by Byron Mudry on Dec 06, 2007
We present for your reading pleasure a guide on the best way to “power” skill to the Engineering profession in World of Warcraft. We’ve gone and found the cheapest items to create that don’t require super expensive recipes. As a matter of a fact, outside of the Outland recipes almost all of the recipes can be obtained from the trainers!
Before you decide that maxing Engineering is for you, prepare yourself for some serious expense. Figure out if this really is the profession that you want. The first step is getting from skill level 1 to 300. To do this will take in the neighborhood of 400 gold in supplies, so be prepared.
For the skill 1 - 300 trip you will need the following main ingredients and many more minor ones: many (100 each) Rough, Course,Heavy and Solid Stones, 50 Dense Stones, 55 Copper Bars, 10 Silver Bars, 55 Bronze Bars, 20 Iron Bars, 5 Steel Bars, 130 Mithril Bars, 160 Thorium Bars, 10 Wooden Stock, 30 Weak Flux, 50 Heavy Leather, 10 Wool Cloth, 10 Mageweave Cloth, and 35 Rune Cloth. As you can see the material requirements are fairly steep. If you’re near the Auction House then you can pretty much figure out how much you’ll need to spend.
Once you reach 300, things are just getting started. The trip from 300-375 is at least 10x harder and can be up to 10x more expensive as well! Depending on your server you could pay up to 3000 gold for the mats to hit skill level 375. On most servers it will end up costing you around 2,000 to 3,000 gold unless you spend a long time farming on your own.
For skill levels 300 - 375 the exact materials depend largely on the luck you have getting skill points. With any luck this is a cheaper profession than most other professions.
Return to our Engineering Guide for more Engineering information!
Table of Contents
Apprentice Journeyman Expert Artisan Master Skill Item Name ReasoningRough Blasting Powder
1x Rough Stone
This turns green quickly and will take many stones to get to 40 points but they are very cheap so keep at it. 41-50Handful of Copper Bolts
1x Copper Bar
These are used for your later recipe so save them up. 51Arcalight Spanner
6x Copper Bars
You need this to create many of your later patterns. 52-65Copper Tubes
2x Copper Bar
1x Weak Flux
Rough Boom Stick
1x Copper Tube
1x Handful of Copper Bolts
Coarse Blasting Powder
1x Coarse Stone
Hang on to at least 20 for a later item. It will take about 60-80 to get enough skill points though as this turns green quickly.
96-105Silver Contacts
1x Silver Bar
Bronze Tubes
2x Bronze Bars
1x Weak Flux
Small Bronze Bombs
1x Wool Cloth
1x Silver Contact
4x Coarse Blasting Powder
2x Bronze Bars
Heavy Blasting Powder
1x Heavy Stone
You will be using many of these later on so save them for your own use. 146-150Big Bronze Bombs
2x Heavy Blasting Powder
3x Bronze Bar
1x Silver Contact
Fireworks
1x Heavy Leather
1x Heavy Blasting Powder
These are just for fun items, but are a very cheap way to level up your skill. They turn green quickly so it will take quite a few to get to 175.
176Gyromatic Micro-Adjuster
4x Steel Bar
You need one of these to create later items.
177-190Solid Blasting Poweder
2x Solid Stone
Again, save these for use in a later pattern. 191-195Big Iron Bomb
3x Iron Bar
3x Heavy Blasting Powder
1x Silver Contact
Mithril Tubes
3x Mithril Bars
These can be sold of in the Auction house or saved for use in various other projects later. 206-210Unstable Triggers
1x Mithril Bar
1x Mageweave Cloth
1x Solid Blasting Powder
Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs
1 x Mithril Bar
1x Solid Blasting Powder
You can sell these off in the auction house or use them if you use guns.
226-235
Mithril Casings
3x Mithril Bar
You need to create at least 20 of these to have enough to gain skill points with the next pattern.
236-245Hi-Explosive Bomb
2x Mithril Casings
1x Unstable Trigger
2x Solid Blasting Powder
Once again, use for fun, or sell them off.
246-250Mithril Gyro-Shot
2x Mithril Bar
2x Solid Blasting Powder
Sell these off unless you have a gun to use them with.
251-260Dense Blasting Powder
2x Dense Stone
Make a pile of these as you will be using them for creating shells.
261-290Thorium Widget
3x Thorium Bar
1x Runecloth
You can save these or sell them off. You will need them for many high end engineering schematics so its your choice.
290-300Thorium Tubes
6x Thorium Bar
Again, save these for future schematics.
Hurray, you have now reached Master Blacksmith at 300!!
At this point things are going to get expensive. You may have spent a few hundred gold getting here. From this point on though expect to spend several thousand gold to get to 375 unless you farm a lot of the ore and other materials yourself.
300-310Fel Iron Casings
3x Fel Iron Bar
Handfuls of Fel Iron Bolts
1x Fel Iron Bar
Elemental Blasting Powder
1x Mote of Fire
1x Mote of Earth
Create at least 55,240 and 35 of these items to be used for future items.
310-320Fel Iron Bomb
1x Fel Iron Casing
2x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
1x Elemental Blasting Powder
Fel Iron Musket
1x Heavy Stock
3x Fel Iron Casings
6x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
You can turn around and sell these of, but be prepared for a big loss compared to material price.
325-335Fel Iron Toolbox
1x Fel Iron Casings
5x Fel Iron Bar
2x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
White Smoke Flare
1x Netherweave Cloth
1x Elemental Blasting Powder
This is a simple and cheap 15 points, so snap them up.
350-360Khorium Power Core
3x Khorium Bar
1x Primal Fire
You will need at least 20 of these for the next pattern, so keep making them even if you go past 360 skill points.
360-375
Field Repair Bot 110G
8x Adamantite Bar
8x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
1x Khorium Power Core
These are great if you are in a raiding guild, stock pile them as you will use them.
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