WOW Professions FAQ guideQ. What are WOW Professions?A. WOW Professions are skills your character can develop, some sort of craft that isn't directly related to any specific Class. Every time you start a WOW profession you are able to progress threw a skill level of that WOW profession, starting at 1 and progressing further. The higher you skill, the more powerful benefits you get out of your WOW profession. Each major expansion the cap goes up, and at Wrath of the lich king stand on 450 skill points max.WOW Professions are divided to 2 main groups: Primary and Secondary. Each character can chose to learn up to 2 Primary WOW professions and all the secondary WOW professions. The primary WOW professions are: Skinning, Mining, Herbalism, Enchanting, Leatherworking, Jewel Crafting, Blacksmithing, engineering, jewel crafting and inscription. The secondary WOW professions are: cooking, fishing and first aid. Q. Do I have to learn and level WOW professions?A. You don't have to level any of the WOW professions.Q. Why should I learn WOW professions?A. Learning WOW professions can enhance your character. Some allow you to produce items and gear and then use them or sell them to other characters to make Gold. Some improve your basics stats such as crit rating, and some allow you to use powerful buffs during raid and even arena.Q. Are there "mandatory" WOW professions that all classes should have?The only profession that Is recommend for everyone to have, no matter their class, is First Aid. Even healers get caught up in situations where they can not cast a heal on themselves, both in raids and PVP. In those cases First Aid is a life saver.Q. How do I train WOW professions?A. The easiet place to train WOW professions in major cities. Talk to any guard NPC to show you where those are. There are some more special trainers scattered around the WOW universe, but they are very specific for WOW profession specialization etc.Q. What are WOW profession specializations?A. Once reaching high enough skill points, some WOW professions allow you to chose a specialization path, allowing you to access more powerful benefits our of your WOW profession, such as learning unique types of recipes.Q. I want cash! Which WOW professions should I chose to make Gold?A. Generally speaking, all the Primary WOW professions can be divided into 2 groups: Gathering WOW professions (Herbalism, mining and skinning) and manufacturing WOW professions (all the rest…).Gathering WOW professions are the main source of income, since you can use them to pick resources for free and them sell them to the other players for cash. The rest are usually "cash sinks" that require you to get the needed material resources somehow (either have a manufacturing + gathering profession that relate to the same resources, or just by the materials you need from other players). That why new players are recommended to take 2 gathering professions for cash until they reach end game, and only then consider dropping one (or all) in favor of manufacturing WOW profession. However, every WOW profession is a potential money maker. You just need to know the current trend and learn which things within your WOW profession can make you cash and which are a waste of time. Because it's requires some knowledge of the game, it's more difficult to make money with those methods, but they have a very high cash making potential, since it's less likely that someone else will be trying to make cash using the same method, making your share of the market bigger. That sounds very complicate. Where can I read more about professions?Well, WOW professions are and ever evolving and changing thing, especially with wach patche change. If you're interested in staying up to date and benefit the most out of your profession, there are guides specializing in WOW professiona, making money threw professions and so on. You can check out the very recommended Ultimare's Profsssions and Gold Making guide, that way you can have future updates, to always stay current, and to offer you advantage over other player son your realm. |
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Related Links: * WOW Professions Picking Guide FAQ * Ultimate's Professions Guide * Complete WOW Professions FAQs |
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Game:
World of Warcraft
Expansions:
Up to and soon including Mists of Pandaria
Sections:
Leveling, Gold, Achievements, Professions and Dailies, in Game Addons.