WoW: Forever · 4 Nov 2026

Professions

Twelve professions, scored for gold, demand, leveling help and ease, with the specs each one helps most.

Alchemy

Gold

7

Demand

8

Leveling help

5

Easy to level

7

Early value

5

Late value

7

Helps these specs most

• Exclusive dyes, Sulfuric Acid and Legionite (Cerulean Dye in 131 recipes, Sulfuric Acid in 45). Datamined
• Transmute/flask inputs capped at 50g by the Black Market vendor. Beta
• Plain healing potions moved to First Aid. Datamined
• Natural flask recipe sources unknown. Estimate
• Blizzard is 'talking about' making Alchemy less raid-critical. Official

Blacksmithing

Gold

5

Demand

6

Leveling help

5

Easy to level

3

Early value

5

Late value

6

Helps these specs most

• Hardest hit by the 2026-10-15 vendor-price cuts (57 of 89 listed items). Official

Enchanting

Gold

6

Demand

8

Leveling help

4.5

Easy to level

5

Early value

4

Late value

9

Helps these specs most

• New necklace and 2H Mighty enchants, BoP/BoE relics and wands. Wand flips killed (1c sells, partly restored). Official
• No Craftsman's Writs ask for enchanting products. Datamined
• Needs disenchant fodder, Blacksmith rods and the Uldaman Artisan trainer. Low early, very high late. Estimate

Engineering

Gold

6.5

Demand

6.5

Leveling help

4

Easy to level

6

Early value

4.5

Late value

8

Helps these specs most

• SAF-T/EZ-Thro bombs and BoE mobility/teleport items now sell to everyone, Sandpaper is in 25 Blacksmithing recipes. Datamined
• Many Classic gadgets (Sapper Charge, Net-o-Matic, Rocket Helmet) have no recipe item in the client yet. Estimate
• Reagent/Repair Bot help farming. Estimate

Leatherworking

Gold

6

Demand

7

Leveling help

7

Easy to level

4

Early value

7

Late value

7

Helps these specs most

• Many Classic endgame patterns need materials from unannounced raids. Vendor prices cut 2026-10-15. Estimate

Tailoring

Gold

6

Demand

7

Leveling help

6

Easy to level

3

Early value

6

Late value

7

Helps these specs most

Herbalism

Gold

7

Demand

7

Leveling help

5

Easy to level

9

Early value

6

Late value

6

• No tool, ~5.5g training. Estimate
• Herbs feed Alchemy (89% of its recipes) and now First Aid healing potions. Scarce herbs drop rarely (~0.15-0.4% per node, beta samples) and are capped at 5/20/50g. Datamined
• Black Lotus/Death Lotus capped at 50g. Estimate
• Endgame demand depends on the possible Alchemy rework. Official
• Level-60 herb locations unknown. No Legacy points, no passive bonus. Estimate

Mining

Gold

8

Demand

8

Leveling help

5

Easy to level

6.5

Early value

6

Late value

7

• Inputs to 639 recipes. Estimate
• Thorium Bar in 116, Heavy Thorium Bar in 42 incl. every plate crafted T1 piece (needs a Molten Foundry, Blueprint source unknown). Estimate
• Scarce Pyrite/Bauxite feed Sulfuric Acid and Sandpaper. Wowhead: 'excellent gold, no investment'. Contested nodes after ~175, Arcane Crystal capped at 50g, fewer Poor Copper Veins. No Legacy points. Datamined

Skinning

Gold

7

Demand

8

Leveling help

6.5

Easy to level

9

Early value

7

Late value

6

Helps these specs most

• Levels while questing with only a knife. Estimate
• Inputs to 791 recipes (most of the gatherers), Pristine Leather in 126, Fel Leather in 52 incl. every leather/mail crafted T1 piece. One skin per corpse again since 2026-10-01. Datamined
• Pristine skins capped at 5/20/50g. Beta
• Fel Leather source unknown. Estimate
• Crafted T1 demand limited to one piece per player. No Legacy points. Estimate

Cooking

Gold

4.5

Demand

6.5

Leveling help

9

Easy to level

8

Early value

8

Late value

6

• Most foods give +5% kill XP for 15 min. Beta
• Many new recipes are BoP. Cheap (~490 crafts, ~1.6g). Everyone can cook, food sells to vendors for copper and no crate asks for food, so gold is modest. Estimate

First Aid

Gold

4

Demand

5

Leveling help

8

Easy to level

8

Early value

8

Late value

5.5

• Now makes all six plain healing potions (moved from Alchemy) plus poultices, tourniquets and anti-venoms. Datamined
• Mana-free bandages. Estimate
• First Aid Kit camp Stamina (excl. Fortitude). Everyone can learn it, so sale margins track herb prices. Estimate
• No crates or Legacy points. Estimate

Fishing

Gold

5

Demand

5

Leveling help

5

Easy to level

6

Early value

5

Late value

5

• Fish Bowl camp +8% all stats from Fishing 20 (excl. Blessing of Kings). Datamined
• Fish feed Cooking and Alchemy oils. Estimate
• Raid fish for Iron Oven foods should sell once raids open. No running costs but slow. Estimate
• Fishing Rack/Hut catch lists unknown. Estimate
• Pole bonuses conflict (Codex vs Wowhead tooltips). Estimate

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