With The War Within expansion, the demand for resources, crafted gear, and collectibles will skyrocket — especially in the early months. In this guide, we’ll break down every high-yield gold farming method, the best classes and professions to maximize profits, and pro-market strategies that keep your gold flowing even while you’re offline.

Best Overall Gold Farming Strategy

If you’re starting fresh in The War Within, nothing beats dual gathering professions — particularly Herbalism + Mining.

Why? Because:

• High demand from Day 1 — Crafters will pay premium prices for herbs and ores to push profession skill fast.
• Passive gold income — No crafting required; sell raw materials instantly.
• Scales with expansion hype — Early expansion = fastest gold turnover.

💡 Pro Tip:
Combine Herbalism + Mining with the Sky Golem mount (harvest herbs without dismounting) and the Enchanting’s Shadowlands Gathering enchant for faster gathering speed.

🔸 Top Gold Farming Classes

Some classes simply have better toolkits for farming speed, survivability, and mobility.

My Pick:
If you want maximum flexibility, Druid wins. If you want quick AH runs & dungeon farming, Mage is king.

Main Gold-Making Methods

1.Gathering Professions

• Herbalism – Farm expansion herbs in high-density spawn zones.
• Mining – Gather ores & rare gems.
• Skinning – Viable if expansion mobs drop high-value leathers.

🔸 Best Early-Game Gold Routes (to test at launch):

• Dense Ore/Herb Zones: Focus on new expansion zones with minimal vertical terrain.
• Use GatherMate2 + FarmHud to track nodes.
• Farm during low population hours (early morning/late night).

 2.Auction House Flipping

• Buy Low → Sell High — works on anything: crafting mats, transmog, consumables, BoEs.
• Requires TradeSkillMaster for market tracking.
• Target weekend buyers: more players online, higher prices.
• Flip patch content: when new raid drops, mats & consumables spike.

💡 Pro Tip:

 Focus on:

• Rare recipes.
• Newly-discovered BiS consumables.
• Limited-supply vendor items.

 3.Crafting Orders

Introduced in Dragonflight and still a huge gold-maker.

• Take custom orders for high-demand crafted gear & consumables.
• Materials can be supplied by the client (pure profit) or yourself.
• Use CraftSim addon to track profitability.

🔸 Best Professions for Orders:

• Alchemy – Potions, phials, raid consumables.
• Jewelcrafting – High-end gems, mounts.
• Engineering – Mounts, gadgets.
• Blacksmithing – Crafted gear, weapon upgrades.

 4. Farming BoE Items

• World drop epics are always in demand for early gearing & transmog collectors.
• Farm high-mob-density zones with elite mobs.
• Sell early-expansion BoEs fast — prices usually drop after a few weeks.

  5. Old Transmog Farms

• Farm legacy raids/dungeons for rare appearances.
• Examples of high-value transmog:
• Check The Undermine Journal for your realm’s prices.

 6.Consumable Crafting & Selling

Consumables sell daily and keep markets alive even late in expansion.

• Phials
• Potions
• Food buffs
• Weapon oils/stones

🔸 High Demand Items Early TWW (prediction):

• Main stat phials for raiding
• DPS burst potions
• Healing potions for M+

 7.Crafted Mounts

These never go out of style. Best sellers:

• Sky Golem (Engineering)
• Vial of the Sands (Alchemy)
• Jeweled Onyx Panther (Jewelcrafting)

 8.Questing & Mob Grinding

• World Quests: Quick daily gold injections.
• Mob Grinding: Pick elite mob areas with valuable loot tables.
• Combine with Skinning for bonus mats.

🔸 Best Gold Farming Dungeons

Running old & certain new dungeons can net raw gold, mats, and rare loot.

Classic examples:

• Maraudon – Herbs + transmog.
• Blackrock Depths – Mob density for raw gold.
• Uldaman – Rare BoE weapons.
• Pit of Saron – Frostweave + BoEs.

🔸 Best Professions for Gold

• Gathering: Herbalism, Mining, Skinning (early expansion kings).
• Crafting: Alchemy (fast turnover), Jewelcrafting (high profit margin), Enchanting (steady market).

💡 Extra Pro Gold Tips

• Timing is Profit: Sell high-demand items right before raid nights.
• Control a Market: Buy out low stock & relist at a higher price.
• Use Alts: Park AH, crafting, and farming characters in strategic zones.
• Diversify: Never rely on one gold source; markets shift quickly.
• Keep Liquid Gold: Always keep some gold free to invest in market spikes.

The War Within will bring fresh gold-making opportunities, but the winners will be those who:

• Farm smart, not just hard.
• Adapt to shifting markets.
• Use multiple income streams.
• Exploit early-expansion hype.

If you start strong, you can fund your entire expansion experience within the first month.
A well-prepared gold-maker in WoW isn’t just rich — they’re free to play the game their way.