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Mists of Pandaria Profession Changes
Important - Professions changes are not complete. There are more changes coming in the future, this is only early beta.

General
Currently all professions have a cap of 600, or Zen Master, which requires level 80 to train. Secondary professions may get daily quests that allow you to level your skill slowly.

Mists of Pandaria Volatile Equivalents

• Spirit of Autumn
• Spirit of Spring
• Spirit of Winter
• Spirit of Summer
• Spirit of the Season - Possible wildcard spirit.
• Spirit of Harmony - Used in Inscription gear, Darkmoon Decks, in Alchemy gem transmutes, and the new Zen Alchemist Stone.

Gathering
Nodes for Mining and Herbalism have not been added yet.

Mining

• Reinforced Mining Pick - Grants +15 mining.
• Ghost Iron Ore
• Manticyte Ore

Uncommon Ore

• White Trillium Ore
• Black Trillium Ore

Bars

• Ghost Iron Bar
• Manticyte Bar
• Trillium Bar - Smelt Trillium or Transmute: Trillium Bar.
• Heavy Ghost Iron Bar

Herbalism

• Fool's Cap
• Snow Lily
• Silkweed
• Rain Poppy
• Green Tea Leaf
• Golden Lotus

Skinning

• Tanji Leather Scraps
• Tanji Leather
• Heavy Tanji Leather
• Prismatic Scale
• Magnificent Hide

Alchemy

Flasks

• Flask of Falling Leaves - Increases Spirit by 1000 for 60 min.
• Flask of Spring Blossoms - Increases Agility by 1000 for 60 min.
• Flask of the Earth - Increases Stamina by 1500 for 60 min.
• Flask of the Warm Sun - Increases Intellect by 1000 for 60 min.
• Flask of Winter's Bite - Increases Strength by 1000 for 60 min.
• Silver Filigree Flask - May reward Alchemist's Flask (Increases your Agility, Strength, or Intellect by 80 for 2 hrs. Your highest stat is always chosen.)

Elixirs

• Elixir of Mirrors - Increases dodge rating by 750 for 60 min. Guardian Elixir.
• Elixir of Peace - Increases Spirit by 750 for 60 min. Battle Elixir.
• Elixir of Perfection - Increases your hit rating by 750 for 60 min. Battle Elixir.
• Elixir of the Rapids - Increases haste rating by 750 for 60 min. Battle Elixir.
• Elixir of Weaponry - Increases expertise rating by 750 for 60 min. Battle Elixir.
• Monk's Elixir - Increases your mastery rating by 750 for 60 min. Battle Elixir.
• Mad Hozen Elixir - Increases critical strike rating by 750 for 60 min. Battle Elixir.
• Mantid Elixir - Increases armor by 2250 for 60 min. Guardian Elixir.

Potions

• Alchemist's Rejuvenation - Restores 57000 to 63001 health and 1 mana.
• Awesome Potion - Creates Endless Master Healing Potion (Restores 60000 health. Not consumed when used. Cannot be used in Arena.)
• Potion of Plunder - Allows you to sometimes find extra treasure from monsters in Pandaria, and sometimes attracts unwanted attention. Lasts 60 min. Effect persists through death.
• Master Mana Potion - Restores 28500 to 31500 mana.
• Master Healing Potion - Restores 60000 health.
• Monstrous Potion - Transforms the imbiber into a hideous beast.
• Potion of Mogu Power - Increases your Strength by 4000 for 25 sec.
• Potion of Focus - Puts the imbiber in an elevated state of focus where they can restore up to 45000 mana over 10 sec, but they are defenseless until their focus is broken.
• Virmen's Bite - Increases your Agility by 4000 for 25 sec.
• Potion of the Jinyu - Increases Intellect by 4000 for 25 sec.
• Potion of the Mountains - Increases armor by 12000 for 25 sec.

