World of Warcraft/Catalogs/Profession

Primary professions

Profession	Type	Often Paired with	Description	Notes
Alchemy	Crafting	Herbalism	Create Potions from herbs
Blacksmithing	Crafting	Mining	Create weapons and armor from ore
Enchanting	Service		Grant permanent augmentation to weapons, armor, etc.	Disenchanting is required to obtain ingredients.(it is part of the whole profession)
Engineering	Crafting	Mining	Create guns, explosives, scopes, bullets, etc
Herbalism	Gathering	Alchemy	Allows player to collect herbs
Jewelcrafting	Crafting	Mining	Creates jewels that can be placed in socketed items	Must have BC for this profession
Leatherworking	Crafting	Skinning	Creates leather and mail armor, as well as armor kits from leather
Mining	Gathering	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting	Gathers ore and gems from deposits
Tailoring	Crafting		Creates cloth armor, as well as bags from cloth
Skinning	Gathering	Leatherworking	Gathers leather and hides from dead beasts.
Inscription	Service		Create inscriptions that are used to enhance the spells and abilities of players, as well as creating enhancing scrolls.	Implemented in Patch 3.0.2, Glyphs can only be attached near the Lexicon of Power, located in major cities

Secondary professions

Profession	Description	Notes
Archaeology	Locate and identify artifacts	To be added in the Cataclysm expansion
Cooking	Create cooked food from raw food
Fishing	Fish up fish in bodies of water
First Aid	Create bandages to perform minor healing