The Herbalism Guide to Gold Farming

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In World of Warcraft, there are a few specific gold making
methods that most World of Warcraft gold guides will highlight as being above
the rest. This includes all three major gathering professions and especially
herbalism. However, herbalism can be a hard profession to master because of the
complete randomness of node locations and the sheer number of them out there.
Which ones should you be searching for and where are they located?

What to Harvest

Most World of Warcraft gold guides provide the same basic
instructions for herbalism and they are largely correct, but you can still make
the most of the situation if you know how. The lower level herbalism nodes are
generally not going to make you a fortune, but they are fortunately easy to
find, despite random spawning. They are easy to access and usually not
surrounded by a crowd of mobs.

The higher level nodes are where the problems usually start
up. They are incredibly random in spawning to start with and what’s more, they
tend to be hard to find when someone else is already in the area. When you
reach upper levels and start looking for black lotuses, dreamfoil, or ghost
mushrooms, best of luck to you, but these are the herbs you should be
harvesting as, when you do get them, they are incredibly valuable.

Where to Harvest

There are not necessarily any specific zones where
harvesting is best for herbs. Your early searches will take you to places like
Stranglethorn Vale and Westfall, but later you will be scouring zones like
Un’Goro Crater and the Plaguelands looking for rare spawns. In Outland, your
options are a bit more clear even with the rarity of spawns. This is because at
higher levels, you can actually harvest the mobs themselves. The Bog Lords and
plant mobs in Zangarmarsh and Terokkar
Forest for example are great
sources of rare drops, including Unidentified Plant Parts (a reputation item),
motes of Life, and any number of high level herbalism nodes. Most World of
Warcraft gold guides give little information on these possibilities, but if you
farm on Bog Lords for an hour, you can almost always expect to come away with
at least 75-100 gold, especially if you pick up the various mushroom spawns in
the area that are used for Sporeggar reputation.

Herbalism is an interesting profession with multiple
possibilities. World of Warcraft gold guides will often recommend that you
choose Mining and Herbalism as your primary professions for good reason – they
are highly profitable and interchangeable. In zones like Nagrand you will
undoubtedly find both nodes in your loops as you farm and can vastly increase
your gold making potential as a result.

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