In this retail profession guide, you’ll learn how to level up the Herbalism profession in The War Within expansion of World of Warcraft to the maximum level quickly and efficiently. Interested in mastering another profession?
Tip: If your character is a Kul’Tiran, you benefit from the racial bonus Jack of All Trades, which increases all crafting skills. As a Tauren, you gain the Cultivation racial bonus, enhancing your herbalism skill and dexterity.
Herbalism Teacher in Dornogal
You can learn Khaz Algar Herbalism from the following teachers starting at character level 68:
- Alliance & Horde: Akdan in Dornogal (coordinates: 44.43, 80.49)
If you can’t find your teacher directly, you can always ask a city guard for assistance.
Herbs in Khaz Algar
Rare Herbs
There are various types of rare herb spawns that you can encounter in the game, and these become crucial because from around skill level 50 onwards, these herbs are the only ones that will give you any skill points. Since they are simply rare spawns in locations where common herbs grow, there is no specific farming route for them.
Rare Herb Variants
- Lush: You gather more herbs than usual.
- Crystallized: You also receive Crystalline Powder.
- Modified: Grants Writhing Samples and applies a nasty ticking poison debuff.
- Spore Fusion: Greenish spores spawn that should be handled with caution.
- Irradiated: Provides Leyline Residue but also throws you back.
- Camouflaged: These herbs are completely invisible to the naked eye! (Can be revealed with Phial of Truesight and likely a specialization.)
Additionally, when gathering herbs, there’s a chance you may also collect Null Lotus.
Profession-Specific Bag
For the first time in The War Within, job-specific bags are available for each profession. These bags provide a small, additional bonus and can be uniquely equipped for each profession. For example, if you are a Herbalist or an Alchemist, you can equip both the herbalism bag and the alchemy bag to benefit from their respective advantages.
For the Herbalism profession, the bag is the Gardener’s Seed Satchel. Crafted by tailors, this satchel grants an additional bonus, specifically reducing the cooldown of the Empowered Herb Overload spell.
Herbalism Treasures
Here is a list of the Herbology Knowledge Treasures found across Khaz Algar in The War Within:
Herbology Knowledge Treasures
- Dornogal Gardening Scythe – Dornogal
/way #2339 60.6 29.2- Ancient Flower – Isle of Dorn, Boulder Springs
/way #2248 57.5 61.5- Fungarian Slicer’s Knife – Ringing Deeps, The Living Grotto
/way #2214 52.8 65.8- Earthen Digging Fork – Ringing Deeps, Gundargaz
/way #2214 48.3 34.9- Arathi Herb Pruner – Hallowfall, Veneration Grounds
/way #2215 36.01 55- Arathi Garden Trowel – Hallowfall, Beledar’s Bounty
/way #2215 47.7 63.3- Tunneler’s Shovel – Azj-Kahet, City of Threads, Umbral Bazaar
/way #2216 46.6 15.9- Web-Entangled Lotus – Azj-Kahet, City of Threads, Umbral Bazaar
/way #2216 54.8 20.6
These coordinates will guide you directly to each of the treasures, allowing you to collect valuable Herbology knowledge points as you explore the zones in The War Within.
Professional Equipment for Herbalists
Since Dragonflight, professional equipment has been introduced for each crafting and gathering profession. For Herbalists, this includes one tool slot and two profession accessory slots. Equipping these items can significantly enhance your Herbalism profession, providing additional stats such as skill, dexterity, or perception.
Herbalism Equipment Crafting
In The War Within, the tools and accessories for Herbalism are crafted by various professions, each offering valuable stat boosts:
Tools (Crafted by Blacksmiths):
- Proficient Sickle: +8 Herbalism Skill from Khaz Algar.
- Artisan Sickle: +18 Herbalism Skill from Khaz Algar.
Accessories (Crafted by Tailors):
- Weavercloth Gardening Hat: +5 Skill in Khaz Algar Herbalism, Dexterity, Perception.
- Artisan Gardening Hat: +11 Skill in Khaz Algar Herbalism, Agility, Perception.
Accessories (Crafted by Leatherworkers):
- Gardener’s Basket: +5 Herbalism Skill from Khaz Algar.
- Stonebound Herbalist’s Pack: +11 Herbalism Skill from Khaz Algar, Finesse.
Herbalism Diary
In your Herbalism diary, you’ll find valuable information about your skills, including those that guarantee skill points, as well as details on raw materials and specializations. Additionally, you can manage your profession equipment conveniently in the top right corner of the diary.
Specializations
When your Herbalism skill reaches 25, you unlock specializations. It’s important to read through these options carefully and choose the path that best suits your playstyle. To unlock the second specialization, you need a skill level of 50, and for the third specialization, you need a skill level of 75. If you’re aiming to fully master all Herbalism specializations, you’ll require a total of 560 knowledge points.
By investing knowledge points into the various specialization wheels, you increase your skill in that category by 1 point per knowledge point. The higher your skill, the better your yield. Additionally, for every 5 knowledge points, you unlock extra attributes such as finesse, dexterity, and perception.
