World of Warcraft Gold-Making Guide, Part 4
Most in-game fishermen want the “Big Iron Fishing Pole” and will pay a decent amount of gold to get it. According to one guide, this pole can only be found in one place. That one place is “inside the cage traps on the ocean floor near the Horde town on the West coast of Desolace”. Supposedly, if you head out of the town, go into the water directly west of the dock, and swim down, there are traps on the bottom of the water. When you open these traps, inside you’ll find shellfish, spawn a mob, or get a Big Iron Fishing Pole. The author of this tip says that he was able to find 2 in a “fair amount of time” and sell them on the Auction House for 25 gold each.
I’ve had some success with this technique myself. There are several recipes you can pick up from NPC vendors in the game and resell on the Auction House for a serious profit. Below is a list of items, where you can buy them, and the kind of profit you may expect. I recommend checking the prices in your Auction House before attempting to resell any of these items. You may find they’re not profitable on your server or that many other people are already selling them.
Buy from: Darian Singh in the Mage Quarter at Stormwind
Profit: Buy at 18s and sell for 1-2 gold
Item: Free Action Potion Recipe
Buy from: Soolie Berryfizz in Tinker Town at Ironforge
Profit: Buy at 18s and sell for 3-4 gold
Item: Green Leather Armor and Red Whelp Gloves Patterns
Buy from: Wenna Silkbeard in Sundown Marsh in the Wetlands
Profit: Buy at 20s and sell for 1g
Item: Minor Recombobulator Schematic
Buy from: Frad Swiftgear in Sundown Marsh in the Wetlands
Profit: Buy for 15s and sell for 1-2g
Item: Shadow Oil Recipe
Buy from: Bliztik at Raven Hill in Duskwood, Montarr in Thousand Needles or Blasted Lands
Profit: Buy for 15s and sell for 3-5g
Item: Gnomish Cloaking Device Schematic
Buy from: Zan Shivsproket at Ravenholt Manor in Hillsbrad
Profit: Buy for 15s and sell for 8-10g
Item: Gem-studded Leather Belt and Shadow Skin Gloves
Buy from: Rikqiz at Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale
Profit: Buy for 35s – 1g, sell for 3-5g
Item: Elixir of Shadow Power
Buy from: Alchemy vendor in Stormwind
Profit: Buy for 15s, sell for 3.5g
Item: Elixir of Demon Slaying
Buy from: Nina Lightbrew in the Blasted Lands, Rartar in Swamp of Sorrows
Profit: Buy for 90s
Item: Elixir of Superior Defense
Buy from: Kor’geld in Orgrimmar or Stranglethorn Vale, Soolie Berryfizz in Ironforge, or Vosur Brakthel in Ironforge
Profit: Buy for 1.30g
Item: Fire Protection Potion
Buy from: Kor’geld in Orgrimmar or Stranglethorn Vale, Soolie Berryfizz in Ironforge, or Vosur Brakthel in Ironforge, Ulthir in Dustwallow Marsh, Tally Berryfizz in Ironforge
Profit: Buy for 18s
Item: Frost Oil
Buy from: Bro’kin in the Alterac Mountains, Bro’kin in the Hillsbrad Foothills
Profit: Buy for 25s, sell for 2g
Item: Frost Protection Potion
Buy from: Drovnar Strongbrew in Arathi Highlands, Glyx Brewright in Stranglethorn Vale, Hammon Karwn in Arathi Highlands, Skuerto in Arathi Highlands
Profit: Buy for 20s
Item: Great Rage Potion
Buy from: Hagrus in Orgrimmar, Ulthir in Darkshore, Ulthir in Dustwallow Marsh
Profit: Buy for 20s
Item: Major Healing Potion
Buy from: Argent Quartermaster Hasana in Tirisfal Glades, Argent Quartermaster Lightspeak in Alterac Mountains, Argent Quartermaster Lightspark in Western Plaguelands, Quartermaster Miranda Breechlock in Eastern Plaguelands, Evie Whirlbrew in Winterspring, Evie Whirlbrew in Badlands
Profit: Buy for 36s to 1.5g
Item: Major Mana Potion
Buy from: Argent Quartermaster Hasana in Tirisfal Glades, Argent Quartermaster Lightspeak in Alterac Mountains, Quartermaster Miranda Breechlock in Eastern Plaguelands
Profit: Buy for 18s
Item: Nature Protection Potion
Buy from: Alchemist Pestlezugg in Hillsbrad Foothills/Tanaris/Swamp of Sorrows, Bronk in Feralas or Stonetalon Mountains, Glyx Brewright in Stranglethorn Vale, Logannas in Feralas
Profit: Buy for 20s
Item: Superior Healing Potion
Buy from: Bronk in Feralas or Stonetalon Mountains, Evie Whirlbrew in Winterspring, Evie Whirlbrew in Badlands, Logannas in Feralas/Stonetalon Mountains, Nina Lightbrew in Blasted Lands
Profit: Buy for 9-10s
Item: Superior Healing Potion
Buy from: Bronk in Feralas or Stonetalon Mountains, Evie Whirlbrew in Winterspring, Evie Whirlbrew in Badlands, Logannas in Feralas/Stonetalon Mountains, Nina Lightbrew in Blasted Lands, Rartar in Swamp of Sorrows, Ruw in Feralas, Thultazor in Swamp of Sorrows
Profit: Buy for 9-10s
Item: Superior Mana Potion
Buy from: Ulthir in Darkshore/Dustwallow Marsh
Profit: Buy for 1.2g
Item: Transmute Mithril to Truesilver
Buy from: Alchemist Pestlezugg in Tanaris/Hillsbrad Foothills/Swamp of Sorrows
Profit: Buy for 80s
One player tells me that if you go to the Wetlands to Menethil Harbor, exit Menethil and head northeast to the area where the “Bluegill” mobs (level 20-25) are located, you can make a fair amount of money. About 30% of the time these mobs drop a Thick Shelled Clam. When you open these clams, you will usually get Tangy Clam Meat, but sometimes get Small Lustrous Pearls or Iridescent Pearls. Iridescent Pearls can sell for 1-3 gold in the auction house. If you farm the Bluegill area for very long, you will probably collect several of these pearls.
In Tanaris, south of Gadgetzan (and elsewhere), you’ll encounter level 40-45 mobs called Glasshide Basilisks. If you farm these mobs for a while, you will amass a collection of tails, eyeballs, scales, and other items that sell for a few silver each. You will also occasionally receive some rarer weapon and armor drops that can be sold for 3-5 gold.
According to one source, in Winterspring you can find a spot where level 55-57 ghost spawns appear. These mobs are said to die fast, not hit too hard, and drop the Formula for the Icy Chill in around 30 minutes worth of farming. This formula can sell for 25g or more depending on the market on your server.
The Light Feather reagent is used in a number of mage and priest spells. It also is relatively easy to obtain, if you can kill level 8 birds. Areas like The Barrens and Westfall spawn a number of birds that drop these feathers and they can sell for up to 4 gold per stack on some servers.
Not far from the entrance to the zone, near the Hippogriff post, is a graveyard filled with level 50-52 undead mobs. These mobs will frequently drop runecloth, which stacks into lots of 20 and can sell for up to 5 gold per stack. If you have the tailoring skill, you can turn the cloth into Runecloth Bags which sell for 8g or more each on some servers. The reporter of this particular tip estimates you can make around 33 gold an hour doing this.
Major Nature Protection Potion
Fel Mana Potion Major Nature Protection Potion. Use: Absorbs 1950 to 3250