" guides... Which was ripped from some other site... Which were stolen from their original creators...
Anyways... NO REP 4 U!

[Daxo]

Basically all i am doing her is putting all the info i found from a number of sites...
sorry if im am not allowed to do that

[athura]

Dude, who cares that is ripped of other site? This site if for collecting all this stuff. Plus it saves me the trouble of looking through all sites.

+ rep for ya

[Abruzski]

Word Athura, +rep mate very helpfull .

[Tinky]

"Bladefist Mountains to kill Vile Fire-Souls."

Lawl, epic typo

[Duplicity]

Mote of shadow's got nerfed. now its only from shadow elements...or whwatever.

[LadyQuiver]

This is very nice to know. Thank you for the compilation.

[Remahlól]

"Bladefist Mountains to kill Vile Fire-Souls."

Lawl, epic typo

Damn it, spilled my coffee all over my keyboard - _- !
But still funny,though.