WoW Cataclysm Engineering Leveling Guide 1-525

Engineering is the most unique and (imo) the most fun WoW profession but it does require a

lot of gold to make the really awesome items. If you are going to do Engineering you’ll

probably want to have A LOT of GOLD so CHECK OUT THIS GUIDE out if you are running low

on it.

This Engineering Leveling Guide is updated for patch 4.0.3a and Cataclysm.

This is a engineering leveling guide to get you from 1-525. It provides a method of leveling up

your engineering, which has been selected for its low cost and simplicity. However, no matter

what, leveling engineering is going to be awfully expensive to grind. It is well worth it though,

as it is one of the most hilarious and enjoyable professions in PvP with awesome items like the

Discombulator Ray.

In some instances you will have to keep some of the engineering materials you craft to use

them later down the road in this leveling guide so I highly recommend that you keep

components based off expansion. Everything you make from 1 to 300 from engineering keep

until you reach 300 and it might be safe to sell. Then keep everything you make from 300-

350, once you hit 350 you'll be switching to Northrend stuff, and once you hit 425 you can sell

the Northrend stuff. I will try to make a note to tell you what stuff to keep when possible. Also,

this is going to get very expensive unless you're farming your own materials, make sure you

have this guide available to you.

What's in this Engineering Leveling Guide: Apprentice Engineering Leveling 1-75 Journeyman Engineering Leveling 75-125 Expert Engineering Leveling 125-225 Artisan Engineering Leveling 200-300 Master Engineering Leveling 300-350 Grand Master Engineering Leveling 350-425 Illustrious Engineering Leveling 425-525

It is highly advised that before you start this engineering leveling guide you pickup

a Gnomish Army Knife off of the auction house. They are extremely cheap and can

be used in place of the tools you will create in Engineering that are required to do

certain crafts. If you don't get one pay attention to what's missing when you try to

follow these steps and make the tool that is needed.

Apprentice Engineering (Leveling 1-75)

This is a very easy section of the engineering guide to go through. There's 3 steps and you

only need copper bars and rough stones to complete it.

Level Item Mats

1-30 30-40 Rough Blasting Powder 30-40 Rough Stones

30-55 60 Handful of Copper Bolt 60 Copper Bars

You'll need 60 Handfuls of Copper Bolts later, making all of these will probably get you higher than level

55.

55-75 20 Copper Tubes 40 Copper Bars, 20 Weak Flux

Weak flux is bought from Engineering Supplies NPC

Journeyman Engineering (Leveling 75-125)

For this section of the engineering leveling guide, make sure you save all your blasting powder

until you're sure you don't need it. You're going to start spending a lot of gold in this section of

the guide, if you don't have a lot I recommend you read this guide before continuing.

Level Item Mats

75-76 1 Arclight Spanner 6 Copper Bar

Only if you don't already have a Gnomish Army Knife

76-95 30 Coarse Blasting Powder 30 Coarse Stones

95-100 5-7 Coarse Dynamite 15-21 Coarse Blasting Powder, 5-7

Linen Cloth

100-125 25-30 Practice Lock 25-30 Bronze Bar, 50-60 Handfull of

Copper Bolt, 25-30 Weak Flux

If you run out of Copper Bolts, you can make Bronze Tube as a backup, it costs a little more but is much

easier than going back to make more Copper Bolts.

Expert Engineering (Leveling 125-225)

In this section you will need a lot of Bronze and Mithril. Pay attention to what items to keep

and which to discard so that you don't end up missing something you need.

Level Item Mats

125-140 40 Heavy Blasting Powder 40 Heavy Stone

Craft exactly 40 of these and save them for later.

140-150 20 Whirring Bronze Gizmo 40 Bronze Bar, 20 Wool Cloth

Save 20 of these for the next step.

150-155 20 Bronze Framework 40 Bronze Bar, 13 Medium Leather, 13

Wool Cloth

Save 20 of these for the next step.

155-175 20 Explosive Sheep 40 Bronze Bar, 20 Medium Leather, 20

Wool Cloth

175-195 60 Solid Blasting Powder 120 Solid Stones

195-200 5-8 Mithril Tubes 15-24 Mithril Bars

Artisan Engineering (Leveling 200-300)

Before you continue past 200 head to the trainer and learn Artisan Engineering so you don't

forget, the next two steps involve making materials for the third so make sure you read the

notes. Considering all the Mithril and Thorium it costs to reach level 300, this is where things

get really expensive. It takes me quite awhile of farming to get that many bars for leveling and

I don't find it enjoyable to mine it all myself so what I've been doing is using some of the tips

in this gold guide to just make enough money and buy the bars off the auction house. There

are some tips in there that require very little time to make a lot of gold. I find it a lot easier to

focus on leveling my engineering and being able to write a guide for it if I don't have to farm

the mats.

