WoW Forever Herbalism Guide: Leveling 1 to 300, Nodes and Zones
Level your profession from 1 to 300, tier by tier: what to gather at each skill level, the best zones for your faction, the trainers and what Forever changed.
How to use this guide
- Enter your current skill in herbalism: your tier is highlighted.
- Follow the tiers in order: each one tells you what to gather and which zones to go to.
- Hover or tap an item to read its tooltip, exactly as in game.
- Classic rule, to be confirmed in game: a resource raises your skill from its required level up to 100 points above it (skinning and fishing: from the level of the mobs and zones).
Item names
Your faction
New recipe or item exclusive to Forever Changed recipe or item different from the original game
Steps marked "after the beta" cannot be played yet: the beta stops at 225.
What you need
Nothing special: your profession is enough to start.
Your tiers
You are at 1Goal: 300
From 1 to 25: gather Earthroot, Peacebloom, Silverleaf
Best zones: Teldrassil (≈ 439 nodes), Zephras Isle (≈ 427 nodes), Elwynn Forest (≈ 372 nodes), Dun Morogh (≈ 367 nodes)
From 25 to 50: gather Earthroot, Peacebloom, Silverleaf
Best zones: Teldrassil (≈ 439 nodes), Zephras Isle (≈ 427 nodes), Elwynn Forest (≈ 372 nodes), Dun Morogh (≈ 367 nodes)
From 50 to 75: gather Mageroyal, Earthroot, Peacebloom, Silverleaf
Best zones: Teldrassil (≈ 481 nodes), Zephras Isle (≈ 461 nodes), Elwynn Forest (≈ 372 nodes), Dun Morogh (≈ 367 nodes)
From 75 to 100: gather Stranglekelp, Briarthorn, Mageroyal, Earthroot
Best zones: Westfall (≈ 245 nodes), Redridge Mountains (≈ 221 nodes), Wetlands (≈ 235 nodes), Darkshore (≈ 202 nodes)
From 100 to 125: gather Wild Steelbloom, Bruiseweed, Stranglekelp, Briarthorn, Mageroyal
Best zones: Wetlands (≈ 345 nodes), Ashenvale (≈ 295 nodes), Westfall (≈ 275 nodes), Redridge Mountains (≈ 229 nodes)
From 125 to 150: gather Kingsblood, Grave Moss, Wild Steelbloom, Bruiseweed, Stranglekelp, Briarthorn
Best zones: Wetlands (≈ 388 nodes), Ashenvale (≈ 330 nodes), Stonetalon Mountains (≈ 309 nodes), Stranglethorn Vale (≈ 304 nodes)
From 150 to 175: gather Fadeleaf, Liferoot, Kingsblood, Grave Moss, Wild Steelbloom, Bruiseweed
Best zones: Stranglethorn Vale (≈ 327 nodes), Wetlands (≈ 276 nodes), Ashenvale (≈ 214 nodes), Stonetalon Mountains (≈ 258 nodes)
From 175 to 200: gather Khadgar's Whisker, Goldthorn, Fadeleaf, Liferoot, Kingsblood, Grave Moss
Best zones: Stranglethorn Vale (≈ 469 nodes), Dustwallow Marsh (≈ 310 nodes), Arathi Highlands (≈ 267 nodes), Swamp of Sorrows (≈ 274 nodes)
From 200 to 225: gather Purple Lotus, Firebloom, Wintersbite, Khadgar's Whisker, Goldthorn, Fadeleaf
Best zones: Stranglethorn Vale (≈ 305 nodes), Dustwallow Marsh (≈ 182 nodes), Feralas (≈ 264 nodes), Alterac Mountains (≈ 177 nodes)
From 225 to 250: gather Blindweed, Sungrass, Arthas' Tears, Purple Lotus, Firebloom, Wintersbite after the beta
Best zones: Feralas (≈ 178 nodes), Stranglethorn Vale (≈ 32 nodes), Swamp of Sorrows (≈ 175 nodes), The Hinterlands (≈ 162 nodes)
From 250 to 275: gather Golden Sansam, Gromsblood, Ghost Mushroom, Blindweed, Sungrass, Arthas' Tears after the beta
Best zones: Azshara (≈ 167 nodes), Feralas (≈ 122 nodes), The Hinterlands (≈ 150 nodes), Swamp of Sorrows (≈ 175 nodes)
From 275 to 300: gather Icecap, Plaguebloom, Mountain Silversage, Dreamfoil, Golden Sansam, Gromsblood after the beta
Best zones: Azshara (≈ 228 nodes), Eastern Plaguelands (≈ 333 nodes), Felwood (≈ 228 nodes), Un'Goro Crater (≈ 182 nodes)
End of the route at 300: Black Lotus — no longer raises your skill (an end-of-route resource).
