In this guide, Overgear will show you how to level your Engineering skills through all expansions Here you will find all information about profession levels, such as 1-300 Vanilla, 1-75 Outland, 1-75 Northrend, 1-75 Cataclysm, 1-75 Pandaria, Draenor 1-100, Legion 1-100 and BfA 1-175. This guide will be updated with a relevant section after Shadowland’s release.
5.0What bonuses does Engineering have?
- Mounts: Sky Golem, Geosynchronous World Spinner, Depleted-Kyparium Rocket, Mecha-Mogul Mk2, half of the Xiwyllag ATV, Mekgineer’s Chopper, Mechano-Hog, and Turbo-Charged Flying Machine.
- Azerite Helmet up to 475 ilvl for each armor type.
- Wormholes for fast travel to Northrend, Pandaria, Argus, Zandalar and Kul Tiras
- Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife – a very useful item. Contains each profession tool and also can resurrect someone out of combat (sometimes!).
- Auto-Hammer
- Jeeves for selling items, repairing, and it also gives access to the bank for engineers.
- Deployable Attire Rearranger for transmogrification wherever you need it
- Unstable Temporal Time Shifter. Your class doesn’t have a combat resurrection? Now it does!
- Findle’s Loot-A-Rang for faster looting.
- Pets: like Trigger, Rascal-Bot, and many others. There are 14 pets in total.
- Utility gear enhancements, such as Goblin Glider for the cloak, and famous Nitro Boosts for the belt.
General Information
You will have to find a special trainer for each expansion. For example, you can learn Vanilla and Cataclysm engineering schematics from Roxxik for the Horde or Lilliam Sparkspindle of Alliance. To learn Outland recipes you need to visit Shattrath and find Engineer Sinbei of Scryers or Technician Mihila of Aldor.
To craft engineering items you need some tools, such as:
- Blacksmith Hammer – Buy it from a supply vendor.
- Arclight Spanner – Requires 50 skill to craft.
- Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor – Requires 175 skill to craft.
There is also a cool item – Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife which can be bought and sold at the Auction house, and it saves some space in bags. If you already have Draenor Engineering skills, then you’ll be able to craft its improved version – Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife. There is also a Northrend version – Gnomish Army Knife, but usually, it is more expensive to get.
The best way to get materials for each expansion is to buy them at the auction house. Otherwise, you will have to spend hours farming resources with mining or killing mobs for some special reagents, such as Cloth.
1-300 Vanilla
Approximate materials required
- 60 x Rough Stone
- 36 x Copper Bar
- 20 x Coarse Stone
- 20 x Linen Cloth
- 107 x Bronze Bar. You can craft them using Mining skill, you will need 54 Copper Bar + 54 Tin Bar
- 2 x Tigerseye
- 30 x Heavy Stone
- 60 x Wool Cloth
- 15 x Medium Leather
- 4 x Steel Bar
- 120 x Solid Stone
- 161 x Mithril Bar
- 20 x Mageweave Cloth
- 40 x Dense Stone
- 195 x Thorium Bar
- 25 x Runecloth
Leveling
- 1 – 30
60 x Rough Blasting Powder – 60 Rough Stone
Probably, you will hit way more than 30, so keep it up.
Keep all 60, you’ll need it later. - 30 – 50
30 x Handful of Copper Bolts – 30 Copper Bar.
Keep all 30. - 50 – 75
30 x Rough Copper Bomb – 60 Rough Blasting Powder, 30 Handful of Copper Bolts.
Craft Arclight Spanner tool between 50-70 and keep it. If you already have Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife there is no need to craft this tool. - 75 – 90
20 x Coarse Blasting Powder – 20 Coarse Stone.
Keep it all. - 90 – 100
20 x Coarse Dynamite – 20 Coarse Blasting Powder, 20 Linen Cloth - 100 – 113
13 x Clockwork Box – 39 Bronze Bar - 113 – 125
Use all the Clockwork Boxes you have made. - 125 – 130
1 x Flying Tiger Goggles – 8 Bronze Bar, 2 Tigerseye - 130 – 150
30 x Heavy Blasting Powder – 30 Heavy Stone.
