How can i ensure 100G by level 40

[strappiece]

im a level 15 orc rogue but i have another level 43 human warlock and i could only afford my mount because of the fel stead, im worried that i wont be able to afford my mount with the orc. any tips on how to ensure i will have enough?

[Moo Cow]

Mine Ore.

I had 150G by the time I hit 40. Bought my mount, and now at level 44 I'm back up to 130G.

[teck21]

im a level 15 orc rogue but i have another level 43 human warlock and i could only afford my mount because of the fel stead, im worried that i wont be able to afford my mount with the orc. any tips on how to ensure i will have enough?

Gethering professions are your friend. Don't waste gold on crafting professions. Those can either wait or simply be ignored altogether.

And don't buy anything from the AH. No one has any need to unless they're feeding an alt with a rich main/other alt.

Play the AH if you want. Buy low sell high, although you might be hanging on to stuff you don't need for a long time if you get it wrong and buy high.

[strappiece]

Mine Ore.

ok thnx thats really good advice, i appreciate it
nice job, i was just wondering if u had any tips for me so that i could do the same?

[Pharoahe]

yeah mining.
my sister started a new character with no help from me. lv22 with about 80g already.

[wowarr]

all i did to get enough cash was run sm and well every drop i kept on sellin on AH for 5g a peice no matter wat.

[Khab]

Mining worked great for me. After I made enough from that I started to play the AH and sell BoE blues from instances.

[piscene]

Don't waste gold buying gear in the AH that will be obsolete in 2 or 3 levels. Save it up, and do instances if you want better gear. That will save you a lot of gold.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Don't spend money, only save. (only spend on absolute necessities -- training, food/drink if necessary, etc.)

Gathering professions are good. Ore/mining is definitely the most wanted (3 professions tend to use it primarily). Straight ore rather than bars may net you more buyers, what with prospecting jewelcrafters...

[dwarfenhelm]

make sure you spend early money on largest bags 14 or 16 slots and mine/skin every thing. sell every green in ah sell every piece of meat and fish that can be used to cook with in ah. basically if you can use it sell it in the ah. roll a new char and get to ah as fast as poss and post it every thing of use to sell
but dont worry about not buying gear from ah you can make so much money selling greens and cloth alongside ore and leather that the 90g you need at 40 is so simple tp get you might as well get good gear to lvl with as well.

[rottentomato]

sell everything and dont buy gear from AH...

[det]

As a hunter (A) I used skinning and herbing, as a rogue (H) just skinning. Turned out leather sells better on Alliance side on my server. So whatever you chose, for making money 2 of the 3 gather professions...

[Illiana]

Hehe, what's been listed in this thread is exactly what I did when I started up an alt on a new server.

- Pick two gathering professions (I went with Mining and Skinning)
- Make another alt, run to the bank. Use this one to post your auctions.
- Buy bags. I can't stress this enough. More bagspace = more time spend questing/gathering and less time spend running back to a vendor.
- Do not buy gear, unless your alt is melee - getting a good weapon makes such a big difference. You will level faster and probably die less often if you can kill things faster.
- Make sure to grab the auctioneer addon, and start scanning the AH. It's up to you if you want to start playing the AH, but it's nice to have an addon that will price your items for you (and is very accurate on common items such as ore and leather).

[Burntmeat]

Dont buy skills youre 100% sure you wont need before after lvl 40. This goes best for hybrid-classes like a druid, where you can save the money not buying most of the balance spells when leveling feral.
Be sure to pick em up later though.

[infernoxrocks]

Get mining but also get skinning... Ore sells for a good amount (1-2g per copper stack on my server) and leather sells very near that and you kill alot during the level up.

Also make an alt bank (lvl 1 toon) And mail everything to him (dont waste money on big bags just send him your trash 4-8 slots) Park him near a bank and ah (mines in silvermoon) Use him to sell your stuff it will keep your main less cluttered and your play time low. As well as save you from spending alot of time going to the AH on your main.

By lvl 14 my new rogue was rolling in almost 40g and all i was doing was selling ore/leather i picked up as i leveled (didnt farm at all) Herby can make some profit but in the beginning is dramatically lower than mining/skinning

Silver bars/ore can net you almost 1.5g per bar/ore. And tin bars dont sell well - bronze bars sell okay. Leave copper as ore unless used for bronze (mostly made bronze to get my mining up so i could get iron) dont make any bars if the professions window has them colored gray. The only exception is making copper for bronze to level mining.

I have also been told off amounts sell better than rounded (ie 2g 43s 72c as opposed to 2g 45s or 197g as opposed to 200g) Just a buyers mentality of getting a deal.

Hope this helps!

[PlayThemAll]

Don't waste gold buying gear in the AH that will be obsolete in 2 or 3 levels. Save it up, and do instances if you want better gear. That will save you a lot of gold.

QFT, the worst thing you can do (assuming you don't have a main with an abundance of gold) is to waste money on AH greens. Yes they are nice and yes they will help a little but you will outgrow them fast.

Your quest rewards and instance drops will more then suffice.