Level Item Mats

200-215 20 Unstable Triggers 20 Mithril Bars, 20 Mageweave Cloth,

20 Solid Blasting Powder

Make at least 20 of these and save them for the next few steps

215-235 30-40 Mithril Casing 90-120 Mithril Bars

235-250 15-20 Hi-Explosive Bomb 30-40 Mithril Casings, 15-20 Unstable

Triggers, 30-40 Solid Blasting Powder

You may run out of Mithril Casing before reaching 250, if you do just go back to the previous step and

make some more

250-260 15-30 Dense Blasting Powder 30-60 Dense Stones

260-286 26-30 Thorium Widgets 78-90 Thorium Bars, 26-30 Runecloth

286-300 14-16 Thorium Tubes 84-96 Thorium Bars

Master Engineering (Leveling 300-350)

At this point in the guide you'll start using materials from the Outlands, it's now safe to sell or

discard all of the extra stuff you've made so far. If you haven't already you really should be

using this gold guide, since it will help you a lot when it comes to finding the Cobalt and

Saronite you'll need in the next section.

Level Item Mats

300-315 60 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts 60 Fel Iron Bars

Make 60 of these for the next few steps of the guide

300-315

20 Fel Iron Casings

60 Fel Iron Bars

Make 20 of these for the next few steps of the guide

300-315

12 Elemental Blasting Powder

12 Motes of Fire, 24 Motes of Earth

You will receive 4 Elemental Blasting Powder per craft. Save all of these for the following steps

315-320

5 Fel Iron Bombs

5 Fel Iron Casing, 10 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, 5 Elemental Blasting Powder

320-325

5 Fel Iron Musket

15 Fel Iron Casing, 30 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts

325-335

10 Adamantite Grenades

40 Adamantite Bars, 20 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, 10 Elemental Blasting Powder

335-350

20-65 White Smoke Flares

20-65 Elemental Blasting Powder, 20-65 Netherweave Cloth

You can buy this recipe at these vendors:http://www.wowhead.com/item=23811#sold-by. It is a limited

supply recipe so it may not be available all the time. You might have to travel around to more than one of

these locations before you find one for sale.

Grand Master Engineering (Leveling 350-425)

Now it's time to head into the Wrath of the Lich King section of Engineering. Here you will

need a lot of Cobalt and Saronite. These materials will be expensive on the auction house

since very few people go to Northrend anymore. I can't stress enough how important it was for

me to use this gold guide as I spent thousands of gold to level up my Engineering, I'm very

thankful the money was easy to come by.

Level

Item

Mats

350-365

25 Handful of Cobalt Bolts

50 Cobalt Bars

Make and save at least 45 of these (you will average 2 per craft).

365-375

15-20 Volatile Blasting Triggers

45-60 Cobalt Bars, 15-20 Crystallized Water

Make and save at least 30 of these (you will get 2 per craft).

375-385 10-15 Overcharged Capacitors 40-60 Cobalt Bars, 10-15 Crystallized

Earth

Make and save at least 10 of these.

385-390 5-8 Explosive Decoys 5-8 Frostweave Cloth, 15-24 Volatile

Blasting Triggers

390-401 15 Froststeel Tubes 120 Cobalt Bars, 15 Crystallized Water

You will need 14-15 of these from 401-425.

401-405 4-5 Diamond-cut Refractor Scopes 4-5 Froststeel Tubes, 8-10

Handfuls of Cobalt Bolts

405-415 10-13 Box of Bombs 50-65 Saronite Bars, 10-13 Volatile

Blasting Triggers

415-420 5 Mana Injector Kits Kits 60 Saronite Bars, 10 Crystallized

Water

420-425 5 Noise Machine 10 Froststeel Tubes, 10 Overcharged

Capacitors, 40 Handfuls of Cobalt Bolts

Illustrious Engineering (Leveling 425-525)

Now it's time to head into Cataclysm! You can get rid of all the extra trade goods you've

crafted and bought up until this point. From here on out you're going to need a lot of Obsidium

and Elementium which both cost quite a bit. If you're having problems making gold, you

should read gold guide to learn all the best ways to get rich.

