A Guide to all the Versions of World of Warcraft

Since its inception in 2004, Blizzard's massively popular MMORPG World of Warcraft has undergone significant evolution. While expansions transformed the game for better or worse depending on player perspective, they also pleased many by rekindling the formula through classic servers. Here we analyze WoW's major iterations throughout its history.

Original WoW: The game that started it all still captivates enthusiasts today. With its atmospheric vanilla zones, meaningful class design and epic 40-man raids, original WoW crafted a certain magic that influenced all future MMOs. Its simplified talent trees and dungeon group sizes now seem quaint compared to modern bloat.

The Burning Crusade: TBC blew open Azeroth's boundaries with the fantastical Outland and flying mounts. Heroic dungeons, smaller raids and the addition of Blood Elves/Draenei helped reinvent raiding as a more accessible sport. Yet some criticized its oversized talents and increased gold costs as the downfall of old-school gameplay.

Wrath of the Lich King: For millions of players, WotLK was WoW's pinnacle. Northrend amounted to a wondrous lore payoff. User-friendly dungeon finder tools, easier badges of justice gearing and memorable encounters like Ulduar made WotLK the biggest expansion yet by a long shot.

Burning Crusade Classic: TBC Classic launched in early 2022 to similar fanfare as the original. While not without launch pains as with prior expansions, it gave gamers the ability to relive Outland's glory years once more before the Scourge's return.

Season of Mastery: This seasonal rendition of classic saw adjustments like accelerated leveling to entice even hardcore players bored of the formula. Now Season of Discovery offers fresh grinds and class-specific runes, keeping the 1-60 loop novel and engaging.

How Gold Can Help in WoW Classic SoD?

There are endless uses for additional WoW Gold supplies as players venture into Season of Discovery content, such as:

- Upgrading gear via professions or the Auction House

- Buying new mounts, pets and cosmetic items

- Stocking consumables for raids and battlegrounds

- Completing challenging quests requiring costly turn-ins

- Accumulating gold for future character services or expansions

WoW Classic Gold Making & Farming Methods

Crafting Professions - Gathering professions like mining, herbalism and skinning generate raw materials you can sell at the auction house. Crafting professions can create gear to sell.

Selling BoEs: Keep an eye out for rare BOE epic world drops while questing that sell for hundreds of WoW Classic Gold like Nightfall, Champion's Belt and Drakefire Amulet. Clear DM/Strat runs for reliable gear/recipe drops.

Farming - Killing monsters and completing quests rewards gold. Focus on humanoid enemies as they drop more. Also loot and sell all items you don't need.

Garrisons - Building and assigning followers to structures in Draenor garrisons can generate gold from missions.

Old Raids - Running old raids on multiple characters can net lots of vendable gear, materials and pet drops to sell.

Services - Offer services like crafting, dungeon boosting or raid carries for tips.

Daily Quests: Completing daily quests on max level characters rewards extra gold. Prioritize ones with gold rewards.