WoW Classic Engineering Leveling Guide

This WoW Classic Engineering leveling guide provides a cost-efficient path from skill 1 to 300. The route is calculated using estimated material costs together with each recipe's skill-up range, so it may continue using a cheaper recipe after it stops guaranteeing a skill point when doing so is expected to reduce the overall cost of leveling.

Engineering frequently uses components you crafted at earlier skill levels in later recipes. Items marked (keep) should be saved rather than sold or discarded, as the route expects to use them in subsequent crafts.

Quantities marked with an asterisk are estimates because yellow and green recipes don't guarantee a skill point on every craft.

Gnome Racial (+15)

Aggressive

Level	Craft
0-21	21Rough Blasting Powder (keep) Requires 21 Rough Stone
21-30	9Rough Dynamite Requires 9 Rough Blasting Powder 9 Linen Cloth
30-50	21Handful of Copper Bolts (keep)* Requires 21 Copper Bar
50-51	1Arclight Spanner Requires 6 Copper Bar
51-61	10Copper Tube (keep) Requires 20 Copper Bar 10 Weak Flux
61-75	14Rough Boomstick Requires 14 Handful of Copper Bolts 14 Copper Tube 14 Wooden Stock
Train Journeyman 75-150 (req. L10)
75-86	11Coarse Blasting Powder (keep) Requires 11 Coarse Stone
86-105	21Copper Modulator Requires* 42 Handful of Copper Bolts 21 Copper Bar 42 Linen Cloth
105-106	1Bronze Tube Requires 2 Bronze Bar 1 Weak Flux
106-120	15Practice Lock Requires* 15 Bronze Bar 30 Handful of Copper Bolts 15 Weak Flux
120-125	5Small Bronze Bomb Requires* 20 Coarse Blasting Powder 10 Bronze Bar 5 Silver Contact 5 Wool Cloth
125-131	7Heavy Blasting Powder (keep)* Requires 7 Heavy Stone
131-145	19Whirring Bronze Gizmo (keep)* Requires 38 Bronze Bar 19 Wool Cloth
145-150	5Bronze Framework (keep)* Requires 10 Bronze Bar 5 Wool Cloth 5 Medium Leather
Train Expert 150-225 (req. L20)
150-176	26Explosive Sheep Requires 26 Bronze Framework 26 Whirring Bronze Gizmo 52 Heavy Blasting Powder 52 Wool Cloth
176-195	38Solid Blasting Powder (keep)* Requires 76 Solid Stone
195-200	5Mithril Tube Requires* 15 Mithril Bar
200-215	20Unstable Trigger (keep)* Requires 20 Mithril Bar 20 Mageweave Cloth 20 Solid Blasting Powder
Train Artisan 225-300 (req. L35)
215-235	30Mithril Casing (keep)* Requires 90 Mithril Bar
235-250	20Hi-explosive Bomb Requires* 40 Mithril Casing 20 Unstable Trigger 40 Solid Blasting Powder
250-260	15Dense Blasting Powder Requires* 30 Dense Stone
260-275	15Thorium Widget Requires Schematic: Thorium Widget 45 Thorium Bar 15 Runecloth
275-300	26Thorium Tube Requires* 156 Thorium Bar
*May require a few more or a few less depending on your luck

Engineering Leveling Tips

Keep the Engineering components marked (keep) in the guide. Many Engineering recipes are built from components made earlier in the leveling process, so selling them can force you to craft or buy replacements later.

This is especially important for components such as blasting powders, frameworks, gizmos, triggers and casings. The route accounts for their later use when selecting the recommended crafts.

Gnome Engineering Racial Bonus

Gnomes receive a +15 bonus to Engineering skill. If your character is a Gnome, enable Gnome Racial (+15) above the guide so the leveling route can take the additional skill into account.

The racial bonus can change which recipes are most efficient at particular points in the route, so a Gnome should not necessarily follow exactly the same sequence as another race.

Check Schematic Availability

Some Engineering recipes require a schematic rather than being learned directly from a profession trainer. Check that you can obtain any required schematic before buying all of the materials for that stage. If a schematic is unavailable or unusually expensive on your server, another recipe may be the better option.

Normal vs Aggressive Leveling

Enable Aggressive if you're willing to continue using recipes after their skill-up chance begins to fall when the estimated material savings justify the additional crafts. The standard route is more conservative. Because yellow and green skill-ups are probabilistic, your actual material requirements may be slightly higher or lower than the quantities shown.