Choosing two crafting professions

Choosing two crafts

Pair	Useful for	Materials to gather
Smithing + Building	Weapons, armour, repairs and construction	Mining and Logging
Provisioning + Outfitting	Potions, food, clothing and leather equipment	Herbalism and Hunting
Smithing + Enchanting	Equipment and enchanted jewellery	Mining, gems and Arcane Essence
Smithing + Provisioning	Repair Kits, potions and dishes for daily crafting writs	Mining, Herbalism, Hunting and Fishing

Choose for the items you want to use or sell. You can still craft lower-rank recipes in other professions, and buy or trade for materials you do not gather yourself.

What choosing two means

The limit is per character, and it counts the five crafting tracks, not their disciplines. Smithing plus Enchanting uses both advanced slots, but includes Jewelcrafting within Smithing. Building includes both Carpentry and Masonry in one slot, and Provisioning includes both Alchemy and Cooking.

Rule	Limit
Crafts allowed to reach rank 50	All five
Crafts allowed above rank 50	Two
Other crafts after both advanced slots are used	26,009 XP; 1 short of rank 51

Lower-rank recipes remain available. Changing specialisations does not lower ranks or free an advanced slot. This choice does not cap the five gathering professions. See choosing-your-professions for profession pairs.

Craft	First-time recipe bonus (XP)
Smithing	500
Outfitting	511
Building	1,823
Provisioning	3,155
Enchanting	None

Building and Provisioning can pass the early ranks quickly. About 14 Building crafts or 8 Provisioning crafts can reach rank 50 when using a variety of recipes; repeating starter recipes does not guarantee those results.

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