This Inscription leveling guide will show you the fastest way how to level your Inscription skill up from 1 to 300 as inexpensively as possible.
Often the materials are based on a case that you will gain one skill point each craft. This won't happen, so you will have to buy a few extra materials while you are leveling your Inscription.
If you are low on gold, I recommend you to try this Gold Making Guide, it can help you to make loads of gold.
If you are still leveling your character or you just started a new alt, I recommend you to use a leveling guide. You can level your character to level 120 in 8 days with this guide.
Milling Herbs
[Milling] is an ability you get when you learn Inscription. Milling can be used to mill 5 herbs for 2 - 4 pigments, then you use the pigments to turn into inks.
The first row in the table below is the total amount of herb needed, it doesn't have to be all from the same herb.
Amount |
Herb you can Mill |
Pigment |
| 180 | Earthroot, Peacebloom, Silverleaf | Alabaster Pigment |
| 160 | Briarthorn, Bruiseweed, Mageroyal, Stranglekelp, Swiftthistle | Dusky Pigment |
| 260 | Grave Moss, Kingsblood, Liferoot, Wild Steelbloom | Golden Pigment |
| 260 | Dragon's Teeth, Fadeleaf, Goldthorn, Khadgar's Whisker | Emerald Pigment |
| 140 | Arthas' Tears, Blindweed, Firebloom, Ghost Mushroom, Gromsblood, Purple Lotus, Sungrass | Violet Pigment |
| 180 | Dreamfoil, Golden Sansam, Icecap, Mountain Silversage, Sorrowmoss | Silvery Pigment |
Don't forget that one 
[Roseate Pigment] can be traded for any Ink at Ink traders! You can level Inscription by using only Roseate Pigment if it is cheaper than the lower level herbs.
1 - 100
First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Inscription.
Nightborne characters have +15 Inscription skill because of their passive 
[Ancient History]. An extra 15 Inscription skill means recipes stay orange for 15 more points. You can save a lot of gold by doing lower level recipes for 15 more points.
Buy an 
[Virtuoso Inking Set] from the Inscription Supply vendor near your trainer.
[Light Parchment] is not listed in the guide at the recipes. You can usually buy it from the vendor near your trainer or at any general goods vendor.
- 1 - 45
44 x
[Moonglow Ink] - 88 Alabaster Pigment
You will use all of these later
- 45 - 75
30 x
[Scroll of Recall] - 30 x Moonglow Ink
- 75 - 80
36 x
[Midnight Ink] - 72 Dusky Pigment
You will use all of these later, but stop making them at 80, and only make more after 85.
- 80 - 100
25 x
[Vanishing Powder] - 25 x Midnnight Ink
Turn all your
[Verdant Pigment] into 
[Hunter's Ink] at 85 if you milled your own herbs. Then make as many 
[Mysterious Tarot] as you can.
100 - 150
- 100 - 105
63 x
[Lion's Ink] - 126 Golden Pigment
Save these, you will use them. But stop making them at 105, and make more later on.
- 105 - 109
4 x
[Research: Moonglow Ink] - 12 Moonglow Ink
- 109 - 112
3 x[Research: Midnight Ink] - 12 Midnight Ink
- 112 - 116
4 x[Research: Lion's Ink] - 12 Lion's Ink
- 116 - 125
At this point you can craft any of the discovered Glyphs. I recommend the Glyphs that require 3 x
[Lion's Ink]. The reason for this is because milling Golden Pigment giving herbs will also give you some 
[Burnt Pigment] that you can turn into easy skill points at 125.Make 9 from any Glyph you discovered by
[Research: Lion's Ink] - 27 x Lion's Ink
- 125 - 142
Turn all your
[Burnt Pigment] into 
[Dawnstar Ink]. Then make as many [Strange Tarot] as you can.Make any Glyph if you didn't mill your herbs and don't have Burnt Pigment.
- 142 - 150
Make 8 from any Glyph you discovered by
[Research: Lion's Ink] - 24 x Lion's Ink
150 - 200
- 150-155
40 x
[Jadefire Ink] - 80 x Emerald Pigment
- 155-160
5 x
[Scroll of Stamina III] - 5 x Jadefire Ink
- 160-165
5 x
[Scroll of Versatility III] - 5 x Jadefire Ink
- 165-170
5 x[Scroll of Intellect III] - 5 x Jadefire Ink
- 170-175
5 x
[Scroll of Strength III] - 5 x Jadefire Ink
- 175-180
5 x[Scroll of Agility III] - 5 x Jadefire Ink
Turn all your
[Indigo Pigment] into 
[Royal Ink] before you start crafting the scrolls.
- 180-185
5 x[Research: Jadefire Ink] - 15 x Jadefire Ink
- 185-200
Turn all your
[Royal Ink] into [Arcane Tarot]15 x [Any orange Glyph] - 45 Inks
This can be a mix of Inks, just use the herbs you have or the cheapest ones.
200 - 250
- 200-205
34 x
[Celestial Ink] - 68 Violet Pigment
- 205-215
10 x
[Scroll of Recall II] - 10 Celestial Ink
- 215-220
5 x[Scroll of Intellect IV] - 5 Celestial Ink
- 220-225
5 x[Scroll of Strength IV] - 5 Celestial Ink
- 225-230
5 x[Scroll of Agility IV] - 5 Celestial Ink
Turn all your
[Ruby Pigment] into 
[Fiery Ink] before you start crafting the scrolls.
- 230-233
3 x[Research: Celestial Ink] - 9 x Celestial Ink
- 233-250
Make as many[Shadowy Tarot] from [Fiery Ink] as you can.
17 x [Any orange Glyph] - 51 Inks
This can be a mix of Inks, just use the herbs you have or the cheapest ones.
250 - 300
- 250-255
42 x
[Shimmering Ink] - 84 x Silvery Pigment
- 255-260
5 x[Scroll of Versatility V] - 5 x Shimmering Ink
- 260-265
5 x[Scroll of Intellect V] - 5 x Shimmering Ink
- 265-270
5 x[Scroll of Strength V] - 5 x Shimmering Ink
- 270-275
5 x[Scroll of Agility V] - 5 x Shimmering Ink
- 275-290
Turn all your
[Sapphire Pigment] into 
[Ink of the Sky].
Make 4 x
[Research: Shimmering Ink] - 12 x Shimmering InkMake 11 x [Any orange Glyph] - 33 Inks
This can be a mix of Inks, just use the herbs you have or the cheapest ones. You obviously need to do fewer of these if you had a lot of Sapphire Pigment.
- 290-300
10 x[Scroll of Stamina VI] - 10 x Shimmering Ink
I hope you liked this Inscription leveling guide, congratulations on reaching 300!
