Here is a tip to let you know the best place in the game (that I know about) to farm Motes of Water (WowEcon | Wowhead). This is good for characters levels 62 and up!
First Posted on: July 20th, 2008 by Fortuente 4 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming
As with every type of mote in Burning Crusade, there are several spots to farm Motes of Fire (WowEcon | Wowhead). My personal favorite spot is located in north-central Blade’s Edge Mountains (Wowhead | WowWiki).
This spot is similar in many ways to my favorite Mote of Air farm – that is, there are many elementals of one type which are pretty easy and respawn quick, but have annoying mobs mixed in to slow down your mote harvesting. Farming spots like these will still net you more motes than anywhere else – including Elemental Plateau (in my opinion).
First Posted on: May 25th, 2008 by Fortuente 1 Comment »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind
UPDATE: Blizzard nerfed wall jumping in general with patch 2.4 much to the woe of many players. While I have been told that wall jumping is still possible, it is so difficult that you will probably want to skip this one. If you do decide to try this post-2.4, leave a comment and let us know how it went!
So everybody knows Elemental Plateau is only accessible with a flying mount. Which leaves out the all the level 68+ players who could possibly handle these mobs, not to mention the newly-minted level 70s who do not yet have their flyers. There is, however, a “backdoor” so to speak.
First Posted on: April 21st, 2008 by Fortuente 2 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Nerfed
It’s to be expected that once a patch is released there will be slightly unbalanced elements – and taking advantage of them is often the path to riches for many a savvy player.
Among the plethora of new daily quests given to us by Patch 2.4 there is one in particular that will allow you to farm, at this point, literally a hundred Motes of Mana (WowEcon | Wowhead) an hour. Which of course nets you a solid number of Primals of Mana.
First Posted on: March 28th, 2008 by Fortuente 5 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind
UPDATE: This has been nerfed! Now this design is BoP – oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
With Patch 2.3 Blizzard gave WoW a lot of love. Between the XP boost and Dustwallow Marsh (Wowhead | WowWiki) getting a whole new town full of goblin quests, it’s been a great update to the game. Also released in Patch 2.3 was the awesome blue gem Chaotic Skyfire Diamond. Meant to help casting classes pwn, it adds +12 Spell Critical as well as 3% increased Critical Damage.
First Posted on: December 9th, 2007 by Fortuente 2 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Nerfed | Professions
Since the first 10-19 Warsong Gulch Bracket was introduced in 2005, twinking low-level alts has become one of the favorite past-times of advanced WoW players around the world. There are many different items to equip to your level 19 twink and enchants galore to turn your feeble little rogue into a hardened, death-dealing machine.
First Posted on: October 15th, 2007 by Fortuente 19 Comments »
Tags: Auction House | Burning Crusade
A really good place to earn some extra gold while you’re leveling up past 62 is in the Sporeggar (Wowhead | WowWiki) settlement in Zangarmarsh (Wowhead | WowWiki). The Sporeggar use Glowcaps (WowEcon | Wowhead) as currency for faction rewards and you can find them all over the west side of that zone.
If you have not already leveled up your reputation with the Sporeggar faction, you will be able to turn 10 Glowcaps in at a time to Msshi’fn until you reach friendly status. I recommend using a different method to gain reputation after the first 10, however, because these are so valuable later. Fertile Spores is a good way to go for neutral-to-friendly.
First Posted on: October 5th, 2007 by Fortuente No Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Pattern-Reselling | The Grind
The gold supply of WoW Rogues everywhere took a major hit with the release of Patch 2.2, as chests in the Mechanar (Wowhead | WowWiki) instance are no longer able to be solo-farmed. /cry
First Posted on: September 29th, 2007 by Fortuente 20 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Instance Soloing
I was just clued-in to a non-BOP recipe released with Patch 2.2 that is selling like … uh, something that sells really fast and for a lot of gold on the auction house.
The Recipe: Flask of Chromatic Wonder is so new, a lot of the databases don’t have it linked to it’s seller or have it listed at all yet. From what I hear, this is hella popular with DPS Druids and they are emptying out their banks to get it.
