Professions powerleveling guides (1-300)

[snowieken]

During the already infamous "forum hack" the most visited sticky was deleted: the engineering, alchemy, enchanting, tailoring, fishing and cooking powerleveling guides. The thread seems to be lost forever, all we ever found is a google cache. But good news: I can repost the thread using the original address the guides came from. So here goes.

Alchemy leveling guide, 1 to 300 (http://www.xs4all.nl/~brt/wow/guides/skillupalchemy.html)
Engineering leveling guide, 1 to 300 (http://www.xs4all.nl/~brt/wow/guides/skillupengineering.html)
Enchanting leveling guide, 1 to 300 (http://www.xs4all.nl/~brt/wow/guides/skillupenchanting.html)
Tailoring leveling guide, 1 to 300 (http://www.xs4all.nl/~brt/wow/guides/skilluptailoring.html)

On guides.worldofwar.net:
Mining leveling guide, 1 to 300 (http://guides.worldofwar.net/strategy.php?id=62)

[snowieken]

In the mean time I also found a shortened version of a blacksmithing powerleveling guide. Far less information than on the above URL's, but it's nevertheless quite accurate. Thanks to mabba for PM-ing this to me.

Apprentice Blacksmithing

1-25 Rough Sharpening Stones
25-65 Rough Grinding Stones
65-75 Coarse Sharpening Stones

Journeyman Blacksmithing

75-100 Coarse Grinding Stone
100-105 Silver Rods
105-125 Rough Bronze Leggings
125-150 Heavy Grinding Stone

Expert Blacksmithing

150-175 Rough Bronze Leggings
175-210 Iron Counterweight
210-215 Golden Scale Bracers
215-225 Steel Plate Helm

Artisan Blacksmithing

225-235 Steel Plate Helm
235-250 Mithril Spurs
250-260 Dense Sharpening Stone
260-275 Mithril Spurs
275-280 Thorium Bracers
280-300 Thorium Helm

[snowieken]

Thanks to Erthshade and Google cache for the retrieval of this information!

Fishing and Cooking Guide by Highlander - EU-Terenas.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU FISH, YOUR SKILL UP RATE WILL NOT CHANGE.

So, with that knowledge, you'll realise that you can skill up fishing from 1 to 300 by fishing the water of your factions city. The reason for the different locations mentioned in this guide, is for you to be able to skill up your cooking as well.

I've combined both fishing and cooking in this guide, as they compliment each other very well and if your going to skill up your fishing, you might as well skill up your cooking with all the fish you'll be catching.

N.B. it will take you a minimum of 11 hours to complete this, but more likely about 14-15.

So let's start:

Go to your fishing trainer and cook and pick up Fishing and Cooking skills.
Buy a fishing rod and a stack of shiny baubles (a lure that adds +25 to your fishing skill).
Your now ready to begin.

Horde

Best place to start is in Bloodhoof Village in Mulgore.
Go speak to Harn Longcast and buy Brilliant Smallfish and Longjaw Mud Snapper recipes off of him. Now start fishing in Stonebull Lake.
Equip your rod and then apply the shiny bauble lure to it, as this will make catching fish easier.You'll want to catch about 60 Brilliant Smallfish and this should take about 40 minutes. You'll find that by the time you have caught 60 Brilliant Smallfish, you'll also have about 30 Longjaw Mud Snappers. Once you have 60, cook them. You can either build your own fire or jog back to Harn Longcast and use the fire in front of him. Cook the Brilliant Smallfish, then at level 50 start cooking Longjaw Mud Snappers (after learning the recipe you bought earlier).
You'll need to go and catch Longjaw Mud Snappers now and the best place for these is the pond in Orgrimmar by Lumark the Fishing trainer (I know you've been catching quite a few where you are, but the "drop rate" is a lot better in Orgrimmar).
Between levels 50 and 75 go learn journeyman fishing and cooking.
You'll now need to catch about 30 Longjaw Mud Snappers to get your cooking up to 100.
Now go to Tarren Mill in Hillsbrad and buy Bristle Whisker Catfish recipe off of Derak Nightfall.
Go to the river to the East of Tarren Mill and fish for Bristle Whisker Catfish. Depending on your cooking level, your going to need about 80-100 of these to get it up to 175.
Between levels 125 and 150 go learn expert cooking from trainer. You'll need to go to Booty Bay and buy a book for your Fishing level. Speak to Old Man Heming and buy the book Expert Fishing: The Bass and You.
Once your up to 175 cooking, go to Shadowprey Village in Desolace. Speak to Wulan and buy Mithril Head Trout recipe and start fishing on the pier there. Your going to need about 60 of these to get your cooking up to level 225.

At this point you should now have level 225 fishing and level 225 cooking. If your not level 35 yet, then this is as far as you can go. If you are level 35+ then you have two quests to complete before you can continue.

First quest: Cooking
Requirements: Level 35, 225 Cooking.

Go to Gadgetzan in Tanaris and speak to Dirge Quikcleave. He is in the tavern. He'll want you to bring him 12 Giant Eggs, 10 Zesty Clam Meat and 20 Alterac Swiss. You should actually be able to buy the eggs and clam meat off of AH, but in case you can't here's where to find them. Now according to the quest Giant Eggs drop off of Rocs in Tanaris or any large bird. The best place I found for the eggs, was the owlbeast in The Hinterlands. Only needed to kill about 20 of these to get my 12 eggs. They are about level 43 ish, so if your not that high a level, get help or wait till you can handle them. The clam meat comes from clams, naturally! Well to save you swimming around the sea looking for clams, your better off killing turtles at Steamwheedle Port or Raventusk Village. The drop rate is quite high and you'll have your clam meat in no time. The levels are 41 ish for Steamwheedle Port and 49-50 for Raventusk Village. The Alterac Swiss is the easiest part. Go to Hammerfall in Arathi Highlands and buy them off of the Inn Keeper. Hand them all in and you'll get your Artisan Cooking.

Second Quest: Fishing
Requirements: Level 35, 225 Fishing.

You need to go and find Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh. He is standing on a small island to the West of Theramore (58,60). He'll ask you to catch four rare fishes for him. This quest is actually really easy and the only hard part is the amount of travelling involved.The fish you need to catch are:

Feralas Ahi - If you ride out West from Camp Mojache and fish the Verdantis River where the small bridge is by the Ogres, you'll soon catch one.

