Professions in Battle for Azeroth

By perculia Updated: 2025/08/08

Patch 8.2 Profession Updates

The maximum skill level of all primary professions are going up to 175 (Old cap was 150). Most of the new patterns will require you to level up your skill level to this new cap in order to craft new items.

Recipes for mount equipment!

Raid quality gear now always comes with a gem socket.

All recipes have new items to craft, including higher item level gear, stronger consumables, and new enchants.

New Reagents

Dredged Leather / Cragscale - Obtained from skinning creatures on Nazjatar.

Gilded Seaweave - Looted from creatures on Nazjatar.

Osmenite Ore - Mined from mining nodes on Nazjatar.

Abyssal FocusTidalcoreSanguicellBreath of BwonsamdiNotable RecipesPatch 8.1 Profession UpdatesNew MaterialsTidalcoreBreath of BwonsamdiHydrocoreSanguicellSanguicell

Tidalcore: Obtained from bosses when running Heroic and Mythic level dungeons in BfA and used for crafting new epic 385 item level profession gear.

Breath of Bwonsamdi: Obtained from bosses in the new raid Battle for Dazar'alor and used for crafting new epic 400 and 415 item level profession gear.

Notable Recipes

There is a new set of crafted gear at ilvl 385, 400, and 415, including Engineering Goggles and Jewelcrafting Rings. These items are BoP and also require you to have the profession to equip them.

Most notable for Alchemy is new, higher item level Alchemist Stones and a new transmute for turning excess herbs into Anchor Weed. The Potion of the Unveiling Eye also increases stealth detection.

Chefs can craft Honey Potpie to slow attacker's movement speed, a new series of +Stamina food, Boralus Blood Sausage as primary stat food, and Sanguinated Feast as an alternate raid feast.

Enchanters can create Expulsom, a battle pet Enchanted Tiki Mask, and new ways to convert reagents (Veiled Shatter, Veiled Shatter).

Scribes can craft Contract: 7th Legion and Contract: The Honorbound--good news for those who need reputation!

Engineers can craft Unstable Temporal Time Shifter, an unreliable battle Rez, and purchase the recipe for the mechanical spider Mechantula from the Gnomeregan Battle Pet Dungeon.

Scribes also have two fun Water Elemental cosmetic glyphs for Mages - Glyph of Storm's Wake for light blue, and Glyph of the Tides for dark blue.

Leatherworkers can increase the amount of Midnight Salmon caught via Scarlet Herring Lure.

Each expansion now has a separate profession skill bar, with smaller caps for each expansion, instead of one gigantic profession skill bar for all expansions put together:
Classic goes up to 300

Outland, Northrend, Catalcysm, Pandaria goes up to 75

Draenor and Legion goes up to 100

Kul Tiras and Zandalar goes up to 175, as of Rise of Azshara

ExpulsomSanguicellHydrocore

Expulsom is acquired from the Scrapper and some transmutes.

Sanguicell drops from raid bosses and is used to craft the best 370 and 385 BoP Armor.

Hydrocore drops from end bosses in Mythic dungeons and is used to craft 355 armor.

