Gold right now: sell loot, gather, fish and weigh vendor against auction
Sell everything you loot, pick up gathering professions and fish; the Mud Snapper and Catfish in our fish table sell to vendors for 10 to 32 silver.
The clearest change we found is in the big fish we checked: a 15 Pound Mud Snapper sells for 15 silver in Forever, against 12 copper in Classic.
The 20 materials we priced (cloth, leather, ore and herbs) sell to vendors for the same prices as in Classic.
Many crafted items now sell to vendors for less, so compare material costs with the vendor price before you craft to sell.
Posting an auction in Forever takes a deposit of at least 1 silver, so post an auction only when the expected net, after the sale cut and counting a deposit of at least 1 silver you may lose if it does not sell, beats the vendor price.
Blizzard has not published the level or the gold price of Apprentice Riding.
Training every class ability from level 1 to 60 costs 206 to 207 gold for every class (November 2 development notes).
Item prices in this guide come from Wowhead's WoW Forever tooltip data, a fan mirror of the live game client, checked on November 11, 2026.
That tooltip data does not show a client build number.
Rules come from Blizzard's forum notes, hotfix lists and Support pages, checked the same day.
This page summarizes those sources; it is not a hands-on farming log.
Can you afford riding at level 40? What is official and what is not
Blizzard has confirmed how riding is paid for, not what it costs.
Forever uses the Burning Crusade approach: the mount's cost is folded into riding training, and you get a mount when you learn the skill (Deep Dive panel recap).
Dual Specialization unlocks at level 40 (Class Deep Dives).
Warlocks who complete the quest Summon Felsteed now receive the riding skill as well (November 9 hotfix).
Blizzard has not published the level at which you learn Apprentice Riding, or its price.
| Cost | What Blizzard says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Class training, levels 1–60 | 206 to 207 gold in total, every class | November 2 development notes |
| Apprentice Riding | Includes your first mountlevel and price not published | Deep Dive panel recap |
| Dual Specialization | Unlocks at level 40price not published | Class Deep Dives |
| Talent and Legacy resets | Launch price not publishedbeta only: 1 silver | Beta development notes |
Only Blizzard statements are in this table.
The Wowhead Forever tooltip for Apprentice Riding shows no training cost either.
During the beta, a talent reset cost 1 silver if you had not reset recently, and Blizzard marked that price as beta-only.
Launch prices for talent resets, Legacy resets and Dual Specialization are not in any Blizzard post or Support article we checked on November 11, 2026.
Your riding trainer's window shows the real price for your character, so check it before you set a savings goal.
Check reset and Dual Specialization prices the same way, in the trainer and reset windows, before you spend.
In our November 11 daily report data, a U.S. forum thread complaining that there is not enough gold in the game had 75 replies.
Our take: if gold is short, buy riding before Dual Specialization, because faster travel speeds up every other way of earning.
The eight big fish we checked sell for silver, not copper
The three Mud Snapper and five Catfish in the table below pay far more at a vendor in Forever than in Classic.
Each of these eight sells for as many silver as its weight in pounds.
A 10 Pound Mud Snapper sells for 10 silver, a 12 Pound Mud Snapper for 12 silver and a 15 Pound Mud Snapper for 15 silver.
In Classic's data the same three fish sell for 8, 10 and 12 copper.
| Fish | Forever | Classic |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Pound Mud Snapper | 10 silver | 8 copper |
| 12 Pound Mud Snapper | 12 silver | 10 copper |
| 15 Pound Mud Snapper | 15 silver | 12 copper |
| 17 Pound Catfish | 17 silver | 1 silver |
| 19 Pound Catfish | 19 silver | 1 silver 50 copper |
| 22 Pound Catfish | 22 silver | 1 silver 87 copper |
| 26 Pound Catfish | 26 silver | 2 silver 50 copper |
| 32 Pound Catfish | 32 silver | 3 silver 75 copper |
Vendor sell prices from Wowhead's WoW Forever and WoW Classic tooltip data, checked November 11, 2026.
The 17, 19 and 22 Pound Catfish sell for 17, 19 and 22 silver, and the 26 and 32 Pound Catfish for 26 and 32 silver.
In Classic those five catfish sell for between 1 silver and 3 silver 75 copper.
Two ordinary catches we also checked sell for little: Raw Longjaw Mud Snapper for 1 copper and Raw Bristle Whisker Catfish for 2 copper.
Our calculation: one 15 Pound Mud Snapper is worth as much at a vendor as 300 Copper Ore at 5 copper each.