Sar'theris Striker - Ride a little South out of Shadowprey Village and your there. Make sure the area comes up as Sar'theris Strand.

Savage Coast Blue Saffin - Just outside Grom'gol Base Camp. Make sure the area comes up as Savage Coast.

Misty Reed Mahi Mahi - Directly East from Stonnard. Just avoid the Murlocs.

You should catch these fish within 5 to 10 casts at each location. So it wont take long. The best order I've found to do this quest in is; (assuming you don't already have all the flightpaths) From Dustwallow, ride to the Great Lift and then head West through Thousand Needles to Camp Mojache in Feralas - From Feralas, ride North West into Desolace and onto Shadowprey Village - From Desolace, fly to Thunderbluff - Fly to XR - Fly to Orgrimmar - Get Zeppelin to Grom'Gol Base Camp - Ride North to Duskwood - Ride East to Deadwind Pass - Ride through Deadwind Pass to Swamp of Sorrows.
Now go back to Nat and get your Artisan Fishing.

Ok, so your now at level 225 in both cooking and fishing and you've done your Artisan quests. Time for the home stretch.

Go to Steamwheedle port and speak to Gikkix, You'll want to buy the following two recipes: Spotted Yellowtail and Poached Sunscale Salmon.
Now go to Raventusk Village in the Hinterlands and fish for Spotted Yellowtails. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 225 to 250.
Now go to Bloodvenom Falls in Felwood and fish for Sunscale Salmon. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 250 to 275.
Now go to Camp Mojache in Feralas and speak to Sheendra Tallgrass and buy the recipe for Mightfish Steak. Whilst your there buy about 40 Hot Spices and 40 Soothing Spices as your going to be making the food that you will want as a level 60 (without going into instances that is). It gives a +10 stamina buff for 15mins which is always helpful.
Now go to Scalebeard's Cave in Azshara (its one of the islands to the East) and fish for Mightfish. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 275 to 300. You may need to bring some lures with you at this point, as your cooking will level up faster than your fishing and Azshara is a 250+ fishing zone. Once your cooking is a 300, keep fishing till you've maxed out that too. It will take 7 to 10 catches to get one skill up at this point, so take your time.

Alliance

Best place to start is in Elwynn Forest.
Go speak to Nyoma by Crystal Lake and buy the recipes for Brilliant Smallfish and Longjaw Mud Snappers. Now start fishing in Crystal Lake.
You'll want to catch about 60 Brilliant Smallfish to get your cooking from 1 to 50.
Now go to Stormwind City and fish the canals for Longjaw Mud Snappers. You'll need about 50 of them to raise your cooking to 100.
Between levels 50 and 75 go learn journeyman fishing and cooking.
Now go to Southshore and speak to Donald Rabonne and buy the recipes for Bristle Whisker Catfish and Mithril Head Trout.
Go to the river to the east of Southshore and fish for Bristle Whisker Catfish. You'll need about 80-100 of these to get your cooking to level 175.
Between levels 125 and 150 go learn expert cooking from trainer. You'll need to go to Booty Bay and buy a book for your Fishing level. Speak to Old Man Heming and buy the book Expert Fishing: The Bass and You.
Now go to the Lakes outside Stromgarde Keep in Arathi Highlands and fish for Mithril Head Trout. Your going to need about 60 of these to get your cooking up to level 225.

At this point you should now have level 225 fishing and level 225 cooking. If your not level 35 yet, then this is as far as you can go. If you are level 35+ then you have two quests to complete before you can continue.

First quest: Cooking
Requirements: Level 35, 225 Cooking.

Go to Gadgetzan in Tanaris and speak to Dirge Quikcleave. He is in the tavern. He'll want you to bring him 12 Giant Eggs, 10 Zesty Clam Meat and 20 Alterac Swiss. You should actually be able to buy the eggs and clam meat off of AH, but in case you can't here's where to find them. Now according to the quest Giant Eggs drop off of Rocs in Tanaris or any large bird. The best place I found for the eggs, was the owlbeast in The Hinterlands. Only needed to kill about 20 of these to get my 12 eggs. They are about level 43 ish, so if your not that high a level, get help or wait till you can handle them. The clam meat comes from clams, naturally! Well to save you swimming around the sea looking for clams, your better off killing turtles at Steamwheedle Port or Raventusk Village. The drop rate is quite high and you'll have your clam meat in no time. The levels are 41 ish for Steamwheedle Port and 49-50 for Raventusk Village. The Alterac Swiss is the easiest part. Go to the Inn in Goldshire, Elwynn Forest and buy them off of the Bartender. Hand them all in and you'll get your Artisan Cooking.

Second Quest: Fishing
Requirements: Level 35, 225 Fishing.

You need to go and find Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh. He is standing on a small island to the West of Theramore (58,60). He'll ask you to catch four rare fishes for him. This quest is actually really easy and the only hard part is the amount of travelling involved.The fish you need to catch are:

Feralas Ahi - West from Camp Mojache. Fish the Verdantis River where the small bridge is by the Ogres, you'll soon catch one.

Sar'theris Striker - South or North or Shadowprey Village. Make sure the area comes up as Sar'theris Strand.

Savage Coast Blue Saffin - Just outside Grom'gol Base Camp. Make sure the area comes up as Savage Coast.

Misty Reed Mahi Mahi - Directly East from Stonnard. Just avoid the Murlocs.

You should catch these fish within 5 to 10 casts at each location. So it wont take long. I haven't done this quest on my Alliance character, so I'm not sure of the best order in which to do them.
Now go back to Nat and get your Artisan Fishing.

