WoW Forever Engineering Leveling Guide 1-300

This WoW Forever Engineering leveling guide will show you the fastest and cheapest way to level your Engineering skill from 1 to 300. You will also find every trainer location and where to train Engineering past 75, 150 and 225.

Engineering is best combined with Mining, because almost everything you make needs stone and bars, and you can mine both. If you don't have Mining, you have to buy everything from the Auction House. Below you will find the shopping list, the Engineering trainers by starting zone and capital city, and the cheapest recipes for every skill range.

Shopping List

These numbers are estimates. Once a recipe turns yellow you won't get a skill point from every craft, so you might need a few more or a few less.

An alternative replaces the whole row, so buy the one that is cheaper.

1-225

Beta Note: the beta stops at 225 right now, so I split the list in two. Use this part if you want to level to 225 on the beta.

	Material	Alternative (if cheaper)
	60x Rough Stone
	66x Copper Bar
	50x Linen Cloth
	60x Coarse Stone
	5x Silver Bar	30x Light Leather and 10x Tigerseye
	110x Bronze Bar
	25x Weak Flux (vendor)
	10x Moss Agate
	30x Heavy Stone
	60x Wool Cloth
	15x Medium Leather
	4x Steel Bar
	120x Solid Stone	20x Solid Stone, 20x Iron Bar, 20x Heavy Stone and 20x Silk Cloth. It's better to pick these on the beta, much more useful. You will make Iron Grenade.
	74x Mithril Bar
	20x Mageweave Cloth

225-300

This list is not final yet, but the skill ranges haven't changed much, so it should be pretty close.

	Material
	84x Mithril Bar
	60x Dense Stone
	225x Thorium Bar
	35x Runecloth

Engineering Trainer Locations

Apprentice Engineering has no level requirement in Forever right now, so you can learn it on a fresh character.

Capital Cities

There is no Engineering trainer in Thunder Bluff and Darnassus, the other four capitals have one. You can also ask a guard, then it will be marked with a red flag on your map.

Starting Zones

Four starting zones have a trainer, the table shows the closest one for each race.

Race	Zone	Closest trainer
Orc, Troll	Durotar	Mukdrak in Razor Hill, near the forge next to the road to Orgrimmar
Tauren	Mulgore	Twizwick Sprocketgrind on the plateau above the Venture Co. Mine, hard to reach at low level. There is no anvil near him and nobody there sells the Blacksmith Hammer, so it's probably best to go to Thund in Orgrimmar instead.
Undead	Tirisfal Glades	There is no Engineering trainer in Tirisfal Glades, go to Graham Van Talen in the Rogues' Quarter in Undercity
Human	Elwynn Forest	There is no Engineering trainer in Elwynn Forest, go to Sprite Jumpsprocket in the Dwarven District in Stormwind City
Dwarf, Gnome	Dun Morogh	Bronk Guzzlegear at Steelgrill's Depot
Night Elf	Teldrassil	There is no Engineering trainer in Teldrassil or Darnassus, the closest one is Jenna Lemkenilli in Auberdine in Darkshore
Skyborne	Zephras Isle	Strange Hermit in Shadowgale Forest

You can find every Engineering trainer for Horde and Alliance on my WoW Forever Engineering Trainers page.

Apprentice Engineering (1-50)

Buy a Blacksmith Hammer, most recipes need it. Most trainers have a Blacksmithing or Engineering Supply vendor nearby that sells it, except the trainers in Dun Morogh and on Zephras Isle. In Dun Morogh buy it in Kharanos from Thrawn Boltar, on Zephras Isle in Shen'dar Village from Aedi Thriceforged.

The Gnome racial changed in Forever. Instead of +15 Engineering skill, Engineering Specialization now makes your devices fail or backfire 20% less often, so Gnomes level Engineering exactly like everyone else.

• 1-30
  60x Rough Blasting Powder - 60 Rough Stone

  Keep all of them, you need 60 for the bombs at 51.

• 30-50
  30x Handful of Copper Bolts - 30 Copper Bar

  Keep these too, you will need all 30 for the bombs.

