Mining money ratio

[:1]I was wondering what is the best ore to mine? In regards of abundency/auction house pricing? Basically if you had a couple hours to spend mining, how many stacks of what ore and how much g per stack on average of this ore would u usually get. Thanks|||Currently on my server saronite is selling for 20g a stack with cobalt not far behind. Titanium obviously sells for more but as it's a rare spawn I don't rely on it for making gold.

The problem you may find is if you throw 20-30 stacks of ore onto the AH and undercut the lowest buyout, you may find that for the next few hours the price across the server will plummet.|||just mine all nodes you meet on the way.|||I don't find mining to be a particularly profitable activity. Sure if you mine nodes while farming you'll add some gold to your hourly rate, but not that much.

In fact I've found that all the ways I used to make gold - sticking vendor bought cooking recipes/pets on the auction house, mining and selling crafted items - have paled into insignificance behind simply doing dailies and farming.

Professions are more like hobbies now, so do something you find fun.|||Quote:








just mine all nodes you meet on the way.




second that.

also, prices and rarity of ores change from server to server. You will not get a answer to your question here. Just look at the AH on your server for some weeks and get a feeling for your price range.|||Quote:








I don't find mining to be a particularly profitable activity. Sure if you mine nodes while farming you'll add some gold to your hourly rate, but not that much.

In fact I've found that all the ways I used to make gold - sticking vendor bought cooking recipes/pets on the auction house, mining and selling crafted items - have paled into insignificance behind simply doing dailies and farming.

Professions are more like hobbies now, so do something you find fun.




I've heard these expressions before and still don't know what they refer to - what are 'dailies' and 'farming'.

My guess is that farming has nothing to do with cows or tractors.|||Quote:








Titanium obviously sells for more but as it's a rare spawn I don't rely on it for making gold.




Titanium isn 't as rare as you might think. You might just be in the wrong zone.
|||thorium on my server is like 40g a stack, steel is like 20g a stack, and mithril is anywhere from 30-40g a stack|||Quote:








I've heard these expressions before and still don't know what they refer to - what are 'dailies' and 'farming'.

My guess is that farming has nothing to do with cows or tractors.




Dailies are quests (marked with a blue exclamation mark rather than yellow) that reset everyday - they tend to have reputation and above average cash rewards, especially at level 80. They are really only available at level 70+ though there are exceptions.

Farming is simply finding an area with mobs that drop stuff you want and staying in that area killing them for a protracted period of time.

For example, the Bor's Breath area in the Storm Peaks is a favourite of mine because the harpies there very numerous (barely any time waiting for them to respawn) and they drop Frostweave Cloth, Relics of Ulduar and Salted Vension (useful for the pet). They also drop around 50sp each and the occasional green.|||Quote:








I've heard these expressions before and still don't know what they refer to - what are 'dailies' and 'farming'.

My guess is that farming has nothing to do with cows or tractors.




"Dailies" are quests that you can do repeatably (once per day). Usually they are related to particular factions, so you do them to gain reputation with that faction. They also provide a nice steady supply of gold and exp. If you are level capped, the exp converts to gold too.

"Farming" is the act of staying in one place / area and just repeatably killing mobs over and over as they spawn for exp or gold or a particular item they are supposed to drop. Some mobs might also give faction rep. I guess if you went to an area like Eastvale Logging Camp or Westfall, you could theoretically farm cows...but they don't drop much but leather. (Although it would be funny if they dropped bells.)