Daily quests are the best, lowest common denominator method of WotLK Classic gold-making for any player. Any level 80 character can do it regardless of their class, spec, gear, or current economic status in-game. If you are a new (or poor) player and want to get into more advanced gold making, WotLK Classic daily quests are where you start to save up capital to move on to more profitable activities. If I know nothing about you and you ask me how to make gold in WotLK Classic, I’ll start by telling you to do your daily quests.
This guide has been updated to include Argent Tournament daily quests available during WotLK Classic Phase 2.
Best WotLK Classic Daily Quests To Make Gold – With the Argent Tournament
You are limited to 25 daily quests per day. These are the 25 best daily quests to do for making gold in WotLK Classic once the Argent Tournament is available. The Argent Tournament brings a lot of new, well-paying daily quests in one central location. This list is based on the highest paying daily quests, the amount of travel time required to get from quest hub to quest hub, and not requiring a group. Together this gives you an ideal gold-per-hour route to run.
If you need to do other daily quests for professions or reputations then continue to do those, then add in as many of these quests as possible. Later on, you’ll be able to focus on gold only.
Dalaran Daily Quests
1. Jewelcrafting Daily – Timothy Jones
- Dragon’s Eye – Sell at the auction house
Timothy Jones offers the jewelcrafting daily quests worth good gold throughout WotLK Classic
If you have jewelcrafting as a profession then this daily is the best-paying one in the game (after you no longer need the tokens to buy recipes). Turn in the Dalaran Jewelcrafter’s Token for a Dragon’s Eye, which you can then sell at the auction house.
2. Fishing Daily – Marcia Chase
- Bag of Fishing Treasure – RNG award, some high-value
Marcia Chase in Dalaran offers the WotLK Classic daily fishing quests
Fishing is a great profession to have skilled up on at least one level 80 character. The fishing daily awards Bag of Fishing Treasure, which contains random rewards. Some are low value, but there are also some high-value items available you can sell. If you don’t mind the reward RNG this should be on your daily to-do list.
Storm Peaks Daily Quests for Gold
All of these quests are given by the Sons of Hodir, which is one of the more important factions you want to earn Exalted with. You’ll need to start the quest They Took Our Men and follow the series to unlock access to the Sons of Hodir. You can do this as early as level 77. As you gain reputation you’ll unlock more daily quests. Do as many as you can each day and continue to use them for making gold through the first half of WotLK Classic.
Sons of Hodir daily quests, given by an anvil and horn among other things
3. Hot and Cold
- 20.6 gold
- Requires Neutral with Sons of Hodir
4. Hodir’s Call
- 20.6 gold
- Requires Neutral with Sons of Hodir
- 20.6 gold
- Requires Neutral with Sons of Hodir
6. Spy Hunter
- 20.6 gold
- Requires Honored with Sons of Hodir
- 31.3 gold
- Requires Honored with Sons of Hodir
- 20.6 gold
- Requires Revered with Sons of Hodir
Optional Storm Peaks Daily Quests
If you aren’t doing any professional daily quests and find yourself coming up short of a full 25 these two are options to consider. They are out of K3 and Frosthold.
Overstock – K3
- 19.7 gold
Pushed Too Far – Frosthold
- 19.7 gold
Argent Tournament Daily Quests
The addition of the Argent Tournament brings with it several new daily quests, concentrated in one area. With the new daily quests paying as much or a bit more than previous Northrend daily quests, it bumps up your gold per hour to include the Argent Tournament Champion quests over some quests you may have been running previously.
Argent Tournament daily quests unlock as you complete the new content and gain standing with your faction’s cities. When starting do what daily quests you can and fill in the rest with the older Icecrown daily quests. The list below assumes you’ve gained Champion standing with at least one city.
In WotLK Classic Phase 3 there will be more Argent Tournament daily quests available, making it a large hub for you. Until then enjoy these four daily quests.
- 23.3 gold
- Choose the Champion’s Purse for the full gold amount
- 30.6 gold
- Choose the Champion’s Purse for the full gold amount
11. Taking Battle To the Enemy
- 23.3 gold
- Choose the Champion’s Purse for the full gold amount
12. Threat from Above (group)
- 23.3 gold
- Choose the Champion’s Purse for the full gold amount
- I usually don’t recommend group quests, but on well-populated servers, you should not have a hard time getting into a quick group to kill the target. If you do have group issues then skip it and do an extra Icecrown daily quest.
Icecrown Daily Quests for Gold
You’ll do the remaining of your daily quests at various quest hubs in Icecrown. To access all of these daily quests in WotLK Classic you’ll need to have unlocked all areas of Icecrown. That is done by completing the regular quest series, which leads you from hub to hub and changes the world around you as tasks are completed. Remember, you earn good gold from completing regular quests at level 80, so it is worth your time to unlock all of these daily quests.
Ymirheim
Alliance and Horde have their versions of the same quests. Each also has its camp just outside of Ymirheim.
Horde and Alliance daily quests hubs outside Ymirheim
13: King of the Mountain (Alliance | Horde)
This quest is on the southern end of Ymirheim, not in the marked quest hubs. But it is the fastest daily quest in WotLK Classic, so worth the small detour.
- 20.6 gold
- Does flag you for PvP
- You can continuously use the jump action, no need to land first
- When done you can just fall down the mountain while in the vehicle, or exit and use your flying mount
- Video guide
14. Assault By Air (Alliance | Horde)
- 20.6 gold
15. Assault By Ground (Alliance | Horde)
- 20.6 gold
The Skybreaker – Alliance Only
The Skybreaker is the Alliance’s airship, patrolling the skies over Icecrown. It moves around, but is generally somewhere between Aldur’thar and Ymirheim, toward the east or west.
The Skybreaker, the Alliance’s airship over Icecrown
- 20.6 gold
17. Drag and Drop
- 20.6 gold
18. Not a Bug
- 20.6 gold
19. Retest Now
- 20.6 gold
- 20.6 gold
- 20.6 gold
- 20.6 gold
- 20.6 gold
Orgrim’s Hammer – Horde Only
Orgrim’s Hammer is the Horde’s airship, patrolling the skies over Icecrown. It moves around, but is generally somewhere between Aldur’thar and Ymirheim, toward the east or west.
Orgrim’s Hammer, the Horde’s aerial base over Icecrown
- 20.6 gold
17. Drag and Drop
- 20.6 gold
18. Not a Bug
- 20.6 gold
19. Retest Now
- 20.6 gold
- 20.6 gold
- 20.6 gold
22. Keeping the Alliance Blind
- 20.6 gold
23. Volatility
- 20.6 gold
Aldur’thar: The Desolation Gate
Alliance and Horde have their versions of similar quests. Each also has its camp on either side of the bridge leading to Aldur’thar. You can pick these up while heading toward Argent Tournament quest goals to the south.
Aldur’thar: The Desolation Gate WotLK Classic daily quests hubs
24. Putting the Hertz: The Valley of Lost Hope (Alliance) | Total Ohmage: The Valley of Lost Hope (Horde)
- 31.3 gold
25. Static Shock Troops: the Bombardment (Alliance) | Riding the Wavelength: The Bombardment (Horde)
- 20.6 gold
Shadow Vault
You can optionally pick these up while in the area doing Threat From Above. You may find them more convenient and you can then skip a couple of dailies above that you may not like as much.
Shadow Vault’s WotLK Classic daily quests location
- 20.6 gold
- 20.6 gold
