Alchemy Guide

This WoW Alchemy guide will show you the fastest way how to level your Alchemy skill up from 1 to 525 as inexpensively as possible. The guide is updated for WoW patch 4.3

Obviously, Alchemy is the best combined with Herbalism, with these two professions you can save a lot of gold and you can sell the potions/elixirs at the Auction House. Check out my Herbalism leveling guide if you want to level Herbalism. Make sure you have enough gold to buy herbs if you don't have Herbalism, because you will need a lot of them.

Often the materials are based on a case that you will gain one skill point each craft. This won't happen, so you will have to buy a few extra materials while you are leveling your Alchemy.

If you are low on gold, I recommend you to try this Gold Making Guide, it can help you to make loads of gold.

If you are still leveling your character or you just started a new alt, I recommend you to use a leveling guide. You can level your character to Level 85 in 5 days with this Guide.

Alchemy guide sections:

1 - 60 Apprentice
60 - 140 Journeyman
140 - 205 Expert
205 - 285 Artisan
285 - 350 Master
350 - 425 Grand Master
425 - 525 Illustrious

Approximate Materials Required for 1-525:

59 x Peacebloom
59 x Silverleaf
93 x Briarthorn
33 x Bruiseweed
20 x Mageroyal
45 x Stranglekelp
20 x Liferoot
30 x Kingsblood
35 x Goldthorn
10 x Wild Steelbloom
25 x Sungrass
45 x Khadgar's Whisker
15 x Blindweed
40 x Gromsblood
30 x Sorrowmoss
15 x Dreamfoil
45 x Golden Sansam
18 x Mountain Silversage
50 x Felweed
10 x Terocone
35 x Dreaming Glory
10 x Netherbloom
20 x Talandra's Rose
5 x Pygmy Suckerfish
75 x Goldclover
30 x Tiger Lily
25 x Adder's Tongue
20 x Icethorn
40 x Lichbloom
69 x Cinderbloom
18 x Stormvine
39 x Azshara's Veil
34 x Heartblossom
5 x Volatile Life
32 x Twilight Jasmine
23 x Whiptail
3 x Hessonite
15 x Alicite
15 x Zephyrite or 15 Nightstone
Materials for your epic Alchemy trinket are not included in this list.

WoW Alchemy Leveling Guide 1 - 525
First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Alchemy.

You can find Vials at "Alchemy Supplies" vendors, they are usually near the Alchemy trainer.

If you have a Goblin character, use my Goblin Alchemy leveling guide instead of this.

1-60
59 x [Minor Healing Potions] - 59 Peacebloom, 59 Silverleaf
You'll need these in the next step of the Alchemy guide.



60 - 140
Learn Alchemy Journeyman.

60-105
50 x [Lesser Healing Potion] - 50 Minor Healing Potion, 50 Briarthorn
105-110
5 x [Elixir of Wisdom] - 5 Mageroyal, 10 Briarthorn
110-140
33 x [Healing Potion] - 33 Bruiseweed, 33 Briarthorn


140 - 205
Learn Alchemy Expert.

140-155
15 x [Lesser Mana Potion] - 15 Mageroyal, 15 Stranglekelp
Make [Fire Oil] if there is no [Stranglekelp] in the Auction House or if [Firefin Snapper] is cheap.

155-175
20 x [Greater Healing Potion] - 20 Liferoot, 20 Kingsblood
If you made [Fire Oil], you can use it to make [Elixir of Minor Accuracy]

175-185
10 x [Mana Potion] - 10 Stranglekelp, 10 Kingsblood
185-205
20 x [Elixir of Agility] - 20 Stranglekelp, 20 Goldthorn
or

25 x [Elixir of Fortitude] - 25 Wild Steelbloom, 25 Goldthorn

If you don't have that many Goldthorn, make [Mana Potion] or [Lesser Invisibility Potion] up to around 195. These recipes will be yellow.

If you don't have any Goldthorn at all, you can make [Nature Protection Potion] between 190-215, the recipe is sold by these vendors.



205 - 285
Learn Alchemy Artisan.

205-215
10 x [Elixir of Greater Defense] - 10 Wild Steelbloom, 10 Goldthorn
Read the end of the previous section if you don't have Goldthorn.

215-239
25 x [Superior Healing Potion] - 25 Sungrass, 25 Khadgar's Whisker
You can make this one up to 250, if you have easier time finding Sungrass than Blindweed.

239-240
If you are at or above level 75 and you will level Alchemy past 500, you can skip this part. Your epic Alchemy trinket will be used for transmutes.
1 x [Philosopher's Stone] - 4 Iron Bar, 1 Black Vitriol, 4 Purple Lotus, 4 Firebloom

Recipe Location

You will need this for transmutes, keep it.

240-250
10 x [Elixir of Greater Intellect] - 10 Khadgar's Whisker, 10 Blindweed
250-270
20 x [Elixir of Detect Demon] - 40 Gromsblood
You can also make [Elixir of Greater Intellect] or [Superior Healing Potion] up to 265 and [Superior Mana Potion] for the last 5 points.

