There are 22 professions in Ashes of Creation, which can be unlocked in one of the following three categories: Gathering, Processing, and Crafting. This guide will provide you with a tier list of the best professions in the game, including all the most profitable skills and tips on how to control the market supplies for some of them.
High demand for ores is required to feed other professions, such as Metalworking, Armor and Weapon Smithing, Jeweler, etc., as well as for gold and quick leveling.
Lumberjacking
Due to the abundance of trees, this profession becomes an easy passive gold earner from raw logging and milling, feeding such skills as Carpentry, Smithing, and Scribe.
Weapon Smithing
Use it to craft high in demand weapons for huge profits, and pair it with Mining and Metalworking for extra siege and utility value.
Armor Smithing
Essential professions for crafting armor of all classes, turning it into self gearing goldmine that links to Mining, Metalworking, and Stonemasonry.
Scribe
This is required for crafting XP scrolls to level up all other artisans really fast, including recipes and enhancements that are vital for progression.
A-Tier Professions
Professions
Features
Metalworking
Allows you to produce ingots for crafting your armor and weapons, and recycling gear for mats, even though XP gain is typically lower than that of the top-tier professions.
Lumber Milling
Processes logs to timber, boards, paper for molds in Smithing and Scribe, as well as tools for Carpentry; just be aware of the oversupply to not crash the prices.
Tanning
Turns animal carcasses and hides into leather, fat, and bones for Leatherworking, Hunting, Alchemy, and Cooking, but requires lots of salt and wood chips.
Weaving
Produces cloth from plants for Tailoring needs, supporting cloth in armor and tools required for Herbalism and Farming, although not as important as metal or leather.
Jeweler
Use this for crafting rings, amulets, and necklaces that improve your stats, always being in high demand, the more competitive things get in the late game.
Arcane Engineering
Allows casters to craft wands and other offhands, siege items, kits for excavation and tempering as a general mage utility.
B-Tier Professions
Professions
Features
Herbalism
Herb gathering profession required for Weaving and Alchemy that reliably yields gold from sales and has lower PvP risk than Mining, but is definitely slower.
Hunting
This profession not only yields animal carcasses and hides for Tanning and Leatherworking, but opens up a huge mount taming potential, although competition is severe.
Stonemasonry
Processes stone to bricks for Armor Smithing molds and buildings that have a very niche demand and high fuel costs that will constantly consume your profits.
Leatherworking
Allows rangers to craft medium armor and bags, which can be a daunting task due to the complex multi-chain grind.
Tailoring
Crafting profession for mages that produces light armor and bags that has very low demand beyond the caster class.
Carpentry
Easy and self-sufficient crafting profession that produces bows, caravan parts, furniture, and tools for Lumber chains, which can quickly crash the prices due to oversupply.
All other professions that are listed in the lower tiers are barely profitable and too RNG-dependent that have a low impact on the overall game progressions, especially Fishing, which is consistently criticized by the community for being too unbalanced.
