This WoW guide (up-to-date for patch 3.3) will cover training your Enchanting levels from 1 to 450 and what to do while leveling Enchanting in World of Warcraft. Enchanting is a primary profession (of which you can only choose two at any point in the game) and allows your character to enchant items and craft wands and oils. Enchanting complements the Tailoring profession very well, as disenchanting certain items that have been crafted with Tailoring can generate useful dusts, essences and shards. This guide focuses on making the training path easier by using enchants that can be learned from Enchanting trainers and enchants with the most easily obtained materials. It also looks to make the items that will prove most cost effective at each stage. Unless stated otherwise, all the formulas used in this guide can be purchased for an Enchanting Trainer of appropriate level.
You might also want to take a look at our Disenchanting guide that details the skill level and character level required to disenchant items of a particular level as well as the item levels that produce each type of dust, essence, shard and crystal.
Enchanting Trainers
| Rank | Faction | Trainer | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice Journeymen Expert Artisan |
Alliance | Alanna Raveneye | The Oracle Glade, Teldrassil |
| Gimble Thistlefuzz | The Great Forge, Ironforge | ||
| Kitta Firewind | Tower of Azora, Elwynn Forest | ||
| Lucan Cordell | The Canals, Stormwind | ||
| Nahogg | The Crystal Hall, The Exodar | ||
| Taladan | Craftsmen’s Terrace, Darnassus | ||
| Xylinnia Starshine | Feathermoon Stronghold, Ferelas | ||
| Horde | Godan | The Drag, Orgrimmar | |
| Hgarth | Sun Rock Retreat, Stonetalon Mountains | ||
| Lavinia Crowe | The Apothecarium, Undercity | ||
| Magistrix Eredania | Saltheril’s Haven, Eversong Woods | ||
| Sedana | Court of the Sun, Silvermoon | ||
| Teg Dawnstrider | Middle Rise, Thunder Bluff | ||
| Vance Undergloom | Brill, Tirisfal Glades | ||
| Neutral | Annora | Uldaman, Badlands | |
| Enchantress Volali | Scryer’s Tier, Shattrath | ||
| Master | Alliance | Johan Barnes | Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula |
| Horde | Felannia | Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula | |
| Enchatress Andiala | Scryer’s Tier, Shattrath | ||
| Neutral | Asarnan | The Stormspire, Netherstorm | |
| High Enchanter Bardolan | Scryer’s Tier, Shattrath | ||
| Zurii | Aldor Tier, Shattrath | ||
| Grand Master | Alliance | Alexis Marlowe | Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra |
| Elizabeth Jackson | Valgarde, Howling Fjord | ||
| Horde | Emil Autumn | Vengeance Landing, Howling Fjord | |
| Eorain Dawnstrike | Warsong Hold, Borean Tundra | ||
| Neutral | Enchanter Nalthanis | Magus Commerce Exchange, Dalaran | |
| Fael Morningsong | Argent Tournament Grounds, Icecrown |
Apprentice Levels (1-75)
Level 5 Character required
Learn Apprentice Enchanting from an Enchanting trainer
| Levels | Formula | Reagents | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Runed Copper Rod | 1 x Copper Rod 1 x Lesser Magic Essence 1 x Strange Dust |
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| 2-15 | Disenchant green or better quality items | ||
| Enchant Bracer – Minor Health | 1 x Strange Dust | Runed Copper Rod | |
| 16-50 | Disenchant green or better quality items | ||
| Enchant Bracer – Minor Health | 1 x Strange Dust | Runed Copper Rod | |
| Enchant Chest – Minor Health | 1 x Strange Dust | Runed Copper Rod | |
Journeymen Levels (76-150)
Level 10 Character required
Learn Journeymen Enchanting from an Enchanting trainer
| Levels | Formula | Reagents | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51-70 | Enchant Bracer – Minor Health | 1 x Strange Dust | Runed Copper Rod |
| Enchant Chest – Minor Health | 1 x Strange Dust | Runed Copper Rod | |
| 71-80 | Enchant Bracer – Minor Deflection | 1 x Lesser Magic Essence 1 x Strange Dust |
Runed Copper Rod |
| 81-100 | Enchant Bracer – Minor Stamina | 3 x Strange Dust | Runed Copper Rod |
| 101 | Runed Silver Rod | 3 x Greater Magic Essence 1 x Runed Copper Rod 1 x Silver Rod 6 x Strange Dust |
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| 102-115 | Enchant Bracer – Minor Agility | 1 x Greater Magic Essence 2 x Strange Dust |
Runed Copper Rod |
| 116-130 | Enchant Shield – Minor Stamina | 1 x Lesser Astral Essence 2 x Strange Dust |
Runed Copper Rod |
| 1Enchant Cloak – Minor Agility | 1 x Lesser Astral Essence | Runed Silver Rod |
1Alliance purchase from: Dalria in Astranaar, Ashenvale
1Horde purchase from: Kulwia in Sun Rock Retreat, Stonetalon Mountains
Expert Levels (151-225)
Level 20 Character Required
Learn Expert Enchanting from an Enchanting trainer
| Levels | Formula | Reagents | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| 131-154 | Enchant Bracer – Lesser Stamina | 2 x Soul Dust | Runed Silver Rod |
| 155 | Runed Golden Rod | 1 x Golden Rod 2 x Greater Astral Essence 1 x Iridescent Pearl 1 x Runed Silver Rod 2 x Soul Dust |
