Engineering
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Engineering
Overview
Engineering is a primary crafting profession. It lets you craft gadgets, toys and bombs.
It pairs naturally with Mining, which provides the metal it needs. Gnomes have the Engineering Specialization ability, which increases Engineering skill by 15.
What this profession is for
- Craft gadgets and items that are useful while exploring or in combat.
- Craft bombs.
Learning the profession
Engineering is learned from an engineering trainer. Each rank raises the profession's maximum skill and requires a character level and a minimum skill:
- Apprentice: up to 75 skill, from level 5.
- Journeyman: up to 150, from 50 skill and level 10.
- Expert: up to 225, from 125 skill and level 20.
- Artisan: up to 300, from 200 skill and level 35.
Remember to visit your trainer as you approach your rank's limit: beyond it, your skill no longer increases.
In brackets, what each trainer teaches: 75 (Apprentice rank, from 0 to 75), 75 + (Journeyman rank, from 75 to 150), 150 + (Expert rank, from 150 to 225), 225 + (Artisan rank, from 225 to 300).
Alliance
- Stormwind City: Sprite Jumpsprocket (75) and Lilliam Sparkspindle (75 +).
- Ironforge: Jemma Quikswitch (75), Trixie Quikswitch (75 +) and Springspindle Fizzlegear (150 +).
- Duskwood: Finbus Geargrind (75 +).
Horde
- Orgrimmar: Thund (75), Nogg (75 +) and Roxxik (150 +).
- Undercity: Graham Van Talen (75) and Franklin Lloyd (75 +).
Neutral
- Tanaris: Buzzek Bracketswing (225 +), in Gadgetzan.
Guide 1 – 300
This guide takes you from 1 to 300. It mostly uses schematics taught by trainers; three schematics are bought from vendors, noted below. Quantities are estimates: once a schematic is no longer orange, you sometimes need to craft a few more.
Required components
- Rough StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 100
- Copper BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 46
- Weak FluxVendor componentSold by vendors.: 34
- Wooden StockVendor componentSold by vendors.: 10
- Coarse StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 50
- Silver BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 10
- Bronze BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 71
- Wool ClothClothFound on humanoids or bought at the auction house.: 5
- Heavy StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 89
- Heavy LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house.: 60
- Steel BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 4
- Solid StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 180
- Iron BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 15
- Mithril BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 213
- Mageweave ClothClothFound on humanoids or bought at the auction house.: 12
- Dense StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 60
- Thorium BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 177
- RuneclothClothFound on humanoids or bought at the auction house.: 35
Stones and the ore for bars are gathered with Mining, or bought at the auction house. Weak Flux and Wooden Stock are sold by vendors.
1 – 40
Start with Rough Blasting Powder.
- Rough Blasting PowderCrafted itemKnown as soon as you learn the profession. (100): Rough StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (100).
40 – 50
Craft Handfuls of Copper Bolts and keep 10 of them: they are used around 65.
- Handful of Copper BoltsCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 30 skill. (12): Copper BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (12).
50 – 51
At 50, go back to your trainer to learn the Journeyman rank. Then craft your Arclight Spanner: it is needed to craft many engineering items.
- Arclight SpannerCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 50 skill. (1): Copper BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (6).
51 – 65
Craft Copper Tubes and keep 10 of them.
- Copper TubeCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 50 skill. (14): Copper BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (28), Weak FluxVendor componentSold by vendors. (14).
65 – 75
Assemble Rough Boomsticks.
- Rough BoomstickCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 50 skill. (10): Copper TubeCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 50 skill. (10), Handful of Copper BoltsCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 30 skill. (10), Wooden StockVendor componentSold by vendors. (10).
75 – 95
Craft Coarse Blasting Powder and keep 20: it is used around 120.
- Coarse Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 75 skill. (50): Coarse StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (50).
95 – 105
Craft Silver Contacts and keep them: each craft gives 5.
- Silver ContactCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 90 skill. (10): Silver BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (10).
105 – 120
Move on to Bronze Tubes.
- Bronze TubeCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 105 skill. (20): Bronze BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (40), Weak FluxVendor componentSold by vendors. (20).
120 – 125
Craft a few Small Bronze Bombs. At 125, go back to a trainer to learn the Expert rank, from Roxxik (Orgrimmar) or Springspindle Fizzlegear (Ironforge).
- Small Bronze BombCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 120 skill. (5): Coarse Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 75 skill. (20), Bronze BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (10), Silver ContactCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 90 skill. (5), Wool ClothClothFound on humanoids or bought at the auction house. (5).
125 – 145
Craft Heavy Blasting Powder and keep it: it is used up to 195. The recipe turns green around 135.
- Heavy Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 125 skill. (89): Heavy StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (89).
145 – 150
Craft a few Big Bronze Bombs.
- Big Bronze BombCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 140 skill. (7): Heavy Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 125 skill. (14), Bronze BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (21), Silver ContactCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 90 skill. (7).
150 – 175
The Red Firework schematic is bought from a vendor. Each craft gives 3 fireworks; the recipe turns green around 162.
- Red FireworkCrafted itemRecipe bought from a vendor at 150 skill. (60): Heavy Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 125 skill. (60), Heavy LeatherLeatherGathered with Skinning or bought at the auction house. (60).
175 – 176
Craft your Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor: it is needed to craft many engineering items.
- Gyromatic Micro-AdjustorCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 175 skill. (1): Steel BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (4).
176 – 190
Craft Solid Blasting Powder and keep it: it is used up to 250.
- Solid Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 175 skill. (90): Solid StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (180).
190 – 195
Craft a few Big Iron Bombs.
- Big Iron BombCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 190 skill. (5): Iron BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (15), Heavy Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 125 skill. (15), Silver ContactCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 90 skill. (5).
195 – 205
Move on to Mithril Tubes. At 200, go back to a trainer to learn the Artisan rank, from Buzzek Bracketswing (Gadgetzan, Tanaris).
- Mithril TubeCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 195 skill. (25): Mithril BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (75).
205 – 210
Craft Unstable Triggers and keep them: they are used around 235.
- Unstable TriggerCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 200 skill. (12): Mithril BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (12), Mageweave ClothClothFound on humanoids or bought at the auction house. (12), Solid Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 175 skill. (12).
210 – 225
Craft Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs.
- Hi-Impact Mithril SlugsCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 210 skill. (30): Mithril BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (30), Solid Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 175 skill. (30).
225 – 235
Craft Mithril Casings and keep them: they are used in the next step.
- Mithril CasingCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 215 skill. (24): Mithril BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (72).
235 – 245
Assemble Hi-Explosive Bombs.
- Hi-Explosive BombCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 235 skill. (12): Mithril CasingCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 215 skill. (24), Unstable TriggerCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 200 skill. (12), Solid Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 175 skill. (24).
245 – 250
Craft a few Mithril Gyro-Shots.
- Mithril Gyro-ShotCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 245 skill. (12): Mithril BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (24), Solid Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 175 skill. (24).
250 – 260
Craft Dense Blasting Powder.
- Dense Blasting PowderCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 250 skill. (30): Dense StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (60).
260 – 290
The Thorium Widget schematic is bought from a vendor.
- Thorium WidgetCrafted itemRecipe bought from a vendor at 260 skill. (35): Thorium BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (105), RuneclothClothFound on humanoids or bought at the auction house. (35).
290 – 300
Finish with Thorium Tubes. Their schematic is sold by Xizzer Fizzbolt, in Everlook (Winterspring).
- Thorium TubeCrafted itemRecipe bought from a vendor at 275 skill. (12): Thorium BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (72).
