Ways to Farm Gold in Cataclysm – Fishing for Gold!

I know that not many players like to fish in World of Warcraft. However, this way you can make a lot of gold. All you need to do is know what to fish and where. So, in this short WoW gold guide, I will tell you how to farm gold in Cataclysm and make good profit by fishing.

But before I tell you exactly where to go and what fish to catch, it’s important that you know one thing. It is no longer necessary to have a high fishing skill to be able to fish in high level waters. You only need 1 fishing skill to be able to use a fishing rod and you will always be able to catch a fish if your casts land on a school of fish. You probably know what a school of fish or a pile of floating debris looks like in World of Warcraft, so I won’t waste your time describing it one more time.

And now, here are two types of valuable fish and other things that you can get using this secondary profession.

1. Sunscale Salmon. Catching this type of fish can be a very rewarding way to farm gold in Cataclysm. Before the Shattering, this fish could be caught in the Eastern Plaguelands. It can still be trapped within Stratholme in the Eastern Plaguelands, but today its new home is the Blasted Lands. Why is this fish valuable? Simply because there aren’t many alternatives for cooks to increase their skill from 250 to 300 and they pretty much have to resort to cooking Sunscale Salmon or Nightfin Snapper. By the way, Sunscale Salmon can only be caught during the day. During the night you will catch Nightfin Snappers, but they are the same as salmon, used for the same type of cooking recipes.

2. Deep sea eels and sealed boxes. You can catch these two on the Tol Barad Peninsula. These eels are used for the Magnificent Seafood Banquet, a very important food item for raiding. Especially on Wednesdays, when the raid content resets, these fish sell quite well and at high prices. Along with the schools of Fathom Eel, you’ll find piles of wrecks on the Tol Barad Peninsula. If you fish through these piles of rubble, you’ll get sealed crates that contain all sorts of useful things, from volatiles to flowers to minerals. The most important resources that can be found in these crates are Embersilk Cloth and Heavy Wild Leather.

Of course, there are many more methods of farming gold in Cataclysm. However, if you want to learn them all, I recommend a much more solid WoW gold guide.