Go to Steamwheedle port and speak to Gikkix, You'll want to buy the following two recipes: Spotted Yellowtail and Poached Sunscale Salmon.
Either fish for Spotted Yellowtails at Steamwheedle Port or go to Raventusk Village (well not to it, just a little North of it) for the slightly better drop rate. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 225 to 250.
Now go to Bloodvenom Falls in Felwood and fish for Sunscale Salmon. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 250 to 275.
No go and speak to Vivianna in The Feathermoon Stronghold and buy the recipe for Mightfish Steak. Whilst your there buy about 40 Hot Spices and 40 Soothing Spices as your going to be making the food that you will want as a level 60 (without going into instances that is). It gives a +10 stamina buff for 15mins which is always helpful.
Now go to Scalebeard's Cave in Azshara (its one of the islands to the East) and fish for Mightfish. You'll need about 30 to get your cooking from 275 to 300. You may need to bring some lures with you at this point, as your cooking will level up faster than your fishing and Azshara is a 250+ fishing zone. Once your cooking is a 300, keep fishing till you've maxed out that too. It will take 7 to 10 catches to get one skill up at this point, so take your time.

[GenXCub]

The fishing guide is slightly out of date as it doesn't mention Sagefish. These help out with your cooking as well since the Sagefish Delight is at 80 cooking. It helps you by having a recipe that is orange while the mudsnapper is still yellow to get you up past 100. Plus Sagefish (cooked or not) usually sell really well. For the horde section where it mentions fishing near Tarren Mill, the river there is full of sagefish.

[JFoobar]

Yellowtail and zesty clam meat (from caught clams, no turtle killing needed) can be caught off the pier at Steamwheedle. Yellowtail is the primary drop off this pier. You will also catch Stonescale Eels here in modest amounts.

If at 225, you will need shiny baubles or some other combination of fishing buffs to get to up 300 to fish here reliably. Also, bring them with you since no one in the village sells any fishing gear at all.

Also, at Steamwheedle, you will catch some amount of Glossy Mightfish. To avoid confusion, these are *not* the Mightfish you need for the Mightfish Steak recipe. The recipe for Glossy Mightfish is crap, only offering only a well-fed buff with no enhancement in health restored over the raw. The small numbers of Summer Bass you will catch here are the same way, with the recipe only offering a spirit buff but no health enhancement.

[JFoobar]

The fishing guide is slightly out of date as it doesn't mention Sagefish. These help out with your cooking as well since the Sagefish Delight is at 80 cooking. It helps you by having a recipe that is orange while the mudsnapper is still yellow to get you up past 100. Plus Sagefish (cooked or not) usually sell really well. For the horde section where it mentions fishing near Tarren Mill, the river there is full of sagefish.

That's correct, although it is worth mentioning that sagefish are a school-only fish. That being said, finding schools of them in the river south and southeast of TM is very easy and you can catch 40-50 of them in no time at all. Finish a school off and look left and right and you should see another one not too far away.

Lots of Mithril-headed trout can be caught in shimmering flats in the small pond at the base of the crater northish of the raceway (just stand in pond and you will not aggro the basilisks but you will have to fight a roaming vulture once every 10min or so). Not to be confused with the pond south of the raceway where you will have to fight many a basilisk, including gazers, to fish in. They can also be caught in the centaur cave in the centaur camp just north of Freewind Post.

These are an excellent way to cap your cooking at 225 while waiting for lvl35 to progress further.

[Tarthrin]

Is there a 1-300 leatherworking guide out there?

[snowieken]

If I found one, I would have stickied it already in this thread. :)

[LordXeper]

Nice fishing guide, must admit it isn't entirely accurate. At 225 cooking (with only fished fish) I was still at 180 fishing.

Fishing is on of the worst things to lvl in WoW. Took me 8 hours to get to fishing 206 (which happened 5 seconds ago).

[Lord McSpliff]

Is there a 1-300 leatherworking guide out there?

There is no real reliable LW-guide out there...

Well, let me put it this way... Getting to 300 LW is not difficult. It's just an awful lot of work! Profit is small, and for the high end LW items, some mats are really hard to farm (or very expensive to buy)...
Basically, you only profit from LW if you wear it yourself...

You want some good advice? Check this site for the components of the different patterns, and choose the ones that need the least of extra mats... All the Nightscape armor patterns are perfect for levelling, as they only need leather and thread... Farm or buy the leather and start crafting...

But only take it if you or your guild really needs it... Otherwise it's not worth the trouble...

[RebirthOfMak]

I might just create a leatherworking guide here or ill search up one, but there will be one!

[Tarthrin]

If I found one, I would have stickied it already in this thread. :)

I figured you were just holding out on us. lol.

[Timetodie]

Hey, I just wanted to say that Brian Kopp's World of Warcraft Guide has stole this guide...or at least this guide and his guide are EXACTLY the same. I spent 15 dollars on his guide ( not the wisest choice on my part ) and I found that he used the exact text you used in his guide...:undecided: tailoring guide, woops I might've double posted

[snowieken]

These guides are made publicly available on the internet and that is also where we got them from - so at least he didn't steal them from us. But nevertheless, think better next time you want to pay for a guide, here we give information for free. :wink:

[hobolooter]

Just wanted to thank you guys for having these readily available!

[Aerath]

For leatherworking: Craft Nightscape, then Wicked stuff

Easy to make, and sells well in AH to rogues.

[amgyn]

xxxxxxxx nm.

[Wilhelm]

Raising Blacksmith Skill

You will want to equip yourself and your friends as your skill rises. Study the lists of weapons and armors you will be able to make, and the materials they require, in the summaries I have posted on page one of http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-professions&t=1&p=1

If you keep your skill at 25 plus five times your level then you will always be able to make items you can equip at their minimum level. Outside of the items you make because you want to, or to fulfill the Blacksmith quests, there are a series of minimum-material or minimum-cost items you can make to advance your skill, mostly consisting of stone, misc. items, and some low-material armor items.

Apprentice Blacksmithing Path:

This is done mostly with stone, saving your copper and bronze bars until later except when you need to equip yourself or your friends or clients. Make Rough Sharpening Stones (turns green at 15 and grey at 55) until you reach 25 and learn Rough Grinding Stones. (Save and use those Sharpening Stones as a combat buff.) Make Rough Grinding Stones (turns green at 45 and grey at 85) until you reach skill 65, keeping them for use later in making other items. Make Coarse Sharpening Stones (green when learned at 65, grey at 80) until you reach 75 and are a Journeyman. Copper items useful as skillups include Copper Bracers (2 copper bars, green at 20), Copper Chain Pants (4 copper bars, green at 50) and Copper Chain Belt (6 copper bars, green at 75).

