Herb/Alchemy Farmer Druid

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My goal is to develop 4 additional Level 30+ Horde "crafting characters" that cover all 10 professions, incl. my main character, the Blacksmithing/Armorsmith specialized Undead Warrior. My new Troll Hunter will do Blacksmithing/Weaponsmith (for the "Arcanite Reaper" Axe and "Hammer of the Titans" Mace), the Tauren Druid Herbalism/Alchemy (for Potions, Metal and Elemental Transmutations), the Orc Shaman Skinning/Leatherworking (for Bags, Armor and Weapon ingredients), and the Undead Warlock Tailoring/Enchanting (for Bags and enchanted Metal).

This seems really ambitious. I don't want to discourage you, but this could be a big undertaking.

First, I assume you know that to get to 300 in a skill, you need to be 35. Second, I hope you know how hard it is to become an armorsmith or master weaponsmith. I can link you to some guides, but basically it involves doing numerous quests, mining hundreds of mithril and truesilver, and farming some other rare ingredients. Some of it is hard to do solo, and may require you to be in your 50's. I assume the leatherworking specializations are equally taxing.

Finally, some of the plans you mention are extremely rare drops. To this day no one in the Alliance on my server can craft the Arcanite Reaper. In the end it may cost you less time and money to buy some of the super-items you seek then to try to craft them all.

Also, remember that 98% of engineered items can only be used by engineers, so don't expect to use tons of bombs and gadgets on your main. :)
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It's been a while since I made this post (April 4, 2005), and I now want to report back and say: "Mission complete!" :)

In April, I started my "crafting project" on the Horde side, where I wanted to cover the best professions all by myself with four characters, one main and three "twinks". Today, my first crafting twink, a level 40 Undead Warlock with Tailoring/Enchanting could finally get to level 300 Enchanting. All other professions have been completed earlier. I now have on the Horde side:

- a 60 UD Warrior (300 Armorsmith)
- a 40 UD Warlock (300 Tailor/300 Enchanter)
- a 40 ORC Shaman (300 Alchemist), and
- a 30 TAU Druid (will be a 300 Alchemist by the end of the week as soon as she is 35)

I've dumped the idea of making a Weaponsmith and a Skinner/Leatherworker, and made a second Alchemist instead for transmuting Arcanite Bars faster (now 1 per day). Yes, it was a really ambitious, time-consuming project, but it does pay off now. First, it is a pleasure to be able to make everything of importance yourself and second, I have now a very good cash flow which will allow me to get some of the very best game items, recipes and epic mounts in an acceptable time (read: 2-3 weeks) WITHOUT doing MC runs and the like over and over and over, actually without doing any high instance run at all :)