Forgotten Techniques of Zandalar

Forgotten Techniques of Kul Tiras

Forgotten Techniques of Zandalar

Forgotten Techniques of Kul Tiras

Blood Death Knight Consumables

Arcane Mage Consumables

Assassination Rogue Consumables

Frost Death Knight Consumables

Fire Mage Consumables

Outlaw Rogue Consumables

Unholy Death Knight Consumables

Frost Mage Consumables

Subtlety Rogue Consumables

Havoc Demon Hunter Consumables

Brewmaster Monk Consumables

Elemental Shaman Consumables

Vengeance Demon Hunter Consumables

Mistweaver Monk Consumables

Enhancement Shaman Consumables

Balance Druid Consumables

Windwalker Monk Consumables

Restoration Shaman Consumables

Feral Druid Consumables

Holy Paladin Consumables

Affliction Warlock Consumables

Guardian Druid Consumables

Protection Paladin Consumables

Demonology Warlock Consumables

Restoration Druid Consumables

Retribution Paladin Consumables

Destruction Warlock Consumables

Beast Mastery Hunter Consumables

Discipline Priest Consumables

Arms Warrior Consumables

Marksmanship Hunter Consumables

Holy Priest Consumables

Fury Warrior Consumables

Survival Hunter Consumables

Shadow Priest Consumables

Protection Warrior Consumables

Profession OverviewsRecipes | Crafted ItemsBfA Alchemy OverviewAlchemy in 8.2

8.2 Rise of Azshara

8.0 Battle for Azeroth

Abyssal Healing Potion

Coastal Healing Potion

Greater Mystical Cauldron

Mystical Cauldron

Greater Flask of the Undertow

Flask of the Undertow

Greater Flask of the Vast Horizon

Flask of the Vast Horizon

Greater Flask of Endless Fathoms

Flask of Endless Fathoms

Greater Flask of the Currents

Flask of the Currents

Potion of Reconstitution

Potion of Replenishment

Superior Steelskin Potion

Steelskin Potion

Superior Battle Potion of Strength

Battle Potion of Strength

Superior Battle Potion of Stamina

Battle Potion of Stamina

Superior Battle Potion of Intellect

Battle Potion of Intellect

Superior Battle Potion of Agility

Battle Potion of Agility

Potion of Focused Resolve: Narrow your gaze to a single foe. Your damaging abilities will mark the target, increasing your chance to critically strike them up to 20%. Damaging a new target will reset your focus. (1 Min Cooldown)

Potion of Empowered Proximity: Empowers your abilities, increasing your primary stat by 360 for 25 sec. Your primary stat is further increased by the number of enemies within 8 yards of you, up to a maximum of 1800. (1 Min Cooldown)

Potion of Wild Mending: Empowers your mind, giving your healing abilities a chance to restore an additional 5400 health to your target. (1 Min Cooldown)

Potion of Unbridled Fury: ill yourself with unbridled energy, giving your offensive spells and attacks a chance to do an additional 3600 Fire damage to your target. (1 Min Cooldown)

Ascended Alchemist Stone

Trinket: Surging Alchemist Stone, Siren's Alchemist Stone

Alchemists can craft the BoP Champion Equipment Potion of Herb Tracking which has a chance to yield herbs on successful mission.

Alchemists receive increased duration on effects of elixirs and flasks that they know how to make.

Flasks: Flask of the Undertow, Flask of the Vast Horizon, Flask of Endless Fathoms, Flask of the Currents, Mystical Cauldron

Utility Potions: Coastal Mana Potion, Coastal Healing Potion, Ancient Rejuvenation Potion, Potion of Concealment (invisibility), Sea Mist Potion (turn into cloud), Potion of Replenishment (mana regeneration over time / channeled), Demitri's Draught of Deception (invisibility), Potion of Bursting Blood (poison AoE), Lightfoot Potion (movement speed)

Primary Stat Potions:Battle Potion of Agility, Battle Potion of Stamina, Battle Potion of Strength, Battle Potion of Intellect

Tinctures: New Alchemist Tinctures are trinkets with combat buffs either healing you on kill or granting you a bonus based on the Flask you're currently using. Endless Tincture of Renewed Combat, Endless Tincture of Fractional Power

Transmutes: Transmute: Expulsom, Transmute: Fish to Gems, Transmute: Meat to Pet, Transmute: Cloth to Skins, Transmute: Ore to Gems, Transmute: Ore to Cloth, Transmute: Ore to Herbs, Transmute: Herbs to Cloth, Transmute: Herbs to Ore

There are two types of solves, each with three rares - Drust Archaeology Fragment and Zandalari Archaeology Fragment.

Here are the rares for each type below:
Dance of the Dead: When the Drust wished to enchant the minds of their enemies, or prey, they would often do so subtly by leaving small tokens around their targets. Curious objects, when focused on by the holder, would summon a haunting vision of a dancing spectre. This spectre would entrance all who watched it, rendering them docile and easy to dispatch.
Dance of the Dead: Summons a ghostly dancing witch. (10 Min Cooldown)

Restored RevenantAs the Drust became more skilled at trapping souls within objects, so did they become more adept at creating constructs of death in which to trap the souls. Revenants are amongst the fiercest of these creatures. Their bodies constructed from pieces that can no longer decompose, these creatures never tire and will hunt their prey for all eternity.

Pile of Bones: The Drustvar people learned over time that when burying someone or some that there are sadly a number of shady people looking to exhume and reanimate whatever they can find.

Fetish of the Tormented MindUsed to inflict doubt in the enemies of the Drust, this fetish was paramount for twisting the minds of their enemies. Those afflicted would question their motivations, their ideals, or their courage and would often find themselves at the end of a Drust blade before finally rediscovering their resolve.

Fetish of the Tormented Mind: Slow your current enemy target's attack and casting speed by 15% for 5 sec. (1 Min, 30 Sec Cooldown)

Croak CrockDuring times of war, the Zandalari faced off against many powerful foes. Some, even, that they could not break. Their witchdoctors devised these cursed pots and through the use of powerful magic, summoned them at different locations within the enemy's encampment. Shortly after, a fountain of frogs would spring forth, causing a ruckus and confusing the enemy in the process. Little did they know that these frogs carried a plague with them that would quickly devastate their ranks and force them to retreat or surrender.

