Buildings for Professions and Crafting

By Wowhead Updated: 2018/04/17

Without a profession, you can craft some items with a Garrison building. This guide breaks down what items are included/excluded.

With a profession, you can craft the most powerful items. You can buy the recipes at your Garrison building or in Ashran.

It is useful to have a Garrison building for your profession because you can generate more materials for crafting gear with Work orders, which lets you craft things faster and hit 700 sooner.

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Crafting Items Without Professions

Level 1 profession buildings are automatically learned when you upgrade your Garrison to level 2. They take 0 Garrison Resources and to construct.

Level 2 profession buildings require a blueprint that costs . It is unlocked when you are 96 or have completed Talador. They take 0 Garrison Resources and to construct.

Level 3 profession buildings require a blueprint that costs . You unlock the blueprint at level 100 by completing Working More Orders. They take 0 Garrison Resources and to construct.

Alchemy Lab Level 1: Crescent Oil, Draenic Invisibility Potion, Draenic Living Action Potion, Draenic Mana Potion, Draenic Swiftness Potion, Draenic Water Breathing Elixir, Draenic Water Walking Elixir, Pure Rage Potion

Alchemy Lab Level 2: Draenic Agility Potion, Draenic Versatility Potion, Draenic Channeled Mana Potion, Draenic Intellect Potion, Draenic Strength Potion

Alchemy Lab Level 3: Draenic Agility Flask, Draenic Intellect Flask, Draenic Strength Flask, Draenic Stamina Flask

The Forge Level 1: rare armor. Smoldering Greaves, Smoldering Breastplate, Smoldering Helm

The Forge Level 2: rare weapons (Steelforged Aegis, Steelforged Axe, Steelforged Dagger, Steelforged Greataxe, Steelforged Hammer, Steelforged Saber, Steelforged Shield), Truesteel Grinder, and Truesteel Reshaper.

The Forge Level 3: epic armor. Truesteel Waistguard, Truesteel Boots, Truesteel Armguards, Truesteel Breastplate, Truesteel Gauntlets, Truesteel Greaves, Truesteel Helm, Truesteel Pauldrons

Enchanter's Study Level 1

Enchanter's Study Level 1: Breath enchants for rings (Enchant Ring - Breath of Critical Strike, Enchant Ring - Breath of Mastery, Enchant Ring - Breath of Mastery, Enchant Ring - Breath of Haste, Enchant Ring - Breath of Versatility), Luminous Shard, Enchanted Dust, Enchant Weapon - Mark of the Shattered Hand.

Enchanter's Study Level 2: Breath enchants for cloaks and necks, as well as Gift enchants for rings. Breath of Critical Strike, Breath of Haste, Breath of Mastery, Breath of Critical Strike, Breath of Versatility, Breath of Critical Strike, Breath of Haste, Breath of Mastery, Breath of Haste, Breath of Versatility, Gift of Critical Strike, Gift of Haste, Gift of Mastery, Gift of Mastery, Gift of Versatility

Enchanter's Study Level 3: Gift enchants for cloaks and necks. Gift of Critical Strike, Gift of Haste, Gift of Mastery, Gift of Critical Strike, Gift of Versatility, Gift of Critical Strike, Gift of Haste, Gift of Mastery, Gift of Haste,

Gem Boutique Level 1: basic jewelry. Glowing Blackrock Band, Glowing Iron Band, Glowing Iron Choker, Shifting Blackrock Band, Shifting Iron Band, Shifting Iron Choker, Whispering Blackrock Band, Whispering Iron Band, Whispering Iron Choker
Gem Boutique Level 2: regular gems (+35 secondary stat (Critical Strike Taladite, Haste Taladite, Mastery Taladite, Haste Taladite, Versatility Taladite, Stamina Taladite)) and the Taladite Recrystallizer.
Gem Boutique Level 3: epic ilvl 640 jewelry. Whispering Taladite Pendant, Shifting Taladite Pendant, Glowing Taladite Pendant, Whispering Taladite Ring, Shifting Taladite Ring, Glowing Taladite Ring

The Tannery Level 1: rare armor (Journeying Slacks, Journeying Robes,Journeying Helm, Traveling Leggings, Traveling Tunic, Traveling Helm) and Drums of Fury.
The Tannery Level 2: epic capes (Brilliant Burnished Cloak, Nimble Burnished Cloak, Powerful Burnished Cloak) and Leather Refurbishing Kit.
The Tannery Level 3: craft epic armor. Supple Shoulderguards, Supple Helm, Supple Waistguard, Supple Boots, Supple Vest, Supple Leggings, Supple Gloves, Supple Bracers, Wayfaring Shoulderguards, Wayfaring Helm, Wayfaring Tunic, Wayfaring Belt, Wayfaring Gloves, Wayfaring Bracers, Wayfaring Boots, Wayfaring Leggings

Tailoring Emporium Level 1: rare armor. Sumptuous Cowl, Sumptuous Leggings, Sumptuous Robes
Tailoring Emporium Level 2: epic capes (Brilliant Hexweave Cloak, Nimble Hexweave Cloak, Powerful Hexweave Cloak) and Hexweave Embroidery to reroll stats.
Tailoring Emporium Level 3: epic armor. Hexweave Belt, Hexweave Slippers, Hexweave Bracers, Hexweave Robe, Hexweave Gloves, Hexweave Leggings, Hexweave Cowl, Hexweave Mantle

Items that Require a Profession

The following items require you to have a profession to craft.

