WoW Herbalism Guide
Herbalism….wow, talk about a waste of time. Seriously, have you ever done this profession? You run around, straying away from what you are supposed to be doing, find yourself halfway across the map from the quest you were doing, and WASTE your leveling time! My advice is to screw the maps below and READ THIS GUIDE RIGHT NOW so you have the GOLD to BUY as many herbs as possible!
This is the best Herbalism Guide on the entire internets. Power leveling herbalism will actually MAKE YOU MONEY, instead of cost you tons of gold like power leveling crafting professions. Below are some tips followed by instructions explaining where to go for each level of herbalism.
If you're stuck leveling your herbalism (which you won't be with the below maps). Consider the level of your herbalism, say 240. Divide it by 5, so level 48. Subtract about 5 levels and head to a zone of that level (Tanaris/Feralas) and you should have decent luck leveling your herbalism there. But herb densities won't always be optimal.
If you're going to power level herbalism in a short period of time, I'd recommend you get an epic ground mount first. You'll find trainers in every major city to learn herbalism. Finally, make sure that you have your 'Find Herbs' tool activated by left clicking on the hour glass connected to your minimap:
Find Herb
I also recommend you use 'Click to Move' in your interface option. It will let you click an herb off in the distance and it will send your character there and have him/her loot on arrival. Very convenient for looting. You can even click to loot an herb while mounted, and you will be auto unmounted on arrival. Finally, make sure you have the Gatherer Addon installed and setup properly.
Levels 1-75
Once you're ready to go, head to any of the starting zones like Durator picking up Silverleaf, Peacebloom, Earthroot and Mageroyal until your herbalism skill is 75. It took me less than an hour in Durator to get to 75.
Durotar
Mulgore
Teldrassil
Tirisfal Glades
Elwynn Forest
Levels 75-150
Once you reach 70 or 75, you can head to Darnassus and train Herbalism so you can exceed level 75. Then head to northern Barrens and run the following route until you're level 100, then head to the southern Barrens. Southern Barrens will get you to level 150. Levels 135-150 will be a bit slow, feel free to run around Stonetalon Mountain or eastern Hillsbrad Foothills if you want new scenery.
Barrens
Westfall
Levels 150-170
Head to the wetlands and level to 170 by collecting Briarthorn, Kingsblood and Liferoot. Running the route from the Harbor to Arathi Highlands with zig-zags should get you the 20 levels you need.
Wetlands Herbalism
Levels 170-225
Arathi Highlands is an awesome place to level herbalism once you get to 170. You'll spend a lot of time there gathering Wild Steelbloom, Bruiseweed, Fadeleaf, Goldthorn, Liferoot and Khadgar's Whiskers. Stay there until you are level 225, and don't leave earlier because you'll have a rough time finding a more efficient place to level.
Arathi Highlands Herbalism
Fly to Booty Bay and train herbalism to level 300. Flora Silverwind can be found below and to the east of the Alliance gryphon master.
Levels 225-275
Head to Feralas and start gathering Goldthorn and Liferoot until you're 230, then you'll be able to start collecting all the Sungrass you keep running by. Collect Goldthorn, Liferoot, Sungrass, Purple Lotus, and Golden Samsan until you are 275. You can see by this map where most of the herbs were for me when I ran through.
Feralas Herbalism
Levels 275-300
Finally, we'll head to the plaguelands to level to 300 before heading to the Outlands. Start in Western and then head east. You will run by a lot of plaguebloom, just mark it with gatherer by right clicking it so it says 'You must be level 285 to..' and keep going. Once you hit 285 turn around and run by all the plaguebloom you saw and you should hit 300 before returning to Chillwind.
Western Plaguelands Herbalism
300-375
You can continue running around Felwood or the plaguelands picking until your herbalism skill reaches 330 or 340. Since you'll need to go to Honor Hold or Thrallmar for level 300 training, you mid as well start your 300+ skill ups in Hellfire Penninsula. Once you're 340 you can go pretty much anywhere in Outlands to get to 375, pick an area where you can grind something else like Sunfury Signets in Netherstorm etc. You may also want to consider selecting the herb you want to farm (based on what you want to make) and approach the last 35 levels that way.
