Enchanting Guide

This WoW Enchanting guide will show you the fastest and easiest way how to level your Enchanting skill up from 1 to 525. Updated for WoW patch 4.3

You will spend a lot of gold on this profession if you want to buy every materials from the Auction House. It depends on the realm economy, but can cost up to thousands of gold.

Enchanting really goes well with Tailoring, if you level Tailoring and Enchanting at the same time, you can disenchant most of the cloths you make, but it's good with any other crafting/gathering profession.

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.

Enchanting guide sections:

Apprentice 1 - 50
Journeyman 50 - 135
Expert 135 - 220
Artisan 220 - 300
Master 300 - 350
Grand Master 350 - 426
Illustrious 426 - 525


Related Guides:

Tailoring leveling Guide 1-525
Enchanting guide 1-110 with zero cost
Disenchanting Guide
Approximate Materials Required for 1-525:

I don't recommend to buy everything before you get to that skill level where you need the materials.

1 x Copper Rod
125 x Strange Dust
1 x Lesser Magic Essence
1 x Silver Rod
12 x Greater Magic Essence
9 x Simple Wood
25 x Lesser Astral Essence
122 x Soul Dust
1 x Golden Rod
1 x Iridescent Pearl
2 x Greater Astral Essence
155 x Vision Dust
1 x Truesilver Rod
1 x Black Pearl
20 x Purple Lotus
2 x Greater Mystic Essence
25 x Lesser Nether Essence
15 x Lesser Eternal Essence
230 x Dream Dust
10 x Illusion Dust
1 x Arcanite Rod
8 x Greater Eternal Essence
8 x Large Brilliant Shard
1 x Fel Iron Rod
330 x Arcane Dust
14 x Greater Planar Essence
13 x Large Prismatic Shard
20 x Lesser Planar Essence
15 x Nightmare Vine
15 x Crystal Vial
1 x Primal Might
1 x Adamantite Rod
1 x Eternium Rod
1 x Titanium Rod
600 x Infinite Dust
29 x Greater Cosmic Essence
2 x Dream Shard
10 x Crystallized Water
450 x Hypnotic Dust - You will need a lot less if you choose recipes that requires Lesser Celestial Essence
25 x Lesser Celestial Essence
80 x Greater Celestial Essence
5 x [Elixir's of Impossible Accuracy]
8 x Heavenly Shard
1 x Elementium Rod
5 x Maelstrom Crystal


WoW Enchanting Leveling Guide 1 - 525
Before you start this Enchanting guide, first lets see which items gives what, when you disenchant it. Go to my Disenchanting Guide, there you can find all the information you need.

Visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Enchanting.

Check out my Enchanting guide 1-110. It's about leveling Enchanting from 1 to 110 with almost no cost at all.

I also recommend you to go to the Auction House right now and search for the following recipe: [Formula: Enchant Bracer - Greater Stamina]

You should put most enchants on a Vellum if you can afford it, then try to sell the enchant at the Auction House. You can buy [Enchanting Vellum] from the Enchanting Supply vendors near your trainer.

1-2
1 x [Runed Copper Rod] - 1 Copper Rod, 1 Strange Dust, 1 Lesser Magic Essence

2-50
Disenchanting green quality items
or

48 x [Enchant Bracer: Minor Health] - 48 Strange Dust



50 - 135
Learn Enchanting Journeyman.

50-90
40 x [Enchant Bracer: Minor Health] - 40 Strange Dust
90-100
10 x [Enchant Bracer: Minor Stamina] - 30 Strange Dust
If the Strange Dust is cheap and the Greater Magic Essence is too expensive on your realm, you can make this Enchant up to 120.

100-101
1 x [Runed Silver Rod] - 1 Silver Rod, 6 Strange Dust, 3 Greater Magic Essence, 1 Runed copper Rod
101-110
9 x [Greater Magic Wand] - 9 Simple Wood, 9 Greater Magic Essence
110-135
Go to Stonetalon Mountains if you are Horde and find Kulwia, for Alliance players go to Ashenvale and find Dalria. After you found the NPC buy these two recipes: [Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strength] - [Enchant Cloak: Minor Agility]

25 x [Enchant Cloak: Minor Agility] - 25 Lesser Astral Essence



135 - 220
Learn Enchanting Expert.

