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Engineering Leveling Guide 1-525
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 4.3.3
Engineering is the best combined with Mining, if you level Engineering with Mining you will save a lot of gold. If you don't have Mining you will have to buy everything from the Auction House. Check out the Mining leveling guide if you want to level Mining too. But, 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:
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60 x [Rough Stone]
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36 x [Copper Bar]
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20 x [Coarse Stone]
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20 x [Linen Cloth]
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95 x [Bronze Bar] - 40 Copper Bar + 40 Tin Bar
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4 x [Moss Agate]
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30 x [Heavy Stone]
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60 x [Wool Cloth]
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15 x [Medium Leather]
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4 x [Steel Bar]
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120 x [Solid Stone]
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161 x [Mithril Bar]
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20 x [Mageweave Cloth]
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40 x [Dense Stone]
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189 x [Thorium Bar]
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21 x [Runecloth]
Burning Crusade
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95 x [Fel Iron Bar]
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20 x [Mote of Earth]
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10 x [Mote of Fire]
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40 x [Adamantite Bar]
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30 x [Netherweave Cloth]
Wrath of the Lich King
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275 x [Cobalt Bar]
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8 x [Frostweave Cloth]
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40 x [Crystallized Water]
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10 x [Crystallized Earth]
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120 x [Saronite Bar]
Cataclysm
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85 x [Obsidium Bar]
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4 x [Alicite]
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52 x [Volatile Earth]
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30 x [Volatile Air]
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8 x [Volatile Fire]
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130 x [Elementium Bar]
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40 x [Embersilk Cloth]
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11 x [Hardened Elementium Bar] - 110 Elementium Bar, 44 Volatile Earth
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6 x [Dream Emerald]
Related Guides:
Engineering Leveling Guide 1 - 50
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.
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1 - 3060 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.
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30 - 5030 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.
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50 - 7530 x [Rough Copper Bomb] - 60 Rough Blasting Powder, 30 Handful of Copper Bolts
Make your [Arclight Spanner] between 50 and 70.
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75 - 9020 x [Coarse Blasting Powder] - 20 Coarse Stone
You will need 20 of these later.
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90 - 10020 x [Coarse Dynamite] - 20 Coarse Blasting Powder, 20 Linen Cloth
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100 -1168 x [Clockwork Box] - 24 Bronze Bar
Use the boxes you make. You will get one extra skill point per craft.
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116 -1204 x [Bronze Tube] - 8 Bronze Bar
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120 -1324 x [Standard Scope] - 4 Bronze Tube, 4 Moss Agate
132 - 205
Visit your trainer, and learn Expert Engineering.
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132 -15030 x [Heavy Blasting Powder] - 30 Heavy Stone
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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.
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150 - 15515 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.
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155 -17515 x [Explosive Sheep] - 30 Heavy Blasting Powder, 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 15 Bronze Framework, 30 Wool Cloth
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175 -1761 x [Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor] - 4 Steel Bar
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176 - 19560 x [Solid Blasting Powder] - 120 Solid Stone
Save these because you will need it later.
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195 - 2007 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.
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200 - 21620 x [Unstable Triggers] - 20 Mithril Bar, 20 Mageweave Cloth, 20 Solid Blasting Powder
Save these.
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215 - 23840 x [Mithril Casings] - 120 Mithril Bar
Save these.
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238 - 25020 x [Hi-Explosive Bomb] - 40 Mithril Casings, 20 Unstable Trigger, 40 Solid Blasting Powder
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250 - 26020 x [Dense Blasting Powder] - 40 Dense Stone
Save these. You might need to make more than 20 to reach 260.
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260 - 28121 x [Thorium Widget] - 63 Thorium Bar, 21 Runecloth
280 - 350
Visit your trainer, and learn Master Engineering.
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281 - 30021 x [Thorium Tube] - 126 Thorium Bar
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300 - 31050 x [Handful of Fel Iron Bolts] - 50 Fel Iron Bar
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310-320If 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.
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320 - 3255 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.
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325 - 33510 x [Adamantite Grenade] 40 Adamantite Bar, 10 Elemental Blasting Powder, 20 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
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335 - 35030 x [White Smoke Flare] - 30 Netherweave Cloth, 30 Elemental Blasting Powder
Recipe location
350 - 425
Visit your trainer and learn Grand Master Engineering.
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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
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370 - 377Save these.
15 x [2 Volatile Blasting Trigger] - 45 Cobalt Bar, 15 Crystallized Water
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377 - 385Save these too, you will need them.
10 x [Overcharged Capacitor] - 40 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Earth
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385 - 390
6 x [Explosive Decoy] - 6 Frostweave Cloth, 18 Volatile Blasting Trigger
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390 - 400Save 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
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400 - 405
5 x [Diamond-cut Refractor Scope] - 5 Froststeel Tube, 10 Handful of Cobalt Bolts
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405 - 415
12 x [Box of Bombs] - 60 Saronite Bar, 12 Volatile Blasting Trigge
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415 - 420
5 x [Mana Injector Kit] - 60 Saronite Bar, 10 Crystallized Water
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420 - 4255 x [Noise Machine] - 10 Froststeel Tube, 10 Overcharged Capacitor, 40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts
425 - 525
Visit your trainer and learn Illustrious Engineering.
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425 - 44220 x [2 - 4 Handful of Obsidium Bolts] - 40 Obsidium Bar
Save these, you might need to make more of these later on.
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442 - 4451 x [Electrostatic Condenser] - 4 Obsidium Bar, 6 Obsidium Bolts, 4 Volatile Earth
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445 - 46015 x [2-3 Electrified Ether] - 30 Volatile Air
Keep these.
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460 - 4702 x [R19 Threatfinder] - 12 Obsidium Bars, 4 Alicite, 12 Obsidium Bolts
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2 x [Safety Catch Removal Kit] - 20 Obsidium bars, 20 Obsidium Bolts
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470 - 4751 x [High-Powered Bolt Gun] - 10 Obsidium Bars, 8 Obsidium Bolts, 4 Electrified Ether
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475 - 4954 x [Elementium Toolbox] - 60 Elementium Bar, 48 Volatile Earth
You can also make [Lure Master Tackle Box] up to 490 if you want to.
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495 - 5052 x [Elementium Dragonling] - 4 Obsidium Bolts, 16 Electrified Ether, 32 Elementium Bar, 40 Embersilk Cloth
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505 - 5101 x [Finely-Tuned Throat Needler] - 2 Electrified Ether, 4 Obsidium Bars, 5 Hardened Elementium Bars
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510 - 5158 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.
Check your Calendar in-game to see if the Darkmoon Faire is open, the event starts at 00:01 on the Sunday before the 1st Monday of each month.
You can gain +5 skill points by completing a single quest. Click here to read more about the quests.
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515 - 5253 x [Gnomish X-Ray Scope] - 6 Hardened Elementium Bars, 6 Dream Emerald
I hope you liked this Engineering leveling guide, GZ to 525!
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