WoW Best Professions in Midnight Season 2
Each character in World of Warcraft can learn two primary professions, plus Cooking and Fishing on the side. Which two are best depends on what you want from them: gold, your own consumables, crafted gear or furniture for your house. This guide is up to date for Midnight Season 2 and patch 12.1.5, and it also covers the gathering changes on the 12.1.7 test realm.
The short answer
- For gold, Tailoring is the safest bet right now, with Jewelcrafting, Inscription and potion Alchemy close behind in some rankings. Prices on your own realm decide in the end.
- For an easy start that makes gold from day one, take Herbalism and Mining and sell what you gather.
- For your own flasks and potions, pair Alchemy with Herbalism.
- For gear, pick the craft that makes your armor type or your rings and weapons, and buy the materials.
What every profession makes in Midnight
| Profession | What it’s good for | Pairs with |
|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | Combat flasks, profession phials, healing and combat potions, cauldrons, transmutes and house decor | Herbalism |
| Blacksmithing | Plate armor, shields, melee weapons, profession tools, whetstones and weightstones | Mining |
| Enchanting | Gear and tool enchants, including helm and shoulder enchants again, weapon oils, wands and disenchanting | Tailoring |
| Engineering | Guns, head, wrist and boot pieces, scopes, gadgets such as the Wormhole Generator and a combat resurrection anyone can use | Mining |
| Inscription | Staves, off-hands, bows, Darkmoon trinkets, Vantus runes, contracts and the weekly treatises other crafters need | Herbalism |
| Jewelcrafting | Rings, necklaces, cut gems and prospecting | Mining |
| Leatherworking | Leather and mail armor, drums, armor kits for leg slots | Skinning |
| Tailoring | Cloth armor, cloaks, bags, spellthreads and cooldown cloth | Enchanting |
| Herbalism | Herbs for Alchemy and Inscription, and the rare Nocturnal Lotus | Alchemy, Inscription or Mining |
| Mining | Ore for Blacksmithing, Engineering and Jewelcrafting | Any of those three, or Herbalism |
| Skinning | Leather, scales and hides, plus lures for rare beasts | Leatherworking |
Embellishments don’t belong to one craft. In Season 2 they come from Tailoring linings, Leatherworking’s Adorned Fang, Jewelcrafting’s Polished Ammolite, Engineering’s Coiled Snake-Eye and Inscription’s Darkmoon Sigils, and you can wear up to two at a time. Cooking makes food and feasts, Fishing supplies fish, and both stay open to every character without taking a primary slot.
Best professions for gold in Season 2
Icy Veins updated its gold-making tiers for the launch of Season 2:
| Tier | Professions |
|---|---|
| S | Inscription, Jewelcrafting, Tailoring, Alchemy for potions |
| A | Enchanting, Alchemy for flasks, Blacksmithing, Engineering, Leatherworking |
| B | Mining, Herbalism, Skinning, Cooking, Fishing |
GoldMaker’s European ranking from November 2, which compares the five best recipes of each craft by daily profit and sales volume, puts Tailoring first and Enchanting second. It ranks Inscription and Alchemy much lower than Icy Veins does, so the two lists only agree on Tailoring. Both treat gathering as weaker for gold than an optimized craft, because many players gather and herb and ore prices stay low.
Prices differ between realms and shift during the season, so before you invest Knowledge into a specialization, look up what its top recipes sell for on your own Auction House and how many are listed.
Professions and housing decor
Player housing gave crafters a new market. Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Inscription, Jewelcrafting, Leatherworking, Tailoring and Cooking all have decor recipes, from candles and vases to benches, lamps and kitchen furniture. Many of them come from older expansions and use those materials plus lumber. Patch 12.1.5 made every decor recipe from before Midnight cheaper to craft, lumber included, after patch 12.1 had already lowered Midnight decor costs.
Herbalism, Mining, Skinning and Fishing don’t craft decor themselves, but they supply the materials that decor crafters buy.
