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🔨 Wartales Profession Guide — Ten Professions, Abilities and Learning Requirements

Effects and learning methods for all ten professions in this scope, including Blacksmith, Cook, Alchemist and Bard. Includes assignment advice based on the passive bonuses from five profession ranks.

📅 Updated: 2026/05/20 🔨 Selected full-release content ⚙️ Ten professions covered

🌟 Profession Priorities

Essential Cook — Food efficiency and meal buffs underpin troop management. Learn it early.
High priority Blacksmith — Crafts equipment at the forge. Its profession bonuses fit Strength-based front-line fighters.
Recommended Miner / Woodcutter / Angler — Establish supplies of crafting materials and food for equipment and cooking.
Situational Alchemist / Tinkerer / Scholar / Bard / Thief — Assign them according to playstyle and current progress.

🔨 All Ten Professions in Detail

Blacksmith Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by working at a forge or anvil in a town or similar location.

Recommended assignment: Assigning it to a Strength-based melee class aligns its passive bonuses with that character’s role.

Abilities: Crafts weapons and armor components at a forge. Higher ranks expand the equipment you can make.

Cook Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by cooking at the camp’s cooking pot.

Recommended assignment: A common choice for a front-line tank. Food management becomes increasingly important as the troop grows.

Abilities: Turns ingredients into meals, improving food efficiency at rest and buffs for companions.

Alchemist Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by mixing ingredients at an alchemy workbench.

Recommended assignment: Fits utility characters who use poison and other indirect tactics.

Abilities: Crafts combat-support consumables, including oils applied to weapons and throwable mixtures.

Tinkerer Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by crafting at a tinkering workbench.

Recommended assignment: Also known as an option for critical-hit builds.

Abilities: Crafts camp equipment and tools. Higher ranks unlock more tools.

Scholar Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by studying books or using a lectern or similar object.

Recommended assignment: Especially valuable for exploration and puzzle-focused play.

Abilities: Studies documents and codices found in ancient tombs and unlocks knowledge-related features.

Miner Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by mining an ore vein in the field with a pickaxe.

Recommended assignment: Easy to assign to a melee damage dealer or secondary tank.

Abilities: Gathers ore and other crafting materials. Mining efficiency improves with rank.

Woodcutter Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by chopping wood at a logging point in the field.

Recommended assignment: Its broadly useful stat bonuses fit many classes.

Abilities: Gathers wood for crafting and camp improvements.

Angler Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by fishing at a fishing spot.

Recommended assignment: Often assigned to damage dealers focused on critical hits.

Abilities: Catches fish for food. Combining it with cooking makes the food supply more reliable.

Bard Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by obtaining a lute and playing it.

Recommended assignment: A support assignment that does not directly increase damage. Having one makes troop management easier.

Abilities: Supports companions through performances at camp. Having a lute player benefits the troop’s Willpower.

Thief Non-combat

Learning requirement: Learn by pickpocketing or picking a lock.

Recommended assignment: Often assigned to Dexterity-based Archers or Rangers.

Abilities: Pickpockets NPCs and opens locked chests and doors, gaining money and supplies in exchange for risk.

❓ Frequently asked questions

Which profession should I learn first?

**Cook** is a high priority because it improves food efficiency at every rest and supports companions with meal buffs. Then establish gathering routes with **Miner and Woodcutter**, and turn the materials into equipment with a **Blacksmith**.

How do I learn a profession?

**Perform the relevant work with the appropriate equipment or tool.** Work at an anvil for Blacksmith, cook at a pot for Cook, mine an ore vein with a pickaxe for Miner, or play a lute for Bard. Check the profession-specific learning requirements and use the corresponding equipment or tool.

Do professions affect combat?

Yes, indirectly. Each profession has **five ranks**, with higher ranks providing passive stat bonuses. Assign professions to complement combat roles, such as Blacksmith on a Strength-based front-line fighter or Thief on a Dexterity-based shooter. Cooking, oils and crafted equipment also improve battle preparation.

How many professions are there?

This guide covers **ten professions**: Blacksmith, Cook, Alchemist, Tinkerer, Scholar, Miner, Woodcutter, Angler, Bard and Thief. Each companion holds one profession, so distribute them across the troop with the overall composition in mind.

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