WoW Engineering Leveling Guide 1 - 450 (+WOTLK)
First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Engineering.
1 - 30
40 x [Rough Blasting Powder] - 40 Rough Stone
This recipe goes yellow at 20, so get enough materials to use this recipe 40 times.
30 - 50
30 x [Handful of Copper Bolts] - 30 Copper Bar
You will need 30 of these later.
50 - 125
Visit your trainer, and learn Journeyman Engineering.
50 - 51
1 x [Arclight Spanner] - 6 Copper Bar
51 - 75
24 x [Copper Tube] - 48 Copper bar, 24 Weak Flux
75 - 85
15 x [Coarse Blasting Powder] - 15 Coarse Stone
You will need 15 of these later.
85 - 90
5 x [Coarse Dynamite] - 15 Coarse Blasting Powder, 15 Linen Cloth
90 -100
15 x [Copper Modulator] - 30 Handful Copper Bolts, 15 Copper Bar, 30 Linen Cloth
100 -105
5 x [Silver Contacts] - 5 Silver Bar
105 -120
25 x [Bronze Tubes] - 50 Bronze Bar, 25 Weak Flux
120 -125
5 x [Standard Scope] - 5 Bronze Tube, 5 Moss Agate
125 - 205
Visit your trainer, and learn Expert Engineering.
125 -150
40 x [Heavy Blasting Powder] - 40 Heavy Stone
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20 x [Whirring Bronze Gizmo] - 40 Bronze Bar, 20 Wool Cloth
You will need 40 [Heavy Blasting Powder] and 20 [Whirring Bronze Gizmo] later, and if you make these you should reach 150 skill point.
150 - 155
20 x [Bronze Framework] - 40 Bronze Bar, 20 Medium Leather, 20 Wool Cloth
by making them now, you might get a lot further - probably towards 160, then stop making these and only make more when you'll need them.
155 -175
20 x [Explosive Sheep] - 40 Heavy Blasting Powder, 20 Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 20 Bronze Framework, 40 Wool Cloth
175 - 176
The recipe will be yellow, so you might not gain any skill up, but you will need this item later. You will have to make only one of this, don't make more if you don't gain skill up.
1 x [Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor] - 4 Steel Bar
176 - 195
90 x [Solid Blasting Powder] - 180 Solid Stone
Extremely cheap! On my realm it costs 1 gold/stack.
195 - 205
20 x [Mithril Tubes] - 60 Mithril Bar
205 - 280
Visit your trainer and learn Artisan Engineering.
Engineering has the option at skill level 200 to specialize in Gnomish or Goblin Engineering. The main difference between both sides is the location of their respective teleporters and the ability of their trinkets. Some items require a specific specialization to use, while other items are crafted by one specialization but are usable by any engineer. Fortunately, most recipes that are crafted by one Specialization can be worn by both.
Gnomish Engineering
list of recipes
Goblin Engineering
list of recipes
205 - 210
10 x [Unstable Triggers] 10 Mithril Bar, 10 Mageweave Cloth, 10 Solid Blasting Powder
210 - 225
30 x [Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs] - 30 Mithril Bar, 30 Solid Blasting Powder
225 - 235
20 x [Mithril Casings] - 60 Mithril Bar
235 - 245
10 x [Hi-Explosive Bomb] - 20 Mithril Casings, 10 Unstable Trigger, 20 Solid Blasting Powder
245 - 250
10 x [Mithril Gyro-Shot] - 20 Mithril Bar, 20 Solid Blasting Powder
250 - 260
50 x [Dense Blasting Powder] - 100 Dense Stone
260 - 280
20 x [Thorium Widget] - 60 Thorium Bar, 20 Runecloth
280 - 350
Go to Outland,visit your trainer, and learn Master Engineering
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280 - 285
5 x [Thorium Tube] - 30 Thorium Bar
285 - 300
20 x [Thorium Shells] - 40 Thorium Bar, 20 Dense Blasting Powder
300 - 310
50 x [Handful of Fel Iron Bolts] - 50 Fel Iron Bar
You will need tons of these later. I suggest you to make these until it goes grey, then only make more when you'll need them.
310-320
15 x [4 Elemental Blasting Powder] - 30 Mote of Earth, 15 Mote of Fire
Save these.
15 x [Fel Iron Casing] - 45 Fel Iron Bar
You will need around 15 of these later, but I suggest you to make these until it goes grey, then only make more when you'll need them.
320 - 325
5 x [Fel Iron Musket] - 5 Heavy Stock, 15 Fel Iron Casing, 30 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
325 - 335
10 x [Adamantite Grenade] 40 Adamantite Bar, 10 Elemental Blasting Powder, 20 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts
335 - 350
30 x [White Smoke Flare] - 30 Netherweave Cloth, 30 Elemental Blasting Powder
Recipe location
350 - 450
Go to Northrend, visit your trainer and learn Grand Master Engineering.
350 - 370
You will need around 50 [Handful of Cobalt Bolts] and 36 [Volatile Blasting Trigger] later. Make these now, and you should reach 375 or probably more. Note that when you craft [Handful of Cobalt Bolts] you can get 1 or 3 bolts, and the same goes for [Volatile Blasting Trigger], you will get 2 [Volatile Blasting Trigger] each craft.
35 x [1-3 Handful of Cobalt Bolts] - 70 Cobalt Bar
370 - 377
Save these.
18 x [2 Volatile Blasting Trigger] - 54 Cobalt Bar, 18 Crystallized Water
377 - 385
Save these too, you will need them.
10 x [Overcharged Capacitor] - 40 Cobalt Bar, 10 Crystallized Earth
385 - 390
8 x [Explosive Decoy] - 8 Frostweave Cloth, 24 Volatile Blasting Trigger
390 - 400
Save these too, you will need them later.
You will probably reach more then 400, then stop making these and make more only if you need it.
15 x [Froststeel Tube] - 120 Cobalt Bar, 15 Crystallized Water
400 - 405
5 x [Diamond-cut Refractor Scope] - 5 Froststeel Tube, 10 Handful of Cobalt Bolts
405 - 415
13 x [Box of Bombs] - 65 Saronite Bar, 13 Volatile Blasting Trigger
415 - 420
You can sell these at the Auction House.
5 x [Mana Injector Kit] - 60 Saronite Bar, 10 Crystallized Water
420 - 430
13 x [Mechanized Snow Goggles] - 104 Saronite Bar, 26 Borean Leather, 13 Eternal Shadow
430 - 435
5 x [Noise Machine] - 10 Froststeel Tube, 10 Overcharged Capacitor, 40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts
435 - 450
When you reach 440, you can make your epic Engineering Helm, however if you want to level your Engineering past 440, you should wait with your Goggles until 445, because there are only green recipes at that point, but the Goggles are still orange.
This part is stupid I know, but there is just no other recipe that you can use to level your Engineering. The Gnomish Army Knife recipe turns yellow at 440 and green at 445. It doesn't sell at all, at least I couldn't sell any yet. That's pretty much a few thousand gold worth of Saronite Bars down the drain. Most of the time you will need to make a lot more then 25 of these.
25 x [Gnomish Army Knife] - 250 Saronite Bar, 25 Skinning Knife, 25 Minning Pick, 25 Blacksmithing Hammer