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Cataclysm Professions

2010-06-22T14:46:00.000-04:00

Finally! Blizzard shared some information about the upcoming profession changes in Cataclysm:

While the Cataclysm updates to many of the professions are still deep in development, we wanted to share some of the work that's been going on, as well as a high-level look at any lessons learned or changes to their underlying philosophies during the design process. Please be aware that not all professions have the same extent of information available right now, but each is receiving the same love and attention as the next.

Take heed of these teasers as you look forward to your new rank of Illustrious Grand Master!

Please enjoy!

General

Perks will continue to exist across all professions, and will upgraded appropriately.

Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, and Tailoring

Many of the green (and possibly some blue) items made during the process of leveling these professions will contain random stats. In most examples, two stats on these items will be set, and two will be random. The idea with these items is to mix up the skill leveling items so you're not just, for example, creating 10 pairs of boots that are all exactly the same.
Superior-quality items that require more materials than other recipes in the same skill range provide multiple skill-ups. For example, if a recipe takes three times the reagents, it will give you three skill-ups.
We didn't feel like we were getting much flexibility from specializations, so they have been removed for all three of these professions. The intent was to help people diversify their profession to feel different from that of other players, but through other professions we've found systems that work better to this end, such as simply making recipes available that you can earn over time.
To follow up the previous change, all items that required a specialization are now useable by anyone.
Tailoring the high-end Cataclysm items will center around a single cloth type that can be crafted through five different recipes -- each with their own material components and a long cooldown.
All three professions will create their starter sets of PVP gear, which will be upgraded with new recipes every season. In general, these are meant to keep pace as an entry-level PvP set below whatever the current Hero Point set is.

Alchemy

New elixirs will be about 75% as strong as flasks. So you can get more total stat points with two elixirs, but flasks will still be the best at giving you a single offensive or defensive stat.
New unique material used by nearly all high-level recipes will be created by alchemists on a one-day cooldown.
New Mysterious Potion created with common materials restores health and mana in a massively random range, as well as sometimes granting the benefit of another potion. The health and mana range is from 1-20,000 and is able to crit. The minimum amount restored, however, is scaled upwards by the Alchemy skill, making it a great choice for alchemists to keep for themselves.
All potions and elixirs now use the same basic vial type. Flasks still use a fancy vial.
New Alchemist Stone.

Enchanting

In general, material component costs for most recipes are more moderate in how much they require, while the highest-end recipes will still require large quantities. The goal of this change is to make the leveling recipes more consistent and not create unintended roadblocks in getting to the higher skill levels.
An enchanter vanity pet is being added.

New Cataclysm weapon enchantment preview:

Avalanche -- Chance to deal Nature damage on melee hit/spell hit.
Elemental Slayer -- As expected, this enchantment helps players deal devastating damage to elemental creatures.
Hurricane -- A stacking haste proc.
Heartsong -- Mana regeneration through increased Spirit when chain-casting spells.
Many more maximum-level enchantments are still in progress.

Engineering

Engineering is still being designed, but expect new unpredictable gadgets to use on yourself or enemies. Toys, explosives, and even a new vanity pet or two. Oh, and powerful mechanical bows and crossbows in addition to guns.
In general, we want Engineering to remain a tradeskill mainly focused on creating fun or useful gadgets for the engineer, but we are exploring options for items that can be sold to other players for profit.

Inscription

With the large number of class changes coming with Cataclysm, many existing glyphs will see new functionality.
Minor glyphs are woefully uneven from one class to the next right now, so they're a focus for us to clean them up and try to ensure that everyone has minor glyphs they're excited about.
New Darkmoon Cards will be added, with hopes they'll all be as awesome as the Greatness card.
We'll be adding more major glyphs as well, but in the hopes of making them as balanced as possible, we'll likely wait until after the expansion ships to add any for the new abilities in Cataclysm.
New and more desirable off-hand and relic recipes will be added.

Jewelcrafting

Some gem colors have changed! Hit is now blue. Mastery and Dodge are yellow. Intellect is now red. These simple changes have created a much more diverse matrix of gem cuts.
New Jewelcrafting dailies will be introduced.
Many cuts are being added to support the new Mastery stat.
Some new Cataclysm jewelry recipes have completely random properties, and can sometimes create superior and epic versions.
Jewelcrafters will have some fun new (and potentially lucrative) vanity items, including fist weapons, rhinestone sunglasses, monocles, and stardust (sprinkle on players for entertainment).

Herbalism, Skinning, and Mining

All Cataclysm herbs have the chance of containing Volatile Life.
There won't be a new Lotus equivalent in Cataclysm. Alchemists will use the more reliably-found Volatile Life to create the new high level flasks.

