FarmGold
Making gold in World of Warcraft often feels like guesswork. You farm herbs, ore, leather, or cloth, dump everything on the auction house, and hope the prices hold up. FarmGold removes that guesswork by showing you exactly which profession materials are worth the most gold right now. Whether you play Retail, Classic, TBC, WotLK, Cataclysm, or MoP, this addon gives you a clear, sortable view of the market so you can spend your playtime on the materials that actually pay.
What FarmGold Does
At its core, FarmGold tracks profession materials across every expansion and displays their auction house value in one clean window. For each item you see the current price, the available quantity, and the price trend, so you can tell whether a market is rising, falling, or holding steady. Instead of scanning dozens of individual auctions, you get a single list that answers the question every gold maker asks: what should I farm today?
The addon reads Auctionator's saved prices, then scans quantities on the auction house. It waits up to 20 seconds for Auctionator to finish and rescans every 10 minutes while the AH stays open. Auctionator is optional but strongly recommended, since it keeps your price data fresh between visits.
Getting Started and How to Install
If you want to download FarmGold, the process is simple. Install the addon through your usual addon manager or place the folder in your Interface/AddOns directory, then log in and open the auction house once to let the addon initialize. After that, FarmGold updates itself automatically. Players who prefer a smoother setup can grab it through the foxygame.net launcher, where FarmGold sits in a browsable catalog alongside auto-updates and version checks, so you never have to manually chase a new build after a patch.
Compatibility Across Game Versions
FarmGold supports Retail, Classic, TBC, WotLK, Cataclysm, and MoP. The developer notes that testing focused mainly on Retail, and while Classic support is included, it has not been tested in-game as thoroughly. The addon follows your client's language, with German and English available and all other languages falling back to English.
Using the FarmGold Window
Open the list with the slash command /fg or by clicking the minimap button. From there, the interface gives you several ways to slice the data:
- Category, expansion, and sort dropdowns let you filter by price, quantity, trend, or name.
- The search box finds items by name or ID and ignores category and expansion filters.
- Ctrl+click an item in the list, your bags, the auction house, or chat to drop its name straight into the search box.
- Click a row to set a price alert, choosing whether to trigger at or above or at or below your target price in gold.
- Right-click a row to hide an item, then restore it later under the Hidden items category.
Alerts fire with a chat message, an on-screen notice, and a sound, so you never miss a spike while you are busy elsewhere. Item tooltips also display FarmGold's market price, lowest price, quantity, and trend. Only white quality or better items appear in the list, and each row shows its tier as [Q1] or [Q2].
Commands and Settings
Beyond /fg, the addon offers /fg config for settings, /fg update to refresh manually, /fg auto to toggle auto-update, and /fg check to see why an item is or is not tracked. There are also /fg debug, /fg unstick, /fg reset, and /fg help. In the settings panel you can control auto-update, tooltip prices, alert sounds, the minimap button, hidden items, and realm data.
Limitations Worth Knowing
Quantities only refresh fully when the auction house is open, since Blizzard restricts remote scanning. Alerts only check when new data arrives, and prices come from your own scans, so they are only as fresh as your last AH visit. None of this is a dealbreaker, but it helps to know before you build a farming route around the numbers.
Final Thoughts
FarmGold turns a messy auction house into a readable market report. It is lightweight, works across multiple WoW versions, and pairs naturally with Auctionator for accurate pricing. If you want to stop guessing and start farming what actually sells, download FarmGold and let the data point you toward your next pile of gold.