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 Mining Guide 1-450

This guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover training your Mining levels from 1 to 450 and what to mine or smelt while leveling Mining in World of Warcraft. Mining is one of the 3 primary gathering professions, and gathering professions tend to provide a strong gold income. Mining complements a number of the crafting professions well, including Blacksmithing, Engineering and Jewelcrafting.

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WoW Herbalism Guide 1-450

This guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover training your Herbalism levels from 1 to 450 and what herbs to pick while leveling Herbalism in World of Warcraft. Herbalism is one of the 3 primary gathering professions, and gathering professions tend to provide a strong gold income. Herbalism complements the Alchemy and Inscription professions very well, as Herbalism provides the raw materials required for these professions.

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WoW Skinning Guide 1-450

This guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover training your Skinning levels from 1 to 450 and where to find creatures to skin while leveling Skinning in World of Warcraft. Skinning is one of the 3 primary gathering professions, and gathering professions tend to provide a strong gold income. Skinning complements the Leatherworking profession very well, as the leather, hide and scale collected from Skinning can be used to make armor.

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WoW Fishing Guide 1-450

This WoW guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover training Fishing from 1 to 450, how to fish and where to fish while leveling Fishing in World of Warcraft. Fishing is a secondary profession, which means learning to fish won’t limit what other professions you train your character in. It complements the Cooking profession very well, as most fish can be cooked. Fishing is also a good source of food, and can provide a modest gold income.

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WoW Tailoring Guide 1-450

This guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover training your Tailoring levels from 1 to 450 and what to make while leveling Tailoring in World of Warcraft. Tailoring is a primary profession (of which you can only choose two at any point in the game) and allows your character to create a variety of items such as armor, bags and clothing. Tailoring probably complements the Enchanting profession better than any other, as the items that are crafted with Tailoring can be disenchanted to provide materials for the Enchanting.

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WoW Fishing and Cooking Guide 1-450 (Horde)

This guide (up-to-date for patch 3.1) will cover training your Fishing and Cooking levels together from 1 to 450 and what to fish and cook while leveling Fishing and Cooking together in World of Warcraft. Fishing and Cooking are both secondary professions, which means everyone can and should develop them. Learning to fish or cook won’t limit what other professions you train your character in. This guide has been split in two for Alliance and Horde characters. This post contains the Horde guide.

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WoW Fishing and Cooking Guide 1-450 (Alliance)

This guide (up-to-date for patch 3.1) will cover training your Fishing and Cooking levels together from 1 to 450 and what to fish and cook while leveling Fishing and Cooking together in World of Warcraft. Fishing and Cooking are both secondary professions, which means everyone can and should develop them. Learning to fish or cook won’t limit what other professions you train your character in. This guide has been split in two for Alliance and Horde characters. This post contains the Alliance guide.

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WoW Abbreviations and Acronyms N-Z

This guide tries to cover as many of the abbreviations and acronyms commonly used in World of Warcraft as possible. The guide will be split into two posts. This post contains abbreviations and acronyms starting N-Z. The first post containing abbreviations and acronyms starting 0-9 and A-M is available here. The purpose of this guide is to help players understand the abbreviations and acronyms used in conversation within World of Warcraft.

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WoW Abbreviations and Acronyms 0-9, A-M

This guide tries to cover as many of the abbreviations and acronyms commonly used in World of Warcraft as possible. The guide will be split into two posts. This post contains abbreviations and acronyms starting 0-9 and A-M. A second post containing abbreviations and acronyms starting N-Z is here. The purpose of this guide is to help players understand the abbreviations and acronyms used in conversation within World of Warcraft.

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World of Warcraft Overview

World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) based in the fantasy world of Azeroth and has been enjoyed by more than 11.5 million players (as of December 2008) around the world, since its initial release in November 2004.

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