Progress between the battles
Professions connect exploration with preparation. Materials gathered on the road become equipment, consumables or ingredients for another player, giving familiar routes a new purpose.
Choose a profession around what you enjoy doing and what your character needs. Inspect the trainer and recipe requirements in the current client before investing your materials.
Bring the materials home
Gathering rewards attention to the environment. Plan a route, watch for nearby enemies and keep enough bag space to finish the trip.
Herbalism
Find plants along your travels and check the skill needed to gather them.
Mining
Look for mineral deposits and gather resources for crafting professions.
Skinning
Recover eligible materials from defeated creatures after checking their loot.
A recipe is a plan
Before crafting, compare the ingredients, required tools and the result. Keep useful recipes organized and decide whether to gather a missing material or obtain it through trade.
Equipment, potions, enhancements and engineering tools serve different goals. Read the finished item requirements as carefully as the recipe itself.
Create for yourself and your community
Share materials, arrange a crafting commission or exchange what another adventurer needs. Check the quantities and the finished item before confirming any trade.