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Find your class below and pick that profession. Whatever your class, also level Cooking.
Each pick below ties a profession to something Blizzard has said about your class. Cooking is the one everybody gets something from: crafted food can now give a small experience bonus plus stat boosts, and Cooks can build bigger campfires.
| Class | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Warrior | Blacksmithing | Blacksmiths put a Sharpening Wheel at campsites, which boosts Attack Power. [source] Rend, Thunder Clap, and Sunder Armor's threat now scale with Attack Power. [source] |
| Paladin | Blacksmithing | Same Attack Power campsite buff. [source] Every Paladin gets Holy Strike, a weapon strike, at level 6. [source] |
| Hunter | Skinning | You'll kill a lot of beasts. The Legacy talent Bountiful Harvest gets you more materials from skinning. [source] Gathering fits right into questing with almost no detours. |
| Rogue | Blacksmithing | Rogue poisons can now be applied together with Sharpening Stones and Weightstones. [source] Plus the Attack Power campsite object. [source] |
| Priest | Tailoring | Tailors place a Faction Banner that increases Spirit. [source] Discipline's Meditation talent now gets much more mana from Spirit. [source] |
| Mage | Herbalism | Herbalists place an Incense Candle that increases Intellect. [source] Arcane Mind now increases Intellect. [source] Bountiful Harvest also works on herbalism. [source] |
| Warlock | Tailoring | Life Tap now scales with Spirit. [source] The Tailoring Faction Banner gives Spirit. [source] |
| Shaman | Herbalism | Enhancement talents now turn Intellect into Attack Power and into spell power, and Ancestral Knowledge now raises Intellect. [source] Herbalism's campsite candle gives Intellect. [source] |
| Druid | Alchemy | Potions now work in animal forms without breaking the form, and Druids can use Rage potions. [source] Alchemists can also place an Alchemy Lab at camp. [source] |
What's new for professions (from Blizzard)
- Over 600 new recipes, spread across professions and levels. [source]
- Camping: the Cooking Fire becomes a Basic Campfire. Nearby players can each add one crafted object (up to three at a basic fire), and each profession gives its own buff. [source]
- You learn your first campsite objects at profession skill 20. Better ones come from Blueprint recipes that drop from dungeon bosses. [source]
- Cooks can learn upgraded Campfires that hold 5 or 10 objects. [source]
- Campsite buffs are versions of class buffs and don't stack with them. [source]
- Mages also get Comprehension, a minor tradeskill for reading scrolls dropped in the world. [source]
Unverified Not confirmed:
- How many main professions you can have at once in Forever. (In original WoW it was two. We haven't seen Blizzard confirm this for Forever.)
- That Blacksmiths still make Sharpening Stones and Weightstones in Forever. They did in original WoW, but the posts we checked don't say.
- Exact buff sizes for campsite objects and food. Blizzard hasn't published numbers.
Sources
- Blizzard: WoW: Forever Deep Dive Panel Recap
- Blizzard: Class Deep Dives — Priest and Warrior
- Blizzard: Class Deep Dives — Hunter and Druid
- Blizzard: Class Deep Dives — Mage and Shaman
- Blizzard: Class Deep Dives — Rogue and Warlock
Last checked against these sources: October 21, 2026. WoW: Forever is in beta, and Blizzard says classes and talents may still change.
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