First Posted on: September 25th, 2007 by Fortuente 1 Comment »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Pattern-Reselling
If you are a Skinner and/or a Leatherworker in the Burning Crusade you probably already know all about Cobra Scales (WowEcon | Wowhead).
Gained by skinning one of three types of snakes on the shattered planet of Draenor, these go into crafting some really awesome gear for both Rogues and Druids.
But what you may not know is there is a really awesome spot to grind these … on yellow mobs! If you know me, you know I love grinding yellow mobs – you can rest inches away from them, you can answer the door without fear of drawing aggro, not to mention you never have to worry about adds – there are a multitude of reasons why grinding yellow, non-aggroable mobs is superior to the normal red mobs.
First Posted on: August 24th, 2007 by Fortuente 9 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | The Grind
Today I would like to discuss in-depth an often overlooked trade item that has the potential to earn you loads of gold whether you are level 20 or level 70: Spider Silk.
That’s right, spider silk. This trade item is a vital component to some of the coolest crafted items in Azeroth or Draenor and is useful particularly for Tailoring, Leatherworking and Engineering. Plus, so many players either fail to loot it or vendor it off as trash, it is often worth a lot more than it probably should be on the auction house.
First Posted on: August 14th, 2007 by Fortuente 2 Comments »
Tags: Auction House | Burning Crusade | The Grind
It’s no secret that there are lots of great places in Zangarmarsh (Wowhead | WowWiki) to grind out Motes of Life (WowEcon | Wowhead), and the really awesome thing is that you can do it as early as level 61.
I was just introduced to a great tucked-away area in Zangarmarsh that will have you rolling in Motes of Life in no time: The Lagoon, which is home to loads of Lagoon Walkers.
First Posted on: August 1st, 2007 by Fortuente 1 Comment »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind
The truly savvy WoW gold farmers know that out of all the gold-making professions out there, the best is Enchanting. That’s probably why all these gold guides you read on the Internet never mention it – the writers want to keep that market for themselves! Read the rest of this entry »
First Posted on: July 19th, 2007 by Fortuente 4 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Professions
By now most players know that the best place to farm for Motes of Water (WowEcon | Wowhead) at level 70 is in Nagrand (Wowhead | WowWiki), which is why Elemental Plateau is so camped. But not many know that most of those Motes of Water you see in the Auction House do not come from Elemental Plateau – they come from level 64-66 mobs in central Nagrand.
First Posted on: July 14th, 2007 by Fortuente 5 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming
Ah, the neverending quest for motes Burning Crusade has brought us. Sometimes fun, sometimes a pain, but always an adventure, Blizzard has fortunately graced players with relatively high drop rates for these items. So it really isn’t hard to farm many in a short period. But seasoned WoW players know that drop rates are only part of the story when figuring out the best places to grind motes for WoW gold.
I just found out about a great spot to farm Motes of Air (WowEcon | Wowhead). It’s located in Shadowmoon Valley (Wowhead | WowWiki) north of the Altar of Sha’tar and just to the west east of Oronok Tornheart’s farm.
First Posted on: July 7th, 2007 by Fortuente 3 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind
August 25, 2007 – a day that will live in infamy for all WoW rogues, lol. As you have heard or found out yourself, this strategy has been nerfed with Patch 2.2, so it is no longer viable as written here.
Rogues have long known one of the secret paths to thousands of WoW gold is through instance chests. These chests almost always drop great loot and sometimes even better loot than bosses in the instance. I’m not going to try to tell you Rogues are the best class to farm gold with (I would say Mages have that distinction), but given the Rogue lockpick ability and the lucrative chests instances contain, it does make them the best class to solo instances with.
First Posted on: July 3rd, 2007 by Fortuente 11 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Instance Soloing | Nerfed
UPDATED 5/30/2008: This is still a great place to farm for those choosing to become Aldor and another solid location for leatherworkers, but sadly the two mobs here no longer drop Motes of Shadow. Despite the claim by some that the drop rate for Marks and Fel Armaments has been nerfed, I have not found that to be entirely true. Though the Wowhead drop rates have changed since I first wrote this, I decided to leave them because I feel the originals are still more accurate than the current data or the negative word-of-mouth.