The tooltip data does not say where these fish are caught or how often.
Blizzard has not said whether these prices are intended, so a later hotfix could change them.
Learn Fishing and sell the Mud Snapper and Catfish in the table to a vendor; for any other fish, compare its vendor price with the expected Auction House net first.
Cloth, leather, ore and herbs: the 20 we priced match Classic vendor prices
The materials we priced sell to vendors for exactly what they sell for in Classic.
We compared 20 cloth, leather, ore and herb items in the Forever and Classic tooltip data, and every price matched; we did not check every material in the game.
| Group | Vendor price each, lowest tier first (Forever = Classic) |
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| Cloth |
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| Leather and hides |
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| Ore and bars |
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| Herbs |
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Wowhead WoW Forever and WoW Classic tooltip data, checked November 11, 2026.
16 of them come straight from gathering: five leathers and hides from Skinning, four ores from Mining and seven herbs from Herbalism.
The three cloths drop from mobs, and Copper Bar is smelted from Copper Ore.
Linen Cloth sells for 13 copper, Wool Cloth for 33 copper and Silk Cloth for 1 silver 50 copper.
Light Leather sells for 15 copper, Medium Leather for 50 copper and Heavy Leather for 1 silver 50 copper.
Light Hide sells for 50 copper and Medium Hide for 1 silver 25 copper.
Copper Ore sells for 5 copper, Copper Bar for 10 copper, Tin Ore for 25 copper, Silver Ore for 75 copper and Iron Ore for 1 silver 50 copper.
Peacebloom and Silverleaf sell for 10 copper, Earthroot and Mageroyal for 20 copper, Briarthorn and Bruiseweed for 25 copper and Wild Steelbloom for 50 copper.
Enchanting materials are the exception: Strange Dust and Lesser Magic Essence sell to vendors for 1 copper each.
Classic's tooltip data shows no vendor price for those two at all.
For these 20 items, vendor income is the same as in Classic; the Auction House deposit below is what changed.
Vendor or Auction House: the 1 silver minimum deposit
Post an auction only when your expected net is higher than the vendor price.
Expected net here means the sale price minus the sale cut, counting the risk that a deposit of at least 1 silver is lost if nothing sells (our rule).
In WoW Forever the Auction House charges a minimum of 1 silver, and Blizzard asks you to review your listings before posting (Support article 000387079, checked November 10, 2026).
That 1 silver is a deposit you pay up front when you post the auction.
The Forever article does not say when the deposit comes back, or how large the sale cut is.
In modern WoW, Blizzard's August 27, 2018 hotfix notes say the standard deposit is returned when an auction sells; Blizzard has not confirmed that rule for Forever.
Our calculation: one Copper Ore sells to a vendor for 5 copper, so posting a single ore means paying 20 times its vendor value up front.
That is why cheap single items usually come out behind at auction.
A stack of 20 Linen Cloth sells to a vendor for 2 silver 60 copper.
If the stack sells and the deposit comes back, compare your price, minus a sale cut that is not published, with those 2 silver 60 copper.
If it does not sell and the deposit is lost, you are at least 1 silver down and still hold the cloth (our calculation; Forever's rule for unsold deposits is not published).
Strange Dust and Lesser Magic Essence sell to vendors for only 1 copper, so check their Auction House price and the deposit before you decide.
1 silver is only the minimum, so check the deposit shown before you post each item, gear and bags included; the Support article does not say how the deposit is calculated.
What else changed from Classic: crafted goods, buyback and spices
Many crafted items now sell to vendors for less than before.
On October 16, Blizzard reduced the vendor sell price of many items created by professions (development notes).
Enchanting got exact numbers: on October 1 every crafted common and uncommon wand dropped to 1 copper, and on October 8 Blizzard set new prices.
Lesser Magic Wand now sells for 1 silver 10 copper and Minor Wizard Oil for 1 silver; in Classic they sell for 5 silver 8 copper and 5 silver.
The November 5 hotfix cut Mild Spices from 2 copper to 1 copper at vendors.
| Change | When | What it means for your gold |
|---|---|---|
| Many crafted items sell for less | October 16 notes | Compare material costs with the vendor price before crafting |
| Crafted wands repriced | October 1 and 8 notes | Lesser Magic Wand: 1 silver 10 copperClassic: 5 silver 8 copper |
| Mild Spices | November 5 hotfix | 1 copper at vendors (was 2 copper) |
| Vendored uncollected BoE turns soulbound | October 1 notes | Buyback returns an item you cannot trade |
Vendor buyback works differently too.