Croak Crock: Summon a plague of toads. (10 Min Cooldown)

Intact Direhorn HatchlingThe Zandalari are regarded for their beast taming, and one of their greatest allies is that of the direhorn. Plated skin, with spikes protruding from various directions, this creature offered both protection for istelf and that of its master. It was custom for its future master to be the first to see it when it broke free from its shell.surrender.

Intact Direhorn Egg: The Direhorn species is among the toughest and strongest of all things that walk on Azeroth. They can seem like gentle giants, but be cautious that you don't find yourself in front of one when they are on a warpath.

Sanguinating TotemAfter the great plague, there were still those who clung to the magics of the blood god. They tested their magics and perfected them. One such relic was a totem, which when concentrated upon, would drain not just the life from their enemies, but also their blood, infusing the caster with it and altering them in unusual ways. This was the dawn of who the Zandalari call, "The Blood Trolls".

Sanguinating Totem: Drains health from an enemy, transferring it to the caster. (1 Min, 30 Sec Cooldown)

Recipes | Crafted ItemsBfA Blacksmithing OverviewInflatable Mount Shoes

BoP Utility: Khaz'gorian Smithing Hammer - When crafting blacksmithing armor or weapons, there's a chance it will be given the "Indestructible" property. Allows the user to repair all their equipment in an instant. (1 Hour Cooldown)

Blacksmiths can create epic BoP plate armor, up to ilvl 385.

Blacksmiths can craft several BoP Champion Equipment. Storm Silver Spurs decreases mission duration, Platinum Whetstone increases mission success chance, Magnetic Mining Pick has a chance to return ore from successful missions.

Mount Benefits: Monel-Hardened Hoofplates, Monel-Hardened Stirrups

Shield: Stormsteel Shield, Monel-Hardened Shield

Weapons: Monel-Hardened Polearm, Monel-Hardened Shanker, Monel-Hardened Claymore, Monel-Hardened Deckpounder, Monel-Hardened Battleaxe, Monel-Hardened Cutlass, Monel-Hardened Hatchet

Armor: Monal-Hardened, Stormsteel, Honorable Combatant's Plate

Lockpicking: Monelite Skeleton Key

Parts: Monelite Reinforced Chassis, needed for Xiwyllag ATV

BfA Cooking OverviewMecha-Bytes

8.2 Rise of Azshara

Live Battle for Azeroth

Famine Evaluator And Snack Table

Sanguinated Feast

Fragrant Kakavia

Seasoned Steak and Potatoes

Mech-Dowel's "Big Mech"

Honey-Glazed Haunches

Abyssal-Fried Rissole

Reagents: Thick Paleo Steak, Meaty Haunch, Stringy Loins, Briny Flesh, Redtail Loach, Tiragarde Perch, Great Sea Catfish, Lane Snapper, Frenzied Fangtooth, Slimy Mackerel, Sand Shifter

Feasts: Galley Banquet, Bountiful Captain's Feast

Generic: Seasoned Loins, Grilled Catfish

Mastery: Sailor's Pie, Loa Loaf

Versatility: Spiced Snapper, Mon'Dazi

Haste: Swamp Fish 'n Chips, Ravenberry Tarts

Critical Strike: Honey-Glazed Haunches, Kul Tiramisu

Recipe: Heartsbane HexwurstRecipes | Crafted ItemsBfA Enchanting OverviewNotorious Combatant's Sorcerous Scepter

Enchant Weapon - Oceanic Restoration: Permanently enchant a weapon to occasionally increase Intellect by 500 for 15 sec. While active, you restore 500 mana per second.

Enchant Weapon - Machinist's Brilliance: Permanently enchant a weapon to occasionally increase Intellect by 500 for 15 sec. While active, your offensive spells and abilities sometimes increase your Mastery, Haste, or Critical Strike by 100, stacking up to 5 times. Your highest stat is always chosen.

Enchant Weapon - Force Multiplier: Permanently enchant a weapon to occasionally increase Strength or Agility by 500 for 15 sec. While active, your offensive spells and abilities sometimes increase your Mastery, Haste, or Critical Strike by 100, stacking up to 5 times. Your highest stat is always chosen.

Enchant Weapon - Naga Hide: Permanently enchant a weapon to occasionally increase Strength or Agility by 500 for 15 sec. Additionally, while active, your skin is covered in thick scales, allowing you to absorb 15000 damage.

