World of Warcraft/Catalogs/Profession

Primary professions

Profession	Type	Often Paired with	Description	Notes
Alchemy	Crafting	Herbalism	Create potions and elixirs from herbs
Blacksmithing	Crafting	Mining	Create weapons and plate armor from metal.	When the Cataclysm expansion is introduced, blacksmiths will also be able to alter statistics on plate armor through reforging.
Enchanting	Service		Grant permanent augmentation to weapons, armor, etc. Disenchant uncommon, rare and epic items into base enchanting ingredients.
Engineering	Crafting	Mining	Create guns, explosives, scopes, bullets, etc. Also allows the player to 'de-engineer' mechanical creatures into some base components.
Herbalism	Gathering	Alchemy	Allows player to collect herbs.
Jewelcrafting	Crafting	Mining	Create refine gems that can be placed in socketed items. Prospect ores into raw gems for refining.	Introduced in The Burning Crusade expansion, and players must have that expansion to learn this profession.
Leatherworking	Crafting	Skinning	Creates leather and mail armor, as well as armor kits from leather.	When the Cataclysm expansion is introduced, leatherworkers will also be able to alter statistics on leather and mail armor through reforging.
Mining	Gathering	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting	Gathers ore and gems from deposits.
Tailoring	Crafting		Creates cloth armor, as well as bags from cloth.	When the Cataclysm expansion is introduced, tailors will also be able to alter statistics on cloth armor through reforging.
Skinning	Gathering	Leatherworking	Gathers leather and hides from dead beasts.
Inscription	Service		Create inscriptions that are used to enhance the spells and abilities of players, as well as creating enhancing scrolls.	Introduced in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, but does not require that expansion to have.

Secondary professions

Profession	Description	Notes
Archaeology	Locate and identify artifacts	To be added in the Cataclysm expansion
Cooking	Create cooked food from raw food
Fishing	Fish up fish in bodies of water
First Aid	Create bandages to perform minor healing