WoW Forever professions guide
Checked on the Forever beta, October 2026. Some details may change at launch.
Forever has 12 professions plus Camping, its new camp system. You can learn two primary professions on each character, plus Cooking, First Aid and Fishing on top. This page covers what each one does, which ones pair well, and how Camping changes the picture.
Leveling guides by profession
The 12 professions
Gathering professions collect materials from the world. They need no other profession and start paying from the first node.
| Profession | You gather | Feeds |
|---|---|---|
| Herbalism | Herbs | Alchemy |
| Mining | Ore and stone | Blacksmithing, Engineering |
| Skinning | Leather and hides | Leatherworking |
Crafting professions turn materials into gear, potions and gadgets.
| Profession | You make | Materials come from |
|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | Potions, elixirs, flasks | Herbalism |
| Blacksmithing | Mail and plate armor, weapons | Mining |
| Engineering | Gadgets, explosives, goggles | Mining |
| Leatherworking | Leather and mail armor, armor kits | Skinning |
| Tailoring | Cloth armor and bags | Cloth that drops from humanoid mobs |
| Enchanting | Enchants for your gear | Disenchanting items you don't need |
Secondary professions don't count toward your two. Every character can learn all three.
Which two to pick
Pick a crafting profession and the gathering profession that feeds it, and you never buy your own materials.
| Pair | Why it works |
|---|---|
| Herbalism + Alchemy | Every potion starts as an herb you picked |
| Mining + Blacksmithing | Ore becomes bars, bars become armor and weapons |
| Mining + Engineering | Same ore, gadgets instead of armor |
| Skinning + Leatherworking | Every beast you kill drops your next craft |
| Tailoring + Enchanting | Neither needs a gathering profession. Tailoring makes cloth gear, and Enchanting disenchants the pieces you don't sell |
Two gathering professions, like Herbalism + Mining, earn gold fastest while leveling. You sell everything you pick and buy nothing. You can drop one and learn a crafting profession later, but you start that one at skill 1.
Leveling the secondaries is worth it on every character. Cooking also builds Forever's campfires, and First Aid saves you a lot of time between fights.
Camping
Camping is new in Forever. Every profession makes a camp item that you place at a campfire for a buff, and Cooking builds the fire.
Camp items unlock at skill 20, 140 and 300. At skill 20 you get the first one:
| Profession | Skill 20 | Skill 140 | Skill 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | Mana Well | Fermenter | Alchemy Lab |
| Blacksmithing | Sharpening Wheel | Anvil | Master Forge |
| Enchanting | Enchanted Lute | Arcane Salvager | Arcane Forge |
| Engineering | Reagent Bot | Repair Bot | Workbench |
| First Aid | First Aid Kit | Toxin Study | Laboratory |
| Fishing | Fish Bowl | Fishing Rack | Fishing Hut |
| Herbalism | Incense Candle | Greenhouse | Seed Hybridizer |
| Leatherworking | Camp Tent | Tanning Rack | Sewing Machine |
| Mining | Lodestone | Rock Garden | Molten Foundry |
| Skinning | Camp Chair | Field Guide | Trapper's Workbench |
| Tailoring | Faction Banner | Spinning Wheel | Loom |
A few of the skill-20 items and what they give: Camp Chair (+crit), Incense Candle (+Intellect), First Aid Kit (+Stamina), Fish Bowl (+stats).
Campfire kits come from Cooking. Each kit needs more Cooking skill to use than to learn, and a bigger kit holds more camp items:
| Kit | Learn at | Use at | Camp item slots |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Campfire Kit | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Journeyman Campfire Kit | 90 | 140 | 5 |
| Expert Campfire Kit | 200 | 220 | 10 |
After you place a camp item, all your camp items share a one-hour cooldown.
What this means for picking professions: Cooking builds the fire but has no camp item of its own, so one character can bring up to four camp items: one for each primary, plus First Aid and Fishing.
Let the addon track it
ForeverArtisan is a free addon built for WoW Forever. It covers all 12 professions plus Camping: plans to a target skill with a priced shopping list, your most profitable recipes after the Auction House cut, and a Camp window that shows which camp items you can make, which are ready, and what unlocks next. Fishing works on a controller with one button.
Questions
How many professions can you have in WoW Forever?
Two primary professions, plus Cooking, First Aid and Fishing. That's five per character.
Which professions make the most gold?
Two gathering professions earn steady gold from the first day, because you sell everything you collect. Crafting pays more later, once you can make what other players want.
What is Camping in WoW Forever?
A new system where every profession makes a camp item you place at a campfire for a buff. Cooking makes the campfire kits, and bigger kits hold more items.
Can I change professions later?
Yes. Unlearn one from your skills window and learn another at its trainer, but the new one starts at skill 1.
Enjoy the journey!