Herb Example:

"Heartblossom -- Named for its deep red color, this delicate flower grows close to the ground, and always in pairs. If one blossom is taken, the other flower begins to wilt immediately and dies soon after. It is considered very unlucky to disturb a Heartblossom without blessing it first."
Savage Leather, the basic Cataclysm leather, can be gathered from most creatures found in the expansion areas and can be converted to Heavy Savage Leather at a 6:1 rate.
Pristine Hide, the rare Cataclysm hide, can be found when skinning creatures in the expansion areas, or be converted from Heavy Savage Leather.
Obsidian is the new common mineral found when mining in Cataclysm, and can contain gems, Volatile Fire, and Volatile Shadow.
Elementium is the new uncommon mineral found when mining in Cataclysm, and can contain gems, Volatile Fire, Volatile Water, or Volatile Earth.
Pyrite is the new rare mineral found when mining in Cataclysm, and can contain gems and Volatile Fire.
Previous Elementium Ore and Bar used for classic quests will be renamed to Elementium Ingot and Hardened Elementium Bar.
We like the gathering perks as they are; not a game-changing bonus but something themed and fun. But as all tradeskills are in the design stages these are still being discussed to a degree.

Cooking

Cooking is still in the early stages, but we plan on continuing with daily quests, feasts, and some fun new recipes.
We liked the cooking dailies that had players picking up items that spawned in the world near the quest giver, so most if not all new cooking dailies will work similarly.

First Aid

Bandages will have a short cast time and put a heal over time effect on the target for 8 seconds. This effect is broken by damage.
Three new bandages! That's right: THREE!

Bandage preview:

"Dense Embersilk Bandage" Heals for 34,800 over 8 seconds. Requires 3 Embersilk to create.

Fishing

Lots of new fish and other fun items to catch! Fish are still used to make premium food.
New fishing dailies.

*thanks to http://www.wow-professions.com/ for this article!

Profession: Archaeology (Preview)

2010-06-22T14:37:00.001-04:00

Archaeology
Archaeology is the new secondary profession that will be joining the ranks of cooking, fishing, and first aid in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Archaeology allows the player to unlock new abilities and rewards by discovering ancient treasures throughout the world. Each archaeologist uses the profession to uncover clues hidden in the world around them, such as troll relics or map fragments, and decipher their meaning, enabling the clever archaeologist to manipulate pieces of the past, learning the location of a treasure cache or valuable artifact. Such artifacts are highly sought after by the Archaeology Society, and they pay in gold and items for their return. Those who have mastered archaeology can find Titan artifacts, earning special currency used to unlock character paths and allowing the player to further customize their character.

Reforging

Reforging is another way to customize your gear.
It will be relatively cheap, you will need a Blacksmith / Leatherworker / Tailor / Jewelcrafter / Engineer to do it. Each profession get to reforge a type of items.
It lets you reduce one stat for another. Some restrictions will apply, you can't put the extra stat on something that is already on the item.

Professions

Multi-gains will be added, while you level up your trade skills, rare items will give you more points as you skill up. (Rare items will give you 5 points for example, while green bracers will only give one
Gathering should be a little more fun.
Engineering is a very fun tradeskill, but it's either amazing or it sucks and everybody drops it. More convenient items like Jeeves or Wormhole Generator will be added to the profession in the future to get back to the roots of Engineering.
Fishing will also have some big changes, no details yet but it's going to be more fun

*Thanks to http://www.wow-professions.com/ for this info

Profession: Blacksmithing Guide (1-450)

2010-06-19T09:22:00.000-04:00

This WoW Blacksmithing guide will show you the fastest and easiest way to level your Blacksmithing skill up from 1 to 450. Updated for WoW patch 3.3

It will take a lot of dedication to get to the end and get those epic items. Also, like other crafting trades, the benefits only really start showing at the end, so this Blacksmithing guide will be a massive gold drain all the way up to 450.

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:

133 Rough Stone
190 Copper Bar
24 Coarse Stone
5 Silver Bar
120 Bronze Bar
150 Heavy Stone
5 Gold Bar
230 Iron Bar
35 Green Dye
50 Steel Bar
5 Truesilver Bar
60 Solid Stones
150 Mageweave Cloth
320 Mithril Bar
20 Dense Stone
430 Thorium Bar
80 Rugged Leather or 10 Star Ruby
155 Fel Iron Bar
10 Netherweave Cloth
85 Adamantite Bar
320 Cobalt Bar
441 Saronite Bar
20 Crystallized Air
7 Titanium Bar
33 Eternal Earth
13 Eternal Shadow
13 Eternal Water

Related Guides:

Mining Leveling Guide 1-450.

WoW Blacksmithing Leveling Guide 1 - 450

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Blacksmithing.

