Best Professions in The War Within

When it comes to professions in World of Warcraft, you have a ton of options. Every primary and secondary profession has been updated in The War Within, creating some great opportunities to make some gold in the expansion. Here are the best professions in The War Within.

Best Professions in The War Within to Make Gold via Gathering

The best professions in WoW The War Within if your goal is to make as much Gold as possible are Mining and Herbalism. This typically holds true the first few weeks of the expansion, as people are rushing to level up their crafting professions, craft the best possible gear, and prepare for the upcoming Season 1 of The War Within.

Essentially, you simply want to pick up the Herbalism and Mining professions and then fly around the map gathering as many resources as you can. At the start of The War Within you can make hundreds of thousands of Gold simply by selling the resources on the Auction House to crafters and those gearing up.

Even though Skinning isn’t a bad option, it’s often much more saturated, and its easier to farm once you find a spot of Beast creatures you can quickly and repeatedly wipe out and then skin for leathers. As such, Herbalism and Mining are often the best professions for making Gold for the first part of the expansion, and that’s no different in The War Within.

Best Crafting Professions in WoW The War Within

If you’d rather do some form of crafting than gathering as a profession in World of Warcraft: The War Within, you have some solid options. Of course, if you want to prioritize professions that specifically benefit your class, you’ll want to go with professions that can craft gear for your class. For example, Tailoring for Cloth-wearing Casters, Leatherworking for Leather and Mail-wearing classes like Rogues and Shamans, and Blacksmithing for Plate-wearing classes who need powerful weaponry such as Warriors and Death Knights.

However, if you’re looking for the best overall crafting professions to make some gold in The War Within regardless of Class, you’ll want to go with one of the following professions:

• Alchemy
• Blacksmithing
• Enchanting
• Jewelcrafting
• Leatherworking

While all professions maintain usefulness, it’s doubly so for Alchemy and Enchanting. Players of all types of end-game content will always need their Potions, Flasks, and Elixirs for doing the hardest content, and all players will constantly be replacing their gear thus needing new enchants and Crests. The other crafting professions on this list, Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, and Leatherworking, supply materials and equipment to a wide range of classes.