On World of Warcraft, something that you can count on is the DarkMoon Faire, it comes every month, over and over like clockwork. And with the DarkMoon Faire comes a huge opportunity for gold-making.
Despite all the changes that Wrath of the Lich King expansion has brought on World of Warcraft, there’s still a huge amount of gold that you can make by camping the vendors in the DarkMoon Faire, buying up their stocks, and just pretty much hanging around at the Faire.
Of all the WoW gold guides that I have encountered, the best DarkMoon Faire strategy comes from Jonathan Kenins in his complete walkthrough of the DarkMoon Faire in the Massive Gold Blueprint. He has a series of step-by-step videos where he talks about how the Wrath of the Lich King economy has changed the DarkMoon Faire gold-making strategy.
In short, it is still possible to make a lot of gold at the Faire. Not as good as it used to be, but definitely still profitable.
The way to make a good amount of gold by camping, is to hang around Professor Thaddeus and Lhara in a booth at the back of the Faire, for their Exotic goods.
Herbs like Dreamfoil, Frost Lotus, Goldclover, Adder’s Tongue, Netherbloom, Black Lotus, Terocone, Wild Steelbloom, Deadnettle, and Ghost Mushroom are worth keeping your eye on. So are lower level-herbs like Earthroot, Khadgar’s Whisker, and Mageroyal.
You can also do well with some of the elementals, like Crystallized Fire, Crystallized Air, Crystallized Earth and Crystallized Life. Even the older (and less desirable) Motes can turn a profit on many servers, especially is you focus on Mote of Fire and Mote of Air.
There are fewer possibilities with leather. Some of the leather items are useful and can make you some gold, such as Knothide Leather, and Rugged Leather, depending on the prices on your server. But the real star of the leather group at Darkmoon Faire is Arctic Fur. It doesn’t pop up very often (sold by Lhara), but you should grab it fast whenever you see it, as it will sell in the auction house for 25 gold or more.
There are items to avoid because you might end up losing gold than gaining some. Avoid all of the gems, including Dawnstone, Nightseve, Star of Elune, Talasite, Living Ruby and Noble Topaz. These gems go for 12g each at the Faire, but they won’t sell for anything near that amount of gold in the auction houses. Avoid scrolls at all cost, scrolls are not worth it anymore ever since Inscription came out.
While you’re at the Faire, try to catch Flik if you can. You can get Wood Frogs and Tree Frogs from him, and you should definitely stock up on these items most especially the Wood Frog Box because it’s limited supply and you can get a lot of gold by selling them gradually through the month after the DarkMoon Faire has ended.
With the changed economy because of Wrath of the Lich King, gold from the DarkMoon Faire has decreased a lot. Pre-WotLK, you can easily earn 600g to 1000g a day, now the best you can hope for is around 500g or so. That’s still good though, even if it’s not quite as good as it used to be. Its still a fair amount of gold to run with… so its definitely not a waste to spend your time on.