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The Death Knight
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The Death Knight

Learn the best professions for your World of Warcraft Death Knight, including Jewelcrafting and Mining, to support your main or make money.

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Learn the best professions for your World of Warcraft Death Knight, including Jewelcrafting and Mining, to support your main or make money.

Walkthrough
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    Consider professions that do not require killing beasts or extensive dungeon runs, such as Jewelcrafting, Alchemy, and Inscription.
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    Leverage the Outland, where nearly 50% of players are Death Knights without professions, for uninterrupted material farming.
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    Farming materials in Azeroth is also viable due to your fast mount and limited aggro, with minimal competition as most hardcore farmers are in Northrend.
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    While you can herb or mine, you cannot track both simultaneously, making it difficult to find both efficiently.
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    Professions like Leatherworking/Skinning require killing beasts, and Blacksmithing/Engineering advance more smoothly with leveling. Tailoring for a Death Knight often necessitates running dungeons for profit beyond bags.
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    Jewelcrafting, Alchemy, and Inscription are recommended creation professions.
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    A combination of Mining and Jewelcrafting is considered the smartest option for creating items usable by all your characters and for making easy money.
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    You can choose to gather materials first by buying bags and then train the gathering profession, or train both simultaneously.
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    Warning: Like all professions, you will be limited to the Outland until you reach a skill level of 350. Jewelcrafting is particularly challenging and requires dedication or the ability to purchase materials up to 350 if you have a level 80 character.
Tips
  • Enchanting is difficult for a Death Knight as it typically relies on quest rewards, crafted items, or the Auction House (AH). It's only recommended if you are starting from scratch or willing to level through low-level content, negating the benefit of starting at level 55.
  • Professions require levels and often draw from each other to advance. Expect to invest time and potentially money unless you have three balanced, same-level characters to share material costs.

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