If you sell a Bind-on-Equip item whose appearance you have not collected, it becomes soulbound (October 1 notes; it was Bound to Account before).
Buying it back therefore gives you a soulbound item, which you can no longer trade or list on the Auction House.
We found no later Blizzard note that reverses this.
Decide before you vendor a Bind-on-Equip drop: the buyback tab will not hand you a tradeable item.
Faster respawns are temporary: do not plan gold around them
Fast respawns in low-level zones are a launch measure, not a lasting source of gold.
On November 2, Blizzard adjusted respawn rates in many areas to handle launch crowds (development notes).
Rates are fastest in starting zones and get slower as you level.
Once the launch surge of low-level characters settles, Blizzard will bring lower-level zones back to more typical rates.
Hotfixes on November 5, 6 and 9 already slowed specific spawns that came back too quickly, including Malduko Cloudcrush on Zephras.
A farming spot that pays well today may slow down without warning, so keep it as a bonus, not a plan.
Quest gold: no bonus at 60; more gold for quests of quest level 48+ announced, not confirmed live
Quests completed at level 60 no longer turn their experience into gold, and Blizzard says that is deliberate.
Community Manager Kaivax explained it on the U.S. forums on November 10, 2026 at 21:56 UTC.
The conversion encouraged players to hold completed quests and turn them in at 60 for more gold.
Blizzard does not want grinding mobs without handing in quests to be the best way to reach 60.
In original WoW only about 25% of quests give raw gold, so the change cut income near level 60 more than intended.
Blizzard is preparing a hotfix that adds gold to most quests of quest level 48 or higher, including quests that never paid gold.
Kaivax said the hotfix should go live in the next 24 hours or so.
As of November 11, 2026 at 01:23 UTC, the latest hotfix list (November 9, last edited November 10 at 04:23 UTC) did not include it.
Whether the change is already active in the game is not confirmed.
The gold amounts have not been published.
The announcement covers quests of quest level 48 or higher only; we do not draw conclusions about characters of any given level.
Hand in quests as you finish them; holding them for level 60 no longer pays.
Gold buying, economy holds and GDKP
Buying gold for real money is banned, and Blizzard can restrict an account's trading while it investigates.
Since October 13, accounts suspected of real-money trading (RMT) can get a Temporary Economy Hold.
A hold restricts trade, mail, guild banks and the Auction House.
If the suspicion proves false, the hold is lifted automatically, and a hold alone leaves no permanent strike.
Blizzard says false positives may happen while the system is tuned.
On October 27, Blizzard advised paying for carries directly, because gold that arrives through a middleman is very likely RMT gold.
Gold buying is a live topic: in our November 11 data, a U.S. forum thread from a player saying they had bought gold had 96 replies.
Our gold-buying guide covers penalties, gold sent by strangers and the GDKP ban with its regional scope.
A saving plan for levels 1 to 40
Our plan uses only the confirmed prices and rules above.
Loot everything and sell grey and white items you do not use.
Take one or two gathering professions; the 16 gathered materials we priced sell at Classic vendor prices.
Fish when you can; the three Mud Snapper and five Catfish in our table sell to a vendor for 10 to 32 silver.
Post an auction only when your expected net beats the vendor price, counting the sale cut and the at least 1 silver deposit you may lose; otherwise sell to a vendor.
Each auction needs a deposit of at least 1 silver up front.
Check the riding and Dual Specialization price at your trainer before you set a gold goal.
Five steps to your riding gold
- Loot and vendorPick up everything and sell grey and white items you do not use.
- GatherSkinning, Mining or Herbalism: the 16 gathered materials we priced sell at Classic prices.
- FishThe Mud Snapper and Catfish in our table sell for 10 to 32 silver.
- Vendor or auctionAuction only when price minus the sale cut beats the vendor price, counting a deposit of at least 1 silver you may lose.
- Check the trainerSee the real riding price before you set a goal.
Not confirmed yet
As of November 11, 2026, Blizzard has not published the following.
The level and gold price of Apprentice Riding.
Launch prices for talent resets, Legacy resets and Dual Specialization.
When the Auction House deposit comes back in Forever, and the size of the sale cut.
The gold amounts for quests of quest level 48+, and when the hotfix goes live.
Whether the prices of these eight fish are intended, and where they are caught.
We will update this guide when Blizzard publishes any of these.