Bountiful Harvests
The Bountiful Harvests specialization in The War Within focuses on enhancing your ability to efficiently discover, gather, and store herbs in Khaz Algar, granting you an additional +1 skill when gathering.
Key Benefits:
- 5 points: Unlock your first secondary specialization.
- 15 points: Unlock your second secondary specialization.
- 25 points: Unlock a further secondary specialization.
- 35 points: Unlock your final secondary specialization.
As you progress, you’ll also learn how to process herbs to higher quality levels. Additionally, upgrading your specializations and secondary specializations will grant you extra points in skill, perception, dexterity, and finesse.
Secondary Specializations:
- 20 points: Your finesse grants a chance to receive additional blessing flowers.
- 40 points: Your heightened senses allow you to find Null Lotus more often when collecting Blessing Flowers.
- 20 points: Your finesse grants a chance to receive additional stimulant drops.
- 40 points: Your heightened senses allow you to find Null Lotus more often when collecting Stimulant Drops.
- 20 points: Your finesse grants a chance to receive additional Myco Splendor.
- 40 points: Your heightened senses allow you to find Null Lotus more often when collecting Myco Splendor.
- 20 points: Your finesse grants a chance to receive additional Orbinid.
- 40 points: Your heightened senses allow you to find Null Lotus more often when collecting Orbinid.
- 20 points: Your finesse grants a chance to also receive Arathor’s Spear.
- 40 points: Your heightened senses allow you to find Null Lotus more often when collecting Arathor’s Spear.
Botany
The Botany specialization in The War Within focuses on the scientific study of various plant life in Khaz Algar and the techniques for collecting them, granting you +1 Finesse per point in this specialization when gathering herbs.
Key Benefits:
- When learned: You restore 1 Vigor when practicing Herbalism in Khaz Algar.
- 10 points: Unlock your first secondary specialization.
- 30 points: Unlock your final secondary specialization.
- 40 points: Gain the ability to collect herbs in Khaz Algar while riding.
As you advance in this specialization, you’ll gain additional points in skill, perception, dexterity, and finesse.
Secondary Specializations:
- 10 points: You can occasionally find crystallized green seeds when collecting crystallized herbs.
- 20 points: You can occasionally find irradiated green seeds when collecting irradiated herbs.
- 40 points: Your expertise in cultivation has taught you potent techniques, allowing you to find all varieties of green seeds more frequently when gathering.
- Learn: How to create Magical Mulch (Magical Mulch, Imbued Mulch, Empowered Mulch) from herbs.
- 10 points: Your botanical knowledge allows you to activate your “Green Thumb,” doubling the herbs you collect the next time.
- 20 points: Learn how to make Enchanted Mulch from herbs.
- 40 points: Learn how to create Empowered Mulch from herbs.
Overloading of the Underground
The Overloading of the Underground specialization in The War Within focuses on maximizing the benefits from special herbs while reducing their potential side effects. This specialization also grants you +1 skill when dealing with these specialized deposits.
Key Benefits:
- When learned: You gain the ability to Overcharge Empowered Occurrence if you haven’t already.
- 5 points: Unlock your first secondary specialization.
- 15 points: Unlock your second secondary specialization.
- 25 points: Unlock your third secondary specialization.
- 35 points: Unlock your final secondary specialization.
- 40 points: Gain a second charge of Empowered Herb Overload.
In addition to these core benefits, advancing through this specialization provides extra points in skill, perception, and finesse.
Secondary Specializations:
- A return portal appears after overloading.
- 20 points: The cooldown of Empowered Herb Overload is significantly reduced when collecting Crystallized Herbs.
- 40 points: Overcharging crystallized herbs grants additional Crystalline Powder.
- The damage and side effects from modified herbs are significantly reduced.
- 20 points: The cooldown of Empowered Herb Overload is significantly reduced when collecting Modified Herbs.
- 40 points: You obtain more wriggling samples from creatures summoned when overloading herbs.
- You see fewer dangerous illusions while affected by magical spores.
- 20 points: The cooldown of Empowered Herb Overload is significantly reduced when collecting Spore-Fused Herbs.
- 40 points: You can detect well-camouflaged herbs while under the effect of these spores.
- The recoil explosion that occurs when collecting irradiated herbs has less impact on you.
- 20 points: The cooldown of Empowered Herb Overload is significantly reduced when collecting Irradiated Herbs.
- 40 points: Master arcane duplication, allowing you to create additional herbs when you use them.
Knowledge Points
As previously mentioned, knowledge points are crucial for advancing your specializations. There are multiple ways to earn these points, with some being available on a weekly basis, while others can be acquired only once. Below, you’ll find details on the various methods to obtain these valuable points.
Unique Knowledge Points
Earning unique knowledge points is key to advancing your Herbalism specialization. Here are the various ways you can obtain these points:
- First-Time Herb Collection: Picking a herb for the first time grants a one-time knowledge point, along with a knack for arts and crafts.
