Best professions for Mages
Best professions for Mages: Tailoring + Enchanting.
- Tailoring makes 3 items that are on ForeverDB's best-in-slot lists for Mages at level 30: Fiery Slippers (Feet), Frothing Slippers (Feet), Azure Silk Cloak (Back). 2 of them bind when picked up, so you have to make them yourself. 34 more are the best on the way to level 30. Best in slot
- No gathering profession supplies much of Tailoring (at most 12% of its recipes), so the second pick is the next best crafter for Mages: Enchanting.
- Enchanting makes Lesser Magic Wand (Ranged), the best for Mages on the way to level 30. Best in slot
- Camp feature, new in Forever: from skill 20, Enchanting can place a Enchanted Lute at a campfire. Summons an enchanted lute that allows you and others sitting nearby to gain 163 Armor, 7 increase to all stats, and 6 increase to all resistances, mutually exclusive with Mark of the Wild. Camping
Tailoring leveling guide · Enchanting leveling guide
Each spec
- Arcane: Tailoring, the same.
- Fire: Tailoring, the same.
- Frost: Tailoring, the same.
Also good: Alchemy + Herbalism
- Alchemy makes 20 potions, elixirs and other consumables that suit Mages by skill 225, 11 of them new in Forever, such as Elixir of Lesser Intellect, Lesser Arcane Elixir, Lesser Mageblood Elixir. Consumables
- Herbalism supplies it: 86 of the 96 Alchemy recipes you can learn by skill 225 need what Herbalism brings back. Where to gather
Every crafting profession for Mages
| Profession | Points | Best in slot at 30 / on the way | Enchants, kits and stones | Consumables |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tailoring | 11 | 3 / 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Enchanting | 3 | 0 / 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Alchemy | 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Leatherworking | 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Engineering | 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blacksmithing | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 | 0 |
Good to know
- At the level 30 cap you can train up to Expert (skill 225); Artisan needs level 35, so recipes above skill 225 aren't counted.
- Speculation For PvP: Engineering makes 27 bombs, explosives and gadgets by skill 225, such as Mithril Frag Bomb, SAF-T Bomb, Goblin Sapper Charge. Our view: worth it for PvP whatever your class, even though it makes little gear.
- Speculation Leveling and short of gold? Two gathering professions sell from the first day; swap one for your crafter later. Our view.
Speculation How we pick: each crafting profession gets 3 points for every item on ForeverDB's best-in-slot lists for the class at level 30 that binds when picked up, 2 for one you could buy, 1 for every 4 items that are the best on the way (at most 3), 1 for each of the best enchants, armor kits or weapon stones it makes (at most 4) and 1 for every 4 consumables that suit the class (at most 3). The best crafter comes first, with the gatherer that supplies at least 25% of its recipes, or else the next best crafter. The points and which consumables suit a role are ForeverDB's judgement, and the best-in-slot lists are ForeverDB's own ranking. The items, recipes, skills, bind types, camp features and racials are the WoW Forever beta client's.
Mage guide · Best in slot · Profession quiz
Other classes: Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Warlock, Druid
Data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70658, extracted .