WoW Enchanting Guide

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Leveling up your Enchanting will probably make you BROKE, between buying skills and disenchanting all of your greens. So unless you are LOADED with gold YOU WILL WANT TO SEE THIS GUIDE first, to avoid singing the Broke Enchanting Blues.

Enchanting took a hit after Blizzard removed the ability for any enchanter to disenchant any item, enchanters who had only adopted that profession to disenchant were forced to level up (like me). Here are the instructions that got me to an enchanting skill of 300 quickly. Hopefully they will work for you. As with most of our guides, you'll see that the numbers are based on bare minimums, meaning you're unlikely to get by with only that # of materials. I recommend you increase each quanity by about 120-150% depending on the # of levels that material is used to level up. Enchanting is pretty expensive to power level, but most of the materials are available so you can save up your gold and then spend it all in one night and have a massive enchanting party!

Enjoy!

Apprentice Enchanting (1-75)
Levels Craft Copper Rod Strange Dust Lesser Magic Essence
  1 Runed Copper Rod 1 1 1
1-75 75 Enchant Bracer - Minor Health   75  
  Totals: 1 76 1
Journeyman Enchanting (76-125)
Levels Craft Lesser Magic Essence Strange Dust Silver Rod Greater Magic Essence Shadowgem Lesser Astral Essence
76-85 10 Enchant Bracer - Minor Deflection 10 10        
86-105 20 Enchant Bracer - Minor Stamina   60        
  1 Runed Silver Rod   6 1 6 1  
106-120 15 Enchant Bracer - Minor Agility   30   15    
121-125 5 Enchant Shield - Minor Stamina   10       5
  Totals: 10 116 1 21 1 5
Expert Enchanting (126-180)
Levels Craft Lesser Astral Essence Strange Dust Soul Dust Golden Rod Iridescent Pearl Greater Astral Essence Lesser Mystic Essence
126-130 5 Enchant Shield - Minor Stamina 5 10          
131-160 30 Enchant Bracer - Lesser Stamina     60        
  1 Runed Gold Rod     2 1 1 2  
161-165 5 Enchant Shield - Lesser Stamina     5       5
166-180 15 Enchant Bracer - Spirit             15
  Totals: 5 10 67 1 1 2 20
Expert Enchanting (181-225)
Levels Craft Vision Dust Truesilver Rod Black Pearl Greater Mystic Essence
181-205 25 Enchant Bracer - Strength 25      
  1 Runed Truesilver Rod 2 1 1 2
206-225 20 Enchant Cloak - Greater Defense 60      
  Totals: 87 1 1 2

To learn Artisan Enchanting you need to find Annora in Uldaman (she is past the first crowd of scorpids). While you're there you will want to have enough materials to level to 245, this includes: 10-20 Lesser Nether Essence and 70-100 Vision Dust.

Artisan Enchanting (226-290)
Levels Craft Lesser Nether Essence Vision Dust Dream Dust Greater Nether Essence
226-235 10 Enchant Gloves - Agility 10 10    
236-245 10 Enchant Chest - Superior Health   60    
246-265 20 Enchant Bracer - Greater Strength     40 20
266-290 25 Enchant Shield - Greater Stamina     250  
  Totals: 10 70 290 20
Artisan Enchanting (291-300)
Levels Craft Arcanite Rod Golden Pearl Illusion Dust Greater Eternal Essence Small Brilliant Shards Large Brilliant Shards
  1 Runed Arcanite Rod 1 1 10 4 4 2
291-300 10 Enchant Cloak - Superior Defense     80      
  Totals: 1 1 90 4 4 2

Grand Master Enchanting can be learned at several places. Felannia at Thrallmar serves well for Horde; Johan Barnes at Honor Hold does the job for Alliance; High Enchanter Bardolan on the Scryer Tier in Shattrath is happy to help anyone who chose to ally themselves with the Scryers; and Asarnan at Stormspire in Netherstorm will aid anyone who comes to talk with him.

