Guide · gold
What to gather
Herbs, veins, skins and fish: the skill each needs, where it is and what it sells for on your auction house this hour.
The best herb to gather on this auction house now is Black Lotus (skill 300): about 17g 18s 71c a gather. That is per gather, not per hour: the data has no node counts or respawn times.
- Auction house
- Americas · Normal · Alliance
- Prices read
- 8 minutes ago
- Best herb
- Black Lotus · about 17g 18s 71c
- Best vein
- Ooze Covered Rich Thorium Vein · about 92s 52c
- Top skin
- Frostsaber Leather · 2g 89s 99c
Prices from Americas · Normal · Alliance, read 8 minutes ago. Each ruleset has its own auction house per faction; Blizzard’s data does not name them, so they are matched by size and still being confirmed in game.
What each herb sells for
The main find of each herb node, by its lowest buyout here, with the skill the node needs and the zones the data names for it. The top 10 of 28; the rest are in the tables below. Prices are before the auction house’s cut and deposit.
| Herb | Lowest buyout | Vendor pays | Skill | Zones |
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| 11 gold 50 silver26 listings | 10 silver | 300Black Lotus |
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| 44 silver 95 copper49 listings | 2 silver 50 copper | 285Plaguebloom |
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| 32 silver16 listings | 3 silver 75 copper | 245Ghost Mushroom |
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| 22 silver 49 copper44 listings | 2 silver 50 copper | 250Gromsblood |
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| 19 silver 99 copper47 listings | 2 silver 50 copper | 290Icecap |
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| 16 silver 34 copper74 listings | 95 copper | 220Arthas' Tears |
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| 15 silver 84 copper130 listings | 1 silver | 270Dreamfoil |
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| 15 silver 74 copper52 listings | 1 silver 50 copper | 280Mountain Silversage |
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| 9 silver 99 copper60 listings | 60 copper | 230Sungrass |
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| 8 silver 99 copper63 listings | 1 silver | 260Golden Sansam |
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Best zones to gather in
Zones ranked by one gather from each kind of herb node there. This ranks what a zone holds, not gold per hour: the data has no node counts, positions or respawn times. It also names at most three zones for each node, so a zone can hold more than is listed.
| Zone | What you can gather there | One of each, about |
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17 gold 89 silver 99 copper |
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17 gold 18 silver 71 copper |
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17 gold 18 silver 71 copper |
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2 gold 67 silver 52 copper |
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2 gold 2 silver 87 copper |
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1 gold 22 silver 5 copper |
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1 gold 8 silver 70 copper |
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1 gold 8 silver 70 copper | |
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96 silver 55 copper |
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89 silver 55 copper |
Herbs by the skill they need
All 30 herb nodes with something to sell. Each row says what one gather gives, how often and how many, and about what that comes to here.
Apprentice (1–74)
| Node | One gather gives | Zones | About per gather |
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| PeacebloomSkill 1 |
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86 copper44,621 gathers on record |
| SilverleafSkill 1 |
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35 copper231,252 gathers on record |
| Stunted SilverleafSkill 1 |
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18 copper6,051 gathers on record |
| Wilted PeacebloomSkill 1 |
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43 copper4,217 gathers on record |
| EarthrootSkill 15 |
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2 silver 39 copper22,621 gathers on record |
| MageroyalSkill 50 |
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1 silver 87 copper42,051 gathers on record |
| BriarthornSkill 70 |
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5 silver 13 copper12,915 gathers on record |
Journeyman (75–149)
| Node | One gather gives | Zones | About per gather |
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| StranglekelpSkill 85 |
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2 silver 86 copper65,030 gathers on record |
| BruiseweedSkill 100 |
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1 silver 97 copper12,993 gathers on record |
| Wild SteelbloomSkill 115 |
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1 silver 91 copper71,793 gathers on record |
| Grave MossSkill 120 |
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4 silver 16 copper46,292 gathers on record |
| KingsbloodSkill 125 |
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3 silver 36 copper7,966 gathers on record |
Expert (150–224)
| Node | One gather gives | Zones | About per gather |
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| LiferootSkill 150 |
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2 silver 26 copper86,228 gathers on record |
| FadeleafSkill 160 |
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4 silver 35 copper73,797 gathers on record |
| GoldthornSkill 170 |
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7 silver 75 copper123,916 gathers on record |
| Khadgar's WhiskerSkill 185 |
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5 silver 80 copper1,698 gathers on record |
| WintersbiteSkill 195 |
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15 silver 68 copper16,763 gathers on record |
| FirebloomSkill 205 |
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15 silver 85 copper66,512 gathers on record |
| Purple LotusSkill 210 |
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8 silver 5 copper65,946 gathers on record |
| Arthas' TearsSkill 220 |
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32 silver 50 copper37,521 gathers on record |
Artisan (225–300)
| Node | One gather gives | Zones | About per gather |
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| SungrassSkill 230 |
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19 silver 83 copper146,936 gathers on record |
| BlindweedSkill 235 |
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12 silver 54 copper48,789 gathers on record |
| Ghost MushroomSkill 245 |
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47 silver 57 copper77 gathers on record |
| GromsbloodSkill 250 |
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44 silver 82 copper35,888 gathers on record |
| Golden SansamSkill 260 |
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17 silver 85 copper73,216 gathers on record |
| DreamfoilSkill 270 |
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31 silver 57 copper192,661 gathers on record |
| Mountain SilversageSkill 280 |
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31 silver 40 copper166,565 gathers on record |
| PlaguebloomSkill 285 |
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89 silver 55 copper105,235 gathers on record |
| IcecapSkill 290 |
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39 silver 88 copper65,701 gathers on record |
| Black LotusSkill 300 |
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17 gold 18 silver 71 copper10,972 gathers on record |
How a value is worked out
- About per gather adds up, for each find: its chance × the middle of its amount range × its lowest buyout here. A herb found 98% of the time, 1 to 3 at a time, at 50 copper each counts 0.98 × 2 × 50 = 98 copper.
- A chance is how many of the recorded gathers gave the item. Finds under 1 in 1,000 and items that cannot be sold to another player are left out.
- A price counts only with at least 3 listings: one or two listings can be one seller’s price. Every value is before the auction house’s cut and deposit, and the lowest listing may sell before you get to it.
- Nodes that share a name and skill are one row: its finds come from the one with the most recorded gathers, its zones from all of them.
More on gold and professions
- Making gold: crafts that sell for more than their materials, loot worth keeping and vendor items that sell higher on this auction house.
- Profession leveling plans: the cheapest way from 1 to 300 in each crafting profession.
Herbalism: its ranks and recipes.
Mining: its ranks and recipes.
Skinning: its ranks and recipes.
Fishing: its ranks and recipes.
Where this comes from
Auction prices are the lowest buyouts and the number of listings on each auction house, from Blizzard’s auction house data, read every hour; bids are left out. Which nodes exist, the skill each needs, the zones they are in, what a gather or a skin gives and how often, creature levels and zone level ranges come from data collected from the live game, which can lag it and counts earlier Classic play as well as Forever’s. What a vendor pays, item types, the Skinning rule and smelting recipes come from the WoW Forever game files. Nothing here knows how many nodes or creatures a zone has or how fast they come back.