Druid Profession

[kandrathe]

My main is a hunter and has Herbs/Alchemy and it is a lvl 10-60 profession. You can think of it this way; If potions were available to you whenever you wanted, how often would you use them? Versus; Looking at the leatherworking patterns you could make, (knowing that almost anything on the list is available in the AH) how often would you change your outfits? If you are interested in earning, the I would suggest you to take up two gathering professions until you reach level 35-40.

For my hunter, up until my middle 50's I wore some crafted items that I bought and some was made for me by guild friends. But, most of it was eagerly replaced by quest rewards, BOE/BOP drops. So, if you are looking at professions from the POV of clothing yourself then there are better ways. If you are looking at professions from a money making enterprise then either provides a steady stream of income. There are ways to earn money with skinning/LW and there are crucial potions that everyone wants if they can get them.

To give you a little background on my approach to professions, I have 4 mains, and 3 support characters on Stormrage. The mains are Alch/Herb(Hunter) - Tailor/Ench(Warlock) - Miner/Eng (Warrior) - LW/Skin(Priest) . The gatherer supports are Skin/Herbs (Druid) - Skin/Miner (Rogue) - Ench/Herb (Mage). Once the gatherers are able to supply my Mains professions they will be able to drop their gathering skill (with the exception of my Warlock who has two primaries). So, my Hunter will be Alch/Eng, Warrior Eng/Smith, and Priest LW may take up Tailoring (depending on whether or not she finds a finkles skinner).

So, back to how to make money with LW. My Priest is a skill 300 Dragonscale LW and there are plenty of people needing leather (from skinning), and some selected good sellers from 135-225. After 225 your choices will be different. At some point the availability of materials becomes a big issue. I don't know how many Lava Belts, or Chromatic Cloaks one could possibly make.

Here are some items I cash in on when I can;

• 135 - Toughened Leather Gloves - if you have a ready source of Elixir of Defense<>
  
• 150 - Hillman's Cloak - Used for a quest in Southshore<>
  
• 185 - Gem-studded Leather Belt - limited quantity recipe<>
  
• 190 - Guardian Gloves - used to make Truesilver Gauntlets<>
  
• 200 - Shadowskin Gloves (another LQ recipe, sell for 8g-13g)<>
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