Draznar's Profession FAQ v.1.0
Here is the begining of a General FAQ on Professionss. Please help me flesh this out. This FAQ is dedicated to those in this forum that helped develop it.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/professions/
If you have not checked this page out, please do. Its a great place to start.
Also get to know these two sites to search their database
http://www.thottbot.com/
http://wow.allakhazam.com/
What are the different classifications of tradeskills?
Type: Primary and Secondary. you may choose upto two (2) Primary Professions, and unlimited number of Secondary Professions.
Category: Gathering, Production, and Service. Gathering Professions collect resources or materials (mats) that can be made into to items by Producing Professions. Service Professions provide services such as enhancing an item or healing a player.
What are the Primary Professions?
Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Herbalism, Leatherworking, Mining, Skinning, & Tailoring.
What are the Secoundary Professions?
Cooking, First Aid, & Fishing.
What are the Gathering Professions?
Fishing, Herbalism, Mining, & Skinning.
What are the Producing Professions?
Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Cooking, Engineering, Leatherworking, & Tailoring.
What are the Service Professions?
Enchanting & First Aid.
Where are the professional trainers?
Ask a guard! Guards will tell you where to find trainers and other services in most areas. (Right click on Guard. Select Professions. Select Desire profession. Click Goodbye.) Look for the arrow and flag on your radar.
What are the different levels/ranks in the professions?
Note: Gathering Professions do not have level requirements and Secoundary Professions only have level requirement on Artisan. Trainers can train the skill one level below their level, Gathering trainers can train all the levels below theirs.
Rank (Min - Max Skills), Min Level.
Apprentise (1-75) Lvl 5
Journeyman (50-150) Lvl 10
Expert (125-225) Lvl 20
Artisan (200-300) Lvl 35
How do I know which resources or recipes will boost my skill?
Resources and recipes are colored-coded according to the likelihood that harvesting/creating the item will increase your skill.
Red items are items that you may not yet make or harvest.
Orange items will always increase your skill when created or harvested.
Yellow items will sometimes increase your skill when created or harvested.
Green items will rarely increase your skill when created or harvested.
Gray items will never increase your skill when created or harvested.
Why am I not getting any more skill-ups?
You have reached the highest skill points for your Rank. Go train to the next rank.
You need to move to a harder recipe or material. Each item has a range where it is to easy to make/gather to continue to earn skill-ups. Go find the next recipe/resource.
I am ready to train in Expert, where is a trainer?
You learn Expert level of a Primary Profession by training with a Artisan Trainer.
You learn Expert level of a Secoundary Profession by reading that Trade skills Expert Tome. They cost 1 gold.
OK, where is the Artisan Trainer for XXX?
Alchemy - Ainethil in Darnassus (A) or Doctor Herbert Halsey in The Undercity (H)
Blacksmithing - Bengus Deepforge in Iron Forge (A) or Saru Steelfury in Orgrimmar (H)
Enchanting - Kitta Firewind in Elwynn Forest (Tower of Azora) (A) or Hgarth in Stonetalon Mountains (H)
Engineering - Springspindle Fizzlegear in Iron Forge (A) or Roxxik in Orgrimmar (H)
Herbalism - ???? (Booty Bay, Lakeshire, Stormwind (Mage quarter), Menethil Harbour)
Leatherworking - Telonis in Darnassus (A) or Una? in Thunder Bluff?
Mining - ???? (Thelsamar, Duskwood)
Skinning - ???? (Darnassus, Redrige Mountain, Stormwind (old quarter))
Tailoring - Georgio Bolero in Stormwind City (A) or Josef Gregorian in The Undercity (H)
OK, where can I buy the XXX Expert Tome?
Expert Cookbook from Shandrina in Ashenvale (Silverwind Refuge) (A) or Wulan in Desolcae (Shadowspray Village) (H).
Expert First Aid - Under Wraps from Deneb Walker in Arathi Highlands (Stromgarde Keep) (A) or Ghok'kah in Dustwallow Marsh (Brackenwall Village) (H).
Expert Fishing - The Bass and You from the Old Man Heming in Stranglethorn Vale (Booty Bay).
Others will be added as they are found
I am ready to train in Artisan, where is an Artisan Trainer?
You need to visit the Tradeskill Master for your profession. For Secoundary Professions you will have to complete a quest to advance. For Primary Professions you need to be at least level 35.
OK, where is the Master Trainer for XXX?
Alchemy from Kylanna Windwhisper in Feralas Feathermoon Stronghold) (A) or Rogvar in Swamp of Sorrows (Stonard) (H).
Blacksmithing From Brikk Keencraft in Stranglethorn Vale (Booty Bay) (A/H).
Enchanting from ???? in Uldaman (within instance, near bats) (A/H) to get to her you go right from the "Raiders of the lost ark room". After you go right there are 3 passages you go right past a pit full of non-elites then there is a fork and go right once more. There you will fine another pit full of non-elite scorpids you have to kill them all before the trainer will come out.
Engineering from Buzzek Bracketswing in Gadgetzan (Tanaris) (A/H)
Herbalism from Flora Silverwind in Stranglethorn Vale (Booty Bay) (A) or Angrun in Stranglethorn Vale (Grom'gol Base Camp) (H).
Leatherworking from Wark Nightsky in Hinterlands (Aerie Peak) (A) or Hahrana Ironhide in Feralas (Camp Mojache) (H)
Mining from ???? in Thelsamar, Duskwood (A) or ???? in Gadgetzan (Tanaris) (H)
Skinning from (UNKNOWN)
Tailoring from Timothy Worthington in Dustwallow Marsh (Theramore Island) (A) or Daryl Stack in Hillsbrad Foothills (Tarren Mill) (H)
What is the Artisan Cooking Quest?
