WoW Classic First Aid Guide

First Aid is a secondary profession in WoW Classic that lets players heal themselves and others using bandages and Anti-Venom. Unlike primary professions, you can learn First Aid alongside two other main skills, making it useful for every class.

In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about WoW Classic First Aid, including:

• Quick Leveling Guide to Achieve 300 Skill Points
• Where to Find Trainers to Boost Your Skill
• Best Ways to Gather Cloth Materials Efficiently

First Aid is simple to level and highly valuable, especially for classes without self-healing. Whether leveling, raiding, or PvPing, bandages keep you alive and fighting.

WoW Classic First Aid Explained

First Aid is a must-have secondary skill for every class in WoW Classic. It lets players craft bandages to heal themselves and others, as well as Anti-Venom to cure poison effects. Unlike primary professions, you can learn it alongside any other skills, making it useful for leveling, dungeons, and PvP.

At higher skill levels, stronger bandages like Heavy Runecloth Bandage provide substantial healing, while Powerful Anti-Venom removes deadly poisons—key for fighting spiders, scorpions, and other venomous enemies. First Aid is especially valuable for classes without self-healing, such as Warriors and Rogues, but even healers use it to save mana in tough fights.

Bandages are made from cloth looted from humanoid enemies—better cloth (like Silk or Runecloth) makes more effective bandages. Anti-Venom requires Venom Sacs from spiders, scorpids, and similar creatures.

First Aid is easy to level, costs little gold, and provides benefits no other profession can match. Whether you’re grinding mobs, raiding, or fighting in Battlegrounds, bandages keep you alive when it matters most.

Best Professions to Pair with First Aid

First Aid is the perfect companion for any profession in WoW Classic. Since it uses cloth from slain enemies, it works well with Tailoring—you can turn extra linen and wool into bandages while saving higher-tier cloth for armor and bags.

• For Solo Leveling, First Aid is a lifesaver, especially for classes without self-healing like Warriors and Rogues. A quick bandage between fights means less downtime and faster XP gains.
• In Dungeons and Raids, smart players use bandages to take pressure off healers. Even if you’re a Priest or Paladin, saving mana by using First Aid helps your group last longer in tough fights.
• For PvP, bandages can turn the tide of battle. If you break combat for just a few seconds, a well-timed Heavy Runecloth Bandage can restore half your health—often the difference between victory and a graveyard run.
• Unlike other professions, First Aid has no competition—you can learn it alongside any two primary skills. It’s cheap to level, always useful, and can even make you gold by selling extra bandages on the Auction House.

Whether you’re grinding mobs, raiding Molten Core, or fighting in Warsong Gulch, First Aid keeps you alive when it matters most.

Best Classes for WoW Classic First Aid

First Aid is essential for every class, but especially Warriors, Rogues, and Hunters who lack strong self-healing. The best bandages include:

• Heavy Runecloth Bandage;
• Heavy Silk Bandage;
• Heavy Mageweave Bandage.

For melee classes, First Aid means less downtime between fights. For casters, it saves mana by reducing the need to heal. In PvP, a well-timed bandage can turn the tide of battle.

Summing up, whether you’re leveling solo, running dungeons, or fighting in Battlegrounds, First Aid keeps you alive when it matters most.

Shopping List for 1-300 First Aid Leveling

Leveling First Aid from 1 to 300 requires a steady supply of cloth, with higher tiers needing more material per skill-up. Since not every bandage guarantees progress, these quantities account for potential failures, especially when working with yellow and green recipes. Always prioritize orange recipes when possible to minimize waste.

Estimated First Aid Materials Needed (1-300):

By stockpiling cloth while leveling, you can power through First Aid with minimal downtime or extra costs.

The Fastest 1-300 Vanilla First Aid

If you want to level First Aid fast without wasting cloth, this method gets you to 300 skill the fastest way possible. It focuses on the most efficient bandage recipes at each skill tier to minimize material waste.

Key Leveling Strategy:

• Always use the highest-level bandage you can make at each tier
• Switch to new bandage types as soon as they turn orange
• Save lower-tier cloth for alts or sell extras

Optimal Leveling Path:

• 1-80: Linen Bandage → Heavy Linen Bandage
• 80-150: Wool Bandage → Heavy Wool Bandage
• 150-225: Silk Bandage → Heavy Silk Bandage
• 225-300: Mageweave Bandage → Heavy Mageweave Bandage → Runecloth Bandage

Pro Tips:

• Buy the Expert First Aid book at 125 skill from Arathi Highlands or Dustwallow Marsh
• Complete the Triage quest at 225 to unlock Artisan First Aid
• Farm humanoid mobs in level-appropriate zones to collect cloth while leveling

By following this method, you’ll max First Aid with minimal wasted cloth while building a stockpile of useful bandages for leveling, dungeons, and PvP.

