Gold is essential to success when playing World of Warcraft. The currency of the game, gold is necessary for purchasing equipment, obtaining training, and buying and selling at the auction house. Fortunately, there are several ways to earn gold in World of Warcraft.
As a young Mage in my early levels I had lost count of the number of boots worn bare by the constant running back and forth to Auction House to empty my puny little bags of looted items during my daily grind for wow gold. The Dwarves of Ironforge would fall about laughing at the sight of my tiny sacs when buying a round in the Bronze Kettle and I tired of the Elves giving me sympathetic advice on how best to increase their size. But it was a Gnome who gave me sound advice and told me straight: ‘Sonny, don’t sell yourself short. To grind efficiently, you need to buy more bags’.
Now when it comes to the subject of bags, don’t listen to those big girls the Elves, whose main use of their bags is as off-hand weapons during tavern brawls. Instead, listen to the Orcs on this matter who have a saying: ‘The bigger da bags da better’.
But if you play at a higher level a few things you will want to target are motes, think items and vanity items.The first two are fairly obvious on where to farm for them, so I am not going to elaborate on that too much.
A quest is a task given to a character, typically by a non-player character although some fixed or dropped items may generate quests. Quests are a great way to earn gold in World of Warcraft because the reward for many quests is gold. Even if the quest reward is an item, it can generally be sold.
Vanity items are those items that very simply make the characters look pretty. They have no other purpose at all. These range from foods or drinks that alter characters effect, to clothing that makes a character look like a fisherman or a ninja! This also includes pets that people do not know about.
Now, if you’re your purse does not contain the necessary coin to purchase a bag at this level, and you are not a Tailor, you are left with acquiring additional bags through drops and quests. Quite a few mobs drop 8 slot Leather Bags, but the frequency is not great; you’ll have more chance with those quests which reward you with a bag. In general, the greater the number of slots a bag has as a reward, the greater the difficulty of quest, and the higher the level you’ll need to be.
Different methods of earning gold work better for different characters, but any character can earn enough gold to meet their needs in World of Warcraft if they are willing to put some effort into it.