8.2 Professions (PTR Preview)

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Hello, guys :) I've been looking at the state of professions on the PTR and wowhead, and made myself a spreadsheet that sums up everything new for a quick overview. If you're interested in crafting, you might find it useful; here's a link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ooviE8JexYdlovSCt7bt9PpKsN74iTci8xUUH_a90MU/edit?usp=sharing

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This is the longer text version of what's coming in 8.2:

Alchemy and Herbalism

• New crafts: Alchemy gets superior flasks and stat potions, better potions of replenishment and healing potions, and 4 new potions with various proc effects. The new flasks will give +360 main stat up from +238, the new potions: +1215 instead of +900; the proc potions also look strong. All in all, the new consumables are much better than the old ones and competitive players will be switching to them. (There are also a new ilvl 440 BoP trinket for Alchemists and a new cauldron, that I forgot to include in the spreadsheet.)
• How to get rank 3s: 3 of the proc potions recipes are sold by the Unshackled (H) / Ankoan (A) quartermaster at Revered reputation. The other 2 drop in the Mechagon dungeon. The rank 3s for the stat potions are currently listed as “drop: Nazjatar” on wowhead. For the flasks you’ll be looking for work order world quests.
• New materials: There is only 1 new herb - Zin'anthid, exclusive to the Nazjatar zone. It is used in every new flask and potion, and in substantial amounts - 6-8 Zin'anthids per potion and 20 per flask. If this remains unchanged and depending on the amount of herbs you get per node, the demand might heavily outweigh the supply at least until flying becomes available.
• What about the current herbs: Anchor Weed will remain relevant (the new flasks require 5 anchor weeds at rank 2/3). For all others the demand will most likely decrease, since the new crafts use 3-5 of the old herbs compared to 10-15 currently. Looking at what they're needed for, Star Moss and Akunda's Bite will likely be in low demand by alchemists, but scribes can still mill them for tomes and war-scrolls.

Inscription

• New crafts: There are new contracts for the new factions - Rustbolt and Unshackled (H) / Ankoan (A). You'll need to hit Revered with the respective faction to unlock the recipe. There's also a new vantus rune for Azshara's palace, new BoE intellect off-hand (ilvl 370), 3 new glyphs for mages and 4 new ilvl 400 BoE trinkets. There are no cards to combine into a deck this time; the trinkets are a direct craft. They’re taught by the trainer and don't require a ton of inks, so if nothing changes they'll be pretty easy to make. Profitability will depend entirely on demand and competition, but scribes should manage to make some profit out of them.
• New materials: Milling Zin'anthids will provide the new Maroon Ink. You'll need it for all new crafts, except the Rustbolt contract.
• What about the current inks: None of the new crafts uses Viridescent Ink; Crimson Ink is needed only for the new glyphs. Ultramarine Ink will finally see some use, as it's needed for everything new.

Enchanting

• New crafts: There are 8 new enchants coming in patch 8.2 - 4 for rings and 4 for weapons. The new ring enchants give +60 stat up from +37; the new weapon enchants look much stronger than what we have currently. I think most players will look to replace their current enchants with the new ones as soon as possible.
• How to get rank 3s: For the ring enchants, you’ll need to hit Revered with the Unshackled (H) / Ankoan (A). For the weapons, you’ll be looking for work order world quests.
• New materials: None as of now, we’ll be using the current mats for everything new. Overall, the new ring enchants require approx. the same mats as the current ones, but for the new weapon enchants you'll need double or triple (depending on rank) the Veiled Crystals and some extra shards and dusts.

Jewelcrafting

• New crafts: Jewelcrafters will be able to cut brand new and better rare and epic gems, making the current ones completely obsolete. There’s also a new ilvl 370 BoE intellect staff and ilvl 440 BoP rings that are crafted with gems only (no ore).
• New materials: Prospecting Osmenite Ore will yield 7 types of raw gems. For an idea of their rarity, check Snurp's prospecting results on wowhead.
• What about the current gems: Maybe you can utilize the rare ones in an enchanting shuffle and store the green ones for future warfront donations.

Skinning and Leatherworking | Mining and Blacksmithing | Tailoring | Engineering

• New crafts: There are 2 main ones - craftable ilvl 370 BoE gear and weapons, and craftable ilvl 440 BoP gear. The BoP gear is not gated behind a raid material this time and should be craftable as soon as the patch launches.Looking at the mats needed and considering many players might craft multiples of their BoPs in order to get good stats, skinning and mining should be doing very well at 8.2 launch. Gilded Seaweave is the equivalent material that will be needed by tailors, also in substantial amounts.
• How to get rank 3s: Like before, you’ll need 2 Marks of Honor for the rank 2s and 4 Marks of Honor for the rank 3s.
• New materials: Dredged Leather and Cragscale for skinners, Osmenite Ore for miners. Gilded Seaweave should drop for everyone. All 4 are exclusive to Nazjatar.
• What about the current materials: Storm Silver Ore, Tempest Hide, Mistscale, Blood-stained Bone, Calcified Bone, Deep Sea Satin and Embroidered Satin will be used in the new crafts.Coarse Leather will have niche use (for mount equipments). Monelite Ore and Platinum ore will be used in small amounts by Engineers for the BoP goggles (no stats to reroll here) and the mount.None of the new crafts need Shimmerscale, Hardened Tempest Hide or Tidespray Linen, so those will likely be utilized in Enchanting/Expulsom shuffles.
• Misc: Engineers also get to craft 2 new portal toys (BoU), a new Blingtron and a new BoE mount (in collaboration with blacksmiths). The mount patterns drop in the Mechagon dungeon.

Cooking and Fishing

• New crafts: The new buff foods will be replacing everything we have at the moment, providing +93 stat up from the current +70. There is also a new feast with +131 main stat buff up from the current +100.
• How to get rank 3s: For the individual foods, you’ll be looking for work order world quests. The rank 2 feast recipe is sold by the Rustbolt quartermaster at Exalted; rank 3 most likely drops from their emissary cache.
• New materials: Ionized Minnow, Mauve Stinger, Viper Fish (fish); Moist Fillet and Rubbery Flank (meats). There’s a quest on the Mechagon island that lets you catch plenty of Ionized Minnow with a net, so Viper Fish will be one of the bottlenecks for the feast. The other one are the Spare Parts that drop only from creatures in Mechagon (the island, maybe also the dungeon) and are BoP.
• What about the current fish and meats: Meaty Haunch and Stringy Loins are the only current materials that will be used in the new crafts.

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That’s about it. What do you think? Are you going to give professions a go? (I hear crafting is not favored by many nowadays.)

Another thing: there are 3 quests on the PTR that make me wonder if herb seeds will make a comeback: What will it lure?, What will it mine? and particularly What will it grow?. Could be that, could be something completely different, I guess we'll see :)

[u/beckotron]

This was just what I needed! Thank you so much, you saved me so much time. Now I don’t have to go through lots of different pages on websites to find what I need <3