Enchanting Leveling Guide: Enchanting 1-450

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I know from personal experience that leveling enchanting can be a very expensive venture. I probably spent thousands of gold leveling mine. So with that in mind I have created a guide that will try to cut those costs. The majority of recipes in this guide will be obtained from the enchanting trainers or vendors. I will try to use materials available from disenchanting and avoid shards since they are very expensive to buy and hard to get from disenchanting. The majority of the materials you are going to be using are dust, essences, and only a few shards.

Enchanting Preparation

Due to the large volume of materials you are going to be gathering you may want to consider making a bank alt. You can mail items back and forth between your bank alt and your main as you need them. Bank alt’s are really handy for storage. Personally I have an alt with a guild bank of his own, so it has a huge amount of storage space.

A good place to get materials is from the auction house. However I wouldn’t recommend buying the raw materials to level with unless you absolutely have to. Instead I suggest you buy items such as weapons and armor off the auction house to disenchant. I was able to collect a large supply of materials doing this at only a fraction of the cost of buying raw materials.

Below is a list of Dust and Essences that items give at certain levels:

• Level 1-10: Strange Dust and Lesser Magic Essence
  
• Level 11-15: Strange Dust and Greater Magic Essence
  
• Level 16-20: Strange Dust and Lesser Astral Essence
  
• Level 21-25: Soul Dust and Greater Astral Essence
  
• Level 26-30: Soul Dust and Lesser Mystic Essence
  
• Level 31-35: Vision Dust and Greater Mystic Essence
  
• Level 36-40: Vision Dust Lesser Nether Essence
  
• Level 41-45: Dream Dust and Greater Nether Essence
  
• Level 46-50: Dream Dust and Lesser Eternal Essence
  
• Level 51-55: Illusion Dust and Greater Eternal Essence
  
• Level 56-60: Illusion Dust and Greater Eternal Essence
• Level 61-65: Arcane Dust and Lesser Planar Essence
• Level 66-70: Arcane Dust and Greater Planar Essence

Below is a list of Shards that items give at certain levels. They mainly come from blue or purple items and occasionally greens.

• Level 1-20: Small Glimmering Shard
  
• Level 21-25: Large Glimmering Shard
  
• Level 26-30: Small Glowing Shard
  
• Level 31-35: Large Glowing Shard
  
• Level 36-40: Small Radiant Shard
  
• Level 41-45: Large Radiant Shard
  
• Level 46-50: Small Brilliant Shard
  
• Level 51-60: Large Brillaint Shard
• Level 61-65: Small Prismatic Shard
• Level 66-70: Large Prismatic Shard

Enchanting Tools

To enchant items requires the enchanter to have a runed rod. As you increase you level you will need to create higher level runed rods. You will need to buy the raw material rods from a blacksmith or off the auction house, your first rod, the copper rod, can be bought from an enchanting supplies vendor. As you increase you level you will also incorporate your previous rod into the new one, but you still have to buy a new raw material rod.

Raw rods you will need:

Copper Rod
Silver Rod
Golden Rod
Truesilver Rod
Arcanite Rod
Fel Iron Rod
Adamantite Rod
Eternium Rod

Below you will find a table of needed materials. In this table you will see three columns; Components, Minimum Amount, and Estimated Amount. The Component Column shows the name of the raw material. Minimum shows the minimum amount of materials you will need, however you should not consider this totally accurate as it does not take into account attempts that will not give you a skill point. The Estimated Column shows how much of the material you will most likely need to complete the leveling.

For Items Needed From 300 - 375 Scroll To The 300-375 Section At The Bottom.

