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WoW Engineering Guide 1-525 Leveling | Engineering Guide
Below is a detailed walk-through on how to level Engineering 1-525 quickly and easily. This guide is as complete as I can make it but players may have to purchase extra Engineering materials due to sometimes not getting a point from a yellowed item. Some players may also find that making different items are cheaper on their server depending on their economy. In total, expect to spend 7,200-7,700g leveling Engineering. (Note: You should be able to recover around 3,200g or more by selling items on the Auction House or disenchanting them depending on your server's economy). Please enjoy this Engineering 1-525 Guide and if you have any questions or feedback feel free to post them on our forums.
- Engineering Guide 1-525 Leveling: Updated for Patch 4.0.3a/4.0.6 - Cataclysm
- Expected Cost to Engineering from levels 1-525: 7,200g-7,700g
Estimated Time Leveling Engineering 1-525: 5 hours - Required Material:
20 x [Rough Stone]
25 x [Linen Cloth]
88 x [Copper Bar]
20 x [Silver Bar]
34 x [Weak Flux] (Vendor Item)
15 x [Coarse Stone]
84 x [Bronze Bar]
10 x [Moss Agate]
32 x [Heavy Stone]
64 x [Wool Cloth]
16 x [Medium Leather]
4 x [Steel Bar]
200 x [Solid Stone]
164 x [Mithril Bar]
80 x [Dense Stone]
20 x [Mageweave Cloth]
189 x [Thorium Bar]
32 x [Runecloth]
95 x [Fel Iron Bar]
20 x [Mote of Earth] (Tip: If you can't find the motes buy 2 x [Primal Earth] instead. You will need a Miner to break these into motes.)
10 x [Mote of Fire] (Tip: If you can't find the motes buy 1 x [Primal Fire] instead. Players will need a Miner to break these into motes.)
5 x [Heavy Stock] (Vendor Item)
40 x [Adamantite Bar]
30 x [Netherweave Cloth]
168 x [Cobalt Bar]
68 x [Crystallized Water] (Tip: You can right click an [Eternal Water] to get 10 of these.)
39 x [Crystallized Fire] (Tip: You can right click an [Eternal Fire] to get 10 of these.)
12 x [Frostweave Cloth]
143 x [Saronite Bar]
10 x [Borean Leather]
5 x [Eternal Shadow]
206 (or 214 for Gnome Engineers.) x [Obsidium Bar]
8 x [Jasper] - (Only for Gnome Engineers.)
26 x [Hardened Elementium Bar]
4 x [Volatile Earth]
6 x [Volatile Fire]
36 x [Volatile Air]
6 x [Dream Emerald] - Leveling Engineering 1-525 Quick Sections
Engineering 1-50 - Apprentice Engineering
Engineering 50-125 - Journeyman Engineering
Engineering 125-200 - Expert Engineering
Engineering 200-275 - Artisan Engineering
Engineering 275-350 - Master Engineering
Engineering 350-425 - Grand Master Engineering
Engineering 425-525 - Illustrious GM Engineering
WoW Engineering Guide 1-525 Leveling | Engineering Guide 1-50 - Apprentice
- 1-20: Make 20 x [Rough Blasting Powder]
Required Materials:
20 x [Rough Stone] - 20-30: Make 10 x [Rough Dynamite]
Required Materials:
20 x [Rough Blasting Powder]
10 x [Linen Cloth] - 30-50: Make 34 x [Handful of Copper Bolts]
Required Materials:
34 x [Copper Bar] - Once you hit skill level 50, talk to the Engineering trainer and train Journeyman Engineering. This will allow you to skill up to level 150 and requires level 10.
WoW Engineering Guide 1-525 Leveling | Engineering Guide 50-125 - Journeyman
- 50-51: Make 1 x [Arclight Spanner]
Required Materials:
6 x [Copper Bar] - 51-75: Make 24 x [Copper Tube]
Required Materials:
48 x [Copper Bar]
24 x [Weak Flux] - 75-85: Make 15 x [Coarse Blasting Powder]
Required Materials:
15 x [Coarse Stone] - 85-90: Make 5 x [Coarse Dynamite]
Required Materials:
15 x [Coarse Blasting Powder]
15 x [Linen Cloth] - 90-110: Make 20 x [Silver Contact]
Required Materials:
20 x [Silver Bar] - 110-115: Make 10 x [Bronze Tube]
Required Materials:
20 x [Bronze Bar]
10 x [Weak Flux] - 115-125: Make 10 x [Standard Scope]
Required Materials:
10 x [Bronze Tube]
10 x [Moss Agate] - Once you hit skill level 125 speak with the Engineering trainer and learn Expert Engineering. This will allow you to skill up to 225 and requires level 20.
