How to farm gold in WoW SoD Phase 8
Welcome to the ultimate gold farming guide for SoD Phase 8! Explore top classes, most profitable methods, and smart tips to maximize your gold-making potential in 2025.
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Key Takeaways
- Mage, Rogue, and Hunter remain the better choices for gold farming.
- Top gold farming methods in SoD Phase 8 include farming Tarnished Undermine Reals, crafting Scarlet Disguise gear, and producing high-demand consumables.
- If you prefer more traditional methods, you can also farm SoD gold through gathering resources in areas such as Silithus, Felwood, Winterspring, and Blasted Lands.
- Professions and Auction House still play important parts in SoD Phase 8 gold farming.
A new Phase of the Season of Discovery arrived at WoW Classic. With all the changes we are glad to introduce you to our best SoD phase 8 gold farming guide 2025. With it, you will learn how to become rich in WoW SoD Phase 8 in no time.
Phase 8 brings us New Avalon and Scarlet Enclave raid. And new group content, raids especially, means a lot of preparation is required. Potions, flasks, food, new gear, etc. And you’ll need gold to buy all these.
SoD 8 Professions for gold farming
Professions were, are, and always will be the primary way to get a huge amount of gold in WoW. SoD is no exception. A gatherer or crafter choice allows you to start interacting with the game economy and quickly make gold in WoW SoD Phase 8. If you are not really into crafting, you can always pick a double gatherer to collect materials and sell them simply as they are.
Alchemy
- Get Recipe: Transmute Earth to Water from the Meilosh (requires Friendly reputation with the Timbermaw). Use this transmute daily.
- Also use Transmute: Arcanite from the Alchemist Pestlezugg every 48 hours.
- Focus on crafting these flasks and potions:
- Greater Fire Protection Potion (recipe drops from Firebrand Invoker in Blackrock Spire, or buy it on the AH)
- Greater Holy Protection Potion (recipe drops in Scarlet Enclave, you can buy it on the AH)
- Elixir of the Honey Badger (recipe sold by Khur Hornstriker in Silithus, requires Honored with Cenarion Circle)
- Elixir of the Mage-Lord (recipe sold by Khur Hornstriker in Silithus, requires Honored with Cenarion Circle)
- Flask of Ancient Knowledge (recipe drops in hard mode Ahn’Qiraj, you can buy it on the AH)
- Flask of Madness (recipe drops in hard mode Ahn’Qiraj, you can buy it on the AH)
- Major Discolored Healing Potion (New Avalon alchemy quest)
- Visit Pix Xizzix in Booty Bay (at /way 28.52 75.87) and get Recipe: Flask of the Titans, Recipe: Flask of Distilled Wisdom, Recipe: Flask of Supreme Power, Recipe: Flask of Chromatic Resistance, and Recipe: Flask of Petrification, if you don’t have them yet.
Enchanting
Get the New Avalon formulas, as we discuss in our New Avalon guide:
- Formula: Enchant Weapon – Grand Crusader
- Formula: Enchant 2H Weapon – Grand Inquisitor
- Formula: Enchant Weapon – Grand Sorcerer
- Formula: Enchant 2H Weapon – Grand Arcanist
Buy a lot of Blood of Heroes at the AH or farm it (learn how below).
Use the Pro Enchanters addon to automate the enchanting trade process, letting you go AFK while it runs.
Tailoring
Your main source of income should be the Crimson Dawnwoven Bag and Crusader’s Knapsack, both learned in New Avalon (see our New Avalon guide for details). We’ll cover all the required reagents below, most of them can be farmed by anyone, not just tailors.
You should also craft the Scarlet Disguise: see that section of the guide for more details.
Leatherworking
The best way to make gold is by crafting Glowing Chitin Armor Kit and Sharpened Chitin Armor Kit. To get these recipes, you’ll need to farm Ahn’Qiraj 40.
You should also craft the Scarlet Disguise: see that section of the guide for more details.
