GetProfessionInfo

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Added in 4.0.1 / 1.13.2

Gets details on a profession from its index including name, icon, and skill level.

name, icon, skillLevel, maxSkillLevel, numAbilities, spelloffset, skillLine, skillModifier, specializationIndex, specializationOffset = GetProfessionInfo(index)

Arguments

index

number - The skillLineIDs from GetProfessions

Returns

name, icon, skillLevel, maxSkillLevel, numAbilities, spelloffset, skillLine, skillModifier

name

string - The localized skill name

icon

string - the location of the icon image

skillLevel

number - the current skill level

maxSkillLevel

number - the current skill cap (75 for apprentice, 150 for journeyman etc.)

numAbilities

number - The number of abilities/icons listed. These are the icons you put on your action bars.

spelloffset

number - The offset id of the first Spell of this profession. (you can CastSpell(spelloffset + 1, "Spell") to use the first spell of this profession)

skillLine

number - Reference to the profession.

skillModifier

number - Additional modifiers to your profession levels. IE: Lures for Fishing.

specializationIndex

number - A value indicating which specialization is known (ie. Transmute specialist for Alchemist)

specializationOffset

number - Haven't figured this one out yet

Details

This also seems to return some kind of data on the talent trees and guild perks.

Patch changes

Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.