WoW Forever's own game files (client build 1.60.1) list 32 First Aid recipes. For each one they give the skill at which it turns yellow, green and grey, which is what decides how fast you level. This page lists all of them, built from those files rather than from Classic guides, because Forever changed many recipes: some are renamed, some are new and some Classic ones are gone.
First Aid is a secondary profession that makes bandages and anti-venoms. Its materials come from nothing: cloth drops from humanoid enemies.
How to read the numbers
- Below the yellow number the recipe is orange: every craft gives a skill point.
- From yellow to green it usually gives a point.
- From green to grey it sometimes gives a point.
- At grey it gives nothing.
The game files don't say at which skill a trainer lets you learn each recipe. Blizzard keeps that on its servers, so we haven't guessed it: check the trainer. The green number is halfway between yellow and grey, the way Classic worked. The cap is 300, and skill 150, 225 and 300 each give a Legacy Point.
The backbone: recipes without a recipe item
These 16 recipes aren't taught by any recipe item, so you get them from the trainer, from a quest, or automatically when you learn First Aid. They're the recipes most players level with. Craft whatever is still below its yellow number, and switch when it turns yellow.
| Recipe | Yellow | Green | Grey | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Aid Kit | 20 | 22 | 25 | 3 Linen Bandage, 1 Refreshing Spring Water |
| Linen Bandage (learned automatically) | 30 | 45 | 60 | 1 Linen Cloth |
| Heavy Linen Bandage | 50 | 75 | 100 | 2 Linen Cloth |
| Minor Healing Potion | 55 | 75 | 95 | 1 Empty Vial, 1 Mild Spices, 1 Peacebloom |
| Anti-Venom | 80 | 115 | 150 | 1 Small Venom Sac |
| Wool Bandage | 80 | 115 | 150 | 1 Wool Cloth |
| Lesser Healing Potion | 85 | 105 | 125 | 1 Empty Vial, 2 Mild Spices, 1 Briarthorn |
| Simple Poultice | 90 | 125 | 160 | 1 Spider Ichor, 1 Mild Spices, 1 Bottle of Dalaran Noir |
| Heavy Wool Bandage | 115 | 150 | 185 | 2 Wool Cloth |
| Woolen Tourniquet | 120 | 155 | 190 | 2 Wool Cloth, 2 Fine Thread |
| Healing Potion | 135 | 155 | 175 | 1 Leaded Vial, 1 Hot Spices, 1 Bruiseweed |
| Silk Bandage | 150 | 180 | 210 | 1 Silk Cloth |
| Heavy Mageweave Bandage | 240 | 270 | 300 | 2 Mageweave Cloth |
| Runecloth Bandage | 260 | 290 | 320 | 1 Runecloth |
| Heavy Runecloth Bandage | 290 | 320 | 350 | 2 Runecloth |
| Crystal Infused Bandage | 300 | 330 | 360 | 1 DEPRECATED ITEM, 10 Runecloth |
Recipes from recipe items
These 16 recipes are taught by an item, such as a recipe, pattern, plans, schematic or formula. The files don't say where each item comes from: vendors, drops, quests and reputation all hand them out. They're sorted by the skill where they turn yellow.
Yellow between 75 to 150
| Recipe | Yellow | Grey | Materials | Taught by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Anti-Venom | 130 | 200 | 1 Large Venom Sac | Manual: Strong Anti-Venom |
| Toxin Study | 140 | 145 | 1 Anti-Venom, 2 Mageweave Bandage, 2 Simple Wood | Blueprint: Toxin Study |
Yellow between 150 to 225
| Recipe | Yellow | Grey | Materials | Taught by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clever Poultice | 160 | 220 | 1 Murloc Fin, 1 Soothing Spices, 1 Thunder Ale | Manual: Clever Poultice |
| Greater Healing Potion | 175 | 215 | 1 Leaded Vial, 3 Hot Spices, 1 Liferoot | Manual: Greater Healing Potion |
| Heavy Silk Bandage | 180 | 240 | 2 Silk Cloth | Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage |
| Mageweave Bandage | 210 | 270 | 1 Mageweave Cloth | Manual: Mageweave Bandage |
| Leather Tourniquet | 220 | 280 | 2 Thick Leather, 2 Silken Thread | Manual: Leather Tourniquet |
Yellow between 225 to 300
| Recipe | Yellow | Grey | Materials | Taught by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Poultice | 225 | 285 | 1 Elemental Water, 1 Hot Spices, 1 Skin of Dwarven Stout | Manual: Superior Poultice |
| Superior Healing Potion | 230 | 270 | 1 Crystal Vial, 1 Soothing Spices, 1 Sungrass | Manual: Superior Healing Potion |
| Potent Anti-Venom | 230 | 290 | 1 Swollen Venom Sac | Manual: Potent Anti-Venom |
| Surgical Tourniquet | 280 | 340 | 2 Rugged Leather, 2 Runecloth, 2 Heavy Silken Thread | Manual: Surgical Tourniquet |
| Major Healing Potion | 290 | 330 | 1 Crystal Vial, 3 Soothing Spices, 1 Golden Sansam | Manual: Major Healing Potion |
| Powerful Poultice | 295 | 355 | 1 Essence of Water, 1 Hot Spices, 1 Flagon of Dwarven Honeymead | Manual: Powerful Poultice |
| Plague Doctor's Laboratory | 300 | 300 | 2 Simple Wood, 2 Strong Anti-Venom, 5 Heavy Runecloth Bandage | Blueprint: Plague Doctor's Laboratory |
| Powerful Anti-Venom | 300 | 360 | 1 Huge Venom Sac | Formula: Powerful Anti-Venom |
| Dense Runecloth Bandage | 315 | 340 | 2 Heavy Runecloth Bandage | Manual: Dense Runecloth Bandage |
Tips for leveling
- Gather first. Collect materials while you quest, then level the craft in one sitting in a city.
- Craft orange, not yellow. Each orange craft is a guaranteed point. Once a recipe is yellow, check if another one is still orange.
- Make things you can use or sell. Early on almost everything sells for little, so favour recipes for your own gear.
- Visit the trainer every 25 to 50 points. New recipes unlock as your skill goes up, and you need the next rank (Journeyman, Expert, Artisan) from a trainer to go past each cap.
Some recipes in the files may belong to content that isn't out yet, such as later raids. If a recipe item never seems to show up, that may be why.
Which classes it suits: see professions by class. Learning, unlearning and ranks: how to learn professions and unlearning and expert trainers. All professions: profession leveling guides.