Light-Step Hoofplates

Hearthstone Bracer Enchants: Cooled Hearthing, Safe Hearthing, Swift Hearthing

Battle Pet: Enchanted Tiki Mask

Weapon Enchants: Enchant Weapon - Gale-Force Striking, Enchant Weapon - Torrent of Elements, Enchant Weapon - Siphoning, Enchant Weapon - Coastal Surge
There is a new series of weapon enchants which grant you 50 of a secondary stat for 30 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. Once a stack of 5 is reached, you gain 400 of that stat for 12 seconds. Enchant Weapon - Deadly Navigation, Enchant Weapon - Quick Navigation, Enchant Weapon - Masterful Navigation, Enchant Weapon - Versatile Navigation, Enchant Weapon - Stalwart Navigation

Glove Enchants:Kul Tiran CraftingKul Tiran SurveyingKul Tiran SkinningKul Tiran MiningKul Tiran HerbalismRing Enchants:PvP Wand:Honorable Combatant's Salutary ScepterHonorable Combatant's Sorcerous ScepterReagents:Gloom DustUmbra ShardVeiled CrystalRecipes | Crafted ItemsBfA Engineering OverviewBlingtron 7000Wormhole Generator: Kul TirasWormhole Generator: ZandalarUb3r-SpannerUb3r-Module: Scrap CannonUb3r-Module: Ub3r-CoilUb3r-Module: P.O.G.O.

BoP Helms which increase engineering: AZ3-R1-T3 Bionic Bifocals, AZ3-R1-T3 Gearspun Goggles, AZ3-R1-T3 Orthogonal Optics, AZ3-R1-T3 Synthetic Specs. The Azerite traits have fun names!

Engineers can craft BoP Champion Equipment. Makeshift Azerite Detector has a chance to yield Azerite on successful missions. Monelite Fish Finder has a chance to yield fish on successful missions.

Belt Enchants: Belt Enchant: Holographic Horror Projector, Belt Enchant: Personal Space Amplifier, Belt Enchant: Miniaturized Plasma Shield

Mecha-Mogul Mk2: "The Mecha-Mogul Mk1 created by Mogul Razdunk is currently the top of the line in goblin head flying technology. The Mk2 is a slight variation on the design with a focus on personal transportation over mining and defense. It also fixes an embarrassing security flaw in the Mk1."

Ranged Weapon Devices: Frost-Laced Ammunition, Incendiary Ammunition, Monelite Scope of Alacrity, Crow's Nest Scope

Deployable Attire Rearranger: Summons a device that will allow you to alter the look of your armor. Device lasts for up to 2 min.

Interdimensional Companion Repository: Summons a portable stable master that will allow you to interact with it for up to 2 min.

Electroshock Mount Motivator: Increases mounted movement speed by 10% for 10 sec. Stacks up to 5 times. Increased motivation may cause your mount to become disoriented. Does not stack with other bonuses to mounted speed.

Parts: Super-Charged Engine for Xiwyllag ATV

Bombs: Organic Discombobulation Grenade (polymorph), F.R.I.E.D. (fire damage), Thermo-Accelerated Plague Spreader (AoE Poison)

Melee Weapons: Precision Attitude Adjuster, Magnetic Discombobulator, Honorable Combatant's Discombobulator

Secret Fish and Where to Find ThemHyper-Compressed OceanSecret Fish GogglesSecret Fish of Mechagon

Inconspicuous Catfish

Thunderous Flounder

Camouflaged Snark

Invisible Smelt

Tortollan Tank Dweller

Fathomstalker CloakNazjatar Benthic Gear

Great Sea Ray is a BoE mount from fishing.

U'taka and Rasboralus are rare fish from capital cities.

Midnight Salmon lets you teleport to the nearest fishing node in Kul Tiras or Zandalar.

BFA Herbalism RanksBfA Herbalism Overview

Reagents: Zin'anthid, Riverbud, Sea Stalk, Star Moss, Akunda's Bite, Winter's Kiss, Siren's Pollen, Anchor Weed

Recipes | Crafted ItemsBfA Inscription OverviewNotorious Combatant's Etched VesselMass Mill Zin'anthidMaroon Ink

Highborne Compendium of Swirling Tides: Your healing spells have a chance to grant an ally an absorption shield that absorbs up to 8441 damage for 12 sec. While the shield is active, the targets Primary Stat is increased by 350.

Highborne Compendium of Mystical Bulwark: When you take damage, you have a chance to heal for 4298 health and gain 174 Armor for 10 sec, stacking up to 696 Armor.

Highborne Compendium of Sundering: Your attacks have a chance to inflict Volcanic Pressure on the enemy, dealing 1126 Fire damage every 2 sec for 10 sec. When Volcanic Pressure reaches 6 stacks it erupts, dealing 17834 Fire damage to all nearby enemies.

Highborne Compendium of Storms: Your spells have a chance to conjure a typhoon that travels towards enemies dealing 10703 Nature damage and grant you 64~1 Haste for 15 sec, up to 256 Haste.

Scribes can craft the BoP Champion Equipment Crimson Ink Well which has a chance to yield ink on successful missions.

NEW Your Aquatic Form now appears as a Dolphin.

