Power Leveling Professions
by Elizabeth Harper 
Feb 27th 2006 at 4:25PM
Want to go from zero to three-hundred skill in just a few hours? No problem, provided sufficient preparation -
and a little guidance from someone who's done it before wouldn't hurt, either. Most professions have a few highly
desirable items that are bind on pickup - meaning if you want one, you have to level the profession and make it
yourself. As I recently ran my priest from 0 to 300 tailoring in order to craft myself Truefaith Vestments (trust me, it wasn't very much fun), I thought I would
try to gather up some information for people trying to do similar tasks. Know of any excellent crafting guides
I've missed? Drop your links in the comments section!Tailoring Resources
- Thottbot's tailoring page has a comprehensive list of patterns and where to find them.
- Chezzik's Fast Track guide to Tailoring includes a detailed list of supplies to have on hand when you start (I recommend farming in advance), the best recipes to train with, and detailed information about what you can expect to pay and what you can expect to make back.
Blacksmithing Resources
- Thottbot's blacksmithing page has a comprehensive list of plans and where to find them.
- Willhelm's guide to blacksmithing covers all the basics of going up to 300 skill, though with somewhat less detail than the tailoring guide above.
Engineering Resources
- Thottbot's engineering page has a comprehensive list of schematics and where to find them.
- darkSicarius' 300 ENGINEERING for cheap is a short, but detailed guide for leveling up engineering, including a materials list and the best recipes to train with. There's also a nice breakdown of the differences between Gnomish and Goblin engineering here, in case you haven't made up your mind yet.
- Velgard provides a more detailed answers about Goblin and Gnome engineering here.
Enchanting Resources
- Thottbot's enchanting page has a comprehensive list of available enchants and where to find them. For some reason it appears to be slightly out of order right now, so browse with caution.
- Jaywu's Enchanting FAQ contains a guide from going from 1-250 skill.
Alchemy Resources
- Thottbot's alchemy page has a comprehensive list of recipes and where to find them.
- Grendelbane's Alchemy Guide is a short and sweet list of ingredients and crafting orders, nicely formated by Adalia from Archimonde server.
Filed under: Blacksmithing, Engineering, Tailoring, Enchanting, Alchemy
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jbob Feb 27th 2006 4:40PM
http://www.xs4all.nl/~brt/wow/ has guides for alchemy, enchanting, engineering & tailoring. Well organized and seem to be accurate.
Mat Feb 27th 2006 5:08PM
Thanks for that link Jbob, I'm finally going to get my poor 53 hunter from the 275 hump to 300! sweet!
Daniel Axelrod Feb 28th 2006 7:05AM
Your link for "darkSicarius' 300 ENGINEERING for cheap" doesn't seem to work. Did you perhaps intend it to go to
http://wowvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Guides.Detail&id=95
elizabeth Feb 28th 2006 9:46AM
Thanks for noticing that, Daniel - the link should be fixed now. (It is the same guide you linked, though it's posted on the Warcraft forums.)
The link Jbob posted is very good, too - clear and formated for easy reading.
BlueLightBandit Feb 28th 2006 10:01AM
Yes, but where is my fishing guide?!?
It's not really RP if my chars can't fish and drink er, mead, while avoiding their spouses and duties at home, involve demotions in their professions, and um... a '78 El Camino.
Oh well, WoW for rednecks will probably be posted on a truck stop wall before it hits the internet. Se la vie.
L'Emmerdeur Feb 28th 2006 10:34AM
It took me around 3 hours and 40g to get my retired pally to 280 Alchemy. My purpose was to get the Undeath to Water transmute which allows him to make around 7g per day sitting in front of the auction house. I lucked upon the recipe on AH for 120g buyout (usually goes for around 200g) the day after this alchemy power level. At this rate, he'll make the investment back in around 3 weeks. He also makes mooncloth, which nets around 8g per week. That's 57g per week doing absolutely nothing.