Mastery Level

This article is about Profession Masteries. For Weapon Masteries, see Mastery.

Mastery Levels measure how much Experience a Profession has gained. Unlike Efficiency, a profession's mastery level cannot decrease.
There are five distinct mastery levels: Newbie, Journeyman Craftsman, Expert, and Master. Players are beginners of their profession by default.

Bonuses

Upon increasing a profession's mastery level, that profession will recieve permanent bonuses. These bonuses are different for Gathering Professions and Crafting Professions.

Gathering Professions

Each time a gathering profession's (or Cooking's) mastery level increases, the next tier of that profession's corresponding resource nodes will be unlocked (up to tier 3).

Mastery Level	Increase
Newbie	Enables gathering of Tier 1 veins.
Journeyman	Enables gathering of Tier 2 veins.
Craftsman	Enables gathering of Tier 3 veins.
Expert
Master

Crafting Professions

Each time a crafting profession's mastery level increases, the next tier of that profession's items can be crafted.

Mastery Level	Increase
Newbie	Enables crafting of Tier 1 items.
Journeyman	Enables crafting of Tier 2 items.
Craftsman	Enables crafting of Tier 3 items.
Expert
Master