Transmutes

• Transmute: Trillium Bar - Creates Trillium Bar.
• Transmute: Living Steel - Creates Living Steel.
• Transmute: Primordial Ruby - Creates Primordial Ruby.
• Transmute: River's Heart - Creates River's Heart.
• Transmute: Wild Jade - Creates Wild Jade.
• Transmute: Vermilion Onyx - Creates Vermilion Onyx.
• Transmute: Imperial Amethyst - Creates Imperial Amethyst.
• Transmute: Sun's Radiance - Creates Sun's Radiance.

Misc

• Zen Alchemist Stone - Creates Zen Alchemist Stone.
• Electrified Oil - Charges you with lightning for a few seconds.

Enchanting

• Spirit Dust
• Lesser Mysterious Essence - Also can be crafted.
• Greater Mysterious Essence - Also can be crafted.
• Small Ethereal Shard
• Ethereal Shard - Also can be crafted.
• Sha Crystal - Also can be crafted.

Armor Enchants

• Enchant Off-Hand - Major Intellect - Permanently enchants a shield or off-hand item to increase Intellect by 165.
• Enchant Gloves - Superior Mastery - Permanently enchants gloves to increase mastery rating by 170.
• Enchant Gloves - Superior Expertise - Permanently enchants gloves to increase expertise rating by 170.
• Enchant Gloves - Greater Haste - Permanently enchants gloves to increase haste rating by 170.
• Enchant Boots - Pandaren's Step - Permanently enchants a pair of boots to increase movement speed slightly and mastery rating by 140.
• Enchant Boots - Blurred Speed - Permanently enchants a pair of boots to increase movement speed slightly and Agility by 140.
• Enchant Boots - Greater Precision - Permanently enchants a pair of boots to increase hit rating by 175.
• Enchant Boots - Greater Haste - Permanently enchants a pair of boots to increase haste rating by 175.
• Enchant Cloak - Superior Critical Strike - Permanently enchants a cloak to increase critical strike rating by 180.
• Enchant Cloak - Superior Intellect - Permanently enchants a cloak to increase Intellect by 180.
• Enchant Cloak - Greater Protection - Permanently enchants a cloak to increase armor by 550.
• Enchant Cloak - Accuracy - Permanently enchants a cloak to increase hit rating by 180.
• Enchant Chest - Superior Stamina - Permanently enchants chest armor to increase Stamina by 300.
• Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats - Permanently enchants chest armor to increase all stats by 80.
• Enchant Chest - Mighty Spirit - Permanently enchants chest armor to increase Spirit by 200.
• Enchant Chest - Super Resilience - Permanently enchants chest armor to increase resilience rating by 200.
• Enchant Bracer - Greater Agility - Permanently enchants bracers to increase Agility by 170.
• Enchant Bracer - Super Intellect - Permanently enchants bracers to increase Intellect by 170.
• Enchant Bracer - Exceptional Strength - Permanently enchants bracers to increase Strength by 170.
• Enchant Bracer - Superior Dodge - Permanently enchants bracers to increase dodge rating by 170.
• Enchant Bracer - Mastery - Permanently enchants bracers to increase mastery rating by 170.

Weapon Enchants

• Enchant Weapon - Windsong - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes increase your critical strike, haste, or mastery rating by 1,500 for 12 sec when dealing damage with spells and melee attacks.
• Enchant Weapon - Jade Spirit - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes increase your Intellect by 1,650 when healing or dealing damage with spells. If less than 25% of your mana remains when the effect is triggered, your Spirit will also increase by 750.
• Enchant Weapon - Elemental Force - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes inflict 3,000 additional damage when dealing damage with spells and melee attacks.
• Enchant Weapon - Dancing Steel - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes increase your Strength or Agility by 1,650 when dealing melee damage. Your highest stat is always chosen.
• Enchant Weapon - Colossus - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to make your damaging melee strikes sometimes activate a Mogu protection spell, absorbing up to 7,500 damage.
• Enchant Weapon - Flowing River - Permanently enchants a melee weapon to sometimes increase your dodge rating by 1,650 for 12 sec when dealing melee damage.

