Engineering leveling guide
Engineering 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
| Material | Or, if cheaper |
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Trainers
Start with Apprentice Engineering for 10 from character level 5. Any of these trainers teaches it; the capital cities are listed first.
Alliance
Horde
Both factions
Apprentice Engineering (1–75)
Any Engineering trainer teaches Apprentice from character level 5 for 10. Where they stand.
Skill 1–30
Orange until 20, yellow from 20.Skill 30–50
Orange until 45, yellow from 45.Skill 50–51
Orange throughout.Skill 51–75
Orange until 60, yellow from 60.
30 × Rough Copper Bomb
Materials: 30 Copper Bar, 30 Handful of Copper Bolts, 60 Rough Blasting Powder, 30 Linen Cloth
Train Journeyman before starting: this step can run past 75.
Materials for this rank3 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 60 Rough Stone
- 66 Copper Bar
- 30 Linen Cloth
Journeyman Engineering (75–150)
An Engineering trainer teaches Journeyman from Engineering 50 and character level 10 for 450.
Skill 75–90
Orange until 85, yellow from 85.Skill 90–100
Yellow until 97, green from 97.
20 × Coarse Dynamite
Materials: 60 Coarse Blasting Powder, 20 Linen Cloth
Skill 100–105
Orange throughout.
5 × Silver Contact
Materials: 5 Silver Bar
Skill 105–125
Yellow throughout.
25 × Bronze Tube
Materials: 50 Bronze Bar, 25 Weak Flux
Keep the output
Below 125 when the tubes run out? Move on to the scopes rather than more tubes.
Skill 125–135
Orange throughout.
10 × Standard Scope
Materials: 10 Bronze Tube, 10 Moss Agate
Takes 10 tubes from the last step.
Skill 135–150
Green until 145, grey from 145.
Materials: 30 Heavy Stone
Keep the outputMake together
Pair with the gizmos: the 160 sheep take powder and gizmos.
Skill 135–150
Yellow throughout.
Materials: 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Wool Cloth
Keep the outputMake together
Pair with the powder: both feed the 160 sheep.
Materials for this rank8 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 60 Coarse Stone
- 20 Linen Cloth
- 5 Silver Bar
- 80 Bronze Bar
- 25 Weak Flux
- 10 Moss Agate
- 30 Heavy Stone
- 15 Wool Cloth
Expert Engineering (150–225)
An Engineering trainer teaches Expert from Engineering 125 and character level 20 for 45.
Alliance
Both factions
Skill 150–160
Yellow throughout.
15 × Bronze Framework
Materials: 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Medium Leather, 15 Wool Cloth
Keep the output
Train Expert first. Hold all 15; most runs pass 160 on these.
Skill 160–175
Orange throughout.
15 × Explosive Sheep
Materials: 15 Bronze Framework, 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 30 Heavy Blasting Powder, 30 Wool Cloth
Going Goblin at 200? Hold 5 back.
Skill 175–194
Yellow until 185, green from 185.
Materials: 120 Solid Stone
Keep the output
Later recipes want this powder.
Or

Materials: 20 Solid Stone

20 × Iron Grenade
Materials: 20 Iron Bar, 20 Heavy Blasting Powder, 20 Silk Cloth
Stopping at 225 with Solid Stone pricey: make both, powder first.
Skill 194–195
Yellow throughout.Skill 195–200
Yellow throughout.Skill 200–215
Yellow throughout.
20 × Unstable Trigger
Materials: 20 Mithril Bar, 20 Mageweave Cloth, 20 Solid Blasting Powder
Keep the output
Hi-Explosive Bombs take all 20.
Skill 215–225
Yellow throughout.
Materials: 13 Mithril Bar, 13 Solid Blasting Powder
Materials for this rank7 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 30 Bronze Bar
- 15 Medium Leather
- 45 Wool Cloth
- 120 Solid Stone
- 4 Steel Bar
- 51 Mithril Bar
- 20 Mageweave Cloth
Artisan Engineering (225–300)
An Engineering trainer teaches Artisan from Engineering 200 and character level 35 for 450. The beta caps skill at 225 for now, so this rank waits until it goes up.
Both factions
Recipes to buy for this stretch: Schematic: Thorium Widget and Schematic: Thorium Tube. 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 225–245
Yellow until 230, green from 230.
Materials: 62 Mithril Bar, 62 Solid Blasting Powder
Skill 245–250
Yellow throughout.
Materials: 12 Mithril Bar, 12 Solid Blasting Powder
Skill 250–258
Yellow until 255, green from 255.
Materials: 30 Dense Stone
Skill 258–262
Yellow throughout.
Materials: 14 Mithril Bar, 14 Solid Blasting Powder
Skill 262–288
Orange until 280, yellow from 280.
28 × Thorium Widget
Materials: 84 Thorium Bar, 28 Runecloth
Recipe to buySchematic: Thorium Widget from Alliance: Gearcutter Cogspinner (Dun Morogh); Horde: Sovik (Orgrimmar). Pick it up before you get here.Skill 288–300
Orange until 295, yellow from 295.
13 × Thorium Tube
Materials: 78 Thorium Bar
Recipe to buySchematic: Thorium Tube from Both factions: Xizzer Fizzbolt (Winterspring). Pick it up before you get here.
Materials for this rank5 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 88 Mithril Bar
- 61 Solid Blasting Powder
- 30 Dense Stone
- 162 Thorium Bar
- 28 Runecloth