NEW Your Swift Flight Travel Form appears as your more humble racial flyer.

NEW Your Aquatic Form now appears as a Tideskipper Dolphin.

Raid Buff Scrolls: War-Scroll of Battle Shout, War-Scroll of Fortitude, War-Scroll of Intellect

Vantus Runes: Vantus Rune: Uldir

Contracts: Entering into a contract with a faction awards reputation when completing World Quests. Contract: Champions of Azeroth, Contract: Tortollan Seekers, Contract: Voldunai, Contract: Talanji's Expedition, Contract: Zandalari Empire, Contract: Storm's Wake, Contract: Order of Embers

Tomes: Tome of the Quiet Mind, Codex of the Quiet Mind

Lockpicking: Scroll of Unlocking

Darkmoon: Darkmoon Card of War used to craft Darkmoon Deck: Blockades, Darkmoon Deck: Tides, Darkmoon Deck: Squalls, Darkmoon Deck: Fathoms

Mass-Milling: Mass Mill Anchor Weed, Mass Mill Akunda's Bite, Mass Mill Riverbud, Mass Mill Sea Stalk, Mass Mill Siren's Pollen, Mass Mill Star Moss, Mass Mill Winter's Kiss

Off-hands: Inked Vessel of Robust Regeneration, Inscribed Vessel of Mysticism, Manual of Reverse Wounding, Manual of Elemental Enchancement, Honorable Combatant's Inked Vessel

Ink: Ultramarine Ink, Crimson Ink, Viridescent Ink

Recipes | Crafted ItemsBfA Jewelcrafting OverviewNotorious Combatant's Intuitive StaffMass Prospect Osmenite8.2 Rise of Azshara

Live Battle for Azeroth

Leviathan's Eye of Strength

Kraken's Eye of Strength

Leviathan's Eye of Agility

Kraken's Eye of Agility

Leviathan's Eye of Intellect

Kraken's Eye of Intellect

Deadly Lava Lazuli

Deadly Amberblaze

Masterful Sea Currant

Masterful Tidal Amethyst

Versatile Dark Opal

Versatile Royal Quartz

Quick Sand Spinel

Quick Owlseye

Straddling Sage Agate

Straddling Viridium

Jewelcrafters can craft the BoP Champion Equipment Kaleidoscopic Lens - Chance to bring back gems from successful missions.

Epic Primary Stat Gems: Kraken's Eye of Intellect, Kraken's Eye of Agility, Kraken's Eye of Strength

Experience Gem: Natant Rubellite

Secondary Stat Gems: Quick Owlseye, Masterful Tidal Amethyst, Deadly Amberblaze, Versatile Royal Quartz

Rings: Amberblaze Loop (Crit), Owlseye Loop (Haste), Tidal Amethyst Loop (Mastery), Royal Quartz Loop (Versatility)

Prospecting: , ,

Weapons: Laribole Staff of Alacrity, Scarlet Diamond Staff of Intuition, Viridium Staff of Alacrity, Rubellite Staff of Intuition, Honorable Combatant's Intuitive Staff

Reagents: Golden Beryl, Royal Quartz, Laribole, Amberblaze, Tidal Amethyst, Scarlet Diamond, Owlseye, Kraken's Eye, Kyanite, Viridium, Solstone, Kubiline, Rubellite

Recipes | Crafted ItemsBfA Leatherworking OverviewComfortable Rider's Barding

Leatherworkers can create epic BoP leather and mail armor, up to ilvl 385.

Leatherworkers can create the BoP Champion Equipment Amber Rallying Horn - Increases success chance of missions by 10% for each accompanying troop. They can also craft the BoP Champion Equipment Tempest Hide Pouch - Chance to bring back skins or hides from successful missions..

Armor: Coarse Leather, Shimmerscale, Tempest, Mistscale, Honorable Combatant's Leather and Mail

Weapons: Mistscale Knuckles, Recurve Bow of the Strands, Honorable Combatant's Bow, Honorable Combatant's Cestus, Honorable Combatant's Striker

Mount Enhancement: Coarse Leather Barding

Haste Drum: Drums of the Maelstrom

Scuba Gear: Shimmerscale Diving Suit, Shimmerscale Diving Helmet

Reagents: Blood-Stained Bone, Calcified Bone, Tempest Hide, Shimmerscale, Mistscale

BFA Mining RanksBfA Mining Overview

Ore: Osmenite Ore, Monelite Ore, Platinum Ore, Storm Silver Ore

BFA Skinning RanksBfA Skinning Overview

8.2 Reagents:Dredged Leather and Cragscale

Leather: Tempest Hide, Coarse Leather

Scales: Mistscale, Shimmerscale

Bones: Calcified Bone, Blood-Stained Bone

Recipes | Crafted ItemsBfA Tailoring OverviewSaddlechute

Tailors can enchant any cloak with Discreet Spellthread, Feathery Spellthread, Resilient Spellthread.

