Mists of Pandaria 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 Mists of Pandaria
Mists of Pandaria brings 6 new Herbalism
materials for players to gather.
Silkweed
Rain Poppy
Snow Lily
Fool's Cap
Green Tea Leaf
Golden Lotus
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 500–545
You start your Mists of Pandaria Herbalism training off by gathering
Green Tea Leaf and
Rain Poppy, with more herbs becoming accessible
as your Herbalism skill increases.
Leveling Herbalism 545–575
Here you will be mainly gathering 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.
Leveling Herbalism 575–600
In the snowly mountains of Kun Lai Summit, you will mostly be gathering
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, 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.
Herbalism Unique Spell in Mists of Pandaria
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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1 | Grants 5 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
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75 | Grants 15 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
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150 | Grants 35 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
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225 | Grants 55 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
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300 | Grants 70 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
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375 | Grants 120 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
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450 | Grants 240 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
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525 | Grants 480 Haste rating for 20 seconds and heals 4% health. |
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600 | Grants 2,880 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 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.
Changelog
- 25 Jun. 2025: 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.