World of Warcraft/Professions/Herbalism

In herbalism, a character gathers all different kinds of herbs from kelp to flowers. Herbs are used in the Alchemy and Inscription professions. Alchemy is the profession in which potions are created through the use of herbs. It is cost-efficient to choose herbalism and alchemy together as a character’s primary professions, because then the player does not have to buy the herbs on the auction house for the alchemy profession, they need only collect the materials.

The Inscription profession also makes use of the herbs gathered by herbalism. The herbs are converted (using Milling) to various types of pigment in much the same way the Jewelcrafting profession prospects ore for gems. From the pigments, ink can be produced which is a primary ingredient for most Inscription products.