The Best Aoe Grind Locations In Classic WoW!

[@VtheVictim]

I really appreciate all the in depth shout outs to the creators of the videos you used (myself included)! Important note: I did NOT discover the Maraudon pull myself. I believe it was some Chinese player on private servers, but the video was taken off KZbin a while back. My contributions were making some tweaks to the pull to include more mobs and make the run faster and more consistent. I've improved a lot more since making the guide a few days ago, too, so a good mage can probably do even better! Also, side note: If you're buying a Maraudon boost, make sure it's the route I used instead of the one where the mage goes in through the purple portal. That method is barely better than ZF and definitely not worth 8g+ per run.

[@alexanderkemna7573]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZirkIZmm6ubpZY This might be the one you are referring to, he uses a different spot for the ledge jumping tho in this video

[@VtheVictim]

@@alexanderkemna7573 Nah, hadn't seen that one. That's pretty sick, though - seems better for gold and worse for XP boosts.

[@yottaXT]

I like people that give credits where its deserved, here your like good sir, and new mage sub.

[@SwoleBenji]

Was thinking of making a damage-return pally just for AoE'ing dungeons. Edit: The BRD pull can get WAY bigger if you abuse a ledge jump in the room with the shadowforge lock that moves the bridge. Any range can technically solo arena doing it, as well as every non-ranged pull in the whole dungeon. There's a mage on Skeram that can farm hundreds of keys within an hour as well as potions and other drops. It's super crazy. (The ledge in question doesn't work on pservers.)

[@fizzodonnell4616]

DO IT!

[@robertp457]

I don't know what you mean by "damage-return" since the damage isn't reflected. I've got a paladin with the 13 damage on-hit trinket, 3 damage on-hit gloves, 3 damage on-hit shield/ Skullflame shield, and improved retribution talent and it's just okay right now. I think T2 is needed to get the most out of it especially coupled with the skull flame shield who's life stealing scales 1:1 with spell damage. I haven't figured out a way to make more than 12-14g per hour farming low level dungeons, especially with the cost of repairs on my plate gear. I've leveled a mage on my other account to 32 and that AOE has helped me pulled bigger pulls and grind slightly faster.

[@Rem694u2]

Wow that purple Maraudon run is fucking insane. Props to that dude that is impressive.

[@adamaytes9705]

there are tons of mobs in the kara zone that you mentioned had scarce mob density. there is a stairway in the burned out inn that leads downstairs to a cavern that spans most of the zone which is stocked full of undead. ive never seen anyone else while farming there.

[@dahut95]

Did u not see him inside that cavern while he was speaking on the subject? He showed a lengthy clip of him doing just that.

[@NorskKiwi]

Are they all melee mobs?

[@teapotdome]

karazhan was my phase 2 farming spot on faerlina... didn't get ganked there a single time.

[@lionz0r]

"No one ever goes there" Until now, Punkrat :)

[@christiangold3145]

True, thanks for that ❤️

[@arturosilva1706]

Right? I've been for a while now. There it goes. Thanks punk.

[@Osiwan960]

1: Heartglen 2: Silithus NW elementals 3: Kharazan outdoors near entrance 4: Tanaris SE pirates 5: Zul' Farrak zombies tombs 6: Dire Maul lashers 7: Stratholme Undead side 8: BRD prison 9: Maraudon purple side

[@Kampos94]

i gotta say the Hearthglen location is not as efficient as u say. the mobs dont respawn that quickly and after killing all the mobs i have to wait a fair bit for them to respawn (Mage)

[@monsieurjovan]

During that downtime you can kill the elite paladins tho which also drop a decent amount of raw silver

[@Kampos94]

@@monsieurjovan ya i do that, i mean its a good farming spot for sure if u need cloth or whatever but im just saying its not as good as he makes it out to be with the spawns :)

[@Abalamski]

All these youtubers exaggerate spots for views of course

[@Sodacacik]

Mages are so far and above the rest in classic its actually ridiculous

[@tylerk9455]

Just wait, that will change with time

[@foxmulder8955]

not really, even now. Grinding trash mobs for raw gold and cloth is hardly the most valuable ability in the game. Raw gold will actually be worth dirt by phase 6. Herbalism and mining have much more value and AoEs don't help for those resources.

[@Startrance85]

@@foxmulder8955 True, Black lotus and so on from herbalism will sky rocket in price.

