WoW Forever Herbalism Guide 1 to 300: Herb Routes, Greenhouse and New Herbs

You level Herbalism in 7 stages: 1 to 70, 70 to 115, 115 to 170, 170 to 205, 205 to 230, 230 to 270 and 270 to 300. Each stage is a set of zones where the herbs still give skill points, and the route tables below list them for both factions. The table here gives the skill every herb needs.

Herb	Needs Herbalism
Peacebloom	1
Silverleaf	1
Earthroot	15
Mageroyal	50
Briarthorn	70
Stranglekelp	85
Bruiseweed	100
Wild Steelbloom	115
Grave Moss	120
Kingsblood	125
Liferoot	150
Fadeleaf	160
Goldthorn	170
Khadgar's Whisker	185
Wintersbite	195
Firebloom	205
Purple Lotus	210
Arthas' Tears	220
Sungrass	230
Blindweed	235
Ghost Mushroom	245
Gromsblood	250
Golden Sansam	260
Dreamfoil	270
Mountain Silversage	280
Plaguebloom	285
Icecap	290
Black Lotus	300

• Rank caps: Apprentice to 75, Journeyman to 150, Expert to 225 and Artisan to 300. Train the next rank before you reach the cap.
• Grey herbs: A herb gives fewer points as your skill passes its requirement and stops giving any 100 skill above it. Move to the next stage when your herbs go grey.
• What is new: 3 camp objects, 4 tiers of Herb Seeds, 3 Scarce herbs and 3 endgame herbs.
• Who uses herbs: Alchemy and Enchanting use them. Herbs for gold are in our gold guide.

You can start Herbalism in your starting area. The trainers there teach Apprentice only, and the quest reward Wild Harvest teaches it too if you do not already know 2 other professions. It also raises your skill by 2, up to 15.

• Find Herbs switched on. Herbalism needs no tool.
• The next rank from a city trainer or a neutral trainer.

Until Earthroot opens at 15, you gather only Peacebloom and Silverleaf, and starting areas have both from skill 1. A Dwarf can run Find Treasure beside Find Herbs, which the racials guide covers.

Gloves, a glove enchant and Goldthorn Tea add to your skill while you pick. They stack, so the best of each gives +25. The tea is new in Forever.

Item	Bonus	Source
Herbalist's Gloves	+5	Leatherworking
Enchant Gloves - Herbalism	+2	Enchanting 145
Enchant Gloves - Advanced Herbalism	+5	Enchanting 225
Goldthorn Tea	+15 for 15 minutes	Cooking

Follow the table from top to bottom. Each row is a skill range with the herbs to pick and the zones to pick them in, split by faction.

Skill and herbs	Zones by faction
1 to 70 Peacebloom, Silverleaf, Earthroot from 15, Mageroyal from 50	Alliance: Elwynn Forest, Dun Morogh, Teldrassil Horde: Durotar, Mulgore, Tirisfal Glades
70 to 115 Mageroyal, Briarthorn from 70, Stranglekelp from 85, Bruiseweed from 100	Alliance: Darkshore, Loch Modan Horde: Silverpine Forest, The Barrens
115 to 170 Bruiseweed, Wild Steelbloom from 115, Grave Moss from 120, Kingsblood from 125, Liferoot from 150, Fadeleaf from 160	Alliance: Wetlands, Hillsbrad Foothills Horde: Hillsbrad Foothills, Stonetalon Mountains
170 to 205 Kingsblood, Liferoot, Fadeleaf, Goldthorn from 170, Khadgar's Whisker from 185	Both factions: Arathi Highlands, Stranglethorn Vale
205 to 230 Khadgar's Whisker, Wintersbite from 195, Firebloom from 205, Purple Lotus from 210	Both factions: Alterac Mountains, Tanaris, Searing Gorge

Stranglekelp grows in the water along the coasts. Grave Moss spawns around graveyards, and Wintersbite grows only in the snow of the Alterac Mountains.

