Profession Bonuses: A quick overview

[MadMonk 154]

Current beta bonuses, I will try to keep this updated. (updated 22/09/2012)

Gathering Professions:

Mining

• Toughness, grants 480 stamina.
• Can be useful for tanks or in PvP.

Herbalism

• Bonus: Lifeblood 2880haste for 20s every 2 minutes. Same as 480 passive haste. Also has a very minor heal 13875 to 16125.

Skinning

• Bonus: Master of Anatomy, grants 480 Critical strike rating.

Crafting Professions:

Enchanting

• Bonuses: Enchant Ring - Greater Strength, Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect, Enchant Ring - Greater Agility and Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina, give 160 Strength, Agility, Intellect or 240 Stamina respectively. These stats are doubled because we have 2 rings. The tooltip on the stamina enchant says 160, but the effect is already 240. This is just a tooltip error.

Blacksmithing

• Bonuses: Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves. 320 for any stat or 480 stamina. No epic gems are in the beta, they will probably be added in 5.2 or 5.3.

Engineering

• New cogwheel gems and head items have been added. I won't link all of them but you can find them here: Helms and Gems.
• There are new engineering gadgets: most are popular upgrades of

  past gadgets.

• The first one is Wormhole Generator: Pandaria which teleports the user to a random location in Pandaria. There is no Cataclysm equivalent, but Wrath of the Lich King/Northrend had a similar wormhole generator.
• Blingtron 4000 is an upgrade of jeeves. He likes to be called Bling and gives out a random gift(Blingtron 4000 Gift Package) once a day if you talk to him. The contents are still unknown.
• Thermal Anvil puts down a Thermal Anvil which is an anvil and a forge at the same time, which is very useful for Blacksmiths and Engineers. (lasts 5 minutes, 5 minute cooldown).
• A new set of goggles has been added which allows you to see additional mining nodes, herbs and hides in Pandaria Mist-Piercing Goggles. For now they are BoE and do not require engineering. The exact effect is still unknown but it would be most likely that it just increases the amount of resources gained form gathering.
• The old Deepdive Helmet which allowed to breathe underwater gets an update. The Advanced Deepdive Helmet now also has an on-use effect which increases swim speed by 150% for 15 seconds (1 minute cooldown). The helm cannot be used to transmogrify, while the previous version can be. The previous version can still be learned through the Schematic: Deepdive Helmet, but this schematic is no longer obtainable in the game. If you don't already have it or find it on the Auction House you won't be able to craft this.
• Some fun gadgets. The first one is used to open locks (doors/ lockboxes). The other 2 are AoE damage gadgets: Locksmith's Powderkeg, G91 Landshark and Goblin Flame Thrower, Mark II.
• Two new scopes have been added: Mirror Scope and Lord Blastington's Scope of Doom
• Two new BoE mounts have been added as well as a new pet: Geosynchronous World Spinner, Depleted-Kyparium Rocket and Mechanical Pandaren Dragonling.
• New fireworks have been added: Celestial Firework, Grand Celebration Firework and Jade Serpent Firework.
• Some BoP Item enhancements have been added as well, 3 hand enchants, a belt and a back enchant. The belt and cloak enchant are mostly utility: The belt enchant Watergliding Jets provides water walking and swim speed, while the Goblin Glider gives slow fall speed while boosting you forward, but has a chance to malfunction.

  The glove enchants provide either a dodge buff, a ranged fire attack or a stat increase. The numbers on these enchants probably aren't final just yet. Phase Fingers, Incindiary Fireworks Launcher and Synapse Springs

Alchemy

• Bonus: Mixology an extra 320 Strength, Agility, Intellect, Spirit or 480 Stamina when using a flask. The duration of flasks is also doubled .
• So far there is no upgraded equivalent of the cauldrons in the beta. We'll have to wait and see what happens to them.
• While not flasked, alchemists can gain their buff through the use of Alchemist's Flask which is a non-consumable item. The tooltip is broken at the time of writing and shows 3420 bonus instead of 320.
• Alchemists may also specialize in one of three skills: Transmutation Master, Potion Master or Elixir Master. These skills are acquired from a quest given to you by the alchemy trainer in your capital at skill level 475. These skills give a chance to produce additional product when creating something you're specialised in. Note that the elixir mastery also procs on flasks.

