First Aid – WoW Secondary Professions
Posted on March 1st, 2010 by Lawbringer under Alliance, Efficiency Tips, Exploits, General Tips, Horde, Tips, Trade Skills, Tricks, World of Warcraft, WotLKFirst Aid Leveling Tips
Yes, I know what the ‘pros’ will say, that a First Aid guide for WoW is silly. But maybe they don’t know everything about everything. And yes, leveling first aid isn’t really on the level of brain activity that might be required for brain surgery or calculus – but if you would rather NOT have to think about it any more than necessary, it’s nice to have it all listed out for you neat and clean.
At the very minimum it will save you a couple of trips back and forth between the AH and the trainers. Really, if you could just go to the AH and buy every single scrap of cloth you needed (and you already knew exactly how much you would be needing) and could just stand at the trainer and hit the ‘create all’ button and come back every few minutes – that’s not something a total nub would do. Just a little Dominating.
But even in first aid in wow there is a little trick we can let you in on that will save you s tidy bit of gold through the middle of leveling first aid. And you wish you had thought of it – really.
Remember back in the day having to go all the way out to Theramore or Hammerfall for your artisan First Aid quest? Triage is not required any more, but those of you who skip it are missing out on a couple of things. Blizz giveth, and Blizz replaceth that way. Not exactly biblical, I know, but . . .
Anyway, when Blizz removed the requirement for the Triage quest, they added an incentive in the form of a XP bonus that doesn’t seem to have a level cap. In other words, you can still go grab the first aid quests at any point on your way to 80 and get XP based on your level. Not bad to snag 10,000 to 20,000 experience out of a foofoo quest eh?
And if that’s not enough for you, just go out there during your first aid powerleveling work to save yourself a tidy bit of gold. Enough for a decent repair of your mains T10 gear after a few wipes – seriously. You see, the good doctors will train you for Heavy Mageweave, Runecloth and Heavy Runecloth Bandages absolutely free if you complete the quest.
All of those first aid recipes will set you back 37 gold 50 silver if you buy them anywhere else. Excuse me, but I can turn that 37 gold into about 50 in a couple day’s work – throwing it to some trainer is not my idea of a good time. Getting to Theramore may be a pain (hush Horde, Hammerfall is easy), but not enough of a pain to blow almost 40g.
So there you have it, a decent couple of tips out of something you thought was completely worthless. You really shouldn’t judge before you read. If you already knew about this little trick, you’re not a nub. If you thought you were REALLY pro and didn’t know it – tsk. If you’re glad to know it, stick around, we find this kind of thing all the time. It’s why we (and you) can Dominate.
The first aid quests are fun, however, in the time it takes to get to Theramore and do the quests you could do 3 or 4 quests in Northrend and make 40G and 50,000 + xp. I have leveled first aid on all my toons through Theramore because Triage is a fun quest, which is the main reason I play WoW.
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Really really wish I had read this yesterday…
Was not aware of that. But I really suck at the Triage quest. I get flustered with timed quests anyway. But thanks for the tip.
You might want to include some tips for triage, such as turning unit frames on, zooming the camera out and working in a circle. There are particulars that I cant remember right now that I found that let me do the quest in two tries.
Triage is not an easy quest. It’s one of the few that you pretty much have to do multiple times on your first go without having read anything. Sucks that Blizz removed that requirement. I guess the game design protocols are now “if a 2 year old can’t do it it’s too hard”
Triage is easy. Save yourself the headache of doing it multiple times by just putting the bandages on your hotbar. Then just stand in the middle and cure the most injured first. What is so hard about that?
Tips for Triage (For Alliance):
1. Stand in the middle of the room.
2. Aim your camera at the floor
3. Zoom out as far as possible and you will be able to see the whole room and all your paitents.
4. Now add the bandages to your hotbar and start clicking and healing.
Ensure that the most wounded soldiers are healed first and move down from there. Stop healing a soldier if a more wounded soldier appears on a bed. You may think you have time to finish but I have lost paitents by assuming I will be able to heal my current paitent quickly enough.
Using the above tips I have never failed Triage.
Bonus Guide: Getting to Theramore.
1. Take the boat to Auberdine in Darkshore.
2. Run south through the Barrens to Dustwallow Marsh.
3. Run to Theramore.
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1. Go to Stormwind.
2. If you are low level then go to the harbor and swim north, otherwise you can just run north.
3. End up in Menthil Harbor.
4. Take the boat to Theramore.