Newbie guide to obtaining wealth You gain money in World of Warcraft by completing some of the quests ( some of them have no monetary reward associated with them ) , killing mob s and looting their corpse s , selling excess inventory item s to the vendor NPC s or on the Auction House , or learning one or more profession s . Don ' t forget to pick a profession and skill it up as much as you can in the early levels . Trying to max out your profession after you hit a very high level ( 60 + ) is a tedious and very undesirable process . As you go up in level , both the quest rewards and the money from mobs increase , as a general rule . Also , humanoid and undead mobs drop loot for more cash per kill than any of the beast type mobs who aren ' t quest - related . Upon completion of a quest at your maximum level ( 60 during original , unexpanded WoW , or Vanilla WoW , 70 during The Burning Crusade , 80 during Wrath of the Lich King , 85 during Cataclysm , 90 during Mists of Pandaria , and 100 during Warlords of Draenor ) you receive a monetary reward instead of experience . The same rules apply , you get more money if the quest was more difficult . Effective use of the auction house can be a very lucrative source of income even for low level characters . Many experienced and wealthy players wish to experiment with crafting professions on lower level characters , but they don ' t want to go through the trouble of gathering the materials in newbie zones . Therefore , you might be surprised by how much you can charge for non - gray items that drop off of low level mobs . Boar meat and linen cloth can net you a lot more money than normal questing . In addition , consider picking up two out of the three gathering professions ( skinning , mining , and herbalism ) in order to sell the material . Learning a crafting profession is more fun for many players than gathering , but making money with crafts can be more difficult . Raw materials ( herb s , gem s , ore , and skin s ) will often sell for more money than finished products that you can create with a tradeskill ( armor , weapon s , glyph s , potion s , and other items ) . You can search the auction house to discover how much is a reasonable rate to charge for your items . Remember that prices can change as a response to supply and demand , so it is possible to improve your profits by holding onto your products and timing the market . When you get more experienced in the game , don ' t forget to investigate useful AddOn s to give you that extra edge . Historically , service professions , like Enchanting were difficult to make money with , but with the addition of vellum s to apply your enchants and new tools in the profession windows for selling in the trade channel , these professions have found some new life as money makers . In addition , there are always the Trade Channel ( only in cities ) and the auction house ( which appear in all racial capital cities , including Orgrimmar , Thunder Bluff , Silvermoon , and Undercity for Horde and Darnassus , Ironforge , Exodar , and Stormwind for Alliance ) where you can hawk your wares . All auction houses associated with a particular faction are linked , and there are also neutral auction houses which are also linked . The neutral auction houses are more expensive to post for sale ( on the order of three times ) , and are not linked to either of the primary factions .