NoProfessionLimit

NoProfessionLimit is an AzerothCore module for WotLK 3.3.5a that raises or removes the default two-primary-profession limit.

It can optionally make professions account-bound, allowing profession ranks, skill progress and recipes to be shared between eligible characters on the same account without adding custom database tables.

Features

• Allow characters to learn up to all 11 WotLK primary professions.
• Configure which primary professions are allowed or blocked.
• Optional allow-list enforcement for public realms.
• Optional account-bound profession sync.
• Optional same-faction-only sync to keep Horde and Alliance progress separate.
• Optional secondary profession sync for Cooking, First Aid and Fishing.
• Sync profession ranks, skill values, max skill values and recipes.
• Uses AzerothCore's existing character_skills and character_spell tables.
• No custom SQL tables are required.

Compatibility

• AzerothCore WotLK 3.3.5a
• Built as a normal source module under modules/
• Tested with a Release worldserver build on Windows

Installation

1. Copy the module folder into your AzerothCore source tree:

azerothcore-wotlk/modules/NoProfessionLimit

2. Re-run CMake for your AzerothCore build.

3. Build worldserver.

4. Copy the config file:

modules/NoProfessionLimit/conf/NoProfessionLimit.conf.dist

to your server config module directory as:

configs/modules/NoProfessionLimit.conf

5. Restart worldserver.

On startup the module logs its current status, including the configured maximum primary professions and whether account-bound sync is enabled.

Quick Config

The default config lets each character learn every WotLK primary profession:

NoProfessionLimit.Enable = 1
NoProfessionLimit.MaxPrimaryProfessions = 11
NoProfessionLimit.Professions.AllowList = all
NoProfessionLimit.Professions.BlockList = ""

Use MaxPrimaryProfessions = 0 to automatically use the number of professions enabled in AllowList.

Profession Allow List

NoProfessionLimit.Professions.AllowList accepts names, Spanish aliases or skill IDs.

Accepted English names:

alchemy, blacksmithing, enchanting, engineering, herbalism,
inscription, jewelcrafting, leatherworking, mining, skinning, tailoring

Accepted Spanish aliases:

alquimia, herreria, encantamiento, ingenieria, herboristeria,
inscripcion, joyeria, peleteria, mineria, desuello, sastreria

Skill IDs:

171,164,333,202,182,773,755,165,186,393,197

Example:

NoProfessionLimit.Professions.AllowList = alchemy, enchanting, tailoring
NoProfessionLimit.MaxPrimaryProfessions = 3

You can also start from all and remove specific professions:

NoProfessionLimit.Professions.AllowList = all
NoProfessionLimit.Professions.BlockList = engineering, inscription

Enforcing The Allow List

By default, the module counts only allowed professions but does not remove disallowed professions from existing characters.

For strict public realm rules you can enable:

NoProfessionLimit.Professions.EnforceAllowedList = 1

Warning: this can remove blocked primary professions from characters on login or immediately after learning. Keep it disabled unless that is intentional.

Account-Bound Professions

Account-bound sync is disabled by default for public-realm safety:

NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.Enable = 0

To enable it:

NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.Enable = 1
NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.SameFactionOnly = 1
NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.SyncSkillProgress = 1
NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.SyncProfessionRanks = 1
NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.SyncRecipes = 1

With this setup, same-faction characters on the same account can share:

• Profession rank spells such as Apprentice through Grand Master.
• Current skill value and max skill value.
• Learned profession recipes stored in character_spell.

SameFactionOnly = 1 is recommended for public realms. It prevents Horde characters from giving profession progress or recipes to Alliance characters on the same account, and the other way around.

Secondary Professions

Secondary professions are disabled in account-bound sync by default:

NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.IncludeSecondaryProfessions = 0

Enable this if you want Cooking, First Aid and Fishing to sync too:

NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.IncludeSecondaryProfessions = 1

Secondary professions do not count against MaxPrimaryProfessions.

Recipe Sync Rules

Recipe sync copies learned profession spells that belong to managed profession skill lines.

Recommended setting:

NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.RequireRecipeSkill = 1

When enabled, a target character must have enough profession skill before a recipe is learned. If SyncSkillProgress is enabled, skill progress is applied before recipes on login, so normal account-bound recipe sync still works.

For custom recipes, use:

NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.SpellAllowList = 900001,900002

To keep special spells or profession specializations character-specific:

NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.SpellBlockList = 20219,20222

Startup Backfill

For existing realms, this option performs a broad database migration at startup:

NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.StartupBackfill = 1

It pushes already-known account profession progress into eligible characters on the same account.

Use it carefully on large realms because it can touch many rows. A common migration flow is:

1. Enable account-bound sync.
2. Enable StartupBackfill.
3. Start the worldserver once and let the backfill finish.
4. Stop the worldserver.
5. Set StartupBackfill = 0.
6. Start the worldserver normally.

Notes For Public Realms

Recommended safe defaults:

NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.Enable = 0
NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.SameFactionOnly = 1
NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.StartupBackfill = 0
NoProfessionLimit.Professions.EnforceAllowedList = 0

If you enable account-bound sync publicly, keep SameFactionOnly = 1 unless your realm intentionally allows cross-faction progression sharing.

Online target characters may need to relog before DB-written sync changes are visible in the client.

Troubleshooting

If characters still only have two profession slots:

• Confirm the module was compiled into worldserver.
• Confirm NoProfessionLimit.Enable = 1.
• Confirm the active config is in configs/modules/NoProfessionLimit.conf.
• Restart worldserver after changing the config.

If account-bound recipes do not appear:

• Confirm NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.Enable = 1.
• Confirm NoProfessionLimit.AccountBound.SyncRecipes = 1.
• Confirm both characters are eligible under SameFactionOnly.
• Confirm the target has enough skill if RequireRecipeSkill = 1.
• Relog the target character.

If blocked professions are still present:

• BlockList alone only removes them from the module's allowed set.
• Enable NoProfessionLimit.Professions.EnforceAllowedList = 1 only if you want the module to remove blocked primary professions from characters.

Files

NoProfessionLimit/
  conf/
    NoProfessionLimit.conf.dist
  src/
    NoProfessionLimit.cpp
  README.md

License

This module is intended for AzerothCore and is distributed under GPL-2.0 to match the AzerothCore core license.