2 Methods for Short Burst Gold Farming

Introduction

I have been using a mixture of two strategies to make money recently; in the last couple of weeks I have financed two epic flying mounts and gained a nice amount of gold just to sit on. However I probably play too much . Having made enough cash I feel I can now release these strategies to the general public .

These tips are best if you come on, do a loop, then log off and do something else for 10 minutes or more, then come back. This allows nodes and monsters to respawn.

Disclaimer: Prices are very server dependant!

Contents

1. Strategy 1

2. Strategy 2

Strategy 1

Requirements:

There are 3 parts to this following guide, and some can be used in conjunction so you can make as much gold per hour as possible.

Part 1

All characters can do this, but with varying success (it requires grinding level 80s with a fair bit of health). The location is the Cauldron of Flames in South-Eastern Wintergrasp.

Here you will be farming Crystallized Fire. I would advise that you only kill the Flame Revenants, although you can kill the smaller ones if you want or your faction does not control Wintergrasp. This tactic works best if your faction controls Wintergrasp, as Flame Revenants do not appear if your faction is not in control. Flame Revenants have a 100% drop chance for Crystallized Fire, usually dropping around 3. If your faction is in control and you can see these then I recommmend that you do not kill the smaller elementals because they do not drop Crystallized Fire as often as Revenants, and in this guide I am trying to maximise the amount you get in the time taken. However they will still drop the occasional Crystallized Fire so if you have the time every little helps .

After having killed the Flame Revenants that have spawned you will have a little bit of time before they spawn again, in which I suggest doing Part 2 or Part 3.

Part 2

For this part you will require 305 Engineering.

While you are killing Flame Revenants (and elementals) look out for Cinder Clouds which spawn around the cauldron (as shown on the map below), these can be 'mined' using the Zapthrottle Mote Extractor, and yield 3 or 4 Crystallised Fire.

The Cinder Clouds look like this:

Part 3

For this part you will require at least 400 mining (preferable 450).

You will be looking for nodes of Saronite, Rich Saronite or Titanium. I suggest you use a route similar to the one shown on the map below, it usually yields one or two nodes, more if you are lucky.

Once you have completed the circuit you will be back in the Cauldron of Flames, and ready to begin again. If they have not spawned yet then you can log off and do other things and come back later.

Note: It is possible to do a similar thing with herbalism, however I do not have herbalism on the character that I do this with and as such have no routes established. But you can easily construct your own little circuit around the Cauldron of Flames using an addon such as Cartographer, Gathermate or Gatherer, click their respective name to visit the download site.

Thanks for reading, hopefully this will help.