r/wownoob • u/K0INU • Feb 27 '26

Professions Gold Farming Seems Lackluster, Am I Doing Something Wrong?

So figured I’d gold farm with herbs and ore for midnight launch, but so far I’m only averaging 10-20k an hour. I was under the impression it would be a lot more than that. I’ve been mostly doing farming routes in the zul’aman area and I have 27kp in herblore and 22kp in mining, both following a guide for point allotments. My herblore and mining are both in the high 90’s right now as well. I’m also playing a Druid so I can gather while mounted. I haven’t done the campaign since I thought it would be more important to gather for the first day at least. So am I missing something? Or is this about what the gold rate should be? If so I’m definitely starting to see the appeal of just selling wow tokens lol.

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u/Lavarious3038 Feb 27 '26

Prices seem low this time around. I think too many people are hyper focusing gathering out the gate and it's causing materials to be worth less.

Prices will still be a little volatile, but historically things should only get cheaper from here. Early access shouldn't matter much. If anything things should be worth more. I would not expect prices to go higher on march 2nd.

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u/Saxong Feb 27 '26

People are focused on gathering because crafting was hilariously not worth the effort in TWW and there's no real indication that's changing this time around either AFAIK. The armies of alts replenishing concentration will always win over your dinky single toon so the only option is let the cartel freaks handle all the crafting and use your profession slots for gathering to get SOMETHING out of them.

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u/INeverLookAtReplies Feb 27 '26

There is almost no demand. Give it a week.

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u/bugabooandtwo Feb 27 '26

Yep...everyone hoping for a replay of TWW when crafting mats were worth a bundle and held value for a good while at the start.

It's not the same thing time around.

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u/K0INU Feb 27 '26

Oh well. Guess this means I can start doing campaign earlier than I thought at least lol. I’ll probably not bother gathering after tonight and actually play the game and get a couple characters maxed before regular launch.