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Comment by Wildhorn

Gold Veins can spawn instead of any Iron veins. This is like a rare spawn among the veins.

EDIT: Mithril also has a chance to spawn them, but has more chance to get a Truesilver than a Gold.

Comment by Tetris

Make sure you save up your gold because you will need it later on down the road when you go to learn Smelt Dark Iron ore. You will need 20 Gold bars for that quest, and it may save you time in the future from back tracking and farming them again.

Comment by Nivrax

I have found most in Tanaris as rare spawn of Mithril. But basically I think any place with Iron/Mithril have same chance of getting Gold Vein.

Comment by 87721

Although not listed above... I have seen gold ores pop in Wetlands and Duskwood as well. Very rare.

Comment by 37689

Just and FYI to miners:

Gold Ore and Silver Ore are a skill point for anyone who smelts ( up to a certain level) it helps get over that hump where the ore is green and a pain in the arse to get 1 more point, so you can then smelt something higher.

So in other words Gold Ore and Silver Ore are worth more on the AH for this reason.

Comment by jokl1

I Have seen gold in the graveyard by raven hill.

Comment by 73687

Anyone have any suggestions as to where is the best place to farm this?

Comment by 178190

yea but in what server?

because on kilrogg there is only one gold vein that spams very fast , above northfold manor , you know on the mountains , but sometimes is a silver vein but if u find an iron vein u are close

Comment by 129867

I can tell you that when I last visited a known iron deposit in Duskwood (57, 46), it spawned as a gold vein.

Comment by 308839

wher i finde gold vein in the best place?

Comment by 299395

The areas they tend to spawn in the most are the Kobold, Troll, and Ogre caves.

Comment by martiny360

I've scouted all over Arathi now, even got the achievement, no gold ores found yet. I've been to some of the other places too, but no luck there either. Can't really afford to buy a stack of gold ores from AH for 100g per stack...

Comment by 351600

i did a loop of arthiri .no gold :( but i did get 1 in middle at the boulderfist outpost in cave

Comment by 432806

how long take for gold ore to respawn

Comment by 217774

Be sure to grab your gold if you find it right away. Just had it snatched from me while making sure I had the skill level to mine it on a lowbie.

Comment by Westy543

I have found good quantities (relatively) of gold and silver in the Southeastern cluster of Arathi. I haven't checked the Northeastern clusters, but the two areas in the Southeast, especially in the caves (as stated above) are veeery good places to check once in awhile.
Edit: Check Northeastern cave. No gold found, but lots of Alliance quest items (lesser bloodstone), some Iron, and Mithril.

And yes, this sells for AMAZING prices on the AH. Be prepared to make some serious gold. :)
Edit: The Ogre cave west of Refuge Point is a decent source, but be prepared for a fight.

Comment by 496443

Both gold and silver still sell for butt-tons on the AH. Hardly any competition due to the rarity of the veins.

Comment by Thyra

Found lots of gold veins in western plaguelands ( and tons of iron, too).
You need mining skill 155 at least.

Comment by 153710

Found a decent spot for these in Thousand Needles, now that it's been flooded in Cataclysm.

Inside Splithoof Hold underwater the cave entrance is 44,36, there are a bunch of non-minable Iron Pyrite Veins that are for a quest. However there are usually 2-3 Gold Veins in there at a time. I'm not sure the respawn rate here though.

Comment by swedishnoob

South and/or west of Burning Steppes is the best mining area for gold ore so far, I have mined 29x Gold ore under 55 m along with 196x Mithril ore and 301x Solid stones. Also 7 random gems.

Comment by iswha

was farming it for 30min . NOTHING

Comment by 814923

where is a good place to find lots of gold veins?

Comment by 509794

It's crazy- I absolutely cannot find this anywhere, or silver or khorium. I haven't tried looking for truesilver yet but it seems like most rare metal spawn rates have been nerfed hard.

Edit: Well I finally found silver. It's spawning where the iron is instead of tin. Still looking for the gold.

Comment by 762833

Although the in-game tooltip states "Requires Mining 155" , the text was orange to me and I was able to mine the gold at 137 -- strange!

Comment by 883106

These are all Mithril veins, requiring Mining 150. No gold at all.

Comment by 402720

I found two of these in Feralas down by the Ruins of Isildien. Also, you can mine gold at 115. Feralas has mostly Iron veins, but after a couple rounds silver and gold veins will spawn. Happy hunting. :)

Edit: You mine gold at 150. Oops...

Comment by 1031304

do you have to be 150 to mine it? i mined it at 126

Comment by 234135

The best place to look for Gold Ore is in Thousand Needles, there is a place called Spirithoof Hold, underwater there is a cave that spawns several gold veins at a time. its Coords are 44,37

Comment by smackie9

There's plenty in Searing Gorge. Easy to farm, just fly in a circle.

Comment by savagesouls

This states the most gold veins can be found in Felwood, I have not found this to be the case, I have found more Mithril in Felwood than Gold. I found maybe 1-3 gold veins. At least I know where to go now for Mithril!

Comment by 1021255

My search for gold in Felwood was in vein. (hehe little pun) Instead went to Thousand Needles (Splithoof Hold - cave under water) and found several gold nodes in them thar hills. Er umm cave.

(cave at 44 37)

Comment by Gymlea

Just did a complete mining run, once around Eastern Plaguelands. I got 6 Gold, 59 Mithril, and 60 Iron. The apparent drop rate of the rare gold is 1:20 the other two.

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Gold Vein

This object can be found in Thousand Needles (419), Feralas (349), Eastern Plaguelands (310), Burning Steppes (297), Badlands (275), Felwood (274), Searing Gorge (263), Western Plaguelands (196), Desolace (182), The Cape of Stranglethorn (161), Arathi Highlands (144), Southern Barrens (130), Tanaris (96), Northern Stranglethorn (48), The Hinterlands (44), Duskwood (30), Dustwallow Marsh (30), Wetlands (28), Un'Goro Crater (21), Theramore's Fall (H) (10), Stranglethorn Vale (7), Alterac Mountains, Dun Morogh (6), Blasted Lands (5), Maraudon (2), Azshara (3), Maraudon , Hillsbrad Foothills (2), Razorfen Kraul , Uldaman , Winterspring (2), and Alterac Valley .

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