WoW Engineering Guide 1-525 Leveling | Engineering Guide 125-200 - Expert
- 125-150: Make 32 x [Heavy Blasting Powder] and 16 x [Whirring Bronze Gizmo]
Required Materials:
32 x [Heavy Stone]
32 x [Bronze Bar]
16 x [Wool Cloth] - 150-159: Make 16 x [Bronze Framework]
Required Materials:
32 x [Bronze Bar]
16 x [Medium Leather]
16 x [Wool Cloth] - 159-175: Make 16 x [Explosive Sheep]
Required Materials:
32 x [Wool Cloth]
32 x [Heavy Blasting Powder]
16 x [Bronze Framework]
16 x [Whirring Bronze Gizmo] - 175-176: Make 1 x [Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor]
Required Materials:
4 x [Steel Bar] - 176-195: Make 100 x [Solid Blasting Powder] (It will go green at 185 but it is the easiest and cheapest way to reach 195.)
Required Materials:
200 x [Solid Stone] - 195-200: Make 8 x [Mithril Tube]
Required Materials:
24 x [Mithril Bar] - Once you hit skill level 200 speak with the Engineering trainer and learn Artisan Engineering. This will allow you to skill up to 300 and requires level 35.
WoW Engineering Guide 1-525 Leveling | Engineering Guide 200-275 - Artisan
- 200-216: Make 20 x [Unstable Trigger]
Required Materials:
20 x [Mithril Bar]
20 x [Mageweave Cloth]
20 x [Solid Blasting Powder] - 216-237: Make 40 x [Mithril Casing]
Required Materials:
120 x [Mithril Bar] - 237-250: Make 20 x [Hi-Explosive Bomb]
Required Materials:
40 x [Mithril Casing]
20 x [Unstable Trigger]
40 x [Solid Blasting Powder] 250-260: Make 40 x [Dense Blasting Powder] (It will go green at 255 but it is the easiest and cheapest way to reach 260.)
Required Materials:
80 x [Dense Stone]- 260-275: Make 15 x [Thorium Widget]
Required Materials:
45 x [Thorium Bar]
15 x [Runecloth] - At this point you will want to find a Master Engineering trainer and learn how to be a Master Engineer. This will allow you to reach skill level 375 and requires level 50.
A Master or Grand Master Engineer trainer can teach you to become a Master Engineer. Some are listed below.
Alliance
Lebowski - Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula
Horde
Zebig - Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula
Neutral
Timofey Oshenko - Dalaran
WoW Engineering Guide 1-525 Leveling | Engineering Guide 275-350 - Master
- 275-285: Make 12 x [Thorium Widget]
Required Materials:
36 x [Thorium Bar]
12 x [Runecloth] - 285-300: Make 18 x [Thorium Tube]
Required Materials:
108 x [Thorium Bar] - 300-310: Make 50 x [Handful of Fel Iron Bolts]
Required Materials:
50 x [Fel Iron Bar] - 310-320: Make 10 x [Elemental Blasting Powder] and 15 x [Fel Iron Casing]
Required Materials:
20 x [Mote of Earth] (Tip: If you can't find the motes buy 2 x [Primal Earth] instead. You will need a Miner to break these into motes.)
10 x [Mote of Fire] (Tip: If you can't find the motes buy 1 x [Primal Fire] instead. You will need a Miner to break these into motes.)
45 x [Fel Iron Bar] - 320-325: Make 5 x [Fel Iron Musket]
Required Materials:
5 x [Heavy Stock]
15 x [Fel Iron Casing]
30 x [Handful of Fel Iron Bolts] - 325-335: Make 10 x [Adamantite Grenade]
Required Materials:
40 x [Adamantite Bar]
10 x [Elemental Blasting Powder]
20 x [Handful of Fel Iron Bolts] - 335-350: Make 30 x [White Smoke Flare] (You will need to purchase this Schematic from Wind Trader Lathrai in Lower City, Shattrath.)
Required Materials:
30 x [Netherweave Cloth]
10 x [Elemental Blasting Powder] - After hitting skill level 350, players will want to head to a Grand Master Engineering trainer and become a Grand Master Engineer. This requires level 65. Some are listed below.
Alliance
Tisha Longbridge - Valgarde, Howling Fjord
Sock Brightbolt - Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra
Horde
Jamesina Watterly - Vengence Landing, Howling Fjord
Chief Engineer Leveny - Warsong Hold, Borean Tundra
Neutral
Timofey Oshenko - Dalaran.
