Many new professional recipes are introduced in Phase 5. Even if you don’t use professions there are new consumables, enchants, gear, and bags which may be of interest.
Alchemy | Blacksmithing | Cooking | Enchanting | Leatherworking | Tailoring
Alchemy
- Recipe drops from Dark Iron Taskmasters in Searing Gorge
- Increases fire spell damage by up to 40, perfect for all the new fire mages
- Stacks with Greater Arcane Elixir
- Sold by Lokhtos Darkbargainer in the BRD bar, requires Friendly with Thorium Brotherhood
- Turn 1 Heart of Fire into 3 Elemental Fire
- 10-minute cooldown, but shared with other transmutes. So you can do a bunch of these, then an Arcanite Bar and you’ll have to wait for 48 hours.
- Expect Elemental Fire and Greater Fire Protection Potion prices to come down.
Blacksmithing
- Plans sold by Vargus in Cenarion Hold, requires Friendly with Cenarion Circle
- Plate belt with +25 strength and +5 all resistances
- Plans sold by Vargus in Cenarion Hold, requires Honored with Cenarion Circle
- Mail belt with +32 attack power, +1% crit, and +5 all resistances
- Plans sold by Lieutenant General Andorov in AQ20, requires Revered with Cenarion Circle
- Epic shield with a chance to silence an attacking caster
- Plans sold by Lieutenant General Andorov in AQ20, requires Exalted with Cenarion Circle
- Epic mail chest that reduces incoming spell damage
- Plans dropped by Moam in AQ20
- Epic mail gloves for DPS, with a mana drain proc
- Plans dropped by The Prophet Skeram in AQ40
- Epic plate chest with a spell shield proc
Titanic Leggings – Armorsmith
- World drop plans
- Epic plate legs for DPS
Persuader – Hammersmith
- World drop plans
- Epic one-handed mace for DPS
Sageblade – Swordsmith
- World drop plans
- Epic one-handed sword for caster DPS
Cooking
Dirge’s Kickin’ Chimaerok Chops
- Recipe is rewarded from a quest in the Scarab Lord quest chain
- Turns Chimaerok Tenderloin (from hard to solo elites) into +25 stamina food
Enchanting
Weapon Enchant
- Formula sold by Meilosh in Felwood, requires Friendly with Timbermaw Hold
- Adds 25 agility to a two-handed weapon
Cloak Enchants
Enchant Cloak – Greater Fire Resistance
- Formula sold by Kania in Cenarion Hold (2nd floor of the inn), requires Friendly with Cenarion Circle
- Adds 15 fire resistance
Enchant Cloak – Greater Nature Resistance
- Formula sold by Kania in Cenarion Hold (2nd floor of the inn), requires Honored with Cenarion Circle
- Adds 15 nature resistance
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Ouro in AQ40
- Also drops from Moam in AQ20
- Increases your stealth level by 5 (equal to one level)
- Formula dropped by Twin Emperors in AQ40
- Decreases threat caused by 2%
Glove Enchants
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter), Viscidus, and Ouro in AQ40
- Increases fire spell damage by 20
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Ouro in AQ40
- Also drops from Buru the Gorger in AQ20
- Increases frost spell damage by 20
Enchant Gloves – Healing Power
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Ouro in AQ40
- Also drops from Moam and Ayamiss the Hunter in AQ20
- Increases healing from spells by 30
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Ouro in AQ40
- Increases frost spell damage by 20
Enchant Gloves – Superior Agility
- Formula dropped by Bug Trio (shared loot, kill order doesn’t matter) and Princess Huhuran in AQ40
- Also drops from General Rajaxx and Ayamiss the Hunter in AQ20
- Adds 15 agility
- Formula dropped by Twin Emperors in AQ40
- Increases threat by 2%
Weapon Oils
- Formula sold by Rin’wosho the Trader, requires Friendly with Zandalar Tribe
- Apply to weapon for 12 mana per 5 seconds and +25 to healing spells, lasts 30 minutes
- Formula sold by Rin’wosho the Trader, requires Honored with Zandalar Tribe
- Apply to weapon for +36 spell damage and +1% spell crit, lasts 30 minutes
There are also lesser and minor versions of mana and wizard oils. But the brilliant ones are what most raiders will be after.
Nexus Crystals
Nexus Crystals also arrive with Phase 5. They are used for all the new glove and cloak enchants and will initially be in high demand. In Phase 6 they will also be required for Naxx related items.
Nexus Crystals come from disenchanting blue or epic items level 51 or higher:
- Item level 66-99 blue items: 1x (0.5%)
- Item level 56-60 epic armor: 1x (100%)
- Item level 61-80 epic armor: 1x (50%), 2x (50%)
- Item level 76-80 epic weapons: 1x (33%), 2x (67%)
There is debate about whether epics saved from before Phase 5 will turn into Nexus Crystals or not. Two theories dominate, neither has strong evidence to make it the clear winner.
- Epics from after Phase 5’s launch are coded in such a way to allow them to become Nexus Crystals. This means saved epics from pre-Phase 5 will still turn into Large Brilliant Shards. Under this scenario Nexus, Crystals will be more rare and expensive. While Large Brilliant Shards will significantly come down in price, at least short term.
- All epics can turn into Nexus Crystals, regardless of creation. Under this scenario Nexus Crystals will be less rare, maybe even plentiful. As guilds have been saving unwanted epics in hope of this situation. Large Brilliant Shard market may be stable, depending on how much players stockpiled. Long term Large Brilliant Shards will go up in price.
Leatherworking
- Pattern dropped by The Windreaver in Silithus or Princess Tempestria in Winterspring
- Blue leather gloves for DPS, a late addition to the Stormshroud armor set
Tailoring
- Pattern dropped by Magister Kalendris in Dire Maul West
- 24 slot enchanting bag
- Pattern sold by Mishta, requires Friendly with Cenarion Circle
- 20 slot herb bag
- Pattern sold by Kania in Cenarion Hold (2nd floor of the inn)
- Unclear if Cenarion Circle rep is required, may be sold in limited quantities
- 20 slot enchanting bag
- Pattern sold by Mishta, requires Revered with Cenarion Circle
- 24 slot herb ba