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by Barb Dybwad 
Jan 19th 2007 at 11:10AM
It's time for this week's installment of Ask WoW Insider, wherein we pick a question you've sent and publish it for your fellow readers to answer. This week's question comes to us from Jacob H, who asks Where's the first aid trainer?Just kidding! Jacob, being a sensible and pragmatic fellow, wants to know your tips and tricks for earning the dough for that flying mount:
"What are some good ways of making money for levels 60-70 in Burning Crusade? Are there people making money from jewelcrafting yet, should I pick that up? What about good mobs to grind or drops that sell well to vendors or on the AH? Thanks in advance for any advice."Do you have any money-making tips to share with Jacob?
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 3)
wayne Jan 19th 2007 12:48PM
The best bet will be to find which specific mobs have that random chance to drop that one recipe that everyone will want. Case in point is the Crusader enchant from WPL Spellbinders. The key is finding early on enough what that extremely rare drop is and from which mobs so you can farm him. Unfortnuately I have no idea how to figure that one out yet.
Nijle Jan 19th 2007 1:26PM
I agree, selling the mats that you would use in the crafting professions is much more profitable in most cases than the professions themselves!
Sell Copper and Rough Stone like crazy right now on the AH for inflated prices rather than burning it on Jewelcrafting. You will make much more money!
vincenzo7 Jan 19th 2007 2:57PM
the first two instances are extremely easy and can be finished in under an hour. the slave pens only poses a slightly moderate challenge. Farm these instances. you will get 4-9 greens on trash mobs. They sell from anywhere between 8 and 25 gold. There are plenty of non BC people still leveling and alot of these greens require 60 and BELOW all the way down to about 57. cha-ching. Not to mention, you get killer XP and decent drops off of the bosses. Also, each chest in all the new instances yields each player 1+g just for opening it
Jenet Jan 19th 2007 2:43PM
If you have a gathering profession. gather and AH. now. prices are crazy early. I've been selling stacks of fel iron ore for 45 gold in the AH. I'm 63.5 and at 800 gold already. And thats after 200 gold on repairs.
Lawls Jan 19th 2007 1:39PM
I came into the outlands with 2g on my rogue and within 3 days of pure questing and 2 instances I have over 260g on hand with other 40g or so up on the AH. The 57-60 greens sell EXTREMELY well on the AH for all the players that do not have the expansion. Nearly 300g from 3 days and I'm only 3/4 the way to 62.
gillean Jan 19th 2007 2:22PM
You can easily make money selling 58+ greens. I've sold a few 1H weapons for 20g within hours of posting it in the AH. Just keep up your gathering skills and keep questing.
Finnicks Jan 19th 2007 2:19PM
Half an hour of killing Bonechewer Orcs for a quest saw me gathering about 1-2g in raw money drops, plus a whopping 20g from the random greens that dropped off them. One of them dropped a really fancy two-handed sword (of the Falcon, +agi +int, who the hell needs THAT? I don't THINK Hunters can wield 2-handed weapons...) that vendored for 6g.
Oh yeah, and while killing Bleeding Hollow orcs a fantastic blue dropped. "Headdress of the Sleeper". I announced it in /guild and immediately was greeted by "Oh cool that's a nice EQ. I got it off the AH from some idiot who was selling it for 30g. I coulda resold it for 120g easy..." They didn't seem to realize that it has actually DROPPED for me. When I got that across, they all freaked out and one of the guild officers, a feral druid, practically begged me to let him have it. (I did of course, but if you're the entrepreneuring type you could've made 120g off that baby!).
So yeah. The new herbs and ores in outland are also hard to find (because the zones are so crowded), so they probably sell very well. Also, it might be worth your while to visit a few lowbie zones are farm up Copper and Tin, since both are in high-demand for people levelling up their fancy new Jewelcrafting professions.
ramanan Jan 19th 2007 3:35PM
For the time being, pretty much anything from the outlands is selling for crap loads of money in the auction house. I sold a stack of 10 neatherweave cloths for 15 gold. That's not even a full stack. I sold some rogue pants for 25 gold, which was a price I just pulled out of my ass, and it was snatched up right away.
Ryan D. Jan 19th 2007 2:44PM
Screw all this noise!
Four words: Slutty Blood Elf Stripper
umamasyean Jan 19th 2007 2:55PM
Damn that's OLD Ryan D.!
sigh...and the female NE jokes reflavor...
umamasyean Jan 19th 2007 3:07PM
Mining:
Jewelcrafting will attract curiosity, speculation, as well as quench the routine for many old and brand new characters alike. This will provide opportunities across all levels: from the starting Blood Elf and Draenei...to the seasoned Outlander (who sometimes even may wish to meet market demand by going on a nostalgic excursion gathering ore from lowbie-land once again). At least for a while in the new-game, there will be great demand for tons and tons of mining goods. Be forewarned, however, this may out-supply diminishing demand in the long run as mining is a popular and well accepted "easy" route to earn gold during these times…so the time to serve your faction’s needs as well as capitalize quite a bit for yourself, is NOW.
Enchanting:
For the longer run, enchanting provides excellent potential for those who will wish to stick it out and invest the time and resources. As equipment will change faster than a druid on Volatile Rum, the need for enchants and enchanting supplies will outpace all. Whether you are the type who enjoys providing enchanting services, enchanting reagents, or both, this profession will carry you through the end-game. Be forewarned, that this profession requires the greatest investment of time and capital. Approach it with skill and extensive research, and you shall be able to earn the largest fees, as well as turn your would-be vendor trash into mounds of gold!
jorton Jan 19th 2007 4:41PM
I was *broke* when I reached Outland, having just bought my epic mount. I walked in with less than 4 gold, which was depressing because I couldn't even buy profession upgraded.
Early on I thought I was going to switch one of my professions to Engineering someday, so I had stashed away any jems and metal bars I came across. When BC came out I sold half my jems and made about 100g within a few hours.
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Simon Jan 22nd 2007 11:35PM
started out with 130g at lvl 60
I am now lvl 64 very soon to be 65 and I havent done anything but quest and do instances and im at 650 and havent had to do anything but vendor all the shit(cba to lvl my professions yet)
ShadowWordDeath Jan 20th 2007 10:48AM
I don't really worry much about the gold, its rolling in fine, and when I hit 70 if i don't have enough to get the epic flying mount...refer to #24's comment.
Crutch1974 Jan 20th 2007 11:39AM
I didn't feel like the trip back to the mainland until last night. I had 102g on my warrior. I auctioned some greens and one blue. This morning I checked my mail and now I have 256g just from auctioning and selling trash grays for several gold to cover repairs.
kami Jan 22nd 2007 9:50AM
@13:
Hunters can and do use 2-handed weapons. We love them. In fact, there's a lovely +25agi enchant available for 2-handed weapons available that makes said 2-handed weapons even more desireable.
2-handed weapons are slower than 1-hand weapons (hunters can dual-wield) but don't miss nearly as often. With a +25agi enchant (go suck up to your friendly guild enchanter), it's an excellent choice.
Melee classes sometimes like 2-handed weapons with +agi due to increased chance to crit.
So go auction that next 2-hander, don't vendor it!!!
Genius Jones Jan 22nd 2007 1:18PM
Are you kidding? How do you NOT make money in Outland? I've got gold coming out of my ears.
Jenet Jan 22nd 2007 2:16PM
I went home for a 45 minute lunchbreak, made a sandwich, logged in, and flew, and made ~175 gold using a collection skill. I'll give locations and such as soon as I hit 5k gold. =)
I came into BC with 11 gold, and I'm sitting at 2k without having played constantly.