Cataclysm Classic Enchanting Leveling Guide 1-525 (2024)

This Cataclysm Classic Enchanting Leveling Guide will show you the fastest and easiest way to level your Enchanting skill from 1 to 525 in Cataclysm Classic.

I recommend trying Zygor's 1-85 Leveling Guide if you are still leveling your character or you just started a new alt. The guide will help you to reach level 85 a lot faster.

Materials required
Enchanting Trainers
1-50 #Apprentice
50-135 #Journeyman
135-225 #Expert
225-300 #Artisan
300-350 #TBC
350-425 #WotLK
425-525 #Cataclysm Classic

Approximate Materials Required

This is the list of the approximate materials required to level Enchanting up to 525.

Classic

TBC

WotLK

Cataclysm

Disenchanting Table

For more information on Disenchanting results, check out the disenchanting tables I put together:

Disenchanting Table for Cataclysm Classic

Enchanting Trainers

Horde trainers:

Godan in Orgrimmar.
Lavinia Crowe in Undercity.
Teg Dawnstrider in Thunder Bluff.
Vance Undergloom in Tirisfal Glades at Brill.
Sedana in Silvermoon City.

Alliance trainers:

Lucan Cordell in Stormwind City.
Gimble Thistlefuzz in Ironforge.
Taladan in Darnassus
Alanna Raveneye in Teldrassil.
Nahogg in The Exodar.

Outland Trainers

Shattrath City: Enchantress Andiala (The Scryers) or Zurii (The Aldor)
Hellfire Peninsula: Felannia (Horde) and Johan Barnes (Alliance)

Northrend Trainers

Horde:

Emil Autumn in Howling Fjord.
Eorain Dawnstrike in Borean Tundra

Alliance:

Elizabeth Jackson in Howling Fjord.
Alexis Marlowe in Borean Tundra

Both factions can also learn it from Enchanter Nalthanis at Dalaran.

Leveling Cataclysm Enchanting

1 - 50

Blood Elf characters have +10 Enchanting skill because of their passive Arcane Affinity. An extra 10 Enchanting skill means recipes stay orange for 10 more points, so you can save a lot of gold by doing lower level recipes for 10 more points.

1-2
1x Runed Copper Rod - 1 Copper Rod, 1 Strange Dust, 1 Lesser Magic Essence
Copper Rod is sold by Trade Good, Trade Supply, and Enchanting Supply vendors, don't buy the rod from the Auction House. The vendors are usually near your trainer somewhere.
See Also
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2-50
Disenchant green quality items or make the following:
48x Enchant Bracer: Minor Health - 48 Strange Dust

Journeyman Enchanting

Visit your trainer and learn Journeyman Enchanting. (Requires level 10)

50 - 135

50-90
40x Enchant Bracer: Minor Health - 40 Strange Dust
If Strange Dust is cheap and Greater Magic Essence is expensive on your realm, you can make this Enchant up to 120.

90-100
10x Enchant Bracer: Minor Stamina - 30 Strange Dust

100-101
1x Runed Silver Rod - 1 Silver Rod, 6 Strange Dust, 3 Greater Magic Essence

101-110
9x Greater Magic Wand - 9 Simple Wood, 9 Greater Magic Essence

110-135
Buy these two recipes Formula: Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strength, Formula: Enchant Cloak - Minor Agility from Kulwia (Horde) in Stonetalon Mountains, or from Dalria (Alliance) in Ashenvale.
These are limited supply recipes. If someone bought them before you, then you have to wait for it to respawn. I don't know the exact respawn timer, but it's between 30-50 min. (or just buy them from the Auction House)
25x Enchant Cloak: Minor Agility - 25 Lesser Astral Essence
Alternative
Make the recipe below if Astral essence is expensive on your realm and you can find cheap Small Glimmering Shards.
28x Enchant 2H Weapon - Minor Impact - 112 Strange Dust, 28 Small Glimmering Shard

Expert Enchanting

Visit your trainer and learn Expert Enchanting. (Requires level 20)

135 - 225

135-155
20x Enchant Bracer - Lesser Stamina - 40 Soul Dust

155-156
1x Runed Golden Rod - 1 Golden Rod, 1 Iridescent Pearl, 2 Greater Astral Essence, 2 Soul Dust

156-185
40x Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strength - 80 Soul Dust
Check the "110-135" step for recipe location.
If 2 Soul Dust is a lot more expensive than 1 Lesser Mystic Essence then from 165 switch to this recipe:
- 165-185
  20x Enchant Bracer: Spirit - 20 Lesser Mystic Essence

185-200
15x Enchant Bracer: Strength - 15 Vision Dust

200-201
1x Runed Truesilver Rod - 1 Truesilver Rod, 1 Black Pearl, 2 Greater Mystic Essence, 2 Vision Dust

201-220
25x Enchant Bracer: Strength - 25 Vision Dust
The enchant will be yellow, so you should buy enough dust to make it around 25 times.

220-225
5x Enchant Cloak: Greater Defense - 15 Vision Dust

Artisan Enchanting

Visit your trainer and learn Artisan Enchanting. (Requires level 35)

225 - 300

225-230
5x Enchant Gloves: Agility - 5 Lesser Nether Essence, 5 Vision Dust
Make Enchant Cloak: Greater Defense, if you don't have Lesser Nether Essence.

