Outland Dungeon Runner/Farmer (Part 3)

   So, here we are for the last part of the Outland dungeon farming post. In case you didn't get to read the previous two posts, you can find the first one and second one by clicking on the links. In this last part, i will cover the last three instances that are all around Tempest Keep. But enough of that, lets get down to the facts of the instances.

THE MECHANAR

    The Mechanar,  the first in the three instances that can be found in Netherstorm around Tempest Keep. This instance should be looked at as a possible gold mine. What i mean with this is, well it's a freaking gold mine, it's filled with a lot of humanoids as well as demons which means a lot of cloth, signets, marks, armaments etc.

   Best thing about this instance aside with the fact that it has a lot of  easy to kill mobs, is the fact that it can be done in about 10 minutes (depending on how long it takes you to loot all the dead bodies)
Time Required  : 10 Minutes
Items Acquired :
- Netherweave Cloth x 70
- Fel Armament x 2
- Arcane Tome x 2
- Mark Of Sargeras x 10
- Sunfury Signet x 20
- Gold Acquired x 80 ( this is with selling the trash you get as well, so this is a +- 10g )
Average Gold Per Hour : 2550g/h

THE BOTANICA

   The Botanica is the second instance in the Tempest Keep. This instance is pretty much the same deal as The Mechanar, but instead of demons you get to kill flower like mobs that will be annoying, wont drop anything, ahh did i mention annoying?

   Well even with the annoying mobs this instance has a high gold per hour value due to the high volume of humanoids there, and for some reason i've gotten a higher then normal rate of drop on the tomes and signets per run from this instance then any other.

Time Required  : 12 Minutes
Items Acquired :
- Netherweave Cloth x 50
- Arcane Tome x 4
- Sunfury Signet x 30
Gold Acquired x 95 ( this is with selling the trash you get as well, so this is a +- 10g)
Average Gold Per Hour : 2075g/h 


THE ARCATRAZ

   The third and last instance in the Tempest Keep area, is The Arcatraz. This instance is probably a Blizzard's way of implying Alcatraz, which was a very famous prison in the US, mainly because in running this instance you will get squat, zip, nada for loot from mobs.

   The instance is filled with shadow fiend like creatures, and some demons in the start and then some humanoids, but all in all not anything else worth mentioning about this instance.


Time Required  : 10 Minutes
Items Acquired :
- Netherweave Cloth x 20
- Mark Of Sargeras x 10
Gold Acquired x 50 ( this is with selling the trash you get as well, so this is a +- 10g)
Average Gold Per Hour : 570g/h 


   So that's about it with the Outland instances, and their gold worth farming wise. Before i take off i would like to say that, all the instances i ran to get the information about the three posts i did, i used my druid tank who is not geared at all, but non the less its a druid that can tank and heal himself which doesn't slow him down a bit. What this means is that the times i've put in there are from my point of view, if you happen to run them with another class you might get different timings, but it shouldn't be that much off.


   Before you go on telling me that i've forgotten all about the instances in the Caverns Of Time, i haven't, but knowing that it's basically a timed event and it cannot be rushed i didn't do it. ( The fact that i've hated it ever since i had to do the alchemy specialization quest has nothing to do with it )

   So, like always, keep an eye out for good opportunities out there.

Outland Dungeon Runner/Farmer (Part 2)

   This post is a direct continuation from the previous Part 1 post, which is kinda implied by the title. In this post i will give you the "numbers" behind running the TBC dungeons, and is it worth it your time to do it, opposed to the usual farming by gathering. Well enough with that, lets get down to the facts, and get this show on the road.

SETHEKK HALLS

   Sethekk Halls is the third instance in the Terrokar Forest zone. This instance is a rather short one, well actually the shortest one i did in all the runs i did for getting the information about this and the previous post. But besides it's short duration it is not the best place to be farming, purely for the fact that it's not very profitable.

   Everything you kill in here will give you loot in the form of cloth and trash, but other than that you wont get pretty much anything else.

Time Required : 8 Minutes
Items Acquired:
- Netherweave Cloth x 40
- Gold Acquired x 75g ( this is with selling the trash you get as well so this is a +- 10g )
Average Gold Per Hour : 885g/h


THE STEAMVAULT

   The Steamvault is the first of the two instances that are in Zangarmarsh. This instance has a very good gold per hour ratio, but even better if you happen to have herbalism you can gather the herbs from the dead bodies from the fallen mobs.

   In this instance you will be fighting naga, this on it's own means that the drops you will be getting are going to be Netherweave Cloth, and some smelly fish remains. But one thing that makes this instance a good place to farm is that you will be getting Coilfang Armament drops that can be sold on the Auction House. If you haven't played back in TBC, then you should know that these items can be turned in to get your reputation up with the Cenarion Expedition.