Inscription

• New glyphs have been added and many old ones have changed, I'll refer to the different MoP class guides for these additions (I think they will be released over time).
• New Darkmoon Faire decks/cards have been added. as usual Beta is Beta and tooltips might not be final yet. There is an agility DPS deck Relic of Xuen, a Strength DPS deck Relic of Xuen, an intellect DPS deck Relic of Yu'lon, A dodge Tanking deck Relic of Nuzao and a spirit Healing deck Relic of Chi Ji.
• Inscription now provides the shoulder enchants which removes the need to grind a reputation to exalted (like Therazane in Cataclysm). Like previously there are four normal versions and four greater versions. Obviously the greater ones will cost more but are also more powerful. You can find a list of the enchants below.
  • Crane Wing Inscription
  • Ox Horn Inscription
  • Tiger Claw Inscription
  • Tiger Fang Inscription
  • Greater Crane Wing Inscription
  • Greater Ox Horn Inscription
  • Greater Tiger Claw Inscription
  • Greater Tiger Fang Inscription
• The bonus from inscription comes from upgraded shoulder enchants which are relatively cheap to make, are BoP and as usual give a 320 bonus to intellect, agility, strength or 550 stamina.
  • Secret Crane Wing Inscription
  • Secret Ox Horn Inscription
  • Secret Tiger Claw Inscription
  • Secret Tiger Fang Inscription
• Scribes can now make staves and off-hand frills:
  • Rain Poppy Staff
  • Ghost Iron Staff
  • Inscribed Fan
  • Inscribed Crane Staff
  • Inscribed Serpent Staff
  • Inscribed Tiger Staff
  • Inscribed Serpent Fan
  • Inscribed Crane Fan

Jewelcrafting

• Bonuses: 2 cut versions of Serpent's Eye. This will give a bonus of 320 in any stat or 480 stamina. The stat breakdown remains mostly the same.
• New Rings and necklaces crafting spells have been added, but the items have not so there is no way to look at them yet.
• No epic gems are in the beta, they will probably be added in a later patch (5.1, 5.2 or 5.3).
• Lastly, 5 mounts have been added to the profession. The epic one is made by combining the four other mounts which each cost 5xOrb of Mystery to make and judging by the vendor price the item used to have (25K gold) this item is probably very expensive. As the tooltip says the item is sold by Big Keech in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. This NPC however is not yet implemented in the beta. This will most likely be a gold sink in MoP since the item was first called "Something Expensive", it was then changed to "Golden Sink" before being named "Living Stone" and now "Orb of Mystery".
• Jeweled Onyx Panther
• Dawnstone Panther
• Emerald Panther
• Ruby Panther
• Sapphire Panther

Here is a nice picture of the five mounts the way they currently look with modelviewer:

Leatherworking

• Bonuses: Fur Lining - Agility, Fur Lining - Strengthand Fur Lining - Intellect each give 500 Agility, Strength or Intellect respectively.
• Tanks can use Fur Lining - Stamina which gives 750 stamina.
• These embossments replace normal wrist enchants, putting the bonuses at 330 intellect strength or agility and 750 stamina for tanks. Tanks do however lose some avoidance because they will be replacing Enchant Bracer - Superior Dodge

Tailoring

• Bonuses: Darkglow Embroidery, Lightweave Embroidery, Swordguard Embroidery 2500 intellect or spirit or 8000 attack power for 15 seconds.
• The proc effects are assumed to be about equal to a gain of a static 344 stats. This is compared to the previous version and can change in proc chance/cooldown/....
• Master's Spellthread and Sanctified Spellthread will probably be cheap versions of equally good leg enchants.

Feel free to point out any mistakes or elements I forgot.

[MadMonk 154]

cataclysm profession bonuses

This is a quick overview of the bonuses you get from professions, I won't give any class/spec specific guidelines since most professions give the same buff (in another way) and it mostly comes down to personal preference.

Let's start with:

Gathering Professions:

Mining

• Bonus: Toughness, adds 120 stamina.
• Can be useful for tanks or in PvP.