1 - 30
33 x [Rough Sharpening Stones] - 33 Rough Stone

30 - 65
Save 10 of these.
50 x [Rough Grinding Stones] - 100 Rough Stone

65 - 75
10 x [Copper Chain Belt] - 60 Copper Bar

75 - 125

Learn Blacksmithing Journeyman.

75 - 87
Save these.
12 x [Coarse Grinding Stones] - 24 Coarse Stones

87 - 100
13 x [Runed Copper Belt] - 130 Copper Bar

100 - 105
5 x [Silver Rod] - 5 Silver Bar, 10 Rough Grinding Stone

105 - 125
20 x [Rough Bronze Leggings] - 120 Bronze Bar

125 - 200

Learn Blacksmithing Expert.

125 - 150
50 x [Heavy Grinding Stone] - 150 Heavy Stone
You should stop at 150 though if you reach that before making all 50, as the recipe goes grey at this point - then if you need all 50 later on make them at that point instead.

150 - 155
5 x [Golden Rod] - 5 Gold Bar, 10 Coarse Grinding Stone

155 - 165
10 x [Green Iron Leggings] - 80 Iron Bar, 10 Heavy Grinding Stone, 10 Green Dye

165 - 190
25 x [Green Iron Bracers] - 150 Iron Bar, 25 Green Dye

190 - 200
10 x [Golden Scale Bracers] - 50 Steel Bar, 20 Heavy Grinding Stone

200 - 275

Learn Blacksmithing Artisan.

200 - 205
5 x [Truesilver Rod] - 5 TrueSilver Bar, 5 Heavy Grinding Stone

At skill level 200 and character level 40, Blacksmiths can choose to specialize as an Armorsmithor a Weaponsmith. Weaponsmiths can later further specialize into Hammer-, Axe- orSwordsmiths. All specialized armor and weapons are Bind on Pickup and can only be used by the blacksmith that made them. Most specialization recipes require difficult components, such as Primal Mights, Primal Nethers, and Nether Vortexes. If you want to read more about Blacksmith specialization, please visit these pages: Armorsmithing or Weaponsmithing.

205 - 210
Save these.
15 x [Solid Grinding Stone] - 60 Solid Stone

210 - 225
15 x [Heavy Mithril Gauntlet] - 90 Mithril Bar, 60 Mageweave Cloth

225 - 235
10 x [Mithril Scale Bracers] - 80 Mithril Bar

This recipe is sold by these NPCs. There is around 30 minutes respawn rate for the recipe, if someone bought it before you. Make [Steel Plate Helm] if you do not want to wait for the recipe to respawn.

235 - 250
Check AH, if you can see the Mithril Spurs recipe and it's not that expensive, buy it and make those until 255.
15 x [Mithril Coif] - 150 Mithril Bar, 90 Mageweave Cloth

250 - 260
20 x [Dense Sharpening Stones] - 20 Dense Stone

260 - 275
15 x [Thorium Bracers] - 120 Thorium Bar

275 - 350

Go to Outland and learn Blacksmithing Master.

275 - 290
Between 275-280, you can make [Arcanite Rods] and sell them at the Auction House. This way you will need 55 less [Thorium Bars]. The recipe is yellow, so it really depends on your luck, maybe you will only need to make 5 maybe 10. One [Arcanite Rod] costs around 18 gold to make if you buy the [Arcane Crystals] and find any Alchemist who transmute them into [Arcanite Bars]. The 55 [Thorium Bars] cost around 140 gold usually, but this way if you have to make only 5 [Arcanite Rod], you will end up around 90 gold spent, and you can also sell them for profit. I can usually sell them for around 70-80 gold, but you have to be patient because the demand for them isn't that big. Anyway this is a great way if you want to reduce the gold spent while you level your Blacksmithing, but if you want to level the profession faster and you don't really feel you are lucky or you are not really into selling things at the Auction House, you should just make the Bracers mentioned below.
15 x [Imperial Plate Bracers] 180 Thorium Bar
The recipe is a reward from this quest. - 10 Thorium Bar

290 - 300
Choose one from the recipes listed below. They both requires 12 Thorium Bar for each craft, the only difference between them is that you need 1 Star Ruby for the Helm and 8 Rugged Leather for the Boots.
10 x [Thorium Boots] - 120 Thorium Bar, 80 Rugged Leather
or
10 x [Thorium Helm] - 120 Thorium Bar, 10 Star Ruby

300 - 305
10 x [Fel Weightstone] - 10 Fel Iron Bar, 10 Netherweave Cloth

305 - 315
10 x [Fel Iron Plate Belt] - 40 Fel Iron Bar

315 - 320
5 x [Fel Iron Chain Gloves] - 25 Fel Iron Bar

320 - 325
5 x [Fel Iron Plate Boots] - 30 Fel Iron Bar

325 - 330
10 x [Lesser Rune of Warding] - 10 Adamantite Bar

330 - 335
5 x [Fel Iron Breastplate] - 50 Fel Iron Bar

335 - 340
5 x [Adamantite Cleaver] - 40 Adamantite Bar - Recipe location

340 - 350
35 x [Lesser Ward of Shielding] - 35 Adamantite Bar - Recipe location

350 - 450

Go to Northrend and learn Blacksmithing Grand Master.