Ring Enchants

• Enchant Ring - Greater Agility - Permanently enchants your ring to increase Agility by 160.
• Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect - Permanently enchants your ring to increase Intellect by 160.
• Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina - Permanently enchants your ring to increase Stamina by 160.
• Enchant Ring - Greater Strength - Permanently enchants your ring to increase Strength by 160.

Low Level

• Formula: Enchant Cloak - Minor Stats - Permanently enchant a cloak to increase all stats by 1.
• Formula: Enchant Cloak - Lesser Stats - Permanently enchant a cloak to increase all stats by 3.
• Formula: Enchant Cloak - Stats - Permanently enchant a cloak to increase all stats by 5.
• Formula: Enchant Cloak - Greater Stats - Permanently enchant a cloak to increase all stats by 7.
• Formula: Enchant Cloak - Superior Stats - Permanently enchant a cloak to increase all stats by 9.

Jewelcrafting
A new Jewelcrafter only gem and crafted BoE mount have been added along with the new gems and cuts.

Uncommon

• Lapis Lazuli - Lists of cuts
• Alexandrite - Lists of cuts. Used to make Alexandrite Ring
• Tiger Opal - Lists of cuts
• Roguestone - Lists of cuts
• Pandarian Garnet - Lists of cuts
• Sunstone - Lists of cuts. Used to make Sunstone Necklace

Rare

• Primordial Ruby - List of cuts
• River's Heart - Lists of cuts
• Wild Jade - Lists of cuts
• Vermilion Onyx - Lists of cuts
• Imperial Amethyst - Lists of cuts
• Sun's Radiance - Lists of cuts

Meta

• Primal Diamond
• Agile Primal Diamond - +27 Agility and 3% Increased Critical Effect
• Austere Primal Diamond - +40 Stamina and 2% Increased Armor Value from Items
• Burning Primal Diamond - +27 Intellect and 3% Increased Critical Effect
• Destructive Primal Diamond - +27 Critical Strike Rating and 1% Spell Reflect
• Effulgent Primal Diamond - +40 Stamina and Reduce Spell Damage Taken by 2%
• Ember Primal Diamond - +27 Intellect and +2% Maximum Mana
• Enigmatic Primal Diamond - +27 Critical Strike Rating and Reduces Snare/Root Duration by 10%
• Eternal Primal Diamond - +27 Dodge Rating and +1% Shield Block Value
• Fleet Primal Diamond - +27 Mastery and Minor Run Speed Increase
• Forlorn Primal Diamond - +27 Intellect and Silence Duration Reduced by 10%
• Impassive Primal Diamond - +27 Critical Strike Rating and Fear Duration Reduced by 10%
• Powerful Primal Diamond - +40 Stamina and Stun Duration Reduced by 10%
• Reverberating Primal Diamond - +27 Strength and 3% Increased Critical Effect
• Revitalizing Primal Diamond - +27 Spirit and 3% Increased Critical Effect

Other

• Onyx Panther - Creates Onyx Panther mount. (Video)
• Serpent's Eye - Jewelcrafter only gem.

Inscription
Inscription had several new glyphs added and prime glyphs all removed. For a full list of the new and changed glyphs, see this news post.

Inks

• Ink of Dreams - Shadow Pigment x 2.
• Starlight Ink - Misty Pigment x 2.

Staves and Off-Hands

• Inscribed Crane Fan - Inscribed Crane Fan (Spirit Off Hand)
• Inscribed Serpent Fan - Inscribed Serpent Fan (Hit Off Hand)
• Plain Wooden Staff - Reagent for staves.
• Inscribed Rain Poppy Staff - Inscribed Rain Poppy Staff (Haste/Mastery Staff)
• Inscribed Crane Staff - Inscribed Crane Staff (Upgraded version of Inscribed Rain Poppy Staff)
• Inscribed Ghost Iron Staff - Inscribed Ghost Iron Staff (Agility Staff)
• Inscribed Tiger Staff - Inscribed Tiger Staff (Upgraded version of Inscribed Ghost Iron Staff)

Misc

• Tome of the Clear Mind - Used to clear Glyphs and Talents, sold by vendors and crafted.
• Darkmoon Card of Mists

Engineering

Misc

• Locksmith's Powderkeg - Blasts open locked doors and chests that require lockpicking skill of 450 and below.
• Pandaren Dragonling - Trinket with on use pet.

