Engineering Guide

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

Engineering is the best combined with Mining. If you level your Engineering with Mining, you will save a lot of gold. If you don't have Mining, you will have to buy everything and you will need a lot of gold. Check out my WoW Mining Guide if you want to level your Mining too. However, the fastest way to level Engineering is to buy everything from the Auction House.

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.

Engineering guide sections:

Apprentice 1 - 50
Journeyman 50 - 132
Expert 132 - 205
Artisan 205 - 280
Master 280 - 350
Grand Master 350 - 425
Illustrious 425 - 525


Approximate Materials Required for 1-525:

60 x [Rough Stone]
36 x [Copper Bar]
20 x [Coarse Stone]
20 x [Linen Cloth]
95 x [Bronze Bar] - 40 Copper Bar + 40 Tin Bar
4 x [Moss Agate]
30 x [Heavy Stone]
50 x [Wool Cloth]
15 x [Medium Leather]
4 x [Steel Bar]
120 x [Solid Stone]
161 x [Mithril Bar]
20 x [Mageweave Cloth]
40 x [Dense Stone]
189 x [Thorium Bar]
21 x [Runecloth]
95 x [Fel Iron Bar]
20 x [Mote of Earth]
10 x [Mote of Fire]
40 x [Adamantite Bar]
30 x [Netherweave Cloth]
275 x [Cobalt Bar]
8 x [Frostweave Cloth]
40 x [Crystallized Water]
10 x [Crystallized Earth]
120 x [Saronite Bar]
85 x [Obsidium Bar]
4 x [Alicite]
52 x [Volatile Earth]
30 x [Volatile Air]
8 x [Volatile Fire]
130 x [Elementium Bar]
40 x [Embersilk Cloth]
11 x [Hardened Elementium Bar] - 110 Elementium Bar, 44 Volatile Earth
6 x [Dream Emerald]
Related Guides:

Mining Leveling Guide 1-525.


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

If you have a Gnome character you should visit my Engineering leveling guide for Gnomes instead of this one.

Buy a Blacksmith Hammer from the Blacksmith supply vendor, it's near your trainer.

1 - 30
60 x [Rough Blasting Powder] - 60 Rough Stone
You might even reach 40 with this recipe. You will need the 60 Rough Blasting Powder later, so keep these.

30 - 50
30 x [Handful of Copper Bolts] - 30 Copper Bar
You will need around 30 of these later.



50 - 132
Visit your trainer, and learn Journeyman Engineering.

50 - 75
30 x [Rough Copper Bomb] - 60 Rough Blasting Powder, 30 Handful of Copper Bolts
Make your [Arclight Spanner] between 50 and 70.

75 - 90
20 x [Coarse Blasting Powder] - 20 Coarse Stone
You will need 20 of these later.

90 - 100
20 x [Coarse Dynamite] - 20 Coarse Blasting Powder, 20 Linen Cloth
100 -116
8 x [Clockwork Box] - 24 Bronze Bar
Use the boxes you make. You will get one extra skill point per craft.

116 -120
4 x [Bronze Tube] - 8 Bronze Bar
120 -132
4 x [Standard Scope] - 4 Bronze Tube, 4 Moss Agate


132 - 205
Visit your trainer, and learn Expert Engineering.

132 -150
30 x [Heavy Blasting Powder] - 30 Heavy Stone
and

15 x [Whirring Bronze Gizmo] - 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Wool Cloth

You will need 30 [Heavy Blasting Powder] and 15 [Whirring Bronze Gizmo] later, and if you make these you should reach 150 skill point.

150 - 155
15 x [Bronze Framework] - 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Medium Leather, 15 Wool Cloth
By making them now, you might get a lot further - probably towards 160, then stop making these and only make more when you'll need them. Keep these too.

155 -175
15 x [Explosive Sheep] - 30 Heavy Blasting Powder, 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 15 Bronze Framework, 30 Wool Cloth
175 -176
1 x [Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor] - 4 Steel Bar
176 - 195
60 x [Solid Blasting Powder] - 120 Solid Stone
Save these because you will need it later.

195 - 200
7 x [Mithril Tubes] - 21 Mithril Bar
Stop making these when you reach 200.



205 - 280
Visit your trainer and learn Artisan Engineering.



Engineering has the option at skill level 200 to specialize in Gnomish or Goblin Engineering. You can get the quests from your Engineering trainer. The main difference between both sides is the location of their respective teleporters and the ability of their trinkets. Some items require a specific specialization to use, while other items are crafted by one specialization but are usable by any engineer. Fortunately, most recipes that are crafted by one Specialization can be worn by both.

Gnomish Engineering

list of recipes
Goblin Engineering

list of recipes


200 - 216
20 x [Unstable Triggers] - 20 Mithril Bar, 20 Mageweave Cloth, 20 Solid Blasting Powder
Save these.