[@foxmulder8955]

@@Startrance85 of course, because that's actually useful for consumables. Gold is NOT useful past the mounts grinds / ocasional respecs / repairs / mana biscuits and is decaying as time goes on since people are making more and more and using less and less of it.

[@Sodacacik]

@@foxmulder8955 What makes mining that much more valuable later?

[@paladrous206]

The route to Kara has mobs on it that drop recipee's and you can go under Kara, pretty much the only other information until much later

[@nzothemage2624]

DME farming can be done in arcane/frost raid spec (31/0/20), so there’s something to be said about not having to spend 100g/week on respecs.

[@shatter382]

not if you include the satyrs though, and really despite what punkrat said you don't just add them to kill time. They have really great loot tables, and probably account for more gp/minute than the lashers

[@foxmulder8955]

you really don't want to spend even an hour in dungeons when you are farming ranks. But there's no point to respec to farm both AV and MC anyway.

[@noblejernigan8337]

What addon changes your damage font like that

[@dylanruby6687]

One more lower lv aoe spot is the rock elementals in badlands for elemental earth used for restorative pots. you can make up to 60g per hour depending on market.

[@Bunny_sweetheart]

Wooooow that purple side farm was actually insane but I bet that dude truly felt like a mage at that point

[@Ramen10420]

GL aoe farming BRD when the packs have a spiked net ability that does like 400 damage, is ranged and snares you. Sure you can blink and escape artist (if you're a gnome) out of the first couple, but the cd is too long for you to kite these mobs effectively.

[@cosmionyx]

Edgar Allan D'oh ive been soloing aoe brd for a while. You won’t be able to gather the mobs in the prison section as effectively. Instead you aoe farm the anvilanger footman and guardsman toward anger, around 27 mobs total and can be done in 2/3 pulls since you have to clear some firelords. I’ve gotten Edgemaster’s handguards once and some libarms. Made around 2K gold just doing it

[@Zarod4life]

@Geo V Yeah I agree. There are so many people trying to give input when they clearly aren’t knowledgeable to do so. Typical WOW elitist. They know it all.

[@fullmastrinio]

Can confirm. They will net you to death and this pull is at least for me not possible.

[@Zarod4life]

@@fullmastrinio Did you read Geo V's post? Can confirm you are uninformed

[@christoffersolli4748]

Harthglen feels bad tbh. 4 pulls (wich is very dense) then wait 10-15 for full spawns

[@Rem694u2]

Yeah I only did it to level and I still ran out of mobs. Not to mention I had a lot of competition. I just leave the area to people leveling up. Much better dungeon locations anyways.

[@bodazaphfa]

Love your videos. I’ve been binge watching them.

[@swordfish356dt]

1:55. If you speed clear, given ur not a shitter. They do not respawn in time for 1 rotation. It's a shit place to farm.

[@crusadurus]

That last one is mad! Ill need to look at his lasher vids to find a good route for pulling them, i prob should start doing solo lasher runs even tho ill prob get locked fast.

[@avatarumbra]

Why does everyone's suggested aoe farms like 40+? Like last time i checked no one starts that high lvl. Would be nice to find a lower level list considering you get blizzard at 20 and pimp it out by not much later. Just having a lvl 30 mage and looking for good xp farms and all I get are the 40+ aoe grinds. I just find it weird everyone's farms start at lvl 40+ as if there isn't melee enemies below that level.

[@marcellowheeler88]

Talents, Mana, and mounts. It's possible but not as easy.

[@Zarod4life]

Xaryu once pointed out wowclassicaoe.com. It has spots for both alliance and horde with appropriate grading for each spot.

[@iamno1987]

Sometimes I feel like I need to make a mage just for the aoe grind. It really sounds like it will be the best way. 😃

[@iamno1987]

@@larpera960 i have a Warlock top as a Main. And that is also why I haven't made a mage og a priest yet 😅

[@nore699]

Learn DME runs and take mining, you can make a lot of gold on a warlock.

[@avici0182]

Go for it. Make a mage, you wont regret it. They are so fun and so many utilities. Being able to teleport city to city saves so much time! And AoE is definitely a lifestyle. You will meet many players that will watch in awe as you grind multiple mobs down, you can also help other poor solo leveler classes that are having a tough time pulling multiple mobs such as warriors/pally, cat druids, rogues if they are questing where you are grinding. Beware you will also meet, bots and chinese gold farmers. Some gold farmers will try to invite you to their group so they can farm faster. Dont accept their invite as they will need on every green and blue BoE that drops.