WoW Engineering Guide 1-525 Leveling | Engineering Guide 350-425 - Grand Master
- 350-365: Make 18 x [Handful of Cobalt Bolts] (Note: These make 1-3 each time so it's difficult to know the outcome. You will only need atleast 18 of these but they're used for the Mechano-Hog so they should sell well.)
Required Materials:
36 x [Cobalt Bar] - 365-380: Make 20 x [Volatile Blasting Trigger]
Required Materials:
60 x [Cobalt Bar]
20 x [Crystallized Water] (Note: You can always buy [Eternal Water] instead and break it down.) - 380-390: Make 12 x [Explosive Decoy]
Required Materials:
36 x [Volatile Blasting Trigger]
12 x [Frostweave Cloth] - 390-398: Make 9 x [Froststeel Tube]
Required Materials:
72 x [Cobalt Bar]
9 x [Crystallized Water] - 398-405: Make 9 x [Diamond-cut Refractor Scope]
Required Materials:
9 x [Froststeel Tube]
18 x [Handful of Cobalt Bolts] - 405-410: Make 5 x [Box of Bombs]
Required Materials:
25 x [Saronite Bar]
5 x [Volatile Blasting Trigger] - 410-420: Make 13 x [Goblin Beam Welder]
Required Materials:
78 x [Saronite Bar]
39 x [Crystallized Fire] - Break down Eternal Fire
39 x [Crystallized Water] - Break down Eternal Water - 420-425: Make 5 x [Mechanized Snow Goggles]
Required Materials:
40 x [Saronite Bar]
10 x [Borean Leather]
5 x [Eternal Shadow]
WoW Engineering Guide 1-525 Leveling | Engineering Guide 425-525 - Illustrious Grand Master
- Once you hit skill level 425, talk to the Engineering trainer in any major city like Orgrimmar or Stormwind and train Illustrious Grand Master Engineering. This will allow you to skill up to level 525 and requires level 75.
- 425-447: Make 40 x [Handful of Obsidium Bolts] (Note: You make 2-4 each time and need atleast 66 for Goblin Engineers and 50 for Gnome Engineers.)
Required Materials:
80 x [Obsidium Bar] - 447-450: Make 1 x [Electrostatic Condenser]
Required Materials:
6 x [Handful of Obsidium Bolts]
4 x [Obsidium Bar]
4 x [Volatile Earth] - IMPORTANT! If you didn't do the last step 425-447 and are starting out at 450, you need to make 30 x [Handful of Obsidium Bolts] or have 66 for Goblin Engineers and 50 for Gnome Engineers of them first so you have the supplies to make the following items you need to level to 525.
- 450-460: Make 18 x [Electrified Ether] - You need a total of 42.
Required Materials:
36 x [Volatile Air] - 460-470: Make 2 x [Safety Catch Removal Kit]
Required Materials:
20 x [Obsidium Bar]
20 x [Handful of Obsidium Bolts] - 470-470/475: Make 1 x [High-Powered Bolt Gun]
Required Materials:
4 x [Electrified Ether]
10 x [Obsidium Bar]
8 x [Handful of Obsidium Bolts] - If you didn't get to 475 making the above item, try making [Safety Catch Removal Kit].
- 475-495: Make 4 x [Personal World Destroyer] - Goblin Engineer (Recipe is bought in Dalaran).
Required Materials:
40 x [Obsidium Bar]
32 x [Handful of Obsidium Bolts]
32 x [Electrified Ether] - Or make the pet below if you're a Gnome engineer.
- 475-495: Make 4 x [De-Weaponized Mechanical Companion] - Gnome Engineer (Recipe is bought in Dalaran).
Required Materials:
48 x [Obsidium Bar]
16 x [Handful of Obsidium Bolts]
32 x [Electrified Ether]
8 x [Jasper] - 495-510: Make 3 x [Finely-Tuned Throat Needler]
Required Materials:
12 x [Obsidium Bar]
15 x [Hardened Elementium Bar]
6 x [Electrified Ether] - 510-515: Make 1 x [Volatile Thunderstick]
Required Materials:
2 x [Electrified Ether]
5 x [Hardened Elementium Bar]
6 x [Volatile Fire] - 515-525: Make 3 x [Gnomish X-Ray Scope]
Required Materials:
6 x [Hardened Elementium Bar]
6 x [Dream Emerald] - Congratulations WoW Gamer!! You now have 525 Engineering - Illustrious Grand Master! Check out Engineering Gold Guide Part 1 and Engineering Gold Guide Part 2 for written and video guides detailing several ways to make gold with Engineering. Also, you can check out the forums for more tips and tricks as well as ask questions about anything you wish to know.
