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With the release of the World of Warcraft expansion back, The Burning Crusade, we have now seen the arrival of two brand new races: the Dranei and Blood Elves. But if that was not enough we also have a fantastic new profession in the mix in the shape of jewelcrafting alongside the other various challenges and characters brought by WoW's new Burning Crusade add on package.

So what is jewelcrafting? As the name suggests, it is a profession involving the making or crafting of jewels like rings and necklaces which can be used for magic, combat or for making gold either by trading it with other characters or selling at the auction house. Jewelcrafting is a profession that you can practice everywhere in the game not in specific location only. Also any character, whether he/she is a jewelcrafter or not, is able to benefit with the jewelry a jewlcrafter makes, and this is what makes it such a valuable trade profession. To perform your jewelcrafting graft, the equipment that is needed is among other things enchanting mats and alchemy mats. All these jewelcrafting items are widely available from any of the trade vendors in the game.

The best second profession to use with Jewelcrafting is Mining. This will provide you with the ore needed for Jewelcraftng. Also, while mining, you will also have the ability to do some advantageous prospecting for gems and stones. The latter two are needed for the making of statues that will come in very handy to heal yourself while in combat. Prospecting, by the way, is an ability that you will learn from a jewelcrafting trainer when you reach level 20.

The only limitation that jewelcrafting has is that it is only available in two cities in Azeroth: Silver Moon and Exodar. This makes it difficult for races like the Dranei and Blood elves who would have to commute a long distance to learn this trade. If this is a race that you have chosen for your character then it is clearly not ideal to make the trip to learn it. To get round this you could just create a secondary character in either of these two cities to learn it, practice it, and then mail off the trinkets and necklaces to your Dranei or Blood Elf character.

Admittedly Jewelcrafting may not tick all the right boxes for world of warcraft characters in lower levels. However it becomes a worthy profession in higher levels where gems and stones made by jewelcrafting can be used in item socketing. Socketing gems have the ability of earning you some nice bonuses when different colored gems are slotted the right way and only jewelcrafters have the ability to make such gems in the game. In that respect jewelcrafting is definetely a good new profession to consider and a worthy addition to the world of warcraft challenge.

Many people are confused by the primary steps of the character creation process in World of Warcraft. This simple primer takes you through two decisions that most define your World of Warcraft character.

There are two factions in World of Warcraft, the Alliance and the Horde. In story terms the alliance is peaceful and is usually defending itself from the Horde races, while the Horde is chaotic and usually aims at destroying the Alliance races. Of course, as many of the Alliance raids are pre-emptive strikes the boundary is very blurred, and the basic result is that both factions go around slaughtering whatever they can catch(hey - it's a combat game...).

The Alliance Races consist of Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves and Gnomes. Added to the usual cast of good guys is the Draenei(the Burning Crusade Expansion is needed). The Horde consists of Orcs, Tauren(kind of like minotaurs), Undead and Trolls. The Burning Crusade adds a fifth race - the Blood Elves.

Either faction can play the primary classes of Druid, Hunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, and Warrior. The Horde has access to the Shaman class and the Alliance access to the paladin class. As of the Burning Crusade expansion, the faction specific classes have been mixed up - with the new races getting access to the opposite factions limited class. Draenei can play as either paladin's or Shamans and the Blood Elves can play as Paladin's.

Class selection is limited by race as follows:

The Alliance

Humans: Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior.

Night Elf: Druid, Hunter, Priest, Rogue, Warrior.

Gnome: Mage, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior.

Dwarf: Hunter, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Warrior.

Draenei: Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Shaman, Warrior.

The Horde

Troll: Hunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior.

Tauren: Druid, Hunter, Shaman, , Warrior.

Orcs: Hunter, Shaman, Warlock, Warrior.

Undead: Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior.

Blood Elves: Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Warlock.

Every race and class has it's own characteristics and abilities, and how you select your character will play a huge part in how you play the game.