[@drafman1]

My mains a warrior, full t1 hes pimped out he even has a raptor mount as an orc. But i made a mage for gold farming and it almost feels like you couldnt pay me to swap back over to my warrior (he is a tank so pvp is pretty eh) Mage is just too fun

[@foxmulder8955]

Mage, fun ? Pve is max rank frostbolt, rank grind in AV is arcane explosion spam. AoE trash mobs grind ? basically irrelevant after leveling and phase 1. Also completely unfun

[@neverstoppulling5169]

Why take down the BWL video ? The dislikes were harsh but they were honest lol.

[@Fizbini1]

If ur any good at aoe farming harthglen is a waiting game as u clear it was to fast, though its still decent at around 45g an hour. Silithus mob density is terrible.. U can't pull more then 6 or so at a time. The ruins spot in WPL has ranged units making it shit. The field to the north is good and u can do some a 20 mob pull and some smaller ones. Sailer spot isn't good returns the units are too low level. ZG is good for raw gold 50g n hour but doesn't have any amazing rng drops. Dm east lashes has a chance of freezing band and herbs gives u tons of mats for flasks. Though the satyrs are very very very hard. And if u just do the lashes and herbs at 6 minutes a run u get locked out. Soon the ele boss will have a chance to drop one of the cards phase 3 as well

[@dylans7306]

HOLY SHEEET. HOLY SHEEEEEET. THE Mara farm is insane

[@johnc99]

Yoo V the Victim!

[@Donhemert25]

Missing the best spot, dancing troll village ;)

[@lawy8577]

That last dungeon someone did 372 mobs and posted on KZbin

[@charleswilson7833]

How about paladin aoe farms?

[@blainelott1230]

Back in Vanilla during AQ days, aoe pally grinding was my fav. Doing Strath runs with just basic potions was cake. Yeah mage can do it better but it was more of a challenge doing aoe pally grinding.

[@cryptgaming5537]

Can you do a hunter farming guide.

[@frankkyle9590]

Love your videos. Shaman players like me wish we had it so easy when it comes to farming.

[@Lulaine3103]

good places i guess, but please dont use private server footage since we got classic out.

[@Rem694u2]

Maybe he doesn't have every class at 60 to do guides on them? lol

[@Lulaine3103]

@@Rem694u2 he used footage from streamers for some clips, i know alot of those places have got videos showing the farms, he did not have to go on private servers to show them off. but to each his own, this is just my opinion i like his vids normally

[@Punkrat]

@@Lulaine3103 issue with using other people's footage is i need permission. I try to avoid doing that as much as possible since its a hassle to contact each person.

[@beardman2156]

That was insane ! Imma miss the column and get wrecked :::(

[@irtehdar2446]

Look at the bright side. With that amount of mobs it will be over before you feel a thing :P

[@tsmitty0090]

I love farming mara purple/ water area (middle of the dungeon). It's how I got my epic mount and I ended up getting 2 epics and something like 15-20 blues and pretty much nobody else was there. I'm sure this information has been out for a while, but I was able to find it on my own and I stayed there because of how much gold it was bringing in and my anti social ass hardly ever saw anyone.

[@christophersanchez8650]

Mara is where I farm leather on my mage. Great place for gold

[@Kengion]

Now go play a warrior where only the most skilled and geared can fight 3 mobs at once.

[@CharlesDourdy]

As a Warrior I can say that I have had fights with 4-5 mobs at once several times. not saying I lived, but I did fight them.

[@anthonyteach2396]

The chinese on my server have been doing that maraudon run for a almost 2 months now lol

[@brycewalburn2868]

They’re still doing it to this day 😂

[@27Zangle]

AOE farming is fun. You never know what will drop or how much money can be made in a single run due to epics and blues. It's like playing the lotto in Classic WoW.

[@Average1212]

venruki has been BRD farming since the 3rd week of classic

[@SYDWORLD]

well there goes all the farming spots out in the world... And pity if you didn't lvl a mage.... Also just cause you didn't know about them and it wasn't spamed on social media doesn't mean we didn't do it in the past lol

[@NerfBarb69]

Punkrat I love you, but just try going to sorrow hill or WPL in general on Kurinaxx as ally and you are body camped.

[@chubbs2067]

VtheVictim is in Edema Ruh the guild I’m in on Skeram.

