Profession Picking Guide for Wrath of the Lich King Classic WoW

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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Engineering
06:22 Jewelcrafting
09:24 Alchemy
12:05 Skinning
13:50 Tailoring
17:21 Blacksmithing
19:46 Inscription
21:59 Leatherworking
24:18 Herbalism
25:21 Enchanting
26:47 Mining
28:41 Fishing
32:31 Cooking
33:58 First Aid
34:53 Summary

Best Professions for WotLK Classic World of Warcraft

Wrath of the Lich King – The most popular WoW expansion of all time. With the playerbase reaching it’s highest ever at 12 million subscribers on October 2010. And with news of Wrath of the Lich King Classic on the horizon, you’re probably thinking about how to prepare, because with a new expansion comes new changes, and professions have been changed in a big way in Wrath, which might make you wonder which profession is best for you.

With the addition of profession passive and active bonuses, profession linking, and a ton of new recipes unlocked through profession daily quests, choosing your profession is a really big decision, both in terms of a time investment and gold, and you also really won’t want to have to unlearn a profession and start over.

In this video we’ll be discussing the profession bonuses for each profession both passive and active, how the profession compares to the others, which class should go which profession and the ability for the profession to generate gold. There’s also a new profession added in Wrath called Inscription, and you’ll definitely want to know about what it brings to the game. And by the end of the video, hopefully you’ll know which professions you want to pursue in wrath.

Engineering in Wrath is a lot like Engineering in Vanilla – it’s simply the strongest profession. Engineering in wrath has so many powerful items that can enhance your character in both PvP and PvE situations that you’re basically just at a disadvantage if you’re not an engineer. This time it comes in the flavor of “Tinkers” to your items which are like enchantments.

This is a great change because in the past if you wanted a fun engineering item, you usually sacrificed stats – now in wrath you can keep the high stat best in slot item, but still have a fun engineering tinker attached to it. And if you were wondering, you can’t have both a tinker and an enchantment on an item, it’s one or the other. But if you end up going engineering, you’ll be feeling like inspector gadget in no time. (Bounce sound, character flying off the screen).

First off there’s the Runic Mana Injector and Runic Healing Injector, which grant an increased effect for engineers. So, if you’re playing a mana hungry class, using these Runic Mana Injectors as an engineer can be a great reason to go engineering.

There’s also fun things as always like the Mind-Amplification Dish – which is a tinker to your helm. This allows you to engage in a mental battle with your enemies, attempting to mind control them. This can be pretty nifty if you’re standing on a high ledge and you decide you want your new pet to jump.

The Hand-Mounted Pyro Rocket is Best in Slot for PvP,.

There’s also Hyperspeed Accelerators

Another powerful tinker, and is really another best in slot item in PvE for some classes is the Frag Belt.

Nitro Boosts are amazing.

These boots are paired nicely with the Flexweave Underlay tinker. Instead of having a really weak parachute cloak with no stats, you can now attach the Flexweave Underlay to your stat-filled cloak.

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[sahidcm]

Notes about things that were not mentioned in the video:

2:25 The engineering head tinker grants 45 stam, aside from the mind control. This is the highest stamina enchantment in wotlk.

4:04 except nitro boots can fail to burst speed forward. Instead, they have a chance to launch you upwards incredibly fast and for a very high distance. If you have any form of slow fall, a survival CD or land in a pond, you're fine. If you don't, you'll likely die.
Luckily, I haven't seen the launch activate inside dungeons or raids, but I've seen it do it in BGS and the open world.

4:21 you forgot to mention that there are two cloak tinkers with the same slow fall effect and CD. One grants spell power and the other one grants agility.

Also for the tanks, there is an engineering hand tinker with extra armor. It's a really strong one.

6:06 Note about the wormhole and portable mailbox: these items do NOT bind after use so you can trade them and other grand master engineers can use them. Maybe you can send to your alts, lend to a friend or put in the guild bank. Idk if the CD remains after passing them.

You can choose gnomish or goblin specialization. Choosing gnomish will allow you to create arrows that are currently the best ones for hunters and they sell for a lot of gold. (Hunters still use ammo in wotlk).

Engineering also allows you to create googles with nice stats, as well as trinkets. These are nice if you're gearing up, especially at fresh 80.

I know that in classic tbc they changed it so that the chicken trinket didn't work as it used to, but I guess it's worth trying it out in wotlk classic. The chicken trinket will increase the raid melee haste by 5%, which, if proven to still work will be very strong all the way to the ruby sanctum (the last raid).

9:30 jewelcrafting also allows you to create special rings, necklaces and trinkets which are nice for gearing up, especially at fresh 80.

10:54 another great item to have is the super useful and very often forgotten alchemist-only "Infinite Mana Potion" and "Infinite Healing Potion" which have the same effect as the Runic ones and they are in fact infinite.

12:21 just jump in the wotah to clear the debuff

17:04 oh not just one was added in wotlk, but two. The Magnificent Flying Carpet (purple and orange) is a pattern learned at the trainer. And a gnome NPC in Dalaran sells the pattern to create the Icy Flying Carpet (blue) in exchange for frozen orbs. Both fly at 280% speed.

