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WoW Forever Professions

WoW Forever reworks professions around camping, new recipes and Blueprint drops, but most per-profession details are not announced yet. This page separates what Blizzard and the WoW press have actually said from the Classic 1.12 rules that are the best guide until beta.

What we know for WoW Forever

Official Professions get over 600 new recipes across professions and level ranges, plus advanced Blueprint recipes that drop from dungeon bosses. Blizzard Entertainment
Official Every profession has three campsite objects learned at different skill levels. The first is learned at skill 20 from camping NPCs or profession trainers. Each object gives a one-hour buff that does not stack with the matching class buff. Blizzard Entertainment · Blizzard Watch
Unconfirmed Characters are still limited to two primary (gathering or crafting) professions; Cooking stays a secondary profession. Blizzard Watch

Profession-specific details so far

Official Alchemy: Alchemists can learn to place an Alchemy Lab at a campsite. Blizzard Entertainment
Official Blacksmithing: Blacksmiths can place a Sharpening Wheel at a campsite that increases Attack Power. Blizzard Entertainment
Official Herbalism: Herbalists can place an Incense Candle at a campsite that increases Intellect. Blizzard Entertainment
Unconfirmed Herbalism, Mining, Skinning: A new starting-zone quest rewards a choice of profession manuals for Mining, Skinning or Herbalism. Icy Veins
Official Leatherworking: Leatherworkers can place a Tanning Rack at a campsite, and it is required for more advanced Leatherworking recipes. Blizzard Entertainment
Official Tailoring: Tailors can place a Faction Banner at a campsite that increases Spirit. Blizzard Entertainment
Official Cooking: The Cooking Fire becomes a Basic Campfire that creates a campsite with rest, vendors, repairs, profession workspaces and one-hour buffs. Blizzard Entertainment
Official Cooking: A Basic Campfire holds up to three crafted objects from nearby players; cooks can learn upgraded Campfires that hold five or 10 objects. Blizzard Entertainment
Official Cooking: Crafted food is adjusted and can grant a small experience bonus alongside stat boosts. Blizzard Entertainment

Not announced yet: campsite objects for Enchanting, Engineering, Mining and Skinning, all recipe lists, and any First Aid or Fishing changes.

Professions Legacy Tree

Account-wide Legacy Points can be spent on these perks. Bountiful Harvest is named by Blizzard; values come from BlizzCon demo transcriptions.Full tree with sources.

Perk	Max rank	Rank 1 effect	Status
Master Chef	5	Your cooking recipes have a 10% chance to create an extra result.	Unconfirmed
Working Overtime	5	Increases your chance to gain a skill increase from using any primary, secondary, or class-based tradeskill by 4%.	Unconfirmed
Bartering	2	Reduces the gold price of items from all vendors by 5%.	Unconfirmed
Dedicated Study	1	Increases your skill by 1 in your lowest tradeskill among your Primary and Secondary tradeskills. If you have already reached 300 skill in your two current Primary Tradeskills and all three Secondary Tradeskills, you will gain 2 to 4 of a random Elemental Essence.	Unconfirmed
Bountiful Harvest	5	You discover 20% more Scarce materials from Mining, Herbalism, and Skinning.	Unconfirmed
Performance Bonus	3	You have a 5% chance to receive 100% increased Merchant's Favor when you turn in a crate to the Azeroth Commerce Authority or Durotar Supply and Logistics.	Unconfirmed
Luremaster	2	While fishing with a Lure active, you have a 25% chance to catch an extra fish.	Unconfirmed

All professions

Each primary profession also has three perks listed by a community talent calculator from tooltip screenshots Unconfirmed; they are shown on each profession page.

