Jumpstart Your WoW Gold Campaign

Gold is essential to success when playing World of Warcraft. The currency of the game, gold is necessary for purchasing equipment, obtaining training, and buying and selling at the auction house. Fortunately, there are several ways to earn gold in World of Warcraft.

In World of Warcraft, characters learn trade skills and crafts, which are known as professions. Deciding early on a profession allows the character to continuously level up as the game is played. Of the available professions, skinning is probably the easiest to start and one of the fastest ways to earn gold. Skinning simply involves killing animals and then skinning them. The hides can then be sold to vendors and other players. Since there is no initial investment, the gold earned from selling hides is all profit.

Now when it comes to the subject of bags, don't listen to those big girls the Elves, whose main use of their bags is as off-hand weapons during tavern brawls. Instead, listen to the Orcs on this matter who have a saying: 'The bigger da bags da better'.

Not all players enjoy grinding, but it is a quick way to earn gold in World of Warcraft. Grinding requires finding an area full of mobs, or mobile objects, that can be killed one at a time but spawn faster than they are killed. By killing and looting in such an area, players can easily obtain gold and items that can be sold. Targeting lower level mobs makes grinding go faster, which produces more loot more quickly. Some of these areas even have reoccurring chests and/or elite items, both of which can make it quicker and easier to get more gold.

Now bags come in all colors, shapes and sizes; but, if we listen to the Orcs, the only thing we need worry about when it comes to grinding for wow gold is the number of slots that they provide. The more slots a bag contains the more expensive it is to purchase. So in your early levels (5-10), you'll probably only be able to afford a 6 slot bag for a few silver coin. You'll find vendors selling 6 slot bags in many of the towns; but check out the Auction House, as you'll likely find a few bargains from those players with the Tailoring profession. Depending on how well you make gold in wow, you may stretch to an 8 slot bag, but greater than 8 slots and you're looking at paying in gold coin.

Vanity items are those items that very simply make the characters look pretty. They have no other purpose at all. These range from foods or drinks that alter characters effect, to clothing that makes a character look like a fisherman or a ninja! This also includes pets that people do not know about.

In World of Warcraft, characters are able to purchase mounts. Having a mount increases the character's ability to earn gold by increasing their speed. Mounts allow characters to harvest faster, as well as providing quicker travel from place to place.

For a 6 slot bag, try the quest 'Miner's Fortune' from the Wharf Master at Rachet, who rewards 'Old Moneybag', a 6 slot bag. For an 8 slot bag, try the quest 'Captain Sander's Booty Bag' which is only available for Alliance characters at Westfall as part of a series of quests 'Captain Sander's Hidden Treasure'.