Where Are The Best Places For Picking Herbs In Cataclysm

One of the most lucrative professions you can have in the game of World of Warcraft is the skill of Herbalism. It's not that difficult to level up at the earlier levels but it does get more difficult the more you level. But what doesn't get more difficult at higher levels or as you progress? All good things in an MMORPG are a little challenging. If not, why play?

Below is a list of the Cataclysm Herbs that are available in the game, where they can be located and how many nodes there are in that zone.

Whiptail

Uldum 145, Tol Barad 48

Heartblossom

Deepholm 993

Cinderbloom

Deepholm 428, Twilight Highlands 354, Mount Hyjal 246, Uldum 153, Tol Barad 43, Tol Barad Peninsula 101

Stormvine

Mount Hyjal 88, Abyssal Depths 69, Shimmering Expanse 62, Kelp'thar Forest 40

Azshara's Veil

Shimmering Expanse 90, Tol Barad Peninsula 89, Abyssal Depths 73, Kelp'thar Forest 54, Mount Hyjal 12

Twilight Jasmine

Twilight Highlands 737

One unique Volatile that comes from only plants is Volatile Life, and you will find it in plant nodes approximately 39% of the time. Furthermore, what you can pick from flowers about 10% of the time is the Lifegiving Seed. This transforms the user into a random plant. It puts the player into a sort of trance called Herbouflage, and it triggers two other effects, both called Nourishment. The effects are 96000 health points over thirty seconds, and 72000 mana points restored over those same 30 seconds.

Another great profession to complement Herbalism would definitely be mining. While you are grinding for herb nodes, you can look for mining nodes at the very same time. You are now a gathering expert! Materials are always in high demand by crafters that don't bother to farm for themselves, and there are plenty out there.

Two more professions that are worth mentioning that would complement Herbalism would be Alchemy or Inscriptioning because you would be using the material (herbs) that you just picked to make potion's and elixir's in Alchemy, or you would need them to mill if you are an Inscriptionist and needed to make glyphs. Either one of these methods can make you a great deal of money at the AH, or just stand outside a busy bank prior to a raid, and sell raiding supplies. Plants, potions elixirs, glyphs, volatiles, you name it, if you have this profession with one of the combinations above you are set. You will be in great demand... and very rich.

There are addons to aid you in gathering, and those happen to be Gathermate and GathermateData. Gathermate will keep track of what you picked and where, but GathermateData has known locations of all nodes and where they are. They are a free addon, available through Curse or WoWinterface. A premium addon that is great for gathering and professions in general is Zygor Profession and Achievement Guide addon. It will help you power level any profession and not only that, it will help you to become an achievement whore like myself.

Denise Durband started playing World of Warcraft April 2006, and being disabled she had plenty of time on her hands to play. She soon realized that she had a true video game addiction, and created her blog http://www.gameraddictz.com/ and bestwowaddons.com. She currently reviews many World of Warcraft related products or services, and other video games that are popular.

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Where to Farm Gold in WoW - Places You Never Thought Of

World of Warcraft players have been tediously killing the same monsters for hours every day in order to create, or farm, as much gold as possible. Gold, being the virtual currency in WoW, gives players the power to purchase new items, weapons and armor.

However, sometimes it's essential to take a break from the same boring locations and move your character to new areas and zones. You may get a little less gold per hour than in the well-known but crowded areas, however the scenery change can be inspiring to work harder and the loot drops from mobs can be really different and interesting. Here are my three favorite places to farm World of Warcraft gold that you may not have thought about.

Blasted Lands

Blasted Lands is a mid-level zone that requires your character to be at least level 54. At level 58 you can take advantage of the free portals from Stormwind and Orgrimmar directly to the Black Portal in Blasted Lands. It's meant to take you easily into Outland, but we'll be using it for fast transport to our farming zone instead. In the Blasted Lands you will be looking out for one of the many rare monsters. Each of these rares gives the opportunity to get an Uncommon Item, a "green", which can sell well on the auction house. There's also beasts to skin, ore nodes to mine, herbs to pick, and quests to complete.

Icecrown Glacier

Icecrown in Northrend has an abundance of level 80 mobs called Converted Hero. They move in packs of 10-12 and are easily killed together by characters level 80-90. They offer uncommon items, gold, and frostweave cloth that sells well in the Auction House. Now that Mists of Pandaria has brought area looting, you can pick up all their treasure and gold in one click.

Deepholm

The Fractured Front in Deepholm is a favorite place to farm groups of level 85 monsters. Drinking a "Potion of Treasure Finding" allows the extra opportunity of tiny chests of treasure loot to come from these troggs. It's also really great that there are groups of friendly dwarves who are assisting you in killing these monsters. The potion of treasure finding only works in World of Warcraft Cataclysm expansion zones. Once Mists of Pandaria is released, you will need to look for the new potion of plunder from your friendly Alchemist guild-mate or from the Auction House. This will work in the new Mists of Pandaria Zones.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy these interesting WoW areas for farming your gold.

Alyzande Renard writes for The Gold Queen world of warcraft gold making blog and free guide site. She easily reached the maximum limit on WoW gold, spent the lot and then earned it again. Her six years experience of endgame raiding and gold making can be plundered at her blog, so come by and enjoy the tips and ideas at http://www.thegoldqueen.com/

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