The DarkMoon Faire comes around in World of Warcraft again and again… every month like clockwork. And with the Faire comes a lot of gold-making opportunities.

Even with all the changes in World of Warcraft since Wrath of the Lich King expansion came out, there’s still a lot of fast gold to be made by hanging around, camping the vendors, and buying up stocks of limited supply items at the Darkmoon Faire.

Among WoW gold guides, the best Darkmoon Faire gold-making info comes from Jonathan Kenins. He does a complete walkthrough in his Massive Gold Blueprint. In a series of step-by-step videos, he talks about how the WotLK Lich King economy changed the Darkmoon Faire farming strategy.

In short, it is still possible to make a lot of gold at the Faire. Not as good as it used to be, but definitely still profitable.

It’s still possible to make a good amount of gold by camping the Exotic Goods vendors, Lhara and Professor Thaddeus for their limited supply items. You’ll find these NPCs in a booth at the back of the DarkMoon Faire.

You should keep an eye out for items such as herbs like Frost Lotus, Netherbloom, Black Lotus, Terocone, Ghost Mushroom, Dreamfoil, Goldclover, Adder’s Tongue, Wild Steelbloom, and Deadnettle. Even lower-level herbs like Earthroot, Khadgar’s Whisker and Mageroyal are worth picking up here and re-selling on the acution house.

Turn some profit with elementals such as Crystallized Earth, Crystallized Fire, Crystallized Life, and Crystallized Air. They are not very good gold-makers but they’re still pretty decent when it comes to making gold. You can also gives Motes a try, they’re older and less desirable but they can still turn a good profit on a lot of servers, focus on selling Motes of Fire and Motes of Air.

There are fewer possibilities with leather. Some of the leather items are useful and can make you some gold, such as Knothide Leather, and Rugged Leather, depending on the prices on your server. But the real star of the leather group at Darkmoon Faire is Arctic Fur. It doesn’t pop up very often (sold by Lhara), but you should grab it fast whenever you see it, as it will sell in the auction house for 25 gold or more.

There are items to avoid because you might end up losing gold than gaining some. Avoid all of the gems, including Dawnstone, Nightseve, Star of Elune, Talasite, Living Ruby and Noble Topaz. These gems go for 12g each at the Faire, but they won’t sell for anything near that amount of gold in the auction houses. Avoid scrolls at all cost, scrolls are not worth it anymore ever since Inscription came out.

Flik, the little boy who runs around the Faire is also worth catching. You can buy Tree Frogs from him, and limited supply Wood Frogs. It’s advisable to stockpile on these items especially the Wood Frogs, because you can sell it through the month after DarkMoon Faire and make a good amount of gold profit.

Wrath of the Lich King expansion has changed the economy a lot, and with it comes a decrease in gold profit from the DarkMoon Faire, before, a normal turn out from the DarkMoon Faire was around 600g to 1000g, now the best amount of gold that you can hope to earn is around 500g. That’s still a good amount of gold though, so it’s definitely worth it!

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