Video Summary - The BEST Professions For Every Class In WoW Forever

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Choose a crafting profession that makes armor for your class:

Tailoring: Mages, priests, and warlocks
Leatherworking: Druids, rogues, hunters, and shamans. Hunters and shamans can continue to benefit from leatherworking recipes after switching to mail at level 40.
Blacksmithing: Warriors and paladins

Pair crafting with a gathering profession to collect materials while leveling:

Blacksmithing + Mining
Leatherworking + Skinning
Tailoring + Enchanting is a strong combination. Tailoring can also be paired with a gathering profession to earn extra gold.

Pick up professions early. Gathering trainers are available in starting areas, and many crafting trainers can be found in the next questing hub.

Crafting recipes provide more useful stats than their classic counterparts, making profession-made gear worthwhile while leveling.
Some professions offer powerful blue gear early, including level-10 boots with options for different roles and play styles.
Additional recipes can be purchased from Merchants’ Favor vendors using currency earned by turning in crates. Their offerings include gear recipes for later levels, potentially up to level 58.
Professions may also support endgame gear progression. Data-mined recipes suggest crafted tier-like pieces, though the exact system is not fully known.

Double gathering, especially mining and herbing, is a solid launch strategy. Sell materials to help afford mounts and gear, then reconsider your professions at level 60.
Alchemy is useful at endgame because players use many consumables. New potions and buffs may also create more items to sell. Pair Alchemy with Herbalism.
Engineering offers explosives for extra damage and gadgets for utility, but it can be expensive to level and less rewarding early on. Consider taking it at level 60; if you choose it earlier, pair it with Mining. Some easy-throw explosives can be used without Engineering.

All characters can learn First Aid, Cooking, and Fishing alongside their primary professions.

First Aid provides quick self-healing and can make low-level healing potions.
Cooking supports the camping system, offers food with an experience bonus while leveling, and can be profitable at endgame.
Fishing supplies ingredients for recipes and can provide materials to sell.

Professions unlock camp features that provide bonuses, but most overlap with class buffs and cannot stack with them.
Each character shares a cooldown for placing camp features, so you generally can’t deploy several features yourself at once.
Higher-tier camps can eventually hold more features, making your individual profession’s camp bonus less important.
Some high-end crafting recipes require profession-specific camp features, such as a forge, loom, or alchemy laboratory. Because of the shared cooldown, characters with two crafting professions may need another player’s camp feature to make certain recipes.

Presenter: Kani from SignsOfKelani
The video discusses WoW Forever and compares its professions with vanilla/classic WoW. Patreon supporters and YouTube members are thanked, but their names are not included in the subtitles.