Component	Minimum Amount	Estimated Amount
Strange Dust	153 (16 stacks)	180 (18 stacks)
Soul Dust	75 (8 stacks)	90 (9 stacks)
Vision Dust	156 (16 stacks)	170 (17 stacks)
Dream Dust	290 (29 stacks)	320 (32 stacks)
Illusion Dust	82 (9 stacks)	90 (12 stacks)
Lesser Magic Essence	11 (2 stacks)	15 (2 stacks)
Greater Magic Essence	18 (2 stacks)	25 (3 stacks)
Lesser Astral Essence	10 (1 stacks)	15 (2 stacks)
Greater Astral Essence	2 (1 stacks)	2 (1 stacks)
Lesser Mystic Essence	20 (2 stacks)	25 (3 stacks)
Greater Mystic Essence	2 (1 stacks)	2 (1 stacks)
Lesser Nether Essence	10 (1 stacks)	15 (2 stacks)
Greater Nether Essence	20 (2 stacks)	25 (3 stacks)
Lesser Eternal Essence	0 (0 stacks)	0 (0 stacks)
Greater Eternal Essence	4 (1 stacks)	4 (1 stacks)
Small Glimmering Shard	0 (0 stacks)	0 (0 stacks)
Large Glimmering Shard	0 (0 stacks)	0 (0 stacks)
Small Glowing Shard	0 (0 stacks)	0 (0 stacks)
Large Glowing Shard	0 (0 stacks)	0 (0 stacks)
Small Radiant Shard	0 (0 stacks)	0 (0 stacks)
Large Radiant Shard	0 (0 stacks)	0 (0 stacks)
Small Brilliant Shard	4 (1 stacks)	4 (1 stacks)
Large Brilliant Shard	2 (1 stacks)	2 (2 stacks)
Shadowgem	1 (1 stacks)	1 (1 stacks)
Iridescent Pearl	1 (1 stacks)	1 (1 stacks)
Black Pearl	1 (1 stacks)	1 (1 stacks)
Golden Pearl	1 (1 stacks)	1 (1 stacks)
Copper Rod	1 (1 stacks)	1 (1 stacks)
Silver Rod	1 (1 stacks)	1 (1 stacks)
Golden Rod	1 (1 stacks)	1 (1 stacks)
Truesilver Rod	1 (1 stacks)	1 (1 stacks)
Arcanite Rod	1 (1 stacks)	1 (1 stacks)

 

Enchanting 1 - 50

Now you are ready to start leveling your enchanting. The first step is to make your first rod. You need to create a runed copper rod. After you do this, you are going to be disenchanting items for your initial points. You should be able to level to 50 with simply disenchanting green items. If you need to, you can buy cheap low level green items on the auction house to disenchant. Be sure to keep the materials you get, you may need them later. If for whatever reason you can’t level to 50 with disenchanting, you can enchant a bracer over and over with minor health.

After you reach 50 skill, and are at least level 10, you’ll need to speak to the trainer and learn Journeyman Enchanter.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from enchanting 0 to 50.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
1	5	10	Runed Copper Rod	1x Copper Rod,, 1x Strange Dust, 1x Lesser Magic Essence	0 - 1 (1)	1x Copper Rod, 1x Strange Dust, 1x Lesser Magic Essence
1	70	110	Enchant Bracer - Minor Health	1x Strange Dust Required: Runed Copper Rod	2 - 50 (49)	49x Strange Dust

 

Enchanting 50 - 125

 Continue enchanting a bracer with minor health until you reach 75 skill. After that switch to minor deflection on the bracer until you are at 85 skill.

At that point being using minor stamina on the bracer until you reach 105 skill. Once you reach 105 skill you can create a runed silver rod, so go ahead and make yourself one.

After you make your rod, begin using minor agility on the bracer until you are at 120 skill. Then use minor stamina on a shield until you are 125.

At 125 skill you will need to speak to a trainer and learn Expert Enchanter. Your character will also have to be at least level 20.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from enchanting 50 to 125.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
1	70	110	Enchant Bracer - Minor Health	1x Strange Dust Required: Runed Copper Rod	50 - 75 (25)	25x Strange Dust
20	80	120	Enchant Bracer - Minor Deflection	1x Lesser Magic Essence, 1x Strange Dust Required: Runed Copper Rod	75 - 85 (10)	10x Lesser Magic Essence, 10x Strange Dust
50	100	140	Enchant Bracer - Minor Stamina	3x Strange Dust Required: Runed Copper Rod	85 - 100 (15) 101 - 105 (4)	45x Strange Dust 12x Strange Dust
80	115	155	Enchant Bracer - Minor Agility	2x Strange Dust, 1x Greater Magic Essence Required: Runed Copper Rod	105 - 120 (15)	30x Strange Dust, 15x Greater Magic Essence
100	130	170	Runed Silver Rod	1x Silver Rod, 6x Strange Dust, 3x Greater Magic Essence	100 - 101 (1)	1x Silver Rod, 6x Strange Dust, 3x Greater Magic Essence
105	130	170	Enchant Shield - Minor Stamina	1x Lesser Astral Essence, 2x Strange Dust Required: Runed Copper Rod	120 - 125 (5)	5x Lesser Astral Essence, 10x Strange Dust

 

Enchanting 125 - 225

Continue using minor stamina on a shield until you are at 130 skill. Then switch to using lesser stamina on a bracer until you are at 150 skill. At 150 skill you can create a runed golden rod. Make one since you are going to need it later on.