135-155
20 x [Enchant Bracer - Lesser Stamina] - 40 Soul Dust
155-156
1 x [Runed Golden Rod] - 1 Golden Rod, 1 Iridescent Pearl, 2 Greater Astral Essence, 2 Soul Dust, 1 Runed Silver Rod
156-185
40 x [Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strength] 80 Soul Dust
This one turns yellow at 165, however if 2 Soul Dust is a lot cheaper than 1 Lesser Mystic Essence, keep making these until 185. If it's not then at 165 switch to:

165-185
20 x [Enchant Bracer: Spirit] - 20 Lesser Mystic Essence

185-219
40 x [Enchant Bracer: Strength] - 40 Vision Dust
219-220
[Runed Truesilver Rod] 1 Truesilver Rod, 1 Black Pearl, 2 Greater Mystic Essence, 2 Vision Dust, 1 Runed Golden Rod


220 - 275
Learn Enchanting Artisan.

220-225
5 x [Enchant Cloak: Greater Defense] - 15 Vision Dust
Depends on your realm, if Lesser Nether Essence is too expensive, make this until 230.

225-230
5 x [Enchant Gloves: Agility] - 5 Lesser Nether Essence, 5 Vision Dust
230-235
5 x [Enchant Boots - Stamina] - 25 Vision Dust
235-240
5 x [Enchant Chest: Superior Health] - 30 Vision Dust
240-250
10 x [Enchant Boots - Lesser Accuracy] - 40 Vision Dust, 10 Lesser Nether Essence
Try to hunt for [Formula: Enchant Bracer - Greater Stamina] on the AH. It's a random world drop, but this recipe is the best to level Enchanting from 245 to 265.

The recipe is called Enchant Bracer Greater Stamina, not Boots.

250-260
10 x [Lesser Mana Oil] - 30 Dream Dust, 20 Purple Lotus, 10 Crystal Vial
Recipe sold by Kania at Silithus.

You can make [Enchanted Thorium Bar] as an alternative if you don't have Purple Lotus. The recipe will be yellow when you learn it and it turns green at 255, but it is pretty cheap to make. You can also just continue to make the previous recipe up to 265.

260-265
5 x [Enchant Bracer - Greater Intellect] - 15 Lesser Eternal Essence
265-299
40 x [Enchant Shield: Greater Stamina] - 200 Dream Dust
Recipe location - Watch out! This one binds when picked up. Don't make the mistake of trying to buy it with an alt and mail it. It's also a limited supply item, this means you have to wait if someone bought it before you.

299-300
1 x [Runed Arcanite Rod] 1 Arcanite Rod, 10 Illusion Dust, 4 Greater Eternal Essence, 1 Runed Truesilver Rod, 2 Large Brilliant Shard -


300 - 350
Visit your trainer and learn Enchanting Master.

300-301
1 x [Runed Fel Iron Rod] 1 Fel Iron Rod, 4 Greater Eternal Essence, 6 Large Brilliant Shard, 1 Runed Arcanite Rod
301-310
9 x [Enchant Bracer: Assault] - 54 Arcane Dust
310-320
10 x [Enchant Bracer - Brawn] - 60 Arcane Dust
320-330
12 x [Enchant Gloves - Assault] - 96 Arcane Dust

If Arcane Dust is expensive on your realm, or you don't want to level with a yellow recipe because it's based on luck how many skill points you gain, then you should make the following recipe:

10 x [Enchant Chest - Major Spirit] - 20 Greater Planar Essence

330-335
5 x [Enchant Shield - Major Stamina] - 75 Arcane Dust
Recipe sold by Madame Ruby at Shattrath City. While you are here, you should also buy the next two recipe in the guide. Do not leave Outland until you bought them. Just click on the links below and see where they are. Superior Wizard Oil is also sold by Madame Ruby.

335-340
5 x [Enchant Shield - Resilience] - 5 Large Prismatic Shard, 20 Lesser Planar Essence
There is an alternative really cheap method, but only Blood Elves can benefit from it. Due to their Racial Ability it allows them to gain ten free skill ups by converting a Large Prismatic Shard into three Small Prismatic Shards and back again. Only the conversion from three Small Prismatic Shards to one Large Prismatic Shard is effected by this. Therefore, you will only have the chance to gain skill ups half of the time (since the other half of the time you'll be converting back to three Small Prismatic Shards). This can make for a fairly lengthy session in gaining your ten free levels.

What you need:
[Formula: Large Prismatic Shard]
[Formula: Small Prismatic Shard]

340-350
15 x [Superior Wizard Oil] - 45 Arcane Dust, 15 Nightmare Vine, 15 Crystal Vial - Recipe location
This recipe is yellow already when you learn it, so you might need to make 14-16.

350-351
1 x [Runed Adamantite Rod] - 1 Adamantite Rod. 8 Greater Planar Essence, 8 Large Prismatic Shard, 1 Primal Might, 1 Runed Fel Iron Rod


351 - 426
Visit your trainer and learn Enchanting Grand Master.