Tailors can create epic BoP cloth armor, up to ilvl 385.

Tailors can craft the BoP Champion Equipment Rough-hooked Tidespray Linen, which has a chance to yield cloth on successful missions.

Battle Flags: Battle Flag: Rallying Swiftness, Battle Flag: Phalanx Defense, Battle Flag: Spirit of Freedom

Cloaks: Tidespray Linen Cloak to reduce threat, Tidespray Linen Cloak of Resilience to prevent dazing, Tidespray Linen Cloak of the Feather to reduce damage from falling.

Bags: Embroidered Deep Sea Bag, Deep Sea Bag

Nets: Hooked Deep Sea Net will root the target, Tidespray Linen Net will slow the target

Armor: Sun-Bleached Linen, Honorable Combatant's Satin

Cloth: Tidespray Linen, Deep Sea Satin

Many First Aid achievements are now Legacy Feats of Strength.

Many First Aid recipes were reclassified to Tailoring.

BFA bandages are classified as Tailoring.

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Comments

Comment by Bulo

alchemy wohooo

Comment by Wypnrth

Is there any information about the source of recipes or training for the crafting skills? Are there recipes available without doing any dungeons or will the be a repeat of the sources in Legion where most of them dropped from dungeons? Thanks for all the information so far.

Comment by papaQT

So what is with all the SEA type things? these along with the Felslate Anchor indicate a lot of underwater scenarios? I have not really looked at the new expansion but have not really as yet seen any reference to a new underwater world....

Comment by Zydrin

I am a little confused on how this would work. Say a current level 200 blacksmith, would she be at max level when the new expansion drops or would be be reduced by a percentage to bring her in line with how far she had previously leveled?

Comment by biggcheddar

So for example if I am 790 in Mining currently, will that proportionally translate to the 200 lvl cap? Therefore my new Mining lvl would be 197.5.

Just wondering how this squish will translate.

Comment by biggcheddar

So for example if I am 790 in Mining currently, will that proportionally translate to the 200 lvl cap? Therefore my new Mining lvl would be 197.5.

Just wondering how this squish will translate.

Comment by StormGryphon

I'm wondering if we'll still have the BoP rare crafting mats or if those will finally have been gotten rid of? They're more of an annoyance than anything else.

Comment by carpetshark

Anyone who's on the Alpha know where to learn professions? I'm specifically looking to check out enchanting and tailoring

Comment by Deachu

Hello, i longshot but i try, im gonna start play wow soon with that said im gonna use a lvl 110 boost and if i understand it right if i use it on a lvl 1 i dont get proffesiions leveld to 700? but if charachter is 60 + it will, SO my question is, if its worth levling charachter to 60+ to get leveld proffesions before "bfa" or if it maby dont mather? if you understand my question? :)

Comment by themachinez

Any information if we can drop the profession on the go and pick them up later like we did in legion?
Will our skill/levels in that profession reset once we drop it?

Thanks!

Comment by Taurocretan

How will racials be affected? For example, Blood Elf have a racial that increases enchanting by 10 points. Will it be added just for the BfA section?

Comment by Mementomori1993

Any news on if recipe tiers/stars will be returning? I found them to be incredibly frustrating in Legion and don't like the idea of grinding levels on profession recipes.

Comment by Varrigal

didnt all these raid buff scrolls already exist when they first implemented inscrip? then they took them out,and now adding in again? or am i miss remembering?

Comment by lcarnegie

I understand that BFA will be a new level. Question, if I am maxed out 800 on lets say jewelcrafting, are the rest of the expansion slot levels maxed out? aka classic, cata, dreanor, etc? I assume so but curious

Comment by 169852

I am a multi-profession person and have been following their progress each week as they are updated on alpha / beta. Guides have already been put out as if they are close to final. As of this date I think only engineering and alchemy are close to final. I think the others in terms of missing recipes or the wrong ingredients still have a lot of changes still to occur. For example each armor profession can make an ilvl 210 set (for gearing newly levelled characters - eg allied races) and an ilvl 300 set (for gearing at 120 or even before). (As a guide ilvl 1000 legendaries equate to ilvl 265 in Bfa). The different ingredients required for the ilvl 300 gear by profession are huge - for example the blacksmithing ones require no expulsom (yet they will have a supply from mining) whereas the tailoring ones require huge amounts of expulsom (and will have limited supply from disenchanting I presume). Theres also some obvious gaps (eg 2-handed weapons) or probable errors (eg staff being made by scribes restricted to mages). The scrap-o-meter where you demolish crafted gear in return for raw materials and a chance at expulsom has (mostly) not been working yet - so how good this is markedly effects how easy it will be to craft ilvl 300 sets. At the moment each armor profession can make an ivl 340 piece (same as mythic dungeon drops) and an ilvl 355 piece (same as normal raid I presume) - but these require a lot of ingredients and dungeon drops to make - the same quality items can be got from reputation vendors. I remember in legion the obliteratum forge did not become clear until close to the end of beta. I think the same thing will happen with the scrap-o-meter - and that crafting professions are still very much a work in progress. It would not surprise me if the scrap-o-meter ultimately had the similar function to the forge in legion where you could add 5 ilvls a time to the ilvl 300 gear up to say ilvl 350. What's not highlighted in the review is the ability of crafting professions to make items that affect table missions - so they can make items that increase the chance of mission success - and additionally make items that mean missions return with additional ore or cloth or herbs.

