Engineering Leveling Guide 1-450
Engineering can be rather expensive to level, especially if you don’t have access to a miner.
Below is a general guide on how to level it. The results on how much you spend (or even gain) leveling will depend on your server prices. The trick is to pay attention more to the process on what I select than the actual item it’s self. If the item in the guide says to make it to say 135 but it’s still green and will make you a profit on your server to DE/sell, keep making them until gray, these are “free” levels when you look at the net cost to you.
I also tend to lean towards DE’ing items than selling them. You will usually recoup more of your cost of leveling the profession to tip a friend to DE all your items than to list the items for sale. The reasoning behind this is Enchant mats have no listing fee. You can re list the item till it sells with no cost to you if it doesn’t and many craftables have a steep listing fee, which cuts into recouping your gold from leveling. Enchant mats also tend to sell quicker. Someone power leveling enchanting will buy about 4-5 stacks of adust in 1 day, while someone leveling will most likely buy only one item.
I also choose items that have better sell speeds. If it costs a little more to craft but it is more likely to sell, you will save money from relisting the item several times if it doesn’t sell for a week+
General rules when leveling crafting professions:
1. Spending more mats on something that is more desirable or gives a higher DE value will give you a smaller net loss.
2. If you have to sell items, don’t list them all on the same day. List 1-2 items at a time
3. Have an enchanter handy. Either one of your other characters (strongly recommended even if it’s an alt you rarely use) or a friend that you can trust, and just give a tip to DE the items.
4. Look for the smallest net lost, not the cheapest to make. Sometimes it’s the same item, sometimes it’s not.
5. Profits will vary by server. If you have a lot of people DE’ing for profit you won’t make as much back. If you don’t, you will make quite a bit of gold.
6. You may be making things that don’t get you a skill point every level however, you are not “losing” gold if the crafting cost is less than the AH value and DE.
The column with mats is the amount of mats needed if you skill up every time. You will probably need more, but this is a good starting point on what to purchase.
And now for the Engineering guide.
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Lvl 1-30 |
Rough Blasting Powder – A very cheap way to get levels so continue to make them until gray if you can get the stones for cheap. |
40 Rough Stone |
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Lvl 31-60 |
Handful of Copper Bolts – You will need many of these for later for other levels. |
30 Copper Bars |
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Lvl 61 |
Arclight Spanner – You will need this |
6 Copper Bars |
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Lvl 62-75 |
Copper Tube – You will need these for |
30 Copper Bars, 15 Weak Flux |
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Lvl 76-90 |
Rough Boomstick – Depending on the Auction House Value, you can try and sell these or DE them for an item with no listing fee. |
15 Copper Tubes, 15 Copper Bolts, 15 Wooden Stock |
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If you can find a Mechanical Squirrel box recipe use the following method (youcan make quite a bit of gold off these.) |
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Lvl 91-105 |
Copper Modulator – You will need these to craft the pets |
30 Handful of Copper Bolts, 15 Copper Bars, 30 Linen Cloth |
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Lvl 106-120 |
Mechanical Squirrel Box – You can make these until gray if you will make a profit crafting them. |
15 Copper Modulators, 15 Handful Copper Bolts, 15 Copper Bars, 30 Malachite |
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If you cannot find the recipe continue below. |
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Lvl 91-95 |
Coarse Blasting Powder – You will use these later on. |
5 Coarse Stone |
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Lvl 96-100 |
Silver Contact – You can sell these. |
15 Silver Bars |
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Lvl 101-105 |
Practice Lock – These sell for around the price of the mats. You can also use these to level up lock picking for a Rouge. |
5 Bronze Bars, 10 Handful of Copper Bolts, 5 Weak Flux |
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Lvl 106-120 |
Bronze Tube – You will need 25 of these. |
50 Bronze Bars, 25 Weak Flux |
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Lvl 121-125 |