Skyborne characters work the 1 to 70 stage on Zephras Isle, which has Peacebloom, Silverleaf and Earthroot. They learn the profession from the neutral trainers below.

The beta caps characters at level 30, so nobody has picked the herbs above 230 at level yet. The 2 stages below use the Classic zones from the beta data.

Skill and herbs	Zones by faction
230 to 270 Beta data Purple Lotus, Arthas' Tears from 220, Sungrass from 230, Blindweed from 235, Ghost Mushroom from 245, Gromsblood from 250, Golden Sansam from 260	Both factions: The Hinterlands, Felwood
270 to 300 Beta data Golden Sansam, Dreamfoil from 270, Mountain Silversage from 280, Plaguebloom from 285, Icecap from 290, Black Lotus at 300	Both factions: Felwood, Un'Goro Crater, Eastern Plaguelands, Winterspring

Ghost Mushroom grows in caves, and Icecap grows only in Winterspring. With the full +25 bonus you can open a herb 25 skill early, for example Sungrass at skill 205.

We pick 230 to 300 on live realms in the week of 4 November and update this table.

Herbs now drop Herb Seeds while you gather, in 4 tiers: Commonplace Herb Seeds, Uncommon Herb Seeds, Unusual Herb Seeds and Scarce Herb Seeds. You plant them in the Greenhouse, and the Seed Hybridizer turns them into a rarer tier.

We check which herb drops each seed tier and each Scarce herb on live realms in launch week and update this page.

3 Scarce herbs drop beside the normal ones: Frilled Lichen, Rosecap and Stranglevine. They go into new Alchemy and Enchanting recipes. Bountiful Harvest, a perk in the Professions tree of the Legacy System, raises the Scarce materials you gather from Herbalism, Mining and Skinning. The same tree has Working Overtime, which raises the chance of a skill point, and Dedicated Study, which adds 1 skill to your lowest tradeskill every 23 hours.

Forever also adds 3 endgame herbs: Marefoil, Demonsage and Death Lotus. They go into 10 new recipes, 4 of them flasks and 6 more across Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting and Engineering.

Herbs you do not need fill Waylaid Crates. Any 1 bundle in the table fills a crate, and the level is the character level you need. You hand the sealed crate in for Merchant's Favor. Alliance players go to the Azeroth Commerce Authority camp in Redridge Mountains, and Horde players to the Durotar Supply and Logistics camp by the Crossroads in The Barrens.

Crate	Level	Fill with
Apprentice Herbs	10	20 Peacebloom, or 20 Silverleaf, or 10 Earthroot, or 10 Mageroyal, or 10 Briarthorn
Journeyman Herbs	10	10 Stranglekelp, or 10 Bruiseweed, or 10 Wild Steelbloom, or 10 Grave Moss, or 10 Kingsblood
Earthly Expert Herbs	20	20 Liferoot, or 10 Fadeleaf, or 10 Goldthorn, or 10 Khadgar's Whisker
Flowering Expert Herbs	20	10 Wintersbite, or 10 Firebloom, or 20 Purple Lotus, or 10 Arthas' Tears
Earthly Artisan Herbs	35	10 Golden Sansam, or 20 Sungrass, or 10 Blindweed, or 10 Ghost Mushroom, or 10 Gromsblood
Flowering Artisan Herbs	35	20 Dreamfoil, or 20 Mountain Silversage, or 20 Plaguebloom, or 20 Icecap

Herbalism makes 3 camp objects. You place them at a Campfire, and all of them share the 1-hour camping cooldown. The camping guide has the campsite rules, and the skill levels and materials below come from the beta data.

