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My #1 Mote of Fire Farming Spot - Level 67+

As with every type of mote in Burning Crusade, there are several spots to farm Motes of Fire (WowEcon | Wowhead). My personal favorite spot is located in north-central Blade’s Edge Mountains (Wowhead | WowWiki).

This spot is similar in many ways to my favorite Mote of Air farm - that is, there are many elementals of one type which are pretty easy and respawn quick, but have annoying mobs mixed in to slow down your mote harvesting. Farming spots like these will still net you more motes than anywhere else - including Elemental Plateau (in my opinion).

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First Posted on: May 25th, 2008 by Pacabol Fortuente 1 Comment »

Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind

Primal Mana Bonanza in Patch 2.4 - Level 70

It’s to be expected that once a patch is released there will be slightly unbalanced elements - and taking advantage of them is often the path to riches for many a savvy player.

Among the plethora of new daily quests given to us by Patch 2.4 there is one in particular that will allow you to farm, at this point, literally a hundred Motes of Mana (WowEcon | Wowhead) an hour. Which of course nets you a solid number of Primals of Mana.

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First Posted on: March 28th, 2008 by Pacabol Fortuente 5 Comments »

Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind

Making Gold with Glowcaps and Sporeggar

A really good place to earn some extra gold while you’re leveling up past 62 is in the Sporeggar (Wowhead | WowWiki) settlement in Zangarmarsh (Wowhead | WowWiki). The Sporeggar use Glowcaps (WowEcon | Wowhead) as currency for faction rewards and you can find them all over the west side of that zone.

If you have not already leveled up your reputation with the Sporeggar faction, you will be able to turn 10 Glowcaps in at a time to Msshi’fn until you reach friendly status. I recommend using a different method to gain reputation after the first 10, however, because these are so valuable later. Fertile Spores is a good way to go for neutral-to-friendly.

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First Posted on: October 5th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: Burning Crusade | Pattern-Reselling | The Grind

Best Spot to Farm Cobra Scales - Level 70

If you are a Skinner and/or a Leatherworker in the Burning Crusade you probably already know all about Cobra Scales (WowEcon | Wowhead).

Gained by skinning one of three types of snakes on the shattered planet of Draenor, these go into crafting some really awesome gear for both Rogues and Druids.

But what you may not know is there is a really awesome spot to grind these … on yellow mobs! If you know me, you know I love grinding yellow mobs - you can rest inches away from them, you can answer the door without fear of drawing aggro, not to mention you never have to worry about adds - there are a multitude of reasons why grinding yellow, non-aggroable mobs is superior to the normal red mobs.

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First Posted on: August 24th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente 14 Comments »

Tags: Burning Crusade | The Grind

Spider Silk Farming Guide

Today I would like to discuss in-depth an often overlooked trade item that has the potential to earn you loads of gold whether you are level 20 or level 70: Spider Silk.

That’s right, spider silk. This trade item is a vital component to some of the coolest crafted items in Azeroth or Draenor and is useful particularly for Tailoring, Leatherworking and Engineering. Plus, so many players either fail to loot it or vendor it off as trash, it is often worth a lot more than it probably should be on the auction house.

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First Posted on: August 14th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente 2 Comments »

Tags: Auction House | Burning Crusade | The Grind

The Lagoon - Motes of Life and Cenarion Reputation

It’s no secret that there are lots of great places in Zangarmarsh (Wowhead | WowWiki) to grind out Motes of Life (WowEcon | Wowhead), and the really awesome thing is that you can do it as early as level 61.

I was just introduced to a great tucked-away area in Zangarmarsh that will have you rolling in Motes of Life in no time: The Lagoon, which is home to loads of Lagoon Walkers.

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First Posted on: August 1st, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente 2 Comments »

Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind

Mote of Air Farming Location - Levels 67+

Ah, the neverending quest for motes Burning Crusade has brought us. Sometimes fun, sometimes a pain, but always an adventure, Blizzard has fortunately graced players with relatively high drop rates for these items. So it really isn’t hard to farm many in a short period. But seasoned WoW players know that drop rates are only part of the story when figuring out the best places to grind motes for WoW gold.

I just found out about a great spot to farm Motes of Air (WowEcon | Wowhead). It’s located in Shadowmoon Valley (Wowhead | WowWiki) north of the Altar of Sha’tar and just to the west east of Oronok Tornheart’s farm.

