New Buff Mechanic - What's New with Blacksmithing in The War Within
The War Within introduces interesting new mechanics to both Crafting and Gathering Professions. While players expect Profession updates each time a new expansion launches, The War Within is bringing an unusual number of changes that can alter how the flow of a Profession works, or make the Crafting or Gathering process more difficult than it has been in the past.
We're taking a look at what's new and different with each Profession — this time, with a look at Blacksmithing! While we're only focused on one small part of this Profession for this deep dive, you can find extensive information in our The War Within Blacksmithing Guide, as well as overall Profession information in our Profession Overview.
The War Within Blacksmithing Guide Profession Overview in The War Within
What's New with Blacksmithing?
One of the Professions that received a fairly large mechanic tweak, Khaz Algar Blacksmithing introduces an entirely new buff mechanic to Blacksmithing. While the normal craftables are making a return, players will need to be mindful of how they craft — specifically due to Everburning Ignition.
With this new Specialization tree, Blacksmiths have an added step to their crafting checklist. Using an Everburning Ignition before creating an item provides the Crafter with increased Profession Secondary Stats, namely Ingenuity, Multicraft, and Resourcefulness. While this buff starts out small, it rapidly scales with Knowledge Points invested, allowing players to specifically target the Secondary Stats they wish to focus on before they can completely cap out the tree.
Functionally, what this means is that Blacksmiths not using Everburning Ignition before crafting are effectively hamstringing themselves. Instead of the passive bonuses granted by Dragonflight Blacksmithing Specializations, Blacksmiths in The War Within are required to take a much more active approach. This can be a bit of a double-edged sword, however: there is a cap to how many charges of Everburning
