Profession Guide · Prices from November 11, 2026 (10:43 PM scan)
First Aid turns cloth and venom sacs into bandages and anti-venoms, and in Forever it also makes the basic healing potions. It’s the cheapest profession to level, and every character can learn it alongside their two main professions. I went through every First Aid recipe in the game and priced each material at whichever is cheapest: the auction house on the US PvP ruleset, a vendor, or making it yourself. Each step uses the recipe with the lowest cost per skill point, counting the crafts that don’t give a point.
At a glance
1–300 ~14gSteps 8
- Cloth is most of the cost. Save the cloth you loot while leveling and you’ll need to buy very little.
- Healing potions are First Aid recipes in Forever. They’re the cheapest way from 56 to 150; vials and spices come from a vendor.
- Train the next rank before you reach each cap at 75, 150 and 225. Artisan comes from the Triage quest, covered in the box under 225–300.
Oils: First Aid is at 150 / 150. The next step is Silk Bandages, once you train the next rank.
1–150: Apprentice and Journeyman
1–56Linen Bandage
- Craft: about 87
- Each needs: 1 Linen Cloth
- Buy: Linen Cloth: auction house, 15c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 12s 95c (15c per craft)
56–110Lesser Healing Potion
- Craft: about 68
- Each needs: 1 Empty Vial, 2 Mild Spices, 1 Briarthorn
- Buy: Empty Vial: vendor, 4c; Mild Spices: vendor, 2c; Briarthorn: auction house, 90c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 65s 53c (97c per craft)
110–150Healing Potion
- Craft: about 44
- Each needs: 1 Leaded Vial, 1 Hot Spices, 1 Bruiseweed
- Buy: Leaded Vial: vendor, 36c; Hot Spices: vendor, 36c; Bruiseweed: auction house, 89c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 70s 4c (1s 61c per craft)
150–225: Expert
150–180Silk Bandage
- Craft: about 42
- Each needs: 1 Silk Cloth
- Buy: Silk Cloth: auction house, 1s 9c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 44s 79c (1s 9c per craft)
180–230Heavy Silk Bandage
- Craft: about 106
- Each needs: 2 Silk Cloth
- Buy: Silk Cloth: auction house, 1s 9c
- Recipe: Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage, from the auction house (about 32s)
- Est. cost: 2g 61s (2s 18c per craft)
225–300: Artisan
Unlocking Artisan
- Quest: Triage, from Doctor Gregory Victor in Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands
- Needs: character level 35 and skill 225
- How it works: save 15 patients before 6 of them die. Treat Critically Injured first, then Badly Injured, then Injured. The doctor gives you the bandages, so it costs nothing.
- Oils: at 150/150, so he needs Expert first, then Triage at 225.
- Forever is new, so confirm in game.
230–240Potent Anti-Venom
- Craft: about 11
- Each needs: 1 Swollen Venom Sac
- Buy: Swollen Venom Sac: auction house, 11s 98c
- Recipe: Manual: Potent Anti-Venom, from the auction house (about 16s)
- Est. cost: 1g 45s (11s 98c per craft)
240–260Heavy Mageweave Bandage
- Craft: about 25
- Each needs: 2 Mageweave Cloth
- Buy: Mageweave Cloth: auction house, 6s 30c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 3g 3s (12s 60c per craft)
260–300Runecloth Bandage
- Craft: about 65
- Each needs: 1 Runecloth
- Buy: Runecloth: auction house, 8s 58c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 5g 57s (8s 58c per craft)
Shopping list: 1 to 300
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Silk Cloth | 254 |
| Mild Spices | 136 |
| Linen Cloth | 87 |
| Empty Vial | 68 |
| Briarthorn | 68 |
| Runecloth | 65 |
| Mageweave Cloth | 50 |
| Leaded Vial | 44 |
| Hot Spices | 44 |
| Bruiseweed | 44 |
| Swollen Venom Sac | 11 |
How the costs are worked out: material prices come from the latest auction house scan on the US PvP ruleset (the 7-day typical price for anything not seen in the last few days), the vendor price, or the cost to make it yourself, whichever is cheapest. Orange recipes always give a point; yellow and green ones give a point less often as your skill rises, so the craft counts and costs include the extra crafts that don’t give a point. Recipe colors are the ones Forever uses, not the classic ones. These are averages, so your counts may differ by a few.