Engineering

Welcome to the Engineering guide. Here we outline what items you need to raise your engineering skill as quickly as possible.

Skill Item Name Information

Apprentice Engineering

1-40

Rough Blasting Powder

1x Rough Stone

Skill this up to level 40, even though the skill will turn green fast. The materials are cheap, and every point is needed.
41-50

Handful of Copper Bolts

1x Copper Bar

Save these bolts for later, you'll need them.
51

Arclight Spanner

6x Copper Bars

You need this tool to create many patterns later on.
52-65

Copper Tubes

2x Copper Bar
1x Weak Flux

Save these tubes for later, you'll need them.
65-75

Rough Boomstick

1x Copper Tube
1x Handful of Copper Bolts

I hope you saved those tubes and bolts!

Journeyman Engineering

75-95

Coarse Blasting Powder

1x Coarse Stone

You will need at least 20 for a combine later on. You will need to make about 60-80 to get enough skill points though as this turns green quickly.

96-105

Silver Contacts

1x Silver Bar

Save these contacts for later, you'll need them.
106-120

Bronze Tubes

2x Bronze Bars
1x Weak Flux

Needed for quests Look To The Stars and The Touch of Zanzil - good to auction.
121-125

Small Bronze Bombs

1x Wool Cloth
1x Silver Contact
4x Coarse Blasting Powder
2x Bronze Bars

 
126-145

Heavy Blasting Powder

1x Heavy Stone

Save these powders for later, you'll need them.
146-150

Big Bronze Bombs

2x Heavy Blasting Powder
3x Bronze Bar
1x Silver Contact

 

Expert Engineering

150-175

Green Firework

1x Heavy Leather
1x Heavy Blasting Powder

An inexpensive way to get 25 skills points. Combine them until 175.

176

Gyromatic Micro-Adjuster

4x Steel Bar

Save this for later, you will need it.

177-190

Solid Blasting Powder

2x Solid Stone

Save these for later, you will need them.
191-195

Big Iron Bomb

3x Iron Bar
3x Heavy Blasting Powder
1x Silver Contact

 
196-205

Mithril Tubes

3x Mithril Bars

Useable for future recipes. Save some.
206-210

Unstable Triggers

1x Mithril Bar
1x Mageweave Cloth
1x Solid Blasting Powder

Keep these for later use.
211-225

Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs

1 x Mithril Bar
1x Solid Blasting Powder

 

Artisan Engineering

226-235

Mithril Casings

3x Mithril Bar


Create at least 20 of these to have enough to gain skill points with the next pattern. Used for the Ungoro Crater quest, Chasing A-Me 01

236-245

Hi-Explosive Bomb

2x Mithril Casings
1x Unstable Trigger
2x Solid Blasting Powder

 

246-250

Mithril Gyro-Shot

2x Mithril Bar
2x Solid Blasting Powder

Sell these off unless you can use them.

251-260

Dense Blasting Powder

2x Dense Stone

Make a pile of these as you will be using them for creating shells.

261-290

Thorium Widget

3x Thorium Bar
1x Runecloth

Save these. You will need them for many high end engineering schematics later.

290-300

Thorium Tubes

6x Thorium Bar

Save these for future schematics.

Master Engineering

Requires: The Burning Crusade

Things are going to get expensive for the next grind. You can expect to spend a few thousand gold to get to 350 unless you have collected the materials yourself.

300-310

Fel Iron Casings

3x Fel Iron Bar

Handfuls of Fel Iron Bolts

1x Fel Iron Bar

Elemental Blasting Powder

1x Mote of Fire
1x Mote of Earth

Create 55 Fel Iron Casings

Create 240 Handfuls of Fel Iron Bolts

Create 35 Elemental Blasting Powders

Save these for future skill-ups.

310-320

Fel Iron Bomb

1x Fel Iron Casing
2x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
1x Elemental Blasting Powder

 
320-335

Fel Iron Musket

1x Heavy Stock
3x Fel Iron Casings
6x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts

 

325-335

Fel Iron Toolbox

1x Fel Iron Casings
5x Fel Iron Bar
2x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts

A 24 slot container for engineers.
335-350

White Smoke Flare

1x Netherweave Cloth
1x Elemental Blasting Powder

This is a quick and cheap 15 skill points.

Grand Master Engineering

Requires: Wrath of the Lich King

You combine will vary, you can always substitue stuff as you want, this is a generalized path.

350-370

Handful of Cobalt Bolts

2 x Cobalt Bars

You will get 1-3 bolts per combine. You will need 50 for recipes later. This will probably take about 35 combines.
370-377

Volatile Blasting Trigger

3 x Cobalt Bars
1 x Crystallized Water

Combine this 18 times, you will get 36 triggers. Save these for later.
377-385

Overcharged Capacitor

4 x Cobalt Bars
1 x Crystallized Earth

Save these for later. Make 10 of them.
385-390

Explosive Decoy

1 x Frostweave Cloth
3 x Volatile Blasting Trigger

Make 8 of these.
390-400

Froststeel Tube

8 x Cobalt Bar
1 x Crystallized Water

Save these for later. Make 15 of these or until you reach 400.
400-405

Diamond-cut Refractor Scope

1 x Froststeel Tube
2 x Handful of Cobalt Bolts

Make 5 of these.
405-415

Saronite Bomb

5 x Saronite Bar
1 x Volatile Blasting Trigger

Make 13 of these or until you reach 415.
415-420

Mana Injector Kit

12 x Saronite Bar
2 x Crystallized Water

Make 5 of these, they sell good on the Auction House.
420-430

Mechanized Snow Goggles

8 x Saronite Bars
2 x Borean Leather
1 x Eternal Shadow

Make 13 of these or until you reach 430.
430-435

Noise Machine

2 x Froststeel Tube
2 x Overcharged Capacitor
8 x Handful of Cobalt Bolts

Make 5 of these.
435-450

Gnomish Army Knife

10 x Saronite Bar
1 x Skinning Kife
1 x Mining Pick
1 x Blacksmithing Hammer

You'll need to make lots of these, maybe 25-30 of them.

Here is a list of the approximate number of materials your will need. You results may vary depending on skill up per combine.

Item Name Quantity
Rough Stone 40
Copper Bar 44
Weak Flux 29
Coarse Stone 20
Silver Bar 10
Bronze Bar 40
Wool Cloth 5
Heavy Stone 20
Heavy Leather 25
Steel Bar 4
Solid Stone 28
Iron Bar 15
Mithril Bar 90
Mageweave Cloth 5
Dense Stone 20
Thorium Bar 150
Runecloth 30
Fel Iron Bar 455
Mote of Fire 35
Mote of Earth 35
Heavy Stock 15
Netherweave Cloth 15
Cobalt Bars 284
Crystallized Water 43
Crystallized Earth 10
Frostweave Cloth 8
Saronite Bars 480
Borean Leather 26
Eternal Shadow 13
Skinning Knife 30
Blacksmith Hammer 30
Mining Pick 30

 

 

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