Skip to content
Gold
World of Warcraft

Gold

Learn how to farm gold in World of Warcraft by completing dailies and quests in Northrend, with specific tips for maximizing your earnings.

By ···10 min read·Multi-source verified
1 reading this guide  

Learn how to farm gold in World of Warcraft by completing dailies and quests in Northrend, with specific tips for maximizing your earnings.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Complete daily quests scattered throughout Northrend, which typically drop 12-14 gold each. Focus on dailies in areas like the Argent Tournament, Sons of Hodir, and Ebon Blade. You can also do random dungeon and profession dailies from Dalaran, a PvP daily for a random battleground, and weekly Wintergrasp quests.
  2. 2
    Undertake normal quests in zones like Icecrown, Scholazar Basin, and Storm Peaks. These quests generally reward about 12-13 gold per completion.
  3. 3
    Sell gear rewards from quests, which can fetch between 3-14 gold.
  4. 4
    Utilize professions by farming and selling materials on the Auction House (AH) or trade chat. Be mindful that profession profitability can vary due to mat costs.
  5. 5
    Save all item drops to either sell or disenchant. Keep enchanting materials for your own use as they are essential.

Specific Dailies Mentioned:

  • Dalaran: Cooking, fishing, weekly raid, and battleground dailies. Jewelcrafters should prioritize getting their skill up and heading to Dalaran for the daily quest.
  • Argent Tournament (Northern Icecrown): Target dummies and kill 8 scourge.
  • Shadow Vault (requires clearing quest chain): Shoot down 15 drakes, burn 8 buildings in a drake, and plant banners in 15 corpses.
  • Sons of Hodir: The spear quest is the only one worth skipping.
  • Other dailies exist throughout Northrend, including fishing and cooking dailies in Sholazar Basin, which are important for profession titles.
Tips
  • Farming materials and selling them on the AH is often more profitable than relying solely on professions, though it may take more time.
  • Save all drops; sell or disenchant them. Keep enchanting materials for yourself.
  • Questing and doing dailies is generally the most efficient method for gold earned per time invested.

100% Human-Written. AI Fact-Checked. Community Verified. Learn how AntMag verifies content