Guides and conventional wisdom (orange herbs grant +1 skill point, yellow may yield +1, greens rarely, greys never) are currently wrong: the only way to level your herbalism from 95-125 is by gathering Stranglekelp (or Grave Moss). This is despite Briarthorn, Mageroyal, and Bruiseweed displaying as ‘orange’ difficulty, which should normally suggest they will grant a skill point.
This doesn’t seem like it was the case previously - either in Cataclysm, or during Mists of Pandaria’s prior launch, which may mean this is a bug. In any case it is at LEAST very inconvenient and misleading and the herbs should either have their difficulty colors updated to reflect the change, or the herbs should be fixed such that they grant a skill-up as they previously had.
I experimented by turning off all my addons, visiting my trainer, referencing guides (new and previous), and asked several times in global channels to make sure this wasn’t an error on my end. The only way to level your herbalism from 95-125 is by gathering Stranglekelp.
MOP Classic Pre-patch, Thursday July 3 2025
(edited to include Grave Moss as a leveling candidate, and to remove Bruiseweed as a candidate with thanks to Bearpeels)