351-360
9 x [Enchant Cloak - Speed] - 54 Infinite Dust
360-375
18 x [Enchant Bracers - Striking] - 108 Infinite Dust
375-376
1 x [Runed Eternium Rod] - 1 Eternium Rod, 6 Greater Planar Essence, 6 Arcane Dust, 1 Runed Adamantite Rod
376-380
6 x [Enchant Bracers - Striking] - 36 Infinite Dust
380-385
5 x [Enchant Bracers - Exceptional Intellect] - 50 Infinite Dust
385-395
10 x [Enchant Boots - Icewalker] - 80 Infinite Dust, 10 Crystallized Water
395-410
15 x [Enchant Cloak - Superior Agility] - 135 Infinite Dust
410-415
5 x [Enchant Gloves - Expertise] - 60 Infinite Dust
If Dream Shard is cheap on your realm, a great alternative would be to make [Enchant Chest - Exceptional Resilience] up to 435. The recipe is sold by Vanessa Sellers, she can be found in Dalaran, it costs 4 Dream Shard.

415-420
5 x [Enchant Boots - Greater Spirit] - 50 Infinite Dust, 5 Greater Cosmic Essence
420-425
5 x [Enchant Chest - Greater Mana Restoration] - 20 Infinite Dust, 20 Greater Cosmis Essence
425-426
1 x [Runed Titanium Rod] - 1 Titanium Rod, 12 Infinite Dust, 4 Greater Cosmic Essence,2 Dream Shard, 1 Runed Eternium Rod


426 - 525
Visit your trainer and learn Enchanting Illustrious Grand Master.

426-440
14 x [Enchant Boots - Earthen Vitality] - 28 Hypnotic Dust
You could also make [Enchant Chest - Mighty Stats] if Lesser Celestial Essence is cheaper than Hypnotic Dust. Make a few [Enchant Gloves - Mastery] just to mix up the number of enchants you make, so it will be easier to sell them.

440-455
15 x [Enchant Cloak - Greater Spell Piercing] - 45 Hypnotic Dust
Make [Enchant Bracer - Speed] if Lesser Celestial Essence is cheaper than Hypnotic Dust.

Between 445-450 you can also make the following recipe:

[Abyssal Shatter] - Abyss Crystal

It's basically free skill-ups since you're going to sell the Dusts/Essences for more than you got the Crystals for.

455-460
5 x [Enchant Gloves - Haste] - 20 Hypnotic Dust, 5 Lesser Celestial Essence
You can make this one up to 465 if you want to.

460-465
5 x [Enchant Boots - Haste] - 10 Hypnotic Dust, 5 Greater Celestial Essence
465-475
10 x [Enchant Cloak - Intellect] - 60 Hypnotic Dust
Make a few [Enchant Chest - Stamina] if you are selling the enchants.

475-480
5 x [Enchant Gloves - Exceptional Strength] - 15 Hypnotic Dust, 10 Greater Celestial Essence
You can also make [Enchant Chest - Mighty Resilience] up to 485.

480-485
5 x [Enchant Boots - Major Agility] - 20 Hypnotic Dust, 10 Greater Celestial Essence
485-490
5 x [Enchant Gloves - Greater Expertise] - 25 Hypnotic Dust, 10 Greater Celestial Essence
You can also start making the next recipe in the guide if you want to, and skip this part. It depends on the price of Greater Celestial Essence.

490-495
5 x [Enchant Shield - Mastery] - 60 Hypnotic Dust
495-505
10 x [Enchant Bracer - Precision] - 120 Hypnotic Dust, 10 Greater Celestial Essence
505-510
5 x [Enchant Boots Precision] - 5 [Elixir's of Impossible Accuracy], 10 Hypnotic Dust, 10 Greater Celestial Essence
510-515
5 x [Enchant Bracer - Exceptional Spirit] - 45 Hypnotic Dust, 15 Greater Celestial Essence
515-520
1 x [Runed Elementium Rod] - Runed Titanium Rod, 1 Elementium Rod, 10 Hypnotic Dust, 6 Heavenly Shard, 6 Greater Celestial Essence
Yes, 5 skill points for one craft.

You can buy this recipe in all major cities near your Enchanting Trainer, the NPC is labeled as "Enchanting Supplies". This does not include Dalaran and Shattrath.

520-525
5 x [Maelstrom Shatter] - 5 Maelstrom Crystal
I hope you liked this Enchanting guide, congratulations to 525!