Comment by lankybrit

So, the maximum skill cap is 200, but there are achievements for getting to 950 in Archeology. What's going on?

Comment by 1874865

I loved inscription in wotlk and cata and I hope those Raid Buff Scrolls will make inscription worth again. After they turned glyphs into pure cosmetics I feel like inscription is more or less an useless profession.
Question: will engineering and tailoring back enchants going to stack?
Thanks for keeping us tuned!

Comment by onecrazykid

If you have double crafting toons (thanks WoD), is it worth changing one to a gathering even if you have other feeder toons? Is there anything like Blood of Sargeras, which are BoP and more easily obtained through gathering, that are going to be required to craft certain items?

Comment by Theossy

Have I understood it correctly, that you can basically pick up any given profession at lvl 1 (out of 150) and be on equal footing with everybody else at the very start of the expansion? Or is there a reason (any reason) to pre-emptively lvl up professions now in Legion just to have them ready for BfA?

Comment by Ringthayne

Could you give a bit more detail on Fishing? Do we keep the Fishing Artifact in BfA, if we have one? I'm unsure whether to farm another artifact fishing pole or not for my new main toon for BfA.

Comment by Tribune

Am i correct in thinking: that while i will be able to start BFA crafting on those characters I have not kept up to date; I will also not be able to use BFA crafting to catch up on old crafting?
So for example i have a poor neglected paladin: He is 110 but alchemy is only 751. I will start at 1/150 BFA alchemy and be all ready to go but to finish my previous Alchemy I will need to finish all the Legion quests and/or make legion items to get to 100 (what was 800)? Also what happens with Darkmoon Faire? +5 to all various parts of a profession +5 to just the current?

Comment by 851196

I intend to reroll some of my professions at BfA. Can I expect to be able to use a Forgotten Schematics of the Broken Isles if I want my previous profession back?

Comment by graysongaming

The professions seem broke right now. I just learned draenor inscription and it's 0/0 and I cant learn anything further from the trainer. I have orange spells, but they are not giving my levels. Don't waste your money and items until Blizzard address this.

Comment by Manni

On what planet would you want your engineering helm to increase engineering skill? Is there some bonus we are missing?

Comment by Ordwin

If they want professions to be totally ignored in the future, they're on a good way. LW was utterly useless in Legion and looks like it will be again in BFA.
Looks like the only professions still worth anything is the undisputed king of moneymaking ALCHEMY and maybe, maybe enchanting and jewelcrafting. Engineering is largerly useless now, but still has some gadgets I can't live without, but those can be bought in auction, so whatever.

And here I though they wanted to make professions more relevant again. That was before Legion, now two expansions later it's worse than ever.

I don't care how they do it.... hell, I liked how professions worked in Legion (a bit of grand questwork instead of just gathering and crafting till world's end), it's just that the CONTENT was absolute s*ite.

Let's take a look at LW:
- gear that is worse than dungeon gear and looks terrible so no one wants it even to unlock transmog looks
- drums that are useless because almost every class now has bloodlust 5% more effective than drums
- leather barding that I only use myself because it's one of recipes that don't have star system (thus eat resources like crazy), and sell in AH for under 90 gold
- oh right, there's that pet bed that nobody ever wanted

nuff said

IDEAL crafting:
- you can craft gear you can USE. That means using outer world materials to make items good enough for running dungeons. Using dungeon REAGENTS (aka special hides/scales from animal bosses etc) to craft items good enough to raid (currently you need to actually already run the content to even get the resources to craft items, making crafting items NOT AN UPGRADE)

- to make crafting relevant, you'd have to move all equipment not classified as unique-to-boss to crafting, while everything in the game would only drop resources for crafting (as in, scraps of metal, leather, scale, cloth, etc). I've said it before and gonna say it again, it makes no damn sense for a goat to drop epic gear. Or a full plate-wearing boss to drop cloth robes. He should drop his unique armor or weapon and EVEN THAT should have s*it stats for transmog purposes ONLY.