Keep all 30.
15 x Whirring Bronze Gizmo – 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Wool Cloth.
Keep all 15. - 150 – 160
15 x Bronze Framework – 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Medium Leather, 15 Wool Cloth.
Keep all 15. - 160 – 175
15 x Explosive Sheep – 30 Heavy Blasting Powder, 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 15 Bronze Framework, 30 Wool Cloth.
If you are going to choose Goblin Engineering, you should keep 5 Explosive Sheep. - 175 – 176
1 x Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor – 4 Steel Bar
You will need this tool only if you don’t have Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife. - 176 – 195
60 x Solid Blasting Powder – 120 Solid Stone.
Keep all 60. - 195 – 200
7 x Mithril Tube – 21 Mithril Bar. If you choose Gnomish Engineering you’ll be needing 6 Mithril Tubes. Stop crafting them if you already have 200 skill.
Make a few Iron Grenades if you didn’t reach 200 yet.
Once you hit 200, you will have an option to choose which path you would like to learn: Goblin or Gnomish Engineering. Nowadays there is no big difference, so you should choose what you like the most. It won’t affect your leveling to 300. - 200 – 216
20 x Unstable Trigger – 20 Mithril Bar, 20 Mageweave Cloth, 20 Solid Blasting Powder.
Keep them all. - 216 – 238
40 x Mithril Casing – 120 Mithril Bar.
Keep them all. - 238 – 250
20 x Hi-Explosive Bomb – 40 Mithril Casing, 20 Unstable Trigger, 40 Solid Blasting Powder. You can reach 255 with this recipe. - 250 – 260
20 x Dense Blasting Powder – 40 Dense Stone. However, there is a chance that you will not reach 260 with this, so you may need to buy extra Dense Stone. - 260 – 285
25 x Thorium Widget – 75 Thorium Bar, 25 Runecloth. There is a chance of not reaching 285. You have 2 options here: you can either buy some extra components and reach 285, or to go to the next step. Your choice should be based on the quantity and price of the Thorium Bar on your realm. - 285 – 300
20 x Thorium Tube – 120 Thorium Bar. There is a chance that you will need more to reach 300.
1-75 Outland
Approximate Materials Required
- 294 x Fel Iron Bar
- 80 x Mote of Earth
- 40 x Mote of Fire
- 34 x Primal Earth
- 6 x Primal Fire
- 35 Netherweave Cloth
- 184 x Adamantite Bar
- 6 x Khorium Bar
Leveling
- 1 – 20
Many of these items will be crafted disregarding the skill points, simply because you’ll need them later.
126 x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts – 126 Fel Iron Bar
40 x Elemental Blasting Powder – 80 Mote of Earth, 40 Mote of Fire
56 x Fel Iron Casing – 168 Fel Iron Bar
Keep them all. - 20 – 25
5 x Fel Iron Bomb – 5 Fel Iron Casing, 10 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, 5 Elemental Blasting Powder. If you didn’t reach 25, craft a few more. - 25 – 35
34 x Adamantite Frame – 136 Adamantite Bar, 34 Primal Earth.
Keep them all. - 35 – 55
35 x White Smoke Flare – 35 Netherweave Cloth, 35 Elemental Blasting Powder. It may take even less than 35.
This recipe is sold by 4 different vendors. The easiest one to reach is the Wind Trader Lathrai in Shattrath. - 55 – 60
6 x Khorium Power Core – 6 Khorium Bar, 6 Primal Fire.
Keep them all.
Probably, you will need more than 6. If you have access to more Khorium Bar, it is recommended to craft from 7 to 10. - 60 – 70
17 x Adamantite Rifle – 51 Fel Iron Casing, 34 Adamantite Frame, 68 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts. You need to reach 70 with this recipe. You should be prepared to buy more reagents if you’re unlucky.