After you make a runed golden rod, continue using lesser stamina on a bracer until you are at 160 skill. Then begin using lesser stamina on a shield until you are at 165 skill.  After that begin using spirit enchant on a bracer until you are at 185 skill. At skill level 185 start using strength on a bracer until you are at 200 skill.

At skill level 200 make a runed truesilver rod. Then continue using strength on a bracer until you are at 205 skill level. At 205 begin using greater defense on a cloak until you are at 225 skill.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from enchanting 125 to 225.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
105	130	170	Enchant Shield - Minor Stamina	1x Lesser Astral Essence, 2x Strange Dust Required: Runed Copper Rod	125 - 130 (5)	5x Lesser Astral Essence, 10x Strange Dust
130	155	195	Enchant Bracer - Lesser Stamina	2x Soul Dust Required: Runed Silver Rod	130 - 150 (25) 151 - 160 (9)	50x Soul Dust 18x Soul Dust
150	175	215	Runed Golden Rod	1x Golden Rod, 1x Iridescent Pearl, 2x Greater Astral Essence, 2x Soul Dust	150 - 151 (1)	1x Golden Rod, 1x Iridescent Pearl, 2x Greater Astral Essence, 2x Soul Dust
155	175	215	Enchant Shield - Lesser Stamina	1x Lesser Mystic Essence, 1x Soul Dust Required: Runed Golden Rod	160 - 165 (5)	5x Lesser Mystic Essence, 5x Soul Dust
160	180	220	Enchant Boots - Lesser Agility	1x Soul Dust, 1x Lesser Mystic Essence Required: Runed Golden Rod	160 - 165 (5)	5x Soul Dust, 5x Lesser Mystic Essence
165	185	225	Enchant Bracer - Spirit	1x Lesser Mystic Essence Required: Runed Golden Rod	165 - 180 (15)	15x Lesser Mystic Essence
180	200	240	Enchant Bracer - Strength	1x Vision Dust Required: Runed Golden Rod	180 - 200 (20) 201 - 205 (4)	20x Vision Dust 4x Vision Dust
200	220	260	Runed Truesilver Rod	1x Truesilver Rod, 1x Black Pearl, 2x Greater Mystic Essence, 2x Vision Dust	200 - 201 (1)	1x Truesilver Rod, 1x Black Pearl, 2x Greater Mystic Essence, 2x Vision Dust
205	225	265	Enchant Cloak - Greater Defense	3x Vision Dust Required: Runed Truesilver Rod	205 - 225 (20)	60x Vision Dust

 

Enchanting 225 - 265

You are now at the point to where you are going to have to take a trip to Uldaman. Inside that instance is where you will find the Master Enchanter to train you to Artisan Enchanter. Now the important part here is that you need to be an Artisan Enchanter to level anymore, but the recipes she sells all require 250 skill. So, you are going to have to gather all the materials needed to get to 250 skill, and carry them with you when you go to Uldaman. This will avoid having to make multiple trips into Uldaman.

The table below shows what materials you will need to carry with you. You will also need to have gloves, a bracer, and a chest piece to enchant. You will also need the Truesilver Rod that you created.

Component	Minimum Amount	Estimated Amount
Vision Dust	70 (7 stacks)	90 (9 stacks)
Dream Dust	10 (1 stacks)	20 (2 stacks)
Lesser Nether Essence	10 (1 stacks)	20 (2 stacks)
Greater Nether Essence	5 (1 stacks)	10 (1 stacks)
Runed Truesilver Rod	1	1

Once you are trained to Artisan Enchanter, begin using agility on gloves until you reach skill 235. At that point switch to using superior health on a chest piece until you reach 245 skill. After that begin using greater strength on a bracer until you get to 250 skill. Next speak to the trainer, learn all the recipes she offers, and you can leave the instance.

