Mists of Pandaria Classic Herbalism Profession and Leveling Guide

Last updated on Jun 25, 2025 at 00:00 by Abide

Herbalism Icon 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 Icon Alchemy. Herbalism can be a great profession for farming gold through raw materials.

Herbalism Icon 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 Icon Alchemy to create various potions, flasks, and elixirs.

When you have the Herbalism Icon Herbalism skill, you can use Find Herbs Icon 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.

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New Herbalism Materials in Mists of Pandaria

Mists of Pandaria brings 6 new Herbalism Icon Herbalism materials for players to gather.

  • Silkweed Icon Silkweed
  • Rain Poppy Icon Rain Poppy
  • Snow Lily Icon Snow Lily
  • Fool's Cap Icon Fool's Cap
  • Green Tea Leaf Icon Green Tea Leaf
  • Golden Lotus Icon Golden Lotus
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Leveling Herbalism 1–70

To start off you will be gathering Silverleaf Icon Silverleaf and Peacebloom Icon Peacebloom in the low-level starting areas. At 15 you can begin to gather Earthroot Icon Earthroot to help speed up the process.

Alliance Icon Elwynn Forest

Alliance Herbalism

Horde Icon Tirisfal Glades

Horde Herbalism

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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 Icon Mageroyal, Briarthorn Icon Briarthorn, and Bruiseweed Icon Bruiseweed as they remain the highest chance to grant a skill increase.

Alliance Icon Westfall

Alliance Herbalism

Horde Icon Silverpine Forest

Horde Herbalism
4.

Leveling Herbalism 150–230

Here you will be mostly focusing on Fadeleaf Icon Fadeleaf, Khadgar's Whisker Icon Khadgar's Whisker, Kingsblood Icon Kingsblood, and Liferoot Icon Liferoot. At 225 return to your nearest Herbalist trainer to unlock Master Herbalism.

Northern Stranglethorn

Northern Stranglethorn Herbalism
5.

Leveling Herbalism 230–300

At first you will only be able to gather Sungrass Icon Sungrass, but soon you will be able to pick Golden Sansam Icon Golden Sansam, Dreamfoil Icon Dreamfoil, and Mountain Silversage Icon Mountain Silversage as well.

Azshara

Azshara Herbalism
6.

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.

Hellfire Peninsula

Hellfire Peninsula Herbalism
7.

Leveling Herbalism 325–350

For these next 25 skill levels Terokkar Forest fits your needs, offering multiple herbs with guaranteed skill increases.

Terrokar Forest

Terrokar Forest Herbalism
8.

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.

Borean Tundra

Borean Tundra Herbalism Route
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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.

Sholazar Basin

Sholazar Basin Herbalism Route
10.

Leveling Herbalism 425–500

You'll be gathering 3 different herbs here, Cinderbloom Icon Cinderbloom, Azshara's Veil Icon Azshara's Veil, and Stormvine Icon Stormvine.

Mount Hyjal

Mount Hyjal Herbalism
11.

Leveling Herbalism 500–545

You start your Mists of Pandaria Herbalism training off by gathering Green Tea Leaf Icon Green Tea Leaf and Rain Poppy Icon Rain Poppy, with more herbs becoming accessible as your Herbalism skill increases.



Jade Forest Herbalism Route
Jade Forest Herbalism Route
12.

Leveling Herbalism 545–575

Here you will be mainly gathering Silkweed Icon Silkweed. Every few laps you can cut through the middle, near the Silken Fields, to grab clusters of herbs that have gathers off the recommended path.



Valley of the Four Winds Herbing Route
Valley of the Four Winds Herbing Route
13.

Leveling Herbalism 575–600

In the snowly mountains of Kun Lai Summit, you will mostly be gathering Snow Lily Icon Snow Lily, which will also gather in the many caves on this route. If you are a high damage class, or one with something like Stealth Icon Stealth, these caves are worth herbing inside; if not, you will want to avoid them as you will need to kill several mobs to collect the herbs inside.



Kun-Lai Summit Herbalism Route
Kun-Lai Summit Herbalism Route
14.

Herbalism Unique Spell in Mists of Pandaria

Herbalism provides access to a unique, personal spell Lifeblood Icon 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
Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood (Rank 1) 1 Grants 5 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health.
Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood (Rank 2) 75 Grants 15 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health.
Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood (Rank 3) 150 Grants 35 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health.
Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood (Rank 4) 225 Grants 55 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health.
Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood (Rank 5) 300 Grants 70 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health.
Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood (Rank 6) 375 Grants 120 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health.
Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood (Rank 7) 450 Grants 240 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health.
Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood (Rank 8) 525 Grants 480 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health.
Lifeblood Icon Lifeblood (Rank 9) 600 Grants 2,880 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health.
15.

Other Professions

Herbalism Icon Herbalism is just one of the many professions you may choose to level in Mists of Pandaria Classic. To learn more about the other options available, we recommend checking out our overviews of all professions and their unique bonuses below.

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Changelog

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