Battle for Azeroth, The First 6 Hours

Your Guide to the First 6 Hours in Kul Tiras and Zandalar

Before BfA release 

1. Get one stack of flasks, three stacks of food,  empty your bags, head to Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
2. Get on Discord for voice chat with me!
3. Decide in which order to level your characters, entirely based on enjoyment, not on gold making.

First Hour in BfA

1. Get your intro/s done.  Darnassus/Teldrassil, Lordaeron/Undercity, Stockades/Kul Tiras intro.
2. Set your hearthstone at the the inn
3. (Optional) Buy your Brutosaur mount
4. Go the professions training area and learn your new professions.
5. Head out into your first area.
6. For Horde Gold Makers I recommend Vol’Dun
7. For Alliance Gold Makers, I recommend Drustvar
8. Both areas are full of resources.
9. Follow the quest line and pick up any resources that you see along the route.
10. Keep going as far as you can until you are close to the end of your hour.
11. Make sure you have the flight path.

Second Hour in BfA

1. Hearth back to Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
2. Throw everything on the Auction House.
3. Take a glass of water, and some energy giving food.
4. Rest your eyes. Stretch your legs. Do some shoulder rolls.
5. Learn where the scapper / scrapomatic is
6. Get back to your quest line.
7. Get as far as you can, picking up resources along the route.
8. Make sure you have the flight path.

If you are a patreon make sure you have your copy of the gathering paths ready.

Follow the routes to get the maximum Anchor Weed, Storm Silver Ore, Tempest Hide and look for Midnight Salmon in your fishing catches.

Third Hour in BfA

1. Hearth back to Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
2. Throw everything on the Auction House.
3. Do not bother to pick up your gold.
4. Do not buy anything.
5. Take a glass of water, and some energy giving food.
6. Rest your eyes. Stretch your legs. Do some shoulder rolls.
7. Switch to your first alt.  Do it now before you get too into the story, and the quests are fresh in your mind
8. Learn your new professions on your second character
9. Head out into the same zone with the same character and plough through the fields of excited friends
10. Get as far as you can, picking up resources along the route.
11. Make sure you have the flight path.

Fourth Hour in BfA

1. Mail everything to your first character
2. Leave your character at the nearest inn
3. Switch back to the first character
4. Pick up the items from the mail and hurl it all at the Auction House
5. Look at starting to craft your first items. Look for +XP Gems and +Reputation Scrolls.
6. Soon you will be unlocking the island expeditions and your mission table, but for now, focus on the gold making
7. Take 15 minutes to check on the sales for your most expensive items only.  Whether they are mounts, rare BoEs, new materials.  15 minutes only
8. #TimeIsMoneyFriend
9. Get your water, snacks and stretches in.  Walk to the kitchen and back. Jog up and down the stairs twice. Blow a kiss to yourself in the mirror you sexy goldmaker you.

Fifth Hour in BfA

1. It’s time to start concentrating.
2. Do you want to level your main up to 120 asap?  It’s time to focus on that.
3. Do you want to level your profession up fast?  Focus on crafting and gathering.
4. Do you want to enjoy the storyline and new world? Explore the main cities and look for the places to catch the rare 50g fish.
5. Want to do the Heroes’ Welcome?  Head to the major cities and start secretly donating bags to new players.

Sixth Hour in BfA

1. You deserve a really big break around about now, so pause your game and leave the room, go fix yourself up a proper meal.
2. Afterwards, head to the Auction House and mailbox and start assessing your undercut auctions, your sales, and adjust your numbers according to the feedback.
3. This is when the real Battle for Azeroth Gold begins in earnest.

What are you planning to do in the first few hours? Let me know in the comments.

About the Author

Alyzande is one of the TGQ authors. She’s working on her 16th 110, has 10 years expertise in making gold, 19,000+ achievements, 1593 days played, over 39 million gold earned, and now sharing World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth farming strategies. The Gold Queen blog teaches you how to make gold playing Warcraft using ethical trading, auction house flipping, crafting, reselling, snatch lists, and farming gold making. Want more updates on Warcraft Legion? Support my Patreon for exclusive pre-release Battle for Azeroth Gold Guides.