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WoW Forever compendium

Professions

Every profession in the Forever beta, with its profession bonus and the new recipes, items and crafts highlighted for it. Nine primary professions plus Cooking, Fishing and First Aid, in the order the beta graphic lists them.

Beta data. Subject to change and may contain errors.

Alchemy

Alchemy

Primary
  • MixologyBonus

    You receive 100% increased duration and 25% increased effect from elixirs and flasks.

  • Philosopher's Stone

    The reworked Philosopher's Stone is now an upgradeable and equippable trinket. Begin with a Crude Philosopher's Stone and refine it into powerful tiers like the Inlaid Philosopher's Stone to unlock Transmutations. When equipped, these stones also amplify the healing effects of potions, adding utility and progression to your craft.

  • New Recipes

    Enhance your strength with powerful options like the Melee and Ranged Attack Power Flask or broaden your abilities with versatile Reputation Elixirs. Discover an array of new Potions, Flasks, and Elixirs to craft, consume, and trade, offering endless opportunities to boost your potential.

Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing

Primary
  • Repair AllBonus

    Stay battle-ready with Repair All, a new blacksmithing ability that instantly restores the durability of all your gear. With two ranks offering cooldowns of 8 and 4 hours, this skill ensures you're always prepared for the fight ahead.

  • Belt Buckles

    Blacksmiths forge new possibilities with powerful Belt Buckles, permanent enchants for belts that boost all stats. Available in four tiers, Silver, Iron, Mithril, and Arcanite, these upgrades ensure every level can benefit from the blacksmith's craft.

  • New Recipes

    Expand your arsenal with Blacksmithing's array of new craftable items. From tanking swords and maces to thrown weapons and versatile armor sets, these recipes offer powerful options for every role and playstyle.

Cooking

Cooking

Secondary
  • Black Coffee

    Start your day with a strong brew of Black Coffee, perfect for waking up and staying alert during your adventures. A simple yet essential drink for any adventurer on the go.

  • Juicy Bear Burgers

    Sink your teeth into a Juicy Bear Burger, a hearty and satisfying meal that provides a much-needed boost for any traveler. Packed with flavor and energy, it's the perfect comfort food after a long day.

  • And More

    Keep your eyes peeled for other tasty treats like Bone Meal, Cooked Molten Skullfish, Crestfall Crab Tacos, and more delicious creations to discover and enjoy!

Enchanting

Enchanting

Primary
  • Ring EnchantsBonus

    As a magical bonus profession-only bonus, Enchanters may imbue their personal rings with Spell Power, Attack Power, or Stamina enchants. These recipes level as you do, with five total tiers to learn.

  • Shard Transmutes

    Don't let your materials go to waste! All small shards can be transformed into a large shard of the same type, on a 20-hour shared cooldown.

  • Stave Crafting... and More!

    Enchanters will now be able to craft metal staves using new materials available from Enchanting vendors. New recipes for staves, wands, offhands, and of course, enchants, can be found around the world.

Engineering

Engineering

Primary
  • Powerful Profession

    Engineering historically held the top spot as the most valuable profession. In order to balance desirability between professions, it does not boast a statistic bonus for its practitioners.

  • But Wait... There's More!

    While engineering doesn't offer a stat bonus, it still boasts all the tools and toys you love from a vanilla world, plus numerous new patterns and some crafts you might recognize from the future....

  • Goblin or Gnome?

    The eternal question, what flavor of engineer do you wish to be? Both traditions of engineering boast new toys to play with... or explode!

Fishing

Fishing

Secondary
  • Fishing with Flair

    Fishing has been lovingly restored to vanilla zones and implemented in our custom content. As you explore every shore, carry your lures in style in new fishing Tackle Boxes.

  • Casting Fire

    One of our new custom fishing areas is... anywhere you find lava. But not just any rod will do, you'll need to search out one of two rods capable of angling in these most treacherous of... waters?

  • Bobbing with Friends

    Daily quests for fishing are available in Blackmaw Village at launch. Completing every daily is one of the requirements for our new Fishing Meta achievement which rewards the "Salty" title.

First Aid

First Aid

Secondary
  • Classic First Aid

    First aid has been restored to its 1.12 state including the "Triage" capstone quest in Hammerfall and Theramore.

  • Upgraded Bandages

    To account for increased health pools due to TBC Stamina scaling, the amount healed by bandages has been increased.

  • Engaging Content

    First Aid materials are now objectives of quests, opening a new market for crafting and selling your emergency supplies to others.

Herbalism

Herbalism

Primary
  • Natural TalentBonus

    Herbalists will find that their experience harvesting magical plants pays off in an increase to their resistance to all schools of magic. This bonus increases as you level up.

  • Lotus Affinity

    Like later versions of WoW, herbalists on Forever will sometimes find Black Lotus bundled with other high level herbs.

  • Brutal Pickings

    Many creatures throughout the world can now be herbed upon death to grant additional resources.

Leatherworking

Leatherworking

Primary
  • Armor KitsBonus

    As a leatherworker you'll have access to temporary armor kits that attach to your bracers. Choose between Spell Power, Attack Power, and Stamina versions.

  • Must Go Faster...

    Rush to battle or speed away from danger using a custom Leatherworking saddle that increases your mounted speed by up to 5% at max level. And you won't have to stop as often thanks to new Leatherworking bags.

  • Dragons and Elements

    While new recipes are available for all leatherworkers, we've particularly focused on new patterns for the Dragonscale and Elemental specializations.

Mining

Mining

Primary
  • Made of MetalBonus

    All your hard work spent mining has made you exceptionally tough, increasing your total health by 5%.

  • A Lode of Ore

    Though still in its experimental phase, miners may encounter Arcanite Lodes in the world. These special nodes need extra work to harvest, but they're worth the investment.

  • Malicious Mining

    Many creatures throughout the world can now be mined upon death to grant additional resources.

Skinning

Skinning

Primary
  • Beasts of the WildBonus

    Your appreciation for the art of hunting increases your damage done to beasts and dragonkin by 5%.

  • Rare Hides

    We've added new recipes that utilize many of the rare hides that previously had little intrinsic value, making farming more types of skins than Devilsaur a lucrative enterprise.

  • A Classic Starter Profession

    Skinning remains an easy profession for beginners to adopt, helping put a little extra gold in your pocket while leveling.

Tailoring

Tailoring

Primary
  • Embroider Your WorkBonus

    Similar to the bonus available in Wrath of the Lich King, tailors have access to five tiers of embroidery thread usable on your cloak. Choose between Spell Power, Attack Power, and Stamina variants.

  • Cloth Scavenging

    Most humanoid enemies in the world can drop cloth as a reward. Tailors have an eye for this sort of scavenging, and find more cloth from enemies in the world.

  • New and Reworked Recipes

    Tailoring has received a number of new recipes as well as reworks to some of its signature high level crafts such as the Mooncloth pieces.