Are you intending to level up Engineering, we will help you do this fast and easy from level 1 to 600. The Engineering Levelling Guide is updated for patch 5.4
The best is to combine Engineering with Mining, this will save you a lot of gold, if you level Engineering with Mining. Buying everything from the Auction House can be very expensive, so really it is better to level together engineering with Mining. If you decide to do that, check out the Mining levelling guide. Of course the fastest way to level Engineering is to buy everything from the Auction House.
Engineering guide sections:
Apprentice 1-50
Journeyman 50-132
Expert 132-205
Artisan 205-280
Master 280-350
Grand Master 350-425
Illustrious 425-550
Zen 500-600
Approximate Materials Required for 1-600:
60 Rough Stone, 36 Copper Bar, 20 Coarse Stone, 20 Linen Cloth, 95 Bronze Bar-48 Copper Bar + 48 Tin Bar, 4 Moss Agate, 30 Heavy Stone, 60 Wool Cloth, 15 Medium Leather, 4 Steel Bar, 120 Solid Stone, 161 Mithril Bar, 20 Mageweave Cloth,40 Dense Stone, 189 Thorium Bar, 21 Runecloth, 45 Fel Iron Bar, 24 Mote of Earth, 12 Mote of Fire, 40 Adamantite Bar, 30 Netherweave Cloth, 210 Cobalt Bar, 8 Frostweave Cloth, 20 Crystallized Water, 10 Crystallized Earth, 35 Tinker’s Kit-You can buy these from Engineering supply vendors near your trainer, 85 Obsidium Bar, 4 Alicite, 52 Volatile Earth, 30 Volatile Air, 76 Elementium Bar, 20 Embersilk Cloth, 85 Windwool Cloth,
90 Ghost Iron Bar, 1 Spirit of Harmony, Make sure you got around 4 more Spirit of Harmony or 300 Ghost Iron Bar.
It is up to you which items you make. It is difficult to lost the exact materials that you will need because you can choose different recipes to do, it is your choice.
Related Guides:
Mining Leveling Guide 1-600.
Engineering Leveling Guide 1-50
Now it is time for you to go to your trainer and to learn Apprentice Engineering.
In case you have a Gnome character you better visit the special Engineering leveling guide for Gnomes instead of this one.
Loo around your trainer and find the Blacksmith supply vendor, you will have to buy a Blacksmith Hammer.
1-30
60 Rough Blasting Powder from 60 Rough Stone
You could reach 40 with this recipe. You will need the 60 Rough Blasting Powder later, keep them, you will have to use them.
30-50
30 Handful of Copper Bolts from 30 Copper Bar
You will need around 30 of these later.
50-132
Again time to visit your trainer, and learn Journeyman Engineering.
50-75
30 Rough Copper Bomb from 60 Rough Blasting Powder, 30 Handful of Copper Bolts
Make your Arclight Spanner between 50-70 and keep it because you will need it later.
75-90
20 Coarse Blasting Powder from 20 Coarse Stone
You will need 20 of these later.
90-100
20 Coarse Dynamite from 20 Coarse Blasting Powder, 20 Linen Cloth
100-116
8 Clockwork Box from 24 Bronze Bar
Use the boxes you make. You will get one extra skill point per craft.
116-120
4 Bronze Tube from 8 Bronze Bar
120-132
4 Standard Scope from 4 Bronze Tube, 4 Moss Agate
132-205
Visit your trainer, and learn Expert Engineering.
132-150
30 Heavy Blasting Powder from 30 Heavy Stone
and
15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo from 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Wool Cloth
You will need 30 Heavy Blasting Powder and 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo later, and if you make these you should reach 150 skill point.
150-160
15 Bronze Framework from 30 Bronze Bar, 15 Medium Leather, 15 Wool Cloth
If you make these now, you can get a lot further- probably towards 160, then stop making these and only make more when you’ll need them. You will have to keep these too.
160-175
15 Explosive Sheep from 30 Heavy Blasting Powder, 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 15 Bronze Framework, 30 Wool Cloth
175-176
1 Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor from 4 Steel Bar
176-195
60 Solid Blasting Powder from 120 Solid Stone
Save these because you will need them later.
195-200
7 Mithril Tubes from 21 Mithril Bar
Stop making these when you reach 200.
205-280
Visit your trainer and learn Artisan Engineering.
Once you get to level 200 you will have the option to choose one of the following specializations in Gnomish or Goblin Engineering. You can get all the quests that you need from the Engineering trainer. The difference is location of their teleports and the ability of their trinkets. Some items require a specific specialization to use, while other items are crafted by one specialization but are usable by any engineer. Luckily, many of the recipes usually crafted by one of the Specializations can be used by any of them.
200-216
20 Unstable Triggers from 20 Mithril Bar, 20 Mageweave Cloth, 20 Solid Blasting Powder
Save these.
215-238
40 Mithril Casings from 120 Mithril Bar
Save these.
238-250
20 Hi-Explosive Bomb from 40 Mithril Casings, 20 Unstable Trigger, 40 Solid Blasting Powder
250-260
20 Dense Blasting Powder from 40 Dense Stone
You might need to make more than 20 to reach 260.
260-281
21 Thorium Widget from 63 Thorium Bar, 21 Runecloth
280-350
Visit your trainer, and learn Master Engineering.
281-300
21 Thorium Tube from 126 Thorium Bar
300-320
In case you don’t reach 320 by making the below recipes, you will still be able to go to the next step, but then you will also need to make a few more Fel Iron Bolts and the other materials. Best will be to make the recipes follwoing the order below.