See all nodes (28)
All herbalism nodes
- Peacebloom — skill 1
- Peacebloom Changed
- Peacebloom
- Wilted Peacebloom New
- Silverleaf — skill 1
- Silverleaf Changed
- Silverleaf
- Stunted Silverleaf New
- Earthroot — skill 15
- Earthroot Changed
- Earthroot
- Mageroyal — skill 50
- Mageroyal
- Mageroyal
- Briarthorn — skill 70
- Briarthorn
- Briarthorn
- Stranglekelp — skill 85
- Stranglekelp Changed
- Bruiseweed — skill 100
- Bruiseweed Changed
- Bruiseweed
- Wild Steelbloom — skill 115
- Grave Moss — skill 120
- Kingsblood — skill 125
- Liferoot — skill 150
- Fadeleaf — skill 160
- Fadeleaf Changed
- Goldthorn — skill 170
- Goldthorn Changed
- Khadgar's Whisker — skill 185
- Khadgar's Whisker Changed
- Wintersbite — skill 195
- Firebloom — skill 205
- Purple Lotus — skill 210
- Purple Lotus
- Purple Lotus
- Arthas' Tears — skill 220
- Arthas' Tears
- Arthas' Tears
- Sungrass — skill 230
- Sungrass
- Sungrass
- Sungrass
- Blindweed — skill 235
- Ghost Mushroom — skill 245
- Gromsblood — skill 250
- Gromsblood
- Gromsblood
- Golden Sansam — skill 260
- Golden Sansam
- Golden Sansam
- Golden Sansam
- Dreamfoil — skill 270
- Dreamfoil
- Dreamfoil
- Dreamfoil
- Mountain Silversage — skill 280
- Mountain Silversage
- Mountain Silversage
- Mountain Silversage
- Plaguebloom — skill 285
- Plaguebloom
- Plaguebloom
- Icecap — skill 290
- Black Lotus — skill 300
What changed
Forever has 48 nodes (28 gathered items): 2 New and 8 Changed compared with Classic.
Profession bonus
Legacy points: at skill 150, 225, 300. See the Legacy tree
Where to find a herbalism trainer
A herbalism trainer teaches you the new ranks and most of the basic recipes. List for your faction.
Journeyman rank
- Tel'Athir — Stormwind City (45.8, 78.2)
Other trainers
- Alma Jainrose — Redridge Mountains (16.2, 45.6)
- Brant Jasperbloom — Dustwallow Marsh (64.0, 47.6)
- Cylania Rootstalker — Ashenvale (50.4, 67.0)
- Edward Egan — Alterac Mountains (18.4, 63.2)
- Eleyna Duskbreeze — Teldrassil (59.8, 41.4)
- Emrys Flintbeard — Dun Morogh (28.8, 66.4)
- Firodren Mooncaller — Darnassus (48.0, 68.4)
- Flora Silverwind — Stranglethorn Vale (27.6, 77.8)
- Halassa Fernbreeze — Zephras Isle (43.0, 43.4)
- Herbalist Pomeroy — Elwynn Forest (39.8, 48.4)
- Kali Healtouch — Loch Modan (36.4, 48.4)
- Malorne Bladeleaf — Teldrassil (57.4, 60.6)
- Malvor — Moonglade (45.4, 47.0)
- Nancy Songflower — Elwynn Forest (52.2, 43.4)
- Reyna Stonebranch — Ironforge (55.4, 58.4)
- Shylamiir — Stormwind City (15.0, 49.4)
- Syriel Nightrain — Zephras Isle (57.8, 75.4)
- Tannysa — Stormwind City (44.4, 77.8)
- Telurinon Moonshadow — Wetlands (8.0, 55.8)
Other trainers
- Angrun — Stranglethorn Vale (32.2, 27.4)
- Aranae Venomblood — Hillsbrad Foothills (61.4, 19.8)
- Faruza — Tirisfal Glades (59.8, 52.0)
- Flora Silverwind — Stranglethorn Vale (27.6, 77.8)
- Florence Nightshade — Tirisfal Glades (32.4, 65.2)
- Garan Sunstrider — Mulgore (44.2, 77.8)
- Halassa Fernbreeze — Zephras Isle (43.0, 43.4)
- Jandi — Orgrimmar (55.4, 39.4)
- Komin Winterhoof — Thunder Bluff (49.4, 39.2)
- Malvor — Moonglade (45.4, 47.0)
- Martha Alliestar — Undercity (54.2, 49.4)
- Mishiki — Durotar (55.4, 75.0)
- Ruw — Feralas (76.0, 43.4)
- Syriel Nightrain — Zephras Isle (57.8, 75.4)
- Zor'la — Durotar (42.6, 67.4)
See also
Data: Wowhead (Forever), cross-checked against ForeverChanges and ForeverDB; profession bonus: Icy Veins