350 - 360
10 x [Cobalt Boots] - 40 Cobalt Bar

360 - 370
10 x [Cobalt Triangle Shield] - 40 Cobalt Bar

370 - 375
5 x [Cobalt Legplates] - 25 Cobalt Bar

375 - 380
5 x [Cobalt Gauntlets] - 25 Cobalt Bar

380 - 385
5 x [Spiked Cobalt Boots] - 35 Cobalt Bar

385 - 390
5 x [Sure-fire Shuriken] - 35 Cobalt Bar

390 - 395
5 x [Notched Cobalt War Axe] - 50 Cobalt Bar

395 - 400
5 x [Brilliant Saronite Belt] - 30 Cobalt Bar, 25 Saronite Bar

400 - 405
5 x [Horned Cobalt Helm] - 40 Cobalt Bar

405 - 415
10 x [Deadly Saronite Dirk] - 70 Saronite Bar, 20 Crystallized Air

415 - 425
13 x [Eternal Belt Buckle] - 52 Saronite Bar, 13 Eternal Earth, 13 Eternal Shadow, 13 Eternal Water

Make these until 425. You can sell these at the auction house, so you will get most of your gold back.

425 - 430
Sell these at the Auction House too.
7 x [Titanium Weapon Chain] - 14 Saronite Bar, 7 Titanium Bar

430 - 435
5 x [Savage Saronite Hauberk] - 70 Saronite Bar, 5 Eternal Earth

435 - 445
15 x [Daunting Legplates] - 210 Saronite Bar, 15 Eternal Earth

445 - 450
You can continue to make [Daunting Legplates], but the recipe will be green. Other option is to craft epic items for other players, or you can buy the materials and try to sell the crafted items on the Auction House

I hope you liked this WoW Blacksmithing Guide, GZ to 450!

*Thanks to http://www.wow-professions.com for this great guide!

Profession: Alchemy Guide (1-450)

2010-06-19T09:19:00.000-04:00

This WoW Alchemy guide will show you the fastest way how to level your Alchemy skill up from 1 to 450 as inexpensively as possible. Updated for WoW patch 3.3

Alchemy is the best combined with Herbalism, with these two you can save a lot of gold, and you can sell the potions later.

The materials are based on a case that you will gain one skill point each craft. This won't happen, so you will have to buy a few extra materials while you are leveling your Alchemy.

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:

59 x Peacebloom
59 x Silverleaf
95 x Briarthorn
35 x Bruiseweed
20 x Mageroyal
35 x Stranglekelp
30 x Liferoot
30 x Kingsblood
45 x Goldthorn
10 x Wild Steelbloom
70 x Sungrass
15 x Khadgar's Whisker
4 x Iron Bar
1 Black Vitriol
4 x Purple Lotus
4 x Firebloom
19 x Arthas' Tears
40 x Blindweed
75 x Golden Sansam
18 x Mountain Silversage
35 x Felweed
20 x Ragveil
35 x Dreaming Glory
10 x Netherbloom
20 Talandra's Rose
5 Pygmy Suckerfish
85 Goldclover
35 Tiger Lily
25 Adder's Tongue
20 Icethorn
40 Lichbloom
56 Saronite Bar
5 Dark Jade
5 Huge Citrine
5 Eternal Fire

Vials

74 x Empty Vial
65 x Leaded Vial
97 x Crystal Vial
163 x Imbued Vial

WoW Alchemy Leveling Guide 1 - 450

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Alchemy.

1-60
59 x [Minor Healing Potions] - 59 Peacebloom, 59 Sliverleaf, 59 Empty Vial
You'll need these in the next step of the Alchemy guide.

60 - 140

Learn Alchemy Journeyman.

60 - 105
50 x [Lesser Healing Potion] - 50 Minor Healing Potion, 50 Briarthorn

105 - 110
5 x [Elixir of Wisdom] - 5 Mageroyal, 10 Briarthorn, 5 Empty Vial

105 - 140
35 x [Healing Potion] - 35 Bruiseweed, 35 Briarthorn, 35 Leaded Vial

140 - 205

Learn Alchemy Expert.

140 - 155
15 x [Lesser Mana Potion] - 15 Mageroyal, 15 Stranglekelp, 15 Empty Vial
Make [Fire Oil] if there is no [Stranglekelp] in the Auction House or if [Firefin Snapper]is cheap.

