What's the best way to make money as a new 70 Hunter (miner/engineer) on World of Warcraft?

Question

I just hit 70 this weekend and am really poor. I have less than 400 gold and don't even have my fast ground mount, let alone my flier. Any suggestions about getting some money fast?

By fast I mean relatively, not some crackpot scheme to get 1000 gold by tonight, or just buying it.

Answer 1

Don't give in to the temptation to buy gold. Bliz has clamped down on this, and you risk being suspended oor even banned for doing so.

The suggestions on answer 2 are all good ones. Additionally, farm motes from elementals. Motes of fire, water, and mana bring good gold on the AH.

Work out a scheme to do dailies that is efficient. The dailies on the Isle of Quel Danas yeild about 120 g per day, plus drops. On-Isle quests yeild up to 160 per day and take under 2 hours. There are quests you can pick up on the isle that will take you to Blades edge and Shadowmoon that will net you another 30 and lead to other dailies. There is one real easy quest you can pick up just clockwise from the flight point in Shatt that yeilds 10 gold and takes less than 10 minutes to complete.

I made over 200 gold in slightly more than 2 hours yesterday by this method.

Grab some add-ons from curse.com if you haven't already done so. QuestHelper, Auctioneer, and Cartographer can be very useful.

You can solo lower level instances to farm them for BOE drops, which you can often sell quickly through the trade channel, or put on the AH.

I came to outland broke, stayed broke through buying my epic land mount, but as i went to the higher level zones, it became much less of a problem. If you didn't fully work Shadowmoon, Blades edge and Nagrand, I suggest you go back and complete every wuest you can. The ones in Shadowmoon pay on average 10 gold each.

Answer 2

Since you are a Miner/Engineer Selling  Adamantite and smelting bars and the Primals you get with your mote extractor will be your big ticket itmes.If you get Blue Gems while mining check the AH and see what is selling best and tip a J/C 5 Gold and have them cut your Gem(Bright Living Rubies/Wicked Noble Topaz etc) I have multiple 70's but my money Maker is my Warlock, he is a Potions Master/Jewelcrafter and I make good gold with him. Since you just hit 70 all quests will now pay you max gold since you no longer need XP and be sure to do all the quests you can and keep everything you loot in the Outlands and sell it to the vendors because you can earn a ton of gold for grey junk. Work the Auction house with things you recieve while mob killing(Especially Blues/Purps/Patterns/Recipes etc) because they will sell for a good amount also. Grats on hitting 70 and I hope my tips help you in the long run.

Answer 3

Just buy it!