215 - 238
40 x [Mithril Casings] - 120 Mithril Bar
Save these.

238 - 250
20 x [Hi-Explosive Bomb] - 40 Mithril Casings, 20 Unstable Trigger, 40 Solid Blasting Powder
250 - 260
20 x [Dense Blasting Powder] - 40 Dense Stone
Save these. You might need to make more than 20 to reach 260.

260 - 281
21 x [Thorium Widget] - 63 Thorium Bar, 21 Runecloth


280 - 350
Visit your trainer, and learn Master Engineering.

281 - 300
21 x [Thorium Tube] - 126 Thorium Bar
300 - 310
50 x [Handful of Fel Iron Bolts] - 50 Fel Iron Bar
310-320
If you don't reach 320 by making the recipes below, you should make [Fel Iron Bombs] until 320. But then you also need to make a few more Fel Iron Bolts and the other materials.
10 x [4 Elemental Blasting Powder] - 20 Mote of Earth, 10 Mote of Fire

Save these.

15 x [Fel Iron Casing] - 45 Fel Iron Bar

You will need around 15 of these later, but I suggest you to make these until it goes grey, then only make more when you'll need them.

320 - 325
5 x [Fel Iron Musket] - 5 Heavy Stock, 15 Fel Iron Casing, 30 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
You can buy the Heavy Stocks from the vendor.

325 - 335
10 x [Adamantite Grenade] 40 Adamantite Bar, 10 Elemental Blasting Powder, 20 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
335 - 350
30 x [White Smoke Flare] - 30 Netherweave Cloth, 30 Elemental Blasting Powder
Recipe location



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

350 - 370
You will need around 50 [Handful of Cobalt Bolts] and 30 [Volatile Blasting Trigger] later. Make these now, and you should reach 375 or probably more. Note that when you craft [Handful of Cobalt Bolts] you can get 1 or 3 bolts, and the same goes for [Volatile Blasting Trigger], you will get 2 [Volatile Blasting Trigger] each craft.

35 x [1-3 Handful of Cobalt Bolts] - 70 Cobalt Bar

370 - 377
Save these.
15 x [2 Volatile Blasting Trigger] - 45 Cobalt Bar, 15 Crystallized Water

377 - 385
Save these too, you will need them.
10 x [Overcharged Capacitor] - 40 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Earth

385 - 390
6 x [Explosive Decoy] - 6 Frostweave Cloth, 18 Volatile Blasting Trigger

390 - 400
Save these, you will need them later.
You will probably reach more than 400, then stop making these and make more only if you need it.

15 x [Froststeel Tube] - 120 Cobalt Bar, 15 Crystallized Water

400 - 405
5 x [Diamond-cut Refractor Scope] - 5 Froststeel Tube, 10 Handful of Cobalt Bolts

405 - 415
12 x [Box of Bombs] - 60 Saronite Bar, 12 Volatile Blasting Trigge

415 - 420
5 x [Mana Injector Kit] - 60 Saronite Bar, 10 Crystallized Water

420 - 425
5 x [Noise Machine] - 10 Froststeel Tube, 10 Overcharged Capacitor, 40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts


425 - 525
Visit your trainer and learn Illustrious Engineering.

425 - 442
20 x [2 - 4 Handful of Obsidium Bolts] - 40 Obsidium Bar
Save these, you might need to make more of these later on.

442 - 445
1 x [Electrostatic Condenser] - 4 Obsidium Bar, 6 Obsidium Bolts, 4 Volatile Earth
445 - 460
15 x [2-3 Electrified Ether] - 30 Volatile Air
Keep these.

460 - 470
2 x [R19 Threatfinder] - 12 Obsidium Bars, 4 Alicite, 12 Obsidium Bolts
or

2 x [Safety Catch Removal Kit] - 20 Obsidium bars, 20 Obsidium Bolts

470 - 475
1 x [High-Powered Bolt Gun] - 10 Obsidium Bars, 8 Obsidium Bolts, 4 Electrified Ether
475 - 495
4 x [Elementium Toolbox] - 60 Elementium Bar, 48 Volatile Earth
You can also make [Lure Master Tackle Box] up to 490 if you want to.

495 - 505
2 x [Elementium Dragonling] - 4 Obsidium Bolts, 16 Electrified Ether, 32 Elementium Bar, 40 Embersilk Cloth
505 - 510
1 x [Finely-Tuned Throat Needler] - 2 Electrified Ether, 4 Obsidium Bars, 5 Hardened Elementium Bars
510 - 515
8 x [Heat-Treated Spinning Lure] - 8 Obsidium Bolts, 32 Elementium Bars, 8 Volatile Fire
You might need to make more of these, because the recipe will be yellow.

515 - 525
3 x [Gnomish X-Ray Scope] - 6 Hardened Elementium Bars, 6 Dream Emerald
I hope you liked this Engineering leveling guide, GZ to 525!