Journeyman Blacksmithing Path:

At 75 you learn Coarse Grinding Stone, which are green when learned. Make those until they turn grey at 100 and save them for making further items. Turn any tin and copper into bronze bars but save them. Make Silver Rods until they turn green at 105 (and sell them to Enchanters) then make Rough Bronze Leggings (with your saved bronze bars) until they turn green at 145 or even to grey at grey at 175. These take 6 Bronze Bars and sell to the vendors for 9.62 s each, so if you can buy stacks of 20 Bronze Bars for 30 s or less, you can actually make a profit while you skill up. Also at 125 you learn Heavy Grinding Stone. Make these until they turn grey at 150 and keep them for making other items. If you are able to learn the Deadly Bronze Poniard dropped plan at 125 then you can make and sell it at a profit until it turns green at 155 and grey at 185. The Patterned Bronze Bracer (green at 150) is required for a Badlands quest. At 145 you learn to make your first rare (blue) item, the Shining Silver Breastplate (green at 175) which sells well.

Expert Blacksmithing Path:

Beginning at 150, make Rough Bronze Leggings until they turn grey at 175. Iron Buckles are easy but turn grey at 155, while Golden Rods turn green at 155 and grey at 160. Golden skeleton keys are greenwhen learned and grey at 170. You will want to equip yourself and friends with the Green Iron Set and that will provide some skillups. If you are lucky enought to learn the Iron Shield Spike plan at 150 then you can make and sell these at a good profit until they turn green at 180 and grey at 210. Another profitable drop is the Iron Counterweight, green at 190 and grey at 210. At 200 you learn Solid Grinding Stone so make those until they turn grey at 210. To get from 210 to 225, make Golden Scale Bracers to 215, then make Steel Plate Helms to 225. You will also be equipping yourself with the Golden Scale armor set and the Moonsteel Broadsword is required for a quest in Duskwallow Marsh. A number of expert weapons and armors are saleable, including the rare Green Iron Hauberk at 180 (green at 205, grey at 230).

Artisan Blacksmithing Path:

At 225 make Steel Plate Helms until it turns green at 235. Then make Mithril Spurs to 250 (turns green at 255). At 250 make Dense Sharpening Stones until they turn grey at 260. The Heavy Mithril and Ornate Mithril armor items are good for their level, so you can also skill up some on making the mithril items for the Mithril Order quests. The Ornate Mithril Boots are popular with warriors for their remove root effect and they (and the Ornate Mithril Helm) turn green at 265. Go back to Mithril Spurs (which are readily saleable) until they turn grey at 275 and then make Thorium Bracers to 280. Now make Thorium Helms to 300. An alternative is the Imperial Plate armor set, starting with the Imperial Plate Belt and Shoulders at 265, Bracers at 270, and then Helm and Boots at 295. While these use more thorium than the Thorium armor items, they can be sold for a profit even if you buy the materials.

Specialty Path:

As an Armorsmith or Weaponsmith you can skill up making the items for your specialty Quest. Be sure to make them as soon as you learn them, and save the items to turn in for the quest, so you get your skillups. An Armorsmith can then skill up with Truesilver Gauntlets until they turn green at 245 (or grey at 265) and Truesilver Breastplate until it turns green at 265 (or grey at 285). Those are both saleable items. A Weaponsmith can gain skillups with the Shatterer, Phantom Blade, Blight and Truesilver Champion, as these are also saleable.

Comments:

There is no one best path up because it depends on which dropped plans you get ahold of, which speicalty you take, and which items you can make for guildmates or sell that give skillups, which will vary by guild and server. It also depends on whether you learn every plan going up or only the bare minimum because you are trying for a truly lowest cost or fastest power-leveling runup to 300. The path I outlined is a fairly optimal approach but it does include obtaining some dropped plans at the right times.

The faster you try to skill up the more it will cost you because you are likely going to have to vendor much of it. The market can only absorb so much of any one item. Whenever possible, spread out the items you make over time or make a variety so that you do not overload the market. If you want to minimize cost by selling your items, look at the Auction House to see which desirable green or blue items that give skillups are lacking or in short supply and go for them, bypassing those that are in large supply already. Remember that an item that costs 2 g to make is better than one that costs 1 g to make if you can sell the first for a profit but the second sells for a loss.

An example of this is the Imperial Plate Armor set, all of which (except bracer) can be sold for a profit while the cheaper Thorium or Radiant armor items use less materials but do not sell.

Another way to help yourself is to have one of your characters be an Enchanter and disenchant any green item that won't sell, since you can usually then sell the resulting reagents for more than the vendor would pay for the original item. This can often make it better to make more costly green items rather than the less costly white items, since you cannot disenchant the white items.

[Footman]

Hey, I remember when I posted them. That was like years ago.

Can't believe they became the most visited sticky, shesh.

Anyway, if its worth it, check out these guides.

Shamelessly stolen from a site with gold selling ads to wazoo.

Edit: Oh hell, I'm at work and don't feel like formatting the guides to fit onto the forum right now, I'll try to do it later.

[Morollan]

Just a quick note on the Enchanting Guide from the first post on this thread. Firstly, it's superb! I levelled from 1-300 in the space of a few hours. Would have been quicker but I just didn't have the bag space for all the mats.

But I did note that the list of mats needed to get from 225 to 265 is wrong. You actually need twice as much Greater Nether Essence and Dream Dust as is stated there (the table with the individual recipes is correct). Not a major problem just a bit annoying as you happen to be in Uldaman at the time and can't easily pop out for some more mats.

[bhroam]

Yeah the enchanting guide is great. I used it for leveling. I went a slightly different way for 250-265 since lesser nether essences were bloody expensive on my server. The lesser mana oil recipe is purchased in cenarion hold. If you're doing this at 60 or nearly 60, it's easily obrained (the vender is upstairs in the inn). The mats are 3 dream dust and 2 purple lotus. That was a cheaper solution... plus useful since I'm a druid.

I'm not sure what the recipe does after 265... I was in it for my smoking heart of the mountain and dumped it shortly there after.

[corwina]

this is a great guide thanks from a noob!

[snowieken]

Got a Leatherworking guide!

