PROFESSIONS · 1 TO 300 GUIDE
Herbalism
Gathering · Updated October 30, 2026
You pick plants out in the world and sell or use them. It costs nothing and earns gold. In Forever you also find seeds you can grow at your camp, and herbs now feed First Aid too, since it makes the healing potions. Great for anyone who wants gold while leveling.
What to pair it with: Alchemy (flasks, elixirs, mana potions). Also First Aid, which takes no slot: healing potions need herbs.
What changes in Forever
- Every starting zone has a junior trainer who teaches up to 75. Starting areas also have Wilted Peacebloom and Stunted Silverleaf so you can pick from level 1.
- Starter manual: an early quest lets you choose Wild Harvest, which teaches Herbalism and gives +2 skill.
- New Scarce herbs that drop as a bonus from other herbs: Frilled Lichen (from Earthroot, Mageroyal, Briarthorn and Stranglekelp) and Rosecap (from Kingsblood, Fadeleaf and Goldthorn). Also Stranglevine, location still unknown.
- New herbs: Marefoil, Demonsage and Death Lotus. Death Lotus can come from any herb on Mount Hyjal if you wear the Lotus Claw glove enchant.
- Seeds in four tiers (Commonplace, Uncommon, Unusual and Scarce). They drop while picking and you plant them in your greenhouse.
- Camp: Incense Candle (20, 2 to 25 Intellect depending on your level, doesn't stack with Arcane Intellect), Greenhouse (140, grows herbs from seeds; Shadetooth at the Wetlands Excavation Site drops the blueprint) and Seed Hybridizer (300, combines seeds into a better tier).
- Tracking: Find Herbs can now run alongside Hunter tracking or Find Treasure, but not with Find Minerals.
- Tauren: Cultivation duplicates the herb on the ground. Since the beta it needs a character level: the herb's skill divided by 5.
- Legacy: Working Overtime (better skill-up chance) and Bountiful Harvest (more Scarce materials).
From 1 to 300, step by step
| 1-70 | Peacebloom, Silverleaf, Earthroot (15) character level 1-12 Your starting zone: Durotar, Mulgore, Tirisfal, Elwynn, Dun Morogh, Teldrassil or Zephras Isle (Skyborne). Teldrassil and Zephras have the most plants. Train Journeyman at 50 skill and level 10 from a full trainer (junior ones won't). On Zephras: Syriel Nightrain (Valanaar) or Halassa Fernbreeze (Shen'dar Village). |
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| 70-115 | Mageroyal (50), Briarthorn (70), Stranglekelp (85) character level 10-20 Silverpine Forest, The Barrens, Darkshore, Loch Modan, Westfall. Stranglekelp grows underwater along the coast. Briarthorn goes into First Aid's Lesser Healing Potion: keep some. |
| 115-170 | Bruiseweed (100), Wild Steelbloom (115), Kingsblood (125), Liferoot (150) character level 20-30 Hillsbrad Foothills, Stonetalon Mountains, Wetlands, Ashenvale. Liferoot grows by rivers and lakes. Expert at 125 skill and level 20. Grave Moss (120) grows in graveyards such as Duskwood's. |
| 170-205 | Fadeleaf (160), Goldthorn (170), Khadgar's Whisker (185), Kingsblood, Liferoot character level 30-40 Arathi Highlands and the northern half of Stranglethorn Vale. Artisan at 200 skill and level 35: train it before you leave, there is no trainer in Tanaris or Searing Gorge. Riverglades (35-45) fits here by level, but its herbs aren't known yet. |
| 205-230 | Firebloom (205), Purple Lotus (210) character level 40-48 Tanaris and Searing Gorge (Firebloom); Purple Lotus in Tanaris and Feralas. Arthas' Tears (220) grow in Western Plaguelands and Felwood. |
| 230-270 | Sungrass (230), Ghost Mushroom (245), Gromsblood (250), Golden Sansam (260) character level 45-55 The Hinterlands (Sungrass, Golden Sansam and Ghost Mushroom in the troll caves), Feralas and Azshara. Sungrass and Golden Sansam make First Aid's Superior and Major Healing Potions: they sell very well. |
| 270-300 | Dreamfoil (270), Mountain Silversage (280), Plaguebloom (285), Icecap (290) character level 52-60 Felwood, Un'Goro Crater and Winterspring (Icecap). Black Lotus (300), very rare, in Felwood, Winterspring, Silithus and Burning Steppes. At 300 you earn the account title. On the revamped Mount Hyjal (60) you can find Death Lotus with Lotus Claw. |
Trainers
- Ranks: Apprentice 1-75 (level 1), Journeyman 50-150 (level 10), Expert 125-225 (level 20), Artisan 200-300 (level 35). All four come from a trainer; junior trainers in starting zones only go to 75.
- Horde: Jandi (Orgrimmar), Martha Alliestar (Undercity), Komin Winterhoof (Thunder Bluff), Mishiki (Sen'jin Village), Faruza (Brill).
- Alliance: Tannysa (Stormwind), Reyna Stonebranch (Ironforge), Firodren Mooncaller (Darnassus), Herbalist Pomeroy (Elwynn), Malorne Bladeleaf (Dolanaar), Kali Healtouch (Thelsamar).
- Skyborne (Zephras Isle): there's no trainer in Thendal Village; you learn it from the quest Harvesting Windstones by choosing Wild Harvest. Then Syriel Nightrain (Valanaar) or Halassa Fernbreeze (Shen'dar Village), for both factions.
What is worth the most
- Peacebloom, Briarthorn, Bruiseweed, Sungrass and Golden Sansam: they make First Aid's healing potions, so everyone wants them now.
- Dreamfoil, Mountain Silversage, Plaguebloom and Black Lotus: raid flasks and elixirs. Raids open on December 9.
- Seeds and Scarce herbs (Frilled Lichen, Rosecap): new Alchemy and Enchanting recipes ask for them.
Tips
- Learn it at level 1 and pick everything you pass: you won't want to come back later.
- Herbalism and Mining can't be tracked together. With both, swap depending on the zone.
- Find Herbs turns off when you die: switch it back on.
- Goldthorn Tea gives +15 Herbalism (a Cooking 175 recipe taught by Henry Stern in Razorfen Downs). Enchant Gloves - Herbalism gives +2 and the advanced version +5.
- Orange herbs always give a point, yellow usually, green rarely, grey never. When everything turns green, move on.
- Get the greenhouse (140) early: it grows herbs while you do something else.
What we don't know yet
- Which herbs grow in Riverglades (35-45) and whether any are new.
- Where Marefoil, Demonsage and Stranglevine grow, and what skill they need.
- Everything from 170 up is the classic route: the beta stopped at level 30, so it hasn't been tested in Forever.
- Where the Seed Hybridizer blueprint comes from.
This guide is updated every time Blizzard publishes changes. Whatever is still missing goes in as soon as it is known, and the date at the top tells you when we last touched it.
Sources: Warcraft Tavern: Herbalism en Forever · Warcraft Tavern: profesiones en Forever · wow-professions: Herbalism 1-300 en Forever · wow-professions: cambios de Herbalism · Zockify: profesiones en Forever.