Welcome to Exploring World of Warcraft

This site has been setup to provide free guides to enhance your World of Warcraft experience. The guides will be kept up-to-date with each new patch release, and will be constantly improved upon based on visitors comments, as well as my own research and in-game experiences. I will also continue to add new guides on a regular basis, so please come back often to see what is available or get the RSS feed to receive new guides as they are posted.

WoW Patch 3.3 Profession Updates

Patch 3.3 went live last week, and includes some minor profession updates, none of which have any effect on the profession leveling guides. The 3.3 release patch notes for professions are copied below. For full details about all the other changes included in patch 3.3 see WoW – Patch Notes.

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WoW Patch 3.2.2 Profession Updates

Patch 3.2.2 is now live, and includes some minor profession updates, none of which have any effect on our profession leveling guides. The 3.2.2 release patch notes for professions are copied below. For full details about all the other changes included in patch 3.2.2 see WoW – Patch Notes.

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WoW Brewfest

This WoW guide covers Brewfest which is a seasonal event that runs from 20th September to 3rd October (now extended to 5th October). The main Brewfest festivals are setup near Orgrimmar and Ironforge, and additional beer gardens are also setup in Darnassus, the Exodar, Shattrath, Silvermoon City, Stormwind, Thunder Bluff, and Undercity.

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WoW Dalaran Daily Fishing Quests

This WoW guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover the Dalaran Daily Fishing quests and provide details of how to complete each of the 5 possible quests. The Dalaran Daily Fishing quests reward players with a Bag of Fishing Treasues.

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WoW Dalaran Daily Cooking Quests

This WoW guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover the Dalaran Daily Cooking quests and provide details on how to complete each of the 5 possible quests. The Dalaran Daily Cooking quests reward players with a Dalaran Cooking Award and a Small Spice Bag.

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WoW Disenchanting Guide

This WoW guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) covers disenchanting and details the Enchanting skill level and Character level required to disenchant an item, as well as each type of dust, essence, shard and crystal produced from items of specific level and quality.

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WoW Expansion: Cataclysm Announced

Blizzard announced the 3rd expansion for World of Warcraft yesterday during the Blizzcon opening ceremony. The expansion is called Cataclysm, and will see the original Azeroth zones all fundamentally altered. The zone alterations will also include the long awaited introduction of being allowed to use flying mounts throughout all of Azeroth.

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WoW Riding Guide 1-300

This WoW Guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover training your Riding skill from 1 to 300 and also provide information about the mounts available for Riding in the World of Warcraft. Although Riding is a secondary profession, it doesn’t require training up through levels like other professions do. Instead the Riding skill levels are simply purchased from a Riding Trainer. After purchasing the Riding skill available for your character’s level, you will then be able to purchase a mount.

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WoW Patch 3.2 Profession Updates

Patch 3.2 is now live, and I am currently editing our relevant profession guides to reflect any changes that impact them. The patch notes for professions are detailed below. For full details about all the other changes included in patch 3.2 see WoW – Patch Notes.

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WoW Lockpicking Guide 1-400

This WoW guide (up-to-date for patch 3.2) will cover training your Lockpicking levels from 1 to 400 and which locks to pick while leveling Lockpicking in World of Warcraft. Lockpicking is a Rogue class skill which allows them to open locked chests, doors, footlockers, lockboxes and junkboxes. A rogue’s lock picking skill improves with practice, but won’t usually rise fast enough with casual use. This guide provides directions on where a rogue can practice the Lockpicking skill in order to improve it.

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