Make 20 Gold Just Visiting Southshore

One of the easiest ways to make gold in World of Warcraft is buying items from vendors in out of the way (and sometimes not so out of the way!) areas then reselling them for huge profits at the auction house. The Expert First Aid and Expert Fishing books are two good examples that will make you around a gold a book (buy for 90 silver and sell for close to 2 gold).

But, there’s a good reason people don’t want to go get them themselves - the travel time is so long that unless I’m going through Booty Bay, Arathi, or Dustwallow Marsh it’s just not worth the time and effort to pick them up. But, what if I told you that there’s a way to make over 20 gold a trip just for going to Southshore? And unlike the book vendors mentioned above this one has a flight path!

If you’re in your 20s and 30s you’re going to be going through Southshore a lot anyway so on your trips through visit Micha Yance who is the Trade Goods merchant in the house directly south of the Gryphon Master. He sells 6 recipes that you can buy and mark up anywhere from 1 to 6 gold at auction:

80 Gold an Hour Fishing (At Level 10!)

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This is an oldie but goody that I’ve been using for well over three years now. Even though my mains have all the gold they need, I still enjoy the challenge of leveling up from nothing with no outside help (and no guild help - I’m primarily a soloer and have never bothered staying in a guild for more than a couple of weeks).

This tip is Horde-only unless you’re not on a PVP server and/or can make it there without getting killed if you’re below level 20. What we’re going to do is fish for Deviate fish. This fish is found only in the Barrens and there are periodic schools of them in the oasis areas (Forgotten Pools, Lushwater Oasis, and Stagnant Oasis) but you can catch them in any water source in the Barrens (include inside the Wailing Caverns).

What makes Deviate fish interesting is that they’re the main ingredient in Savory Deviate Delight which is a rare cooking recipe (also found only in the Barrens as a random drop)that gives Deviate fish some special powers…namely the ability to resist shape changing effects (like the infamous Mage sheep spell) and also turns the eater into a Pirate or Ninja for an hour.

Unlocking the WoW Death Knight

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Straight from Warcraft lore comes the Death Knight - the only hero class included in the World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King expansion due in late 2008. According to Blizzard, the Death Knight will be available to any player with a level 55+ character in their account and each player can create one Death Knight per realm.

The Death Knight will start in the Eastern Plaguelands in a floating necropolis equipped with several spells, abilities, a few green and blue weapons and armor, and a class-specific mount. Through quests in the necropolis the Death Knight will learn to use his or her new spells and skills and eventually be released to wreak havoc on the rest of the WoW universe.

The Death Knight uses a brand new rune based system to gain access to spells and abilities. There are 3 rune types - blood, frost, and unholy and each has an associated symbol and color. These runes will need to be carved into a Death Knight’s weapons before combat so a choice will have to be made as to which kind of runes to emphasize in their spec and playstyle. Runes are not permanent as they will be exhausted as they’re used and the Death Knight will have to wait until they refresh (approx. 10 seconds) to regain their use.

Easy Gold with Essences

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I mentioned this strategy in a post on WoW Auctioneer - Most Profitable Items but I though I would expand on it a little as it really is a great gold making strategy for any level player.

There are three different kinds of enchanting materials that enchanters get after disenchanting a magical item - shards, essences and dusts. This strategy is about making gold with the essences.

First, you need a little gold to start with - around 5 gold or so which shouldn’t be too hard to come by if you’ve read my other posts or have a copy of my favorite gold guide.

Lesser and Greater Essences
Lesser and greater essences (magic, mystic, astral, nether, eternal) have a special property - you can transform one to the other. For example, if you have 3 lesser essences you can make 1 greater essence and vice-verse turning one greater essence into three lesser essences. Just right click on the item in your bag and the conversion is done automatically.

At the auction house you can find both greater and lesser essences but here’s the gold making trick: on average, lesser essences sell for a higher price than greater essences.

For example:
* 1 Greater Eternal Essence sells for 6 gold at auction
* 1 Lesser Eternal Essence sells for 3 gold 50 silver at auction

Doing the math:
3 x 3 gold 50 silver = 10 gold 50 silver
10 gold 50 silver - 6 gold = 4 gold 50 silver pure profit

Karazhan Attunement Guide

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Karazhan is a ten player raid where a key is necessary not only to open the door to the instance but also to enter the instance portal. The masters key can be obtained through a series of quests starting outside the instance. The instance is at the southern most part of Deadwind Pass at the end of the river.

1. Arcane Disturbances (Deadwind Pass)
(47, 75) Speak with Archmage Alrturus outside the instance, who will give you the quest Arcane Disturbances. It’s best to pick up the quest Restless Activity also while you’re there.

(48, 78) Go down one of the two entrances leading down into the ground. One of these leads to the pond while the other leads to the well. When you get to the pond/well use the Violet Scrying Crystal.

(47, 75) When you return to Archmage Alrturus you should have enough ghostly essenses to be able to hand in Restless Activity along with Arcane Disturbances.

Get the follow up quest Contact from Dalaran.

2. Contact from Dalaran (Alterec Mountains)
From Ironforge fly to Southshore in the Hillsbrad foothills and go north into the Alterec Mountains.

(15, 54) Speak with Archmage Cedric and complete the quest. Get the follow up quest Khadgar

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