Scopes

• Mirror Scope
• Lord Blastington's Scope of Doom

Head Slot

• Lightweight Retinal Armor
• Agile Retinal Armor
• Camouflage Retinal Armor
• Deadly Retinal Armor
• Energized Retinal Armor
• Specialized Retinal Armor
• Reinforced Retinal Armor

Cogwheels

• Subtle Tinker's Gear
• Smooth Tinker's Gear
• Quick Tinker's Gear
• Precise Tinker's Gear
• Flashing Tinker's Gear
• Rigid Tinker's Gear
• Sparkling Tinker's Gear
• Fractured Tinker's Gear

Blacksmithing

• Folded Ghost Iron
• Ghost Iron Key
• Living Steel - Transmuted, with reagents: Trillium Bar x 3 and Spirit of Harmony x 1.

Tailoring
No new gear or items have been added yet.

• Release Fire Spirit
• Windwool Cloth

Cooking

Cooking Changes
So you might have heard for Cooking in Mists of Pandaria we will have specializations. At the moment we're looking at around 5 branches of cooking, for example: broiling, steaming...etc.

Each of these specializations will focus on a particular stat. So let's say the Steaming specialization allows you to create Agility food. A rogue would find that very interesting, and would probably want to max that one out first. At which point, said rogue would be able to create Agility buff feasts for groups. Cool, huh? But worry not, once you max out in one specialization, you can then work on the other specializations.

Maybe they're gonna make it take ages to fully train all of them.
Well, maybe not ages. But it does mean that until enough time passes for you to train all specializations, you need to—er—specialize. Actually it's the way for other crafting professions too. For example, my jewelcrafter specialized in spell related stat recipes first, since of all my multitude of alts, I prefer my casters. Eventually, of course, she learned many more recipes and of course so did other crafters, so the market changed. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Recipes

• Recipe: Great Pandaren Banquet - Well Fed: +275 in a useful stat.
• Recipe: Pandaren Banquet - Well Fed: +275 in a useful stat.
• Recipe: Black Pepper Steak - Well Fed: +300 Strength.
• Recipe: Sea Mist Rice Noodles - Well Fed: +300 Agility.
• Recipe: Mogu Fish Stew - Well Fed: +300 Intellect.
• Recipe: Steamed Meat Buns - Well Fed: +300 Spirit.
• Recipe: Chun Tian Spring Rolls - Well Fed: +450 Stamina.
• Recipe: Eternal Blossom Fish - Well Fed: +275 Strength.
• Recipe: Hozu Stir Fry - Well Fed: +275 Agility.
• Recipe: Braised Wolf - Well Fed: +275 Intellect.
• Recipe: Fire Spirit Hot Pot - Well Fed: +275 Spirit.
• Recipe: Twin Fish Platter - Well Fed: +415 Stamina.
• Recipe: Charbroiled Tiger Steak - Well Fed: +250 Strength.
• Recipe: Jade Forest Fried Rice - Well Fed: +250 Agility.
• Recipe: Swirling Mist Soup - Well Fed: +250 Intellect.
• Recipe: Shrimp Dumplings - Well Fed: +250 Spirit.
• Recipe: Forest Pheasant Roast - Well Fed: +375 Stamina.
• Recipe: Pandaren Meat Ball - Restores 100000 health over 10 sec.
• Recipe: Fish Cake - Restores 100000 health and 100000 mana over 10 sec.

Materials

• Black Pepper
• Mogu Pumpkin
• Ox Ribs
• 100 Year Soy Sauce
• Sirloin Steak
• White Turnip
• Pink Turnip
• Aged Pink Turnip
• Tender Brisket
• Minced Meat
• Pheasant Breast
• Forest Boar Meat
• Raw Tiger Steak
• Scallions
• Tough Wolf Flank
• Goat Chops
• Juicycrunch Carrot
• Rice Flour
• Red Blossom Leek
• Yak Flanks

Archaeology
You can find a list of the new Archaeology Items here. There may have been another slight increase in the amount of artifacts at one site, as well as the addition of new artifacts that will teleport you to the next digsite.