Level Item Mats

425-442 20 Handfuls of Obsidium Bolts 40 Obsidium Bars

Save all of these for later, this should be enough to reach 525

442-445 1 Electrostatic Condenser 4 Obsidium Bars, 6 Handfuls of

Obsidium Bolts, 4 Volatile Earth

445-460 15-17 Electrified Ether 30-34 Volatile Air

460-470 2 R19 Threatfinder 12 Obsidium Bars, 4 Alicite, 12

Handfuls of Obsidium Bolts

470-475 1 High-Powered Bolt Gun 10 Obsidium Bars, 8 Handfuls of

Obsidium Bolts, 4 Electrified Ether

475-495 4 Elementium Toolbox 60 Elementium Bars, 48 Volatile Earth

495-510 3 Finely-Tuned Throat Needler 12 Obsidium Bars, 6 Electrified Ether,

15 Hardened Elementium Bars

510-521 11-13 Heat Treated Spinning Lure 11-13 Handfuls of Obsidium

Bolts, 44-52 Elementium Bars, 11-13 Volatile Fire

521-525 1 Gnomish X-Ray Scope 2 Hardened Elementium Bars, 2

Dream Emerald

WoW Cataclysm Leatherworking Leveling Guide 1-525

Leatherworking is supplemented by Skinning and Skinning can take a really long time to level.

My recommendation is to buy leather on the auction house to use for your leveling

Leatherworking while doing this guide. If you don't think you have enough gold or think that it

would be a waste to buy mats instead of farming them look at this guide.

This Leatherworking Leveling Guide is updated for patch 4.0.3a and Cataclysm.

This leatherworking leveling guide takes the most practical and common sense approach to

leveling your leatherworking to 525 as easy as possible. If you notice another item to make at

certain points in the guide that is cheaper for you while leveling, by all means go ahead and

use it instead of following the guide. Even though this leveling guide was designed to be as

cheap as possible it can still be expensive, if you have problems with gold while leveling, you

should check out this Gold Guide.

What's in this Leatherworking Leveling Guide: Apprentice Leatherworking Leveling 1-55 Journeyman Leatherworking Leveling 55-150 Expert Leatherworking Leveling 150-200 Artisan Leatherworking Leveling 200-300 Master Leatherworking Leveling 300-375 Grand Master Leatherworking Leveling 375-425 Illustrious Leatherworking Leveling 425-525

Apprentice Leatherworking (Leveling 1-55)

The first 75 levels is only 3 steps, don't get used to it though this is just the beginning of the

guide. Materials are cheap, to go past skill 75 make sure you visit the Leatherworking trainer

to continue leveling.

Start by making as much of your own Light Leather as you can based on the amount of Ruined

Leather on the auction house. Since you will use the resulting Light Leather, this can get you

up to level 20 at no cost.

Level Item Mats

1-30 29 Light Armor Kits 29 Light Leather

30-55 25-35 Handstitched Leather Boots 50-70 Light Leather

Journeyman Leatherworking (Leveling 55-150)

The guide is starts getting a little more complex now, remember to go past 55 you must head

to the trainer again in order to keep leveling. There's nothing fancy that goes on in this section

of the guide, you will start to see the cost increase as you move from light leather to medium

leather and the ingredients lists are using a lot more quantity, but this is completely normal

for leatherworking.

Level Item Mats

55-85 30 Embossed Leather Gloves 90 Light leather

85-100 15 Fine Leather Belts 90 Light Leather

Save these for later

100-115 20 Cured Medium Hide 20 Medium Hide

Save these. If you can't find Medium Hides make Fine Leather Belts and Medium Armor Kits

115-130 15 Dark Leather Boots 60 Medium Leather

130-145 15 Dark Leather Belt 15 Cured Medium Hides and 15 Fine

Leather Belts

145-150 5 Hillman's Shoulders 20 Medium Leather, 5 Cured Medium

Hides

Expert Leatherworking (Leveling 150-200)

This section of the leatherworking guide will get a bit more pricey as will the rest of the

leatherworking guide, if you're running short on gold you will need to use some of the advice

in this Gold Guide.

Level Item Mats

150-165 20 Cured Heavy Hide 20 Heavy Hide

If you can not find Heavy Hides, make 30-40 Heavy Armor Kits until 185 (150-200 Heavy Leather). At 185

make 20 Dusky Bracers until 205 (320 Heavy Leather).

165-180 15-20 Heavy Armor Kit 75-100 Heavy Leather

180-190 10 Barbaric Shoulders 80 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy

Hides

190-200 10 Guardian Gloves 40 Heavy Leather, 10 Cured Heavy

Hides

Artisan Leatherworking (Leveling 200-300)

Don't forget to go past 200 you need to hit up the trainer again to continue leveling

leatherworking. This part of the guide is going to be expense, there is no way around it. These

mobs are no longer farmed as much because at level 58 most people head to outlands and

there's no reason to stay around skinning these things. Going to tell you again that I used

this Gold Guide to redo this leatherworking guide and other guides because it is really

expensive, every time there's a significant update to leatherworking or other professions I

have to redo the entire leveling guide.