(by TheDude)

Materials Needed:

369 x Light Leather
586 x Medium Leather
389 x Heavy Leather
661 x Thick Leather
340 x Rugged Leather
8 x Cured Heavy Hide
5 x Iron Buckles
112 x Turtle Scales
4 x Wildvine
2 x Cured Thick Hides
In addition for the leatherworking quests you need an extra 10 Thick Leather and 7 Wildvine.

1 - 45
49 x Light Leather Armour Kits - 49 x Light Leather

45 - 55
16 x Handstiched Leather Cloaks - 32 x Light Leather

55 - 100
47 x Embossed Leather Gloves - 141 x Light Leather

100 - 123
29 x Fine Leather Belts - 174 x Light Leather
- 369 x Light Leather total

123 - 137
16 x Dark Leather Boots - 64 x Medium Leather

137 - 155
24 x Dark Leather Pants - 288 x Medium Leather

155 - 165
10 x Hillsman Leather Gloves - 140 x Medium Leather

165 - 180
19 x Heavy Armour Kits - 95 x Heavy Leather

180 - 183
7 x Hillsman Leather Gloves (green) - 98 x Medium Leather
- 586 x Medium Leather total

183 - 191
8 x Barbaric Shoulders - 64 x Heavy Leather & 8 x Cured Heavy Hide

191 - 196
5 x Barbaric Harnesses - 70 x Heavy Leather & 5 x Iron Buckles

196-206
10 x Dusky Bracers - 160 x Heavy Leather
- 389 x Heavy Leather, 8 x Cured Heavy Hide & 5 x Iron Buckles total

206-220
14 x Thick Leather Armour Kits (6 for Leatherworking quest) - 70 x Thick Leather

220-225
5 x Nightscape Headbands (2 for Leatherworking quest) - 25 x Thick Leather

225-227
2 x Turtle Scale Breastplates (Leatherworking quest) - 12 x Thick Leather & 24 x Turtle Scales

227-229
2 x Turtle Scale Gloves (Leatherworking quest) ? 12 x Thick Leather & 16 x Turtle Scales

229-230
2 x Nightscape Tunics (Leatherworking quest) - 14 x Thick Leather

230-232
4 x Nightscape Headbands - 20 x Thick Leather

232-233
2 x Turtle Scale Bracers (Leatherworking quest) - 16 x Thick Leather & 24 x Turtle Scales

233-235
2 x Turtle Scale Helms (Leatherworking quest) - 28 x Thick Leather & 48 x Turtle Scales

235-237
2 x Nightscape Pants (Leatherworking quest) - 28 x Thick Leather

237-239
2 x Nightscape Boots (Leatherworking quest) - 32 x Thick Leather

239-240
1 x Wild Leather Vest (Tribal Leatherworking quest) - 12 x Thick Leather, 2 x Wildvine & 1 x Cured Thick Hide

240-241
1 x Wild Leather Helmet (Tribal Leatherworking quest) - 10 x Thick Leather, 2 x Wildvine & 1 x Cured Thick Hide

241-250
9 x Nightscape Pants - 126 x Thick Leather

250-265
16 x Nightscape Boots - 256 x Thick Leather
- 661 x Thick Leather total

265-285
20 x Wicked Leather Bracers - 160 x Rugged Leather

285-300
15 x Wicked Leather Headbands - 180 x Rugged Leather
- 340 x Rugged Leather total

Notes:
In general I have tried to keep as much as possible to the main normal leather types, light, medium, heavy, thick and rugged. This is because it always easier to buy them on the auction house, whereas other ingredients are more difficult to obtain, and therefore more expensive. I haven't mentioned the ingredients that can be bought from vendors, since they are easy to obtain. I ran into trouble around the 180 mark, where most recipes require extra ingredient and I bought whatever had the cheapest buyout on the AH to get me there. Have a look to see what's cheapest at the time for you.

I could have used a lot less thick leather and started on rugged armour kits at 250, but at that time the price of rugged leather was high enough for it to be worth using huge amounts of thick instead (probably because I did this the week before the Darkmoon Faire was in town). If you can get the rugged leather cheaper it's probably worth switching earlier (5 rugged leather Vs 15 thick leather).

I have mostly kept to trainer taught recipes. The exceptions to this are the recipes gained through the leatherworking quests and the recipes for Wicked Leather Bracer and Headband, which I bought on the auction house for 5 and 2 gold respectively (you could substitute Wicked Leather Gauntlet for Wicked Leather Bracers. The recipe is vendor bought from leatherworking suppliers link it's limited supply though, and after 20 minutes of camping for it I gave up).

[supafly]

can someone tell me what skill it takes for specific areas

[edandor]

In the mean time I also found a shortened version of a blacksmithing powerleveling guide. Far less information than on the above URL's, but it's nevertheless quite accurate. Thanks to mabba for PM-ing this to me.

Apprentice Blacksmithing

1-25 Rough Sharpening Stones
25-65 Rough Grinding Stones
65-75 Coarse Sharpening Stones

Journeyman Blacksmithing

75-100 Coarse Grinding Stone
100-105 Silver Rods
105-125 Rough Bronze Leggings
125-150 Heavy Grinding Stone

Expert Blacksmithing

150-175 Rough Bronze Leggings
175-210 Iron Counterweight
210-215 Golden Scale Bracers
215-225 Steel Plate Helm

Artisan Blacksmithing

225-235 Steel Plate Helm
235-250 Mithril Spurs
250-260 Dense Sharpening Stone
260-275 Mithril Spurs
275-280 Thorium Bracers
280-300 Thorium Helm


i hate to be an ass but this guide sucks, it never seems to be using stuff that i feel it should, and it has alot of non-trainable recipies, so you ahve to get lucky to get them. i give it a D-

[dwarfenhelm]

im blacksmith armourer @ 290 now ive spent a day just farming for breath of wind and core of earth. i just can seem tofind enough thorium mines to get the stock piles i need. im also at a loss to get enough plans to make orange and yellow items to gain more skills. ive spent over 200g plus hous of my time mining to try and get from 260 -290 and now the nly way i can see to get up to 300 is by mining thorium and buying the imperial armour set. i was always ahead of my lvl and able to equip my warrior as soon as i hit a lvl. but from 55 its just been getting harder to get the skills in proportion to my lvl. you can only farm large amounts of breath of wind and core of earth over lvl 57 or you just die to often or the dro rate is so poor its not worth chasing. im now 64 and wasting my time mining stuff that i have no use for.
i know its not just me having these problems there are 4 warriors higher than me in lvl but im the highest in ur guild on b/s
has blizzard gone out of its way to make black smithing one of he hardset lvls to hit 300 at

[Your Average WoW Player]

can someone tell me what skill it takes for specific areas

After you get your skinning skill up to 100 you can divide it by 5 to find out the maximum level monster you can skin. So at 200, the maximum monster you can skin is 40.