You obtain the following recipes via a daily cooldown that generates a token. These tokens can be turned into profession vendors at your garrison building or Ashran faction hub for recipes.

DK Glyphs: , , , , , ,
Druid Glyphs: , , , , , , , , , , Glyph of the Sun, Travel Form
Hunter Glyphs: , ,
Mage Glyphs: ,
Monk Glyphs: , , , Yu'lon's Gift, , , , , , ,
Paladin Glyphs: , , , , , , ,
Priest Glyphs: , , , , , , , , , ,
Rogue Glyphs: , , ,
Shaman Glyphs: , , , , , , , , , ,
Warlock Glyphs: , , , , , ,
Warrior Glyphs: , , , , , , ,
Trinket upgrades: Unstable Ensorcelled Tarot, Unstable Greater Ensorcelled Tarot
Weapon upgrades: Unstable Weapon Crystal, Unstable Greater Weapon Crystal

Benefits to Having a Building for Profession

Having a building for your profession generates more crafting materials needed for high-end recipes with large skillups.

With just a low-skill profession, you can get ~4 materials each day from a daily cooldown spell.

With Work Orders, you can generate additional crafting materials every 4 hours. You have a 50% chance to double your Work Orders with an assigned level 90 follower, and this chance increases to 100% with a level 100 follower.

More reagents means you can hit 700 faster. When you max out, several perks are available:

Your daily cooldown spell gives you more materials, and the cooldown has a recharge mechanism. It comes with 3 charges, each of which takes 24 hours to recharge, so you can skip a few days and not fall behind.
Several items have high-level profession requirements to use. Blingtron 5000 and engineering goggles are 600, Creeping Carpet and Riding Harness are 700.

Buildings for Materials

These buildings can assist players with professions in getting the materials they need for crafting.

As stated above, many buildings have Work Orders that can generate additional materials.

Building	Raw Materials	Completed Order
Alchemy Lab	5 Frostweed	Alchemical Catalyst, also Sorcerous Fire or Sorcerous Water
Barn	Trap a beast, species determines reward.	15 Raw Beast Hide, Savage Feast, Sumptuous Fur, Savage Blood from L3 elites
Bunker / Mill	20 Garrison Resources	Iron Horde Scraps, also items to upgrade follower ilvl (Weapon Enhancement Token, Armor Enhancement Token)
Enchanter's Study	5 Draenic Dust	Fractured Temporal Crystal, also Sorcerous Fire or Sorcerous Air
Engineering Works	2 True Iron Ore, 2 Blackrock Ore	Gearspring Parts, also Sorcerous Fire or Sorcerous Air
Forge	5 True Iron Ore	Truesteel Ingot, also Sorcerous Fire or Sorcerous Earth
Gem Boutique	5 Blackrock Ore	Taladite Crystal, also Sorcerous Earth or Sorcerous Air
Gladiator's Sanctum	50 Broken Bones from kills	Primal Combatant PvP Gear
Herbalism	5 Draenic Seeds	Several herbs, can specify type with a follower
Lumber Mill	10 Timber	20 Garrison Resources
Scribe's Quarters	2 Cerulean Pigment	War Paints, also Sorcerous Water or Sorcerous Earth
Mine	5 Draenic Stone	5 Blackrock Ore
Tannery	5 Raw Beast Hide	Burnished Leather, also Sorcerous Earth or Sorcerous Water
Tailoring Emporium	5 Sumptuous Fur	Hexweave Cloth, also Sorcerous Water or Sorcerous Air
Trading Post	5 of a random resource	20 Garrison Resources

These buildings do not let you craft anything, but have reagents:

Barn

The Barn helps with fur for Tailoring, skins for Leatherworking, and Savage Blood for top-tier crafting recipes.
Different materials are acquired by trapping different Draenor beasts for Work Orders:
Iron Trap: Clefthoof, Elekk - Leather, Talbuk, Wolf - Fur
Improved Iron Trap: Clefthoof, Elekk - Leather, Talbuk, Wolf - Fur, Riverbeast, Boar - Meat
Deadly Iron Trap: Clefthoof, Elekk - Leather, Talbuk, Wolf - Fur, Riverbeast, Boar - Meat. Also works on elites for Savage Blood.