Blacksmithing
Top-selling Blacksmithing crafts in SoD Phase 8 include:
You should also craft the Scarlet Disguise: see that section of the guide for more details.
Engineering
Engineering doesn’t offer much for gold farming, but you can still sell certain items on the Auction House for solid prices:
- The Fumigator (sells by Mishta in Silithus, requires Honored with Cenarion Circle)
- Tinkerbox: Nitro Boosts (New Avalon engineering quest)
- Tinker: Teleport (New Avalon engineering quest)
Herbalism
Even if you are not keen on making potions, Herbalism by itself is a great source of income. Black Lotus is still in high demand, as it is limited and used for crafting powerful flasks. Among other useful herbs are Sungrass, Dreamfoil, Golden Sansam, Gromsblood, Plaguebloom, Mountain Silversage, and Icecap. If you decide to go the double-gatherer path, we advise you to pick Herbalism as one of them.
Skinning
Skinning is another valuable option. Although it doesn’t bring the same money as Herbalism or Mining, it has its advantage over the two. Skinning is semi-passive, as you can collect skins and leathers from defeated enemies and sell them later.
Your main target should be Rugged Leather, as it is needed for world buffs.
Mining
Not much has changed in Mining since the early phases. Mithril Ore and Thorium Ore are still your goals for collecting. However, Arcane Crystals are also needed for Arcanite Bars. Arcanite is a very precious material, used in many Epic and Rare recipes.
Dire Maul East is the best location for Mining. Here’s a video guide showing the fastest way to do it.
First aid
First Aid is very simple: just craft and sell Runecloth Bandages, which are needed for world buffs. You can either farm the Runecloth yourself or buy it from the Auction House. Buying it is usually the better option, as farming Runecloth is slow and inefficient.
Cooking
“Focus on crafting Specklefin Feast and Grand Lobster Banquet, as they are currently the best feasts in SoD. You can get the recipes in New Avalon, as mentioned in our SoD 8 New Avalon guide. After that, all you need is to gather the meat ingredients for these feasts.
Here are all the required SoD 8 cooking ingredients and where to farm them:
- Specklefin Feast (easier to farm)
- Raw Spotted Yellowtail — The Bay of Storms in Azshara.
- Raptor Flesh — Raptors in Stranglethorn Vale.
- Raw Rockscale Cod — The Bay of Storms in Azshara.
- Grand Lobster Banquet (harder to farm)
- Darkclaw Lobster — New Avalon.
- Turtle Meat — East coast of Tanaris.
- Buzzard Wing — Dread Flyers in Desolace.
Fishing
Look for Raw Spotted Yellowtail, Raw Rockscale Cod, Darkclaw Lobster, and other top-tier fish, as covered in the Cooking section.
Best SoD phase 8 gold farming methods
Professions and material grind are still the way to go. However, there are some other effective ways to make gold. Some of these were available before. But with the content introduced in the new Phase, you can earn SoD Phase 8 gold even better using these methods.
Tarnished Undermine Reals
Although this currency was available in Phase 4, new rewards made it extremely viable. Now you can exchange tokens at Pix Xizzix in Booty Bay for Wartorn Undermine Supply Crate.
Added in Phase 7, these crates reward random materials. The whole list of possible results is hefty. Ranging from rare herbs and metals for powerful potions and gear that sell at AH, such as Black Lotus and Arcanite Bar, they also include extremely valuable Wartorn scrap materials.
The question is where to get Tarnished Undermine Reals. You can get Tarnished Undermine Reals from almost every boss in any dungeon beyond level 55. All the Raids from previous phases also reward Reals. Most dungeons award 10 tokens per run, which equals one crate.
Pro tip
The most effective way to farm Tarnished Undermine Reals is by running the Stratholme dungeon. And you can also farm Righteous Orbs here, needed for crafting Scarlet Disguises.
However, you can target any other old dungeon or raid if you’re looking for something else, like a specific piece of gear or a recipe.
