Herbalism in WoW Forever: trainers, leveling and new herbs

Herbalism is a gathering tradeskill: you pick herbs from plants all over the world. Alchemists always need them, and in WoW Forever more tradeskills use herbs than before. On the way to level 60 you pass herbs everywhere, so it earns gold while you level.

What changes in Forever

• Camp objects. Herbalists build the Incense Candle, which gives everyone sitting at the camp Intellect like Arcane Intellect, the Greenhouse and the Seed Hybridizer. How a campsite works is in the camping guide.
• Tauren get more out of Cultivation: it now duplicates a nearby herb instead of adding a flat bonus to the skill. Since 27 September it needs a minimum level, see the post about it.
• Extras from herbs. Besides the herb you sometimes get a seed, Commonplace Herb Seeds, Uncommon Herb Seeds, Unusual Herb Seeds or Scarce Herb Seeds, or a Scarce material: Frilled Lichen, Rosecap or Stranglevine. Which herb gives which is not known yet.
• New herbs for the endgame: Marefoil, Demonsage and Death Lotus. Where they grow and which skill they need is not known yet.
• More herbs early. Even starting areas such as Northshire have spawns of Peacebloom and Silverleaf.
• A free start. An early quest in every starting zone lets you choose Wild Harvest, which teaches Apprentice Herbalism.

A good pair: Mining, because you pass veins on the same routes, or Alchemy, which uses almost every herb. Druids avoid fights with Prowl and Travel Form; Hunters and Warlocks let the pet hold a monster while they pick, and a Hunter drops combat with Feign Death.

Trainers

Three trainers in the starting areas teach only Apprentice. The others teach every rank, once you have the skill and the character level.

Faction	Trainer	Where	/way	Teaches
Alliance	Nancy Songflower	Northshire, Elwynn Forest	52.4 43.8	Apprentice
Alliance	Emrys Flintbeard	Coldridge Valley, Dun Morogh	28.8 66.6	Apprentice
Alliance	Eleyna Duskbreeze	Shadowglen, Teldrassil	59.8 41.4	Apprentice
Alliance	Firodren Mooncaller	Temple Gardens, Darnassus	48.0 68.0	All ranks
Alliance	Reyna Stonebranch	The Great Forge, Ironforge	55.6 58.0	All ranks
Alliance	Tannysa	Mage Quarter, Stormwind City	44.8 77.0	All ranks
Alliance	Shylamiir	The Park, Stormwind City	15.2 49.8	All ranks
Alliance	Malorne Bladeleaf	Dolanaar, Teldrassil	57.6 60.6	All ranks
Alliance	Herbalist Pomeroy	Near the gates of Stormwind, Elwynn Forest	39.8 48.4	All ranks
Alliance	Kali Healtouch	Thelsamar, Loch Modan	36.6 48.4	All ranks
Alliance	Alma Jainrose	Lakeshire, Redridge Mountains	21.8 45.8	All ranks
Alliance	Cylania Rootstalker	Silverwind Refuge, Ashenvale	50.6 67.0	All ranks
Alliance	Telurinon Moonshadow	Menethil Harbor, Wetlands	8.0 55.8	All ranks
Alliance	Brant Jasperbloom	Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh	64.0 47.6	All ranks
Alliance	Edward Egan	Dalaran, Alterac Mountains	18.4 63.2	All ranks
Horde	Zor’la	Valley of Trials, Durotar	42.6 67.4	Apprentice
Horde	Garan Sunstrider	Red Cloud Mesa, Mulgore	44.2 77.8	Apprentice
Horde	Florence Nightshade	Deathknell, Tirisfal Glades	32.4 65.2	Apprentice
Horde	Jandi	The Drag, Orgrimmar	55.6 39.6	All ranks
Horde	Komin Winterhoof	Centre of Thunder Bluff	49.8 39.8	All ranks
Horde	Martha Alliestar	The Apothecarium, Undercity	54.8 50.2	All ranks
Horde	Mishiki	Sen’jin Village, Durotar	55.4 75.0	All ranks
Horde	Faruza	Brill, Tirisfal Glades	59.8 52.0	All ranks
Horde	Aranae Venomblood	Tarren Mill, Hillsbrad Foothills	61.6 19.6	All ranks
Horde	Angrun	Grom’gol Base Camp, Stranglethorn Vale	32.2 27.6	All ranks
Horde	Ruw	Camp Mojache, Feralas	76.0 43.4	All ranks
Both	Halassa Fernbreeze	Shen’dar Village, Zephras Isle	43.0 43.6	All ranks
Both	Syriel Nightrain	Valanaar, Zephras Isle	57.8 75.4	All ranks
Both	Flora Silverwind	Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale	27.6 77.6	All ranks
Both	Malvor	Nighthaven, Moonglade	45.6 46.8	All ranks

Leveling from 1 to 225

Skill	Herbs	Where
1 to 70	Peacebloom, Silverleaf, Earthroot from 15	Any starting zone
70 to 115	Mageroyal, Briarthorn, Stranglekelp	Darkshore, Loch Modan, Silverpine Forest
115 to 170	Stranglekelp, Bruiseweed, Wild Steelbloom, Kingsblood from 125, Liferoot from 150	Hillsbrad Foothills, Wetlands, Stonetalon Mountains
170 to 205	Kingsblood, Liferoot, Fadeleaf, Goldthorn, Khadgar’s Whisker from 185	Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highlands
205 to 225	Fadeleaf, Goldthorn, Khadgar’s Whisker, Wintersbite, Firebloom, Purple Lotus	Alterac Mountains, Tanaris, Searing Gorge

Stranglekelp only grows underwater, and Wintersbite only in the snow of the Alterac Mountains. Wowhead has not published a route from 225 to 300 yet.

Gear that raises your skill

Gear	Skill
Herbalist’s Gloves	+5
Enchant Gloves - Advanced Herbalism	+5
Goldthorn Tea	+15 for a while, new in Forever

The gloves and the enchant stack to +10. The gloves are leather, but the enchant works on any gloves.

New recipes

Recipe	Skill	Source
Incense Candle	20	Trainer
Greenhouse	140	Blueprint: Greenhouse
Seed Hybridizer	300	Blueprint: Seed Hybridizer

The perks of Herbalism, such as Natural Talent, are on the tradeskills page, and the Legacy perks in the Legacy calculator. The full route of Classic is in the Classic Era guide.