Loved your guide, went from
Loved your guide, went from o- 375 in under 2 days of lazy play. Ill tell others about it, and thank you
just wanted to ask... did
just wanted to ask... did you get lazy??!? This has no info on trainers and if any lvl req. is necessary to keep raising your herbalism skill. Also, you can't raise your herbalism with gold.. it's a GATHERING skill; thus you need to actually GATHER the herb node itself. Other than that its a good guide.
he's talking about buying
he's talking about buying the herbs so you dont have to get herbalism as profession
it sucked when i found out i cant pick sungrass at 205, but i got 230 in feralas anyways and continued picking there till 250 so its ok.. also i think you better continue picking either sungrass in feralas till you're like 280 or 285 herbalism (i dont know if its possible, but i'm gonna try that out) or go back to SoS to pick blindweed there till 280 or 285 as there werent many gromsblood for me in felwood
Good guide. Could use some
Good guide. Could use some tweaking around 200-340 skill, but it was pretty obvious when playing how to switch as necessary. The above complaining fools must have no brains.
Beedor -- Burning Legion
"Also, you can't raise your
"Also, you can't raise your herbalism with gold.. it's a GATHERING skill; thus you need to actually GATHER the herb node itself."
he means buy the herbs for alch, rather then going out of your way to gather them :)
Great guide. & Great Job!
Great guide. & Great Job!
Im sure it took awhile to write this guild but you got people flaming you for doing so, amd im 99% sure they have never and most will never will write one.
while its not perfect people you get a general idea on wha to do and where to go, and he might not be finished , if he is or isnt IT DOES NOT MATTER
If you dont like his guide simply DONT USE IT, no reason to flame on the work they have done.
Thx for the guide, was very
Thx for the guide, was very nice with maps and all :)
What I personally did when i headed for swamp of sorrows was I stayed there until I reached 300, then went to Outland. Saved me much travelling time, and the herbs in swamp of sorrows are much more abundant than anywhere else imo.
Cheers
Thumbs up for that comment!
Thumbs up for that comment! :D
While I would think that
While I would think that plaguelands would be good.. IF and I say IF you are level 70 and have a flying mount... Hellfire Penninsula would be a better bet once you hit 270. Lots of Dreamfoil to gather at 270 and once then at 280 start on the Mountain Silversage, and you can train 300-375 at 275 so do that asap and then once you hit 300 the world is your oyster... or rose if you prefer since u are gathering weeds... This is just my personal observation and would like to put it out there for other options for people to use. I used the guide up to that point. Nice work and thank you for putting it together.
yeah i agree GUYS SCREW ALL
yeah i agree GUYS SCREW ALL OF YA GOOD GUIDE DUDE
Good guide, aside from a
Good guide, aside from a couple little errors its pretty helpful :) Good luck herbing everyone.
Awesome guide I went from 0
Awesome guide
I went from 0 to 375 in 2 days
Thank you men
Great job
It helped :] even though
It helped :]
even though some the info was off,
it was good for a lazy player :p
dont listen to the other idiots, gj :D
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Great Guide!! Thank you so
Great Guide!! Thank you so much for taking the time to write it. Please ignore the other idiots who have responded negatively, as they oviously are idiots who can not write a coherent thought. This guide took me from 1-375 in one solid day, and I thank you for it. I (being horde) never would have thought of wetlands, but it turns out that it was a perfect spot to level, and being so close to Arathi Highlands, did not have very far to go for the next zone. I really appreciate the time spent making this guide, and look foreward to anything you may have to add in the future.
Neosporinn--Engines Of Destruction--HORDE--Perenolde
Awesome guide mate. Lots of
Awesome guide mate. Lots of time has gone into making a free guide to help others.
Shame on the people you get pissed for a mistake on a free guide.
