Best professions for a Paladin in WoW Forever

A Paladin wears plate, so the crafting profession that makes your own armor is Blacksmithing. That matters less than gold in the first weeks, which is why most of our picks start with gathering.

Our two picks

1. Mining + Blacksmithing: Plate and weightstones for a two-hander; Mining sells well at launch.
2. Herbalism: Gold while leveling; swap to a crafting profession at 60.

While leveling vs at 60

• 1–60: two gathering professions, or one gathering plus the crafting profession that uses it. You'll pass far more nodes and corpses than you can craft.
• At 60: keep the pair that feeds your raid or dungeon role, and drop the other gathering profession once you have the gold for a mount.

Camping changes Cooking

Cooking's campfire is now a shared camp: up to three nearby players can each add a profession-crafted Camp Feature, and some camp buffs don't stack with class buffs (Blizzard launch post). One Cooking player in a regular group is enough.

Per spec

Holy Paladin (professions) · Protection Paladin (professions) · Retribution Paladin (professions)

All professions, with which ones Blizzard has named for Forever so far: professions hub. The Paladin guide has the rest of the class.