After that continue using greater strength on a bracer until you reach 265 skill.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from enchanting 225 to 265.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
210	230	270	Enchant Gloves - Agility	1x Lesser Nether Essence, 1x Vision Dust Required: Runed Truesilver Rod	225 - 235 (10)	10x Lesser Nether Essence, 10x Vision Dust
220	240	280	Enchant Chest - Superior Health	6x Vision Dust Required: Runed Truesilver Rod	235 - 245 (10)	60x Vision Dust
240	260	300	Enchant Bracer - Greater Strength	2x Dream Dust, 1x Greater Nether Essence Required: Runed Truesilver Rod	245 - 265 (20)	40x Dream Dust, 20x Greater Nether Essence

 

Enchanting 265 - 300

At this point you are ready to start using greater stamina on a shield. You will need to get the recipe from a vendor.

If you are Alliance go to Darnassus and buy it from Mythrin'dir. His coordinates are 61,17.

If you are Horde go to Undercity and buy it from Daniel Bartlet. His coordinates are 64,37.

Once you have the recipe begin using it on a shield until you reach 290 skill. At that point you need to make a arcanite rod. You can buy this recipe from Lorelae Wintersong in Moonglade at 48,40. You should also buy the Superior Defense to Cloak enchant from her as well.

Enchant a cloak with superior defense until you reach 300 skill.

This table shows the different recipes used to get from enchanting 265 to 300.

Skill	Yellow	Grey	Item	Components	From - To	Components needed
265	285	325	Enchant Shield - Greater Stamina	10x Dream Dust Required: Runed Truesilver Rod	265 - 290 (25)	250x Dream Dust
285	305	345	Enchant Cloak - Superior Defense	8x Illusion Dust Required: Runed Truesilver Rod	291 - 300 (9)	72x Illusion Dust
290	310	350	Runed Arcanite Rod	1x Arcanite Rod, 1x Golden Pearl, 10x Illusion Dust, 4x Greater Eternal Essence, 4x Small Brilliant Shard, 2x Large Brilliant Shard	290 - 291 (1)	1x Arcanite Rod, 1x Golden Pearl, 10x Illusion Dust, 4x Greater Eternal Essence, 4x Small Brilliant Shard, 2x Large Brilliant Shard

This is a breakdown of each enchant at each skill level for those that prefer a simple list to do.

Level 1 - 2
Runed Copper Rod (1 x Copper Rod, 1 x Strange Dust, 1 x Lesser Magic Essence) x 1

Level 2 - 75
Enchant Bracer - Minor Health (1 x Strange Dust) x 74

Level 75 - 85
Enchant Bracer - Minor Deflection (1 x Lesser Magic Essence, 1 x Strange Dust) x 10

Level 85 - 100
Enchant Bracer - Minor Stamina (3 x Strange Dust) x 15

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

Level 101 - 105
Enchant Bracer - Minor Stamina (3 x Strange Dust) x 5

Level 105 - 120
Enchant Bracer - Minor Agility (2 x Strange Dust, 1 x Greater Magic Essence) x 15

Level 120 - 130
Enchant Shield - Minor Stamina (1 x Lesser Astral Essence, 2 x Strange Dust) x 10

Level 130 - 150
Enchant Bracer - Lesser Stamina (2 x Soul Dust) x 25

Level 150 - 151
Runed Golden Rod (1 x Golden rod, 1 x Iridescent Pearl, 2 x Greater Astral Essence, 2 x Soul Dust) x 1

Level 151 - 160
Enchant Bracer - Lesser Stamina (2 x Soul Dust) x 9

Level 160 - 165
Enchant Shield - Lesser Stamina (1 x Lesser Mystic Essence, 1 x Soul Dust) x 5

Level 165 - 180
Enchant Bracer - Spirit (1 x Lesser Mystic Essence) x 15

Level 180 - 200
Enchant Bracer - Strength (1 x Vision Dust) x 20

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

Level 201 - 205
Enchant Bracer - Strength (1 x Vision Dust) x 4

Level 205 - 225
Enchant Cloak - Greater Defense (3 x Vision Dust) x 20

Level 225 - 235
Enchant Gloves - Agility (1 x Lesser Nether Essence, 1 x Vision Dust) x 10

Level 235 - 245
Enchant Chest - Superior Health (6 x Vision Dust) x 10

Level 245 - 265
Enchant Bracer - Greater Strength (2 x Dream Dust, 1 x Greater Nether Essence) x 20

Level 265 - 290
Enchant Shield - Greater Stamina (10 x Dream Dust) x 25
or
Enchant Boots - Greater Stamina (10 x Dream Dust) x 25 

Level 290 - 291
Runed Arcanite Rod (1 x Arcanite Rod, 1 x Golden Pearl, 10 x Illusion Dust, 4 x Greater Eternal Essence, 4 x Small Brilliant Shard, 2 x Large Brilliant Shard) x 1