Wonderful Guide, was able to
Wonderful Guide, was able to skill up from 100 - 350 in one night, tyvm
Great guide. Thanks for
Great guide. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. One of the easiest to follow guides on the internet that I've found. Leveled up to 300 in a very short time. Thanks again!
Great job! Thanks for
Great job! Thanks for taking the time to put this together! Like the maps... it's one of the best guides that I've found on the internet.
great guide, farmed from 150
great guide, farmed from 150 till 375 in 1 day
Thanks nice guide! I would
Thanks nice guide! I would like to point out to the boneheads that are ripping on this.
You are saying that he is lazy for not including trainer info. My reply is "So!" Use this
guide for it's strengths and utilize other forums and posts for mas info! It takes like
5 seconds if you aren't lazy or eight years old!!! Once again very helpful information
from you sir. Thanks
Hi, ty much for this guide
Hi, ty much for this guide <3
Going try it out now
Cya ! Saburo
Woot thanx man, took 9 hours
Woot thanx man, took 9 hours straight to max alchemy/herbilsm with the guide thanx man
Great guide! Thank you so
Great guide! Thank you so much for all the help. I leveled herbalism, alchemy and still made a pant-load of money. Awesome job!!
Awesome guide. I had already
Awesome guide. I had already started leveling herbalism, so this helped me pick up where I left off.
awsome guide worked well.
awsome guide worked well. soo much help
as of i think 2.3 all major
as of i think 2.3 all major cities for both factions can traintrade skills too 300. No longer reqs go blah at 75 etc. Nice guide was helpful
I found this in the mix when
I found this in the mix when I googled for herbing-leveling-wow. I tried a few others, they had me screwing around in Swamp of Sarrows looking for the 5 nodes of fadeleaf. Then I came across this guide and went from 150-300 in a few hours. I have cartographer so the paths you mentioned lined up ideally with there showing. I'm a horde tauren druid and this worked great, thanks for compiling it.
Thanks a lot for the info.
Thanks a lot for the info. It helped me greatly. Heading to Thrall right now to train to 375.
The time spent to make this is greatly appreciated. THANKS AGAIN!
LOOOOOVED IT!!! i took
LOOOOOVED IT!!!
i took 1-375 in 2 hours using this guide!
i just want to add that when farming from 85+ you can run at the beach of Westfall and loot those plants in the water, i did this instead of running at the edge to the beach, and from 100-125, i ran up and down the beach and i leveled quick! its so nice
This guide is actually a bit
This guide is actually a bit dated, seeing most of the herb lvl requirements changed and Fadeleaf doesn't sell well anymore. However, the guide got me to OL status in about 4 hours then with competiton in OL it took me about another 2 the next day to get to 375. As a tip, once you hit OL pick everything you can to about 325 or 330 and then head to Zangamarsh and pick there. Alternate from herb picking to Bog lord killing and herbing. granted it will take a while with all the competiton vs server population it will take you give/take a few hours to hit 375. But Also remember if you have an Alchemist this is the best way to feed it for powerleveling it. With the prices (given account of server population and econ) you can make about 60 to 70g if not more selling the Herbs and pots. Terocone and mana thistle sells for a pretty penny on the AH cause most raid pots require it. Plus mooncloth tailors will love you for the primal life you get. Herb picking is a damn good money maker - coupled with Mining you will make a killing. Just remember competition in OL sucks, specially if you do not have an epic flyer. >< I know this, trust me. Well I hope this helps you, it worked for me.
Adanuah - Kirin Tor - US
Great guide. I wonder if it
Great guide.
I wonder if it would be possible to PrntScrn the maps with the Gatherer addon icons?
Either way, i got from 1-300 in two days.
Thanks a lot!
Great guide, wasnt to happy
Great guide, wasnt to happy bout the ally places to much (horde of course) but a addition, if you arent starting alchemy with it, start off in the blood elves starting area, super fast to level because it contains bloodthistle everywhere which is just as leveling as silverleaf, and theres about 10 in one spot with fast respawn time. anyways, great guide :)
Only thing I have to say is
Only thing I have to say is that your maps are too broad, like Arathi? You should've just circled the entire damn map, need more precise, like from the gatherer add-on
Best Herb Guide i have seen
Best Herb Guide i have seen in a long while. usualy took me ages to level herb but this helped me do it in like 7 hours. thx
Ignore all the negative feedback its a great guide.