Grand Master Enchanting (300-375)
Levels Craft Greater Eternal Essence Large Brilliant Shard Arcane Dust Greater Planar Essence Large Prismatic Shard Primal Might
300-301 1 Runed Fel Iron Rod 4 6
301-310 9 Enchant Chest - Restore Mana Prime* 18 6
310-320 10 Enchant Gloves - Assault 80
320-330 10 Enchant Chest - Major Spirit 20
330-340 10 Enchant Shield - Intellect** 40
340-350 10 Enchant Gloves - Major Strength 120 10
350-351 1 Runed Adamantite Rod 8 8 1
351-360 9 Enchant Gloves - Major Strength 108 9
360-375 15 Enchant Gloves - Spell Strike*** 30 120 30
Totals: 4 6 356 213 38 1

*Convert the Greater Planar Essences to Lesser Planar Essences.

** Formula obtained from the Aged Dalaran Wizard in the Old Hillbrad Foothills instance. The vendor walks the roads of the zone and can be reached solo.

*** Formula obtained from the Cenarion Expedition Quartermaster at Revered reputation with the Cenarion Expedition.

Thanks for reading this enchanting article! Good luck with your enchanting!


360-375 Enchanting

Another alternative for this enchanting range is Enchant Ring - Striking. It requires revered rep with the consortium, but shouldnt be any harder to get than revered with CE. Its mats are 2 large prismatic shards and 6 arcane dust.

I would recommend using

I would recommend using Enchant Ring - Spellpower or Enchant Ring - Striking at least from 360 to 370 instead of going the last 15 points on Enchant Gloves - Spell Strike. Both formulas stay orange through 370 and require WAY less in terms of mats: Spellpower - 2 Large Prismatic Shards and 2 Greater Planar Essences, Striking - 2 Large Prismatic Shards and 6 Arcane Dust. Spellpower is available from The Keepers of Time Quartermaster at Honored reputation and Striking is available from The Consortium Quartermaster at Revered reputation.

for Artisan Enchanting

for Artisan Enchanting (291-300), illusion dust on my server was about 3g per dust, i went with just riding out Enchant Boots +7 STA (or Enchant Shield +7 STA, same mats) until 299, and made the arcanite rod as guaranteed point #300. good guide, though, thanks. :)

Good advice. Thx.

Good advice. Thx.

Formula: Enchant Shield -

Formula: Enchant Shield - Greater Stamina is only sold by the one NPC in UC (for Horde), and he only carries one at a time - it takes like an hour for it to repop! You're kidding right? It doesn't drop from ANYWHERE else in game.

I think enchanting is a

I think enchanting is a spermy prof.

sounds funny but i have idea

sounds funny but i have idea what that means

great help.... im only to

great help.... im only to 260 right now and followed your advice step by step and didnt miss one level of enchant.... thanks for the help!

Phindo
Golden Knights of Lore

No need for Uldaman anymore,

No need for Uldaman anymore, the enchantes in the big city's can teach you reciepes from 225-300.

From 340 enchanting to 360,

From 340 enchanting to 360, skill off superior wizard oil, it's yellow when you learn it and green at 350, but it is still by far cheaper than burning greater planars and arcane dust.

A great guide! Helped me do

A great guide!

Helped me do it very fast, certain items where stupidly expensive on my server and I had to cut corners on certain mats. Brillliant guide for the most part though :)

Pewpew x

Great guide thanks. As a

Great guide thanks. As a level 47 mage I had 1000gold saved up. I spent 600 gold to level enchanting to 265 in 3 hours. Its easy to level enchanting to about half that level and spend only 100-200 gold if you get green armor from the deadmines.

Instead of Enchant Bracer -

Instead of Enchant Bracer - Minor Deflection... o would sugest Enchant Bracer - Minor Mana.. that uses only 1 Lesser Magic Essence
:)

Awesome guide. Ditched

Awesome guide.
Ditched skinning to start off with, got enchanting found this guide, and over around 3 hours I got from 1-245, cost me 80g to do it + the Small Radiant Shards i got from farming sm arm took me 3 mins to get and have given me 65g Approx. All round its only cost me around 15-20g to level enchanting to 245 :O. Now for 245 - 300 , the tricky bit :(. Wish me luck!!
P.S Trying to get fiery formula to make some extra cash.
:D:D:D
:):):):):)

lvl to 305 on my server and

lvl to 305 on my server and its costed me near 1000g -_- lol and ididn't go with using illuion dust 4g ea on my server O.O
other then that i got to 305 in a night pretty good guide ^^

