Guide to bank alts
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Bank Alts are a common, and very efficient way to manage the numerous resources that a character collects while questing. These characters range from level 1 characters created specifically for the purpose, to retired level 80 characters. Some players use bank alts to store specific items, such as materials for a profession. Other players use bank alts for all financial transactions.
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Overall
In this guide, we will be referring to Bank Characters as Bankers. Sometimes we refer to them as mules, but recently Bank alt has become a popular term. We know that every Banker needs access to 4 vital things: A Bank, A mailbox, presumably an Auction House, and a nearby Vendor.
Choosing the Class
Warlock
- Can make additional money summoning people.
Mage
- Teleport ability allows the bank alt to become mobile.
- Portal ability is a good gold maker.
Death Knight
- Comes equipped with bags and a mount.
Druid
- Looks cool
Rogue
- Can level lockpicking ability, allowing picking of own locks, plus others for additional gold.
Setting the Hearth
Alliance
Stormwind
Pros:
- Mailbox is outside the Bank
- Vendor across from Auction House.
- Innkeeper is fairly close
- Highly populated, players looking to trade will more then likely prefer to meet in either Stormwind or Ironforge
- Tramride to Ironforge
Cons:
- Navigation is fiddly (jumping bank rails, moving around fountains
- Popular, which can cause lag if your connection is slow.
Ironforge
Pros:
- Mailbox is outside the Bank
- Direct route from Auction House to the Bank
- Innkeeper is fairly close
- Vendor is close (including a bread vendor that walks in the area).
- Highly populated, players looking to trade will more then likely prefer to meet in either Stormwind or Ironforge
- Tramride to Stormwind
Cons:
- Popular, which can cause lag if your connection is slow.
Darnassus
Pros:
- Mailbox is outside the Bank
- Direct route from Auction House to the Bank
- Innkeeper is fairly close
- Vendor is close (including a bread vendor that walks in the area).
- Can remain mounted while using the bank.
Cons:
- The Auction House is a long way from the Bank
- Innkeeper is far away from both Auction House and Bank
- Sparsely populated making it difficult to trade with other players (unless you are prepared to travel)
Draenei
Pros:
- Mailbox is outside the Bank and the Auction House
Cons:
- The Auction House and Bank have long access corridors.
- Sparsely populated making it difficult to trade with other players (unless you are prepared to travel)
Horde
Orcs and Trolls
The walk from Valley of Trials is quick: shorter than the walk from Shadowglen to Darnassus, and there is barely anything that will attack you if you follow the path. (Watch out for the occasional wandering scorpid.) The Orgrimmar Bank and Mailbox are a bit farther than the Ironforge Bank and Mailbox, but the Auction House is nearby, shorter than any alliance walk (except for the Draenei). However, Orgrimmar is the most populated Horde city, so you may experience lag. Otherwise, this is a great place to have your banker. The nearest vendor is the weapon merchant, to your right once you exit the bank, in a store called 'The Shattered Axe'.
Forsaken
Undead may experience arachnophobia when walking from Deathknell to The Undercity. Furthermore, it is a long walk, longer than any other race. Once you are inside The Undercity, it may seem like a maze to you. The Bank and Mailbox are close, but the Auction House is in the middle ring, so when you jump down to get into there, you might fall into the green slime, and have to swim around a bit to get to some stairs. The Vendor is close to the Bank: the cockroach merchant. The Undercity is barely populated, so there is lag, but we know why it is barely populated, right?
Tauren
Although Mulgore might seem like a big place, it is in fact, a really big place. Walking all that way from the starting area to Thunder Bluff might be a pain, and since Mulgore is mostly all flats, Kodo or wolves might walk across and try to kill you. The Tauren have the second longest walk of any race, and might accidentally fall off of Thunder Bluff once up there. However, the Mailbox, Bank, Vendor (weapons merchant, north of the bank), and Auction House are all in the same district. Thus, if you don't mind the walk to Thunder Bluff, this is a good place for Bankers of all interests. Again, there are not many players here, so not much lag.
Blood elves
Blood elves probably have the shortest walk from their starting area, Sunstrider Isle, to their capital city, Silvermoon. They might come across some undead as they pass through the scar, but the rangers there will fight them off for you. Once entering Silvermoon, you have a choice of whether you want to have your banker in the Bazaar, or the Royal Exchange. The Royal Exchange is recommended, because the Bank, Mailbox, and Auction House are close. However, the nearest Vendor is far, to the very southern end of the Royal Exchange. You might experience some lag, because Silvermoon is a big city.
Goblin Towns
Booty Bay
Booty bay is a great place for non-sellers. The Bank and Mailbox are DEAD close, closer than any other Bank and Mailbox. The auction house is also dead close, but since not many players, depending on your server, use the goblin auction houses, so you might have trouble selling your items, and if your server does not use the goblin auction houses, then you will not experience much lag when logging on. The nearest vendor is the fishing merchant, just a short walk from the bank/mailbox/ah area. So if you arent one who uses the auction house much, and you like pirates, Booty Bay is the right place for your banker.
Gadgetztan
- Engineers can port to this location