230-235
5x Enchant Boots - Stamina - 25 Vision Dust

235-250
25x Enchant Chest: Superior Health - 150 Vision Dust

Try to hunt for Formula: Enchant Bracer - Greater Stamina at the Auction House. It's a random world drop, but this recipe is the best to level Enchanting from 245 to 265 or even 285.

250-265
20x Lesser Mana Oil - 60 Dream Dust, 40 Purple Lotus, 20 Crystal Vial
You can make this one up to 270 if you can get cheap purple lotus.
Kania sells the Formula: Lesser Mana Oil in Silithus. She is upstairs in the Inn.

265-290
27x Enchant Shield: Greater Stamina - 135 Dream Dust
The recipe is sold by Daniel Bartlett at Undercity, and by Mythrin'dir at Darnassus.
See Also
Cataclysm Inschriftenkunde 450-525 - WoW Classic Guide
IMPORTANT! The recipe binds when picked up! Don't make the mistake of trying to buy it with an alt and mail it. It's also limited in supply, this means you have to wait if someone bought it before you.

290-299
9x Enchant Chest - Major Mana - 72 Illusion Dust
You can continue to make Enchant Shield: Greater Stamina if you have a lot of dream dust, or if Illusion Dust is really expensive.

299-300
1x Runed Arcanite Rod - 1 Arcanite Rod, 1 Golden Pearl, 10 Illusion Dust, 4 Greater Eternal Essence, 2 Large Brilliant Shard

Burning Crusade Classic (300-350)

Visit your trainer and learn Master Enchanting. (Requires level 50)

300 - 310

1x Runed Fel Iron Rod - 1 Fel Iron Rod, 4 Greater Eternal Essence, 6 Large Brilliant Shard
9x Bracer - Assault - 54 Arcane Dust

310 - 316

6x Bracer - Brawn - 36 Arcane Dust

316 - 330

16x Gloves - Assault - 128 Arcane Dust

This recipe will be yellow between 20-30, so you might need to make more.

Alternative recipe:

If 100x Arcane Dust is more expensive than 20x Greater Planar Essence then you should make Chest - Major Spirit between 320-330.

10x Chest - Major Spirit - 20 Greater Planar Essence

330 - 335

5x Shield - Major Stamina - 75 Arcane Dust

The recipe is sold by Madame Ruby at Shattrath City. You should also buy Formula: Superior Wizard Oil while you are there. Both of them are limited supply items, so if someone bought them before you, you have to wait for them to respawn. (5-10minutes)

Alternative recipe:

6x Chest - Major Spirit - 12 Greater Planar Essence

You might have to make a few more to reach 335.

Blood Elf Only 335 - 345

There is an alternative cheap method for the 335-345 part, but only Blood Elves can benefit from it.

Their racial passive skill Arcane Affinity allows them to gain ten free skill ups by converting a Large Prismatic Shard into three Small Prismatic Shard and back again.

Only the conversion from one Large Prismatic Shard to three Small Prismatic Shards is affected by this. Therefore, you will only have the chance to gain skill-ups half of the time (since the other half of the time, you'll be converting back to three Small Prismatic Shards). The recipe will be grey, and you won't gain skill points for every craft! The chance of gaining skill points is very low. It will probably take 10-15 minutes to gain the 10 free skill points.

The Formula: Large Prismatic Shard is sold by these NPCs, and the Small Prismatic Shard recipe is taught by your trainer.

335 - 340

5x Shield - Resilience - 5 Large Prismatic Shard, 20 Lesser Planar Essence

You can keep making Shield - Major Stamina if Large Prismatic Shard is too expensive.

340 - 350

15x Superior Wizard Oil- 45 Arcane Dust, 15 Nightmare Vine, 15 Imbued Vial

The recipe is sold by Madame Ruby at Shattrath City. It's yellow already when you learn it, so you might need to make a few more.

You can buy Imbued Vials from trade supply or alchemy supply vendors.

Alternative recipe:

Make more Shield - Resilience or switch to the next recipe if you don't have Nightmare Vine.

350 - 351

1x Runed Adamantite Rod - 1 Adamantite Rod, 1 Primal Might, 8 Greater Planar Essence, 8 Large Prismatic Shard

WotLK Enchanting 350-

You can learn the new WotLK Classic Enchanting skill from these NPCs below. (Requires level 65)

351 - 450

351-360
9x Enchant Cloak - Speed - 54 Infinite Dust

360-375
18x Enchant Bracers - Striking - 108 Infinite Dust

375-376
1x Runed Eternium Rod - 1 Eternium Rod, 6 Greater Planar Essence, 6 Arcane Dust, 1 Runed Adamantite Rod

376-380
6x Enchant Bracers - Striking - 36 Infinite Dust

380-385
5x Enchant Bracers - Exceptional Intellect - 50 Infinite Dust

385-395
10x Enchant Boots - Icewalker - 80 Infinite Dust, 10 Crystallized Water

395-410
15x Enchant Cloak - Superior Agility - 135 Infinite Dust

410-415
5x Enchant Gloves - Expertise - 60 Infinite Dust

415-420
5x Enchant Boots - Greater Spirit - 50 Infinite Dust, 5 Greater Cosmic Essence

420-425
5x Enchant Chest - Greater Mana Restoration - 20 Infinite Dust, 20 Greater Cosmic Essence

425-426
1x Runed Titanium Rod - 1 Titanium Rod, 12 Infinite Dust, 4 Greater Cosmic Essence, 2 Dream Shard, 1 Runed Eternium Rod