Guide to Garrison Work Orders

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Work Order BasicsFor this entire process, you don’t need to actually train the profession.

Level 1: 7 orders

Level 2: 14 orders

Level 3: 21 orders

Return to Table of ContentsWork Order Buildings and Rewards

Building

Raw Materials

Completed Order

Alchemy Lab

5 Frostweed

2 Alchemical Catalyst, also Sorcerous Fire or Sorcerous Water

Barn

Trap a beast, species determines reward.

30 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

2 Fractured Temporal Crystal, also Sorcerous Fire or Sorcerous Air

Engineering Works

2 True Iron Ore, 2 Blackrock Ore

2 Gearspring Parts, also Sorcerous Fire or Sorcerous Air

Forge

5 True Iron Ore

2 Truesteel Ingot, also Sorcerous Fire or Sorcerous Earth

Gem Boutique

5 Blackrock Ore

2 Taladite Crystal, also Sorcerous Earth or Sorcerous Air

Gladiator's Sanctum

10 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

2 War Paints, also Sorcerous Water or Sorcerous Earth

2 Burnished Leather, also Sorcerous Earth or Sorcerous Water

Tailoring Emporium

5 Sumptuous Fur

2 Hexweave Cloth, also Sorcerous Water or Sorcerous Air

Trading Post

5 of a random resource

30 Garrison Resources

MediumLargeApexis CrystalMage TowerOgre WaystoneApexis CrystalMission Completion OrdersSavage BloodReturn to Table of ContentsFollowers and Work Orders

Alchemy: Bruma Swiftstone / Ka'la and Shelly Hamby / Mulverick

Blacksmithing: Rulkan / Gronnstalker Rokash and Artificer Romuul / Weaponsmith Na'Shra

Enchanting: Ahm

Engineering: Kimzee Pinchwhistle and Apprentice Artificer Andren / Kal'gor the Honorable

Herbalism: Fiona / Shadow Hunter Rala

Inscription: Admiral Taylor / Benjamin Gibb

Jewelcrafting: Artificer Romuul / Weaponsmith Na'Shra and Qiana Moonshadow / Olin Umberhide

Leatherworking: Shelly Hamby / Mulverick and Bruma Swiftstone / Ka'la

Mining: Lantresor of the Blade

Skinning: Goldmane the Skinner and Hulda Shadowblade / Dark Ranger Velonara

Tailoring: Pleasure-Bot 8000

Inn / TavernReturn to Table of ContentsStorehouse

Level 1: Enables access to your personal bank and increases the total number of active work orders for all buildings by 5.

Level 2: Enables access to your guild bank.

Level 3: Enables access to an Ethereal Trader for Void Storage and Transmogrification and increases the total number of active work orders for all buildings by 15.

Storehouse Level 1Storehouse Level 2Storehouse Level 3Got My Mind On My Draenor MoneyReturn to Table of Contents6.1 Rush OrdersRush Orders

Rush Orders for professions are acquired by completing Profession missions, which require a Level 3 profession building.

Rush Orders for all other buildings are purchased with Garrison Resources from your Garrison Quartermaster.

Buildings without Rush Orders are the Trading Post and Mage Tower.

Work Order Achievements

Working More Orders: Completing 250 Work Orders unlocks blueprints for all Level 3 profession buildings. There are additional achievements in this series, up to 750 Work Orders.

Master Trapper: Completing 125 Work Orders at the Barn unlocks Barn, Level 3. There are additional achievements in this series, up to 500 Work Orders.

Choppin' Some Logs: Place 10 Work Orders at the Lumber Mill.

Choppin' Some More Logs: Place 50 Work Orders at the Lumber Mill. Rewards the Lumberjack title.

Choppin' Even More Logs: Place 100 Work Orders at the Lumber Mill. Rewards Commandojack or Timber Lord title.

Upgrading the Mill: Complete 75 Work Orders at the Mill, Legacy of the Ancients, and Reduction in Force to unlock the Lumber Mill, Level 3.

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Comments

Comment by tabletop

Do your work orders stack up or do I need to loot every 4 hour (for most)? I'm wondering because I'm done lvling my main and about to start an alt Im wondering if I can just stock pile some work orders and come back tomorrow and loot

Comment by Lupin3rd

Does the quality of the follower (uncommon/rare/epic) affect the reward?
i mean we could have 6 different cases:
1) uncommon level < 100
2) uncommon level 100
3) rare < 100
4) rare level 100
5) epic < 100
6) epic level 100
how is the reward affected by those combination?