This recipe can be bought from different NPCs. The easiest one to reach is Viggz Shinesparked in Shattrath. - 70 – 75
6 x Field Repair Bot 110G – 6 Khorium Power Core, 48 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, 48 Adamantite Bar. Be prepared to buy more components due to the random factor.
Schematic: Field Repair Bot 110G is a drop from Gan’arg Analyzer in Blade’s Edge Mountain. The drop chance is very high so it won’t take long.
1-75 Northrend
Approximate Materials Required
- 310 x Cobalt Bar
- 6 x Frostweave Cloth
- 10 x Crystallized Earth
- 35 x Crystallized Water
- 10 x Borean Leather
- 350 x Saronite Bar
- 7 x Eternal Shadow
- 2x Eternal Water
- 2x Eternal Fire
- 2x Eternal Air
- 60 Tinker’s Kit (Vendor Bryan Landers)
- 30x Skinning Knife (Vendor Bryan Landers)
- 30x Mining Pick (Vendor Bryan Landers)
- 30x Blacksmith Hammer (Vendor Bryan Landers)
- 8x Titanium Bar
Leveling
- 1 – 10
35 x 1-3 Handful of Cobalt Bolts – 70 Cobalt Bar.
Keep it.
10 x 2 Volatile Blasting Trigger – 30 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Water.
Keep it.
10 x Overcharged Capacitor – 40 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Earth.
Keep it. - 10 – 15
6 x Explosive Decoy – 6 Frostweave Cloth, 18 Volatile Blasting Trigger. Be prepared to craft more. - 15 – 26
15 x Froststeel Tube – 120 Cobalt Bar, 15 Crystallized Water.
Keep it. - 26 – 30
5 x Diamond-cut Refractor Scope – 5 Froststeel Tube, 10 Handful of Cobalt Bolts. Stop at 30 if you specialize at Goblin Engineer, then you can use Global Thermal Sapper Charge to hit 60. You can learn this recipe from Didi the Wrench. - 30-35
Nitro Boosts until you reach 35. - 35 – 45
30 x Mind Amplification Dish – 30 Tinker’s Kit - 45 – 50
5 x Mana Injector Kit – 60 Saronite Bar, 10 Crystallized Water - 50 – 55
5 x Mechanized Snow Goggles – 40 Saronite Bar, 10 Borean Leather, 5 Eternal Shadow - 55 – 60
5 x Noise Machine – 10 Froststeel Tube, 10 Overcharged Capacitor, 40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts - 60 – 74
30 x Gnomish Army Knife – 300 Saronite Bar, 30 Skinning Knife, 30 Mining Pick, 30 Blacksmith Hammer - 74-75
1x Wormhole Generator: Northrend – 8x Titanium Bar, 2x Eternal Shadow, 2x Eternal Water, 2x Eternal Fire, 2x Eternal Air
1-75 Cataclysm
Approximate Materials Required
- 60 x Obsidium Bar
- 30 x Volatile Air
- 360 x Elementium Bar
- 15 x Volatile Fire
Leveling
- 1-45
30 x Handful of Obsidium Bolts – 60 Obsidium Bar.
Keep them all.
15 x Electrified Ether – 30 Volatile Air
7 x Volatile Seaforium Blastpack – 14 x Electrified Ether, 7 x Handful of Obsidium Bolts - 45-60
15 x Lure Master Tackle Box – 300 Elementium Bar, 60 Handful of Obsidium Bolts. Goblin engineers can craft Big Daddy between 50-60 and even up to 75. - 60-75
15 x Heat-Treated Spinning Lure – 60 Elementium Bar, 15 Volatile Fire, 15 Handful of Obsidium Bolts.