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| 156-165 | Enchant Shield – Lesser Stamina | 1 x Lesser Mystic Essence 1 x Soul Dust |
Runed Golden Rod |
| 166-180 | Enchant Bracer – Spirit | 1 x Lesser Mystic Essence | Runed Golden Rod |
| Enchant Chest – Greater Health | 3 x Soul Dust | Runed Golden Rod | |
| 181-204 | Enchant Bracer – Strength | 1 x Vison Dust | Runed Golden Rod |
Artisan Levels (226-300)
Level 35 Character required
Learn Artisan Enchanting from an Enchanting trainer
2Alliance purchase from: Mythrin’dir in Craftsmen’s Terrace, Darnassus
2Horde purchase from: Banalash in Stonard, Swamp of Sorrows
Master Levels (301-375)
Level 50 Character required
Learn Master Enchanting from a Master Enchanting trainer
| Levels | Formula | Reagents | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| 291 | 3Runed Arcanite Rod | 1 x Arcanite Rod 1 x Golden Pearl 4 x Greater Eternal Essence 10 x Illusion Dust 2 x Large Brilliant Shard 1 x Runed Truesilver Rod |
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| 292-300 | 3Enchant Cloak – Superior Defense | 8 x Illusion Dust | Runed Truesilver Rod |
| 301 | Runed Fel Iron Rod | 1 x Fel Iron Rod 4 x Greater Eternal Essence 6 x Large Brilliant Shard 1 x Runed Arcanite Rod |
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| 302-310 | Enchant Bracer – Assualt | 6 x Arcane Dust | Runed Truesilver Rod |
| 311-320 | Enchant Gloves – Assault | 8 x Arcane Dust | Runed Fel Iron Rod |
| 321-330 | Enchant Chest – Major Spirit | 2 x Greater Planar Essence | Runed Fel Iron Rod |
| 331-340 | Enchant Shield – Resilience | 1 x Large Prismatic Shard 4 x Lesser Planar Essence |
Runed Fel Iron Rod |
| 341-350 | Enchant Gloves – Major Strength | 12 x Arcane Dust 1 x Greater Planar Essence |
Runed Fel Iron Rod |
3Purchase Formula: Runed Arcanite Rod and Formula: Enchant Cloak – Superior Defense from Lorelae Wintersong in Nighthaven, Moonglade
Grand Master Levels (376-450)
Level 60 Character required
Learn Grand Master Enchanting from a Grand Master Enchanting trainer
4Alliance players purchase from: Vodesiin in Temple of Telhammat, Hellfire Peninsula
4Horde players purchase from: Rungor in Stonebreaker Hold, Terokkar Forest
5Purchase Formula: Enchant Cloak – Mighty Armor and Formula: Enchant Boots – Greater Assault from Vanessa Sellers in the Magus Commerce Exchange, Dalaran
I hoped you found this WoW Enchanting Leveling Guide useful and that it has helped you on your way to level 450. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.
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At skill level 255, I would advice to enchant Enchant Bracer – Greater Intellect Instead. as this only costs 3 lesser
nethereternal essences. This enchant is obtained at the trainerThanks for pointing that one out. I actually did this on a character this morning where I am leveling Enchanting, as I had an abundance of Eternal Essence, but had struggled to get more Nether Essence. I’ve updated the guide to reflect this and a few more options I’ve been using as well.
About how much gold would it take to start from just buying Enchanting to get to 450?
That depends entirely on the economy of the server you are on at the time you are looking for the materials as you can’t buy much from NPCs – you would have to get most mats from the Auction House. Enchanting materials usually sell for more than the items they were disenchanted from, so you could be better off buying cheap green items of the appropriate level and disenchanting them yourself.
at 416-420 i used Enchant Boots – Greater Spirit. only cost 10 infinite dust and 1 greater cosmic essence. lost less mats
Excellent guide – Brought my way through it with mats from the AH and following your guide it only took two and one half hours
Dream Dust is only 10-15s a piece on my server, while Lesser Eternals are about 6-7g. I started using Enchant Shield – Greater Stamina at 265 already and saved about 200g by doing that.
Enchant Boots – Greater Spirit remains orange until 420 and costs 4xDust and 2xEssence less than Enchant Bracers – Expertise
Guide now updated to reflect this as the cheapest option
Enchant Cloak – Minor Agility stays orange until 135-140 from 110 which makes it an extremely good formula. And it uses more easily attainable reagents too (1x LAE), at least if you’re a tailor or leveling tailoring alongside enchanting.
Found doing +100 health to chest from 275 – 290 was a lot cheaper for me. Only 2 small radiant shards instead of illusion dust x 6.
sorry messed up and it’s small brillant shards not radiant.
great guide!
make sure you check the AH for ingred prices on your realm, you might find some of the recommended enchants to be more expensive than other options.
e.g. i used to enchant some formulas through yellow since it was cheaper to do them multiple times for each skill up than doing the next red formula once…
excellent guide a lot of things I did not know