Herbalism

• Bonus: Lifeblood, provides 480 haste for 20s every 2 minutes. Same as 80 passive haste (also has a very minor heal 710 to 2160).

Skinning

• Bonus: Master of Anatomy, adds 80 Crit.

Crafting Professions:

Enchanting

• Bonuses: Enchant Ring - Strength, Enchant Ring - Intellect, Enchant Ring - Agility, Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina - 40 Strength, Agility, Intellect or 60 Stamina respectively. These stats are doubled because we have 2 rings.

Blacksmithing

• Bonuses: Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves. 80 for any stat or 120 stamina. 100 or 150 respectively with epic gems.
• If you put epic gems in these sockets you will get the biggest bonus possible compared to other professions.

Engineering

• Bonuses: Synapse Springs, on-use effect that adds 80 Strength, Agility, or Intellect for 10s per minute, equivalent to a passive 80 Strength, Agility or Intellect.
• Tanks may use Quickflip Deflection Plates on their gloves for 1500 armor for 12s/min, equivalent to 300 passive armor.
• Note: These bonuses cannot be activated with on-use trinkets. They are also in addition to a regular glove enchant, meaning that you can have both at the same time.
• The now obsolete cogwheel helmets were great bonuses at the start of the expansion. They gave 208 extra dodge, critical strike rating, haste, mastery, resilience, expertise, parry, hit, spirit or resilience rating through the cogwheel gems.
• Notable other bonuses during raids are:
  • Jeeves for a repair bot where all the raid members can repair their items.
  • MOLL-E, a portable mailbox for when people need to get flasks, potions, cauldrons, gems, enchants... out of their mailbox.
  • Nitro Boosts for when you need a sprint. These can fail, dealing 10% of your maximum health in fire damage every second for 8 seconds through Rocket Fuel Leak.
• Engineers have many other fun objects like firework, Explosive Sheep, Mechanical Dragonling, Loot-A-Rang, and many other fun little things.
• And last but not least, engineers have 2 engineering specific mounts: Turbo-Charged Flying Machine and Flying Machine. Also a non-engineering specific mount, different per faction. Horde: Mechano-Hog. Alliance: Mekgineer's Chopper.

Alchemy

• Bonus: Mixology, an extra 80 Strength, Agility, Intellect, Spirit or 120 Stamina when using a flask (the tooltip on the buff will still say 300/450, but you do get 380/570 stats). And the duration of flasks is doubled (2 hours for normal flasks, 4 hours for cauldron flasks if the guild is level 22+).
• Alchemists can make Cauldron of Battle or Big Cauldron of Battle for use in raids. However, you cannot gain 80 spirit from the Flask of Battle obtained from these cauldrons.
• While not flasked, alchemists can gain their buff through the use of Alchemist's Flask which is a non-consumable item. The tooltip is broken at the time of writing and shows 3420 bonus instead of 320.
• At skill level 500 alchemists can make epic BoP trinkets with a socket, these are not very useful right now as they get replaced really fast in LFR/dungeons. These trinkets are Volatile Alchemist Stone, Quicksilver Alchemist Stone, Vibrant Alchemist Stone and Lifebound Alchemist Stone.
• Alchemists may also specialize in one of three skills: Transmutation Master, Potion Master or Elixir Master. These skills are acquired from a quest given to you by the alchemy trainer in your capital at skill level 475. These skills give a chance to produce additional product when creating something you're specialised in. Note that the elixir mastery also procs on flasks.

Inscription

• Bonus: Lionsmane Inscription, Swiftsteel Inscription, Felfire Inscription and Inscription of the Earth Prince 80 Strength, Agility, Intellect or 120 Stamina. These inscriptions replace the shoulder enchants from the Therazane faction to give the bonus.
• Because of these enchants, Inscription qwremoves the need to grind Therazana to exalted.

Jewelcrafting

• Bonus: 3 cut versions of Chimera's Eye giving 81 in any stat or 123 stamina.
• This profession gives the highest bonus possible before 4.3. When all gems are replaced by epic gems, jewelcrafting gives the weakest bonus of all professions.

