MoP Classic Engineering Leveling Guide 1-600

This MoP Classic Engineering leveling guide will show you the quickest and most efficient way to level your Engineering skill up from 1 to 600 in Mists of Pandaria Classic.

Shopping List

Below is an approximate list of materials you will need to level Engineering from 1 to 600. These numbers are estimates and may vary slightly depending on skill-up chance and recipe availability.

Classic

TBC

WotLK

When buying the Crystallized Elementals, make sure to check the Eternal price as well (Eternal Water for example). You can turn 1x Eternal into 10x Crystallized and they are often much cheaper.

Cataclysm

Pandaria

Engineering trainers

Horde:

Alliance:

Leveling MoP Engineering

Buy a Blacksmith Hammer from a Blacksmithing or Engineering supply vendor, they are usually near your trainer. (or any general/trade goods vendor)

Gnome Engineering skill racial bonus

Gnome characters have +15 Engineering skill because of their passive Engineering Specialization. An extra 15 Engineering skill means recipes stay orange 15 points longer, so you can save a lot of gold by doing lower level recipes for 15 more points.

1 - 55

  • 1 - 35
    60x Rough Blasting Powder - 60 Rough Stone

    You might even reach 40 with this recipe. You will need the 60 Rough Blasting Powder later, so keep these.

Journeyman Engineering

Visit a trainer to learn Journeyman Engineering. (Requires level 10)

55 - 75

  • 55 - 56
    1x Arclight Spanner - 6 Copper Bar

    You will use this to craft engineering recipes, so keep it.

    You probably won't be exactly at 56. This is just an estimated number.

  • 56 - 75
    30x Rough Copper Bomb - 30 Handful of Copper Bolts, 60 Rough Blasting Powder

75 - 125

  • 113 - 125
    Right click on the Clockwork Box you just made. These give skill points up to 125.

Expert Engineering

Visit a trainer to learn Expert Engineering. (Requires level 20)

125 - 200

  • 150 - 160
    15x Bronze Framework - 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Medium Leather, 15 Wool Cloth

    Keep these too.

    By making them now, you might get a lot further - probably towards 160, then stop making these and only make more when you'll need them.

  • 160 -175
    15x Explosive Sheep - 30 Heavy Blasting Powder, 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 15 Bronze Framework, 30 Wool Cloth

    Keep 5 of these, you might need it if you choose Goblin Engineering at 200.

  • 194 -195
    1 x Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor - 4 Steel Bar

    Keep this, you will need it to craft some of the Engineering recipes.

    If you were unlucky with skill point gains and didn’t reach 195, craft a few more Iron Grenade or any other recipe that gives skill points.

  • 195 - 200
    7x Mithril Tube - 21 Mithril Bar

    Stop making these when you reach 200. Keep 6 Mithril Tubes, because you might need them if you choose Gnomish Engineering at 200.

Artisan Engineering

Visit a trainer to learn Artisan Engineering. (Requires level 35)

Engineering has the option at skill level 200 to specialize in Gnomish Engineer or Goblin Engineer. Some items require a specific specialization, while others are crafted by one specialization but are usable by any engineer. Fortunately, most recipes crafted by one Specialization can be worn by both.

Choosing a specialization is not required to level up in engineering, so you can return to this later if you don't want to bother with the quest right now.

200 - 300

  • 200 - 215
    20x Unstable Trigger - 20 Mithril Bar, 20 Mageweave Cloth, 20 Solid Blasting Powder

    Save these.

  • 238 - 250
    20x Hi-Explosive Bomb - 40 Mithril Casings, 20 Unstable Trigger, 40 Solid Blasting Powder
  • 260 - 285
    35x Thorium Widget - 105 Thorium Bar, 35 Runecloth

    It will be yellow for the last few points so you might have to make a few more to reach 285.

  • 285 - 300
    17x Thorium Tube - 102x Thorium Bar

    This will be yellow for 5 points, so you might have to make more.

Master Engineering

Visit a trainer to learn Master Engineering. (Requires level 50)

300 - 320

You will use these later, so make them now for free skill points.

Make them in the same order as listed below!

  1. 40x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts - 40x Fel Iron Bar
  2. 15x Elemental Blasting Powder (4) - 15x Mote of Fire, 30x Mote of Earth
  3. 10x Fel Iron Casing - 30x Fel Iron Bar

Crafting one Elemental Blasting Powder creates 4 powders, so you will end up with 60 in total.

You might have to make a few more Fel Iron Bomb in the next step if you don't reach 320.

320 - 325

10x Fel Iron Bomb - 10x Fel Iron Casing, 20x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, 10x Elemental Blasting Powder

You might need to make more of these if you are unlucky with the skill point gains.

325 - 335

10x Adamantite Grenade - 40x Adamantite Bar, 20x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, 10x Elemental Blasting Powder

Stop making these if you got lucky with the skill gains and reach 335. The next recipe is much cheaper.