And now that we have mentioned mounts. I know these are from tbc, but don't forget that engineering has the Flying Machine and Fast Flying Machine. And tailoring has the Flying Carpet which is green and flies at 150% speed.

19:45 a small one but a good one and not added in wrath. The shield wards for paladin and war tanks are great. They will absorb a lot of damage until breaking. They can be used by blacksmiths and non-blacksmiths.

22:26 it's worth mentioning that the drums of the wild give a slightly weaker version of gift of the wild. There's also the drums of forgotten kings which will work like Pala kings except for 8% stats instead of 10. These, as you said, are great if you don't have a Pala or druid in your group. The drums from tbc are no longer useful at max level in wrath because they specifically say that they won't work on players above level 70.
And talking about missing raid buffs, scribes will be able to create scrolls of fortitude, similar to the drums added in wotlk, one of these scrolls will buff all your raid members with a weaker version of Prayer of Fortitude (priest stamina buff). Sadly, there is no equivalent scroll or drum for the mages' intellect buff.

23:00 it's worth noting that the spell power bonus from LW is the same as enchanting, blacksmithing (when using two red 23 sp gems in your extra sockets), alchemy(+1 point) and inscription. JC and tailoring are superior as they give about the same sp bonus of 52.

23:24 _Sindragosa in Naxxramas_ you meant Sapphiron 😊👍 no worries tho

29:52 all pets are vanity pets in wotlk classic (I'm referring to these kinds of pets, of course, hunters have a different kind of pets). Pet battles weren't added until Pandaria.

Also, about fishing, there is a rare pet (linked to an achievement) so idk if the pet was added in wotlk. The Crawldad. When you summon it and speak to it, it has a chance to grant a nice stamina buff. It might not be very convenient because of the rarity and buff RNG, but it could be useful sometimes.

33:27 cooking has another great recipe: Spicy Mammoth Treats. A very powerful buff for your pet, and can be used on a demonology warlock's Felguard, hunter's pet or unholy DK's ghoul. This treat will give your pet the well fed buff and increase their attack power and stamina.

Note: to be fair, many people don't know them, so I hope that this list can be insightful and complementary to the video.

Edit: I added more as the video progressed.

[zainajenkins]

1:18 engineering
6:26 jewel crafting
9:25 alchemy
12:08 skinning
13:52 tailoring
17:22 blacksmithing
18:48 inscription
22:02 leatherworking
24:20 herbalism
25:24 enchanting
26:50 mining
28:42 fishing
32:32 cooking
34:00 first aid

For those who didn’t read the description first.

[vc]

This was the best profession overview for WotLK that I've seen. Despite playing the expansion a lot at a high end back then, I still learned a couple things. Nice job.

[werespawn]

Presentation 5/5
Research 5/5
Thank you so much man. This one really really helped. <3

[GamingDualities]

picking up profession is not the hardest part, but leveling them up from scratch is :D

[karlstevens]

Wow was the only full-time job that I enjoyed.

[simigaroto]

This video is the best about WotLK professions bonus. Congratulations for your amazing YouTube channel <3

[papayapayama]

I have gone through your videos over the last few days and you are 110% the best wotlk youtuber for advice and guides. Make dungeon and raid guides aswell maybe?

[joaquin]

this is the greatest profession guide ive seen tyvm

[Cosmosis]

Just started for wow for the first time. Thank for the video man

[eliezersosa]

Having played on Private Wotlk you are 100% engineering on every class/spec + whatever extra profession you want. Raiding or PvP engineering is just amazing.

[johnduffy]

"...but in Patch 3.3.3, repeating" - Leeroy Jenkins quotes are ALWAYS appreciated! Kudos

[matiasdellea]

This is the best wotlk video I had ever seen... perfect

[Zaggy_Grinn]

oooh engineering it is! Thanks for the vid Toyhouze!

[jackjacksonson]

28:23 haha props for the reference and to anyone who caught it ;p

[PocokPresents]

Great video! I think I go mining and enchanter with my new tank.

27:35
"maxing out at 60 mana" :D

[Murliss]

Professions are so huge in wrath, especially engi! It’s great for pretty much everyone serious about raiding and it’s fun. Some great tips on how to make gold and good info here. Very based video!

[meditaridiablo]

Three times during tailoring you said you need imbued netherweave instead of frostweave and I laughed everytime

[leonirspaz]

Profession picking Guide Short Version:

Are you a raider and a melee class / Hunter? Jewelcrafting + Engineering.

Are you a raider + Caster dps? Engineering + Tailoring

Potential exceptions to the above:

Feral cat Jewelcrafting + Blacksmithing for extra sockets for arp / hit caps in 3.3.

Are you a PvPer? Engineering + Tailoring / Jewelcrafting / Blacksmithing

Anything other than whats stated above? Pick whatever it doesnt matter.

[namdo]

In warmane i pick up herb and skinning, while a frost lotus these time cost 40G and mamoth hide cost 120G compare to a 20g titanium ore, then i use those gold to buy iceblade arrow, battled hilt, unblind ilvl 264, mechahog and invincible reign