Professions & Recipes
14 professions, 2,218 recipes. Data: WoW Forever beta 1.60.1 (build 70450).
Primary Professions
A character learns two of these.
Alchemy
179 recipes
Higher alchemy skill allows you to learn higher level alchemy recipes. Alchemy recipes can be found on trainers around the world as well as from quests and monsters.
Blacksmithing
437 recipes
Higher smithing skill allows you to learn higher level smithing plans. Blacksmithing plans can be found on trainers around the world as well as from quests and monsters.
Specializations: Weaponsmith, Armorsmith, Master Swordsmith, Master Hammersmith, Master Axesmith
Enchanting
222 recipes
Higher enchanting skill allows you to learn more powerful formulae. Formulae can be found on trainers around the world as well as from quests and monsters.
Engineering
243 recipes
Higher engineering skill allows you to learn higher level engineering schematics. Schematics can be found on trainers around the world as well as from quests and monsters.
Specializations: Gnomish Engineer, Goblin Engineer
Herbalism
3 recipes
Higher herbalism skill allows you to harvest more difficult herbs around the world. If you cannot harvest a specific herb, then increase your skill by harvesting easier to gather herbs in lower level areas.
Leatherworking
512 recipes
Higher leatherworking skill allows you to learn higher level leatherworking patterns. Leatherworking patterns can be found on trainers around the world as well as from quests and monsters.
Specializations: Dragonscale Leatherworking, Elemental Leatherworking, Tribal Leatherworking
Mining
17 recipes
Higher mining skill allows you to harvest more difficult minerals nodes around the world. If you cannot harvest a specific mineral, then increase your skill by mining easier to mine minerals in lower level areas.
Skinning
3 recipes
Higher skinning skill allows you to skin hides from higher level monsters around the world. Once your skill is above 100, you can divide your skill by 5 to determine the highest level of monster you can skin.
Tailoring
417 recipes
Higher tailoring skill allows you to learn higher level tailoring patterns. Tailoring patterns can be found on trainers around the world as well as from quests and monsters.
Secondary Professions
Any character can learn all of these.
Cooking
123 recipes
Higher cooking skill allows you to learn higher level cooking recipes. Recipes can be found on trainers around the world as well as from quests and as drops from monsters.
First Aid
32 recipes
Higher first aid skill allows you to learn higher level first aid abilities. First aid abilities can be found on trainers around the world as well as from quests and as drops from monsters.
Fishing
3 recipes
Higher fishing skill increases your chance of catching fish in bodies of water around the world. If you are having trouble catching fish in a given area, move to a lower level area or purchase a fishing lure and try again.
Class Skills
Learned like a profession, by one class only.
Comprehension
1 recipe · Mage only
Higher comprehension skill allows more powerful magical scrolls to be deciphered. Scrolls can be found throughout the world and are consumed when read, granting a variety of beneficial effects.
Poisons
26 recipes · Rogue only
Higher poison skill allows more powerful poisons to be crafted. Reagents can be purchased from poison vendors and shady dealers, then combined into deadly concoctions that rot, weaken, and wither foes.