Comment by wgodfrey34

Who do I talk to/recruit to start a work order at the fishing shack? I see the spot where I should be able to loot a work order... I hover over it and it says I have one available to start... but after talking to the npcs, I still can't find who to give mats to start it. Any ideas? (screenshot of the box posted over at the fishing shack lvl 2 section: Fishing Shack Level 2)

Comment by Doeg

In my opinion, the single most limiting factor is that each work order takes 4 hours, lined up in a sequential queue - and there appears to be no way to improve that performance.

There are two upgrades to each building, to a maximum of Level 3 - that increases the number of work orders that can be put in the queue.
One follower of the correct trait can be assigned to a building - that increases the materials gained from a work order.
At this point it does not appear that one toon can build two identical small profession buildings; i.e. two Forges.
The output materials are soulbound.

This leads me to conclude that the WoW designers intended a hard cap on the profession output of a single toon.
The only way around that cap is the old standby: Level your alts and put them to work too...

Comment by shandita

nice work

Comment by solitha

If you were to fill your queue, this is the amount of time you could take before collecting your work order and refilling the queue.

Work order building no Storehouse Level 1 Storehouse Level 3 Storehouse

Level 1 1 day 4 hours 2 days 3 days 16 hours
Level 2 2 days 8 hours 3 days 4 hours 4 days 20 hours
Level 3 3 days 12 hours 4 days 8 hours 6 days

Comment by solitha

Mats needed to fill your queue from empty.

Alchemy Lab (Frostweed), Enchanter's Study (Draenic Dust), Forge (True Iron Ore), Gem Boutique (Blackrock Ore), Herb Garden (Draenic Seeds), Mine (Draenic Stone), Tannery (Raw Beast Hide), Tailoring Emporium (Sumptuous Fur), Trading Post (Random crafting material)
Building no Storehouse Level 1 Storehouse Level 3 Storehouse
Level 1 35 60 110
Level 2 70 95 145
Level 3 105 130 180

Dwarven Bunker/War Mill (Garrison Resources)
Building no Storehouse Level 1 Storehouse Level 3 Storehouse
Level 1 140 240 440
Level 2 280 380 580
Level 3 420 520 720

Engineering Works (each, True Iron Ore and Blackrock Ore), Scribe's Quarters (Cerulean Pigment)
Building no Storehouse Level 1 Storehouse Level 3 Storehouse
Level 1 14 24 44
Level 2 28 38 58
Level 3 42 52 72

Gladiator's Sanctum (Broken Bones), Lumber Mill (Timber)
Building no Storehouse Level 1 Storehouse Level 3 Storehouse
Level 1 70 120 220
Level 2 140 190 290
Level 3 210 260 360

Comment by Soeroah

When I had 17 out of 18 Forge work orders complete, I added a just-turned level 100 Blacksmith follower to the Forge. When I picked up my work orders a few hours later, I was surprised to see 36 Ingots instead of 18.

I have no idea if it was a bug, a fluke, intentional or what, but it seems as if you could double the material reward from a building simply by putting the relevant follower there before the final work order is completed, and run missions with them for a few days beforehand.

Anyone had a similar experience?

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:

(Rulkan = only follower with Blacksmithing)

(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 1407059

I have a question. I did a work order in one of my guild mates Garrison. It states that my work order is complete and I can pick it up...but I can't find out where to pick it up at. Where would I go to pick this up? It was at the Forged Weapons and Armor building. I just don't know where to go to get it. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Comment by RCanine

Profession level 3 buildings only add to your work order capacity. Is there any point to upgrading them, other than achievement progress and the ability to take a vacation?

Comment by corners

You can still quest with your followers, then put them back into their jobs after the quests before you loot the work orders.

1. Quest with follower with profession trait

2. Put follower back into garrison job after long garrison quest is done (i did long garrison quests when i logged off so i could get best bang for buck with follower experience)

3. THEN loot work orders from profession buildings.

Rinse and repeat this until lvl 100 so you can level your followers and still benefit from work order procs as if they were working the whole time.

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Comment by Detinator247

What happens if you upgrade a garrison building while it has a shipment of work orders for oyu to pick up?

Comment by Lilikoi

A question about the *timing* of when a follower gets assigned to a garrison building, versus when a follower is pulled off assignment, and the impact that has on the amount of resources received when you pick up the associated work orders:

The Garrison Follower Guide says:
As a general bonus for level 100 followers, the follower will always double the yield from work orders for small profession buildings when a follower is assigned to a building.

But what about the timing?

For example (scenario 1): Start 7 work orders at The Forge, without a follower assigned there at the moment when you queue up those 7 work orders. Afterwards, run to the garrison Architect Table, and assign a follower to The Forge. Now, since the follower bonus was *not active* at the moment when you queued up those 7 work orders, do you not get the 2x production bonus? Or would you still get twice the yield when you pick up the work orders later, since the follower was assigned for nearly all of the production time?

