Something many players forget is once you hit level cap is any quest completed that would normally grant XP will grant extra gold instead. Let me repeat that, for every quest you complete past level cap.. you get extra gold. It adds up very quickly when your level 80 and smashing through quest content.
While this trick doesn’t help much with funds while leveling, it is something to think about during your 70-80 grind. Following the optimal questing path layed out below, you can easily make a thousand gold an hour from XP to Gold conversion at level 80.
The Rules
1.) Turn auto loot on. Loot everything. Most greens vendor between 5-12g, and can be disenchanted for materials that sell for 3x that. Even stackable trash loot will net you 4-7g a pop. Send any non-junk loot to a bank alt and vendor the rest.
2.) Quest each zone until you obtain the Zone Completed Achievement. The optimal path for questing through Northrend in order to get the most out of your XP to Gold Conversion is pretty straight forward. Just follow the list below and fully complete the zone before moving to the next.
- Borean Tundra (68-72)
Achievement: Nothing Boring About Borean & D.E.H.T.A’s Little P.I.T.A.
- Howling Fjord (72-75)
Achievement: I’ve Toured the Fjord
- Dragonblight (75-77)
Achievement: Might of Dragonblight & Veteran of the Wrathgate
- Grizzly Hills (77-78)
Achievement: Fo’ Grizzle My Shizzle
- Zul’Drak (78-79)
Achievement: The Empire of Zul’Drak
Depending on your class, at this point you should be level 80 and just setting foot into Shoalazar Basin or only a few quests in. That leaves 3 open zones, Shoalazar Basin, Storm Peaks, and Icecrown. If you take the time to also complete these three zones to the Zone Achievement, you will have completed an additional 315 quests at Level Cap, earning gold instead of experience for those quests.
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