Gold in The Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary isn’t optional — it’s survival. You need it for:

• Mounts (including flying at 70)

• Heroic keys

• Consumables

• Crafted gear

• Gems and enchants

If you don’t manage your gold properly early, you’ll feel broke all expansion.

This guide breaks down the easiest and most consistent gold farms in TBC Anniversary — no weird exploits, just proven methods.

Best Early Gold Farm (60–65)

Hellfire Peninsula: Primal Fire & Cloth Farm

What to Farm

• Mote of Fire → Primal Fire

• Fel Iron Ore

• Netherweave Cloth

Why It Works

• Primal Fire is needed for crafting (Engineering, Blacksmithing, etc.)

• Netherweave sells constantly

• Fel Iron demand is insane early phase

Gold per Hour

80–150g/hour (early phase higher)

Best Classes

• Mage

• Warlock

• Hunter

• Prot Paladin (AoE grind king)

Slave Pens Boost-Style Farm (AoE)

The Slave Pens

Method

Pull large naga packs → AoE them down → reset instance.

What You Get

• Greens (disenchant or vendor)

• Netherweave Cloth

• Raw silver + vendor trash

Gold per Hour

100–180g/hour depending on speed

Why It’s Safe

Instance farming = no PvP interruptions, no competition.

Terokkar Primal Shadow Farm

Farm

• Void mobs → Mote of Shadow

• Combine into Primal Shadow

Why It’s Good

• Used for crafted epics

• Always needed by casters

Gold per Hour

90–160g/hour

Less competitive than fire spots.

Cobra Scale Farm (High Risk, High Reward)

Nagrand Clefthoof / Serpent Farm

Requires

Skinning

What Drops

• Knothide Leather

• Cobra Scales

• Rare leather materials

Why It’s Good

Leatherworkers NEED Cobra Scales for top-tier gear.

Gold per Hour

120–220g/hour (depending on server economy)

Daily Quests (At 70)

Daily quests are steady gold, not explosive gold.

Best hubs:

• Isle of Quel'Danas

• Netherwing Ledge

• Ogri'la

Average Daily Income

150–250g per day (1–1.5 hours)

Low stress, guaranteed income.

Best Long-Term Gold Strategy

Gathering Professions Dominate Early

Best combos:

• Mining + Herbalism

• Mining + Skinning

Why?
Early expansion = insane material demand.

Control the Auction House

Flip:

• Primal elements

• Gems

• Netherweave Cloth

• Fel Iron Ore

Buy during off-hours → sell during peak.

Crafting Spike Items

If you have:

• Jewelcrafting → Cut rare gems

• Blacksmithing → Stormherald / Deep Thunder crafts

• Tailoring → Spellstrike set

Crafting margins explode early.

Fastest Gold Per Hour (Summary Ranking)

Best Class for Gold Farming

If you want pure efficiency:

• Protection Paladin (AoE god)

• Mage (Blizzard farms)

• Hunter (Low downtime)

• Warlock (Sustain + AoE)

How Much Gold Do You Actually Need?

• 60% Flying: ~900g

• 280% Flying: 5,000g+

• Consumables weekly: 200–400g

• Gems & enchants: 500g+

Target:
6,000–8,000 gold by mid-expansion.

Final Advice

Gold in TBC isn’t about one insane farm.

It’s about stacking:

• Dailies

• Instance farms

• Material farming

• Smart auction selling

Do two of these consistently, and you’ll never feel poor.