Also pick up mining/skinning/herbalism and sell the mats at the AH. You won't gain enough from crafting professions during 1-40 to make them worthwhile as they tend to me money sinks. You can always powerlevel them later when it is easier to farm the mats.

[Twoflower]

Dont buy skills youre 100% sure you wont need before after lvl 40. This goes best for hybrid-classes like a druid, where you can save the money not buying most of the balance spells when leveling feral.


i met a feral druid who died whibout healing himself. saved gold by not buying the healing spells -.-

generaly, you should not be THAT short on gold that you cannot afford training every 2 levels.

[Renata]

With mining and skinning, my Draenei hunter has 200g and she's only level 26.

I do buy some AH greens, but only if they're (a) dirt cheap and (b) I win them on a lowball bid.

...Ren

[TPMdm]

i met a feral druid who died whibout healing himself. saved gold by not buying the healing spells -.-

generaly, you should not be THAT short on gold that you cannot afford training every 2 levels.

QFT

how can you save "gold" when each skill below 40 is under 1g usually. While I understand all that silver adds up there is an old saying "don't be penny wise but pound foolish". Spend money on skills, spend money on bigger bags (but don't go crazy), spend money on necessary consumables. Scrimping on skills is like NOT buying your mount at 40 cause you are saving for your lvl 60 mount :rolleyes:

[infernoxrocks]

Hehe penny-wise pound foolish to the US stolen version penny-wise dollar foolish. Ahhh culture. And 200g by 26? Damn either you farmed alot or you stole all of my ore nodes! :P

[Twoflower]

And 200g by 26? Damn either you farmed alot or you stole all of my ore nodes! :P

probably played the AH aswell. to make 200g only by selling ore at lvl 25, you d have to be crazy about mining :)

[piscene]

200g at 26 is great unless you've got 9 days /played. Can't spend all your time gathering. :grin:

[Azori]

To be honest its quite hard without playing the AH to get loads of gold as you level now. My first chara I did it easy by saving and not buying anything. On my new alt who is 32 now, I've only got about 15g. I haven't been selling herbs as I've been using them to level up alchemy which doesn't help. And I level so fast there's no time for gathering :p

All the above advice is good, but it is harder now that everyone levels so fast. Luckily - my main can finance my mount at 40^^

[Tollin]

Here is Toll's playing tips to level fast, have plenty of money, and fun!

Tip #1: Get two gathering proffessions, I highly suggest taking a look at the AH and see what sells better, leather, ore/bars, or herbs? Then add either mining or herbs to skinning. If you do not get skinning your gimping yourself, segway to tip number two.

Tip #2: KILL EVERYTHING IN SIGHT! I mean it, if it is a green mob, beast etc.. Kill it! Kill everything on your way to your quest, kill everything on your way back. And since nearly everything you kill from level 1-50 is a beast, you can skin it. Now your leveling fast, your skinning is always out paced your zone, and you have TONS OF TONS OF TONS of stuff to sell on the AH>

Tip #3: Use your other gathering proffession as well. I reccomend you get a couple of different add on's, auctioneer, lightheaded and cartrographer. Auctioneer is a simple way to get the computer to do the guesswork out of what to price your stuff as you post it. Lightheaded is a link to wowhead and it will give you coordinates and where to go for quests, this way you an plan out your quests so that you knock out four or five of them and turn them all in at once. Cartogrpaher is all about gathering professions, where they can spawn etc..

Tip#4: YOu follow the first three tips you can buy gear on the AH to upgrade your toon. You don't need to if you are just concerned with getting to 70. Quest rewards and drops will get you there just fine.

THose are my tips. Let's recap, get skinning and either mining/herbalism. Kill everything in sight. Get add ons, sell everything you can.

Oh that crap about not buying skills, don't listen to that, get your skills as soon as you can.

[Zendarin]

Here is Toll's playing tips to level fast, have plenty of money, and fun!

Tip #1: Get two gathering proffessions, I highly suggest taking a look at the AH and see what sells better, leather, ore/bars, or herbs? Then add either mining or herbs to skinning. If you do not get skinning your gimping yourself, segway to tip number two.

Tip #2: KILL EVERYTHING IN SIGHT! I mean it, if it is a green mob, beast etc.. Kill it! Kill everything on your way to your quest, kill everything on your way back. And since nearly everything you kill from level 1-50 is a beast, you can skin it. Now your leveling fast, your skinning is always out paced your zone, and you have TONS OF TONS OF TONS of stuff to sell on the AH>

Tip #3: Use your other gathering proffession as well. I reccomend you get a couple of different add on's, auctioneer, lightheaded and cartrographer. Auctioneer is a simple way to get the computer to do the guesswork out of what to price your stuff as you post it. Lightheaded is a link to wowhead and it will give you coordinates and where to go for quests, this way you an plan out your quests so that you knock out four or five of them and turn them all in at once. Cartogrpaher is all about gathering professions, where they can spawn etc..

Tip#4: YOu follow the first three tips you can buy gear on the AH to upgrade your toon. You don't need to if you are just concerned with getting to 70. Quest rewards and drops will get you there just fine.

