WoW Classic Rogue

The Rogue is a class in World of Warcraft that specializes in close combat. They resort to stealth and sneaky attacks. Rogues use daggers, swords or maces and can turn invisible. They deal high damage through ambushes and have stun abilities. Rogues can apply poison to their weapons and have evasion and escape mechanisms. Learn more about Rogue talents, builds, and professions in our WoW Classic Rogue overview.

📂 WoW Classic

📅 Last updated on March 7, 2025.

WoW Classic Rogue Talent Calculator

The following talent calculator shows the vanilla talent trees for a  Rogue for WoW Classic Era, WoW Hardcore, and WoW Classic Anniversary.

You can invest talent points into the trees Assassination, Combat, and Subtlety with your left mouse button. You can remove talent points with your right mouse button.

Best Professions for Rogues in WoW Classic

In WoW Classic the best professions for  Rogues are Leatherworking and Engineering. With Leatherworking you can craft leather armor pieces that are pre-Raid BiS or even BiS. Engineering is always a useful profession. Even more so, if you play on a PvP realm.

But having 2 crafting professions has some downsides too. If you are unsure what professions to pick, these are your options:

• If you want to min/max your character, you choose Leatherworking and Engineering. Be aware: you need to buy materials like leather and ore at the auction house or have a second char to farm these materials.
• If you want to be self-sustained and still maxing your DPS you learn Skinning and Leatherworking or Mining and Engineering.
• If you play only one character, Herbalism and Alchemy is a strong contender. Herbalism lets you gather your own  Swiftthistle and  Fadeleaf.  Swiftthistle is used for  Thistle Tea while  Fadeleaf is needed for  Blinding Powder.

Learn more about all professions, find gold-making tips, and a leveling guide for each profession in our WoW Classic Profession Guide.

Rogue Builds in WoW Classic

These are the best builds and specs for  Rogues in WoW Classic.

WoW SoD Rogue Builds

Season of Discovery has vastly different build guides. Here you’ll find our WoW SoD  Rogue guides:

How to level Lockpicking as a Rogue in WoW Classic?

Lockpicking is a class skill in WoW Classic that only Rogues can learn. A high skill in Lockpicking allows your character to pick locks on chests, doors, and lock boxes. In our WoW Classic Lockpicking Guide, you will learn how to level up Lockpicking quickly.

How to Unlock Poisons as a Horde Rogue in WoW Classic?

To get access to poisons as a Horde  Rogue in WoW Classic, you need to complete a quest from your rogue trainer. You need to be character level 20 or above to accept this quest. Complete the following steps to unlock poisons:

1. Make sure to have your lockpicking skill at 80 or higher, before you attempt to complete this quest.
2. Visit Shenthul in Orgrimmar to receive the quest The Shattered Salute.
3. Target Shenthul and type “/salute” into your chat, to perform the salute emote.
4. Turn in the quest and pick up the quest Deep Cover.
5. Go to Taskmaster Fizzule in The Barrens. Use the Flare you got while picking up the quest twice after you’re close to Taskmaster Fizzule. He will turn friendly. Use “/salute” on him.
6. Accept Mission: Possible But Not Probable. With level 20, you most likely need some help to complete this quest.
7. Steal  Silixiz's Tower Key from Foreman Silixiz. Enter the tower afterward.
8. Kill the enemies on the first floor by opening with  Ambush on them.
9. Kill the enemies on the second floor by opening with  Rupture on them.
10. Kill the enemies on the third floor by using  Eviscerate as soon as possible.
11. Kill Grand Foreman Puzik Gallywix by opening with  Ambush on him.
12. Lockpick the chest and take  Cache of Zanzil's Altered Mixture.
13. Return to Shenthul in Orgrimmar.
14. Accept the follow-up quest and visit Serge Hinott in Hillsbrad Foothills to complete the quest.

Your  Rogue can now craft poisons.

How to Unlock Poisons as an Alliance Rogue in WoW Classic?

To get access to poisons as an Alliance  Rogue in WoW Classic, you need to complete a quest from your rogue trainer. You need to be character level 20 or above to accept this quest. Complete the following steps to unlock poisons:

1. Make sure to have your lockpicking skill at 70 or higher, before you attempt to complete this quest.
2. Talk to Master Mathias Shaw in Stormwind City to get the quest Mathias and the Defias.
3. Head to Westfall at 68.4 70.0. Turn in the quest and accept Klaven's Tower.
4. Pickpocket the  Defias Tower Key from Malformed Defias Drone near your current location.
5. Stealth into the tower and steal the book from a locked chest upstairs. For this chest, you need a lockpicking skill of at least 70.
6. Return Master Mathias Shaw in Stormwind City to complete Klaven's Tower.

Your  Rogue can now craft poisons.

What Weapons Can Rogues Use in Classic WoW?

 Rogues can use the following weapons in WoW Classic:

• Dagger
• Sword
• Mace
• Fist Weapon
• Bow
• Gun
• Throwing Knife
• Crossbow

A  Rogue can’t use axes or any two-handed melee weapon.

Rogue Macros in WoW Classic

You can write very useful macros for a  Rogue in WoW Classic to improve your gameplay. Find the most important macros in our guide “WoW Classic Rogue Macros“. You’ll learn how to write macros yourself by reading through the examples, too.

Best Race for Rogues in WoW Classic

The best race for a  Rogue depends on whether you are playing on the Alliance or Horde side:

All WoW Classic Class Guides

You can find Classic guides for all classes on Zockify. Here are the overviews for all 9 classes:

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