Whether you are looking to rapidly advance your reputation with the Aldor or just make some decent gold, you should try the Arklon Ruins (42,71) located southeast of Area 52 in Netherstorm (Wowhead | WowWiki). This is a must-grind area for those looking to gain reputation with the Aldor, but is also a sweet spot to farm gold and leatherworking items.
First Posted on: June 8th, 2007 by Fortuente 2 Comments »
Tags: Auction House | Burning Crusade | The Grind
Since Burning Crusade people have been going mote crazy. And why not? Ten motes of any given element will produce a primal of that element. And if you have played the Burning Crusade and do any kind of crafting at all, you know that there are tons of recipes in all the professions which require primals (for example the shamantastic Living Dragonscale Helm).
In the Best WoW Gold Guide we’ve already covered some great (and would-be great) spots to farm motes. We’ve also established that people will pay good gold for them on the auction house. So now I want to clue you in on a great tucked-away spot to farm Motes of Mana.
First Posted on: June 7th, 2007 by Fortuente No Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind
The best zone to farm Motes of Life is by far from the mobs in Zangarmarsh (Wowhead | WowWiki) in the Outland. But did you know there is a semi-secret way for some players to farm way more?
First Posted on: June 1st, 2007 by Fortuente 1 Comment »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming
This post updated on: April 21, 2008
The undead rogue looks up from his meal – a Scarlet Crusade warrior who didn’t know when not to attack – at the menacing fortress of Tyr’s Hand. “This place is virtually deserted of both Alliance and Horde champions,” he thought while sucking out the marrow of the unfortunate cultist’s left femur. “This place used to be nothing but female Night Elf Hunters as far as the eye could see, but now? Where have they all gone?”
Have you ever wondered where exactly it is all the gold farmers are hanging out these days?
First Posted on: May 30th, 2007 by Fortuente 1 Comment »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming
There’s no question that since the Burning Crusade release the volume of gold you can earn in the Outlands simply by grinding makes all the old gold farming techniques in Azeroth look like so much weak-sauce. But with the thousands and thousands of new gold pieces in circulation, you can still use some of those old techniques to earn MASSIVE amounts of gold.
First Posted on: May 24th, 2007 by Fortuente 2 Comments »
Tags: Auction House | Burning Crusade | Professions | UI Mods
Pattern-reselling is one of the oldest tools in any WoW gold farmer’s arsenal. The practice of finding limited-sell patterns and recipes from vendors around Azeroth and reselling them for sometimes outrageous profits has been going on virtually since beta.
First Posted on: May 8th, 2007 by Fortuente No Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Pattern-Reselling
UPDATED: 5/7/2008
Scryer reputation tokens are still selling for a lot in most realms’ Auction Houses. According to WowEcon, Sunfury Signets (WowEcon | Wowhead) sell for about one gold a piece and Arcane Tomes (WowEcon | Wowhead) top out around 12-14 gold per item.
First Posted on: April 17th, 2007 by Fortuente 1 Comment »
Tags: Auction House | Burning Crusade | The Grind
Let’s face it, if time is gold then travelling in World of Warcraft is one of the most expensive endeavors in the game. Having free, mage-l
ike teleports to all of your faction’s major cities could potentially cut your travel time significantly, especially if you are like me and tend to jump around Azeroth a lot.
First Posted on: April 10th, 2007 by Fortuente 2 Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Shady Deals
Mobs with drop rates around 30%-60% for Motes of Water and Motes of Fire? It’s true.
First Posted on: March 26th, 2007 by Fortuente No Comments »
Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind
This is one way to make WoW gold I’m kicking myself for not thinking of sooner. In fact, I’d thought of it then forgot about and then was reminded by someone else about it later (did you follow that?).
First Posted on: February 5th, 2007 by Fortuente 2 Comments »
Tags: Auction House | Burning Crusade
|
|
|