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:
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.
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.
Notice that this screenshot was taken before the other items in the backpack were auctioned off. In fact, this character is at the gold limit so these items need to be mailed to another character to auction because he can't hold any more gold.
I can make this kind of gold because I know what to farm, where to farm it, and what to buy and sell at the auction house for maximum profits in minimum time.