Professions

Professions

Choose the tool that solves the current problem, keep its materials stocked, and leave a craft behind when the route no longer needs it.

All professions (14)

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Alchemy for Hardcore

Potions and elixirs give you recovery, movement, and a reliable use for the herbs you gather.

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Blacksmithing for Weapon Upgrades

Mining and Blacksmithing keep Warrior and Paladin weapon damage close to the level band.

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Choosing Hardcore Professions

Choose a profession package for the failure pattern you see, then keep its materials and tools current.

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Cooking for Recovery

Food restores health between pulls, provides buffs at higher levels, and keeps a Hunter pet fed.

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Enchanting for Gear Upgrades

Minor Speed, early wands, and gear enchants improve the character's baseline. Choose another profession for immediate pull recovery.

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Engineering for Pull Control

Bombs, Target Dummies, and Sapper Charges add a stun, threat handoff, and area damage when a pull widens.

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First Aid for Recovery

Bandages turn cloth into recovery, create reset windows, and help manage poison between pulls.

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Fishing for Food and Supplies

Fishing feeds Cooking, funds supplies, and gives you a safe recovery pause between difficult pulls.

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Hardcore Profession Packages by Class

Class profession defaults, alternatives, and the tools each package adds to a difficult route.

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Herbalism for Alchemy

Herbalism supplies Alchemy and adds gold to a route when the herb is already in a safe place.

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Leatherworking for Armor

Armor kits and crafted leather or mail pieces give beast-heavy routes a predictable gear path.

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Mining for Engineering and Blacksmithing

Mining supplies Engineering and Blacksmithing. Take the vein only when the route in and out is clear.

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Skinning for Leather and Gold

Skinning provides leather and steady gold from beasts already on the route.

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Tailoring for Bags and Cloth Gear

Tailoring provides bag space first and cloth gear upgrades from materials already dropping on the route.