Professions: The Darkmoon Faire and You

The Darkmoon Faire is in town again this week, from April 1-7. That means lots of fun (well, they were fun until I did them 1000 times) mini-games and relic turn-ins, but don't forget the profession quests. Right now, I've noticed a lot of people are leveling alts to have max level professions ready to go when MoP hits. If you're doing the same, or if you're just trying to eke out the last few skill points on your main, make sure you do these quests! They grant 5 skill points in the corresponding profession, as well as XP/gold, DMF rep, and 4 DMF tickets and one DMF game token each; you need a skill level of at least 75 to pick them up.

If you can, it's ideal to arrange to do these at a chokepoint in your profession leveling (e.g. when you need Golden Draenite for jewelcrafting, Goldthorn for herbalism, etc.) or as close to max level as possible, since those are usually the points where you'll otherwise spend lots of gold. If you can't do that, though, just make sure to do them.

Some of these quests require you to bring materials with you to the Faire; none of the items are sold on the island, so pick them up before you head out. Here are the professions and the required materials for each, with a slight Alliance bias on locations. In addition to the sources listed, you can get many of the trade supply mats from any Trade Supplies vendor, so check in Mulgore and Goldshire:

• Alchemy: 5x [Moonberry Juice], available from any innkeeper that sells stuff. In SW, the Pig & Whistle in Old Town is good because you can also buy Simple Flour there.
• Archaeology: 15x [Fossil Archaeology Fragments]; you'll need to dig these up from a Fossil digsite.
• Blacksmithing: No mats required; you need an Anvil but can find one on the Island.
• Cooking: 5x [Simple Flour], available from cooking supply vendors. In SW, check the kitchen/back room of the Pig & Whistle.
• Enchanting: No mats are required.
• Engineering: No mats are required.
• First Aid: No mats are required.
• Fishing: No mats are required.
• Herbalism: No mats are required.
• Inscription: 5x [Light Parchment], available from Inscription supply vendors (ask a guard for the trainer location).
• Jewelcrafting: No mats are required.
• Leatherworking: 10x [Shiny Bauble] from a Fishing supply vendor; 5x [Coarse Thread] from a LW or Tailoring supply vendor; 5x [Blue Dye] from a LW or Tailoring supply vendor.
• Mining: No mats are required.
• Skinning: No mats are required.
• Tailoring: 1x [Coarse Thread]; 1x [Blue Dye]; 1x [Red Dye], all available from a Tailoring supply vendor.