Scarlet Disguise craft
Scarlet Disguise is a must-have for any player aiming to access New Avalon and work toward the Tier 3.5 set. Its importance drives strong demand, making these items highly lucrative on the Auction House. Tailors, Leatherworkers, and Blacksmiths can craft them directly. Focus primarily on crafting Helms, Chests, and Shoulders, as these pieces are in highest demand, as they’re essential for tier-3.5 sets and tend to sell best on the Auction House.
You can obtain Scarlet Disguise recipes by farming mobs in New Avalon or buying them from the Auction House. If you find a recipe you don’t plan to use, selling it can earn you a solid profit.
Learn more about the Scarlet Disguise in our Scarlet Enclave attunement guide.
Crafting materials
Now that the Tier 3.5 set and Scarlet Disguise are available, all players will need large amounts of two essential crafting reagents: Blood of Heroes and Righteous Orbs. These two reagents are used in crafting nearly everything introduced in Phase 8, including new enchants, Scarlet gear, high-capacity bags, and more.
- Righteous Orbs can be reliably obtained from mobs within Stratholme, making regular runs through the dungeon a profitable farming method.
- The best way to farm Blood of Heroes is by exploring the Eastern Plaguelands and clicking red bloodstains found on stone patches scattered across the zone.
Raid consumables and materials
Phase 6 introduced a lot of upgraded versions of consumables needed for Raids. They still remain relevant in Phase 8 since high-end content needs those in big supply. Examples of such flasks and potions are the Elixir of Honey Badger, Flask of the Old God, Flask of Madness, Elixir of the Mage-Lord, etc. Crafting those is a steady source of income for Alchemists.
Pro tip
The Scarlet Enclave raid also increases the value of Greater Holy Protection Potions and Greater Fire Protection Potions. If you’re an Alchemist, crafting and selling these can be highly profitable. Alternatively, you can farm Elemental Air and Elemental Fire. Both key ingredients in high demand.
- Best spots for Elemental Air farm are:
- The Crystal Vale in Silithus
- Circle of Outer in Arathi.
- Best spots for Elemental Fire farm are:
- Circle of West Binding in Arathi
- Un’goro Fire Elementals
- Lord Incendius with trash mobs around in Blackrock Depths.
It doesn’t mean that only Alchemists can profit from these. You can procure resources to craft these with professions like Herbalism and Skinning. While some are monster drops, they are primarily found in Silithus. Things like Ancient Sandworm Bile, Qiraji Stalker Venom, Monstrous Silithid Chitin, etc., can be found on enemies. The Hive Thistle grows near the Ankh Qiraj raid entrance area and can drop from any herb in Silithus.
World Buffs supplies
Currently, in SoD you can exchange your faction Commendations to get the desired World Buff as a consumable. These, as you can guess, are actively used in Raids. To get Commendations for exchange you can complete repeatable quests. These require you to deliver various resources procured and crafted by professions. Each faction has its own Commendation Officer:
- For the Horde: Orgrimmar Commendation Officer in Orgrimmar [31.0, 73.6].
- For the Alliance: Ironforge Commendation Officer in Ironforge [61.0, 76.4].
The most effective from the whole list are Runecloth Bandages and Rugged Leather. Quests for each reward 10 Commendations, so players tend to complete these repeatedly. These quests are located near the NPC selling world buffs.
For the Horde, that will be Doctor Serratus [35.0, 72.6] with The Horde Needs Rugged Leather and Stoneguard Clayhoof [31.6, 75.6] with The Horde Needs Runecloth Bandages.
Alliance doesn’t have a quest for Rugged Leather but instead can focus on Runecloth Bandages or Thick Leather. Quests for them are located in Ironforge, namely Keeper Moonshade [54.6, 78.6] and Marta Finespindle [58.4, 75.8]. Creating the necessary amount of a tedious, time-consuming task. Many prefer to buy resources from the auction. This is another opportunity to make money.
