Cataclysm Classic Herbalism Profession and Leveling Guide
Herbalism allows you to gather various plants and herbs throughout the world. These herbs are used for a variety of different uses such as creating flasks and potions with Alchemy. Herbalism can be a great profession for farming gold through raw materials.
Herbalism is one of the few gathering professions available to players. This profession focuses on collecting resources in the form of herbs, rather than crafting items or consumables for use. These gathered herbs are most commonly used together with Alchemy to create various potions, flasks, and elixirs.
When you have the Herbalism skill, you can use Find Herbs to track and show the location of nearby herbs on your minimap. Make sure to keep this up whenever you are out gathering or you will have a much harder time finding nodes.
New Herbalism Materials in Cataclysm
Cataclysm brings 6 new Herbalism materials for players to gather.
- Azshara's Veil
- Cinderbloom
- Stormvine
- Heartblossom
- Whiptail
- Twilight Jasmine
Training Herbalism in Cataclysm
In Cataclysm, you no longer need to visit different trainers to learn new ranks of Herbalism. Every trainer will now be able to each you all ranks in any major city.
Alliance | Horde |
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Shylamiir — Stormwind | Jandi — Orgrimmar |
Reyna Stonebranch — Ironforge | Komin Winterhoof — Thunder Bluff |
Firodren Mooncaller — Darnassus | Martha Alliestar — Undercity |
Cemmorhan — Exodar | Botanist Nathera — Silvermoon |
Cataclysm also adds profession trainers in each starting zone, allowing you to pick up a profession right away rather than needing to reach a major city first.
Alliance | Horde |
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Jack All-Trades Derrington — Gilneas | KTC Train-a-Tron Deluxe — The Lost Isles |
Lien Farner — Elwynn Forest | Runda — Durotar |
Wembil Taskwidget — Dun Morogh | Lalum Darkmane — Mulgore |
Iranis Shadebloom — Teldrassil | Therisa Sallow — Tirisfal Glades |
Valn — Azuremyst Isle | Saren — Eversong Woods |
Leveling Herbalism in Cataclysm
Leveling Herbalism 1–70
To start off you will be gathering Silverleaf and Peacebloom in the low-level starting areas. At 15 you can begin to gather Earthroot to help speed up the process.
Leveling Herbalism 70–150
Be sure to train Journeyman Herbalist before heading out, allowing you to progress up to 150 Herbalism skill. To quickly get through these skill levels, focus mostly on Mageroyal, Briarthorn, and Bruiseweed as they remain the highest chance to grant a skill increase.
Leveling Herbalism 150–230
Here you will be mostly focusing on Fadeleaf, Khadgar's Whisker, Kingsblood, and Liferoot. At 225 return to your nearest Herbalist trainer to unlock Master Herbalism.
Leveling Herbalism 230–300
At first you will only be able to gather Sungrass, but soon you will be able to pick Golden Sansam, Dreamfoil, and Mountain Silversage as well.
Leveling Herbalism 300–325
A few Classic WoW herbs can be found in Outland and used to skill up your Herbalism in both Hellfire Peninsula and Zangarmarsh. Keep an eye out for these as they are a large part of your early skill-ups gained in Outland. Until your Herbalism Skill reaches 325, we recommend staying in Hellfire Peninsula and gathering all herbs that give a skill increase.
Leveling Herbalism 325–350
For these next 25 skill levels Terokkar Forest fits your needs, offering multiple herbs with guaranteed skill increases.
Leveling Herbalism 350–400
Be sure to head to a Herbalist trainer to unlock Grand Master Herbalism, allowing you to max out your Herbalism at 450 skill level. Borean Tundra is a decent zone for herbing as it has 3 different plants to pick from and flat, open ground, allowing you to quickly travel from herb to herb. If you are having trouble getting the last few skill-ups in this zone, head to Grizzly Hills at 375 instead.
Leveling Herbalism 400–425
Sholazar Basin is one of the best zones for picking herbs in all of Wrath of the Lich King. You can easily get your last 25 skill points here as there is an overabundance of herbs to find.
Leveling Herbalism 425–500
You'll be gathering 3 different herbs here, Cinderbloom, Azshara's Veil, and Stormvine.
Leveling Herbalism 500–525
Here you will mainly be gathering Whiptail. This route is short compared to others and is packed full of herbs, making it the easiest way to reach 525.
Herbalism Unique Spell in Cataclysm
Herbalism provides access to a unique, personal spell Lifeblood. The healing of this spell scales with your Herbalism skill and maximum health, offering you a moderate heal-over-time.
Buff | Skill Required | Details |
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Lifeblood (Rank 1) | 1 | Grants 5 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
Lifeblood (Rank 2) | 75 | Grants 15 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
Lifeblood (Rank 3) | 150 | Grants 35 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
Lifeblood (Rank 4) | 225 | Grants 55 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
Lifeblood (Rank 5) | 300 | Grants 70 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
Lifeblood (Rank 6) | 375 | Grants 120 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
Lifeblood (Rank 7) | 450 | Grants 240 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
Lifeblood (Rank 8) | 525 | Grants 480 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
Other Professions
Herbalism is just one of the many professions you may choose to level in Cataclysm Classic. To learn more about the other options available, we recommend checking out our overviews of all professions and their unique bonuses below.
Changelog
- 30 Jul. 2024: Page reviewed for phase two.
- 09 May 2024: Added page.
This guide has been written by Abide, TBC veteran for nearly a decade. Abide is a Warrior tank and multi-class expert currently playing on Faerlina as Horde. You can find him in the the Icy Veins Discord. You can also see him live on Twitch.
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