| The Secret to Making Gold: Understanding Human | | | | Here is a list of recommended gathering |
| Nature | | | | professions: |
| Part of learning how to make lots of gold in WoW | | | | - Mining - Requires mining pick. Ore is trackable on |
| or any MMO for that matter is that you need to | | | | the mini-map. |
| understand human nature. Once you understand | | | | - Skinning - Requires a skinning knife. Only beasts |
| how people think and what motivates them, you | | | | can be skinned. |
| can predict how they will act. | | | | - Herbalist - No tools required. Herbs are trackable |
| Why Most WoW Newbies Are Poor | | | | on the mini-map. |
| Here's the simple truth: too many new WoW | | | | Since you can currently only track one gathering |
| players figure they can sell all of the items that | | | | profession at a time, you should choose skinning |
| craft in the Auction House but the problem is that | | | | and either herb gathering or mining. |
| other players think this as well, and why not? It's | | | | When Should I Start Crafting? |
| perfectly natural to think that you can | | | | The only time you should ever consider dumping |
| manufacture a product, sell it to other players and | | | | one of your gathering professions is when you |
| make a profit. | | | | reach level 40; by then you will be established and |
| The problem with this logic is that it is flawed. The | | | | be able to farm mobs to raise money to support |
| reality is that every other new player in WoW is | | | | your crafting profession. |
| thinking the exact same thing. Unfortunately, the | | | | If you feel you must be a crafter then you |
| result is that the Auction House is flooded with an | | | | should consider disenchanting your excess green |
| over-supply of crafted items. Not only does | | | | items and selling the resulting enchanting materials |
| having too much supply of that crafted item push | | | | in the Auction House. You can always create an |
| the market price down, most newbie crafters list | | | | alt character and choose enchanting and |
| multiples of the same item. The end result is that | | | | disenchant your unsold greens yourself or ask a |
| most crafted items never sell. | | | | friend who's an enchanter. |
| The smart thing for new players or low level | | | | Conclusion |
| characters on rolling on a new server is to forget | | | | Remember that there is always more gold to be |
| about crafting entirely. What you should do is | | | | made selling gathered resources to crafters then |
| learn two gathering professions and sell everything | | | | actually making the crafted goods yourself and |
| you gather to other players in the Auction House. | | | | selling them. When it comes to crafted goods in |
| Gathered resources are in constant demand and | | | | WoW always follow this important rule: be a |
| you can literally make a small fortune overnight. | | | | buyer and not a seller. |
| What Gathering Professions Should I Choose? | | | | |