Within this chapter we will be covering the basics and some more advanced sides of farming. Most of this is for higher level characters as it is much easier to run around the world and farm at max level versus anytime before that point.
Non-Instance Farming
It’s time to trek the globe in search of treasure and glory as we move on to farming the overworld. This includes hunting specific groups of mobs and slaying them for their loot so that you can turn your time played into gold for whatever your heart desires. Keep in mind that the listed Coordinates are for that specific zone.
Azeroth
The Barrens (levels 14-23)
(13 Gold per hour)
http://thottbot.com/z17
Map Coordinates: 55,42. 46, 39. 44,22.
Grinding List: Centaurs, Turtles, Raptors
Location: For lower level members of the horde try your hand in barrens. Many mobs spawn near the oasis of the area and make for great farming with the turtles and humanoids surrounding them. Humanoids have a 34% drop rate on their cloth pieces and the turtles are great for any skinner to raise their skill from.
Westfall (levels 15-20) (13 Gold per hour)
http://thottbot.com/z40
Map Coordinates: 43,69.
Grinding List: Defias Pillagers, Defias Looters, Carrion Birds
Location: For lower level alliance characters Moonbrook located in south-western Westfall is wonderful to farm as cloth drops a lot and so does some silver. These mobs of Defias casters and looters are easy kills around levels 20 so you should be able to easily harvest their cloth pieces and turn it into gold. The cloth drop rate here is about 40% and humanoids always drop some silver which makes this a prime location to farm/grind for lower levels. There is also a

healthy stock of Carrion Birds in the graveyard beside Moonbrook which drop Light Feathers at a 20% rate, since mage’s need these items for some of their spells they sell between 5-20 Gold per stack of 20.
Wetlands (levels 23-32), Badlands (levels 40-50) (40 Gold per hour)
http://thottbot.com/z11
http://www.thottbot.com/z3
Map Coordinates: Westlands; 68,45. Badlands; 80, 52.
Grinding List: Crimson and Flamesnorting Whelps (Wetlands), Black Whelps (Badlands)
Location: Whelps are always a solid target for any daring adventurer. There are, notably, a couple of location that drops their Whelpling counterparts, a small pet that follows you around. At level 24 you can start farming the crimson and Flamesnorting whelps located in wetlands near Dun Modr. At later levels you can farm the scalding whelps located in badlands. Each of the whelplings they drop average for selling around 100 gold and they are all skinable. Whelpling drop rates are roughly 2% each from both types of whelps. These dragonkin also drop money and are easy kills for anyone looking to grind/farm.
Stranglethorn Vale (levels 30-45)
(45 Gold per hour)
http://thottbot.com/z33
Map Coordinates: 42, 35. 32, 69.
Grinding List: Mistvale Gorillas, Skullsplitter Trolls
Epic /Expected Drops:
Staff of Jordan http://www.thottbot.com/i873
Dazzling Longsword http://www.thottbot.com/i869
Mageweave http://www.thottbot.com/i4338
Location: For Moderate level characters Stranglethorn Vale is the place to be as there are a couple of epics that drop here and will easily sell for 100 gold each or more. The Skullspliter troll tribe and the Mistvale Gorillas here should be your target so make sure you are at least level 40 or have a partner to group with for hunting. Staffs of Jordan and Dazzling Longsword each have about a 0.5% drop rate and these groups of mobs also drop a host of blues from time to time. Other items of interest here are the cloth from the humanoids and the gorilla fangs from the mistvales. Cloth is always a good farming target as it is always needed and the fangs are needed for the Stranglethorn fever quest and sell well to people looking to complete it.

