If you want to buy anything from the Auction House on LOTRO, you are going to need a lot of gold. Prices are steep, but it is often easier to get the gold to buy the items than to get the items themselves. Here are some top tips for getting gold!

How to Get Gold on LOTRO

• Clean out your inventory and vaults - You probably have quite a few things that you don't need sitting around in your inventory or vaults.
• Loot everything - Now that you have all of that extra space in your inventory, use it to carry loot. Don't discriminate against the common loot such as Dirty Ears or Matted Feathers. They add up quick, and you can get quite a good price for a stack of 100.
• Defeat all MOBs in sight - You will need to defeat monsters in order to get loot. As a bonus, you also gain experience as well.
• Collect all resources - Whether you are an Armor-Smith or a Woodsman, there are resources everywhere for you to collect! Don't leave any stone unturned!
• If you haven't purchased the Currency Cap Removal, don't worry about overflow - When you purchase the Currency Cap Removal, that money goes right into your wallet. This upgrade is on my Best Account Upgrades for New Players list.
• Use the Auction House to your advantage - Have you found something valuable that you can't use? Perhaps you are a Hunter and have found some Heavy Armor that you can't wear. Put it up for sale in the Auction House! If you price the item right, it will sell. In order to put items up for auction in the Auction House, you will need to buy Listing Slots from the LOTRO Store. This is also on my Best Account Upgrades for New Players list.

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Tin is a highly valuable commodity in LOTRO's economy. A recent check of the Auction House had stacks of 100 Tin Ingots for just over 3 Gold. That is a serious amount of gold to drop on such a low tier crafting item. However, it rarity determines this price. It is highly unlikely that you will ever see tin whilst rambling across the countryside of Middle Earth unless you are specifically searching for it. 

How to Mine Tin on LOTRO

The best place to go tin farming is in Rushock Bog in the Shire. There, the ore spawn sites are close together, so you are able to mine quite a few of them in a short amount of time. Tin will spawn at the same spot that copper does, but you won't find it right away. Here is what you need to do:

1. Get rid of anything in your inventory that you don't need. This extra space is needed for the extra things such as copper salts that are produced when mining an ore node.
2. Make sure that you are using the best prospecting tools availible, and that they are fully repaired. Nothing is worse than mining 20 ore nodes and having your prospecting tools break while you are in the middle of the bog.
3. Travel to Rushock Bog, and use your Resource Tracker to locate ore nodes.
4. Mine every ore node you see.

Eventually, tin nodes will begin appearing. I honestly find it easier to grind for gold than to mine tin constantly. You can read my tips for getting gold quick here.

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