Apprentice & Journeyman First Aid Trainers (1-150 Skill)

Alliance Trainers:

• Darnassus – Dannelor /way 51.6, 12.6 (Craftsmen’s Terrace)
• Stormwind City – Shaina Fuller /way 42.8, 26.6 (Cathedral of Light)
• Ironforge – Nissa Firestone /way 54.8, 58.6 (Great Forge)
• Teldrassil – Byancie /way 55.2, 56.8 (Dolanaar)
• Elwynn Forest – Michelle Belle /way 43.4, 65.6 (Goldshire)
• Dun Morogh – Thamner Pol /way 47.2, 52.6 (Kharanos)
• Wetlands – Fremal Doohickey /way 10.8, 61.2 (Menethil Harbor)

Horde Trainers:

• Orgrimmar – Arnok /way 34.0, 84.4 (Valley of Spirits)
• Undercity – Mary Edras /way 73.6, 55.6 (Rogues’ Quarter)
• Thunder Bluff – Pand Stonebinder /way 29.6, 21.4 (Spirit Rise)
• Durotar – Rawrk /way 54.0, 42.0 (Razor Hill)
• Tirisfal Glades – Nurse Neela /way 61.8, 52.8 (Brill)
• Mulgore – Vira Younghoof /way 46.8, 60.8 (Bloodhoof Village)

Expert First Aid Book (150-225 Skill, Level 20 Required)

Purchase Expert First Aid – Under Wraps at 125 skill from:

• Deneb Walker – Stromgarde Keep, Arathi Highlands /way 27.2, 58.8 (NE chapel)
• Balai Lok’Wein – Brackenwall Village, Dustwallow Marsh /way 36.4, 30.4 (north caravans)

Additional books available:

• Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage – 22s
• Manual: Mageweave Bandage – 50s

Artisan First Aid Quest (225-300 Skill, Level 35 Required)

Starting NPCs:

• Alliance: Nissa Firestone, Ironforge /way 54.8, 58.6
• Horde: Arnok, Orgrimmar /way 34.0, 84.4
  (These are optional breadcrumb quests)

Main Quest (Triage):

• Alliance: Dr. Gustaf VanHowzen, Theramore /way 67.6, 48.8
• Horde: Dr. Gregory Victor, Hammerfall /way 73.4, 36.8

Quest Tips:

1. Must save 15 patients with ≤6 deaths
2. Prioritize healing order:
   • Critically Injured (fastest dying)
   • Badly Injured
   • Injured
   • Newest spawns
3. Preparation:
   • Enable NPC nameplates (Ctrl+V)
   • Center yourself in room
   • Hotkey Triage Bandage
4. Can be retried if failed

WoW Classic Cloth Farming Tips

Cloth in WoW Classic primarily drops from Humanoids, making them the best targets for farming. Other sources include Undead, Demons, some elite Giants, and a few high-level dungeon and raid elites.

To level First Aid efficiently, you’ll need a steady supply of cloth. Here’s where to farm each type and how to maximize your drops.

• Linen Cloth (1-80 First Aid)
  • Best Zones:
    • Westfall (Alliance) – Defias Bandits (Humanoids)
    • The Barrens (Horde) – Kolkar & Razormane mobs
    • Silverpine Forest – Rotting Dead & Humanoids
  • Dungeon Option: Deadmines (Defias)
• Wool Cloth (80-150 First Aid)
  • Best Zones:
    • Wetlands – Dragonmaw Orcs & Dark Iron Dwarves
    • Hillsbrad Foothills – Syndicate & Bears
    • Stonetalon Mountains – Centaurs & Harpies
  • Dungeon Option: Scarlet Monastery (Graveyard wing)
• Silk Cloth (150-210 First Aid)
  • Best Zones:
    • Arathi Highlands – Syndicate & Ogres
    • Desolace – Centaur camps
    • Badlands – Dustbelcher Ogres
  • Dungeon Option: Scarlet Monastery (Library/Armory)
• Mageweave Cloth (210-260 First Aid)
  • Best Zones:
    • Tanaris – Pirates & Wastewander Bandits
    • Feralas – Gordunni Ogres
    • Hinterlands – Wildhammer Dwarves
  • Dungeon Option: Zul’Farrak (Trolls)
• Runecloth (260-300 First Aid)
  • Best Zones:
    • Eastern Plaguelands – Scarlet Crusade mobs
    • Western Plaguelands – Undead & Humanoids
    • Burning Steppes – Dark Iron Dwarves
  • Dungeon Option: Stratholme (Scarlet/Undead)

WoW Classic First Aid Recipes Overview

Recipe	Vendor	Location	Cost
Expert First Aid – Under Wraps	Deneb Walker	Stromgarde Keep, Arathi Highlands	1
Manual: Heavy Silk Bandage	Deneb Walker	Stromgarde Keep, Arathi Highlands	22
Manual: Mageweave Bandage	Deneb Walker	Stromgarde Keep, Arathi Highlands	50
Formula: Powerful Anti-Venom	Argent Dawn QM	Various Argent Dawn Locations	10
Warsong Gulch Silk Bandage	–	Warsong Gulch	12
Warsong Gulch Mageweave Bandage	–	Warsong Gulch	17
Warsong Gulch Runecloth Bandage	–	Warsong Gulch	22
Arathi Basin Silk Bandage	–	Arathi Basin	12
Defiler’s Silk Bandage	–	Arathi Basin	12
Highlander’s Silk Bandage	–	Arathi Basin	12
Arathi Basin Mageweave Bandage	–	Arathi Basin	17
Defiler’s Mageweave Bandage	–	Arathi Basin	17
Highlander’s Mageweave Bandage	–	Arathi Basin	17
Arathi Basin Runecloth Bandage	–	Arathi Basin	22
Defiler’s Runecloth Bandage	–	Arathi Basin	22
Highlander’s Runecloth Bandage	–	Arathi Basin	22
Alterac Heavy Runecloth Bandage	–	Alterac Valley	–