155 - 185
30 x [Greater Healing Potion] - 30 Liferoot, 30 Kingsblood, 30 Leaded Vial
If you made [Fire Oil], you can use it to make [Elixir of Minor Accuracy]

185 - 205
20 x [Elixir of Agility] - 20 Stranglekelp, 20 Goldthorn, 20 Leaded Vial

25 x [Elixir of Fortitude] - 25 Wild Steelbloom, 25 Goldthorn, 25 Leaded Vial

205 - 285

Learn Alchemy Artisan.

205 - 215
10 x [Elixir of Greater Defence] - 10 Wild Steelbloom, 10 Goldthorn, 10 Leaded Vial

215 - 230
15 x [Superior Healing Potion] - 15 Sungrass, 15 Khadgar's Whisker, 15 Crystal Vial

230 - 231
1 x [Philosopher's Stone] - 4 Iron Bar, 1 Black Vitriol, 4 Purple Lotus, 4 Firebloom
Recipe Location
You will need this for transmutes, so keep it.

231 - 250
19 x [Elixir of Detect Undead] - 19 Arthas' Tears, 19 Crystal Vial

250 - 265
15 x [Elixir of Greater Agility] - 15 Sungrass, 15 Goldthorn, 15 Crystal Vial

265 - 285
20 x [Superior Mana Potion] - 40 Sungrass, 40 Blindweed, 20 Crystal Vial
[Elixir of the Sages] is a great alternative if you don't have that many Blindweed or Sungrass. You have to make a few more [Elixir of Greater Agility] up to 270 before you can learn this recipe.

285 - 350

Go to Outland and learn Alchemy Master.

285 - 300
18 x [Major Healing Potion] - 36 Golden Sansam, 18 Mountain Silversage, 18 Crystal vial

300-310
10 x [Volatile Healing Potion] - 10 Golden Sansam, 10 Felweed, 10 Imbued Vial
or
10 x [Adept's Elixir] - 10 Dreamfoil, 10 Felweed, 10 Imbued Vial

310-325
15 x [Elixir of Healing Power] - 15 Golden Sansam, 15 Dreaming Glory, 15 Imbued Vial

Once you reach an Alchemy skill of 325 and level 68, you may begin a quest to learn one of three specializations: Potions, Elixirs or Transmutations. Being specialized gives you a chance to create an extra 1 to 4 (for a total 5) items while crafting in the field you have selected. For example, a Master of Potions may be able to craft more than one [Super Mana Potion] for the same material cost as one.

Both Elixir and Potion master requires instance runs for the quest items and it can be hard to find groups to those old instances, so here is a little trick which can save you a lot of time.

Choose the path of Transmute Master. Buy 4 [Primal Might] or farm the required materials for 4[Primal Might]. Go to Netherstorm, talk to Transmute Master and become a Transmute Master. Unlearn your specialization by talking to the master again, then go to the Elixir Master or to thePotion Master depends on which path you want to choose, of course if you want to be a Transmute master, you can skip this part. It costs 150 gold each time you unlearn your specialization.

325-335
10 x [Mad Alchemist's Potion] - 20 Ragveil, 10 Crystal Vial

335-340
5 x [Super Healing Potion] - 10 Netherbloom, 5 Felweed, 5 Imbued Vial

340-350
10 x [Super Mana Potion] - 20 Dreaming Glory, 10 Felweed, 10 Imbued Vial
Recipe Location

350 - 450

Go to Northrend and learn Alchemy Grand Master.

350 - 360
15 x [Resurgent Healing Potion] - 30 Goldclover, 15 Imbued Vial

360 - 365
5 x [Icy Mana Potion] - 10 Talandra's Rose, 5 Imbued Vial

365 - 375
10 x [Spellpower Elixir] - 10 Goldclover, 10 Tiger Lily, 10 Imbued Vial

375 - 380
5 x [Pygmy Oil] - 5 Pygmy Suckerfish

380 - 385
5 x [Potion of Nightmares] - 5 Goldclover, 10 Talandra's Rose, 5 Imbued Vial

385 - 395
12 x [Elixir of Mighty Strength] - 24 Tiger Lily, 12 Imbued Vial

395 - 405
When you reach 400, you can make a [Northrend Alchemy Research] and your Alchemy Trinket, so you will need to craft fewer potions.
If you discovered the [Potion of Speed] recipe, make that one until 415 instead of the recipes below, because it's cheaper.
12 x [Elixir of Mighty Agility] - 24 Goldcover, 24 Adder's Tongue, 12 Imbued Vial

405 - 415
10 x [Indestructible Potion] - 20 Icethorn, 10 Imbued Vial

415 - 425
This recipe turns green at 422, so you might need to make more than 20.
20 x [Runic Mana Potion] - 20 Goldcover, 40 Lichbloom, 20 Imbued Vial

425 - 430
7 x [Transmute: Titanium] - 56 Saronite Bar

430 - 435
5 x [Transmute: Earthsiege Diamond] - 5 Dark Jade, 5 Huge Citrine, 5 Eternal Fire

435-450
You can make any flask you want or make the one that you need for raiding. Between 435-440 you can also make [Transmute: Skyflare Diamond]

I hope you liked this WoW Alchemy leveling guide, GZ to 450!