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First Posted on: July 7th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente 5 Comments »

Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind

Aldor Rep and Gold Farming Spot - Netherstorm, Level 70

UPDATED 5/30/2008: This is still a great place to farm for those choosing to become Aldor and another solid location for leatherworkers, but sadly the two mobs here no longer drop Motes of Shadow. Despite the claim by some that the drop rate for Marks and Fel Armaments has been nerfed, I have not found that to be entirely true. Though the Wowhead drop rates have changed since I first wrote this, I decided to leave them because I feel the originals are still more accurate than the current data or the negative word-of-mouth.

Whether you are looking to rapidly advance your reputation with the Aldor or just make some decent gold, you should try the Arklon Ruins (42,71) located southeast of Area 52 in Netherstorm (Wowhead | WowWiki). This is a must-grind area for those looking to gain reputation with the Aldor, but is also a sweet spot to farm gold and leatherworking items.

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First Posted on: June 8th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente 3 Comments »

Tags: Auction House | Burning Crusade | The Grind

Mote of Mana Farming - Netherstorm Level 67+

Since Burning Crusade people have been going mote crazy. And why not? Ten motes of any given element will produce a primal of that element. And if you have played the Burning Crusade and do any kind of crafting at all, you know that there are tons of recipes in all the professions which require primals (for example the shamantastic Living Dragonscale Helm).

In the Best WoW Gold Guide we’ve already covered some great (and would-be great) spots to farm motes. We’ve also established that people will pay good gold for them on the auction house. So now I want to clue you in on a great tucked-away spot to farm Motes of Mana.

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First Posted on: June 7th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind

Recipe: Greater Nature Protection Potion

Recipe: Greater Nature Protection Potion drops from only two mobs in World of Warcraft, Rotting Behemoths and Decaying Horrors. These are both located in and around a small cave (66,40) in the Western Plaguelands.

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First Posted on: June 4th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: Auction House | The Grind

Don’t Drop Those Grays!

Today I was being lazy, just hanging around the Undercity sorting out my bank and whatnot. A new player asked in general for some general tips about how to make more money in WoW, and someone actually made a reply that he (or she) throw out all of their gray items to make room for the green items they pick up.

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First Posted on: May 17th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: Auction House | The Grind

Savory Deviate Delight - Gold For Levels 14+

Yes, the cooking skill can make you WoW gold. Witness this time-honored gem: Savory Deviate Delight.

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First Posted on: May 2nd, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente 3 Comments »

Tags: Auction House | Professions | The Grind

Grind Scryer Reputation for Gold at Level 67+

UPDATED: 5/7/2008
Scryer reputation tokens are still selling for a lot in most realms’ Auction Houses. According to WowEcon, Sunfury Signets (WowEcon | Wowhead) sell for about one gold a piece and Arcane Tomes (WowEcon | Wowhead) top out around 12-14 gold per item.

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First Posted on: April 17th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: Auction House | Burning Crusade | The Grind

Mote of Water, Fire Farming on Easy-Mode

Mobs with drop rates around 30%-60% for Motes of Water and Motes of Fire? It’s true.

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First Posted on: March 26th, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: Burning Crusade | Mote Farming | The Grind

Formula: Enchant Weapon - Crusader

The other day I was feeling a bit nostalgic for the “good ‘ol days” of grinding the undead in Andorhal mercilessly for experience and Argent Dawn reputation. That’s when I decided to head over to one of my favorite old haunts in the Western Plaguelands (Wowhead | WowWiki): the Scarlet Crusade tower south of Hearthglen.

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First Posted on: March 21st, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: The Grind

Tyr’s Hand

One of the best ways to find out where the best gold farming spots are is to find out where the professional gold farmers hang out. And for the past year and a half or so the ultimate hotspot for the pros has been the stronghold of the Scarlet Crusade in the Eastern Plaguelands: Tyr’s Hand.

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First Posted on: January 31st, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: The Grind

Deadwind Pass

In the World of Warcraft there are numerous spots to grind gold, some being good and others great. If you talk to gold farmers, you’ll notice many have there own favorite spots (if, like a prize-winning fishing enthusiast, they are willing to talk about their favorite fishing hole at all).

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First Posted on: January 2nd, 2007 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: The Grind

Felcloth FTW

Felcloth is a fairly rare dropped trade item used for making, among other things, Wicked Leather Armor, Felcloth Bags, and joy of joys - Runed Stygian cloth armor pieces.

It’s important to us because it goes for quite a pretty copper at your faction’s Auction House - currently 4 gold per felcloth on my server’s Orgrimmar bank - and that’s the lowball price.

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First Posted on: December 31st, 2006 by Pacabol Fortuente No Comments »

Tags: Auction House | The Grind