1-75 Pandaria
Approximate Materials Required
- 406 x Ghost Iron Bar
- 60 x Windwool Cloth
- 26 x Spirit of Harmony (Best spot to farm – first wing of Heart of Fear LFR. Or you can buy it from the AH)
Leveling
- 1-25
112 x Ghost Iron Bolts – 406 Ghost Iron Bar
140 x High-Explosive Gunpowder – 140 Ghost Iron Bar
Probably you’ll need more. Keep them all. - 25-55
30 x Tinker’s Kit – 60 High-Explosive Gunpowder, 60 Ghost Iron Bar, 60 Windwool Cloth
Might take more to reach 55. - 55-62
10 x Thermal Anvil – 80 High-Explosive Gunpowder, 60 Ghost Iron Bolts - 62-75
13 x Mist-Piercing Goggles – 104 Ghost Iron Bolts, 26 Spirit of Harmony
Draenor 1-100
Approximate Materials Required
- 1188 x Blackrock Ore
- 1188 x True Iron Ore
Leveling
- 1-30
Choose one of these recipes:
12 x Stealthman 54 – 24 x Blackrock Ore, 24 x True Iron Ore, 24 x Nagrand Arrowbloom
23 x Mecha-Blast Rocket – 138 x Blackrock Ore
23 x Shieldtronic Shield – 138 x True Iron Ore - 30-100
Create Secrets of Draenor Engineering. Buy recipe Schematic: Didi’s Delicate Assembly from Sean Catchpole for the Alliance or Nik Steelrings for the Horde.
70 x Didi’s Delicate Assembly – 1050 True Iron Ore, 1050 Blackrock Ore
Legion 1-100
Approximate Materials Required
- 140 x Leystone Ore
- 2800 x Oversized Blasting Cap (sold by Hobart Grapplehammer)
Leveling
- The leveling of any Legion profession is a bit different. You will need to do a questline until the All Charged Up. The reward for this quest is a level 1 recipe for the Gunpowder Charge. It is also very important to get level 2 and 3 – they can be bought from The Widow in the Dalaran Underbelly. But here comes the most interesting part: these recipes require special currency – Sightless Eye. To get 750 of them will take around 30 minutes of your time.
- Dalaran Underbelly has 2 phases, which you can track by looking at your debuffs: Sewer Guards or No Guards. When guards are active there are several rares spawning in the area. Killing them will bring you around 60-90 Sightless Eyes. Farming rares for a while will get you those 750 Sightless Eyes.
- Once it’s done you can buy both recipes: Gunpowder Charge level 2 and Gunpowder Charge level 3.
- 140 x Rank 3 Gunpowder Charge – 140 x Leystone Ore, 2800 x Oversized Blasting Cap
BfA 1-175
Approximate Materials Required
- 700 x Monelite Ore
- 350 x Storm Silver Ore
- 250 x Chemical Blasting Cap
- 900 x Insulated Wiring
- 405 x Osmenite Ore
- 55 x Expulsom (can be obtained only from scrapping and from world quests)
- Chemical Blasting Cap and Insulated Wiring are sold by the Engineering trainer.
- You may need more materials, depending on your leveling path from 110.
Leveling
Similar to Legion, BfA has recipe ranks. Higher ranks reduce the number of required materials.
- 1-30
30 x F.R.I.E.D. – 180 x Monelite Ore, 150 x Chemical Blasting Cap, 240 x Insulated Wiring - 30-35
5 x Deployable Attire Rearranger – 50 Monelite Ore, 30 Storm Silver Ore, 50 Insulated Wiring - 35-60
You should learn Rank 2 of F.R.I.E.D., but if you are Revered with Zandalari Empire (Horde) / Storm’s Wake (Alliance) you can buy Rank 3 of Organic Discombobulation Grenade. While F.R.I.E.D. allows you to reach 60, Organic Discombobulation Grenade can easily get you to 85.