Gathering in Midnight and the 12.1.7 changes
Gathering is the simplest start, because you earn gold from your first node and need no recipes. Herbalism unlocks herb gathering from your mount after 40 Knowledge points in Botany, and Mining has a similar mounted unlock in its tree. Special nodes drop elemental motes, and Herbalism has a chance at the rare Nocturnal Lotus. On the Coiled Isle, special Herbalism and Mining nodes give the Season 2 materials Neutralized Venom Clot and Cursebound Globe. Skinners can track valuable beasts and use lures to call Renowned beasts.
Patch 12.1.7 is on the test realm right now and raises the Deftness from the Herbalism specialization Bountiful Harvests and the Mining specialization Plentiful Ores. Blizzard hasn’t given the exact amount or a release date for the patch, so treat it as a test realm change until it goes live.
Crafted gear in Season 2
Epic crafted gear needs a Spark of Tides, the crafting spark of Season 2. You get one a week, with catch-up for missed weeks. Most items take two Sparks and two-handed weapons take four. At maximum quality an item reaches item level 305 without crests, 318 with 80 Hero Mistcrests and 331 with 80 Myth Mistcrests. Since patch 12.1.5 removed the weekly crest cap, you can save up crests for a crafted piece much faster than before.
Crafting orders let you craft for other players without buying the materials, and Patron orders from NPCs can pay Knowledge or rare reagents. You unlock orders at skill 15.
Starting a profession late in the season
- Learn the Midnight version from its trainer and level it with gathering or cheap crafts that still give skill.
- Collect the one-time Knowledge: first crafts and first nodes, treasures and reputation books, including the 10-point book from Zul’jarra’s Forces.
- Each week, do the trainer quest from skill 25, loot the profession drops and use a Thalassian Treatise for one more point. Inscription crafts the treatises, so you can buy them or place an order.
- When the Darkmoon Faire is in town, its profession quests give 2 skill and 3 Knowledge once a month.
- Gathering professions and Enchanting get catch-up Knowledge after their weekly quest, and crafters can catch up a little through Patron orders.
If you spent Knowledge badly, Theremis in the Silvermoon Bazaar lets you reset each Midnight profession once. You get the points back, but the recipes they unlocked are gone until you spend them again, and there’s no second reset.
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Popular profession pairs
| Goal | Pair |
|---|---|
| Sell raw materials | Herbalism + Mining |
| Your own flasks and potions | Herbalism + Alchemy |
| Plate armor and melee weapons | Mining + Blacksmithing |
| Leather and mail gear | Skinning + Leatherworking |
| Cloth gear and disenchanting | Tailoring + Enchanting |
| Rings, necklaces and gems | Mining + Jewelcrafting |
| Runes, contracts and treatises | Herbalism + Inscription |
| Gadgets and utility | Mining + Engineering |
These pairs save you from buying materials, but gathered materials still have a sale price. Two crafting professions work well too when you buy what you need.
Frequently asked questions
Tailoring is the safest pick in Season 2, because both Icy Veins and GoldMaker rank it at the top. Jewelcrafting, Inscription, potion Alchemy and Enchanting follow, but prices on your own realm decide in the end.
Herbalism and Mining. You earn gold from your first node, need no recipes and can sell everything you gather on the Auction House.
Yes, once per Midnight profession at Theremis in the Silvermoon Bazaar. You get the points back, and the recipes they unlocked stay locked until you spend them again.
At maximum quality, 305 without crests, 318 with 80 Hero Mistcrests and 331 with 80 Myth Mistcrests. Each piece also needs Spark of Tides.
Patch 12.1.7 is still on the test realm. It raises Deftness from the Herbalism and Mining specializations for bigger yields, but Blizzard hasn’t given the exact amount or a release date yet.
Change Log
- November 2, 2026: updated for Midnight Season 2 and patch 12.1.5 with current gold rankings, housing decor, Spark of Tides crafting, the Knowledge reset and the 12.1.7 gathering changes.
- March 18, 2025: guide published.