(I'm assuming that's what he's referring to)

As for turning profits with LW, the high level Armor Kits sell very well on the AH, and try selling extra pieces of leather on the Trade channel. Engineers need leather for a few things and I think a few tailoring recipes call for a couple pieces as well.

Leatherworking Guide

I'm surpirsed that you didn't throw in griding out Light Leather from Ruined Leather Scraps (and things like it: Medium Leather from Light leather), before that goes grey (at 25 or 30 I think) that can defray the amount of Light Leather you'd have to buy and/or acquire from things like the AH, and getting Ruined Leather Scraps are sinchy as they can be skinned from gazelles, deers and other critters which are one or two shots and are common almost anywhere in the 1-10 and 10-20 areas.

And when you throw in there (Leatherworking Quest) does that mean you get the recipe from a quest, or you need that item for a quest?

[galzohar]

Farming isn't powerleveling though

[PryoGuy]

is anyone gonna come up with a jewelcrafting guide any time soon? it would be nice to have one...

[ackthbbft]

On guides.worldofwar.net:
Mining leveling guide, 1 to 300 (http://guides.worldofwar.net/strategy.php?id=62)

Bad link. Anyone have another mining guide? I'm curious to know where the best places are for different ores.

[Tomias]

Is there a list, map or mod to help me find my herbs for Alch? I am kinda a nooby at herbs mainly ran all my toons on LW and Enchanting

[mesonm]

Bad link. Anyone have another mining guide? I'm curious to know where the best places are for different ores.

Not sure why the mods haven't told us where the guide went. It would be very useful to me right now.



Is there a list, map or mod to help me find my herbs for Alch? I am kinda a nooby at herbs mainly ran all my toons on LW and Enchanting

Look at the wwndata part of the site....

Go to worldofwar.net, and select wwndata from the left menu. Search for whichever herb you want...It will give you maps of the zones where the herb has been found.

[MadVlad]

is anyone gonna come up with a jewelcrafting guide any time soon? it would be nice to have one...

Found this one:

http://wow.crafterstome.com/guide/jewelcrafting.html

[Roodabega]

zomg tyvm for the guides very helpful

[Roodabega]

and what about Herbilism?

[sweettea]

The mod you are looking for is Gatherer. As you pick herbs, Gatherer creates a database of information pertaining to your herb picking - location, time, etc. No, you can't download a database with this information, it has to be built based on your experiences. (FYI there is a similiar mod for fishing called Fishing Buddy and it is working just fine.)

Unfortunately, the last time I checked - a couple of weeks ago - there were still problems with the mod. It basically coves your world map.

So in the meantime here is this, I hope it is useful and doesn't have too many mistakes or typos. Herbs are listed in skill order, skill being shown in (parentheses).

Peacebloom (1) – Grows in open areas. Dun Morogh, Durotar, Elywnn Forest, The Barrens, Teldrassil, Mulgore, Tirisfal Glades, Loch Modan, Westfall, Darkshore, Silverpine Forest.

Silverleaf (1) – Grows in shady areas and under trees. Darkshore, Dun Morogh, Durotar, Elywnn Forest, Mulgore, Silverpine Forest, Teldrassil, The Barrens, Tirisfal Glades, Westfall.

Earthroot (15) – Grows on hillsides. Darkshore, Dun Morogh, Durotar, Elywnn Forest, Loch Modan, Mulgore, Silverpine Forest, Teldrassil, The Barrens, Tirisfal Glades, Westfall, Redridge Mountains, Wailing Caverns.

Mageroyal (50) – Grows in open areas. . Darkshore, Dun Morogh, Durotar, Duskwood, Hillsbrad Foothills, Loch Modan, , Redridge Mountains, Wailing Caverns, Silverpine Forest, Stonetalon Mountains, Teldrassil, The Barrens, Westfall, Wetlands.

Briarthorn (70) – Grows on hillsides. Ashenvale, Darkshore, Duskwood, Hillsbrad Foothills, Loch Modan, Ogrimmar, Razorfen Kraul, Redridge Mountains, Silverpine Forest, Stonetalon Mountains, The Barrens, Westfall, Wetlands.

Swiftthistle (N/A) – Bundles with Briarthorn (see Briarthorn).

Stranglekelp (85) – Grows underwater. Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Ashenvale, Blackfathom Deeps, Darkshore, Desolace, Dustwallow Marsh, Hillsbrad Foothills, Silverpine Forest, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, Westfall, Wetlands.

Bruiseweed (100) - Grows on hillsides. Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Ashenvale, Blackfathom Deeps, Darkshore, Desolace, Duskwood, Dustwallow Marsh, Hillsbrad Foothills, Loch Modan, Redridge Mountains, Silverpine Forest, Stonetalon Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, The Barrens, Thousand Needles, Wailing Caverns, Westfall, Wetlands.

Wild Steelbloom (115) – Grows on hillsides. Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Ashenvale, Badlands, Desolace, Duskwood, Hillsbrad Foothills, Stonetalon Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, The Barrens, Thousand Needles, Wetlands.

Gravemoss (120) – Grows near grave yards. Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Duskwood, Razorfen Downs, Scarlet Monastery, The Barrens, Wetlands.

Kingsblood (125) – Grows in open areas. Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Ashenvale, Badlands, Desolace, Duskwood, Dustwallow Marsh, Hillsbrad Foothills, Stonetalon Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, The Barrens, Thousand Needles, Wailing Caverns, Wetlands.

Liferoot (150) – Grows along the banks of rivers and on beaches. Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Ashenvale, Desolace, Dustwallow Marsh, Feralas, Hillsbrad Foothills, Scarlet Monastery, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, The Hinterlands, Wailing Caverns, Wetlands.