Leatherworking

• Bonuses: Draconic Embossment - Agility, Draconic Embossment - Strength, Draconic Embossment - Intellect 130 Intellect, Strength or Agility.
• Tanks can use Draconic Embossment - Stamina which gives 195 stamina.
• These embossments replace normal wrist enchants, putting the bonuses at 80 intellect strength or agility and 195 stamina for tanks. Tanks do however lose some threat or avoidance stats because they will be replacing Enchant Bracer - Superior Dodge, Enchant Bracer - Precision or Enchant Bracer - Greater Expertise.
• There is no embossment equivalent of Enchant Bracer - Exceptional Spirit but since healers should prioritize intellect over spirit, this shouldn't be a problem.

Tailoring

• Bonuses: Darkglow Embroidery, Lightweave Embroidery, Swordguard Embroidery 580 intellect or spirit or 1000 attack power for 15 seconds.
• The proc effects are assumed to be about equal to a gain of a static 80 stats. This is with internal cooldown and proc chance in mind.
• Spellcasters will replace Enchant Cloak - Greater Intellect while other classes will be replacing Enchant Cloak - Greater Critical Strike. Healers could pick the spirit embroidery, but as previously noted healers should prioritize intellect over spirit.
• Powerful Ghostly Spellthread and Powerful Enchanted Spellthread can also be replaced by a cheaper, but equally good version: Master's Spellthread and Sanctified Spellthread.
• And tailors also get 3 profession specific mounts:
• Flying Carpet
• Frosty Flying Carpet
• Magnificent Flying Carpet

[MadMonk 154]

That should be that, I'll keep this post reserved as well. Might need it in the future.

[HardBeatZ 39]

Herbalists can make /images/wow_icon_inv_guild_cauldron_a.jpg Cauldron of Battle or /images/wow_icon_inv_guild_cauldron_b.jpg Big Cauldron of Battle for use in raids. However, you cannot gain 80 spirit from the /images/wow_icon_inv_potion_112.jpg Flask of Battle obtained from these cauldrons.

I believe you meant to say Alchemists can make the Cauldron of Battle as being an herbalist shouldn't matter.

/images/wow_icon_inv_inscription_tradeskill01.jpg Inscription

Some new glyphs have been added, but there isn't a lot of information on them yet. No updates to the inscriptions either.

What we do know about inscription so far is that they will be providing the shoulder enchants from now on. So we shall see how that goes.

[MadMonk 154]

Thanks, I'll update it.

[Peelyon 416]

Great stuff MadMonk,

I really hope they have some great stuff planned for engineering. As mentioned in another thread it seemed to lack a little in Cataclysm and although Synapse Springs were good the fact they didnt combine with trinkets and was an on use item made it a little situational. Even macro'd to a few other things I still prefer to have a passive buff permanently on my gear.

Just a quick note regarding something I noted in the Beta, all of your profession mounts seem to be in the character choice menu for each toon, but they are still only useable to the characters who have the profession (obvious I know but did make me double take when I saw a Flying Carpet on my main!)

[Damien 1,514]

I have a question, is it normal that Fur Lining stuff appears in the first post? I understand that this is a new thing in MoP and that your first post is dedicated to profession bonuses in Cataclysm :P

Edit: Nevermind! I should learn to read tooltips more carefully!

[Neridae 59]

I am also another hoping for something really good for us Engineers in Mists. I was majorly disappointed to have nothing 'fun' really with this new expansion and am hoping they can make up for it in the new patch.

Thanks for this MadMonk :)

[Nyxxiana 28]

Thank you MadMonk! This info really helps! Being a small guild, we were just trying to figure out what toons to set up with what professions to give them the most useful bonus' , items, stats from it, and this helps see at a glance, what is most useful to who. :) Great Job!

[Crixalis 14]

There is an equivalent to the Flask of Enhancement for Alchemists: Alchemist's Flask

The tooltip is obviously bugged, but it should always grant 320 stat point anyway.

EDIT: As for Inscription, they will be designed to give shoulder enchants to people rather than traditionally being sold as items from vendors.

Sources: http://www.wowhead.com/news=203845/mists-of-pandaria-alchemy-and-herbalism-preview

http://www.wowhead.com/news=203814/mists-of-pandaria-inscription-preview

Edited June 19, 2012 by Crixalis

[MadMonk 154]

I'll update this when I get time. Engineering also got a huge update.