Level Item Mats

200-220 20 Thick Armor Kits 100 Thick Leather

220-235 15-25 Nightscape Headband 75-125 Thick Leather

235-250 15 Nightscape Pants 210 Thick Leather

250-265 15-20 Rugged Armor Kits 75-100 Rugged Leather

265-285 20 Wicked Leather Bracers 160 Rugged Leather

285-300 15 Wicked Leather Headbands 180 Rugged Leather

Master Leatherworking (Leveling 300-350)

Don't forget to go past 300 you need to hit up the master trainer who can only be found in the

outlands. This is the 2nd most expensive section of this guide so if you haven't already, check

out this Gold Guide.

Level Item Mats

300-310 20 Knothide Leather 100 Knothide Leather Scraps

310-325 15-25 Knothide Armor Kits 60-100 Knothide Leather

325-335 35 Heavy Knothide Leather 175 Knothide Leather

Save all of these, you will need them in the following steps.

335-340 5 Thick Draenic Vest 15 Heavy Knothide Leather

340-350 10 Scaled Draenic Boots 20 Heavy Knothide Leather, 20

Fel Scales

If you can't find any Fel Scales you can keep craftping Thick Draenic Vests until 350, but it will cost a lot

more Heavy Knothide Leather

Grand Master Leatherworking (Leveling 350-425)

Before you hear me repeat myself and say this is expensive, go ahead and take a look at the

mats summary list below. Now go to your auction house and price all of that up, then come

back and tell me you don't need a gold guide. Train Grand Master Leatherworking and get

started by crafting as much Borean Leather as you can based on the amount of Borean

Leather Scrap available on the auction house.

Level Item Mats

350-365 30 Borean Leather 150 Borean Leather Scraps

You can skip this step if there are not enough Borean Leather Scraps available at a low enough price

365-380 15-20 Borean Armor Kits 60-80 Borean Leather

380-385 5 Arctic Boots 40 Borean Leather

385-390 5 Arctic Belt 50 Borean Leather

390-405 110 Heavy Borean Leather 660 Borean Leather

405-420 15-20 Dark Frostscale Leggings 60-80 Heavy Borean Leather,

75-100 Crystallized Water

You can also make Dark Iceborne Leggings with the same amount of Crystallized Shadow. If there isnt'

enough Crystallized Water and Shadow on the auction house, skip to the next step.

420-425 5 Fur Lining 5 Arctic Fur or 50 Heavy Borean

Leather

You can apply this fur lining to your own gear. You can get Arctic Fur in Dalaran herefor 10 Heavy Borean

Leather.

Illustrious Leatherworking (Leveling 425-525)

Cataclysm's Illustrious Leatherworking requires about 1,000 Savage Leather and about 80

Volatile Fire or Waters. To continue past 510 you need to be level 84. Head to Twilight

Highlands and visit either Misty Merriweather (Alliance) or Threm Blackscalp (Horde) to learn

the 510-525 recipes.

Level Item Mats

425-445 30-50 Savage Leather 150-250 Savage Leather Scraps

Save these for later use, there is no harm in making extra since you will use all the Savage Leather.

445-450 5 Savage Armor Kit 25 Savage Leather

450-460 10 Tsunami Boots 70 Savage Leather

460-470 10 Savage Cloak 70 Savage Leather

470-475 5 Darkbrand Boots 50 Savage Leather

475-480 5 Scorched Leg Armor 30 Savage Leather, 20 Volatile

Fire

If Volatile Fire is too expensive you can keep making Tsunami Belts to 480

480-485 5 Twilight Leg Armor 30 Savage Leather, 20 Volatile

Water

If Volatile Water is too expensive you can make Tsunami Leggings with 35 Savage Leather

485-490 10-20 Heavy Savage Leather 50-100 Savage Leather

You will need up to 205 Heavy Savage Leather to reach 525. I recommend only making what you need to

get to 490 in case it takes less. Please e-mail feedback and let us know how much Heavy Savage Leather

it took you to reach 525!

490-510 25-30 Darkbrand Helm 125-150 Heavy Savage Leather

510-516 3 Bloodied Leather Bracers 30 Heavy Savage Leather, 30

Volatile Fire

There are 3 other options to choose from that cost the exact materials: Bloodied Leather Gloves, Bloodied

Wyrmhide Belt and Bloodied Wymrhide Bracers

516-520 2 Bloodied Leather Boots 20 Heavy Savage Leather, 20

Volatile Fire

There are 3 other options to choose from that cost the exact materials: Bloodied Leather Shoulders,

Bloodied Wyrmhide Boots and Bloodied Wyrmhide Gloves

520-525 3 Bloodied Leather Belt 30 Heavy Savage Leather, 30

Volatile Water

There are 3 other options to choose from that cost the exact materials: Bloodied Leather Helm, Bloodied

Wyrmhide Chest and Bloodied Wyrmhide Shoulders