- Rare/Modified Herb Collection: Picking the rare or modified version of a herb also grants a one-time knowledge point and a knack for arts and crafts.
- Lyrendal Artisan Consortium Quartermaster: Located in Dornogal (coordinates: 59.82, 56.40), the quartermaster sells three items in exchange for Artisan’s Acuity, each granting 15 knowledge points:
- Faded Herbalist’s Notes (200 Hands for Artisanship)
- Exceptional Herbalist’s Notes (300 Hands for Artisanship)
- Pristine Herbalist’s Notes (400 Hands for Artisanship)
- The quartermaster also offers a Satchel of Surplus Herbs for 600 Hands.
- Void-Lit Herbalism Notes: Requires 14th Renown with the Arathi from Healingfall. This item is sold by Renown Quartermaster Auralia Steelstrike in Mereldar, Healingfall, for 1625 Resonance Crystals.
- Herbal Embalming Techniques: Sold by Llyot in Azj-Kahet at the Umbral Bazaar in the City of Threads for 565 Kej. This item grants 10 knowledge points. Note that this item is not reputation-based, but to interact with the NPCs at the bazaar, you must complete the campaign quests and have the corresponding Kej. Simply flying there won’t work, as the NPCs will be unresponsive.
Hidden Items: There are eight items hidden throughout the world for each profession, which can be looted to gain additional knowledge points. Details on these items will be available in the comprehensive treasure guide for professions.
Weekly Knowledge Points
As an Herbalist, you can earn weekly knowledge points by finding and using specific items. Here’s what you can obtain each week:
- Deepgrove Rose (+3 Knowledge Points): You can find one Deepgrove Rose per week (Item ID: 224265) to increase your Khaz Algar Herbalism knowledge by 4 points.
- Deepgrove Petal (+1 Knowledge Point): Found while studying herbs, this petal increases your Khaz Algar Herbalism knowledge by 1 point.
Note: You can discover a limited number of Deepgrove flowers (5) and one Deepgrove Rose per week. Detailed information on how many more you can find is available in your Herbalism journal under Appendix I – Limitless Knowledge. These are treated as a unit, with an entry of 6 Deepgrove roses per week.
- Deepgrove Roots: These roots are also found while foraging and have no weekly limit, though they drop much less frequently than flowers.
- Profession Quests: Completing weekly Herbalism quests rewards you with +3 Knowledge Points via the quest item Algari Herbalist’s Notes.
- Quests are given once a week in Dornogal by the Herbalism teacher, Akdan, and include:
- Algari Treatise on Herbalism: This item, which can be crafted by a scribe through a crafting order, grants you knowledge points and can be used once per week.
Monthly Knowledge Points
Darkmoon Faire:
During the regularly held Darkmoon Faire, you can complete a special quest that rewards you with knowledge points. For detailed information on the specific quests and how to complete them. This is an excellent opportunity to earn additional knowledge points on a monthly basis.
Overloads
With the Overload Underground specialization, you gain access to the Overload Empowered Herb spell, which will appear in your spellbook under the General tab. This spell has a base cooldown of 12 hours, but the cooldown is reduced with each herb you pick.
Herb Deposits That Can Be Overloaded:
- Overload Irradiated Herb:
- Converts the Overload Irradiated Herb ability into Arcane Duplication, allowing you to channel the arcane magic in herbs and create a collectible copy of them.
- Overload Altered Herb:
- Instantly mutates the herbs, transforming them into dangerous creatures that are a good source of wriggling samples.
- Overload Crystallized Herb:
- Opens a portal that transports you to nearby herbs. Specialized herbalists can also open a return portal for transport back.
- Overload Sporefused Herb:
- Causes numerous herbs to appear nearby. Collecting the correct herbs provides real reagents and materials, while collecting the wrong herbs will disorient you and cause damage.
Seeds and Fertile Soil
Occasionally, when picking herbs, you might receive additional seeds, such as Verdant Seed, Sporefused Verdant Seed, Irradiated Verdant Seed, and Crystallized Verdant Seed. These seeds can be planted in Fertile Ground located in Beledar’s Vault in southern Healingfall.
Planting and Harvesting:
- Fertile Soil appears on the minimap similar to herbs, making it easy to locate.
- Once you plant a seed in the fertile soil, you can return a little later to harvest the fully grown plant.
This mechanic allows you to cultivate and collect additional herbs, enhancing your herbalism experience in The War Within.
Enhancing Your Picking Experience
To use herbs more efficiently in The War Within, focus on improving the following key attributes:
- Skill: Increases the quality of the herbs you collect, leading to better yields.
- Dexterity: Speeds up the herb-picking process, allowing you to gather herbs more quickly.
- Finesse: Gives you a chance to collect additional herbs from a single pick, boosting your overall harvest.
- Perception: Enhances your ability to find rare herbs, increasing the likelihood of discovering valuable materials.
By investing in and improving these attributes, you’ll significantly enhance your herbalism experience, making your gathering efforts more efficient and rewarding.
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