 I plan on crafting with the Jewellery skill so I figure I can get ore from mining as well as the gems to polish and use? I am trying to not pre empt based on my old days of WoW so please correct me if I am wrong!  Very smart of you not to be making assumptions! But this time you've got it pretty much right.  To get the Jewelry skill, you will need to take the Tinker vocation. That includes the Prospecting, Jewelcrafting, and Cooking professions. You will use your Prospecting profession to mine and process ore, then use your Jewelcrafting profession to make jewelry and other useful items. For your Cooking profession, there will be some recipes you can make using ingredients purchased from Cooking vendors, but some items are created by the Farming profession. You can find a friendly Farmer, purchase your crops on the Auction House, or take the Farming profession on an alt.  Very smart of you not to be making assumptions! But this time you've got it pretty much right.  To get the Jewelry skill, you will need to take the Tinker vocation. That includes the Prospecting, Jewelcrafting, and Cooking professions. You will use your Prospecting profession to mine and process ore, then use your Jewelcrafting profession to make jewelry and other useful items. For your Cooking profession, there will be some recipes you can make using ingredients purchased from Cooking vendors, but some items are created by the Farming profession. You can find a friendly Farmer, purchase your crops on the Auction House, or take the Farming profession on an alt.  