Newman’s Landing Once empty, in 2008 Newman’s Landing welcomed a retired goblin ‘admiral’ who fishes off the pier. He has the limited supply plans: Solid Iron Maul. These plans are only available from 3 vendors in Azeroth. Buy for 30s, sell for 50g. It’s rather exciting discovering NPCs like this hidden around the world. […]
How to Start Again Yesterday I showed you how to choose who to give your gold to. Once its gone, its time to start again. Starting from scratch is exhilarating and exciting but can be really scary and intimidating. You have a lot of concerns to juggle, and once the Mists of Pandaria clear on September 25th, […]
How to Give Away Your Gold Yesterday I introduced the challenge of starting Mists of Pandaria with no gold. You could selfishly fill your pockets with vanity items like I did. Or you could give the gold back to the community, the players. Who deserves your gold? It’s painful to imagine your money thrown away […]
Start with Zero Gold Why start with No Gold? One idea for a brand new expansion is to start with zero gold. After crushing it in The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King, I challenged myself to start from near zero in Cataclysm. To be completely honest, its party my own fault for […]
End of Expansion Jewelcrafting There comes a time between the end of the last batch of content, and the release of the new expansion, when raw gem prices and cut gem prices are near equal. There is no profit left in Jewelcrafting rare (blue) and uncommon (green) gems. Epic gems can still turn a […]
Sell Winterspring Cub. Still selling like hotcakes. Sinister Squashling. Between 700-1000g if you’re quick. These will plummet to 500g, 250g, then finally 100g in October 2012. Buy Spring Rabbits Foot: 200g or less. They’re not making any more for a few months. Elementium Geodes: Get them whilst the botters are pumping them out, there […]
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Beta Enchanting Changes Bad news for sellers, the only rod ever used will be the copper rod. Enchanting All rods were removed, everything now uses a Copper Rod. Unless you have been selling Arcanite for another use, then get rid of your arcanite. This is a bit of a shame for transmute-spec alchemists who have […]
WoWinsider asked what is your gold making secret at their Breakfast Topic on 8th July. I wrote a quick n dirty response on a notepad and posted it up. All these tips are timeless, and will last you forever. Know your buyers: What they want now what they’ll pay when they’ll pay most what they will […]
WoW Factor show came to Europe this week. This wasn’t the first WoW Factor in Europe but the first I bumped into. I support fellow gold bloggers, vloggers, streamers, and guide makers. The Gold Making Community has always been a friendly group. WoW Factor was coming to one of my side servers. Yes, I have […]
Cataclysm Leather makes Instant Gold No I haven’t gone insane with a title like Heavy Leather Shuffle. Although let’s pause for a moment to consider some well-leathered bikers shuffling down the street. In related advice, don’t google “leather dance” unless you want your eyes burned. Today’s blog post is a reminder that Savage Leather can […]
Royal Satchel Anyone making gold in World of Warcraft needs the biggest and best bags in the game. In Cataclysm these are Illusionary Bag []. 26 slot made with Dreamcloth. In Mists of Pandaria, tailors can now make Royal Satchels with Imperial Silk. 24 slot bags Royal Satchels are a 24 slot Non-Bind-on-Equip bag. […]
Undercutting on the World of Warcraft Auction House – Your Ultimate Guide When you undercut you get less money for a quicker financial return. In this guide you’ll discover: Who is undercutting and for how much and why Types of undercuts How to deal with an undercutter The semi-anonymous nature of the Auction House […]
Pink Ribbon Today’s post was meant to be about Undercutting, but something more important demands attention. Our friend and fellow Warcraft Gold Blogger Nev of AH Addict, Helen, has been coping with some sad and scary news, which she talks about on her blog today. To support her in this time, please visit her blog […]
I love reading about your successes. D emailed me with his Vendor Recipe successes and collecting tips. [quote]Hi! I’m a bit of a slow learner, yet to hit 100k but picking up so much helpful advice from your blog that I thought I’d better write and say thanks. I’ve just had a huge breakthrough and […]
Thank you A little history The Gold Queen blog was started in late 2010 in response to guild members and then other players on my server asking for help with making gold. Whilst I was happy to share what I had learned so far, it began to take more and more of my time […]
Mists of Pandaria Dailies In the first of two major announcements, Blizzard mentioned that they want to drop the 25 dailies per day cap. In Mists of Pandaria you will be able to do as many daily quests as you like. Once a daily has been completed, it’s done for the day. There aren’t unlimited […]
The Mists of Pandaria beta continues with new builds being launched. New music New quests More profession news New information for us as gold makers. This post is full of spoilers. Cooking and Fishing Today I fished for Jade Lungfish which drops in Jade Forest about one in 5-6 fishing casts. Did you fish […]
What would you like to see increased here at The Gold Queen blog? Opinion Frequent, unconnected tips, very short. Long posts like the Mists of Pandaria Stockpile post, but not as often Dear Gold Queen letters and requests for help Reviews of guides Summaries of other blogs Occasional Movies, such as the Winterspring guide Addon […]
Mists of Pandaria coming soon to Public Test Realms? Latest beta build 5.0.1.15726 has been changed from “beta” to “ptr” and downloading a fresh copy of the client from battle.net gives you a PTR client. Installing to your hard drive, the files are unpacked into PTR and then into Beta. This has changed since I last […]