Scourgestones
Scourgestones are an unconventional method for those who can do solo runs of dungeons like Scholomance and Stratholme. Or just quick at farming mobs.
Each player needs 5 Argent Dawn Valor Tokens to get himself a BiS shoulder Enchant. And the only way to do it is to complete the Scourgestones quests.
There are three Scourgestones quests, one per every type of stone. By delivering them to Duke Nicholas Zverenhoff in Eastern Plaguelands [81.4, 59.8], you can complete the repeatable quests of the same names as Scourgestones and get your tokens. While these stones are unique, you can offer your Scourgestones farming service to others. Everyone needs an Enchant, but not everyone has time to farm for it. Below is the list of Scourgestones and where to get them.
- Corruptor’s Scourgestone. A player needs only 5 Corruptor’s Scourgestone 1 stone equals one token. But they are pretty rare, as they drop from Scourge elites. They drop from bosses in Scholomance and Stratholme.
- Invader’s Scourgestone. These drop from elite and high-level undead enemies in Eastern Plaguelands. Running Scholomance or Stratholme is a way for those who can solo them. In the open world, you can try farming Diseased Flayers [67.2, 37.8] or Terrordale Spirits in Eastern Plaguelands. You need 50 of these to get 5 tokens.
- Minion’s Scourgestone. These are probably worthless, as you need too many to make it one of the best SoD phase 8 gold farming methods. Minion’s Scourgestone drop from most non-elite enemies, in both Plaguelands. For example, Unseen Servants in Eastern Plaguelands [60.6, 69.6] or Skeletal Flayers in Western [50.6, 77.6].
This method is especially lucrative for those who can solo-run dungeons. If you cannot do these solo, you can cooperate with another tank or healer to provide such runs. Running Scholomance or Stratholme will get a player the Corruptor’s and Invader’s Scourgestones they need for their 5 tokens.
Top SoD Phase 8 gold farming spots
The best gold farming spots in SoD Phase 8 heavily depend on your server. Below are just some recommendations:
Eastern Plaguelands
The most crowded zone in recent Phases, and for good reason. It’s the main source of Blood of Heroes, a key ingredient in nearly every new crafting recipe. You’ll also find top-tier herbs and valuable mining nodes throughout the area.
You can also farm Plaguehounds in this zone. They drop Red Wolf Meat, which is required to craft Filet o’ Flank, a valuable new cooking recipe in Phase 8.
Stratholme
If you can solo Stratholme, you’re sitting on a goldmine! This dungeon is a top source for Tarnished Undermine Reals, Righteous Orbs, Corruptor’s Scourgestone, and Invader’s Scourgestone. All highly valuable in Phase 8.
Silithus
One of the best zones for gathering resources. Silithus provides access to various crucial materials that are needed for crafts in large amounts. You can find the next things here.
- Thorium Ore and Arcane Crystals can be found in Thorium Veins in tunnels across the zone. These nodes are concentrated in areas of the map shown as purple craters.
- Sungrass, Dreamfoil, Golden Sansam, and rare Black Lotus grow here. These herbs are valuable, as they are needed in bulk to create various flasks and potions for high-end content.
- Silithus is also home to Air and Earth Elementals. These can be farmed for the Essence of Air and the Essence of Earth. Not exactly the most valuable resources, but always in demand.
Felwood
Felwood provides access to unique resources corrupted by the energies of the Fel. Rather than gathering from nodes, most of the items here are looted from enemies. So if you want to make money without Professions, this may be a place for you. Felwood is a great source for the following resources.
- Jadefire demons drop loot, but the loot you need are Felcloth, Demonic Runes, and Runecloth. Both types of cloth are in demand for high-level recipes.
- Water Elementals here drop the Essence of Water. It is valuable for many Epic and Rare recipes.
- Felwood is the best to gather herbs such as Gromsblood and Plaguebloom. These are in demand for high-end potions and flasks.
Winterspring
This zone provides some unique things, as well as those you can only find in abundance here. This is also one of the zones where you can test your luck for a rare but extremely valuable drop.
