Make 900+ Gold Per Hour Gathering Minerals and Herbs

One of the best ways to make WoW gold is to choose herbalism and mining as your primary professions. Below I'll show you what I gained after exactly one hour of gathering in different zones. I'll also add up the amount of gold earned from what I gathered. The zones I'll review are Icecrown, Sholazar Basin, The Storm Peaks and Wintergrasp. I used the Routes addon to follow the most efficient path, and I used this macro to automatically switch between tracking minerals and herbs. If you just want to see the results scroll down to the bottom of this article.

Icecrown

After following this route for one hour this is what I gathered:
Saronite Ore= 184
Titanium Ore= 22
Eternal Fire= 2, Eternal Air= 2, Eternal Earth= 7, Eternal Water= 2, Eternal Shadow= 4, Eternal Life= 7
Icethorn= 66
Lichbloom= 87
Frost Lotus= 2
Green Gems= 11, Blue Gems= 2

I wont post the breakdown for the gold calculation because that's a lot of numbers, but the total amount earned after selling everything in the auction house and underbidding everyone else by one copper was 917 gold.

Sholazar Basin

After one hour I collected the following:
Saronite Ore= 122
Titanium Ore= 4
Eternal Earth= 5, Eternal Shadow= 6, Eternal Life=6
Adder's Tongue= 164
Goldclover=68
Tiger Lily=52
Deadnettle=30
Frost Lotus=6
Green Gems= 4

Total amount earned was 599 gold.


The Storm Peaks

After an hour I gathered:
Saronite Ore= 80
Titanium Ore=14
Cobalt Ore= 16
Eternal Fire= 1, Eternal Earth= 2, Eternal Water= 1, Eternal Shadow= 1, Eternal Life=5
Icethorn= 108
Lichbloom= 80
Frost Lotus= 6
Green Gems= 4, Blue Gems= 2

Total amount earned was 675 gold.

Wintergrasp

After an hour I gained:
Saronite Ore= 160
Titanium Ore= 23
Eternal Fire= 2, Eternal Air= 2, Eternal Earth= 4, Eternal Water= 1, Eternal Shadow= 5, Eternal Life=2
Icethorn= 71
Lichbloom= 44
Frost Lotus= 4
Goldclover= 49
Tiger Lily= 20
Talandra's Rose= 20
Deadnettle= 6
Green Gems= 11, Blue Gems=1

The total amount earned was 922 gold.


Icecrown and Wintergrasp are the two best places to farm minerals and herbs. Choose whichever zone you enjoy most, or the one that is farmed less on your realm. After an hour you will gain at least 900+ gold. Keep in mind that the materials you collect can be used to make far more gold if you use them to craft other things rather than selling them directly. For easy comparison though, I showed the amount earned after selling the herbs/ore in the auction house.

The herbs can be used to create flasks and potions, or milled for inks. The ore can be prospected for gems, or used to transmute into titanium. The Eternal Earth can be combined with uncut green gems to craft green quality rings to vendor if you have a jewelcrafter. See what earns you the most on your realm.