Cataclysm Classic Engineering Leveling 1-525 Guide

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The Engineering profession in WoW Cataclysm Classic is a crafting skill that allows you to create gizmos, gadgets, goggles, explosives, trinkets, pets, and more.

This guide covers how to get started in Engineering, the best secondary professions, optimal races and classes, differences between WoTLK Classic and Cataclysm Classic, profession trainer locations, and the basics of crafting items in Engineering.

Engineering In WoW Cataclysm Classic

Engineering introduces a variety of new gizmos and gadgets, continuing the tradition from previous expansions. Players will still find explosives, goggles, mechanical pets, and more. Since ammo is removed from the game in Cataclysm, Engineering no longer includes new plans for creating ammunition. It’s also a decent source of gold.

Cataclysm Classic adds several new Engineering-crafted items to the game.

Some of the best items you can create include:

High-Powered Bolt Gun: A tool required for some cool schematics and also a powerful weapon!
Loot-a-Rang: Perfect for all your looting needs.
Two new pets: De-Weaponized Mechanical Companion and Personal World Destroyer.
New gadgets: Enhancements for your gloves and belt.
Cogwheel Gems: For your Engineering goggles.

Engineering Leveling Guide 1-525 Cataclysm Classic

This guide for leveling Engineering from 1-525 in Cataclysm Classic focuses on easily obtained recipes with the fewest complex ingredients. It also provides alternative options for when materials are hard to find.

The following shopping list estimates the materials needed to complete this leveling path. As you progress to yellow difficulty levels (or higher, green), the exact amount may vary depending on your luck, potentially requiring more or fewer materials.

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Materials For Leveling Engineering

Classic:

x60 Rough Stone
x36 Copper Bar
x40 Coarse Stone
x20 Linen Cloth
x100 Bronze Bar (x55 Copper Bar + x55 Tin Bar if you have Mining as your secondary profession)
x30 Heavy Stone
x60 Wool Cloth
x15 Medium Leather
x4 Steel Bar
x120 Solid Stone
x161 Mithril Bar
x20 Mageweave Cloth
x60 Dense Stone
x210 Thorium Bar
x35 Runecloth

TBC:

x70 Fel Iron Bar
x20 Mote of Earth
x10 Mote of Fire
x40 Netherweave Cloth
x40 Adamantite Bar

WotLK:

x275 Cobalt Bar
x120 Saronite Bar
x7 Frostweave Cloth
x55 Crystallized Water (need x6 Eternal Water)
x10 Crystallized Earth (need x1 Eternal Earth)
x15 Crystallized Fire (need x2 Eternal Fire)

Cataclysm:

x100 Obsidium Bar
x4 Alicite
x16 Volatile Earth
x30 Volatile Air
x10 Volatile Fire
x140 Elementium Bar
x4 Dream Emerald
x40 Embersilk Cloth
x9 Hardened Elementium Bar

Engineering Trainers

Horde	Alliance
Roxxik (Orgrimmar) Graham Van Talen (Undercity) Twizwick Sprocketgrind (Mulgore) Mukdrak (Durotar) Danwe (Silvermoon City)	Springspindle Fizzlegear (Ironforge) Lilliam Sparkspindle (Stormwind City) Jenna Lemkenilli (Darkshore) Ockil (The Exodar)

Cataclysm Classic Engineering Leveling 1-525

Buy a Blacksmith Hammer from a Blacksmithing or Engineering supply vendor, who is usually located near your trainer. You can also purchase one from any general or trade goods vendor.

Gnome Engineering skill racial bonus

Gnome characters have a +15 Engineering skill bonus due to their passive Engineering Specialization. This additional 15 skill points means recipes stay orange for 15 extra points, allowing you to save a lot of gold by crafting lower-level recipes for an additional 15 points.

1 – 55

1 – 35

x60 Rough Blasting Powder – x60 Rough Stone

You might even reach 40 with this recipe. You will need the 60 Rough Blasting Powder later, so keep these.

35 – 55

x30 Handful of Copper Bolts – x30 Copper Bar

You will need around 30 of these later.

Journeyman Engineering

Visit your trainer and learn Journeyman Engineering (level required – 10).

