| Farming gold to pay for an epic flying mount is the | | | | to figure out how much gold you can earn per hour, |
| largest undertaking that most Warcraft players will | | | | because that's what it all comes back to. There is |
| engage in. 5000 gold to get the skill, 1000 gold for | | | | lots of information available to help you maximize |
| the upgrade to use it anywhere that matters, plus | | | | that hourly earn rate, but we'll just pick a random |
| the cost of the mount itself. And all of that assumes | | | | figure of 100 gold per hour for this discussion. |
| that you already had epic riding and regular flying | | | | For the first method, let's assume that you have as |
| skills. This can be a majorly daunting task for anyone. | | | | much time per day as you want to do the gold |
| In fact, your first reaction may be to give up before | | | | farming (although you don't want to burn out by |
| you even start. Let's say you've never had more | | | | going too crazy). You're only willing to commit 30 |
| than 1000g on your character since you started the | | | | days to getting your mount, and you figure you need |
| game, how crazy does it sound for you to | | | | about 6000 gold. That means you'll need to earn 200 |
| accumulate 6000 gold or more? No sense dreaming, | | | | per day, which comes out to about 2 hours of work |
| hoping for something that can't happen, right? Wrong! | | | | each day. |
| Here's the reality: farming gold in Wrath of the Lich | | | | On the other hand, let's say you can't play for more |
| King is even faster than it was in The Burning | | | | than one hour a day, or can't stand to farm for more |
| Crusade. When you put your head down and just | | | | than one hour a day. In that case, you know that |
| start earning it piles up very quickly. But that's not | | | | you will be earning 100 per day, which means it will |
| really the point. The important thing is to break it | | | | take you 60 days (two months) to get your mount. |
| down into smaller pieces. Don't think about it as a | | | | Either way, you need to start focusing on each |
| 6000 gold behemoth, towering over you. Think of it | | | | individual day. Forget about the big number. It should |
| in manageable chunks, in amounts that you can earn. | | | | be pretty easy to commit to farming just your one |
| One good way to do this is to go by days. You can | | | | day's money. Once you get through that first day, |
| either start with the number of days that you are | | | | just focus on the second day. Before you know it, |
| willing to put into earning your epic mount, or you can | | | | you'll realize you're 10 days in and have 500, 1000, or |
| start with how much time you have to commit per | | | | even 2000 gold sitting in your account. |
| day and work back from there. Either way, you need | | | | |