Leatherworking leads WoW Forever’s crafting census

More than one in three characters in a community WoW Forever crafting census had LeatherworkingLeatherworking604 recipes. Of the 1,223 crafters counted, 437 had it, while AlchemyAlchemy195 recipes came last at 114. Linked Inn’s creator collected the figuresreddit.com on October 5–6 from Alliance characters on the PvP realm.

Leatherworking leads

BlacksmithingBlacksmithing512 recipes and TailoringTailoring477 recipes follow at 251 and 241 crafters. Leatherworking is nearly four times as common as Alchemy in this scan.

ProfessionCraftersShare
LeatherworkingLeatherworking604 recipes43731%
BlacksmithingBlacksmithing512 recipes25118%
TailoringTailoring477 recipes24117%
EnchantingEnchanting261 recipes22216%
EngineeringEngineering278 recipes16712%
AlchemyAlchemy195 recipes1148%

Shares count 1,432 profession entries; a character can appear twice. The scan covers crafting professions only, with gathering and secondary professions left out.

Engineering’s median skill was 150, compared with around 100 for Blacksmithing.


Who crafts what

Paladins make up 55% of Blacksmiths and Warriors 40%. Mages, Warlocks and Priests account for about 95% of Tailors. Hunters lead Leatherworking, Rogues lead Engineering, and Druids lead Alchemy.

Each profession shows its class sample, which is smaller than the overall count above. Only the census’s labeled, rounded shares are shown; some smaller class shares are omitted.


Tailoring has the most blues

Tailors knew 58 recipes that make rare-quality items, ahead of Leatherworkers at 52 and Blacksmiths at 41. The three professions are close on proportion: blues make up roughly 28–29% of each recipe list.

ProfessionBlue / totalShare
Tailoring58 / 20029.0%
Leatherworking52 / 18428.3%
Blacksmithing41 / 14428.5%
Enchanting5 / 995.1%
Alchemy0 / 690%
Engineering0 / 1000%

Across all six professions, 156 of the 796 recipes produce blue items. The creator identified 248 recipes as additions to Forever, almost a third of the total.


One crafter found

Ten recipes had just one known maker in the scan, including Dreamweave Circlet and Icy Cloak. They span item levels 17 to 50, so the list reaches well beyond high-level gear.

Tailoring

  • Dreamweave CircletItem level 50
  • Icy CloakItem level 40
  • Shining CircletItem level 25
  • Flame CircletItem level 25

Leatherworking

  • Skycaller's Mail ShoulderItem level 47
  • Gem-studded Leather BeltItem level 37
  • Barbaric BracersItem level 32
  • Totemic Leather BootsItem level 22
  • Stormrider's Leather BeltItem level 17

Blacksmithing

  • Guard's Chain ShirtItem level 20

Other players may know these recipes. These are the makers found during the October 5–6 scan; the live census has since grown.

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