Fast Herbalism Leveling Guide - World of Warcraft (WoW) Alliance

The best way to level herbalism in World of Warcraft is while leveling your toon from square one, but many people decide to pick up herbalism in later stages of WoW in order to save gold on the base mats required for flasks, potions, and elixirs. This guide is intended for higher level Alliance toons who have the Burning Crusade and Wrath of Lich King installed and want a way to level herbalism fast. I've tested this method and have found that that is the best way to level herbalism quickly in WoW.

Choosing Your Herbalist

If you have multiple high level toons and one of them is a druid, use the druid as your herbalist. Druids can level herbalism faster than any other WoW class because they don't need to dismount in flight form to pick flowers. If you don't have a druid, it doesn't really matter which class or race out of your higher level toons you choose. It makes no sense to roll a new druid since you'll have to level the toon in order to safely pick herbs in certain regions, which will waste time while you are trying to quickly level herbalism.

If, however, you only have one WoW toon who is high level and you do not want to drop any of your current professions to pick up herbalism, consider creating a Death Knight. Since Death Knights start at level 55, it will be much quicker to level then any other class and will allow you to reach the max level of herbalism as quickly as possible.

Training

For fast herbalism leveling, you'll want to train for the next level as soon as you are able. The first level for training is Apprentice. When your herbalism skill level reaches 50, you can train for Journeyman; at 125 points you can train for Expert; at 200 you can train for Artisan; at 300 you can train for Master; and at 350 you can train for Grand Master, which is currently highest level of training available.

If you don't know where the beginner herbalism trainers are located, just ask a guard in any major city and navigate to the red flag that appears on your mini map. Set your hearth stone to the Inn closest to the trainer and hearth and train as soon as you hit the minimum point requirement for the next level. For Master training, you'll need to visit Honor Hold in Hellfire Peninsula and for Grand Master, visit the trainers in either Valgarde or Valiance Keep in Northrend.

Leveling

For many professions in World of Warcraft, it is often advised that you focus on activities that are still orange and possibly on those that are yellow to maximize your points gained. However, for gathering professions, and herbalism in particular, the trick is to pick herbs in one area until one of the herbs available turns gray. The points you gain will slow for the herbs that are green to you, but this will make for fast herbalism leveling.

When you move to a new area where the lowest level herbs are orange (and therefore a guaranteed point gain), you will discover that the majority of herbs in that area are red and you are unable to pick them. You'll waste valuable time running around the region to find those infrequent orange herbs which will gain you that one precious point. If you do as I've suggested, when you move to the next region the majority of herbs will be yellow and orange and you'll quickly acquire the points necessary to pick the herbs that are red when you first arrive.

Lastly, it should come as no surprise that always having the fastest mount possible will help you on your quest to level herbalism fast. Fortunately, even lower level herbs are in great demand (many of the best-in-slot glyphs require inks made with low level herbs) which means you will be earning a lot of WoW gold while you level and should be able to afford the fastest mount for your toon's level in no time.