From what I've heard, it's easy to make gold in Outlands - but it's also easy to spend it on all the new goodies. A fellow guildie made 90g in an evening of questing and mob-killing. If you don't liquidate all that on your professions or buying new gear, you should have no problem saving up 5k by 70.

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It is easy to make a lot of cash in the Outlands, just by doing quests, selling vendor trash, and even selling the odd green. I think in a couple hours of casual questing and instance running, I can easily make 30g.

It does seem (though I haven't verified it) that repair costs are higher than I remember, but I think if you're wise about your spending and can supplement your grinding income with some from tradeskills, you shouldn't have any problems with cashflow.

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I'm not 60 or 70.. but I would think the new neatherweave bags ( or the mats to make them) would make you rich. Especially if you can undercut your competition. I saw one on Venture Co. AH for i believe 60g for the 16 slot.

Not being a bag maker or lvl 60-70.. i dont know how hard it is to get the mats or what the mats are.

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I'm making good money now selling silk bags and mageweave bags so all the established players can outfit their new toons. Mats are cheap, turnaround is quick, prices are pretty good right now. Once I get around to moving my 60 over to the Outlands (rather than playing my own well outfitted new BE) I expect to make even better money...

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I've been running around mining my mind out for the last few days. I've found one market is for the wood-be Jewelcrafters out there. Even course and heavy stone is selling pretty well in the Auction Houses (I've made well over 200g on just bars). The lower lands are for the most part bare, so there's not a ton of competition for simple things like Silver and bronze (made from copper and tin). Easy money.

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Sticking to the same strategy to get your mount right at level 40 should get you the same for the flying mount at level 70.

-Vendor trash. Love vendor trash, if you have room for it, take it.
-Sell greens+ at auction house.
-Never buy gear from the auction house. Run an instance a few extra times for that boss drop. Which leads to more money from my first and second point.

I've made over 200g in just a level and a half from 60. I see no problem getting my flying mount right at 70.

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I think the money just pretty much rolls in by it self.. but still if your going for the epic flying mount you will need 5k so maybe someone has some great tips? :D

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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.

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1. don't die
2. don't bother with crafting professions

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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!

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Somebody needs to ask that Metaphysic dude from a few stories back! 10,000 gold in his screenshot, remember? (hax!)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Screw all this noise!

Four words: Slutty Blood Elf Stripper

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Damn that's OLD Ryan D.!

sigh...and the female NE jokes reflavor...

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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

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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!

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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.

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