Barn Level 1 takes 0 Garrison Resources and . Upgrading to Level 3 takes 0 Garrison Resources and for Level 2 and 0 Garrison Resources and for Level 3.

Trading Post Level 1

The Trading Post Level 1 lets you trade inGarrison Resources for 5 herbs, Sumptuous Fur, fish, meat, ore, Draenic Dust, or Raw Beast Hide.
You can unlock the trader at level 1 by completing Tricks of the Trade, a quick quest where you wake up a trader with coffee! Traders offer better deals at different times, so check back later if you don’t like their prices.
Building Trading Post Level 1 takes 0 Garrison Resources and .

Mine

The Mine helps players collect ore. Additional Ore can be gotten at Level 2 if a follower assigned to the Mine.
The quest to unlock Lunarfall Excavation / Frostwall Mines Level 1 is available at 92: Things Are Not Goren Our Way/Things Are Not Goren Our Way.

Herb Garden

The Herb Garden lets players pick Draenor herbs daily.
The quest to unlock Herb Garden Level 1 is available at 96 and you must have a level 2 or 3 Garrison to place the building: Clearing the Garden / Clearing the Garden

Comments

Comment by 1399999

This was a handy explanation. What is the opinion on what building to have with what professions? For example, I have alchemy and herbalism as professions. Would I want the Alchemy building by default then? What would I use with it?

Comment by Palisis

Talk about over complicated. Why have professions at all if this system is in place. Its overly redundant and messy. Most of this isnt even explained in game.

Comment by 1268361

Still mats are too slow to accumulate

Comment by derby31

All professions except Archaeology, Cooking and First Aid have a garrison building aimed at that profession. We even have a couple of new 'professions' in logging and salvaging that have their own buildings. We need more for the secondary professions.

Museum for Archaeology. Canteen/pub for Cooking (replacing the Herb Garden with a Farm). Hospital for First Aid.

Suitable followers for each one (e.g. Harrison Jones for a Museum). Work orders for each building.

Comment by Shubi

Improve your work orders in Forge (for use by blacksmiths)

--> Blacksmithing Can reduce your durability damage and increase work order output when assigned to the Forge.
A follower with this trait can be assigned to work in the level 2 or higher Forge.

When working in the building, the building's work order yield is increased (affected by the follower level) and you are allowed the use of two special buffs which are gained by talking to the working follower:

Song of the Anvil- No weapon or armor durability loss from use for four hours
Solace of the Forge - A chance to summon Guardian of the Forge to help you in combat while Draenor outdoor zones for four hours

(Rulkan = only follower with Blacksmithing)

Before you can take Rulkan's quest to get her as a follower, you must go through the quest chain starting with Into Twilight, and eventually get Chasing Shadows which sends you up to Exile's Rise to meet Rulkan.
She will then give you the quest, Ancestor's Memory, which just has you hop down the cliff, go into the cave, and click the totem in back. She'll join you in the cave and show you a vision.
At the end, turn in the quest, and when you take the quest Rulkan, you get her as a follower.

(Na'Shra = only follower with Blacksmithing):

In Frostfire Ridge, Initiate Na'Shra (65,0; 39,5) in Gate of the Breakers offers Smeltcraft for you and after completing it, Weaponsmith Na'Shral joins your garrison.

I hope this will help you! :D

Comment by Rushoom

Is it just me or does the current profs seem a bit 'lacking'. I mean as an engineer / enchanter / scribe and tailor. It seems lacking to me in the skills department. Maybe I'm just not sure to not being able to enchant my bracers / chest / shoulders / pants and boots past ilvl 600 and unlock the new lockboxes with powderkegs.

Comment by BorickHyjal

The tradeskill buildings will work their orders even when they aren't active. Take advantage of this by building a storehouse (for the 15 extra work orders) and keep only one small tradeskill building active at a time (Salvage Yard should be your third small building).

Each day when you gather resources from the tradeskill building, refill it and then replace it with the next tradeskill building in your cycle and level the building to 2 (for the follower bonus). If you do this each day you will collect a full load of 29 orders instead of just 6 per day. It will cost 450 gold to swap these buildings, but that expense is easily mitigated with income from missions and the salvage yard, and you should be able to produce at least 2 iLevel 645 BOE epics per week. Sell the epics you don't use in the AH (They should still sell for good cash well into the next raid tier).

This method optimizes the use of the resources you gather each day and allows you to always have a bank and salvage yard active while still gathering orders from all the tradeskill buildings. Instead of selling your mats in a flooded market you'll be processing them into BoE epics that have a higher profit margin.

Buildings for Professions and Crafting

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