World of Warcraft Ninja Secrets

HERBALISM/ALCHEMY

Herbalism is the gathering profession of two other Professions: Alchemy and Inscription. We will be giving tips about Alchemy here to help you make a fortune with Herbalism and Alchemy.

Taurens have a racial skill bonus +10 on Herbalism so you may want to consider chosing this for a Tauren character. But its not a big deal.  Herbalism’s skill bonus is a Healing overtime effect, so it would be better off to choose it for a non-healer character such as a DK, Warrior, Hunter, and Rogue.

Herbalism gives you the skill to Track Herbs. You must have this tracking on all the time to gather the most herbs around while levelling and questing, Even in dungeons.

At low skill levels, herbalism doesnt give a fortune, but as you keep skilling it up to 450 the profit builds up. At low levels you can use the herbs to improve your alchemy and sell the rest on the auction house with a price of 3g per stack up to 30g per stack depending on the herb.

So Basicly, have your Track Herbs on all the time and gather every herb you can!

And with alchemy you will start off with making healing or mana potions and battle or defence elixirs for your own profit. At low levels you will also like considering making a few extra Healing and Mana potions and all other useful potions such as the Battle elixirs increasing your Agility, Strenght or Intellect and selling them on the Auction House.

People will need those potions while levelling and will want to buy them from the AH. But like all the other professions, Alchemy gives the best profit at 450 skill level.

As you level up and skill up in Alchemy, you will begin to make more powerfull elixirs. Sell every thing which you will not need while levelling on the Auction house untill you have 450 skill level.

At a skill level of 325, you will be able to choose of the 3 masteries of Alchemy, Potion Mastery, Elixir Mastery and Master of Transmutation.

Potion Mastery allows you to get greater results when creating potions

Elixir Mastery allows you to get greater results while creating Flasks and Elixirs

Transmutation Mastery Allows you to get greater results when Transmuting.

Our suggestion is Either Elixir Mastery or Master of Transmutation. The more Flasks or Gems you have, the more gold you will make!

When your alchemy hits 450 you can start farming Frost Lotus to make Flasks and sell them on the Auction House. The Best place to farm Frost Lotus is Wintergrasp. (For a Detailed map you can go to www.thottbot.com and search for Frost Lotus )

The best way of making gold in Alchemy and herbalism is the Flasks and Gems. The Flasks are sold in seconds after you auction them, and the gems are something EVERYONE needs. So if you chose Transmutation mastery: Transmute 1 epic gem every day: and Farm Frost Lotus for a while when you think you have enough flasks to earn gold.

Dont forget to take the Transmutation Quest from the Alchemy Master in Dalaran. That will allow you to make Cardinal Ruby which Alchemy.

When transmuting you should feel free to buy the mats for the epic gems since the profit will cover that up and even bring gold into your backpack.  For Cardinal Ruby for example: Eternal fire is around 30g, and Scarlet ruby is the same, so spending 60g and you will earn at least 170g from the Cardinal Ruby on Ah. That means 110 g profit. Not Bad!

You can also consider getting the gems cut before you sell them to make even more profit. There are loads of Jewelcrafters to cut a gem for 10g so basicly for example for a Runed Scarlet Ruby, you will spend 60+10= 70 g and earn around 220g from it = 150g profit in total!

IF you have Elixir Mastery, what you can do is quite simple. Farm frost lotus, make flasks and sell them on AH.

And while farming frost lotus you will find a great amount of Frozen Herb, Icethorn and Lichbloom. You might also want to consider selling them as stacks on the AH after using the amount you need for flasks

Icethorn has a 20g/stack price on my server and if you ask me, its not bad at all! Since you will gather around 100 icethorns after farming for 1 hour.