Standard Scope – Sell these on the Auction House. |
5 Bronze Tubes, 5 Moss Agate |
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Lvl 126-145 |
Heavy Blasting Powder – You will be using these later on so save them. |
20 Heavy Stone |
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Lvl 146-150 |
Bronze Framework – You can Sell these on the Auction House |
10 Bronze Bars, 5 Medium Leather, 5 Wool Cloth |
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Lvl 151-160 |
Aquadynamic Fish Attractor – Craft to sell on the Auction House, If you make a profit, make until gray. |
20 Copper Bars, 10 Nightcrawlers, 10 Coarse Blasting Powder |
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Lvl 161-175 |
Red Firework or Blue Firework or Green Firework- Very cheap level ups, you can usually sell them on the AH, for more than they cost to craft. |
15 Heavy Blasting Powder, 15 Heavy Leather |
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Lvl 175-195 |
Solid Blasting Powder – Very Cheap level ups, craft until gray |
40 Solid Stone |
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Lvl 195-205 |
Mithril Tube – You will need 20 of these later on. |
60 Mithril Bars |
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Lvl 206-210 |
Unstable Trigger – You will need these for later on |
5 Mithril Bars, 5 Mageweave Cloth, 5 Solid Blasting Power |
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Lvl 211-215 |
Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs – Sell on the Auction House |
5 Mithril Bars, 5 Solid Blasting Powder |
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Lvl 216-235 |
Mithril Casing – You will need 20 of these |
60 Mithril Bars |
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Lvl 236-245 |
Hi-Explosive Bomb – Sell them on the Auction House. |
20 Mithril Casings, 10 Unstable Triggers, 20 Solid Blasting Powder |
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Lvl 246-250 |
Mithril Gyro-Shot – Sell these on the Auction House |
10 Mithril Bars, 10 Solid Blasting Powder |
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Lvl 251-260 |
Dense Blasting Powder – You will need these later on make until gray. |
100 Dense Stone |
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Lvl 261-275 |
Thorium Widget – You will need them for the next level range. |
45 Thorium Bar, 15 Runecloth |
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Lvl 276-290 |
Thorium Grenade- Sell these on the Auction House. |
15 Thorium Widget, 45 Thorium Bars, 45 Dense Blasting Powder, 45 Runecloth |
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Lvl 290-300 |
Thorium Shells – Sell these on the Auction House. |
20 Thorium Bars, 20 Dense Blasting Powder |
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Lvl 300-310 |
Handful of Fel Iron Bolts – You will need many of these, make until they are gray and make more later as needed. |
10+ Fel Iron Bars |
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Lvl 311-320 |
Elemental Blasting Powder – Craft this 15 times (you will need it later) then go to the next recipe |
15 Mote of Fire, 30 Mote of Earth |
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Fel Iron Casing – Craft 15 times, you will need these later. Go until gray if you have not hit 320 |
45 Fel Iron Bar |
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Lvl 321-325 |
Fel Iron Musket – Craft and resell on the AH, (check the DE value on your server and DE if worth more) |
5 Heavy Stock, 15 Fel Iron Casing, 30 Fel Iron Bolts |
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Lvl 326-335 |
Adamantite Frame – Craft to resell on the AH, or for the next level range if you have the recipe. (If you cannot get the mats to craft, or cannot craft for a profit you can continue with the Fel Iron Musket.) |
40 Adamantite Bar, 10 Primal Earth |
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Lvl 335-350 |
Crashin” Thrashin” Robot – You can make some decent profit off crafting this. If you can find this on the AH you can do the alternative below. |
15 Adamantite Frame, 30 Fel Iron Casing, 15 Gold Power Core, 30 Fel Iron Bolt |
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White Smoke Flare – A recipe purchased from vendors. A very cheap skill up. Use these or sell on the Auction House. |
15 Elemental Blasting Powder, 15 Netherweave Cloth. |
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Lvl 350-370 |
Handful of Cobalt Bolts – You will need around 50 of these for |
40 Cobalt Bars |
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Lvl 371-380 |
Volatile Blasting Trigger – Save to use later on you will need around 35 |
105 Cobalt Bars, 35 Crystallized Water |