Enchant Chest - Major Spirit

Enchant Chest - Major Spirit takes you all the way to 340 without point loss

Awesome guide. Few notes: on

Awesome guide.
Few notes: on the way from 310-315 i used Enchant Braces - Brown (you save 10 arcane dust), you should try to use it up to 320.
Enchant Chest - Major Spirit is realy awesome to lvl up to 340. i didnt get lvlup only twice. But enchant is REALLY cheap.
I also used Enchant Gloves - Major Strength all the way up to 370 (didnt get skill lvlup 2-3 times but it is WAAAY cheaper than Enchant Gloves - Spell Strike).
Enchanted my rings with healing, leaving me with 372 skill. So i guess you better to forget about using Enchant Gloves - Spell Strike if you want to save some cash.

lolz my druid is lvl 52 and

lolz my druid is lvl 52 and have a skill of 299 Costed me 100g and a few dot runs whit my mains in low lvl intances
spended about 100g in buying cloth to Disenchant

pwns to have many alts

Happy Times.

Happy Times.

I used this Guide and went from 0-375 in one night. Luckily I started with 13k gold :P

Just got to 300..... big

Just got to 300..... big mistake would be buying illusion dust.... best bet is to find Fiery or icy weapon and farm the mats.... fiery is 4 small radiant shards which you can get in uldaman with just the first 4 bosses 5 min. into the instance... i got from 280 to 300 with that and didnt spend any gold doing it.... you can find fiery weapon in BRD off of the rare elite.... that isnt rare anymore he is always there.... Icy weapon is good too, a little bit more mats.... but its like 1g each thing and it takes 4.... way cheaper then buying illusion dust in my opinion... but then again you would have to go by what each mat. costs on your server, its always different if your horde alliance.... hope i helped you all try to save a buck....

Phindo

Llane

The best way to get to 375

The best way to get to 375 from 365 is to get honor with Shattered Sun Offensive, buy the shield enchant. This is the cheapest, easiest way to 375 comparing to Enchant Gloves Spell Strike.

365-375: Get Honored with

365-375:
Get Honored with Shattered Sun Offensive, buy the Shield Enchant and voila! 375! Cheapest, easiest way to cap.

what encahnt is that? i cant

what encahnt is that? i cant seem to find it?

Maybe they mean "Formula:

Maybe they mean "Formula: Enchant Chest - Defense"

4 Greater Planar Essence
8 Arcane Dust
4 Eternium Ore

That's still much better than all the Lg Prismatic Shards the glove enchant listed requires.

It is Defense to chest

It is Defense to chest enchant from SSO, revered.

PWNT You should add that

PWNT

You should add that YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO INTO ULDAMAN IF you are lvl 70.

Seems you guys have

Seems you guys have forgotten the ring enchants they anit that expensive im at 365 and they are still orange

When u get to the (226-290)

When u get to the (226-290) range the last thing on the list here is the shield enchant u have to go to darnassus to buy it u don't learn it from a trainer

Ty guys for this guide is

Ty guys for this guide is realy good i incrased my skill so fast and spend little gold on it ,around 1k from 1-385(i am blood elf)

Lol ya right i just spent 1k

Lol ya right i just spent 1k to get 20 levels.

meh thats nothing :) had

meh thats nothing :) had 335ish at 52, been focusing on levelin tho so im 59 and still at 340-345 range

This guide is very pewpew

This guide is very pewpew but on my server costed me about 2.5k to get from lvl 250 to 350.....not good buit overall very good guide

this guide makes my 8====D

this guide makes my 8====D hard

320 now... some items are

320 now... some items are extremely expensive and left me a penniless pauper now but it the end it'll all be worth it... I hope ^_^

Great guide, didn't miss many lvl ups during the process.

Running Ramparts in Hellfire

Running Ramparts in Hellfire is a GREAT way to get planer essence and arcane dust, illusion dust drops in BRD and small radiant shards in ST off the blues, great way to cheaply level

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