Camping in WoW Forever: campfires, camp objects and buffs

Camping is a new system in WoW Forever. Someone lights a campfire, every tradeskill adds an object around it, and anyone who sits there for a minute gets the buffs. Higher tiers add workstations, a vendor and a repair bot.

At a glance

The campfire

Every camp starts with a campfire from Cooking. You need Flint and Tinder and one piece of wood. Right-click the kit, pick a spot, and the fire burns for about 10 minutes.

Campfire	Blueprint	Kit usable at	Wood	Room for
Basic Campfire	Cooking trainer	Cooking 1	Simple Wood	3 objects
Journeyman Campfire	Blueprint: Journeyman Campfire (Cooking 90)	Cooking 140	Star Wood	5 objects
Expert Campfire	Blueprint: Expert Campfire (Cooking 200)	Cooking 220	Thick Logs	10 objects

The Journeyman blueprint drops in The Deadmines and Wailing Caverns, writes Warcraft Tavern. For the Expert blueprint no source is known yet.

How the buffs work

Near a fire you get Campfire Nearby. Type /sit, and after a minute Welcoming Campfire turns into Camp Benefits, one buff that holds every effect of the camp. Hover over it to see which ones you have. Sitting down again adds the effects of objects placed later.

Each camp buff is a weaker copy of a class buff and does not stack with it. The Camp Tent is the only one with a cooldown of its own: after it you get Boosted Rest for an hour.

Tier 1: the buff of every tradeskill

The tooltips show the buffs in steps; the table gives the highest step. What decides the step, the tooltip does not say.

Tradeskill	Object	Buff	Materials
Alchemy	Mana Well	Up to 29 mana per 5 sec, like Blessing of Wisdom	Peacebloom, Empty Vial
Blacksmithing	Sharpening Wheel	Up to 34 Strength, like Strength of Earth Totem	Rough Stone, Copper Bar
Enchanting	Enchanted Lute	Armor, all stats and resistances, like Mark of the Wild	Simple Wood, Strange Dust
First Aid	First Aid Kit	Up to 56 Stamina, like Power Word: Fortitude	3 Linen Bandage, Refreshing Spring Water
Fishing	Fish Bowl	8% all stats, like Blessing of Kings	Raw Brilliant Smallfish, Empty Vial
Herbalism	Incense Candle	Up to 25 Intellect, like Arcane Intellect	Peacebloom, Silverleaf
Leatherworking	Camp Tent	Rested experience up to 5% of a level	5 Light Leather
Mining	Lodestone	Up to 90 melee Attack Power, like Blessing of Might	Rough Stone, Copper Bar
Skinning	Camp Chair	2% crit, like Moonkin Aura and Leader of the Pack	3 Light Leather, 2 Simple Wood
Tailoring	Faction Banner	Up to 32 Spirit, like Divine Spirit	Bolt of Linen Cloth, Coarse Thread
Engineering	Reagent Bot	No buff: buy reagents and sell items	Handful of Copper Bolts, Copper Tube
Cooking	Basic Campfire	No buff: room for the other objects	Simple Wood

The Camp Chair is a real chair: sit on it instead of the ground. The Faction Banner shows your own faction.

Tier 2 and 3: workstations and services

A higher object keeps the buff of tier 1 and adds something. It can be placed over a lower one of the same tradeskill in the same camp, without waiting for the cooldown.

Tradeskill	Tier 2 (skill 140)	Tier 3 (skill 300)
Alchemy	Fermenter: workstation for some reagents	Alchemy Laboratory: workstation for some recipes
Blacksmithing	Anvil: craft plans anywhere	Master Forge: workstation for some plans
Cooking	Cookie’s Feast: food with a Stamina buff	Iron Oven: workstation for some recipes
Enchanting	Arcane Salvager: a new disenchanting station	Arcane Forge: workstation for some formulas
Engineering	Repair Bot: reagents, selling and repairs	Anarchist’s Workbench: workstation for some schematics
First Aid	Toxin Study: healing potions and anti-venom	Plague Doctor’s Laboratory: healing potions and poultices
Fishing	Fishing Rack: lures and uncommon fish	Fishing Hut: lures and rare fish
Herbalism	Greenhouse: grows herbs from seeds	Seed Hybridizer: multiplies seeds or makes rarer ones
Leatherworking	Tanning Rack: workstation for some materials	Sewing Machine: workstation for some patterns
Mining	Rock Garden: slowly spawns a common ore node	Molten Foundry: workstation for some smelting
Skinning	Field Guide: Track Beasts on the minimap	Trapper’s Workbench: provides a trap
Tailoring	Spinning Wheel: workstation for some materials	Loom: workstation for some patterns

What the Arcane Salvager does to disenchanting and what the trap of the Trapper’s Workbench is for, is not known yet.

Where the blueprints drop

Tier 2 and 3 are learned from blueprints. Most sources are not known yet; these are.

Blueprint	Where
Blueprint: Journeyman Campfire	The Deadmines and Wailing Caverns
Blueprint: Cookie’s Feast	Cookie in The Deadmines
Blueprint: Fermenter	Ruins of Lordaeron
Blueprint: Tanning Rack	Razorclaw the Butcher in Shadowfang Keep
Blueprint: Fishing Rack	Fished up from pools

Legacy talents for camping

Three perks of the Legacy system help at a camp.

Perk	Tree	Effect
Field Guide	Adventure	Shorter cooldown on placing camp objects
Permanence	Resourcefulness	Camp buffs last longer
Reagent Economy	Resourcefulness	Tier 1 camp objects cost no materials

Sleeping bag and food

Two things stack with the camp buffs. The Cozy Sleeping Bag gives Well-Rested, and you can lie in it at the camp; the quest chain is in the sleeping bag guide. Most cooked food in Forever also gives bonus experience, see the Cooking guide.