*Thanks to http://www.wow-professions.com for this great guide!

Profession: Lockpicking (1-400)

2010-06-19T09:15:00.000-04:00

This WoW Lockpicking guide will show you the fastest way how to get your Lockpicking skill up from 1 to 400. Updated for WoW patch 3.3

The basic formula for your maximum lockpicking skill at a particular level is (5 * level).

Here is a list of Junkboxes you can get with Pick Pocket. You can train your lockpicking skill with these too, however in this Lockpicking guide, I will mostly use Footlockers and Doors.

1 - 100
These chests below respawn really quickly. Skill up from 1 to 100 will be really easy.
Horde:
- [Buccaneer's Strongbox] - These chests located on a ship near Rachet in The Barrens.
- [Burial Chest] - Blood Elves can try this one
Alliance:
- [Practice Lockboxes] - Redridge Mountains

100 - 170
The Rogue poisons quests for Horde and Alliance are the best and easiest way to level up to 170. As of patch 3.3 you can no longer gain skill ups If you've already finished the quest.
Horde:
- [Gallywix's Lockbox] - The Barrens
Alliance:
- [Duskwood Chest] - Westfall
If you already finished the quest, go to Ashenvale - Zoram Strand, you will find[Waterlogged Footlocker] there, which you can use to level up to 150 or so. After 150 go to Hillsbard Foothills - Durnholde Keep and lockpick [Battered Footlockers] up to 175.

170 - 225
Now you have to go to Badlands - Angor Fortress. You will find two kind of footlockers there, you will need a lockpicking skill of 175 to open the [Dentened Footlocker].
- [Battered Footlocker] - Angor Fortress - Upstairs
- [Dented Footlocker] - Angor Fortress - Downstairs
Don't bother trying to Pick Pocket the mobs, the boxes you will find are already grey to you.

225 - 250
Go to the middle Searing Gorge, it's near Badlands and go inside the caves, the Footlockers will be there. Now you can try to Pick Pocket mobs too, because the [Sturdy Junkbox] you will find turns grey only at 275.
- [Dented Footlocker] - There are two kind of Footlockers with the same name, one of them turns green at 250, the other turns green at 275
.

250 - 300
Go to Tyr's Hand in Eastern Plaguelands. Pickpocket the mobs and find all of the [Scarlet Footlockers]. In the time it takes to take a full circle of Tyr's Hand, the starting point will be pickpocketable and have boxes respawned.

300 - 325
- [Wicker Chest] - Zangarmash
You can also Pick Pocket the mobs here, because they drop [Strong Junkbox].

325 - 385
- [Dented Footlocker] - Nagrand
Same as above, Pick Pocket mobs.

385 - 400
- [Scarlet Onslaught Trunk]
Or you can Pickpocket any Humanoid mobs at Northrend to get [Reinforced Junkboxes].

*Thanks to http://www.wow-professions.com for this great guide!

Profession: Leatherworking Guide (1-450)

2010-06-19T09:11:00.001-04:00

This WoW Leatherworking guide will show you the fastest and cheapest way how to level your Leatherworking skill up from 1 to 450. Updated for WoW patch 3.3

Leatherworking is the best combined with Skinning, but it's not required to have skinning aswell. You can buy the materials at the Auction House too, but then make sure you will have enough gold.

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:
- 57 Ruined Leather Scraps
- 130 Coarse Thread
- 10 Medium Hide
- 75 Salt
- 245 Light Leather
- 130 Medium Leather
- 190 Fine Thread
- 30 Gray Dye
- 20 Heavy Hide
- 180 Heavy Leather
- 410 Thick Leather
- 145 Silken Thread
- 410 Rugged Leather
- 35 Black Dye
- 92 Rune Thread
- 100 Knothide Leather Scraps
- 307 Knothide Leather
- 28 Fel Scales
- 1750 Borean Leather
- 100 Crystallized Water
- 18 Eternal Water
- 10 Arctic Fur
- 10 Nerubian Chitin OR 10 Icy Dragonscale
- 5 Frozen Orb
- 440-450 material list is not included, because there are so many path to choose.