Fadeleaf (160) – Grows in open areas. Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Badlands, Dustwallow Marsh, Razorfen Kraul, Scarlet Monastery, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, The Hinterlands.

Goldthorn (170) – Grows on hillsides. . Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Badlands, Dustwallow Marsh, Feralas, Razorfen Downs, Scarlet Monastery, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, The Hinterlands.

Khadagars’ Whisker (185) – Grows in shady areas under trees. Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Badlands, Dustwallow Marsh, Feralas, Hillsbrad Foothills, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, The Hinterlands.

Wintersbite (195) – Grows on snowy hillsides. Alterac Mountains.

Firebloom (205) – Grows in desert areas and hillsides. Tanaris, Blasted Lands, Badlands, Searing Gorge.

Purple Lotus (210) – Grows on hillsides. Ashenvale, Azshara, Badlands, Feralas, Stranglethorn Vale, Tanaris, The Hinterlands.

Sungrass (230) – Grows in open areas. Azshara, Blasted Lands, Burning Steppes, Eastern Plaguelands, Felwood, Feralas, The Hinterlands, Un’Goro Crater, Western Plaguelands.

Blindweed (235) – Grows along river banks. Swamp of Sorrows, Un’Goro Crater.

Icecape (290) – Grows in open areas. Winterspring.

Black Lotus (300) – Quite rare. Burning Steppes, Eastern Plaguelands, Winterspring.

[myusernameistaken]

Actually Sweettea - check this out: http://forums.worldofwar.net/showpost.php?p=3895948&postcount=4

I am using I think the latest version of gatherer and did what dedkendy described and it seems to do the job. Don't think BC content is added yet but helps for levelling.

I got fed up with Gatherer in it's default state, I ended up just enabling it for my Herbalist, disabling it being shown in the mini-map, and just enabling the herbs I am after at the time. It seems fairly accurate and if nothing else shows me which areas in Silverpine are rich in Briarthorn for example. True I am using only a fraction of its functionality but it's helpful.

[DretherenWarriorByHeart]

Is there a skinning guide out?I could use that but I know it would be time consuming.:ponder: :undecided:

[MadVlad]

Actually, I'd think that skinning would be one of the *least* time consuming to level. You don't have to find any nodes, just kill beasts in the first zone, skin until it turns yellow or green, go the next zone, rinse, repeat.

[mesonm]

Is there a skinning guide out?I could use that but I know it would be time consuming.:ponder: :undecided:

what do you need to know?

I've skinned nearly everything skinnable.

[DretherenWarriorByHeart]

Actually, I'd think that skinning would be one of the *least* time consuming to level. You don't have to find any nodes, just kill beasts in the first zone, skin until it turns yellow or green, go the next zone, rinse, repeat.

No skinning isn't time consuming but I would think that since there are so many options that making a guide for it would be hard.

[DretherenWarriorByHeart]

what do you need to know?

I've skinned nearly everything skinnable.

Well first of all I don't know how to post a reply using two different quotes, and second I don't need anything in particular but I was wondering if there was a guide for alliance skinning. If there isn't then I would go :cry: and if there was a horde one then I would go :cry: and if there wasn't one then I would go :hanky:, but if there was one (or someone would make one) then I would go :grin: .lol If there is one or if anyone was planning on making one then please tell me. Again I am sorry for double posting, but I am not sure how to do that.

[mesonm]

Well first of all I don't know how to post a reply using two different quotes, and second I don't need anything in particular but I was wondering if there was a guide for alliance skinning. If there isn't then I would go :cry: and if there was a horde one then I would go :cry: and if there wasn't one then I would go :hanky:, but if there was one (or someone would make one) then I would go :grin: .lol If there is one or if anyone was planning on making one then please tell me. Again I am sorry for double posting, but I am not sure how to do that.

With skinning, you merely need to know that you can skin dead animals that have a level that is approximately your skinning level divided by 5.

I can't recall the exact formula, but believe that this is correct.

If you give me more info (you are alliance? what level?) I'll suggest locations for the next several levels.

But, you can skin in almost all of the places you will be leveling your character.

[DretherenWarriorByHeart]

Ok thanks!:grin: :afro: :thumbsup: Check your PM box I'm giving you details

[Distec]

I decided to take skinning on my lvl 67 mage since I took up tailoring, A lot of the recipes require leathering. I'm on alliance. This is how I did it.

Elwyn forest -> Go to one of the farms and kill boars. The respawn rate is fast. After your skinning turns yellow for them, go out and skin bears until it turns yellow (till around mlvl 10 or so). After that, go to westfall and kill more boars. Middle of the map has a ton. Start on the western side (lower mlvls) and move west. Skin until they turn level, mlvl 15-16.

Go to stormwind and learn then next level of skinning, then head to redridge. West of the FP has a few boars, skin them then head to southeast of the FP and skin all the dragon welps. Keep going up and down Lake ridge highway and skin welps until your skinning turns yellow.

Go back to stormwind, train up to next level, sell all your leather on AH, then head to wetlands. Take a deep sigh, no boars here! This time is raptors. Go directly east of Menthil harbor and skin every raptor you see. Make your way east, the more east you go, the higher the mlvl. You'll eventually make it to the excavation site which has the highest raptor mlvl. Once you are done with these, head back to SW, sell your leather. Then head Stranglethorn Vale.

Start as Nessingwarys Expedition, gank any horde that are there, and start skinning the panthers and tigers. Move progressively south, until you hit the raptors. The raptors camps are fun, especially of you have aoe. Wipe out the camp and skin them all. There are a few raptors camps that you can alternate between. When these turn yellow for skinning, stop by Gromgol, gank a few more horde, then head south. There is another raptor camp right between Gromgol and Gurubashi Arena, skin those. After them, head south and skin the apes at Mistvale Valley.

Whew, over half way done. Sell all your leather then head to Feralas. You want to start at the east of Feralas, if you have the fp for thalanaar, take that. Move west through Feralas, killing all the bears you come across. Eventually you will get to the feral scar. There is a Yeti cave there. Go in and skin every Yeti you come across until you skinning turns yellow. Then head out and go to northern feralas. Kill wildlife and the yetis there.

