Iâm annoyed. No, Iâm VERY annoyed. You could even say Iâm miffed. Definitely on my way to peeved.
Let me explain.
I was reading some articles this morning about farming. Eh, I donât only write them, but I read them as well. I canât say that Iâve read them all, but Iâve read enough. Almost all of them recommend great farming spots, such as:
* Winterspring
* Eastern Plaguelands
* Anywhere in Outlands
Look, the first two are fantastic farming spots - think Ice Thistle Yetis - and we all know that in Outlands, the roads are paved with Gold.
But thereâs something very WRONG. Come on, people. You have to be level 50+ for Winterspring, 55+ for Eastern Plaguelands, and level 58 just to enter Outlands, never mind actually killing anything.
If youâre a new player, or an experienced played on a new server - no rich sugar daddy - what are you going to do? Hope for Blue or Epic drops, from Hogger maybe? Vendor Linen Cloth? Try to be a âMaster of the Universeâ on the Auction House and maybe lose your Red Linen Shirt? (Thatâs a reference to âBonfire of the Vanitiesâ for you non-readers out there)
Fortunately, Renei is here with the solution to your low-level gold farming problems! Yes, Gold, not silver and coppers. If you follow this extremely simple recipe for success, I personally guarantee you 25g or more in 5 days, which youâll agree is quite a bit for a low-level character with no backup (i.e., a friendly same-account level 70 whoâs oozing WoW Gold from every orifice).
It wonât even take long.
Get out of the start area after getting your new character to level 6. Thatâs about the time they kick you out to Goldshire if youâre playing Alliance. Go to Stormwind, in the Dwark Quarter and pick mining. Buy a mining pick from the Mining Supplies vendor so conveniently located at the bottom of the stairs. Pick up any other skill you want while youâre there.
Then, go back to Goldshire and resume your adventures. By the time you are level 15, which wonât take very long since Blizzard redid the experience grids, youâll be able to go anywhere in Elwynn forest, mining with impunity all the the while.
So youâre thinking, âRenei, is that your big GOLD SECRET!? Thatâs so lame, dude!â Yes, well, whatever. At level 15, in a one hour run through Elwynn Forest, you should be able to gather about 100 copper ore, turn it into 100 Copper Bars, and sell them for a minimum of 1g per stack at the Auction House. You can probably get more if you sell only on Weekends, which you should do anyways.
So you do this for 5 days, and you make yourself a minimum of 25g. Thatâs not even counting all the linen cloth youâll be able to collect, the occasional green drops, the Shadowgems and Tigerâs Eye, even the Rough Stone, the money youâll collect from all the mobs you kill (easily, since youâll be level 15 - at least 3 levels above any mob in Elwynn), all the Chests youâll loot⊠I could go on (and will, in another article). Remember: Everything that is not âGrayâ goes to the Auction House, never the Vendor!
In closing, remember that you only need to keep mining for a little while, as long as you feel like making easy low-level WoW Gold. At low levels it is very easy to switch to another profession and bring it up to the same level as your other skills without a huge time investment.