Profession
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Type
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Often Paired with
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Description
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Notes
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Alchemy
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Crafting
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Herbalism
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Create potions and elixirs from herbs
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Blacksmithing
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Crafting
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Mining
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Create weapons and plate armor from metal.
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When the Cataclysm expansion is introduced, blacksmiths will also be able to alter statistics on plate armor through reforging.
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Enchanting
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Service
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Tailoring
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Grant permanent augmentation to weapons, armor, etc. Disenchant uncommon, rare and epic items into base enchanting ingredients.
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Engineering
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Crafting
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Mining
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Create guns, explosives, scopes, bullets, etc. Also allows the player to 'de-engineer' mechanical creatures into some base components.
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Herbalism
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Gathering
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Alchemy, Inscription
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Allows player to collect herbs.
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Inscription
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Crafting
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Herbalism
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Create inscriptions that are used to enhance the spells and abilities of players, as well as creating enhancing scrolls. Grinds herbs into pigments which are used to create inks for creating inscriptions.
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Introduced in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, but does not require that expansion to have.
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Jewelcrafting
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Crafting
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Mining
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Create refine gems that can be placed in socketed items. Prospect ores into raw gems for refining.
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Introduced in The Burning Crusade expansion, and players must have that expansion to learn this profession.
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Leatherworking
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Crafting
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Skinning
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Creates leather and mail armor, as well as armor kits from leather.
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When the Cataclysm expansion is introduced, leatherworkers will also be able to alter statistics on leather and mail armor through reforging.
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Mining
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Gathering
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Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
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Gathers ore and gems from deposits.
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Tailoring
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Crafting
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Enchanting
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Creates cloth armor, as well as bags from cloth.
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When the Cataclysm expansion is introduced, tailors will also be able to alter statistics on cloth armor through reforging.
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Skinning
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Gathering
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Leatherworking
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Gathers leather and hides from dead beasts.
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