Once you have reached level 35 and have at least 200 in cooking.
Alliance Start: Starts with Daryl Riknussun in Ironforge near the grif platform at the forge.
http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?q=7022
Horde Start: Start with Zamjain in Orgrimmar in the third house on the right on the near the Valley of Strength in the Drag.
http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?q=7223
Both send you to speak with Dirge Quikcleave in Tanaris (Gadgetzan).
http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?q=6985
Dirge is the slayer of sorrows for anyone not high enough to hunt the rocs in the area..You need to provide the quest giver with 12 giant eggs, 10 zesy clam meat, and 20 alterac swiss.
Giant eggs come from about anything feathered, and over lvl 44 with some rare incidences of mobs lower than that (as in the rocs in Tanaris, and some owlbeasts in Hinterlands.
Clam meat comes from zones that are 40+ and can be fished for or hunted for.
Alterac Swiss sells for 40 silver per stack of 5 at the cheese shop just inside StormWind gates.
What is the Artisan First Aid Quest?
Once you have reached level 35 and have at least 200 in first aid.
Alliance Start: Starts with Nissa Firestone in Ironforge near the Military Ward at the forge.
http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?q=6892
Horde Start: Start with Arnok in Orgrimmar in the Valley of Spirits.
http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?q=7026
Both send you to speak with Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen in Dustwallow Marsh (Theramore).
Details to come.
What is the Artisan Fishing Quest?
Once you have reached level 35 and have at least 200 in fishing.
Alliance Start: Starts with ???? in Ironforge?
http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?q=7118
Horde Start: Start with ???? in Orgrimmar?
Both send you to speak with Nat Pagle in in Dustwallow Marsh (Theramore Island).
http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?q=7122
Nat Pagle wants you to four different fish; Feralas Ahi, Savage Coast Blue Sailfin, Sar'theris Striker, & Misty Reed Mahi Mahi.
Feralas Ahi is a rare drop in Feralas (Verdantis River).
Savage Coast Blue Sailfin is a rare drop in Stranglethorn Vale (The Savage Coast)
Sar'theris Striker is a rare drop in Desolace (Sar'theris Strand)
Misty Reed Mahi Mahi. is a rare drop in Swamp of Sorrows (Misty Reed Strand)
How do I actually use my profession to create an item?
Open your skill list ("P") and click on the profession icon to bring up the profession's particular creation menu. The menu tells you what you can make, how many you can make given your current inventory (bank not included!), and the required ingredients for your recipe/pattern.
How do I create several items at once?
In the bottom left corner of the trade interface, there is an area where you can select how many of a specific item you want to create. There is also a "Create All" button that will create as many copies of the item as you can.
What are recipes used for?
Recipes are instructions on how to make a specific item? They allow you to make the item once you have the required materials (mats) and the necesary tools. You must have a recipe for a particular item in order to create the item.
Where can I get recipes?
Many recipes are available from the same in-game trainers who teach a specific trade skill. Other recipes are found through various vendors around the world or on the corpses of slain monsters.
Can I fail when crafting
No. When you craft an items, you always make that item, so there are no wasted materials.
Do you need a new recipe every time you attempt to create an item?
No. Once you have learned a recipe, you will remember it unless you unlearn the skill.
Hoaw do I know what the stats are on an item before I make one?
Hovering your cursor above the item icon and you will see that stats for that item.
How do I "unlearn" a profession
Go to your skills panel ("K") and highlight the skill you want to lose. It'll show up in the lower panel and next to it you'll have one of those circle with a slash "No" symbols. Click on that symbol to forget the skill. If you ever want to learn this profession again you will just start out as a novice.
Which tradeskills should I take to earn money?
This is a much discussed issue, I'll give you my general thoughts on this. First I recomend that you take the ones that interest you the most or compliments your profession. With that said, the clearly most profitable professions are the gathering professions. All other professions need material and they will often buy them from others. So if all you want to ocus on is money, then take skinning, and either herbalism or mining.
Whichprofessions are a good complement to my class?
Druid - Skining/Leatherwork
Hunter - Skining/Leatherwork or Mining/Engineering
Mage - Tailoring/Enchanting or Skining/Tailoring
Paladin - Mining/Blacksmithing
Priest - Tailoring/Enchanting or Skining/Tailoring
Rogue - Hebalism/Alchemy or Skining/Leatherwork
Shaman - Skining/Leatherwork
Warlock - Tailoring/Enchanting or Skining/Tailoring
Warrior - Mining/Blacksmithing
Note these are up to debate. I recommend that everyone takes all the secondary skills. If you solo alot you might want to do Hebalism/Alchemy.
Where can I get more specific FAQ for my profession?
Draznar's Cooking FAQ v.0.1
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/threa ... hreadID=43
Draznar's First Aid FAQ v.0.1
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/threa ... hreadID=44
Draznar's Fishing FAQ v.0.1
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/threa ... hreadID=45
Alumriel's Herbalism FAQ 1.0
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/threa ... ions&t=123
Zarzz's Skinning FAQ v1.0
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/threa ... sions&t=69
Alumriel's Profession PDFs
http://www.streamload.com/bollwerk
I will link to others as they are added to the forums If you want to start one, please do. If there is one out there, please let me know.
How much should I charge/pay for material?
Prices fluctuate. William maintains a good guide on current prices. (NEEDS TO BE ADDED AFTER POSTING)
Please do not repost this FAQ! Feel free to link it as we are constantly trying to update it.
Any comments, suggestions, corrections, or additions, please reply so I can add to this FAQ.
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