55 – 75

55 – 56

x1 Arclight Spanner – 6 Copper Bar

You will use this to craft engineering recipes, so keep it.

You probably won’t be exactly at 56. This is just an estimated number.

56 – 75

x30 Rough Copper Bomb – x30 Handful of Copper Bolts, x60 Rough Blasting Powder

75 – 125

75 – 90

x40 Coarse Blasting Powder – x40 Coarse Stone

Keep 20 of these.

90 – 100

x20 Coarse Dynamite – x20 Coarse Blasting Powder, x20 Linen Cloth

100 – 113

x13 Clockwork Box – x39 Bronze Bar

113 – 125

Right click on the Clockwork Box you just made. These give skill points up to 125.

Expert Engineering

Visit your trainer and learn Expert Engineering (level required – 20).

125 – 200

125 – 150

Make sure that you start making the Heavy Blasting Powder first.

x30 Heavy Blasting Powder – x30 Heavy Stone
x15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo – x30 Bronze Bar, x15 Wool Cloth

You will need x30 Heavy Blasting Powder and x15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo later, so make these now and you should reach 150 skill points.

150 – 160

x15 Bronze Framework – x30 Bronze Bar, x15 Medium Leather, x15 Wool Cloth

Keep these too.

By crafting them now, you might advance significantly, possibly reaching around 160. Stop making these items at that point and only make more when necessary.

160 – 175

x15 Explosive Sheep – x30 Heavy Blasting Powder, x15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo, x15 Bronze Framework, x30 Wool Cloth

Keep 5 of these items; you might need them if you choose Goblin Engineering at skill level 200.

175 -176

x1 Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor – x4 Steel Bar

Keep this, you will need it to craft some of the Engineering recipes.

176 – 195

x60 Solid Blasting Powder – x120 Solid Stone

Save these because you will need them later.

195 – 200

x7 Mithril Tube – x21 Mithril Bar

Stop making these when you reach skill level 200. Keep x6 Mithril Tubes, as you might need them if you choose Gnomish Engineering at that level.

Artisan Engineering

Visit your trainer and learn Artisan Engineering (level required – 35).

At skill level 200, Engineers can choose to specialize in either Gnomish Engineering or Goblin Engineering. Some items require a specific specialization to craft, while others can be crafted by one specialization but used by any engineer. Fortunately, most items are crafted by one specialization and can be used by both.

Choosing a specialization is not necessary for leveling up in Engineering, so you can decide to pursue this later if you prefer not to complete the quest right now.

200 – 300

200 – 215

x20 Unstable Trigger – x20 Mithril Bar, x20 Mageweave Cloth, x20 Solid Blasting Powder

Save these.

215 – 238

x40 Mithril Casing – x120 Mithril Bar

Save these.

238 – 250

x20 Hi-Explosive Bomb – x40 Mithril Casings, x20 Unstable Trigger, x40 Solid Blasting Powder

250 – 260

x30 Dense Blasting Powder – x60 Dense Stone

You might need to make more than 30 to reach 260.

260 – 285

x35 Thorium Widget – x105 Thorium Bar, x35 Runecloth

It will be yellow for the last few points, so you may need to make a few extra to reach 285.

285 – 300

x17 Thorium Tube – x102 Thorium Bar

This will be yellow for 5 points, so you may need to make a few extra.

Master Engineering

Visit your trainer and learn Master Engineering (level required – 50).

300 – 320

You will use these later, so make them now for some free skill points.

x40 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts – x40 Fel Iron Bar
x10 Elemental Blasting Powder (4) – x10 Mote of Fire, x20 Mote of Earth
x10 Fel Iron Casing – x30 Fel Iron Bar

Crafting one Elemental Blasting Powder creates 4 powders, so you will end up with 40 in total.

You might have to make a few more Fel Iron Bomb in the next step if you don’t reach 320.

320 – 325

x10 Fel Iron Bomb – x10 Fel Iron Casing, x20 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, x10 Elemental Blasting Powder

You might need to make more of these if you are unlucky with the skill point gains.

325 – 335

x10 Adamantite Grenade – x40 Adamantite Bar, 20x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, x10 Elemental Blasting Powder

Stop making these if you were lucky with skill gains and reach 335. The next recipe is much cheaper.