Profession	Type	What it does	Forever details	Pairs with (Classic)
Herbalism	Gathering	Gather herbs for Alchemy	1 official · 3 community-listed perks	Alchemy
Mining	Gathering	Ore, stone and gems for smiths and engineers	Not announced yet · 3 community-listed perks	Blacksmithing, Engineering
Skinning	Gathering	Leather, hides and scales for Leatherworking	Not announced yet · 3 community-listed perks	Leatherworking
Alchemy	Crafting	Potions, elixirs, flasks and transmutes	1 official · 3 community-listed perks	Herbalism
Blacksmithing	Crafting	Plate, mail, weapons and weightstones	1 official · 3 community-listed perks	Mining
Enchanting	Crafting	Disenchanting and permanent gear enchants	Not announced yet · 3 community-listed perks	Tailoring
Engineering	Crafting	Explosives, scopes, gadgets and PvP trinkets	Not announced yet · 3 community-listed perks	Mining
Leatherworking	Crafting	Leather and mail armor, armor kits	1 official · 3 community-listed perks	Skinning
Tailoring	Crafting	Cloth armor, bags and Mooncloth	1 official · 3 community-listed perks	Enchanting
Cooking	Secondary	Buff food and the Basic Campfire	3 official	Fishing
First Aid	Secondary	Bandages from cloth	Not announced yet	Tailoring
Fishing	Secondary	Fish for Cooking and Alchemy reagents	Not announced yet	Cooking

Classic reference: brackets, pairings and classes

UnconfirmedClassic 1.12 reference — may change in WoW Forever.

Skill brackets

Stage	Skill range	Character level	Skill to train
Apprentice	1–75	5	—
Journeyman	75–150	10	50
Expert	150–225	20	125
Artisan	225–300	35	200

Characters could hold two primary professions plus the secondary ones. Warcraft Wiki · Warcraft Wiki

Best profession pairings

Herbalism + Alchemy: Self-supplied potions, elixirs and flasks.
Mining + Blacksmithing: Bars straight into armor, weapons and stones.
Mining + Engineering: Bars and stone for gadgets and explosives.
Skinning + Leatherworking: Leather straight into armor and kits.
Tailoring + Enchanting: Cloth drops become greens, greens become enchanting materials.
Herbalism + Mining: Two gathering professions: the fastest gold while leveling.

Best professions by class

Class	First pick	Alternative
Warrior	PvP & raidingEngineering + MiningExplosives add AoE and stuns to a melee kit; Mining pays for the bars.	GearMining + BlacksmithingArmorsmith and Weaponsmith recipes were built for plate wearers.
Paladin	PvPEngineering + MiningGadgets give a Paladin the ranged control and burst it otherwise lacks.	Healing raiderHerbalism + AlchemyMana potions and flasks are the biggest consumable cost for healers.
Hunter	Leveling & goldSkinning + LeatherworkingYou kill beasts all day; Dragonscale mail suits Hunters.	PvP & raidingEngineering + MiningEngineers craft their own scopes and PvP gadgets.
Rogue	PvPEngineering + MiningBombs and nets extend a Rogue's stun-lock and escape tools.	Leveling & gearSkinning + LeatherworkingElemental Leatherworking focused on Agility leather.
Priest	Gear & raidingTailoring + EnchantingCloth armor for yourself, and every green you sew can be disenchanted.	ConsumablesHerbalism + AlchemyHealers go through mana potions faster than anyone.
Shaman	Leveling & gearSkinning + LeatherworkingDragonscale Leatherworking made mail suited to Shamans.	Healing raiderHerbalism + AlchemySelf-made mana potions and flasks cut raid costs.
Mage	Gear & raidingTailoring + EnchantingCloth wearers get their own armor and bags and enchant it too.	PvPEngineering + MiningEngineering trinkets and bombs add burst and control in battlegrounds.
Warlock	Gear & raidingTailoring + EnchantingCloth armor plus disenchanting keeps a caster self-sufficient.	PvPEngineering + MiningGadgets add stuns and burst that pair with fears and DoTs.
Druid	Leveling & gearSkinning + LeatherworkingTribal suits casting Druids and Elemental suits Ferals.	Healing raiderHerbalism + AlchemyRestoration Druids save the most by making their own potions.

These picks follow how professions worked in Classic. We will revisit them once beta shows the WoW Forever perks and recipes.