WoW Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1 - 450

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Leatherworking Apprentice.

1-20
19 x [Light Leather] - 57 Ruined Leather Scraps

20-30 or 1-30
10 x [Light Armour Kit] - 10 Light Leather

You can make these from 1-30 too, if you don't have Ruined Leather Scraps.

30-50
20 x [Handstitched Leather Cloak] - 40 Light Leather, 20 Coarse Thread

50-55
5 x [Small Leather Ammo Pouch] - 15 Light Leather, 20 Coarse Thread

55 - 135

Learn Leatherworking Journeyman.

55-85
30 x [Embossed Leather Gloves] - 90 Light Leather, 60 Coarse Thread

85-100
15 x [Fine Leather Belt] - 90 Light Leather, 30 Coarse Thread

Keep these, you will need them.

100-115
Keep the Medium Hides, you will need them.

15 x [Cured Medium Hide] - 15 Medium Hide, 15 Salt
Make [Medium Armor Kit] if you can't find Medium Hides at the AH.

115-130
15 x [Dark Leather Boots] - 60 Medium Leather, 30 Fine Thread, 15 Gray Dye

135 - 200

Learn Leatherworking Expert.

130-145
15 x [Dark Leather Belt] - 15 Fine Leather Belt, 15 Cured Medium Hide, 30 Fine Thread, 15 Gray Die

Make [Dark Leather Cloak] if you still don't have [Cured Medium Hide].

145-150
5 x [Hillman's Leather Gloves] - 70 Medium Leather, 20 Fine Thread

150-155
5 x [Heavy Leather Ball] - 10 Heavy Leather, 5 Fine Thread

The pattern is sold by these NPCs.

155-165
You will need the Cured Heavy Hides later.

20 x [Cured Heavy Hide] - 20 Heavy Hide, 60 Salt
Make 15 x [Heavy Armor Kit] if you can't find any Heavy Hide in the AH, in this case you will need [Raptor Hides] instead of Heavy Hides and you will have to buy one of the following recipes:
- [Pattern: Raptor Hide Belt] - Alliance - Sold by Androd Fadran
- [Pattern: Raptor Hide Harness] - Horde - Sold by Tunkk
Now you should make [Heavy Armour Kit] up to 180, and after that make one of the recipes above up to 195. When you are out of Raptor Hides, make [Guardian Pants] or[Barbaric Leggings] up to 195 instead, which is really expensive to make so you should wait until you can get a few Heavy Hides.
The [Barbaric Leggings] recipe is sold by these NPCs.

170-180
10 x [Heavy Armor Kit] - 50 Heavy Leather, 10 Fine Thread

180-190
10 x [Barbaric Shoulders] - 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 20 Fine Thread

190-200
10 x [Guardian Gloves] - 40 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy Hide, 10 Silken Thread

200-205
5 x [Thick Armor Kit] - 25 Thick Leather, 5 Silken Thread

205 - 265

Learn Leatherworking Artisan.

205-235
35 x [Nightscape Headband] - 175 Thick Leather, 70 Silken Thread

Specialization

When you reach 225 skill and level 40, you unlock a set of quests. These quests allow you to specialize in various types of armor, which you can make for yourself only. As of patch 2.1.3, you can switch your Leatherworking specialization without losing any skill points and without doing the specialization quest. Here blelow there is the 3 way with each specialization.

Elemantal Leatherworking

list of recipes

The items you create as an Elemantal Leatherworker focus on melee based leather items (agility and attack power).

Dragonscale Leatherworking

list of recipes

This specialisation offers offensive mail items - there are both caster and melee based sets.

Tribal Leatherworking

list of recipes

The Tribal Leatherworking items are all leather items focused on healing.

235-250
15 x [Nightscape Pants] - 210 Thick Leather, 60 Silken Thread

250-265
18 x [Rugged Armor Kit] - 90 Rugged Leather

265-290
25 x [Wicked Leather Bracers] - 200 Rugged Leather, 25 Black Dye, 25 Rune Thread

If there are some Heavy Scorpid Scale in the Auction House and it's cheaper than the Rugged Leather, you can craft the following item:
[Heavy Scorpid Bracers] - Recipe location
Or make [Frostsaber Boots] if Essence of Water is cheap on your realm.

290 - 350

Go to Outland and learn Leatherworking Master. Click here for the trainer list.

290-300
10 x [Wicked Leather Headband] - 120 Rugged Leather, 10 Black Dye, 10 Rune Thread

300-310
20 x [Knothide Leather] - 100 Knothide Leather Scraps

Just skipp this part and start making [Knothide Armor Kit], if you don't have Knothide Leather Scraps.