30 x Rank 2 F.R.I.E.D. – 150 x Monelite Ore, 90 x Chemical Blasting Cap, 150 x Insulated Wiring
60 x Rank 3 Organic Discombobulation Grenade – 240 x Monelite Ore, 120 x Chemical Blasting Cap, 240 x Insulated Wiring - 60-85
Learn Rank 2 of Deployable Attire Rearranger
25 x Rank 2 Deployable Attire Rearranger – 200 Monelite Ore, 125 Storm Silver Ore, 200 Insulated Wiring - 85-110
Learn Rank 3 of Magical Intrusion Dampener
15 x Rank 3 Magical Intrusion Dampener – 120 x Monelite Ore, 80 x Storm Silver Ore, 90x Insulated Wiring - 110-145
There are several paths of going through this leveling stage:
- Requires Exalted Zandalari Empire (Horde) / Proudmoore Admiralty (Alliance).
You need this reputation to buy Rank 2 of Unstable Temporal Time Shifter.
You will also have to defeat High Tinker Mekkatorque in Battle for Dazar’alor raid on any difficulty to obtain the Rank 3 of Schematic: Unstable Temporal Time Shifter.
35 x Rank 3 Unstable Temporal Time Shifter – 280 Monelite Ore, 210 Storm Silver Ore, 525 Insulated Wiring.
Craft this until 150. - If you complete Pet Battle Challenge: Gnomeregan, you can buy Schematic: Mechantula for one Pristine Gizmo.
110-125
25 x Unstable Temporal Time Shifter – 300 Monelite Ore, 200 Storm Silver Ore, 400 Insulated Wiring
125-145
35 x Mechantula – 350 Monelite Ore, 175 Platinum Ore, 350 Insulated Wiring - You’ll need 6 Marks of Honor
110-125
25 x Unstable Temporal Time Shifter – 300 Monelite Ore, 200 Storm Silver Ore, 400 Insulated Wiring
125-145
Buy the Rank 2 and 3 Sinister Combatant’s Discombobulator from Ozgrom Ragefang (Horde) in Zuldazar or Leedan Gustaf (Alliance) in Boralus for 6 Marks of Honor.
20 x Rank 3 Sinister Combatant’s Discombobulator – 500 Storm Silver Ore, 300 Platinum Ore, 80 Expulsom - You’ll need 15 Tidalcore. This item is a 100% drop from the last boss of any mythic dungeon, including the chest in Mythic Plus.
110-130
35 x Unstable Temporal Time Shifter – 420 Monelite Ore, 280 Storm Silver Ore, 700 Insulated Wiring
130-145
You can scrap each goggle you make and return your Tidalcore and Expulsom. So if you don’t have 15 of each reagent, you can get these 15 points by crafting and scrapping only one Goggle.
Craft any of these Goggles: Surging Bionic Bifocals, Surging Gearspun Goggles, Surging Orthogonal Optics, Surging Synthetic Specs.
15 x Goggle – 450 Storm Silver Ore, 150 Platinum Ore, 225 Insulated Wiring, 15 Expulsom, 15 Tidalcore.
Nazjatar leveling
- 145-150
5 x Notorious Combatant’s Discombobulator – 75 Osmenite Ore, 25 Storm Silver Ore, 50 Insulated Wiring, 15 Expulsom - 150-165
Buy Rank 2 recipe from Dazzerian (Horde) / Crafticus Mindbender (Alliance) in Nazjatar for 2 Marks of Honor.
15 x Rank 2 Notorious Combatant’s Discombobulator – 210 Osmenite Ore, 60 Storm Silver Ore, 120 Insulated Wiring, 30 Expulsom - 165-175
Buy Rank 3 recipe from Dazzerian (Horde) / Crafticus Mindbender (Alliance) in Nazjatar for 4 Marks of Honor.
10 x Rank 3 Notorious Combatant’s Discombobulator – 120 Osmenite Ore, 30 Storm Silver Ore, 60 Insulated Wiring, 10 Expulsom
Shadowlands 1-100
For Shadowlands engineering we have an individual guide. Check it out!
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