335 – 350

x40 White Smoke Flare – x40 Elemental Blasting Powder, x40 Netherweave Cloth

This will be green for the most part, so this is just an approximate number.

The Schematic: White Smoke Flare recipe can be bought from these vendors:

Wind Trader Lathrai (Shattrath City)
Captured Gnome (Zangarmarsh)
Feera (Exodar)
Yatheon (Silvermoon City)

It’s a limited supply item, so if someone else has bought it before you, you’ll need to wait for it to respawn (around 7-10 minutes), or you can check other vendors.

Grand Master Engineering

Visit your trainer and learn Grand Master Engineering (level required – 65).

350 – 375

You will need around x50 Handfuls of Cobalt Bolts and x24 Volatile Blasting Trigger later. Make these now, and you should reach 375 or more. Be sure to make Handful of Cobalt Bolts before making Volatile Blasting Trigger, as the Volatile Blasting Trigger stays yellow longer, making it better to craft them later.

Keep it in mind that when you craft Handful of Cobalt Bolts you can get 1 or 3 bolts, and the same goes for Volatile Blasting Trigger, you’ll get 2 for each craft.

x35 Handful of Cobalt Bolts – x70 Cobalt Bar
x14 Volatile Blasting Trigger – x42 Cobalt Bar, x14 Crystallized Water

Save both.

375 – 425

375 – 385

x10 Overcharged Capacitor – x40 Cobalt Bar, x10 Crystallized Earth

Save these too. You’ll need them.

385 – 390
x7 Explosive Decoy – x7 Frostweave Cloth, x21 Volatile Blasting Trigger
You better make a few more from this.

390 – 400

x15 Froststeel Tube – x120 Cobalt Bar, x15 Crystallized Water

Save these as well. You’ll need them later.

400 – 405

x5 Diamond-cut Refractor Scope – x5 Froststeel Tube, x10 Handful of Cobalt Bolts

The recipe will be yellow so you better make a few more.

405 – 410

x5 Box of Bombs – x25 Saronite Bar, x5 Volatile Blasting Trigger

410 – 415

x5 Goblin Beam Welder – x30 Saronite Bar, x15 Crystallized Fire, x15 Crystallized Water

415 – 420

If you were lucky with the skill gains previously you could have already reached 420 at this point, then skip making these and get straight to the 420 part.

x5 Mana Injector Kit – x60 Saronite Bar, x10 Crystallized Water

Stop making these when you reach 420.

420 – 425

x5 Noise Machine – x10 Froststeel Tube, x10 Overcharged Capacitor, x40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts

Cataclysm Classic Engineering

Visit your trainer and learn the new Cataclysm Classic Engineering skill (level required – 75).

425 – 525

425 – 442

x25 2-4 Handful of Obsidium Bolts – x50 Obsidium Bar

Save these. You better make more of these later.

442 – 445

x1 Electrostatic Condenser – x4 Obsidium Bar, x6 Handful of Obsidium Bolts, x4 Volatile Earth

445 – 460

x15 Electrified Ether – 30x Volatile Air

Keep these.

460 – 470

Make two from one of these:

x2 R19 Threatfinder – 12x Obsidium Bar 4x Alicite, x12 Handful of Obsidium Bolts
x2 Safety Catch Removal Kit – x20 Obsidium Bar, x20 Handful of Obsidium Bolts

470 – 475

x1 High-Powered Bolt Gun – x10 Obsidium Bar, x8 Handful of Obsidium Bolts, x4 Electrified Ether

475 – 490

x3 Lure Master Tackle Box – x60 Elementium Bar, x12 Handful of Obsidium Bolts

490 – 495

x1 Elementium Toolbox – x15 Elementium Bar, x12 Volatile Earth

495 – 505

x2 Elementium Dragonling – 4x Handful of Obsidium Bolts, 16x Electrified Ether, 32x Elementium Bar, 40x Embersilk Cloth

If you picked Goblin Engineering specialization, make these items instead:

x1 Elementium Dragonling – 2x Handful of Obsidium Bolts, 8x Electrified Ether, 16x Elementium Bar, 20x Embersilk Cloth
x5 Big Daddy – 5x Electrified Ether, 30x Elementium Bar

505 – 510