Every profession in World of Warcraft has received a major update in Shadowlands. While some seem to be more useful than others in this expansion, there are plenty of good reasons to choose each and every one of them. You can only choose two professions, however, and they can take a considerable amount of time to level up. Here's a quick rundown of the most useful professions in Shadowlands and where to get them.

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Where Are Professions In Shadowlands?

You won't be able to choose a profession until you found your way to Oribos, the central hub city of the Shadowlands. After starting Shadowlands in either Ogrimmar or Stormwind City, you'll need to quest through The Maw for 1-2 hours before you'll eventually make your way to Oribos. Here is where you'll find the Brokers — interdimensional travelers that are visiting the Shadowlands to conduct business.

Oribos has a circular layout (kind of like an ouroboros, get it?) with three floors that can be accessed through a portal in the center. Not the center-center — that's actually a one way trip to The Maw. The picture above shows the portal. The portal will take you back and forth between The Ring of Fates and The Ring of Transference. Transference is where you'll find the flight master. Fates is where you'll find, among other things, the profession trainers.

There are five separate halls that make up the outer circle of The Ring of Fates. all of the profession vendors can be found in the northwest hall called The Hall of Shapes. If you come out of the portal, you can identify The Hall of Shapes by the blue hammer over the entrance.

Straight ahead you'll find the trainers for mining and blacksmithing, as well as anvils that you can use for crafting. To the right are the trainers for skinning, leatherworking, tailoring, cooking, fishing, and enchanting. You'll also find an NPC called Au'daluk the would be the archeology trainer, except there is no archeology in Shadowlands. You can ask him about archeology and he'll have this voice bit of dialogue to offer. Way to rub it in Blizzard, but at least they give us some hope.

Down the left side of the hall, you'll find trainers for alchemy, herbalism, inscription, jewelcrafting, and engineering. Like Battle for Azeroth, engineers also have special access to the auction house here via the Holographic Auctioneer.

Which Professions Should You Choose In Shadowlands?

Choosing a profession is a big decision. You can only pick two, and you can't change professions without losing all of the progress you've made. Most players will choose two professions and commit to them for the entire expansion, but that isn't necessarily the only option. Some players like to take both mining and herbalism at the start of the expansion because they both offer easy ways to gather valuable resources and make some quick cash on the auction house. If you aren't sure what to pick, it isn't totally unreasonable to start with these two and then switch one or both off later once you decide what to choose.

Many professions work really well together in pairs. It is often recommended that if you going to take mining, you should also take either blacksmithing, engineering, or jewelcrafting. This way, you can farm the materials you need to level up your profession rather than needing to buy materials at the auction house. The same goes for herbalism/alchemy and skinning/leatherworking or tailoring.

With the introduction of legendary armor crafting, some of these professions are certainly looking like the obvious front runners. Blacksmiths, Jewelcrafters, Leatherworkers, and Tailors will be able to craft base items, which are essential components of legendary armor. These are not soulbound items, so players with these professions will be able to not only craft base items for themselves and their friends, but also sell base items on the auction house. If you don't choose one of these four professions, it's likely you'll need to buy base items for crafting legendary armor from the auction house at some point.

Additionally, Scribes can craft missives that are used to determine what stats legendary crafted gear will have. For high-level content, missives will be essential for making the best gear possible. Therefore, inscription is another high priority profession in Shadowlands.

Don't discount the lower priority professions though. Enchanters will have more slotted armor to work with in Shadowlands, Engineers will have access to more powerful gadgets thanks to a "techno-magical breakthrough," and even Alchemy has new optional reagents that can buff armor.

Ultimately, there is no wrong profession. You should choose the professions that seem the most interesting to you because all of them are a major commitment. Even if one profession is statistically the best or most profitable, it won't mean much to you if you aren't interested in learning it. Pick the one that sounds the coolest and enjoy - just be sure to stay socially distant.

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