Engineering 1-300: skill path and materials

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Start: skill 1-30

Rough Blasting Powder

About 33, up to 35 if unlucky crafts. 5.125 s each. Estimate

1 Rough Stone each.

Orange to 19Yellow to 29Green to 39Grey at 40

Totals

Merchant goods
26 s
Up to 36 s if unlucky
Craft time
1.1 h
Base casts
Gathered part
20 g 65 s 38 c
What it would sell for at a merchant
Ranks and recipes
6 g 91 s 10 c
1.12 fees

Draft from skill 200: learn ranks there need a trainer read in game.

Parts count as materials once. Bars and cloth come from other professions.

Skill path

SkillRecipeCraftsTakes
Apprentice at 1, cap 75. 10 c, level 5 1.12 Sprite Jumpsprocket, Stormwind City (61.88, 30.56), Alliance; Jemma Quikswitch, Ironforge (67.66, 44.21), Alliance; Thund, Orgrimmar (75.96, 24.15), Horde; Graham Van Talen, Undercity (75.34, 73.13), Horde.
1-30 Rough Blasting Powder33 to 3533 Rough Stone
30-50 Handful of Copper Bolts21 to 2221 Copper Bar
Journeyman at 50, cap 150. 4 s 50 c, level 10 1.12 Sprite Jumpsprocket, Stormwind City (61.88, 30.56), Alliance; Jemma Quikswitch, Ironforge (67.66, 44.21), Alliance; Thund, Orgrimmar (75.96, 24.15), Horde; Graham Van Talen, Undercity (75.34, 73.13), Horde.
50-60 Handful of Copper Bolts44 to 6544 Copper Bar
60-71 Arclight Spanner1166 Copper Bar
71-75 Copper Modulator48 Handful of Copper Bolts4 Copper Bar8 Linen Cloth
75-93 Coarse Blasting Powder25 to 3025 Coarse Stone
93-110 Copper Modulator23 to 2646 Handful of Copper Bolts23 Copper Bar46 Linen Cloth
110-125 Silver Contact21 to 2521 Silver Bar
Expert at 125, cap 225. 45 s, level 20 1.12 Lilliam Sparkspindle, Stormwind City (62.09, 30.31), Alliance; Trixie Quikswitch, Ironforge (67.48, 42.91), Alliance; Nogg, Orgrimmar (75.99, 25.41), Horde; Franklin Lloyd, Undercity (76.12, 74.03), Horde.
125-140 Heavy Blasting Powder27 to 3227 Heavy Stone
140-160 Whirring Bronze Gizmo42 to 5084 Bronze Bar42 Wool Cloth
160-169 Iron Strut12 to 1524 Iron Bar
169-175 Bronze Framework13 to 1826 Bronze Bar13 Medium Leather13 Wool Cloth
175-195 Solid Blasting Powder72 to 106144 Solid Stone
195-200 Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor12 to 1748 Steel Bar
Artisan at 200, cap 300. 4 g 50 s, level 35 1.12 Springspindle Fizzlegear, Ironforge (68.46, 43.54), Alliance; Buzzek Bracketswing, Tanaris (52.34, 27.72); Roxxik, Orgrimmar (76.17, 25.17), Horde.
200-207 DraftGyromatic Micro-Adjustor25 to 35100 Steel Bar
207-210 DraftUnstable Trigger4 to 54 Mithril Bar4 Mageweave Cloth4 Solid Blasting Powder
210-245 DraftHi-Impact Mithril Slugs80 to 9780 Mithril Bar80 Solid Blasting Powder
245-250 DraftMithril Gyro-Shot612 Mithril Bar12 Solid Blasting Powder
250-258 DraftDense Blasting Powder15 to 2030 Dense Stone
258-266 DraftMithril Gyro-Shot14 to 1828 Mithril Bar28 Solid Blasting Powder
266-295 DraftThorium Widget41 to 47123 Thorium Bar41 Runecloth
295-300 DraftThorium ShellsPattern: Schematic: Thorium Shells510 Thorium Bar5 Dense Blasting Powder

Materials

The whole path. Bolts and other parts count once, as what they’re made from.

MaterialNeedWhere
Thorium BarAbout 133, up to 151 if unluckyMining: Smelt Thorium.
Mithril BarAbout 124, up to 140 if unluckyMining: Smelt Mithril.
Solid StoneAbout 248, up to 286 if unluckyMining: Mithril Deposit, Ooze Covered Mithril Deposit. Drops from level 35-63 mobs: Badlands, Azshara, Silithus. About 859 kills, 11.3 h.
RuneclothAbout 41, up to 47 if unluckyDrops from level 48-63 mobs: Eastern Plaguelands, Alterac Valley, Western Plaguelands. About 129 kills, 1.7 h.
Steel BarAbout 148, up to 192 if unluckyMining: Smelt Steel.
Dense StoneAbout 30, up to 40 if unluckyMining: Ooze Covered Thorium Vein, Small Thorium Vein, Hakkari Thorium Vein.
Bronze BarAbout 110, up to 128 if unluckyMining: Smelt Bronze.
Iron BarAbout 24, up to 30 if unluckyMining: Smelt Iron.
Medium LeatherAbout 13, up to 18 if unluckyMerchant, 2 s each: Lhara, Elwynn Forest. Leatherworking: Medium Leather. Skinning, level 17-36 beasts.
Silver BarAbout 21, up to 25 if unluckyMining: Smelt Silver.
Wool ClothAbout 55, up to 64 if unluckyDrops from level 14-60 mobs: Ashenvale, Redridge Mountains, The Barrens. About 306 kills, 4 h.
Heavy StoneAbout 27, up to 32 if unluckyMining: Iron Deposit. Drops from level 28-39 mobs: Ashenvale, Alterac Mountains, Thousand Needles. About 96 kills, 1.3 h.
Copper BarAbout 158, up to 179 if unluckyMining: Smelt Copper.
Mageweave ClothAbout 4, up to 5 if unluckyDrops from level 23-57 mobs: Feralas, Tanaris, The Hinterlands. About 15 kills, 0.2 h.
Linen ClothAbout 54, up to 60 if unluckyDrops from level 5-30 mobs: The Barrens, Redridge Mountains, Westfall. About 214 kills, 2.8 h.
Coarse StoneAbout 25, up to 30 if unluckyMining: Tin Vein. Drops from level 13-27 mobs: Westfall, Silverpine Forest, Darkshore. About 122 kills, 1.6 h.
Rough StoneAbout 33, up to 35 if unluckyMining: Copper Vein. Drops from level 18-30 mobs: Loch Modan, The Deadmines. About 115 kills, 1.5 h.

Read from game data on 2026-11-06. Counts are my estimate from 1,000 simulated runs; up to covers 9 runs in 10. A point's chance is (grey - skill) / (grey - yellow), a community formula I haven't checked in game. Sources: Forever client tables, vmangos 1.12 and QuestieDB.

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