GREAT GUIDE i loved it and
GREAT GUIDE i loved it and im skill 150 in a few hours ( and thats imbetween instances) am definetly gona keep
id like to mention using gather with this this guide cos it lets you mark were u found the plants and it helps like hell
hope this helps
genway/ spinebreaker aliance =) <3
What a dumba$$. Lazy for not
What a dumba$$.
Lazy for not including trainers?
Come on! every capital city has this trainer. the only "off course" trainer you have to meet is th one in Thrallmar (for horde) which he has mentioned!
Do you need directions back to your own city? Don't know where UC/Org/TB/SM/IF etc is? there's even trainers in Brill and Tarren Mill! They're everywhere!
Thank you for a great guide. I followed it a bit when I started to get unfamiliar with where herbs are (I know 1-200 roughly, but after that I've never herbed much before).
I stopped following the guide at around 255. I went to blasted lands instead, 'cause I could herb every herb there and lvl on them. and when I hit 285 I got lazy and went to outlands :P
-I LOVE the maps you have shared with us on where to circle etc. helped a whole lot in feralas at least. really rough terrain there, and the pic even brought me to a sweet-spot I'd never even imagined would exist at that spot (south-east by the big ogre temple thingie)
Was really great, i had
Was really great, i had gotten tired of buying crap off the AH overpriced. My alchemy was 285, herbs 70.... yeahhh, this helped a lot! thanks!
Darkbishop - Alexstrasza Horde (US)
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75/150/225/300 it's rather
75/150/225/300 it's rather generic.
Herbalism has no specialty trainers. Any Herbalism trainer (par the Hellfire trainer) can take you up to 300, so it should be defaulted that you don't need to go to such-and-such of a trainer to go there.
Both of those things should be "basic" for anyone leveling, if all else fails there's generic lookups like thottbot, allakhazam and wowhead for npcs and trainers for the players base-level for increasing their professions.
If you are around 260, you
If you are around 260, you could consider to do a run through Dire Maul East. It has a lot of spawns and as level 70 you can skip 90% of the mobs.
recmoenned goin ti STM
recmoenned goin ti STM around 135, it will make you skill faster since it's higher lvl on the herbs there.
While u lvling in
While u lvling in Hinterlands Instead of flying to booty bay to train herbalism go to taren mill if you are horde and get it up to 300 there.
the other thing i found a bit much to my taste is instead of going to feralas once you reach 230 herbalism {u can keep going to 240 herbing in arathi} just ride over to the hinterlands. Plenty of purple lotuses at Jintha'alor that spawns back like mad (210+ herb req or little over) to lvl on plus the ghost mushrooms and sungrass up till 260 and then some .. u can drop down back to the main part of the hinterlands and start picking up the golden sansam that requires 260 herbing, plenty to be found ... or stick around for some more purple lotus to sell... nice cash farm.
ps: if you are also lvling cooking make sure to grab the giant eggs off of the moonkins you will need them for your cooking quest.
Best guide I've found so
Best guide I've found so far. I shoulda read the "While u lvlng in" reply. After Arathi, I hearthed to Shatt, ported to Daranassus and took a !!15!! minute flight to Feralas. Oh well. Neverthelss - still an awesome guide.
A little QQ that there are no maps for Feralas and beyond but meh. Thank you!
i'd have to say we're all
i'd have to say we're all pretty lazy considering we're reading a pl guide for herbalism...gg buddy
Fantastic, I'm level 45 on
Fantastic, I'm level 45 on this alt so I set myself the target of 0-225, and achieved it in about 2 and a half hours. Questing in Feralas now, and will follow up with the herbs there :)
This is an awsome guide, i
This is an awsome guide, i dropped enchanting and picked alchemy after reading a bit and it couldnt have been easier.
Thanks for the great job