[@thomassvoice7350]

cool story bro

[@Halfish]

Nice

[@mezz9159]

The world has become more safe? Wut? Horde camps every single questhub in between their BG invites. It's impossible for Alliance to level their characters.

[@Flies_the_limit]

First clip, gotta anticipate runners with nova lol...

[@paulgallagher8582]

Time to level a mage

[@mostlyrobotic]

Have you considered having sinus surgery? It sounds like you have a cold or stuffy nose all the time. It can be a real life changer.

[@tritesy]

But that's half the reason i listen to him >_< and he makes great content

[@srmatrong]

the world is not safe... at level 54, i'm still being camping by rank 7s and up

[@foxmulder8955]

if you're alliance of course, horde has 30 minute queues atm and it will only go worse. Wpvp is required if you want to optimize your rank grind as horde.

[@seanhaviland3448]

Did we need another aoe grinding video?

[@mello9686]

Lol good luck on essence farm of any kind those areas are always farmed

[@nightattak95]

Ayyyy thats my boy V!

[@jimbobwe2]

lol safe? have you been to WP, EP, or WS? It's as if Phase 2 never ended lmao. Horde camping FPs while waiting for BG queues.

[@stickyone11]

its not just Bgs....tbh I think alot of ppl quit because classic failed to meet their expectations...i love pvp but i've barley done any,(ranking so sweaty) classic is kinda meh, i just raid log now like a filthy casual

[@Karnagie]

You're literally the first person I've heard say any of this lol. I doubt we can attribute much to this, ridiculous to say that there's less world pvp because everyone's quitting rather than the logical explanation of "the serious pvp gank squads are now farming honor in BGs. Well, most of them since there are still plenty of people that enjoy open world ganking" It sucks that you're not enjoying classic, but I honestly don't think you're part of a larger movement. Maybe a couple thousand, but those were to be expected and aren't enough to really change the environment in any noticeable way like BGs have

[@foxmulder8955]

@@Karnagie pple leaving and not playing consistently anymore is a reality tho, PvE is basically raid logging once you get a few things from dungeons, and it will be the case for more and more people as time goes on. Many people are quitting the rank grind too, it's simply too time consuming and not enough fun and gameplay. Of course Bgs put ranking players out of the open world, but i tell you many pple are already fed up with doing 10+ hours of Av per day. In the end only the most dedicated players will keep playing the game daily, and that's absolutely normal. Doing the same thing over and over is never fun. That being say classic wow still provides a better and more engaging social environment than most other online games because you really need to collaborate and make make agreements with other players to get things done, and that strength is not going anywhere. The game will still be alive after years like it has been since 2004, just not as hectic.

[@Strrlaza]

I feel like right now is the best time to play the "genuine" vanilla experience. The world isn't flooded with people on your faction or the other. It feels like the real game again.

[@nickmcdaniel4932]

You can get edge master from brd I rolled a 28 on them....

[@pvpetersune5995]

Love ur mages name bro! :D

[@everydaydishes4601]

why not show locations on map...

[@TheFabel1337]

I won the gauntlets on a lucky Roll in BRD !!!

[@johnver9245]

I've never seen a mage doing worse pulls than you man, wtf! :P

[@Punkrat]

its on a random server that doesnt work, I cant even frost nova them lol. Half the frost novas dont apply to the targets i pull, so I had to show what I could.

[@NorskKiwi]

@@Punkrat team up with the community to get them to provide you with clips perhaps? Maybe the best few win something?

[@johnver9245]

@@Punkrat Then stop being lazy and lvl up a mage in classic wow haha! NorskKiwi 's is interesting though.

[@Vaper984]

The purple side mara run wasnt figured out by that guy, it was a chinese farmer about a month ago, i remember watching it. No english at all.

[@UlyssesAza]

I got edgemasters in brd prison

[@2681Blue]

There is even one more really good one in DM North, killing all the scorpids and hyenas on the ledge of the pit by the entrance

[@EvanInsomniak]

Ya boy JUUL’s here. I know VtheVic. I staled him for tons and tons of osrs gp hahaha.

[@penuelabella2085]

Venruki is a bad mage farmer lol

[@unknownentity8256]

All my fav spots listed, fk me I guess its back to Z'F...