Afterwards, its onto fellwood. Start at southern felwood and head up north, killing all the wildlife and horde on the side of the road. Grind a bit at Irontree woods. Once you are done, head to winterspring. There is wildlife and Yetis everywhere here. I find the valley north of Everlook the best place to skin. This will get you to 300.

Next is outlands. Go to HellFire Peninsula, train skinning at the skinner in Honor Hold in, then go out and kill more boars! Next is Terokkar forest for the wildlife, then shadowmoon valley.

In summary. Elwynn forest->Westfall->Redridge->Wetlands->Strangethorn Vale->Feralas->Felwood->Winterspring->Outlands. Happy Skinning!

[Katrala]

Second Quest: Fishing
Requirements: Level 35, 225 Fishing.

You need to go and find Nat Pagle in Dustwallow Marsh. He is standing on a small island to the West of Theramore (58,60). He'll ask you to catch four rare fishes for him. This quest is actually really easy and the only hard part is the amount of travelling involved.The fish you need to catch are:

Feralas Ahi - If you ride out West from Camp Mojache and fish the Verdantis River where the small bridge is by the Ogres, you'll soon catch one.

Sar'theris Striker - Ride a little South out of Shadowprey Village and your there. Make sure the area comes up as Sar'theris Strand.

Savage Coast Blue Saffin - Just outside Grom'gol Base Camp. Make sure the area comes up as Savage Coast.

Misty Reed Mahi Mahi - Directly East from Stonnard. Just avoid the Murlocs.


Seems like this quest caters to horde! 3 of the locations are right next to horde camps and the other is in an area with no alliance FP. Would be as big of a problem except on a PVP server, where I'm trying to fish while surrounded by horde the entire time.

[Leandar]

Any mining guides? I'm at 275 and I want to mine fel iron.

[Zendarin]

Farming isn't powerleveling though


I didn't notice the title this thread being "powerleveling guides". Seems to me it is just the cheapest and easiest methods to level up. If you are a broke newbie like me you want the cheapest and easiest methods AND you want to know the farming aspect - where to skin what to get what for example.

I just skin everything everywhere I go and turn scraps into light leather on the fly - then when I come back to town I use the guide here to level up as quickly as I can and empty my backpacks then head out to quest/grind some more.

Thanks everyone who provides these guides :grin:

[clevins]

Nice thread... I've used the enchanting guide and it's great.

I like the LW guide above and it will get me to 300... but the stuff I want to craft are epics that require 375... any tips on getting a profession from 300 to 375? I've NEVER see a high level world drop recipe/formula etc... Should I just buy them from the AH and from faction that I get rep with?

The stuff I want to craft is: http://www.wowhead.com/?search=primalstrike

and just the mats for that will take a long time to get...

[Russakra]

Any mining guides? I'm at 275 and I want to mine fel iron.

Depending on your level of course, Go to Burning Steppes. Mine as much Thorium as you can. Since you said you are looking to mine Fel Iron in Outland, I will assume you are 58 or better, so you should be able to run around almost un-touched in Burning Steppes. If not, then I hear that Ungoro Crater is rich with thorium but never found a good route through there. If you are not solo, then I recommend Winterspring. Unfortunately, the most spawns are in the South East where the Elite demons are. But in the caves on the East side South of Everlook are a few spawns. Also in Winterspring to the North of Everlook follow the cliff walls and you should hit 4-9 spawns of Thorium. People also told me to go to Silithus to mine Thorium, and again I offer that I never spent enough time there to get a good route. Thorium in Burning Steppes normally returns to me about 20 pieces of ore in a half hour. About 1/2 of the spawns are rich thoprium so it requires your 275 level. 25 mines and you should be on your way to Outland. It is dependant of course on how other miners read this and are on your server.

Grizzlyone of K A O S on Elune. L-70 Human Healadin
(miner 375; BS 361)
Unwholy of The Obsidian Eye on Elder'Thalas. L-44 Blood Elf Tankadin
(Flower Picker 290; Mixacologist 240)

[Distec]

WPL and EPL are also good for thorium, just ride around the mountains.

[Russakra]

Much Like Ungoro Crater, even though I spent a lot of time in the EPL and WPL, I never got a good route that I liked. Even when I was a lower level, the runs through Badlands for Mithril made a lot of sense and I was able to make a loop of sorts. EPL and WPL never had that sort of feel to me. But I'm not disagreeing, there is plenty of Thorium in EPL and WPL.

Grizzlyone

[Altaris]

Does anyone have a guide for 301 to 375 for enchanting and/or engineering?
Like the other guides from the original post, I'm looking for something to help me powerlevel one or both skills to max.

[Meowr]

this thread needs to be recreated to support the Burning Crusade skill levels
and to tidy it up.

the original poster should reserve several slots for future development.
Example
post 01 = table of contents (list of professions covered)
post 02 = general overview comments, such as trainer locations and requirements for training (level, etc)

post 03 = cooking 1-300
post 04 = cooking 300+

post 05 = first aid 1-300
post 06 = first aid 300+

post 07 = fishing 1-300
post 08 = fishing 300+

post 09 = <reserved>
post 10 = <reserved>

post 11 = alchemy 1-300
post 12 = alchemy 300+

post 13 = blacksmithing 1-300
post 14 = blacksmithing 300+

post 15 = engineering 1-300
post 16 = engineering 300+

post 17 = leatherworking 1-300
post 18 = leatherworking 300+

post 19 = enchanting 1-300
post 20 = enchanting 300+

post 21 = <reserved> (for runes or whatever the new profession is going to be called)
post 22 = <reserved>

post 23 = herbalism 1-300
post 24 = herbalism 300+

post 25 = mining 1-300
post 26 = mining 300+

post 27 = skinning 1-300
post 28 = skinning 300+

post 29 = <reserved>
post 30 = <reserved>

post 31 = other comments
post 32 = <reserved>


thus post 33 is the first reply/query by other people
This keeps the start of the thread as clean as possible and is edited by the original poster (or admins) as corrections and updates are needed

[snowieken]

When I find the time, I'm planning to recreate this thread anyway with up to date information. It is a very time consuming job, though.

And thanks for the (rather patronizing) example, but as a moderator I can just close the post and reopen it when all guides are present, so that wouldn't be much of a problem. :)