THose are my tips. Let's recap, get skinning and either mining/herbalism. Kill everything in sight. Get add ons, sell everything you can.

Oh that crap about not buying skills, don't listen to that, get your skills as soon as you can.

This is, for the most part, pretty solid advice. Just a couple of things I would mention though:

Getting Auctioneer is good but be aware that it is not a bible. People intentionally post items on the AH to cause auctioneer to give you faulty advice (example is posting 1 linen thread on ah for 50000g - causes auctioneer to price things higher than they should. This has little affect on common mats like linen thread because there is so much posted, but can cost you a bunch on worthless items that don't get listed much so be aware of this).

I would avoid Lightheaded like the plague BECAUSE it links to wowhead which is owned by Affinity - a known Gold seller company. High risk of keyloggers and other problems. Don't put your account at risk for the sake of a cool addon.

Other than that all of this advice is very solid.

[I love pie]

im lvl 29 and have 800g... enchanting is the best prof hands down

[Zendarin]

im lvl 29 and have 800g... enchanting is the best prof hands down

Enchanting? It's a HUGE money sink. I wouldnt even be able to level my enchanter if I did not have cash flow from other characters to support it.

Now at high levels - which you cannot possibly be since you are only a lvl 29 character - you can make a great deal of money with enchanting. You ahve to get there first though.

[infernoxrocks]

im lvl 29 and have 800g... enchanting is the best prof hands down

Im sorry but i simply cannot believe this. Unless you have a 70 running you through VC/SFK/SM 100s of times to DE all the greens/blues. And if that is the case then it really isnt a realistic suggestion.

1. The highest items you can obtain/DE legitly are going to be MAX lvl 30 blues from SM which wont net but a few gold if that. Strange dust dosnt sell well as far as i have seen.

2. If you are getting the 800g from 100s of regular runs into instance X you either are really lucky to get all of the drops. Or you ninjad alot of items you didnt need. As well as waisted alot of leveling time.

I dont mean to sound like an ass but ijust dont see this as 'legit' if im wrong please correct me. And share with us how you made this exorbitant amount of gold by such a measly level.

[Cattleya]

Perhaps he is on a server where you can still buy cheap greens to DE and sell the dusts/essences for a nice profit. No instance runs are needed.

Of course, if too many people on a server do this, it drives up the cost of the greens while lowering dust prices. So, the amount of money to be made can vary greatly depending on your server.


As far as making money goes, an auction alt is wonderful to have as others have said. Aside from the reasons already mentioned, if all of your money is sitting on your alt, it can save you from an impulse buy in the AH. The extra time it takes to change characters can help you rethink if you really need to blow the gold on an item.

[Hagar the Horrible]

I would avoid Lightheaded like the plague BECAUSE it links to wowhead which is owned by Affinity - a known Gold seller company. High risk of keyloggers and other problems. Don't put your account at risk for the sake of a cool addon.


Even so, a virus scan and a manual check on strange files didn't show anything suspicious.

It doesn't "link" to WoWhead, you download a database which you have to update once in a while to keep it accurate, no risk involved if you use the usual precautions towards a new mod imo.

[peeweesweden]

Mining + Herbing = 100g by lvl 15.

[rgirty]

Don't buy anything from the auction house.

Take herbalism and skinning, sell those items at the AH.

You won't have any problems if you do that.

[JamesTaylor]

Just a little tip.

When grinding or generally performing low level quests where it tells you to "Kill 15 of these" ,if you can, try and pick up all the items that the mobs have dropped (Including non-stackable greys) and then sell them to an inn-keeper.

Over time this will add up to quite a nice tidy sum once you've got yourself into the mid 30's. Also, You'll be less likely to have to ask your guild members/friends etc for gold because you've done it all by yourself.

Using this technique along with gathering profs and questing, you should be able to buy your mount with a bit of cash to spare on some new weps & armour.

Hope this helped.

Best Regards and Good Luck.

~ James Taylor

[Tollin]

This is, for the most part, pretty solid advice. Just a couple of things I would mention though:

Getting Auctioneer is good but be aware that it is not a bible. People intentionally post items on the AH to cause auctioneer to give you faulty advice (example is posting 1 linen thread on ah for 50000g - causes auctioneer to price things higher than they should. This has little affect on common mats like linen thread because there is so much posted, but can cost you a bunch on worthless items that don't get listed much so be aware of this).

I would avoid Lightheaded like the plague BECAUSE it links to wowhead which is owned by Affinity - a known Gold seller company. High risk of keyloggers and other problems. Don't put your account at risk for the sake of a cool addon.

Other than that all of this advice is very solid.

i havent had one issue with lightheaded yet. And I know who purchased wowhead but it's still better than thotbot to me. Personal preference.

[Zendarin]

i havent had one issue with lightheaded yet. And I know who purchased wowhead but it's still better than thotbot to me. Personal preference.

Actually thottbot and wowhead are both owned by the same company. I agree that they are both great databases - they were made great by the players/users long before they were bought by Affinity.

You are entitled to your preferences and I understand your reasoning - I still have a huge distrust of the company that now owns these sites and will continue to warn new players about the dangers.