Level 291 - 300
Enchant Cloak - Superior Defense (8 x Illusion Dust) x 9
 

Enchanting 300 - 375

Approximate Materials Required

1 x Fel Iron Rod
4 x Greater Eternal Essence
6 x Large Brilliant Shard
1 x Runed Arcanite Rod
56 x Illusion Dust
645 x Arcane Dust
96 x Greater Planar Essence
10 x Nightmare Vine
10 x Imbued Vial
1 x Adamantite Rod
128 x Large Prismatic Shards
1 x Primal Might

Level 300 - 301
Runed Fel Iron Rod (1 x Fel Iron Rod, 4 x Greater Eternal

Level 301 - 305
Enchant Cloak - Superior Defense (8 x Illusion Dust) x 7

Level 305 - 315
Enchant Bracers - Assault or Brawn (6 x Arcane Dust) x 10

Level 315 - 325
Enchant Cloak - Major Armor or Enchant Gloves - Assault (8 x Arcane Dust) x 10

Level 325 - 335
Enchant Chest - Major Spirit (2 x Greater Planar Essence) x 10

Level 335 - 340
Enchant Shield - Major Stamina (15 x Arcane Dust) x 5

Level 340 - 345
Superior Wizard Oil (3 x Arcane Dust, 1 x Nightmare Vine, 1 x Imbued Vial) x 10

Level 345 - 350
Enchant Gloves - Major Strength (12 x Arcane Dust, 1 x Greater Planar Essence) x 5

Level 350 - 351
Runed Adamantite Rod (1 x Adamantite Rod, 8 x Greater Planar Essence, 8 x Large Prismatic Shard, 1 x Primal Might, 1 x Runed Fel Iron Rod) x 1

Level 351 - 360
Enchant Gloves - Major Strength (12 x Arcane Dust, 1 x Greater Planar Essence) x 15

Enchanting 360 - 370
Enchant Ring - Striking (2 x Large Prismatic Shard, 6 x Arcane Dust) x 10 (requires Constortium Honored rep)

Level 370 - 375
Enchant Ring - Healing Power (2 x Large Prismatic Shard, 3 x Greater Planar Essence, 5 x Arcane Dust) x 5 (requires Sha'tar revered rep)

Enchanting 375-450

Trainer Locations:
Alliance:

Elizabeth Jackson - 58,62 in Valgarde, Howling Fjord.
Alexis Marlowe - 57,71 in Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra.

Horde:

Eorain Dawnstrike - 41,53 in Warsong Hold, Borean Tundra.
Emil Autumn - 78,28 in Vengence Landing, Howling Fjord.

Neutral:

Enchanter Nalthanis - 38,39 in Dalaran.

Enchanting 375-385

Enchant 20 Enchant Chest - Super Stats

You will need:
80 x Infinite Dust
40 x Lesser Cosmic Essence

Enchanting 385-400

Enchant 15 Enchant Boots - Icewalker

You will need:
120 x Infinite Dust
15 x Crystallized Water

Enchanting 400-415

Enchant 15 Enchant Cloak - Superior Agility

You will need:
135 x Infinite Dust

Enchanting 415-420

Enchant 5 Enchant Boots - Greater Spirit

You will need:
50 x Infinite Dust
5 x Greater Cosmic Essence

Enchanting 420-430

Enchant 9 Enchant Shield - Defense

You will need:
54 x Infinite Dust
54 x Eternal Earth

At this point you need to make your next level enchanting rod.
Create 1 Runed Titanium Rod

You will need:
1 x Titanium Rod
40 x Infinite Dust
12 x Greater Cosmic Essence
8 x Dream Shard
1 x Runed Eternium Rod (You should already have this since you've gotten this far.)

Enchanting 430-435

Enchant 5 Enchant Cloak - Mighty Armor
Formula available at Vanessa Sellers at 38,40 Dalaran.

You will need:
75 x Infinite Dust
10 x Greater Cosmic Essence

Enchanting 435-445

Enchant 10 Enchant Cloak - Armsman
Formula available at Vanessa Sellers at 38,40 Dalaran.

You will need:
20 x Dream Shard
80 x Eternal Earth

Enchanting 445-450

Enchant 5 Enchant Boots - Greater Assault
Formula available at Vanessa Sellers at 38,40 Dalaran.

You will need:
20 x Dream Shard
20 x Greater Cosmic Essense

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