In World of Warcraft
 there are many quests you can go on  and there many lands you can explore. You will come across many people  with whom you can strike up a friendship and you will also come across  many people with whom you can have a free-for-all. And through all of  these you will come across many World of Warcraft  items which you will find of use to you. 
These World of Warcraft items can be obtained through many means. One of  these is outright buying. You can buy whatever items you need at one of  the three auction houses (Ironforge – Alliance auction house, Orgrimmar  – Horde auction house, and Gadgetzan – neutral auction house and  available for use of both factions).
Or you also have the choice of buying any World of Warcraft items from  the Non-Playable Character vendors who dot the landscape of the World of  Warcraft. You will also find that you come across World of Warcraft  items in your many quests and explorations of lands. You will be able to  get these through either looting or plundering!
That does sound odd, but really this is how you manage to get your World  of Warcraft items, some of which are necessary for you to complete your  quests. These World of Warcraft items can be obtained when any monsters  that you fight drop them or when you kill anything and there is  something left behind.
World of Warcraft items will also come to you in the form of chests and  the like which are strategically placed, and to get to these you will  generally have to fight your way through. 
Other methods of obtaining World of Warcraft items can be from trading  with other World of Warcraft gamers. This is permitted in the game and  some people go through these channels instead of putting their stuff for  sale at the auction houses. 
World of Warcraft items will also generally be color coded. Gray items  are the most common items and these you will come across almost  everywhere. They are thought of as Poor in quality, and considered  vendor trash by most people. 
The next color coding level of World of Warcraft items is White. These  are also quite easy to find and considered to be Common, although they  are not as proliferate as the Gray items. 
Greens come next on the list and these are a better find than either  Whites or Grays. These are also known to be Uncommon World of Warcraft  items. 
After Green, comes the color coded Blue World of Warcraft items. These  are very Rare to find and can fetch quite a tidy sum. Unfortunately you  won’t be able to get your hands on
 these until you reach a few of the  higher levels. 
Purple World of Warcraft items are considered to be Epic, while Orange  items are considered to be Legendary. These are almost impossible to  find and will go for a very high price. All items though can be traded  in-game by anyone.
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