Keystones

• Pandaren - Pandaren Oracle Bone
• Mogu - Mogu Statue Piece

Digsites

• Tiger's Wood Digsite
• Chun Tian Digsite
• Shrine of the Dawn Digsite
• Ruins of Gan Shi Digsite
• Emperor's Omen Digsite
• The Arboretum Digsite
• Thunderwood Digsite
• Singing Marshes Digsite
• North Great Wall Digsite
• South Great Wall Digsite
• Torjari Pit Digsite
• Hidden Pass Digsite
• Paoquan Hollow Digsite
• North Fruited Fields Digsite
• South Fruited Fields Digsite
• Pools of Purity Digsite
• Fallsong Village Digsite
• Ruins of Korja Digsite
• Krasarang Wilds Digsite
• Lost Dynasty Digsite
• East Ruins of Dojan Digsite
• West Ruins of Dojan Digsite
• North Temple of the Red Crane Digsite
• Zhu Province Digsite
• Valley of Kings Digsite
• Gate to Golden Valley Digsite
• Snow Covered Hills Digsite
• East Snow Covered Hills Digsite
• Remote Village Digsite
• Destroyed Village Digsite
• Old Village Digsite
• Grumblepaw Ranch Digsite
• Chow Farmstead Digsite
• West Old Village Digsite
• Small Gate Digsite
• Kun-Lai Peak Digsite
• Town Digsite
• Gong of Hope Digsite
• Great Bridge Digsite
• Orchard Digsite
• Jade Temple Grounds Digsite
• South Orchard Digsite
• Den of Sorrow Digsite
• Shrine Meadow Digsite
• Veridian Grove Digsite

First Aid

• Windwool Bandage
• Heavy Windwool Bandage

Fishing
Most fish are unnamed at this time, referred to as "Uncommon Fish 1" or "Common Fish".

• Golden Carp
• Prismatic Jellyfish (used to make Alchemy: Electrified Oil)

Blue Posts

Druid (Forums)
Guardian Druid Feedback
1) Bear damage in beta is currently too low. That is almost certainly the cause of any threat problems. It isn't anything you're doing wrong.

2) Tanks got gibbed for missing Shield Blocks back when bosses could perform crushing blows (and back when warriors were designed to be the only tank). Mechanics work very differently today. We want bears, and all tanks, to have more control over their own survivability because threat isn't really that hard to maintain once #1 is fixed. You still have emergency buttons for when things go wrong or when you know big attacks are going to land. However we didn't think a tanking model designed around using long cooldowns and standing around the rest of the time would be very fun. So the new design is that using your attacks skillfully will give you some mitigation, in this case Savage Defense. It's not often going to save your life and fumbling it isn't likely to get you killed, but if you play well, your healers may notice and say "Wow, you require less healing than many tanks I run with."

Think of it this way:

Beginner tank - can maintain threat. Probably 100% reliant on healers to stay alive.
Intermediate tank - can maintain threat. Skilled at using long cooldowns to live.
Advanced tank - can maintain threat. Skilled at using long cooldowns to live. Skilled at using short cooldowns to save healer mana and otherwise make things go smoother.

More skilled tanks also know more encounter specifics, such as when adds are coming, when to interrupt spells, when to move bosses and so forth.

Maul is a DPS alternative to Savage Defense, and is comparable to Heroic Strike. You shouldn't need Maul to maintain threat (which as I said above may not be the case on beta right now, but that's the intent).

In what situations would you want DPS instead of mitigation? There are several: Maybe you're an off tank and taking little damage. Maybe you want to solo as Guardian. Maybe you're running a dungeon you out-gear. Maybe a new add just arrived, and it's important to get one swing in before it heads to the healer, assuming you can live without SD for a few seconds. (In that example, you're not spamming Maul to fight to maintain threat; you're just establishing initial aggro, which we still want in the game.)

