We have last time introduced the basics information about the crafting in the world, referring to the finding of a trainer and the choosing of the primary & secondary professions. Now we will go on with the skills, recipes and some other information about the crafting.
Gaining Skill
Once you begin crafting, you'll notice the names of the recipes in your crafting window start to filter into various colors. These colors indicate the difficulty level of that particular item. Easier items stop granting you skill points eventually, so to advance your skill you'll want to focus on making the more difficult items. Here's a chart of the colors and their meaning:
Orange: Guaranteed Skill Point
Yellow: Likely to grant a skill point
Green: Low chance of gaining a skill point
Gray: No skill points given
Crafting in Bulk
You may find after a day of adventuring that your bags are loaded with goodies that need to be crafted. Whether it's a few stacks of ore or a load of fish, you have a lot of work to do. Within your crafting window, you have options for creating multiple items with one click. There is a "Create All" button that will manufacture as many items as you have the ingredients for within your bags. You can also use the "Create" button in combination with the number arrows to specify exactly how many of a particular item you want. This makes it easier to run through a large number of items and take a quick break for yourself at the same time.
Moving through the Ranks
Each profession has five stages of advancement. You'll begin as an Apprentice, then move on to Journeyman, after that will be Expert, Artisan and finally Master. Each stage has a character level requirement in order to access the next level of training. You must be level 5 to train as an Apprentice, level 10 as a Journeyman, level 20 as an Expert, 35 for Artisan and 50 for Master. Once you are ready to move to the next level, your current trainer will usually tell you where to find a new trainer for the next stage of your development. At Master level all trainers are located in Outland, because players without the Burning Crusade expansion are not permitted to train beyond Artisan level skill.
Finding New Recipes
Your trainer will teach you a certain number of recipes, but as you advance you'll receive fewer and fewer new recipes this way. Once you go beyond 350 crafting skill you won't be able to get any new recipes from the trainers. The other two ways to get recipes are as loot drops or from vendors. Loot drops can usually be purchased from the Auction House, or sometimes you'll actually loot one appropriate for you.
For those willing to travel a bit, vendors are actually a good source of new recipes. Most zones have a Trade Goods vendor, and these guys tend to stock a few recipes in limited supply. So whenever you happen across a new Trade Vendor, check his inventory.
Recipes can usually be found on the last page of items for sale. There are also some specialty vendors in certain locations that sell recipes related to their specialty. So a Cook might have cooking recipes, a Weapons Vendor can have weapon recipes, and so on. If you have a profession relating to one of these vendor types, be sure to add them to your list of NPCs to inspect.
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