- Herbalists can find this zone as the best gathering spot for Mountain Silversage and Icecap. Both are needed for high-level potions and flasks. Black Lotus is located here as well.
- Miners can find some Rich Thorium Veins here, although not as conveniently placed as in Silithus. These serve as sources for Thorium Ore and Arcane Crystals.
- The rare drop that may cost hundreds of gold is the infamous Eye of the Shadow. Dropped by Hederine Slayers and Initiates, this item is needed for a quest to get a powerful healer staff. Meaning the opportunity for those who want to make gold. But chances are low, so you have to consider that.
Blasted Lands
An honorable mention in our list, as Blasted Lands also serves as a source of the Eye of the Shadow. There are more elite targets to farm here, such as Dreadlords, Felguard Elites, Manahounds, and Doomguard Commanders. Of course, the world boss, Lord Kazzak, has the highest chance of dropping one as well.
Best SoD phase 8 gold farming classes
In SoD Phase 8, there are not many differences between classes. That is because the high item level gear allows you to easily WoW SoD gold farming with any class you want. If you, however, are starting your SoD journey, look below for some class recommendations.
Your playstyle and preferred methods are crucial in determining the best class for your gold-farming journey. Here are some suggestions regarding the best classes for Efficient WoW Classic SoD Phase 8 Gold Farming, allowing you to choose based on your preferences.
Mage
This class remains among the best due to mobility and powerful AoE spells. They are capable of running SoD dungeons and farming packs of mobs in the open world without any external assistance. This advantage allows Mages to farm rare materials and items at any time, which gives them a significant edge over other classes.
Mages were already strong solo farmers back in WoW Vanilla, but in SoD, new offensive runes like Regeneration Rune and Living Bomb Rune have made them even stronger.
Rogue
Rogue has a mix of survivability, mobility, and solo-targeting spells. Their knack for pickpocketing and stealth grants them additional income and enhanced protection while traversing dangerous areas.
Plus, since the release of SoD, Rogues have gained the ability to tank, which is due to the Rolling with the Punches Rune and the Blade Dance Rune. Combining the already available skills, such as Evasion and Sprint, makes this class powerful and mobile for gold farming.
Hunter
We recommend that you play this class in SoD Phase 8. Hunters are uniquely able to use pets for tanking and dealing with damage.
Plus, thanks to kiting with the Frost Trap skill, Hunters can farm numerous packs of mobs using the Explosive Shot Rune and the Multi-Shot ability. These skills significantly aid them in defeating elite enemies, who often drop high-quality items and rare resources. This fact is why Hunters excel at farming gold in WoW.
Conclusion
We hope our efficient WoW Classic SoD Phase 8 gold farming guide was of use to you. We hope it helped you to learn the best ways to farm gold in WoW. You can also always buy WoW SoD gold as an alternative.
If you think we missed something, or have another great idea for farming, then let us know in the comments down below. Happy farming!
Comments
missed a crucial farm: the vendor bots in Desolace carry limited supplies of Superior Healing Potions and Mana Potions while the other sells Int, Stam, Agi, and Str II scrolls…
depending on your AH, many of these sell for 3g+ per stack. Alchemists can not uet make these pots they are going to sell until the end of P1
Hi Drainbamage 😊 Thank you for your valuable input to our WoW SoD gold farming guide! We’ll definitely include your method and credit you carefully 🔥
Most quests at 25 reward a hidden “Burst of Experience”. I imagine this is banking your XP at max level to compensate for the lack of quests at the start of the next phase and will, as the name implies, grant you a burst of experience and may grant a level or two.
This is complete speculation on my part, but to me it would make sense.
Hi Tavok 😊 Thanks for reading and sharing your experience and speculation with us 💖 If it turns out to be the case, that’d be amazing and help a lot with leveling!! 🌟
You don’t/won’t get a level or two… thats just part of the quest description. Quests will reward experience at the standard (buffed I believe) SoD rate