WoW Classic Gold Farm — Guides · WoW Classic
Farming pays in three ways, and each method below shows them apart: the coin enemies drop, the vendor value of the grey and white loot they carry, and the materials other players buy at the auction house. Coin and vendor values come from the game data; auction prices depend on your realm, so materials are rated rather than priced, and no method promises a gold-per-hour figure.
14 of 14 methods
Elemental materials (4)
Creatures that drop crafting materials other players buy at the auction house.
Toxic Horrors in northern FelwoodEssence of Water
Elemental WaterHigh valueZoneFelwoodLevelsLevels 53–60PartySoloKindElemental materialsToxic Horrors at levels 53–54 in Irontree Woods: elementals that drop Essence of Water and Elemental Water, plus Enchanted Water on half of kills.
Dust Stormers in north-western SilithusEssence of Air
Elemental AirHigh valueZoneSilithusLevelsLevels 55–60PartySoloKindElemental materialsDust Stormers at levels 55–57 roaming north-western Silithus: elementals that drop Essence of Air and Elemental Air, good both for the last levels and for gold.
Living Blazes at Fire Plume RidgeEssence of Fire
Elemental FireGood valueZoneUn'Goro CraterLevelsLevels 54–60PartySoloKindElemental materialsLiving Blazes and Scorching Elementals at levels 53–55 on Fire Plume Ridge in the middle of Un'Goro: fire elementals with Elemental Fire, Essence of Fire and vendor pitch.
Rock Elementals in southern BadlandsElemental EarthGood valueZoneBadlandsLevelsLevels 38–42PartySoloKindElemental materialsRock Elementals at levels 39–40 in the south of the Badlands. They have no ranged attacks, hit slowly and carry Elemental Earth and vendor stones, which makes them a leveling and gold stop at once.
Cloth (2)
Humanoids that drop cloth on most kills, with coin and vendor loot besides.
Twilight cultists in central SilithusRuneclothGood valueZoneSilithusLevelsLevels 58–60PartySoloCoin per kill1 silver 58 copperTwilight Avengers and Geolords at levels 58–60 in the Twilight camps of central Silithus: humanoids with Runecloth on a third of kills and Twilight Cultist gear for the Twilight Abyssal summons.- Shadowsworn cultists in the Blasted LandsRuneclothGood valueZoneBlasted LandsLevelsLevels 51–56PartySoloCoin per kill1 silver 24 copperShadowsworn Cultists, Thugs and Adepts at levels 51–53 in the Blasted Lands: dense humanoids with Runecloth on a third of kills and coin on all of them.
Skinning (1)
Beasts to skin: leather and hides for every kill.
AoE farming (3)
Dense packs to kill many at a time for coin, vendor loot and cloth.
Wastewander bandits at Waterspring FieldZoneTanarisLevelsLevels 40–44PartySoloCoin per kill86 copperWastewander Thieves and Bandits around the wells north-east of Gadgetzan: about thirty melee humans at levels 40–42 on flat sand. A classic mage AoE spot that also drops Mageweave and water pouches.- Southsea pirates at Lost Rigger CoveZoneTanarisLevelsLevels 44–47PartySoloCoin per kill96 copperMore than a hundred Southsea pirates at levels 44–45 along Tanaris's eastern coast: dense melee humanoids with Mageweave and coin.
- Undead on Sorrow HillZoneWestern PlaguelandsLevelsLevels 50–54PartySoloCoin per kill1 silver 20 copperSkeletal Flayers and Slavering Ghouls at levels 50–52 on Sorrow Hill, in the south of Western Plaguelands: melee undead with Runecloth. Paladins' Exorcism and Holy Wrath work on them.
Dungeons (1)
Materials that only drop inside dungeons.
Gathering (3)
Herbs, ore and leather from the gathering professions.
Herbalism for goldGood valueZoneGatheringLevelsLevels 1–60PartySoloKindGatheringHerbs are the steadiest gathering income: every potion and elixir starts with them, and the rarest herbs fetch the highest prices. The Herbalism guide walks through the skill step by step: the herbs to gather at each skill, where they grow on the World Map, training and tools.
Mining for goldGood valueZoneGatheringLevelsLevels 1–60PartySoloKindGatheringOre, stone and gems feed blacksmiths, engineers and other crafters. The Mining guide covers the veins to mine at each skill and where to find them on the World Map, training, tools and a smelting calculator.
Skinning for goldGood valueZoneGatheringLevelsLevels 1–60PartySoloKindGatheringSkinning turns the beasts you kill into leather, so it pays most alongside the beast spots on this page. The Skinning guide covers the leather to gather at each skill and where the beasts are, with training and tools.
Builds for farming alone
The leveling build of each class is also its farming build: it is built to kill alone and recover quickly.
MageBlizzard AoE Farmer · AoE guide
PaladinSanctuary AoE Farmer · AoE guide
HunterWild Beast Wanderer
WarlockSiphon Life Drainer
RogueRiposte Skirmisher
WarriorSweeping Strikes Wanderer
PriestSpirit Tap Wanderer
DruidFeral Pathfinder
ShamanStormstrike Wanderer