Gold farming in the WoW is a controversial topic as recently stated by the NY Times. It is only controversial because of rampant abuse of the system. There are some who set up accounts just for the purpose of farming gold and illegally selling it to other players. This is strictly prohibited by Blizzard’s WoW terms of use. However, it is not against the terms of use to farm gold for yourself, your guilds, your friends, or any of your own personal accounts. The following Gold farming strategy has been proven to work in the game.

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