- I know, I read too much oriental literature, but heck, they have a good idea about where MMORPGs COULD go if we let them. We already have technology for near-infinite computer-generated maps. We could take a goddamn empty map and build our own damn cities there with a little sandbox.

SADLY, that would require to build the game from the ground up... which is something no developer has the balls to do, they'll rather pile so much s*it on top of 20+ yo engine that every change in the system now breaks half of the game.

Comment by gunsotsu

wish they would add an item that just lets you relearn ALL recipes when you change profs..many ppl have recipes removed from game, other recipes are gated by messed up rep grinds (hero of shatrath), still others are ridiculously hard to farm. even more, other recipes require having multiple accounts just to transfer them between factions.

i shudder at the fact of ever abandoning blacksmithing/engineering etc..good thing i have all profs maxed on 6 toons.

Comment by Valckin

will spirit cauldrons be usful in BFA?

Comment by kaynen

Zero experience for arching. That really was a let down.
Power lv to 120 and arch then Id say. Call is yours. wasted time farming exp. Man really a let down on that.

Comment by SackoFrito

Currently I am Tailoring and Engineering.

If I were to drop 1 (or both) of them, pick up a gathering profession while leveling, then once I hit 120, go back to them, do I lose all the recipes I had before and my skill just drops back to zero, or does my skill just reset?

Comment by 21182

Just to note that in the Alchemy section references Ancient Rejuvenation Potion (Legion Rejuvenation Potion) instead of Coastal Rejuvenation Potion (BFA Rejuvenation Potion)

Comment by bipolargirl

Why aren't all the types of fish listed under fishing? All the types of herbs are listed under herbalism and all the types of ore are listed under mining etc. I'd like to see a list of each type of fish and maybe what area it's found in. Just a suggestion for the guide.

Comment by Aerynsun8449

Ok, this is one of those, whiskey tango foxtrot things. I'm standing next to a Cooking Supplies NPC, Hai'zujin. There is a fire, a skillet, a long handled fork between us. I bought some cooking supplies and thought I'd make some Mon'Dazi. So, I open up my cooking, click on create all, and was told, I needed a cooking fire. Um, what's that between Hai'zujin and myself, a bucket of water? I move a tad closer (not wanting to stand IN the fire) and try again. Same results. Really, whiskey tango foxtrot. So I bring out my own cooking fire and make the Mon'Dazi. But really, why Blizzard programmer, put a fire next to a cooking supply NPC that isn't functional? Yeah, it looks nice, and it's not difficult or time consuming to pull up my own cook fire. But seriously, why didn't you make it functional?

I'm thinking yet another example where the programmers just do not think when they do things. Yeah, it looks nice.

Comment by Aerynsun8449

One more, whiskey tango foxtrot thing. In Zandalar, Taste of Zandalar section resides the cooking trainer. The closest cooking vendor I've found is one level up in the Spirits Be With You inn, Ka'ro the Chopper. I'm shaking my head as to why the programmers thought they'd put the person you buy the supplies from that far away from the person you learn new recipes from. In contrast, the Books and Flasks vendor, Motla stands 10 feet away from both the Alchemy and Inscription trainers. The Hammer of the King, Atulanji stands next to the Blacksmithing trainer and about 40 feet away from the Engineering trainer (I'm assuming it's the same vendor, I didn't bring my Engineer over yet). Tailoring & Leatherworking Supplies, Aman de Child stands 5 feet away from the Tailoring Trainer and 10 feet away from the Leatherworking trainer. Lona is again 10 feet from the Jewelcrafting trainer, Enchantress Quinni is both vendor and trainer for Enchanting.

So, why, Blizzard programmers, did you put the cooking vendor so far away from the cooking trainer? Not just that far away, but on different levels to boot. I'm sure someone thought it logical for that vendor to be at the inn. But then, what was their reasoning for putting the trainer down with all those other vendors that don't sell cooking supplies? Was it that difficult to give Poki or Meli'wa Wild Flour, Foosaka, Wild Berries, or Powdered Sugar to sell along with their other items? Or, more logically, put the trainer in the inn as well?

Comment by Aerynsun8449

Just curious, most of the other guides that list the table of contents along the right side, when you click on the subject of interest takes you to that subject. For instance, were I to click on Tailor, I would be taken to the Tailor section of the guide. But, that's not the case with this one. Are the links broken or were they not put in. Not that big a deal as all it takes is some scrolling, everything is in alphabetic order so easy to find. Just curious is all.

Comment by Ilaya

BfA profession (Kul Tiras / Zandalar) max skill level is 175 at the moment.

Comment by finz

cant find anything to indicate where to train for BfA fishing or archeology. Still stuck at max level Legion skills and cant get advancement for BfA levels.....

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