So you want to try your hand at the world’s most massively played online multiplayer game? You may have consulted different sources for information about the different versions and expansion sets of the game. By now you will know everything about races, classes and factions. You probably know a lot about building and joining guilds. If so, it’s time to choose a career for your character.

World of Warcraft professions can be divided into three categories. The first category is of those professions that are very basic in nature. The people associated with these races obtain the raw material for sale. These raw materials are used for the second category of professions. Examples of raw materials are minerals (obtained from mining) and animal skins (obtained from skinning). These professions are also called basic because their professionals earn money no matter what. Raw materials have a variety of uses. For example, if you go into mining, ores will sell like hot cakes. People use them to sell them again after refining them. People smelled them with other minerals. Metals are required by blacksmiths and engineers etc. Selling cloth is also a basic profession. Humanoids often drop cloth, so choosing to sell them doesn’t require any investment. The basic professions do not involve any risk but do not give many benefits. However, training in any of these professions is best for a beginner. It will grant you a basic ability and at least you will never run out of money.

The second category of professions requires the raw materials to make some finished products. Examples of these types of professions are leather crafting, shoe making, and being a blacksmith. The best time to take one of these professions is when one is trained in the basic skill that produces raw materials for this profession. If one chooses to be a blacksmith but has to buy metals to make armor, the profit margin will drop considerably. Whereas being proficient in a skill will not only save you a lot of money but also earn you a lot of skill points. If you want to be a shoemaker or leather crafter, it’s a good idea to learn skinning first.

The third type of profession is one in which both raw materials and some finished products are required to make high-quality and highly sophisticated products. An example of such a profession in World of Warcraft is engineering. Enchanting is also a very popular profession. Both engineering and enchanting are very expensive and time-consuming professions, but they guarantee high profits. The right time to be an engineer or a charmer is when you have accumulated a lot of wealth and made a lot of good friends. Of course, only friends will give you a discount on raw materials.

So try your luck at World of Warcraft. Wish you all the best.