Make [Stonescale Oil] between 250-255 if you can find Stonescale Eel at the Auction House then turn those into [Elixir of Superior Defense] when you reach 265. The recipe is sold by these NPCs.

270-285
15 x [Elixir of the Sages] - 30 Sorrowmoss, 15 Dreamfoil


285 - 350
Visit your trainer and learn Alchemy Master.

285-300
18 x [Major Healing Potion] - 36 Golden Sansam, 18 Mountain Silversage
300-315
Choose one of the recipes below. You can switch to the next recipe at 310 if you want to.
15 x [Volatile Healing Potion] - 15 Golden Sansam, 15 Felweed

15 x [Adept's Elixir] - 15 Dreamfoil, 15 Felweed

15 x [Onslaught Elixir] - 15 Mountain Silversage, 15 Felweed

315-325
10 x [Elixir of Healing Power] - 10 Golden Sansam, 10 Dreaming Glory


Once you reach an Alchemy skill of 325 and level 68, you may begin a quest to learn one of three specializations: Potions, Elixirs or Transmutations. Being specialized gives you a chance to create an extra 1 to 4 (for a total 5) items while crafting in the field you have selected. For example, a Master of Potions may be able to craft more than one [Super Mana Potion] for the same material cost as one.



325-335
10 x [Elixir of Draenic Wisdom] 10 Terocone, 10 Felweed
Make [Mad Alchemist's Potion] if you have a lot of Ragveil.

335-340
5 x [Super Healing Potion] - 10 Netherbloom, 5 Felweed
Make the previous recipe 5 more times if you don't have Netherbloom.

340-350
10 x [Super Mana Potion] - 20 Dreaming Glory, 10 Felweed
Recipe Location



350 - 425
Visit your trainer and learn Alchemy Grand Master.

350-360
10 x [Resurgent Healing Potion] - 20 Goldclover
360-365
5 x [Icy Mana Potion] - 10 Talandra's Rose
365-375
10 x [Spellpower Elixir] - 10 Goldclover, 10 Tiger Lily
375-380
5 x [Pygmy Oil] - 5 Pygmy Suckerfish
You can make this one up to 385 and skip the next part of the guide.

380-385
5 x [Potion of Nightmares] - 5 Goldclover, 10 Talandra's Rose
385-395
10 x [Elixir of Mighty Strength] - 20 Tiger Lily
This recipe will be yellow for the last 5 points, you might need to make more than 10.

395-405
When you reach 400, you can make a [Northrend Alchemy Research] and your Alchemy Trinket, so you will need to craft fewer potions.

12 x [Elixir of Mighty Agility] - 24 Goldclover, 24 Adder's Tongue

405-415
10 x [Indestructible Potion] - 20 Icethorn
415-425
This recipe turns green at 422, so you might need to make more than 20.

20 x [Runic Mana Potion] - 20 Goldlcover, 40 Lichbloom



425 - 525
Visit your trainer and learn Alchemy Illustrious.

425-450
27 x [Draught of War] - 27 Cinderbloom
450-455
5 x [Ghost Elixir] -10 Cinderbloom
455-460
5 x [Deathblood Venom] - 10 Stormvine
460-465
5 x [Volcanic Potion] - 5 Cinderbloom, 5 Azshara's Veil
465-475
11 x [Elixir of the Cobra] - 11 Cinderbloom, 11 Azshara's Veil
You can also make [Deepstone Oil] between 470-475 and then turn the Deepstone Oils into [Mysterious Potion]. You should reach around 477 with this method.

475-480
5 x [Elixir of Deep Earth] - 10 Heartblossom
480-490
10 x [Elixir of Impossible Accuracy] - 10 Heartblossom, 10 Cinderbloom
490-495
5 x [Golemblood Potion] - 5 Heartblossom, 5 Volatile Life
495-504
It is really important that you stop at 504, you will gain 10 skill points this way when you craft the next two recipe.
9 x [Elixir of the Master] - 9 Heartblossom, 9 Twilight Jasmine

504-509
1 x [Flask of Enhancement] - 8 Twilight Jasmine, 8 Stormvine, 8 Azshara's Veil, 8 Whiptail, 8 Cinderbloom
509-514
Make your epic Alchemy trinket.
Skip this part if you don't need the trinket. Transmute one [Dream Emerald] and then start the next recipe in the guide or start making [Flask of Titanic Strength] if Hessonite is expensive.

514-515
1 x [Transmute: Ember Topaz] - 3 Hessonite, 3 Cinderbloom
515-520
5 x [Transmute: Demonseye] - 15 Nightstone, 15 Twilight Jasmine
or

5 x [Transmute: Ocean Sapphire] - 15 Zephyrite, 15 Azshara's Veil

520-525
5 x [Transmute: Amberjewel] - 15 Alicite, 15 Whiptail
I hope you liked this WoW Alchemy leveling guide, GZ to 525!