Or how about this (scenario 2): You have a level 3 Forge in your garrison, and you queue up 21x work orders while having the *Follower Bonus Active*. Work orders are produced every 4 hours, so your queue will take 84 hours (3.5 days) to run dry. Now, run back to your Architect Table right away, and pull that follower off the building, and spend the next 3 days happily running missions with that follower. Pick up your work orders whenever you want... but will you receive the extra yield, since the follower was *not assigned* while the work orders percolated through the queue? Or what if you re-assign the follower first, just long enough to go pick up your work orders, and then pull it off again to continue more missions?

I guess it boils down to this: When, exactly, is the bonus work order yield calculated? Is it....
At the moment when you click the button to start a work order?
At the moment when you pick up your work orders?
Or is there a monitoring process that ensures a follower must stay assigned to the building the whole time?

Let's hire a gnome to find out....

TL;DR, but the gnome did studies, you know, and 60% of the time, it works every time. Let's go see if we can make this little kitty purr.

Comment by DigitalSorceress

Was hoping to see if this was already asked/answered but I haven't seen it:

Here's the situation: I have a storehouse lvl 1 and my tannery is full of all workorders (including the bonus ones from having storehouse. However, I really don't use my bank on this toon and I want to swap out the storehouse for a salvage yard - I'm curious if the in progress work orders will still complete.

Based on how the other perks work (adding a follower just before picking up a workorder, adding a follower just to spawn ore carts) I am guessing that the ones in the queue won't just "disappear"

If I can figure it out I'll reply to myself with the answer for others, but if anyone knows for sure, I'd love to know.

Comment by Karbunkle

Do Followers assigned to buildings count against your Follower Cap? (i.e. 20 Max Followers 90-99, 25 at 100) Or can you have one active at each building where one can assign Followers AND 20 active "in the field"? I'm assuming the former, but figured it'd be worth checking with folks a little further ahead of the curve than I am currently. Thanks!

Comment by Kakapenka

Rush order missions' CD seems to be about 4 days.

Comment by 1427719

HEADS UP IF YOU PLAN TO SWAP BUILDINGS AFTER PATCH 6.1!

Before patch 6.1 I used to swap between the Lumber Mill and the Lunarfall Inn once a week when it was time to recruit a new follower, and as soon as I had recruited my follower, I built up my Lumber Mill again. The work orders that I started in my Lumber Mill before the swap had continued without a problem and as soon as I was finished upgrading the building, I could pick up work orders as usual every four hours.
After the 6.1 patch all this changed! This time when I had finished upgrading my Lumber Mill, there was a 4 day cooldown on all my work orders! Same thing when i swapped between the Barn and the Trading Post! I wrote a ticket about this and the GameMaster said: If there is active work orders in the building you "erase", those work orders will be "on hold" instead of continuing to be active like before and when you rebuild that building, there will be a cooldown on 4 hours for each work order (1 = 4 hours, 2 = 8 hours and so on. All work orders gave me a 4 day cooldown)! So now I have a Lumber Mill that doesn't give me any resources for 4 days and a Trading Post that i can't use for 2 days (the trader doesn't seem to be available either during this cooldown)! No point in swapping back to the Barn either, since those work orders will be on cooldown as well! I guess this "penalty" is to prevent people from swapping buildings too often but I fail to see the reason why you're not allowed to spend your gold as you please. Sigh!

Comment by Nimaasus

Under Herbalism, the completed order is described as "Several herbs, can specify type with a follower," which is not correct in my experience. If you have a follower assigned to the herb garden, you can specify which kind of herb grows in the garden, but work orders still produce random herbs.

Comment by Raeda

Is it worth collecting completed work orders every day or just wait few days till they stack a bit ?

Comment by cornishninja

I used to have an Inscription building but decided to swap to an Alchemy building. I've been left with 60x War Paints that are soulbound, that I can no longer use. Is there any way to swap or trade them in for something that I can use?

Comment by skarpethinn

i have just upgraded a few of my buildings, and now several of them (herb garden, mine, & gem boutique) are offering 26 available work orders.

Any ideas/explanation for this?

My other buildings on the Alli side, & all my buildings on the Horde side, have only ever had 21 work orders.

Comment by wowluver1987

WHAT ABOUT FISHING? I've spent 2 hours scouring the internet looking for how to place fishing work orders...there's a box next to the fishing shack that when scrolled over it says "Barrel of Draenor Fish, Awaiting Orders" but I can't figure out who to talk to to place the orders or how fishing work orders would even work? Can anyone please please please tell me how or if it's even possible to place fishing work orders please?

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