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First Aid stops at 225 until you pass the Triage exam, in Theramore for the Alliance and Hammerfall for the Horde. How the exam works in WoW Forever, how to pass it, and which bandages take you from 225 to 300.
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First Aid stops at 225, and no trainer in the cities teaches the next rank. Artisan First Aid is a field exam: a doctor hands you a stack of bandages and a stream of wounded soldiers, and you have to save 15 of them before six die. Pass, and you join your faction's trauma corps with the skill cap raised to 300.
At level 35 with First Aid 225, your capital's First Aid trainer sends you to the front. The Alliance and the Horde each have their own doctor and their own exam.
Nissa Firestone in Ironforge sends you to Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen in Theramore, Dustwallow Marsh.
Arnok in Orgrimmar sends you to Doctor Gregory Victor in Hammerfall, Arathi Highlands.
Find your doctor, hand in the errand and accept Triage. He starts the exam at once, right where he stands, and gives you the Triage Bandages you need. You bring nothing but your time.
Three kinds of soldier come in, and they bleed out at different speeds:
| Patient | What to do |
|---|---|
| Critically Injured Soldier | Dies fastest. Always bandage these first. |
| Badly Injured Soldier | Next. Treat them once no critical one is waiting. |
| Injured Soldier | Lasts the longest. Leave them until the others are safe. |
Save 15 to pass. Lose six and you fail.
Keep the Triage Bandages on an action bar and cycle through the soldiers with your target key, reading the name before you bandage. The doctor welcomes you to Alliance Trauma or Horde Trauma, and you can now train First Aid to 300.
Four bandages take you to 300. You know Mageweave Bandage already if you came up the usual way; it is sold as a manual by Deneb Walker in the Arathi Highlands (Alliance) and Balai Lok'Wein in Dustwallow Marsh (Horde). Learn the other three from a First Aid trainer as your skill reaches them.
| Bandage | Learn · yellow · green · grey |
|---|---|
| Mageweave Bandage | 210 · 210 · 240 · 270. One Mageweave Cloth. Heals 800 over 8 seconds. |
| Heavy Mageweave Bandage | 240 · 240 · 270 · 300. Two Mageweave Cloth. Heals 1,104. |
| Runecloth Bandage | 260 · 260 · 290 · 320. One Runecloth. Heals 1,360. |
| Heavy Runecloth Bandage | 290 · 290 · 320 · 350. Two Runecloth. Heals 2,000. |
The plan:
| Skill | Make |
|---|---|
| 225 to 240 | About 24 Mageweave Bandages. |
| 240 to 260 | About 25 Heavy Mageweave Bandages. |
| 260 to 290 | About 42 Runecloth Bandages. |
| 290 to 300 | About 11 Heavy Runecloth Bandages. |
Save your cloth before the exam. Every piece of Mageweave and Runecloth you loot while leveling is a skill point later. Do not sell it on the way to 225.
Use the 225 to 240 stretch. Mageweave Bandage is still yellow when you pass the exam, so you can start right away with the cloth in your bags.
Go back to Expert if you skipped it. Still capped at 150? Expert First Aid - Under Wraps from Deneb Walker or Balai Lok'Wein raises the cap to 225. It needs First Aid 125.
Bandages in a fight. Heavy Runecloth heals 2,000 over 8 seconds. It is worth carrying a stack into every dungeon once you have it.
2 quests, level 45, 4,875 XP in all.
Travel to Theramore in the Dustwallow Marsh and speak with Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen about joining the ranks of Alliance Trauma.
Save patients by using Triage Bandages to tend to their wounds.
2 quests, level 45, 4,875 XP in all.
Travel to Hammerfall in the Arathi Highlands and speak with Doctor Gregory Victor about joining the ranks of Horde Trauma.
Save patients by using Triage Bandages to tend to their wounds.