World of Warcraft

So the more I travel through Outlands, the more I seem to have a nagging problem: flying. Whenever I head over to tempest keep, or decide to settle down for some questing in Skettis, I have to fly. This in and of itself is no problem, but my mount seems to be slow.. too slow. No problem right? I’ll just pick up an epic flying mount at a price tag of…five thousand gold?! This is going to take some doing, but I’ve decided to share my money making experiences thus far.

It should be noted that unlike my RL persona, I’m not very frugal in-game. If I need flasks or wizard oil for a run, I’ll buy it. I don’t have an army of alts and I don’t like to “farm” for mats, so I typically do my daily quests (explained below) and head to the auction house. This is going to have to change if I expect to get my epic flying mount sometime before the next expansion. Here’s what I’ve done so far:

1. Daily quests: These have to be one of the easiest ways to make gold in the history of the game. You can do these series of quests once a day and pull in 40-70 gold on an average run. Want to cut your completion time in half? Bring a friend! The girlfriend and I always do these quests together, and almost all of them can be done much more quickly with a friend to help you out. This will be your bread and butter in gold-raising efforts. No idea where to get started? You can find great summaries and quest-guides from start to finish here and here.

2. Gathering Professions: A great secondary source of income is using your gathering professions to your advantage. Apparently the efficient market theory has no place in the World of Warcraft Auction House, because materials that make things often sell for more than the item they are used to make. Exploit this. Get all the herbs, ore, bars, etc. that you can and put it up for sale. You’ll be surprised at what you can pull in.

3. Primals: Like I said, I hate farming, but if you want to get the absolute best bang for your buck, farming primal elements are the way to go. Here you’ll be hunting mobs in various areas for motes, which are combined into primals, which are sent to the auction house for gold. What I like to do is do my dailies in the south end of Ogri’la, where there are plenty of fire elementals wandering about. Kill any you come across and collecting the motes while you’re doing your dailies, 2 birds with one stone! If you’d like to get some primals elsewhere in Outland, here’s a good starting guide.

I’ll keep you posted on my progress as we go along. Good luck on getting your oh-so-fast flyer!