Time Required : 15 Minutes
Items Acquired:
- Netherweave Cloth x 10
- Coilfang Armaments x 20
- Gold Acquired x 70 ( this is with selling the trash you get as well so this is a +- 10g )
Average Gold Per Hour : 1120g/h


THE SLAVE PENS

   The Slave Pens is the second instance in Zangarmarsh. This instance is a rather quick one, but same as the Sethekk Halls one, but the cloth output you get from doing this instance is even lower, which in return means even lower gold per hour.

   This instance has one thing you need to know, well it's not a ground breaking thing but still, after you kill the first and second bosses don't forget to press the consoles behind the bosses so you will be able to engage the final boss.

Time Required : 10 Minutes
Items Acquired:
- Netherweave Cloth x 20
- Gold Acquired x 50 ( this is with selling the trash you get as well so this is a +- 10g )
Average Gold Per Hour : 456g/h


  Like i said in the previous post, while doing all these instances you will be getting green/blue drops. Don't vendor these items right away, but rather check out how they appear, because if you happen to like them or the way they look like, there's a good chance  someone else will like it too and with the coming of the transmogrification in the next patch those items are gonna be real good gold earners.

 Well this is what i had tested for this post, there's one more post coming that i will cover the rest of the instances that can be found in Outland.

   So, like always, keep an eye out for good opportunities out there.

Outland Dungeon Runner/Farmer (Part 1)

   Being a long time player, or a new player, getting gold is about the same. You can make gold by either farming materials, playing the auction house for profit, or you can take up a more creative approach where you make your profits from running old content instances.

   In this post, i will give you the outline, and what to expect from "farming" the outland instances.

HELLFIRE RAMPARTS

   This is the "intro" dungeon that you stumble upon once you get into Outlands. This is a rather quick run instance due to the fact that it only has 3 bosses. Before we get on with the whole shabang, you need to know that the profit from doing these instances mainly comes from being able to kill large amounts of "trash" mobs fairly quickly.

   But enough for the introduction part, lets get down to the facts and the possible profits that are there to be made.


Time Required  : 10 minutes ( This time may vary, basically how much you will need to loot all the bodies )
Items Acquired :
- Runecloth x 60
- Netherweave Cloth x 20
Gold Acquired : 40g (this is with selling the trash you get as well so this is a 10g +- )

   With the current prices that i checked where the Runecloth was 30g/stack and Netherweave was 20g/stack the average profit from doing this for an hour would net you a 894g/hour


SHATTERED HALLS

   Shattered Halls is another of the three instances that can be found in Fellfire Peninsula. This instance has 4 bosses which make is a tad bit bigger, but in reality it takes about the same time to finish as ramparts does.

   One of the things that are worth mentioning about this one, is that there are a few things that lower the profit per hour. What i mean with this, is the fact that there are "mobs" in there that you need to kill first or they will keep spawning new reinforcements that upon being killed leave no loot.

Time Required  : 10 minutes ( This time may vary, basically how much you will need to loot all the bodies )
Items Acquired :
- Netherweave Cloth x 40
Gold Acquired : 75g (this is with selling the trash you get as well so this is a 10g +- )
Average gold per hour: 690g/hour

BLOOD FURNACE

    Blood Furnace is the third and last instance in the Hellfire Peninsula. This is another instance that can be put in the same "quick run" group instances. One of the things that are worth mentioning about this instance is the fact that it has quite the number of humanoids in there, which in turn means that the quantity of cloth from there is going to be high.





Time Required  : 10 minutes ( This time may vary, basically how much you will need to loot all the bodies )

Items Acquired :
- Netherweave Cloth x 100
Gold Acquired : 75g (this is with selling the trash you get as well so this is a 10g +- )

Average gold per hour: 960g/hour


MANA TOMBS

   Mana Tombs is one of the instances that can be found in Terrokar Forrest. This instance has 3 bosses, and like the previous instances it can be done quite hasty, and in return give you some nice profits.

   There are quite a few groups of humanoids in here that are worth killing that will net you some nice profits.



Time Required  : 11 minutes ( This time may vary, basically how much you will need to loot all the bodies )


Items Acquired :
- Netherweave Cloth x 100
Gold Acquired : 75g (this is with selling the trash you get as well so this is a 10g +- )

Average gold per hour: 849g/hour


SHADOW LABYRINTH

   Shadow Labyrinth is the second instance that can be found in Terrokar Forrest. Unlike all the other previous instances that we covered in this post this instance will take you a bit more time to finish, but not that much that it will be unworthy to do it, but quite the opposite.

   This instance has 4 bosses, a lot of humanoids and all in all, a good "farming" spot. One of the things that are worth mentioning in this instance, that is different that all the ones that we've covered until now is the fact that the mobs in here have a chance in dropping Mark Of Sargeras, and Fel Armaments, which are both items used to increase your reputation with one of the fractions in Shattrah City.


