Thank you for your interest in TGEXP’s In-Depth WoW Herbalism Guide.

This guide is updated for patch 8.3

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Q&A

Below are some of the questions you might be asking regarding the Herbalism profession, and the answers that I’ve come up with for them.

What’s in this WoW Herbalism Guide?

It primarily focuses on the herbalism routes of every zone (unless they don’t have a good route).

It’s short and sweet, telling you how much of what herbs I’ve gathered in a given area within a set time limit. Most of the herbs in question will lead you directly to the material page on my website. This goes the same for the zone names.

Due to this guide getting a refresher, a lot of that isn’t available yet, however.

Where do you get Herbalism?

Before you get started with this profession, you’ll be needing the profession. So here’s a list of the different trainers you can find throughout the world. The links will take you to WoWHead pages.

Continent: Eastern Kingdoms

Continent: Kalimdor

Continent: Northrend

Continent: Outland

Continent: Pandaria

Continent: Other

Continent: Draenor

Continent: The Broken Isles

How do you find herbs?

Got your Herbalism profession? Great! On your minimap, there’s an icon you can click that’ll extend a dropdown menu. Find and check ‘Find Herbs’ and you’re good to go!

What professions benefit Herbalism?

You can get any profession you want, but the two that go great with this profession are either Alchemy or Inscription.

What are the best races for Herbalism?

  • Druids will help you farm because you won’t leave flight form.
  • Taurens will provide you with a racial bonus for flower-picking speed.
  • Demon Hunters are nice for indoor use (such as caves and dungeons), regarding their speed at getting around.

What addons should I get for Herbalism?

I highly recommend Gathermate2 and WoWGatheringNodes. They’re two addons that coexist with one another in order to show you all the locations of the different herbs of the world. I also use both FarmHUD and Routes.

Why are there missing expansions?

Either it’s because I’ve been slacking, or because I’m reworking this entire page, which means going through every zone and farming each location for 30 minutes to gather data.

If you find something else missing or wrong, feel free to contact me via contact[at]tgexp[dot]com.

Herbalism Aids

These will come in handy while you’re herbing, but they aren’t all specifically needed. They’ll make your gathering life a little bit easier.

Bags

Enchants

Equipment

Useables

Herbalism Essentials

The books are what you’re going to need in order to start herbing in specific continents. The techniques are extremely beneficial to Legion herbalism–the higher-ranked the technique, the better benefits.

Books

Techniques

Herb Locations

While you’ll be getting the basic routes for the zones below, some zones don’t have a good farming route for a singular profession. In that case, I combine routes for both Herbalism and Mining. These special routes are only available in my World of Warcraft Farming Routes guide.

As you read this section of the Herbalism guide, you’ll find the links to various herbs you can acquire. The links will take you to the freebie pages that tell you about the mats in question.

This section is to keep everything in front of you, so you can find what you’re looking for and the information you need. Such as the best place for an item without an overload of information.

  • These routes were timed for 30 minutes on a Horde Druid (unless stated otherwise).

Vanilla WoW

Arthas’ Tears

Black Lotus

There is no actual route to create for Black Lotus, as they are super rare. Instead, you have a chance of finding them in the zones below. Keep in mind that some routes might skip over Black Lotus sightings as they weren’t designed to gather one specific herb.

Blindweed

Briarthorn

Bruiseweed

Dragon’s Teeth

Dreamfoil

Earthroot

Fadeleaf

Firebloom

Ghost Mushroom

Golden Sansam

  • Silithus (Map)
    • 72
  • Swamp of Sorrows (Map)
    • 158

Goldthorn

Grave Moss

Gromsblood

Icecap

  • Winterspring (Map)
    • 310

Khadgar’s Whisker

  • Eastern Plaguelands (Map)
    • 209
  • Western Plaguelands (Map)
    • 156

Kingsblood

  • Western Plaguelands (Map)
    • 101

Liferoot

  • Eastern Plaguelands (Map)
    • 113

Mageroyal

  • Azshara
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 77
  • Darkshore (Map)
    • 168
  • Hillsbrad Foothills (Map)
    • 280
  • Northern Barrens
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 120

Mountain Silversage

  • Winterspring (Map)
    • 142

Peacebloom

  • Durotar (Map)
    • 167
  • Mulgore (Map)
    • 122
  • Teldrassil (Map)
    • 169

Purple Lotus

Silverleaf

  • Durotar (Map)
    • 137
  • Mulgore (Map)
    • 124
  • Teldrassil (Map)
    • 183

Sorrowmoss

  • Swamp of Sorrows (Map)
    • 230

Stranglekelp

  • Thousand Needles (Map)
    • 167

Sungrass

  • Eastern Plaguelands (Map)
    • 164
  • Silithus (Map)
    • 96

Swiftthistle

  • Darkshore (Map)
    • 68
  • Hillsbrad Foothills (Map)
    • 100

Wild Steelbloom

Wildvine

The Burning Crusade

Ancient Lichen

Dreaming Glory

Fel Lotus

Felweed

Mana Thistle

Netherbloom

Nightmare Vine

  • Shadowmoon Valley (Map)
    • 66

Ragveil

Terocone

Wrath of the Lich King

Adder’s Tongue

  • Sholazar Basin (Map)
    • 253

Deadnettle

  • Borean Tundra (Map)
    • 55
  • Borean Tundra (Map)
    • 70
  • Grizzly Hills
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 116
  • Sholazar Basin (Map)
    • 80

Fire Leaf

  • Borean Tundra (Map)
    • 109

Frost Lotus

  • Borean Tundra (Map)
    • 11
  • Borean Tundra (Map)
    • 12
  • Grizzly Hills
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 17
  • Sholazar Basin (Map)
    • 17

Goldclover

  • Borean Tundra (Map)
    • 130
  • Grizzly Hills
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 167
  • Howling Fjord
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 111

Icethorn

  • Icecrown
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 96
  • Icecrown (Map)
    • 131
  • The Storm Peaks (Map)
    • 107

Lichbloom

  • Icecrown (Map)
    • 115
  • The Storm Peaks (Map)
    • 112

Talandra’s Rose

  • Zul’Drak (Map)
    • 218

Tiger Lily

  • Borean Tundra (Map)
    • 100
  • Borean Tundra (Map)
    • 104
  • Grizzly Hills
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 137
  • Sholazar Basin (Map)
    • 154

Cataclysm

Azshara’s Veil

  • Abyssal Depths
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 121

Cinderbloom

  • Mount Hyjal
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 235
  • Mount Hyjal (Map)
    • 311
  • Uldum (Map)
    • 113

Heartblossom

Stormvine

  • Abyssal Depths
    The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.

    • 145

Twilight Jasmine

  • Twilight Highlands (Map)
    • 131

Whiptail

  • Uldum (Map)
    • 233

Mists of Pandaria

The information below is based on having the Mist-Piercing Goggles on hand.

Fool’s Cap

Golden Lotus

Green Tea Leaf

Rain Poppy

Silkweed

Snow Lily

Warlords of Draenor

Fireweed

Frostweed

Gorgrond Flytrap

Nagrand Arrowbloom

Starflower

Talador Orchid

Legion

Aethril

Astral Glory

Dreamleaf

Felwort

Fjarnskaggl

Foxflower

Starlight Rose

Yseralline Seed

Battle for Azeroth

Akunda’s Bite

Anchor Weed

Riverbud

Sea Stalk

Siren’s Pollen

Star Moss

Winter’s Kiss

Zin’anthid