Making gold from questing and leveling in WoW

Level Recommendation: 1-60

Difficulty: Beginner

Approximate Earnings: 20-30k (if leveling a new character, and after training most flying skills).

Time Spent: Dependent on player knowledge, resources, skill, and various XP boosts.

How To: Leveling a character (or two, or three…) to max level in any expansion is a good way to earn gold in WoW. This is partly because quest rewards scale as you gain level throughout the game; meaning more gold per turn in as you level higher, and better rewards that are worth more at the vendor. But the real reason this is the best way to make gold is because being max level unlocks your ability to farm and craft end game items that will consistently bring in large amounts of gold. So, while questing itself can bring in a decent amount of gold per character, the more characters you have at max level, the more opportunities you will have to make thousands of gold every week.

Leveling via questing from 1-90 will bring in around 10-13k depending on whether or not you purchase the ability to fly in Northrend and Pandaria. Being able to fly in these zones will make leveling much quicker. From 90-100 you can expect to gain 10-15k, but most (if not all) of that gold will go into bringing your Garrison up to level 3. You can skip doing this; however it is not recommended as a max level Garrison will help you continue to make gold.

Farming old raids weekly on just one max level character can bring in well over 10k in a few hours time- imagine if you had just 1 or 2 additional characters to do that with each lockout period. If you decide to invest in leveling a profession, more characters with professions means you can produce more types of end game items to sell for some really incredible gold returns. As of patch 6.1, end game upgrade items, such as the “Powerful Essences”, that can be crafted relatively hassle free, are selling for 10-25k a piece.

Tip: Listen to music, a streamer, or get invested in the story as you quest throughout Azeroth and beyond to really make time fly.

If you really want to level your characters to max level FAST, check out these leveling guides: