Enchanting leveling guide
Enchanting from 1 to 300
What to make at every skill, what one craft takes, where to train each rank and which recipes to buy before you need them. The beta caps skill at 225 for now; the route carries on to 300.
- Beta cap
- 225
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The route
Shopping list
Buy or gather these before you start. An alternative replaces its whole row: take whichever costs less.
Skill 1–225
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Trainers
Start with Apprentice Enchanting for 10 from character level 5. Any of these trainers teaches it; the capital cities are listed first.
Alliance
Horde
Apprentice Enchanting (1–75)
Any Enchanting trainer teaches Apprentice from character level 5 for 10. Where they stand.
Skill 1–2

1 × Runed Copper Rod
Materials: 1 Copper Rod, 1 Mote of Magic
Rod and Mote: the supply vendor beside the trainer.
Skill 2–20
18 × Enchant Bracer - Inferior Stamina
Materials: 18 Mote of Magic
Skill 20–70
Orange throughout.50 × Enchant Bracer - Minor Deflect
Materials: 50 Lesser Magic Essence
Right-click a Greater Magic Essence: it breaks down to 3 lesser ones.
Or
50 × Enchant Chest - Inferior Stamina
Materials: 50 Strange Dust
Dust cheaper than essence? Take the dust route from here.
Skill 70–100
Orange until 90, yellow from 90.33 × Enchant Chest - Minor Absorption
Materials: 33 Lesser Magic Essence
Train Journeyman by 75. Train Journeyman before 75.
Or
30 × Enchant Bracer - Minor Stamina
Materials: 60 Strange Dust
Dust route, 70–100; it carries on in the next steps.
Materials for this rank3 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
Journeyman Enchanting (75–150)
An Enchanting trainer teaches Journeyman from Enchanting 50 and character level 10 for 5.
Alliance
Horde
Recipes to buy for this stretch: Formula: Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect. Buy them on your way so you are not stuck at the vendor-sold steps.
Skill 100–109
Yellow throughout.18 × Enchant Chest - Minor Absorption
Materials: 18 Lesser Magic Essence
Skill 109–110

1 × Runed Silver Rod
Materials: 1 Silver Rod, 3 Strange Dust, 4 Lesser Magic Essence, 1 Shadowgem
Silver Rod: ask a blacksmith, or check the auction house.
Skill 110–130
Orange throughout.20 × Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect
Materials: 80 Lesser Magic Essence
Recipe to buyFormula: Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect from Alliance: Tilli Thistlefuzz (Dun Morogh); Horde: Kithas (Orgrimmar), Leo Sarn (Silverpine Forest). Pick it up before you get here.Formula needed (Lesser Intellect). Grab the Minor Mana Oil and Lesser Wizard Oil formulas at that vendor too.
Or
32 × Enchant Cloak - Minor Protection
Materials: 64 Strange Dust
No formula, or on the dust route: cloaks for 110–130.
Skill 130–150
Yellow throughout.32 × Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect
Materials: 128 Lesser Magic Essence
Recipe to buyFormula: Enchant 2H Weapon - Lesser Intellect from Alliance: Tilli Thistlefuzz (Dun Morogh); Horde: Kithas (Orgrimmar), Leo Sarn (Silverpine Forest). Pick it up before you get here.Or
20 × Enchant Boots - Minor Stamina
Materials: 80 Strange Dust
No formula, or on the dust route: boots for 130–150.
Or
20 × Enchant Bracer - Lesser Stamina
Materials: 20 Soul Dust
Cheaper than the boots when Soul Dust ×20 undercuts Strange Dust ×80.
Materials for this rank4 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
Expert Enchanting (150–225)
An Enchanting trainer teaches Expert from Enchanting 125 and character level 20 for 50.
Skill 150–151

1 × Runed Golden Rod
Materials: 1 Golden Rod, 1 Iridescent Pearl, 1 Greater Astral Essence, 1 Soul Dust
Train Expert first.
Skill 151–165
Orange until 160, yellow from 160.
16 × Minor Mana Oil
Materials: 16 Soul Dust, 32 Maple Seed, 16 Leaded Vial
Formula needed (Minor Mana Oil). The 201 step wants Lesser Wizard Oil's, so buy both.
Skill 165–185
Orange until 180, yellow from 180.22 × Enchant Boots - Lesser Agility
Materials: 22 Soul Dust
Skill 185–200
Orange throughout.15 × Enchant Bracer - Strength
Materials: 15 Vision Dust
Or
22 × Enchant Boots - Lesser Agility
Materials: 22 Soul Dust
Vision Dust pricey? Stay on boots up to 200.
Skill 200–201

Materials: 1 Truesilver Rod, 1 Black Pearl, 1 Greater Mystic Essence, 1 Vision Dust
Skill 201–220
Orange until 210, yellow from 210.
25 × Lesser Wizard Oil
Materials: 25 Vision Dust, 50 Stranglethorn Seed, 25 Leaded Vial
Formula needed (Lesser Wizard Oil).
Skill 220–225
Orange throughout.5 × Enchant Cloak - Greater Defense
Materials: 5 Vision Dust
Materials for this rank11 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
Artisan Enchanting (225–300)
An Enchanting trainer teaches Artisan from Enchanting 200 and character level 35 for 5. The beta caps skill at 225 for now, so this rank waits until it goes up.
Recipes to buy for this stretch: Formula: Enchant Shield - Greater Stamina. Buy them on your way so you are not stuck at the vendor-sold steps.
The beta stops at 225: skill cannot go past it for now. The steps below wait for the cap to go up.
Skill 225–262
Orange until 230, yellow from 230, green from 250.Materials: 68 Vision Dust
Skill 262–277
Yellow throughout.20 × Enchant Bracer - Greater Strength
Materials: 20 Dream Dust, 40 Lesser Nether Essence
Skill 277–300
Orange until 285, yellow from 285.27 × Enchant Shield - Greater Stamina
Materials: 162 Dream Dust
Recipe to buyFormula: Enchant Shield - Greater Stamina from Alliance: Mythrin'dir (Darnassus); Horde: Daniel Bartlett (Tirisfal Glades). Pick it up before you get here.
Materials for this rank3 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