To be honest, we considered pulling Heroic Strike and Maul from tanks, just because we thought they might be a trap. But we decided there were enough situations where more DPS might be desirable. To use my previous examples, inexperienced tank will use Maul too much. Intermediate tanks might forsake Maul altogether. But expert tanks will know when they should use it.

You can try to keep up Savage Defense as much as you can on challenging content, and the best tanks will, but I would still consider when to use it. I would not save it for a big boss smash that isn't going to land for 20 more seconds (because chances are you can use it now and then later), but if one was going to land in 8 seconds, it might be worth holding Savage Defense for then. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

The Daily Blink - The Brewmaster’s Slippery Slope
The Daily Blink reports on how we could make WoW a happier place.

[moveth]

Changes look pretty awesome. Just more things to be excited about

[Upptagen]

Love the Daily Blink.

[Keosen]

A food that gives as much intellect as the current strongest flask gives and a flask that gives 3 times more intellect, inflation is off the chart, 500mil HP bosses incoming?

[Theendgamelv3]

Damn it I hope they don't nerf Non Spiritual Secular Life Coaches, imagine the QQ from the them when they do.

[4KhazModan]

JC MOUNT JC MOUNT JC MOUNT JC MOUNT!!!

Ahem. Now that that's out of the way, JC MOUNT! Also, love daily blink and "Tiger's Wood Digsite". Subtle blizz....

[brexour]

Leatherworking info?

[Kyoshima]

well i sure hope this was a april fools joke cause i dont see any changes to this game im expecting some new spell mechanics or something but no even engineering gotten shafted. Theres no changes just higher stats. Closing my eyes til another change show up cause this look boring still. Wake me up later til next time guys.

[Deleted]

A lot is going to be changed I guess, food gives more stats than professions. That will make pandaren op, you will see quite some pandaren only raids and all top raiders will be pandaren I guess.

[cyan421]

no paladin changes, daily blink is so epic!

[Flaks]

Onyx panther JC mount! I'll finally consider maxing the profession yayaaya!!! (yes, I'm late to the onyx panther party)

[Waniou]

I suspect that Blizzard will finally shut down WoW when they run out of different words to go before "master" in professions.

[Synkai]

So far I seem to think the professions are getting a pretty good run this time, lots of interesting things, and quite a few fun ideas or items. Definitely happy about these!

[BatteredSausage]

Hopefully there will be some good tailoring things added :P
Was a good news read untill i got to the daily blink....people laugh at that shit?

[Clockwork Pinkie]

Jewelcrafting mount Something else to sell on the AH, after I get my own of course.

[Hokuto]

Alchemy is as boring as ever.

Flask of My Primary Stat
Exilir of I Don't Care Since I Won't Use Anyway
Potion of Extra Primary Stat For 25s

But I suppose same goes for every profession. More +stat gems, more worthless-after-first-tier cogwheels and trinkets...

[thunderdragon2]

hmm the profession changes are intresting the daily blink is awsome why hadnt blizz done that with enchanting ages ago....

---------- Post added 2012-04-03 at 07:59 AM ----------

Alchemy is as boring as ever.

Flask of My Primary Stat
Exilir of I Don't Care Since I Won't Use Anyway
Potion of Extra Primary Stat For 25s

But I suppose same goes for every profession. More +stat gems, more worthless-after-first-tier cogwheels and trinkets...

what would you put in?

and the darkmoon cards have yet to be considered useless after the 1st teir

[Necronium]

"Paladins are unchanged at this time"

Buuuuuuurned. xD Poor paladins are already pink little softies.

[thunderdragon2]

Alchemy is as boring as ever.

Flask of My Primary Stat
Exilir of I Don't Care Since I Won't Use Anyway
Potion of Extra Primary Stat For 25s

But I suppose same goes for every profession. More +stat gems, more worthless-after-first-tier cogwheels and trinkets...

what would you put in?

and the darkmoon cards have yet to be considered useless after the 1st teir

[Oniax]

So as many, my DK is a scribe..
I there anything in it for plate classes?
Cause the staffs will be monk/casters/hunter mostly