Felwood (levels 52-60) (50 Gold per hour)
http://thottbot.com/z361
Map Coordinates: 40, 80.
Grinding List: Furbolg Tribes other than Timbermaw
Reputation Target: Timbermaw Hold
Expected Drops: Runecloth http://www.thottbot.com/i14047
Location: One of your first late level experiences with reputation farming will be in Felwood with Timbermaw Hold. Hunt down the other Furbolg tribes in the area and complete the quests from Timbermaw in the northern section of the zone as they become available. This reputation will need to be raised to gain easy entrance into Winterspring and Moonglade. Also in Felwood are Angerclaw Maulers, these respawn fairly quick and you should have no trouble mowing down groups of them for some quick cash and cloth (33% drop rate).
Feralas (levels 44-50) (60 Gold per Hour)
http://www.thottbot.com/z357
Map Coordinates: 70, 62.
Grinding List: Bears, Wolves
Epic Drops: Boots of Avoidance http://www.thottbot.com/i14549
Location: Near the Writhing Deep, Below the Woodpaw Gnoll camps you will find a lot of bears and wolves roaming around. Not many people farm or grind here so you should find it quite peaceful, but the enemies are closely packed and adds can be a problem. Boots of Avoidance have a 0.3% drop rate here, but selling for 200 Gold they are definitely worth your time. There is also a healthy host of green items and a good variety of vendor trash here making this a good place to grind and farm at the same time.
Tanaris (levels 46-50) (60 Gold per hour):
Map Coordinates: 40, 54. 46, 64. 40, 72.
Grinding List: Dunemaul Ogres
Expected Drops: Mageweave http://www.thottbot.com/i4338
Location: Southmoon Ruins, Eastmoon Ruins, and Dunemaul Compound are all amazing spots to find and hunt Dunemaul Ogres. These ogres are easy kills but provide a good mix of caster and melee opponents, make sure to keep an eye out for any adds. Every second to third kill you should have at least three Mageweave cloth drop, this high drop rate allows the cloth to stack very fast so make sure your bags will have enough room. If you are on a PvP server also keep an eye out for members of the opposite faction as these places are well known for grinding experience within this level bracket.

Winterspring (levels 55-60)
(75 Gold per hour)
http://thottbot.com/z618
Map Coordinates: 67, 41.
Grinding List: Yetis
Expected Drops: Stockade Pauldrons http://www.thottbot.com/i14552
Location: Winterspring is a snowy playground for those of higher strength, full of adventure and a couple of solid places to farm. There is a yeti cave above Everlook in Winterspring, you will notice it from the road heading left from Everlook, yetis are everywhere. There is a 3% drop rate for blue items and even some epics such as Stockade Pauldrons (1% drop rate on epics). These yetis are also nice for a skinner and have a solid profit margin for using your time to hunt them down. For herbalists, a Black Lotus spawns outside of the yeti cave quite often, more so than other places. All classes should find this area quite fun but classes like warlocks and hunters will be able to kill faster and more efficiently, thus getting the better side of any drops in this area.
Map Coordinates: 51, 42.
Grinding List: Wailing Highbourne
Quests Needed: The Ruins of Kel’Thril http://www.thottbot.com/q5244
Location: Wailing Highbourne are another mob for hunting. There is a quest in Everlook (http://www.thottbot.com/q5244) you can pick up to gather things from the Ruins of Kel’Thril, when you use your pick to mine the quest item a couple of mobs automatically agro on you. Simply do not pick up the quest items after mining and keep killing the Highbourne here in rapid succession. They drop a lot of runecloth and a healthy selection of greens and blues. Paladins will have a blast going up against the undead here and should tear through this area very fast, all others should just act like they are fighting humanoids and enjoy themselves on this fast re-spawn rate and easy kills.
Map Coordinates: 49, 10.
Reputation Target: Wintersaber Trainers http://www.thottbot.com/f589
Location: There is a special Frostsaber mount players of the alliance can obtain in Winterspring. Rivern Frostwind http://www.thottbot.com/?n=57000 is the vendor you will purchase this mount from but you have to be exalted with him before you may purchase it. Becoming exalted with

