Welcome to our WoW Vanilla Engineering Leveling Guide! This guide works for vanilla-era, SOM, and hardcore servers.
In vanilla, engineering is an extremely powerful profession. And that’s why you’ll see many minmaxers learning it. It is useful in both PvE and PvP. In PvE, you’ll be using powerful aoe items and nitro boots for speed runs. In PvP you’ll be using grenades to stun your opponents. That’s why it’s mandatory for every player in hardcore guilds.
Engineering offers many other perks as well – like unique items and the ability to teleport around the world.
Whenever I want to take the game more seriously, I’m 100% rolling engineering. That’s why I made this guide for you. So you can level it up more easily.
Total mats needed for 1 – 300 Engineering
- 40x Rough Stone
- 117x Copper Bar
- 20x Coarse Stone
- 39x Weak Flux
- 34x Linen Cloth
- 10x Silver Bar
- 100x Bronze Bar
- 40x Heavy Stone
- 65x Wool Cloth
- 15x Medium Leather
- 4x Steel Bar
- 160x Solid Stone
- 115x Mithril Bar
- 13x Mageweave Cloth
- 50x Dense Stone
- 115x Thorium Bar
- 27x Runecloth
Engineering guide WoW Classic
Start by learning engineering from one of these trainers:
Horde trainers
Thund in Orgrimmar.
Alliance trainers
Jemma Quikswitch in Ironforge.
Apprentice engineering (1 – 75)
- 1 – 21
20x Rough Blasting Powder – 20x Rough Stone - 21 – 31
10x Rough Dynamite – 20x Rough Stone, 10x Linen Cloth - 31 – 50
30x Handful of Copper Bolts – 30x Copper Bar
You will need 30 of them further down the line, so just keep making them until you have enough.
Don’t forget to train Journeyman engineering (75 – 150) once you reach skill level 50.
- 50 – 51
Arclight Spanner – 6x Copper Bar - 51 – 75
24x Copper Tube – 48x Copper Bar, 24x Weak Flux
Journeyman engineering (75 – 150)
- 75 – 90
20x Coarse Blasting Powder – 20x Coarse Stone (This recipe goes yellow at 85, so you might need to make a bit more than 15.)
Also, don’t sell these, you will need them later.
- 90 – 100
12x Copper Modulator – 24x Handful of Copper Bolts, 12x Copper Bar, 24x Linen Cloth (This recipe goes yellow at 95, so you might need to make a bit more than 10.) - 100 – 110
10x Silver Contact – 10x Silver Bar - 110 – 120
15x Bronze Tube – 30x Bronze Bar, 15x Weak Flux (This recipe starts yellow, so you might need to make a bit more than 10.) - 120 – 125
7x Large Copper Bomb – 21x Copper Bar, 28x Coarse Blasting Powder, 7x Silver Contact (This recipe starts yellow, so you might need to make a bit more than 5.)
Don’t forget to train Expert engineering (150 – 225) once you reach skill level 125. You can learn it from
- 125 – 150
40x Heavy Blasting Powder – 40x Heavy Stone
20x Whirring Bronze Gizmo – 40x Bronze Bar, 20x Wool Cloth
Do both of these recipes until you have 40x Heavy Blasting Powder and 20x Whirring Bronze Gizmo. You will need those materials for later.
Expert engineering (150 – 225)
- 150 – 155
15x Bronze Framework – 30x Bronze Bar, 15x Medium Leather, 15x Wool Cloth (Do this recipe until you have 15x Bronze Framework. You will need it for the next step.) - 155 – 175
20x Explosive Sheep – 15x Bronze Framework, 15x Whirring Bronze Gizmo, 30x Heavy Blasting Powder, 30x Wool Cloth - 175 – 176
Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor – 4x Steel Bar - 176 – 195
80x Solid Blasting Powder – 160x Solid Stone (This recipe starts yellow and goes green at 175. Keep crafting it until it gets grey, you are going to need a lot of them later anyway.) - 195 – 200
7x Mithril Tube – 21x Mithril Bar (This recipe starts yellow, so you might need to make a bit more than 5.)
Also, don’t sell these, you will need them for the next step.
Don’t forget to train Artisan Engineering (225 – 300) once you reach skill level 200. You can learn it from Buzzek Bracketswing in Tanaris.
- 200 – 210
13x Unstable Trigger – 13x Mithril Bar, 13x Mageweave Cloth, 13x Solid Blasting Powder (This recipe starts yellow, so you might need to make a bit more than 10.)
Also, don’t sell these, you will need them later.
- 210 – 225
18x Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs – 18x Mithril Bar, 18x Solid Blasting Powder (This recipe starts yellow, so you might need to make a bit more than 15.)
Artisan engineering (225 – 300)
- 225 – 235
13x Mithril Casing – 39x Mithril Bar (This recipe starts yellow, so you might need to make a bit more than 10.)
Also, don’t sell these, you will need them for the next step.
- 235 – 245
13x Hi-Explosive Bomb – 26x Mithril Casing, 13x Unstable Trigger, 26x Solid Blasting Powder (This recipe starts yellow, so you might need to make a bit more than 10.) - 245 – 250
12x Mithril Gyro-Shot – 24x Mithril Bar, 24x Solid Blasting Powder (This recipe starts yellow, so you might need to make a bit more than 5.) - 250 – 260
25x Dense Blasting Powder – 50x Dense Stone (This recipe starts yellow and goes green at 255, so you might need to make more than 10.)
Also, don’t sell these, you will need them later.
- 260 – 285
27x Thorium Widget – 81x Thorium Bar, 27x Runecloth (This recipe goes yellow at 280, so you might need to make a bit more than 25.) - 285 – 300
17x Thorium Shells – 34x Thorium Bar, 17x Dense Blasting Powder (This recipe goes yellow at 295, so you might need to make a bit more than 15.)
Engineering specializations
In vanilla, you can either become a Goblin or Gnomish engineer. Switching specializations is not easy. You’ll have to unlearn engineering and then learn everything again. So choose wisely.
Both of those have their perks with Goblin a bit more oriented on damage, and Gnomish on fun items. In my experience, hardcore players usually pick Goblin so they can craft their own Goblin Sapper Charge.
Goblin engineer
To start this specialization, talk with Tinkerwiz in Ratchet. He will send you to Tanaris to Nixx Sprocketspring. Then you’ll have to give him these items:
- 20x Big Iron Bomb
- 20x Solid Dynamite
- 5x Explosive Sheep
Gnomish engineer
Alliance players start this specialization by talking to 
Horde players start this specialization by talking to Tinkerwiz in Ratchet. He will then send you to Oglethorpe Obnoticus in Stranglethorn Vale.
Both Alliance and Horde players will have to deliver these items:
Thank you for reading our vanilla engineering leveling guide! Now you mastered the best profession in the game. You’ll be able to push more dps, and survive better in both PvE and PvP encounters. You’ll also be having a lot of fun with some of the fun items it offers. However, be careful – engineering is probably the least lucrative profession. If you are not an experienced player you’ll be down on money a lot.