[@Sendheal]

Now to many people are gonna be at every spot....making all these the worst spots now lol

[@Abalamski]

Lemuhrs C. Lmao the youtubers don’t actually care. They need the views/clicks

[@Sendheal]

@@Abalamski I know man I know lol plaguelands is already aids on my server cant go there at all as alliance

[@ningtaohu6379]

now it is just not the purple side of Maraudon, someone on Chinese servers is also doing purple + waterfall pull, around 300 mobs in a single pull. If you don't mind the language barrier, check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZirkIZmm6ubpZY

[@tritesy]

Maaaan thanks for ruining my secret spot *cries*

[@Benkkuful]

Soloing strat is bad He used more on consumables than what he gained. Maybe when we have some naxx gear u can do it without consumables and it will be profitable. Gracious himself even said in the comments below that "it's not viable for farming", he just wanted to see if it can be done.

[@TheArcso]

I still find it badass that it can be done tho.

[@Alphascrub_77]

So these are worst aoe grinding spots now.

[@sarphog]

V the Victim plays Classic now? Didn't know

[@General_andy]

No links in description to those channels. Minimum effort?

[@Punkrat]

forgot completely, my bad. added

[@gian8699]

I GOT THE SAME PURPLE WOW in the same area cx

[@sephirothpgc]

people can lvl again?!!! dude I can't even ress and move 5 feets without getting ganked...

[@sephirothpgc]

@Jz Eat yes still :( I just moved to a pve server so I can lvl

[@slathian1223]

What server?faerlina is just fine and it's one of the most populated

[@sephirothpgc]

@@slathian1223 mograin on EU

[@foxmulder8955]

As alliance you want to avoid some areas because horde players (on EU at least) have 25 to 35 minutes queues for AV. WPL, EPL (close to UC), BRM and surroundings (many players have hearthstone there), and to some extent Azshara and some flight paths close to orgrimmar are heavily camped. With those queues you spend actually more time doing wpvp than AV if you are farming ranks as horde.

[@Dadbodthorr]

That is not how you do zf

[@DDG-Downfall]

ofc its a runescaper that does a pull like that... :P

[@sw4989]

why though

[@heyBurmecia]

Well, not anymore

[@alexb372]

"And we know that it's official, to original vanilla and the scripting within that game considering classic is the same thing." That's so incorrect it hurts. Classic is using Nostalrius scripting that has been getting refined over the past few years (ever since they were hired to Blizzard and consequently told Elysium to delete the core and our characters on private servers).

[@HydroponicTricks]

Hmmmm wondering where you stole this idea from...? *Cough* Frostdamus

[@TheRunnerGuy17]

Liberal hivemind???

[@RainWalking]

Classic = Grind because thats all there is

[@totallynottrademarked5279]

Love how you all ruin everything and just drive values of items down.

[@foxmulder8955]

the game is too old to have secrets, everything will always be farmed heavily whenever there is hype for some content (like hks in wpvp during p2). Good news is casual players will quickly abandon the game. It's already considerably easier to get resources in the world than it was in p1 because most of the new players are just super stressed to complete the more content they can before they hop on an other game, leaving the long term players the opportunity to enjoy the game with other players that have a similar interest for classic wow. That means less items on the AH and more value out of your personal farm.

[@wildehilde5744]

clickbait

[@JAG9100]

First

[@lopezcelis]

wp gg ez op plz nerf XD

[@crazyants_de]

Your videos always contain so many errors... Air elementals don't drop living essences, but Essences of air... and nothing new about these spots at all.

[@randellwhite]

crazyants.de no one is making you watch his videos

[@crazyants_de]

@@randellwhite So what?

[@randellwhite]

crazyants.de if his videos “always contain errors” just stop watching them

[@JackspotGaming]

Where are your videos dude?

[@dahut95]

Is there anything new about classic wow? No there isnt, you pseudo Sherlock prick.

[@trapflex7744]

Why would you make this type of videos when everyone knows the game like its tetris

[@Zarod4life]

i believe it’s unfair to assume everyone knows as much about wow as you. Classic wow has brought in a whole array of players. Did you know about all the spots? Did you know the Mara in one pull one?

[@Sosayweall7]

Look up the word "Dysphoria" "he" was/is a trans girl most likely.

[@Punkrat]

thats a bit of a stretch, and even if thats the case....who cares?

[@Zarod4life]

pretty sure you’re referring to “gender dysphoria”. Pretty ironic you told someone to look up the definition of a word when you clearly haven’t.