Below is an overview video and detailed walk-through on how to easily make gold with Engineering. After farming for one hour, I was able to make a modest 272g and it was extremely easy.

• Check out my Engineering Leveling 1-525 Guide for a great way to level Engineering.
• WoW Engineering Gold Guide Part 1: Overview - Go back in time to the Outlands to get a [Schematic: Zapthrottle Mote Extractor], farm Sholazar Basin for Steam/Cinder Clouds and extract [Crystallized Fire] to make [Eternal Fire].
• Suggestions: PvP gear, epic flyer, potions, and food/water.

WoW Engineering Gold Guide Part 1: Obtain - Zapthrottle Mote Extractor

• First, check to see if you already have the [Schematic: Zapthrottle Mote Extractor] or a [Zapthrottle Mote Extractor]. If you do, you can skip this part. You can also skip this part by purchasing one from the Auction House or having another Engineer make it.
• Next, if you don't have the schematic and can't get it made, go to Zangarmarsh.

  For Horde, see Mack Diver located just outside the fence of Zabra'jin in Zangarmarsh. For Alliance, see K.Lee Smallfry located in Telredor. Both NPCs will give you "The Zapthrottle Mote Extractor!" quest.

  The quest will tell players to find 15 x [Steam Pump Part] which are located in the North East section of Zangarmarsh as pictured below.



• Once you've completed the quest and created the [Zapthrottle Mote Extractor] you can head to Sholazar Basin in Northrend.

WoW Engineering Gold Guide Part 1: Sholazar Basin - Steam/Cinder Cloud Route

• Sholazar Basin is the haven for all gathering professions with easy to navigate terrain and low mob encounters. You will have to be prepared for some possible PvP unless on a PvE server. I suggest wearing your PvP gear and bringing some potions along just in case. Also, if you have Mining or Herbalism, try combining your routes and farm for both.



• Finding the clouds is extremely simple and they will pop up on your map as a gold dot just like Mining or Herbalism. After you locate a Steam Cloud, simply use the [Zapthrottle Mote Extractor]near it and it will extract some [Crystallized Fire] and possibly [Crystallized Water]. Each zone has different results as listed below:

  
  Arctic Clouds in Howling Fjord and Dragonblight produce [Crystallized Air] and [Crystallized Water].
  Cinder Clouds in the Savage Thicket in Sholazar Basin, the Obsidian Dragonshrine in Dragonblight, and the Cauldron of Flame in Wintergrasp produce [Crystallized Fire].
  Steam Clouds around the Geyser Fields and Scalding Pools in Borean Tundra and throughout Sholazar Basin produce [Crystallized Fire] and [Crystallized Water].

WoW Engineering Gold Guide Part 1: Farming Results

• I chose Sholazar Basin because it has Steam and Cinder Clouds that both drop the best selling and most expensive Crystallized Eternal; [Crystallized Fire].

  After an hour of farming, I was able to get:
  [Eternal Fire] x 12.7 (20g/1)
  [Eternal Water] x 4.5 (4g/1)

  These all sold within an hour for a total of 272g.

• So, to all the PvP Engineers out there, this might not be much but its a simple, fast, and easy way to get your Wrathful gear gemmed or that weapon enchanted.

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