FAQ About World of Warcraft

Professions in World of Warcraft (WoW) are skills that allow your character to gather, craft, and enhance items and resources within the game. Professions provide a way to create gear, consumables, and other items, and they play a significant role in the WoW economy and gameplay. Here's how professions work:

1. Types of Professions:

• WoW features two main categories of professions:
• a. Gathering Professions:
• Gathering professions involve collecting raw materials from the game world.
• There are three gathering professions: Mining, Herbalism, and Skinning.
• Miners gather ores and gems, herbalists collect herbs, and skinners obtain leather and hides from defeated creatures.
• b. Crafting Professions:
• Crafting professions allow you to use raw materials to create a wide range of items.
• There are six crafting professions: Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Alchemy, Enchanting, and Inscription.
• Each crafting profession has its unique specialization and recipes.

2. Learning Professions:

• You can learn two primary professions per character. You can choose two gathering professions, two crafting professions, or one of each. However, you can only have one of the three secondary professions (Archaeology, Cooking, and Fishing) at a time.
• To learn a profession, visit a trainer for that profession in a major city or starting zone.

3. Gathering and Crafting:

• a. Gathering Professions:
• Gather resources by interacting with resource nodes in the game world (e.g., mining nodes, herb bushes, slain creatures for skinning).
• Resources are collected in your character's bags or inventory and can be used for crafting or sold on the Auction House.
• b. Crafting Professions:
• Craft items by using raw materials obtained from gathering or other sources.
• Crafting allows you to create armor, weapons, potions, enchantments, glyphs, and more.
• Some crafted items are for personal use, while others can be sold to other players.

4. Recipes and Patterns:

• To create items, you need recipes or patterns that are specific to your chosen professions.
• Recipes are obtained from trainers, vendors, drops, or quest rewards.
• As you progress in your profession, you can learn more advanced recipes.

5. Skill Levels:

• Professions have skill levels that increase as you perform gathering or crafting tasks.
• Increasing your skill level allows you to gather higher-level resources or create more powerful items.

6. Specializations:

• Some professions have specializations that allow you to focus on a particular aspect of that profession. For example, Blacksmiths can choose between specialization in Weaponsmithing or Armorsmithing.

7. Secondary Professions:

• In addition to primary professions, you can learn secondary professions: Archaeology, Cooking, and Fishing.
• These secondary professions offer unique rewards and activities but do not count against your two primary profession slots.

8. Professions in the Economy:

• Many crafted items are valuable in the in-game economy, and players often seek them out for personal use or resale on the Auction House.