335 - 350

40x White Smoke Flare - 40x Elemental Blasting Powder, 40x Netherweave Cloth

This will be green for the most part, so this is just an approximate number.

The Schematic: White Smoke Flare recipe is sold by these vendors:

It's a limited supply item, so if someone bought it before you, you must wait for it to respawn, or you can check the other vendors. (around 7-10 min respawn timer)

Grand Master Engineering

Visit a trainer to learn Grand Master Engineering. (Requires level 65)

350 - 375

You will need around 40x Handful of Cobalt Bolts and 21x Volatile Blasting Trigger later. Make these now, and you should reach 375 or probably more. Make sure that you make the Handful of Cobalt Bolts before making Volatile Blasting Trigger. (Volatile Blasting Trigger stay yellow longer, so it's better to make them later)

Note that when you craft Handful of Cobalt Bolts you can get 1 or 3 bolts, and the same goes for Volatile Blasting Trigger, you will get 2 for each craft.

Save both of these.

375 - 435

  • 375 - 385
    10x Overcharged Capacitor - 40 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Earth

    Save these too. You will need them.

  • 385 - 390
    7x Explosive Decoy - 7 Frostweave Cloth, 21 Volatile Blasting Trigger

    You might have to make a few more from this.

  • 390 - 400
    10x Froststeel Tube - 80 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Water

    Save these too. You will need them later.

  • 400 - 405
    10x Hand-Mounted Pyro Rocket - 10 Tinker's Kit

    You can make any other tinker recipe if you have an enchant on your gloves. You can buy the Tinker's Kit from the Engineering supply vendor near your trainer.

  • 420 - 425
    5x Noise Machine - 10 Froststeel Tube, 10 Overcharged Capacitor, 40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts

Cataclysm Engineering

Visit a trainer to learn the Cataclysm Classic Engineering skill. (Requires level 75)

425 - 525

  • 470 - 475
    1x High-Powered Bolt Gun - 10x Obsidium Bar, 8x Handful of Obsidium Bolts, 4x Electrified Ether

    Keep this because it is a required tool for creating other Engineering items.

  • 495 - 500
    1x Elementium Dragonling - 2x Handful of Obsidium Bolts, 8x Electrified Ether, 16x Elementium Bar, 20x Embersilk Cloth

MoP Classic Engineering (500 - 600)

Visit your trainer to learn the new MoP Classic Engineering skill. You don't have to go to Pandaria to learn the MoP Engineering skill and recipes. You can learn it from any of the trainers in the old capital cities.

But, if you are looking for the Pandaria Engineering trainers, here is a list of them:

500 - 600

There is no Anvil near Guyo Crystalgear, but you can buy a Thermal Anvil (20 Charges), or go to the Chamber of Masters and use the anvil in the middle near the Tauren Blacksmithing supply vendor.

  • 500 - 550
    You will use these later on, so make all of them now. You might even need to make more of these, but this is about the minimum that is needed to reach 580.

    25x Ghost Iron Bolts - 75 Ghost Iron Bar

    15x High-Explosive Gunpowder - 15 Ghost Iron Bar

    Make a few G91 Landshark if you didn't reach 550.

  • 550 - 554
    4x Tinker's Kit - 8 High-Explosive Gunpowder, 8 Ghost Iron Bolts, 8 Windwool Cloth

    It's really important to stop making these at 554.

  • 554 - 579
    5x Ghost Iron Dragonling - 20 High-Explosive Gunpowder, 40 Ghost Iron Bolts, 60 Windwool Cloth
  • 579 - 580
    1x Tinker's Kit - 2 High-Explosive Gunpowder, 2 Ghost Iron Bolts, 2 Windwool Cloth

Darkmoon Faire Free +5 Profession Skill

Check your Calendar in-game to see if the Darkmoon Faire is open. The event is available every two weeks. It starts on Sunday and lasts for a week.

During the event, you can complete quests for each profession and gain +5 skill points for each. Click here to read more about the quests.

  • 595 - 600

    Choose one of the 2 recipes below:

    1x Mist-Piercing Goggles - 8 Ghost Iron Bolts, 2 Spirit of Harmony
    1x Lord Blastington's Scope of Doom - 18 Ghost Iron Bolts, 2 Primordial Ruby, 1 Spirit of Harmony.

    Thermal Anvil and Mirror Scope still give skill points at this stage, but both recipes will be green. If you don't have a Spirit of Harmony or don't want to use one, you can stick with crafting the Anvil or the Scope.

Now that you've maxed out Engineering, check out the full overview for MoP Classic. It covers profession perks, trainer recipes, mounts, pets, and epic crafted items:

MoP Classic Engineering Overview


Congratulations on reaching 600! If you spot any typos, wrong material counts, or have suggestions to improve the guide, feel free to send feedback.

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