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A profession is an area of crafting expertise. Professions cannot be chosen. Instead you choose a vocation, which is a collection of 3 professions. This is a unique and fun aspect of LOTRO as it allows you to enjoy seperate tasks underneath a larger goal.

There are two roles of professions: gathering and producing.

Cook

A long march can be made all the easier with the promise of a good meal at the end. While it may seem a mundane talent, a good cook is every adventurer’s best friend.

Associated vocations

Tinker

Yeoman

Crafting locations

Cooked food – oven

Trail food – campfire

Ingredients – anywhere

Required tool

Bronze cooking supplies

Farmer

Everything from cereal crops to flax must be carefully tended by the Farmers of Middle Earth, it is these talented individuals who are able to maximize the fruits of harvest.

Associated vocations

Historian

Woodsman

Yeoman

Crafting locations

Workbench

Grain field

Pipeweed field

Vegetable field

Superior grain field

Superior pipeweed field

Superior vegetable field

Required tool

Bronze famring tools

Forester

Not all trees are created equal, it takes a trained Forester to locate and gather the wood necessary for everything from fuel to weapons. Gathers and treates wood for the woodworker, and boils animal-dropped hides for the tailor.

Associated vocations

Explorer

Woodsman

Crafting location

Workbench

Required tool

Bronze Forester’s Axe

Jeweller

Simple adornments and objects of beauty are the heart of the jeweller’s trade. However, exceptional adornments can go far to increasing the stature and confidence of an adventurer, and a skilled jeweller can produce true works of art. Basic adornments and objects of beauty are the heart of the jeweller’s trade. However, exceptional adornments can go far to increasing the stature and confidence of an adventurer, and a skilled jeweller can produce true works of art. They are well known for creating single-use flasks of Hope, called Tokens, for use in difficult battles.

Associated vocations

Tinker

Crafting locations

Workbench

Superior Workbench

Required tool

Bronze Jeweler’s Tools

Metalsmith

Metal armors and sturdy shields are the metalsmith’s domain. Though their initial products may be of simple make, eventually their skills will allow them to work finer materials and greater designs.

Associated vocations

Armorer

Crafting locations

Forge

Superior Forge

Required tool

Bronze Smithing Hammmer

Prospector

Metal, ores and gems are not mere rocks existing on the surface. It takes a skilled Prospector to identify usable materials from the ground and bring them to the surface. Gathers and smelts metal for the Metalsmith, Weaponsmith, and Jeweler.

Associated vocations

Armorer

Armsman

Explorer

Tinker

Crafting location

Forge

Superior Forge

Required tool

Bronze Mining Pick

Scholar

Perhaps the most mysterious of the professions, the Scholar collects fragments of lost lore, and attempts to interpret their secrets. In doing so, he can produce scrolls that other craftsmen can read to improve their chances of producing a superior product. Other practical applications include lore by which specific enemies (orcs, trolls, the dead) might be best combated, or cures for various maladies.

Associated vocations

Historian

Crafting location

anywhere

Required tool

Bronze Scholar’s Glass

Tailor

A skilled tailor can make simple clothing from common cloth, but with time and practice can create garments of great beauty that provide significant protection to their wearer. The Tailor can also work with tanned hides to produce leather armor – light, tough and suitable for travel.

Associated vocations

Armorer

Explorer

Yeoman

Crafting locations

Workbench

Superior Workbench

Required Tool

Bronze Tailor’s Tools

Weaponsmith

As expected, the Weaponsmith is the primary source of melee weapons. Swords, daggers, and axes of all varieties are the Weaponsmith’s purview, ranging from bronze training gear to weapons of ancient design and great renown.

Associated vocations

Historian

Crafting location

Forge

Superior Forge

Required tool

Bronze Smithing Hammer

Woodworker

As any archer will tell you, it takes more than a stick and a string to make a worthy weapon. The woodworker is an expert bowyer, but expands his trade to include staves, spears, and other hafted weapons. A master Woodworker can produce weapons that even an Elven hero would be proud to wield on the battlefield.

Associated vocations

Armsman

Woodsman

Crafting Location

Workbench

Superior Workbench

Required tool