the Wintersaber Trainers faction requires a lot of work and you must be level 58 before you can even attempt the faction quests. Humans will have a much easier time with this quest because of their 10% reputation boost, raising your faction can take anywhere from one week to a month so be prepared to put some time in for this one of a kind mount. The following link is a great resource for those looking into this faction, http://www.thottbot.com/i13086.
Western Plaguelands (levels 60-70)
(95 Gold per hour)
http://thottbot.com/z139
Map Coordinates: 44, 17.
Grinding List: Members of the Scarlet Crusade
Expected Drops:
Formula: Enchant Weapon-Crusader http://www.thottbot.com/i16252
Runecloth http://www.thottbot.com/i14047
Location: The Formula: Enchant Weapon- Crusader is one of the most sought after recipes in World of Warcraft. There is only once place this can be found and that is hunting the mobs in Hearthglen located in WPL. The enemies here are much like Tyr’s Hand and also drop a healthy stock of green and blue items. Within a few hours you could have the formula and a lot of other loot easily making around 100 gold or more per hour. The formula itself has about a 1% drop rate so make sure to keep your eyes open while hunting. Runecloth also has a 40% drop rate here and the blue items average out at a 4% drop rate.
Class Advantages: Rogues will have an easy time here as will almost any other class as this area is very general with a mix of melee and caster enemies.
Eastern Plaguelands (levels 60-70) (80 Gold per hour)
Map Coordinates: 83, 82.
Grinding List: Members of the Scarlet Crusade
Location: For high level characters Tyr’s Hand is a hovel of Scarlet Crusade members awaiting their doom. These fanatics are convinced that everything not wearing a tabard of the scarlet crusade is an undead and needs to be slaughtered. Not only can farming this place make you feel like you are further protecting the general populace of your faction but it can yield a good haul of blue items and sometimes even epics for your selling pleasure. Re-spawn timers here are fairly low and this is somewhat of a large area located in Eastern Plaguelands south-eastern corner so you should stay busy almost the whole time you are in this area.

Class Advantages: Rogues and Paladins will be able to tear this area to pieces, Warriors need to be careful of the abundant caster population here, Hunters and Warlocks should make strategic use of their pets as this area can have a lot of adds, all other classes should have a fair time here but not the easiest just make sure to watch your back for any additional mobs that may run your way or re-spawns.
Outland
Welcome to Outland, a place of wonders and beauty, a place infested with demons, and an adventure waiting for the taking. Farming here is relatively easy as greens are not hard drops to come by and you can farm motes which turn into a primal once you have 10 of the same type. We will mainly be discussing mote farming since it is heavily done and the primal are needed by all high level production professions.
Elemental Plateau (level 70, requires flying mount) (250 Gold per hour)
http://thottbot.com/z3518
Map Coordinates: 67, 22.
Grinding List: Earth, Fire, Water and Wind Elementals
Expected Drops: Mote of Earth http://www.thottbot.com/i22573
Mote of Fire http://www.thottbot.com/i22574
Mote of Water http://www.thottbot.com/i22578
Mote of Air http://www.thottbot.com/i22572
Location: The greatest place to farm motes is on the Elemental Plateau which you need a flying mount to reach. Elemental Plateau is located in north-eastern Nagrand and the elementals here drop a mote almost every third kill and sometimes more often. The nice thing is elementals of nearly every type spawn here thus adding to the places profit potential. Simply run around and slay as many elementals as possible. The re-spawn timers are not too long and so it should keeping you running around this place without much time where there is nothing to kill. Wait until you have 10 motes and right-click them to turn your small stack into a primal of its type then place it in the auction house or use it, its that simple! Farming here may be a little difficult for rogue’s but is easy as a mage, warlock, and even a hunter. Rogue’s have their own special trick when they obtain a flying mount and it is detailed in the Outland instance farming section. All other classes should be

able to farm this area fairly well and if you have abilities useful against certain elements make sure to use them accordingly to maximize your effectiveness.
Optional Areas for Farming Primals (level 70) (200 Gold per hour):
The Elemental Plateau located in Nagrand is the most well known area for farming your primals to bring in gold but there are a few more locations worth mentioning. All of the following areas may be difficult for a rogue but other classes should not have much trouble at all.
Primal Air:
Map Coordinates: 62, 58.
Grinding List: Enraged Air Spirits
Expected Drops: Mote of Air http://www.thottbot.com/i22572
Location: Any mob that looks like a cyclone in Outland has a good chance of dropping a mote of air, keep this in mind while hunting. Shadowmoon Valley is a great place to find Mote of Air (http://www.thottbot.com/i22572) these motes drop from Enraged Air Spirits located southeast with the Netherwing Fields area. Another good place to find Enraged Air Spirit spawns is also north of the Altar of Shatar. Mote of Air has a 34% drop rate from this type of mob.
Primal Earth:
Map Coordinates:
Nagrand; 35, 69.
Shadowmoon Valley; 48, 33.
Grinding List: Shattered Rumblers, Enraged Earth Spirits
Expected Drops: Mote of Earth http://www.thottbot.com/i22573
Location: Mote of Earth (http://www.thottbot.com/i22573) can drop from any enemy that looks like a pile of rocks (earth elemental), that also includes from mining veins and deposits in Outland. There is almost a 40% drop rate for miners pursuin