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This guide is specifically aimed at people (like me) who leveled but didn’t pay much attention to what they were doing, stats, etc.  

I was doing some research online trying to find a decent spot to grind and farm. I don’t even have my epic mount and I need 500g for that, and then of course the flying are 5200g. I read a few gold guides but they were aimed at people beginning characters. Which is fine, but I also want to level so I’m not going to sit on an alt for hours gathering a few gold here and there. The more I read, the more I simply came to realize there is no hot gold spot. Of course, wouldn’t this be all over the web? “Go to these coords to get 100g per hour!!!” But I’m a silly n00b and thought there might be such unholy gold farming areas.

No, instead the best way to farm and grind is to simply look for a decent spot where you can pull mobs with a decent respawn rate. So almost anywhere in Outlands at level 60+.  So I did a search on the auction house and started thotbotting items. I found Mote of Life drop off Bog Lords or elemental types such as them in Dead Mire or generally around Zangarmarsh. They drop at a 10-12% rate, so you have a decent chance to pick some up. They can get you a decent amount of gold too, if you can get some. There are also a few quests in that area so there’s some additional XP.

So that explains the reasoning. But its not just some rare drops, there are also sporebats and other skin-able mobs there. (If you really want an additional source of income take up gathering skills. Skinning and mining I believe are the most profitable, but so is disenchanting items and herbalism. I prefer skinning simply because a LOT of mobs are skin-able and it seems I get a decent amount of items to sell on the auction house. I chose LeatherWorking as well, but I want to be able to create some items for my alt.)

Here is what I did as an enhancement shaman. I started out at the bottom of Dead Mire and found a group of mobs. I ran in, put down a SoE (strength of earth) totem and then proceeded to pull each mob with a lightening bolt. In this case it was 4 sporebats. I killed all 4 within 60 seconds which got me an average of 950xp on each. 3800xp in 60 seconds, not bad.

Specifically on each mob my plan of attack was, Lightening sheild (watch this and keep it buffed), Stormstrike (st), earth shock (es) when focused proc’d (108 mana), ST again, and by then they were dead. About 15 seconds per mob. Skinned each one and then ran to the next group. They don’t spawn too fast so I proceeded to the Bog Lords/Withering Giants and Parched Hydras and did the same thing. If I ran low on mana I simply used Shamanistic Rage to build it up. If I pulled too many, Warstomp, quick heal, and then dps.

Enhancement shamies are great dps’rs and we can level extremely fast so enjoy your soloing time. (Early in the morning, right after work etc.) Another piece of advice, get on a popular server and watch general chats for pick up groups (pug), join them as you’ll still get XP, make friends, and complete quests quicker. I’ve been on several PVP realms and I just moved to a RP-PVP realm. I have found the people there a lot more friendly and willing to group. Ganking is still in high fasion though, but just deal with it. Enh shamies aren’t great at pvp, if you can run do it. Try reading through the “How to kill a… (Shaman)“. You’ll pick up some pointers to be slightly more effective in pvp. If you really hate PVP move to a normal server.