Choosing the right profession is very important in WoW Classic, just like choosing a class. This is because pumping a profession will take many days, and sometimes it requires powerful bonuses that make it easier to get a new level.
9 core WoW Classic professions
Please note that you can only learn two of these professions at a time with one character. If you want to change jobs, you must forget your chosen job, and you will forever lose all skills and knowledge.
Alchemy
In World of Warcraft Classic, alchemists can do two things: brew potions and transform items. Potions provide the strongest buffs in the game and are very popular in raids - they are often required.
Pros:
+ One of the best professions for farm gold
+ Strong buffs for your hero with potions
+ Transmutation can create noble resources
Cons:
- Sometimes recipes are hard to find
- The coveted flasks can only be crafted in 2 locations in the game
- For transmutation, herbs and ores are required
blacksmith craft
Blacksmithing focuses on making armor. However, skilled blacksmiths can craft some of the most sought-after swords and axes in the game.
Pros:
+ Gives you good gear
+ Locks can be opened with master keys
+ Pumping weapons of many classes, increasing damage
Cons:
- Very much sharpened for farming
- Some recipes can only be made in the dungeon
- You cannot learn all the recipes
Enchanting
This profession ensures that good equipment gets even better. Whether it's a chestpiece, sword, or footwear, enchanting can give many items additional attributes and other passive effects.
Pros:
+ Powerful improvements
+ Every character needs the services of a sorcerer
+ You can remove the enchant from unnecessary loot
Cons:
- Teachers of Witchcraft can only be found in the dungeon
- Absorbs many items that could be sold
- Sometimes resources are difficult to craft
Engineering
Allows you to create many useful or just fun devices and machines, including not only explosive materials such as grenades, but also a reduced fall speed or even a helmet for mind control. Many of these items are just gimmicks, but others provide a huge advantage, especially in PvP battles.
Pros:
+ Additional control effects in PvP
+ You can make the best equipment for Hunters
+ Repair bots in raids
Cons:
- Only a few items can be sold to other players
- You have to choose between two specializations
- Requires resources of all 3 collective professions
Collecting herbs
Only herbalists can obtain the necessary plants, which are used by the alchemist to make important potions. Herbs grow in almost every area, so that the profession can be pumped "in passing".
Pros:
+ Herbs are always needed, good earning opportunities
+ Easy to pump while completing other quests
+ You can summon additional bosses in Zul'Gurub
Cons:
- Often recipes are very controversial
- Some resources (for example, Black Lotus) are very rare
Leatherworking
In addition to good equipment, it provides good bonuses for items, but often only with defensive abilities.
Pros:
+ Easy to level up by killing animals and skinning
+ Needed for raid
+ You can make several "toys", like leather balls
Cons:
- Quite a few opportunities for earning gold
- Clientele is highly limited
- At high levels, you need a lot of farming
Mining engineering
Development of deposits of ore, and sometimes valuable gemstones, which are necessary for special recipes. They can also be sold for a solid price at the Auction House.
Pros:
+ Easily pumped during other quests
+ Resources for multiple crafting professions
+ Extraction of gems for sale at the Auction House
Cons:
- Often, ore deposits are already occupied by other players
- It can take days or weeks for certain resources to be mined
- Some ore can only be processed in a dungeon
Skinning
Valuable hides and skins, which are then required by other professions for further processing. Killing wild animals costs twice as much and gives you extra loot.
Pros:
+ Can be easily pumped while completing quests
+ Endless amount of available resources
+ Provides material for multiple craft professions
Cons:
- Too many offers from other players in the Auction House
- To get the best resources, you need a special knife
Tailoring
Tailors can use fabrics for nice outfits or trendy shirts. They also make bags that expand the character's inventory space.
Pros:
+ Really good equipment
+ Increases inventory space
+ Different clothes can be made such as shirts or wedding dresses
Cons:
- Difficult to level with First Aid
- Some resources can only be obtained in certain places (Moonwell)
- Sometimes you need to farm for a long time
3 WoW Classic Minor Professions
In addition to the three main professions, World of Warcraft Classic has three additional classes. All characters can study them without any restrictions. Thus, you can choose two main occupations and learn all three minor occupations.
Cookery
If you don't want to eat the food you bought from the merchant or the Mage's funny secret food, you can cook for yourself. Foods prepared in this manner grant additional passive effects over time, such as improved health, increased agility, or additional mana regeneration.
Pros:
+ Provides additional buffs that can be increased with other professions
+ Dishes sell well at the Auction House
Cons:
- Time-consuming and resource-farming
First aid
In WoW Classic, the ambulance profession is still really useful. Crafted bandages can heal a character for most of his life for a few seconds. However, creating bandages requires a lot of resources, which are mainly obtained by killing other players.
Pros:
+ Strong healing without self-healing
+ Huge advantage in both PvP and PvE
Cons:
- You need a lot of resources that could be sold
Fishing
There is hardly anything more relaxing in World of Warcraft like fishing. Fish can be used by other professions for food processing.
Pros:
+ Facilitates pumping cooking
+ Can summon a specific boss in Zul'Gurub
+ Good additional income
Cons:
- Extremely long and boring for some players