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Lvl 381-390 |
Explosive Decoy – Sell these or use them for fun. |
10 Frostweave Cloth, 30 Volatile Blasting Trigger |
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Lvl 391-400 |
Froststeel Tube – You will need these 15 of these, so keep making until gray or you hit 15. |
120 Cobalt Bars, 15 Crystallized water |
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Lvl 401-410 |
Diamond-cut Refractor Scope – You can sell these on the Auction House You can usually recoup most of your cost. If not you can skip below at 405. |
10 Froststeel Tube, 20 Cobalt Bolts |
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(405-410) Saronite Bomb – Use these or sell them on the Auction House |
25 Saronite Bars 5 Volatile Blasting Trigger |
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Lvl 411-417 |
Healing Injector Kit – Use them or sell on the Auction House |
84 Saronite Bars, 14 Cobalt Bolts |
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Lvl 418-425 |
Mana Injector Kit – Use them or sell on the Auction House |
96 Saronite Bars, 16 Cobalt Bolts |
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Lvl 426-430 |
Sun Scope – Craft these for selling on the AH, If you can craft for profit keep making until Gray |
5 Froststeel Tubes, 5 Sun Crystals, 5 Autumn’s Glow |
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Lvl 431-449 |
Heartseeker Scope – Craft to sell on the AH, craft until 450. |
190 Saronite Bar, 38 Twilight Opal |
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Lvl 450 |
Craft your Epic Goggles you Want to use. |
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3.0.3
January 20th, 2009
Actually, you can make the epic goggles at 440 skill, you only need 450 for the epic guns and the motorcycle.
I also think making Gnomish Army Knives is much better than most of the options, since you only pay for some cheapo skinning/mining etc tools and another reagent.
January 20th, 2009
Yes you can make the goggles at 440, but the guide is intended to get to 450, so if you put off making them to 450, your more likely to get a skill up then (since they are still yellow) than some the scopes that are recommended.
The army knives take the same amount of ore as the scope, but the resale value is pitiful compared to the scope. So you use the gems to craft something more marketable than the army knives. The guide is intended to reduce the total cost of leveling engineering after the resale value of the item. If you prefer lower upfront cost then yes it is a better option, but if you want to recoup most of your gold, then the scopes will give you a better return/resale value, possibly even a profit.
Thank you for your comment though, it can help those who dont have a pressing need to get to 450 or want a cheaper upfront cost of getting to 450.
January 20th, 2009
The first time I started making heartseeker scopes they didn’t really sell…
Now that everyone is 80 and hunters are looking for their nesingwary’s and scopes, I’m guessing now would be the best time to sell them?
Also, for my fellow engineers who need some cash but can’t seem to make it with the profession, I’ve come up with a way to make a few hundred gold just standing around dalaran.
First: Make a bunch of macros that advertise your enginnering. A lot of people just do “[Enchanting, Engineering, Alchemy] LFW” but I’ve found that if you make it like a catchy/funny advertising slogan, you get a lot more customers/future customers. An example that I have is something like: “There isn’t enough violence in the world, and I’m here to make more of it! Visit Branflake’s [Engineering] for all of your violence-making needs!”
I’ve crafted a few guns this way and the level 450 guns I’ve been able to craft for as high as 100g. One guy on my server even payed me in shards and dust which I later used for enchants on my weapons.
One last nugget of knowledge: NEVER SELL MOTORCYCLES. Offer to make them if the materials are supplied to you, but never try to actually sell one, especially on the AH.
January 27th, 2009
The 2 times I’ve tried to sell the scopes I barely got my money back, so I stopped trying (I’m not very patient, I admit). On my server the gems go for about 30 while the scopes sell for 70, so counting the ore too… not very profitable. But I admit that 450 was never my goal, I just wanted to craft my goggles.
June 29th, 2009
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July 2nd, 2009
cool blog
jen x
July 18th, 2009
someone?
July 27th, 2009
Hi people
I’m new here
Thanx
July 28th, 2009
How long has this forum been here?
Very helpful.
Dankeydoo
August 3rd, 2009
Based on that last post I’m going to agree completely.
Got to go for now.
Cheers
Scizzbo