Loot Hunters: Solo Farming Vault of Archavon + Competition!

Vault of Archavon has been visited in the past, but that time the gold making article focused on farming the Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth. There will be a Loot Hunters post of every profitable instance, so this time we'll go through the instance in a more thorough manner. Vault of Archavon is one of those instances that will be hit by the huge nerfhammer in Mists of Pandaria. Thankfully there's more to be found here than the gold drops.

One of the fastest raids to solo
Like all "PVP" instances, Vault of Archavon is also super fast. The instance is very small and there's almost no trash at all. This makes it a fun raid to clear once in a week. You can do this raid in 10 or 25 player difficulty. The latter provides a lot more rewards, but will be challenging for most people.

Take note though, that your faction must control Wintergrasp in Northrend before you can enter the raid instance. And because it's a raid instance, you need to be in a raid group to enter. To find out how, check the bottom of this gold making tip.

Vault of Archavon is quite easy to solo, provided that you have the correct solo farming class. To name a few, these are good for soloing raids:

• Hunter (BM)
• Death Knight (Blood)
• Warlock (Demo)
• Druid (Bear)
• Warrior (Prot)

You will have difficult time trying to solo this raid with any other class, unless your gear is godlike.

Archavon the Stone Watcher

Archavon

This boss is the easiest of them, so you should start here. There are no dangers here, except the enrage timer. That should not be a problem though, as he has a little amount health points compared to most of the others.

Solo video: Youtube

Notable loot (10 man):

• 187 gold
• Epics
• Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth

Koralon the Flame Watcher

Koralon

Koralon is a little bit more difficult. Other mechanics in the fight are easy, but Meteor Fists will give you trouble. Better to have some heals and cooldowns ready!

Koralon has a soft enrage timer, gaining 5% more damage every 20 seconds.

Solo video: Youtube

Notable loot (10 man):

• 187 gold
• Epics
• Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth

Emalon the Storm Watcher

Emalon

Emalon is easier to solo than Koralon. There are no hard mechanics involved, tank and spank is enough. You should ignore the adds and focus on the boss.

Emalon has a enrage timer of 6 minutes. He has a low amount of HP though, so if your damage is good enough, it shouldn't come to that.

Solo video: Youtube

Notable loot (10 man):

• 188 gold
• Epics
• Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth

Toravon the Ice Watcher

Toravon

This boss is the hardest of them. Some people even say he's harder than the Lich King! The main problem will be Frostbite. Thankfully there's ways around it.

 Here's a good tip provided by Dr. Wuky

"You have to run away from Toravon, but the DoT does also slow! But it works, it is hard, but it works... Any very important is that you have to use Swiftness Potion when you are ready to reset the DoT a third time.

After that, you have to reset it a last time, but that isn't really hard. You have to time your cooldowns correctly, or you will die. You have to run away from the Boss at the right time, or the DoT will refresh."

Solo video: Youtube

Notable loot (10 man):

• 193 gold
• Epics
• Reins of the Grand Black War Mammoth

Bonus video
Solo Koralon and Emalon at the same time!

Lots of gold, but also Abyss Crystals
There's no trash farming this time. You will find loads of epics and lots of gold coins here. Make sure you have enchanting on your farmer toon. A single abyss crystal sells for 50g usually, but when shattered, it may be worth 100g instead.

How to enter a raid alone
While it would be faster to invite some random player, I prefer this method as you don't need to rely on anybody else. If you play during odd hours, it might be impossible to find someone you could abuse or you might even get kicked out of the instance if the other user leaves the group and you get a dc.

It's quite simple:

1. Enter Battle.net account management
2. Create a new trial account under the same Battle.net account
3. When you login, you get to choose which WoW account you log into
4. Log into your new account (wow2), create a toon and paste the following into the chat
   /run SetAllowLowLevelRaid(true)
5. Open a new WoW window and login onto your main account (wow1)
6. Invite your slave character into a group and convert into a raid
7. Close the other window and start raiding!