Object	Made from	Effect
Incense Candle Skill 20	Herbalism trainer. 1 Peacebloom, 1 Silverleaf	Intellect for players sitting at the fire. It takes the Arcane Intellect slot
Greenhouse Skill 140	Blueprint from Shadetooth. 2 Simple Wood, 1 Arthas' Tears, 1 Purple Lotus	Grows herbs from Herb Seeds and keeps the Candle buff
Seed Hybridizer Skill 300	Blueprint: Seed Hybridizer. 4 Mountain Silversage, 1 Crystal Vial, 2 Runecloth	Multiplies Herb Seeds or turns them into a rarer tier, and keeps the Candle buff

Shadetooth is a boss of Excavation Site: Wetlands, a new dungeon covered in the dungeons guide. On the beta the Candle gives up to 25 Intellect at level 60. We check where the Seed Hybridizer Blueprint drops on live realms in launch week.

Alchemy turns herbs into potions, elixirs and flasks, so your own herbs save the gold you would pay on the Auction House.

Mining is the common 2nd gathering profession to pair with Herbalism.

Enchanting uses the Scarce herbs in new recipes.

Tauren characters get a herb racial of their own, covered in the Tauren racials guide.

Which profession to level 1st is in the professions guide.

Herbalism is taught in the capitals, in towns across the world and in 6 starting areas. The 4 neutral trainers serve both factions. Coordinates are map positions.

Alliance starting areas: Apprentice only

Trainer	Where
Nancy Songflower	Northshire, Elwynn Forest (52.4 43.8)
Emrys Flintbeard	Coldridge Valley, Dun Morogh (28.8 66.6)
Eleyna Duskbreeze	Shadowglen, Teldrassil (59.8 41.4)

Alliance cities and towns: every rank

Trainer	Where
Firodren Mooncaller	Temple Gardens, Darnassus (48.0 68.0)
Reyna Stonebranch	The Great Forge, Ironforge (55.6 58.0)
Tannysa	Mage Quarter, Stormwind (44.8 77.0)
Shylamiir	The Park, Stormwind (15.2 49.8)
Malorne Bladeleaf	Dolanaar, Teldrassil (57.6 60.6)
Herbalist Pomeroy	Elwynn Forest (39.8 48.4)
Kali Healtouch	Thelsamar, Loch Modan (36.6 48.4)
Alma Jainrose	Lakeshire, Redridge Mountains (21.8 45.8)
Cylania Rootstalker	Silverwind Refuge, Ashenvale (50.6 67.0)
Telurinon Moonshadow	Menethil Harbor, Wetlands (8.0 55.8)
Brant Jasperbloom	Theramore Isle, Dustwallow Marsh (64.0 47.6)
Edward Egan	Dalaran, Alterac Mountains (18.4 63.2)

Horde starting areas: Apprentice only

Trainer	Where
Zor'la	Valley of Trials, Durotar (42.6 67.4)
Garan Sunstrider	Red Cloud Mesa, Mulgore (44.2 77.8)
Florence Nightshade	Deathknell, Tirisfal Glades (32.4 65.2)

Horde cities and towns: every rank

Trainer	Where
Jandi	The Drag, Orgrimmar (55.6 39.6)
Komin Winterhoof	Thunder Bluff (49.8 39.8)
Martha Alliestar	Apothecarium, Undercity (54.8 50.2)
Mishiki	Sen'jin Village, Durotar (55.4 75.0)
Faruza	Brill, Tirisfal Glades (59.8 52.0)
Aranae Venomblood	Tarren Mill, Hillsbrad Foothills (61.6 19.6)
Angrun	Grom'gol Base Camp, Stranglethorn Vale (32.2 27.6)
Ruw	Camp Mojache, Feralas (76.0 43.4)

Neutral trainers: every rank

Trainer	Where
Halassa Fernbreeze	Shen'dar Village, Zephras Isle (43.0 43.6)
Syriel Nightrain	Valanaar, Zephras Isle (57.8 75.4)
Flora Silverwind	Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale (27.6 77.6)
Malvor	Nighthaven, Moonglade (45.6 46.8)