[Nyxxiana 28]

HOLEY CR** .......um.........moley? jeeze, i just read through what glyphs they are changing for rogues, and the only ones they are changing are the ones that MAKE A DIFFERENCE in DPS! They are really hosing us over! Usually when an expansion or patch comes out, we are the LEAST messed around with class.....why? because were already perfect! But now Blizz is jacking with our glyphs big time! 25% more damage on SS BUT loosing 25% more energy, so what rogue would use that at ALL??? you would have to have some serious energy regen just to COUNTER that glyph to get the bonus of that 25%! ugh!

okay, i have to go take a valium and hide in a closet now..........

[MadMonk 154]

I finally updated it, been very busy with exams and stuff. The updates are mostly for inscription, Jewelcrafting and Engineering.

As always: if you find anything I missed just let me know.

[Vlad 411]

HOLEY CR** .......um.........moley? jeeze, i just read through what glyphs they are changing for rogues, and the only ones they are changing are the ones that MAKE A DIFFERENCE in DPS! They are really hosing us over! Usually when an expansion or patch comes out, we are the LEAST messed around with class.....why? because were already perfect! But now Blizz is jacking with our glyphs big time! 25% more damage on SS BUT loosing 25% more energy, so what rogue would use that at ALL??? you would have to have some serious energy regen just to COUNTER that glyph to get the bonus of that 25%! ugh!

okay, i have to go take a valium and hide in a closet now..........

Take it easy! It's not Rogues getting nerfed, every class' glyphs are losing their "this is an obvious benefit, use it" character. It's happening for Priests, Warriors and everything else. It's just a design decision and you won't lose any power, you will (likely) remain as balanced as before.

[MadMonk 154]

It's just a design decision and you won't lose any power, you will (likely) remain as balanced as before.

Balanced as in: Everyone will still run away in fear when they see you.

[Nyxxiana 28]

Balanced as in: Everyone will still run away in fear when they see you.

hehe, you made my day with this comment :) Its why after 6 years, i still only have ONE lvl 85 toon, and its my Rogue Nyxxiana. its just TOO much FUN!

[Damien 1,514]

The mount images are so cool! Thanks Madmonk ;)

[Peelyon 416]

Awesome update. Totally loving those new mounts.

Sorry to ask the obvious but when I look at the tooltip they dont say you need a JC skill. Does this mean they will be available to all? SO want one on my priest (not a JC)!

[MadMonk 154]

So far it looks like they're BoE so you can get it on any character. Remember that mounts will be account wide in MoP, the only mounts that won't be account-wide are PvP mounts and class-specific mounts.

[Peelyon 416]

So far it looks like they're BoE so you can get it on any character. Remember that mounts will be account wide in MoP, the only mounts that won't be account-wide are PvP mounts and class-specific mounts.

Gold sink mounts are single character too :)

[MadMonk 154]

Gold sink mounts are single character too

They recently changed this so the gold sing mounts are now account-wide too.

[Source]

[Peelyon 416]

They recently changed this so the gold sing mounts are now account-wide too.

[Source]

Bah Im out of date already! Cheers Madmonk! Not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing really. Must admit would be nice to have my chopper across all my characters etc.

[Alierya 94]

That would be cool if you could use them on any toon - I'm glad my mage is a JC but I really like those mounts and so would prefer them on my main :) Not as keen on the onxy one but the blue one is sweet.

[Panzer 13]

Nice post, considering the fact that i need to drop some old professions to have chars at their best for mop.

JC in your opinion is a good choice? Is extremely moneymaking in first 2 patches after new expansion release... but when epic gems will be out, JC is the most useless profession ever... (i don't really care about the mount, actually).

[Damien 1,514]

Nice post, considering the fact that i need to drop some old professions to have chars at their best for mop.

JC in your opinion is a good choice? Is extremely moneymaking in first 2 patches after new expansion release... but when epic gems will be out, JC is the most useless profession ever... (i don't really care about the mount, actually).

I still made a lot of money from selling epic gems in Cataclysm ;)