Best professions for Shamans

Best professions for Shamans: Leatherworking + Skinning.

• Leatherworking makes 6 items that are on ForeverDB's best-in-slot lists for Shamans at level 30: Mender's Leather Belt (Waist), Prowler's Leather Belt (Waist), Skycaller's Leather Belt (Waist), Defender's Leather Helm (Head). 6 of them bind when picked up, so you have to make them yourself. 24 more are the best on the way to level 30. Best in slot
• Leatherworking makes 2 of the best enchants, armor kits or weapon stones for Shamans at level 30: Mystic Heavy Armor Kit (Chest), Forceful Heavy Armor Kit (Legs). Recipes
• Skinning supplies it: 259 of the 269 Leatherworking recipes you can learn by skill 225 need what Skinning brings back. Where to gather
• Camp feature, new in Forever: from skill 20, Leatherworking can place a Camp Tent at a campfire. Builds a tent that allows you and others sitting nearby to increase Rested experience to 5% of a level. Camping

Leatherworking leveling guide · Where to skin

Each spec

• Elemental: Leatherworking, the same.
• Enhancement: Leatherworking, the same.
• Restoration: Tailoring instead (11 points against 5 for Leatherworking). Its best: Gilded Slippers.

Also good: Tailoring + Enchanting

• Tailoring makes 3 items that are on ForeverDB's best-in-slot lists for Shamans at level 30: Gilded Slippers (Feet), Pristine Leggings (Legs), Truefaith Gloves (Hands). 2 of them bind when picked up, so you have to make them yourself. 17 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 Shamans: Enchanting.
• Enchanting makes 10 of the best enchants, armor kits or weapon stones for Shamans at level 30: Lesser Wizard Oil (One-hand weapon), Minor Mana Oil (One-hand weapon), Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect (Two-hand weapon), Enchant Bracer - Lesser Healing Power (Wrist). Recipes

Every crafting profession for Shamans

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.

Shaman guide · Best in slot · Profession quiz

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Data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70658, extracted 2026-10-28.