310-325
23 x [Knothide Armor Kit] - 92 Knothide Leather

325-335
43 x [Heavy Knothide Leather] - 215 Knothide Leather

Just go to the next step if you didn't reach 335 by making these, but then you will need a few more [Heavy Knothide Leather].
If one Heavy Knothide Leather is cheaper than 5 Knothide Leather, stop making the Heavy Knothide Leathers when you reach 330, buy them from the Auction House instead.

335-340
5 x [Thick Draenic Vest] - 15 Heavy Knothide Leather, 15 Rune Thread

340-350
If you don't have to that much Fel Scales, you can make [Thick Draenic Vest] up to 345 or 350 if you can't find any Fel Scales in the AH at all.

14 x [Scaled Draenic Boots] - 28 Heavy Knothide Leather, 28 Fel Scales, 42 Rune Thread
This recipe goes yellow at 345, so you will need to make a few extra ones. I suggest gathering enough materials for 14.

350 - 450

Go to Northrend and learn Leatherworking Grand Master. Click here for the trainer list.

350-380
33 x [Borean Armor Kit] - 132 Borean Leather

380-390
10 x [Arctic Boots] - 80 Borean Leather

390-405
258 x [Heavy Borean Leather] - 1548 Borean Leather

405-420
20 x [Dark Frostscale Leggings] - 80 Heavy Borean Leather, 100 Crystallized Water

Make [Dark Iceborne Leggings] if Crystallized Shadow is cheaper than Crystallized Water.

420-425
5 x [Overcast Bracers] - 40 Heavy Borean Leather, 5 Eternal Water

The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.

425-435
13 x [Overcast Handwraps] - 130 Heavy Borean Leather, 13 Eternal Water

The recipe sold by Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran. It costs 3 Heavy Borean Leather.

435-440

You might need to make more of these than 5, because the recipes will be yellow.
5 x [Frosthide Leg Armor] - 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Nerubian Chitin, 5 Frozen Orb
or
5 x [Icescale Leg Armor] - 10 Arctic Fur, 10 Icy Dragonscale, 5 Frozen Orb

440-450
You can continue to make the recipes above, you will sell them at AH anyway and you will get most of your gold back. The faster way is to craft any epic items you learn at 440, search for players on the trade channel who need those items and tell them you will craft it for free. If you have lots of gold, you should just buy the materials and craft those items, then sell them at the Auction House.

I hope you liked this WoW Leatherworking guide, GZ to 450!

*thanks to http://www.wow-professions.com for this great guide!

Profession: Skinning Guide (1-450)

2010-06-17T18:49:00.001-04:00

This WoW Skinning Guide will show you the fastest and easiest way how to level your Skinning profession from 1 to 450. Updated for WoW patch 3.3

Just to note this Skinning guide is not about making gold with skinning, it's just a simple guide which show you the fastest way to level your Skinning.

This guide is aimed for higher level players, who want to switch their profession at higher levels, but this don't means it's not good for lower level players. Leveling your Skinning will be easy, and even easier if you use this Skinning guide, but hell it's really boring. You will have to run around and skin hundreds or even thousands of mobs in WoW.

I found many other Skinning guide on the internet, they just list the best zones, usually the zones with the most beasts in it. However, while you travel between those zones, you will loose a lot of time and you won't level your skinning faster. This Skinning guide will show you two simple path which I found the fastest way to level Skinning, one for Horde and one for Alliance. You can find a few formulas below, these might help you while you will leveling your Skinning.

Up to skinning 100, you can find out the highest level mob you can skin by: ((Skinning skill)/10)+10. Example: ( 50 / 10 ) +10 = 15

From skinning level 100 and up the formula is simply: (Skinning skill)/5. Example: (175 / 5 = 35)

With the Skinning Enchant to gloves, you can skin an enemy 1 level higher than you normally would be able to do so. Skinning does not have any character level requirements in order to learn the next skill proficiency level. Please note that even if a mob is red/orange to you, that this DOES NOT guarantee that you'll get a skill up. It's more likely, but not to be expected every time.

1-75 Skinning Guide

Visit any Skinning Trainer located in World of Warcraft, and learn Skinning Apprentice.

Don't forget to buy the SKINNING KNIFE. I always forgot it. After you bought the knife, just follow the zones listed in the guide. This knife does NOT have to be equipped.

Beasts in the immediate starting area can't be skinned, because that area is for level 1-6 players and you won't have any profession until you reach level 5.

Alliance:

From 1 to 50 make a circle around that lake near Ironforge, when you reach 50 you can go and visit your Skinning trainer at Ironforge and learn Journeyman Skinning. After you learned it, you can continue to level your Skinning until around 75, while you move toward Loch Modan. Keep in mind, it's not guaranteed that you will reach 75, but if you won't reach it you can just still go to Loch Modan, lower skill will be enough too.