Research Apprentice

==Introduction==
A tradeskill apprentice is an NPC that you can hire to work for you in your house. You must be at least tradeskill level 10 to get a Tradeskill Apprentice. Players will receive a notice in the mail prompting them to hire an apprentice.
Speak to a Tradeskill Apprentice at:
::Freeport: Coalition of Tradesfolke in West Freeport at /waypoint 49, -18, 87
::Qeynos: The Ironforge Exchange in North Qeynos at /waypoint 339, -20, -95 .
You will receive the appropriate Tradeskill Apprentice Contract for the race you chose. Once you accept a contract that NPC disappears for you. The contracts are No-Destroy. You may only have one apprentice at a time, but you can swap your contract for another if you like to change apprentices (any ongoing research will be lost, so it would be better to wait until after your current recipe is done researching).
Enter the home you want the apprentice to work from; right-click the Tradeskill Apprentice Contract you were given and select "place" to place the apprentice.
Hail the apprentice and ask to see the status of the research. This will pop up a Tradeskill Research box where you can choose which Ancient Knowledge you want your apprentice to research! The amount of recipes available for your class and tier and the length of time they will take to research varies.
==Types==
As of November 26 (in Beta) there are three appearances: Human Tradeskill Apprentice, Othmir Tradeskill Apprentice, and Coldain Tradeskill Apprentice. There is no difference between them but the appearance.
==GU63 Apprentices==
Game Update 63 added two tradeskill apprentices, both of which are obtained via adventuring in Skyshrine and require at least a level 90 adventurer class to obtain. One is available in the solo/duo mission instance accessible during the quest Collapsing the Capitol. The other is available in one of the raid zones.
The solo/duo obtainable apprentice is garnered from a tradeable item that you may be able to find on broker by searching for "Deshniak's Research Prism". Yelnar is the raid apprentice, obtained from the quest Etch the Stone. Once the prism is used it will become a no-trade house item that will research new recipes. Unlike their predecessors, these particular apprentices have no way to speed up their research. The recipes use Tier 10 rare harvests as well as item drops from Skyshrine heroic and raid content (depending on apprentice recipe and excluding furniture--those only use multiple T10 rares).