Time Required  : 15 minutes ( This time may vary, basically how much you will need to loot all the bodies )


Items Acquired :
- Netherweave Cloth x 70
- Mark Of Sargeras x 60
- Fel Armament x 3
Gold Acquired : 80g (this is with selling the trash you get as well so this is a 10g +- )

Average gold per hour: 1386g/hour (this can be higher/lower depending on the prices you sell your Marks and Armaments)


This is about it for the first part from the Outland Dungeon Runner, but before we head out, there's one other thing i must tell you.

    While running all these instances you will come across green/blue items from all the mobs you kill, once you loot the item check it out and see how it looks like visually, because if you think it looks cool there's a good chance that someone else would think it's cool as well, and is willing to pay big for it now that transmogging is at the door. As an example the mace that you can see on the image here is a simple level 63 green item that just happens to look kinda like the T2 for Paladins. Well that resemblance is what made that item sell for 800g on the AH. So keep your eyes open for "eye candy" items, usually weapons, shields, helms and shoulders.

   So you have a comparative gold number given to each instance, but put the worth of the items you can get and sell as "eye candy" and your profits go dramatically up into the cha-ching zone.

   So, like always, keep an eye out for good opportunities out there.


   

Farming The Old To Get The Gold

 

   Well before i get on talking all about how to cash in on your character by farming, i want to say it once again that i suck at the general farming part due to me loosing my nerves and bailing out on it,but this little way i am going to explain to you here is not actually something that will get you annoyed, or require you to do the same 'ol repetitive task.

    Ok, since i said that i dislike farming, and i have posted a pretty self explanatory image above it is becoming clear that this way of farming that i'm talking about includes running the old Vanilla Raid instance BWL (Blackwing Lair). Many of the people that are playing nowadays joined the WoW train around WOTLK, or even Cataclysm. Nowadays it's quite rare to find someone that joined in TBC, and as for finding someone that played back in Vanilla, well that's pretty much like getting an epic back in  Vanilla (only people that played back then will know what i mean by this), so it doesn't really  make me wonder why people aren't doing the old raids, it's simple, they dont know about them.

   Before you get down with the idea to doing this, you need to be aware of a bit of a loophole this raid has, what i mean about this is that you will need to go through the attunement for the raid, and secondly you will need 2 friends to come with you to help you with the first boss (you could try with 1 friend or even solo, because there are videos out there showing how it's done) due to the mechanics of the fight where you will need to MC the boss while your friends defend you and the boss.

   So lets get down to the bare facts as to why this particular raid is a great gold maker. Time wise BWL will require about 30 minutes of your time to finish, and if you take two friends and kill every boss in there you will each get 450g from the kills alone. If you roll on epics and then vendor them you get some additional 50ish gold but this is not the great farming opportunity i was talking about, but rather more like a consolation price for your time spent.

   The main gold income from BWL comes from not from killing bosses, but from killing these little goblins named Blackwing Technician, and the reason why you would go on a vendetta like rampage against them is very very simple, they have a chance to drop

an Elementium Ingot which after smelted by a miner is what the legendary sword Thunderfury is made of.

   You will find these guys a bit inside the instance, i think it was after the 3rd boss in there, but don't hold me to the word, but no matter what you will see them because they are not just a few, they are quite numerous which means you get to kill a lot of them and  in return can yield some nice drops of ingots which on the AH sell for anywhere from 500-1500g. As a visual representation of their drop rates

check the image on the loot roll table from killing just one group, yup that's right, you can get 2 or even more ingots per group and if i'm right there should be like 5 big groups in there so that ends up being a big pile of Ingots that you can sell for even bigger piles of gold.

   If you are doing this run with friends, kill those mobs and share the love and the loot, but if you are in there with random people you suckered in to come in promising awesomeness then leave them alone and proceed to kill all the bosses, then wave them away and as soon as they are gone go back and get your ingots, but while looting them chuckle maniacally and whisper words like MY PRECIOUS MY PRECIOUS !

   That was about it for the gold making part of this instance,  and now i am going to tell you yet about another thing that makes this raid worth your time, and that is the fact that this raid has one of the best looking models in the game. So if you are a character that can wield swords, maces or two-handers then by all means do go and check your luck acquiring some of the loots from this place, simply because the models are gorgeous as you can see on the image below where i've showed the models for "Doom's Edge", "Draconic Avenger" and "Draconic Maul", and the best part about these, they are all trash drops, so you might get them while you are hacking and slashing the trash mobs.

   One last piece of advice i can give is that if you don't have a friend that can come with you on that particular run at that time, simply ask on trade because there are alot of people out there that are trying to get their T2 models in preparation for the drop of 4.3 and the release of Transmoging.

   So as a recap, with about 30 minutes of your time you get 450g guaranteed gold from the bosses, you kill the Technicians and get Ingots and you get a chance to get your T2 armor as well as a chance to get some of the best looking weapons in the game (according to me so if you have a different taste then it's cool). So who says that farming needs to be boring, well conventional farming is boring but i like this way more and the gold yield is much higher then flying for herbs or ores.

   This was it for today and as always, keep an eye out for good opportunities out there.