Skill tiers
note: Classic Era 1.12 baseline; Forever has Legacy Challenges at 150/225/300 which matches these breakpoints, but Forever trainer level requirements are unpublished. tiers: rank: Apprentice; skill_range: 1-75; min_char_level: 5; rank: Journeyman; skill_range: 75-150; min_char_level: 10; rank: Expert; skill_range: 150-225; min_char_level: 20; rank: Artisan; skill_range: 225-300; min_char_level: 35 forever_legacy_challenges: Profession skill 150 / 225 / 300 each award 1 Legacy Point (Icy Veins names them Novice/Experienced/Master; fan sites say Journeyman/Expert/Artisan <Profession>) confidence: Classic-baseline (tiers); Reported (Forever Legacy milestones)
Forever changes
• Legacy perk Bountiful Harvest applies (Official for skinning inclusion) • Starting-zone manual method also covers Skinning (Reported, Icy Veins) • Community demo perk transcription (Reported): 'Beasts of the Wild' - damage to Beasts and Dragonkin +5%; 'Rare Hides' - improved chance for rare/specialty hides; Zockify: new recipes use previously undervalued rare hides • Campsite objects: none shown (Unknown) • Blizzard forum thread (Sep 13) shows players confused whether gathering requires the profession or merely gives 'chance to gather more or better stuff' - unresolved (Unknown) • [General] Part of 600+ new recipes across professions and level ranges (Official) • [General] 3 campsite objects per profession, first learnable at skill 20 from trainers or camping NPCs (Official for concept/skill 20) • [General] Advanced Blueprint recipes drop from specific dungeon bosses; boss-to-blueprint tables unpublished (Official) • [General] Profession Certification item requiring 300 skill grants a unique title; sold by Azeroth Commerce Authority (Alliance) / Durotar Supply and Logistics (Horde) vendors at Three Corners, Redridge (Reported, Warcraft Tavern from demo) • [General] Legacy Challenges: 1 Legacy Point each at skill 150/225/300 (Reported) • [Sept 28 research] Small recipe/utility additions (roughly 3-5 items per Zockify) — Unverified detail. • [Sept 28 research] One of the three starter gathering-profession manual choices offered at level 3-4 ('Pelt Collecting for Beginners') — Confirmed (Wowhead + Warcraft Tavern). • [Sept 28 research] Campsite object line: Camp Chair -> Field Guide -> Trapper's Workbench (Confirmed: Warcraft Tavern professions table), reported to function as a Moonkin Aura-equivalent buff at top tier — Reported, single source. • [Sept 28 research] Perk: Legacy tree 'Bountiful Harvest' (5 ranks): 100% more Scarce materials from Mining, Herbalism, and Skinning — Confirmed (Warcraft Tavern legacy guide, cross-referenced with Blizzard Deep Dive recap language). • [Sept 28 research] Druid note: Strong pick for a Feral leveling Druid: Cat Form is a fast melee DPS shape well suited to killing beasts to skin, and Skinning pairs naturally with Leatherworking for gear; the Bountiful Harvest legacy perk buffs Skinning yield directly.
Key products
• Leather/hides/scales for Leatherworking (Classic: Devilsaur Leather, Rugged Leather, Core Leather, Scales) • +5% damage vs Beasts/Dragonkin perk (Reported) • Field Guide and Trapper's Workbench camp objects.
Trainers
horde: Orgrimmar: Thuwd; Thunder Bluff: Mooranta; Undercity: Killian Hagey alliance: Stormwind: Maris Granger; Ironforge: Balthus Stoneflayer; Darnassus: Eladriel artisan: Classic: capital trainers note: Thuwd, Killian Hagey, Maris Granger, Balthus Stoneflayer verified by ProGameGuides; Mooranta/Eladriel Classic-baseline memory
Specializations
None