Sometimes referred to as "harvesting" professions, these skills involve collecting various ingredients for crafting.

Profession	Description
Herbalism	Harvest herbs from the ground and some dead mobs.
Mining	Mine ore, minerals, various gems and stone from protruding veins or deposits. Requires a Mining Pick. The smelting sub-profession uses a Forge to smelt the ore into bars of metal (Smelting works like a crafting profession.)
Skinning	Skin skinnable corpses for hides, leather, and scales. Requires a Skinning Knife.

See Profession Types for a complete list of professions.