• 50-51
  1x Arclight Spanner - 6 Copper Bar

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

Journeyman Engineering (50-150)

To train past 75, visit one of these trainers and learn Journeyman Engineering, it requires Engineering 50 and level 10:

• 51-75
  30x Rough Copper Bomb - 30 Copper Bar, 30 Handful of Copper Bolts, 60 Rough Blasting Powder, 30 Linen Cloth

  It's possible that you reach further than 75 with these, so it's best not to afk craft them unless you already learned Journeyman Engineering. Either make sure you learn it first, or just don't afk craft them. (Depends on luck, sometimes you don't even reach 75.)

  These are yellow from 60, so a few of them won't give you a point.

• 75-90
  60x Coarse Blasting Powder - 60 Coarse Stone

  Keep them, you will need all 60 for the dynamite at 90.

• 90-100
  20x Coarse Dynamite - 60 Coarse Blasting Powder, 20 Linen Cloth

• 100-105
  5x Silver Contact - 5 Silver Bar

  If Silver Bar is expensive, make this instead:

  5x Flying Tiger Goggles - 30 Light Leather, 10 Tigerseye.

• 105-125
  25x Bronze Tube - 50 Bronze Bar, 25 Weak Flux

  Weak Flux is sold by Engineering Supply vendors near your trainer.

  These are yellow the whole way, so you won't get a point from every craft. If you end up a few points short of 125, don't make more tubes, just start the scopes.

• 125-135
  10x Standard Scope - 10 Bronze Tube, 10 Moss Agate

  These are 10 of the tubes you just made.

  Start making Heavy Blasting Powder instead if you don't have any Moss Agate, or it's really expensive.

• 135-150
  Make both of these:
  1. 30x Heavy Blasting Powder - 30 Heavy Stone
  2. 15x Whirring Bronze Gizmo - 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Wool Cloth

  Make sure to make them in the same order. You need both for the sheep at 160, so make them now and you should reach 150 with them.

Expert Engineering (150-200)

To train past 150, visit Roxxik in Orgrimmar (Horde) or Springspindle Fizzlegear in Ironforge (Alliance) and learn Expert Engineering, it requires Engineering 125 and level 20 and costs 50 silver.

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

  Keep these too, you will need all 15 for the sheep.

  The 15 will probably take you past 160, that's fine.

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

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

• 175-194
  60x Solid Blasting Powder - 120 Solid Stone

  Save these, you will need them later.

  Beta Note: Solid Stone is expensive right now, and with the beta cap you would only ever use 20 of these 60 powders. Make these instead:

  1. 10x Solid Blasting Powder - 20 Solid Stone
  2. 20x Iron Grenade - 20 Iron Bar, 20 Heavy Blasting Powder, 20 Silk Cloth

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

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

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

• 195-200
  6x Mithril Tube - 18 Mithril Bar

  Keep all 6, you might need them if you choose Gnomish Engineering at 200.

Artisan Engineering (200-300)

To train Engineering past 225 you need Engineering 200 and level 35, then learn Artisan Engineering from Buzzek Bracketswing in Tanaris at Gadgetzan, he is right outside the inn near the mailbox. He also teaches the recipes above 200, so go there as soon as you reach 200.

Engineering Specializations

At Engineering skill 200 and character level 30, you can specialize in Gnomish or Goblin Engineering. Some items require a specific specialization to use, while other items are crafted by one specialization but are usable by any engineer. Fortunately, most recipes that are crafted by one specialization can be worn by both.

For information on how to choose a specialization, please see my separate guide:

Guide to Engineering Specializations

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

  Keep them, you will need all 20 for the bombs at 238.

• 215-238
  40x Mithril Casing - 120 Mithril Bar

  Keep these too, you will need 40 for the bombs.

• 238-250
  20x Hi-Explosive Bomb - 40 Mithril Casing, 20 Unstable Trigger, 40 Solid Blasting Powder

• 250-260
  30x Dense Blasting Powder - 60 Dense Stone

  These are yellow from 250, so you might need more than 30.

• 260-285
  35x Thorium Widget - 105 Thorium Bar, 35 Runecloth

  Schematic: Thorium Widget is sold by Sovik in Orgrimmar and Gearcutter Cogspinner in Ironforge.

• 285-300
  20x Thorium Tube - 120 Thorium Bar

  Schematic: Thorium Tube is sold by Xizzer Fizzbolt in Winterspring at Everlook, in the first building on the right after the gate. It's bind on pickup in Forever, so buy it with the character that levels Engineering.

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