30 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts from 30 Fel Iron Bar
12 4 Elemental Blasting Powder from 24 Mote of Earth, 12 Mote of Fire
5 Fel Iron Casing from 15 Fel Iron Bar
Save everything.
320-325
5 Fel Iron Bombs from 5 Fel Iron Casing, 10 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, 5 Elemental Blasting Powder
You probably will need to make more than 5 of these if you could not get enough skill points.
325-335
10 Adamantite Grenade 40 Adamantite Bar, 10 Elemental Blasting Powder, 20 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
335-350
30 White Smoke Flare from 30 Netherweave Cloth, 30 Elemental Blasting Powder
Recipe location
350-425
Visit your trainer and learn Grand Master Engineering.
350-370
From here you will need approximately 40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts and 20 Volatile Blasting Trigger later. It is better to make these now, and you should reach 375 or most probably more. It is good to note that when you craft Handful of Cobalt Bolts you can get 1 or 3 bolts, it is the same case with the Volatile Blasting Trigger, you will get 2 Volatile Blasting Trigger each craft.
30 1-3 Handful of Cobalt Bolts from 60 Cobalt Bar
370-375
10 2 Volatile Blasting Trigger from 30 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Water
Keep these.
375-385
10 Overcharged Capacitor from 40 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Earth
Keep these too, you will need them. Make any tinker recipe if you didn’t reach 385 by making these.
385-390
6 Explosive Decoy from 6 Frostweave Cloth, 18 Volatile Blasting Trigger
390-400
10 Froststeel Tube from 80 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Water
Keep these, you will need them later.
400-405
10 Hand-Mounted Pyro Rocket from 10 Tinker’s Kit
If you have an enchant on your gloves you will be able to make any other tinker recipe. Buy the Tinker’s Kit from the Engineering supply vendor look around your trainer.
405-410
10 Nitro Boosts from 10 Tinker’s Kit
410-420
15 Mind Amplification Dish from 15 Tinker’s Kit
420-425
5 Noise Machine from 10 Froststeel Tube, 10 Overcharged Capacitor, 40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts
425-500
Visit your trainer and learn Illustrious Engineering.
425-442
20 2-4 Handful of Obsidium Bolts from 40 Obsidium Bar
Save these, you might need to make more of these later on.
442-445
1 Electrostatic Condenser from 4 Obsidium Bar, 6 Obsidium Bolts, 4 Volatile Earth
445-460
15 2-3 Electrified Ether from 30 Volatile Air
Keep these.
460-470
2 R19 Threatfinder from 12 Obsidium Bars, 4 Alicite, 12 Obsidium Bolts
or
2 Safety Catch Removal Kit from 20 Obsidium bars, 20 Obsidium Bolts
470-475
1 High-Powered Bolt Gun from 10 Obsidium Bars, 8 Obsidium Bolts, 4 Electrified Ether
475-495
4 Elementium Toolbox from 60 Elementium Bar, 48 Volatile Earth
You can also make Lure Master Tackle Box up to 490 if you want to.
495-500
1 Elementium Dragonling from 2 Obsidium Bolts, 8 Electrified Ether, 16 Elementium Bar, 20 Embersilk Cloth
You can gain +5 skill points by completing a single quest at the Darkmoon Faire, so check your in-game Calendar.
500-600
Visit your trainer and learn Zen Engineering.
500-550
Make all of these now, you will have to use them later. You might even need to make more of these, but this is about the minimum that is needed to reach 580.
25 Ghost Iron Bolts from 75 Ghost Iron Bar
15 High-Explosive Gunpowder from 15 Ghost Iron Bar
Make a few G91 Landshark if you didn’t reach 550.
550-554
4 Tinker’s Kit from 8 High-Explosive Gunpowder, 8 Ghost Iron Bolts, 8 Windwool Cloth
Do not make these after you reach level 554.
554-579
5 Ghost Iron Dragonling from 20 High-Explosive Gunpowder, 40 Ghost Iron Bolts, 60 Windwool Cloth
579-580
1 Tinker’s Kit from 2 High-Explosive Gunpowder, 2 Ghost Iron Bolts, 2 Windwool Cloth
580-595
If you prioritaze time, you better make Thermal Anvil until you get to 595. You will probably have to make 22 to 24 of these just to get these 15 skill points and it will cost you around 300 Ghost Iron Bar or 600 Ghost Iron Ore. If you decide to do this slowly, you can farm Spirit of Harmony and make whatever rare item you can craft, most of these items will give you 5 skill points.
10 Motes of Harmony will give you Spirit of Harmony by combining. Motes are easily dropped by every mob in Pandaria, even in dungeons. However it is quite low drop rate, so it may take you long time, could be probably 2 hours for 10 motes.
Good to make the items below:
1 Mist-Piercing Goggles from 8 Ghost Iron Bolts, 2 Spirit of Harmony
2 Lord Blastington’s Scope of Doom from 36 Ghost Iron Bolts, 4 Primordial Ruby, 2 Spirit of Harmony.
But of course you can make any item that you want.
595-600
Now you have to pick any recipe that will give you 5 skill point.
1 Mist-Piercing Goggles from 8 Ghost Iron Bolts, 2 Spirit of Harmony
or
1 Lord Blastington’s Scope of Doom from 18 Ghost Iron Bolts, 2 Primordial Ruby, 1 Spirit of Harmony.
Good luck and I hope you find this Engineering levelling guide helpful!