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Enchanting
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What is Enchanting?
Introduction
As the magical item is destroyed in the process of disenchanting this is the hungriest of Professions as far as resources are concerned, especially when you take into account you can not sell the dusts, essences or shards you get from items to vendors. You can sell them to other players however, and you can actually make quite good money on that without ever enchanting or crafting anything else at all.
Type of Profession
- Enchanting is a Primary Service Profession and therefore counts towards your 2 primary profession limit.
- Enchanting is counted as a crafting profession, but it is unusual in that you may gather the materials it needs by using the Disenchant facility that comes with Enchanting.
- Enchanting only requires the materials gathered from Disenchanting items that are of an Uncommon or better quality. Therefore, you are free to pick whatever second profession you will. Tailoring is a good combo with enchanting, as neither profession require materials to be "gathered" in the conventional sense, like metal Ore, or Herbs, but you can also pick a gathering profession like Mining or Herbalism as the secondary choice to earn some extra cash on the AH.
How do I become an Enchanter?
Trainers
You can train to five levels of proficiency and each has certain prerequisites that you need to meet before you are able to progress to the next rank of proficiency. You need to be character level five or above to begin your training as a Enchanter. Below is a list of locations with links to maps which pinpoint exactly where the Trainer can be found.
Training Costs
Once found, you simply request to be trained; at which time you'll be given a few enchantment recipes to start you on your way. You will receive a discount if you train in a city where you have a Friendly or better reputation.
You can train to five ranks of proficiency and each has certain prerequisites that need to be met before you can train to the next level.
| Proficiency | Level | Skill | Cost |
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| Apprentice | 5 | 1-75 | 10 
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| Journeyman | 10 | 50-150 | 5 
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| Expert | 20 | 125-225 | 50
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| Artisan | 35 | 200-300 | 5 
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| Master | 50 | 275-375 | 10
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What are the Enchanting Specialisations?
There are no specialisations in Enchanting.
How do I Unlearn Enchanting?
Crafting
How Do I Get Supplies?
Enchanters need Dusts, Essences, Shards and Crystals (reagents) gained by Disenchanting magical items (green, blue or purple items). Obviously the better the item the better grade of dusts, essences and shards you will receive.
- Uncommon Quality
- Example: [Uvuros Plated Spaulders]
- Has a chance to give Dusts (often), Essences (sometimes) or Shards (rarely).
- Rare Quality
- Example: [Reavers' Ring]
- Has a chance to give Essences (often), Shards (guaranteed) or Crystals (rarely).
- Epic Quality
- Example: [Hellfire-Encased Pendant]
- Will give at least one Crystal.
How to Disenchant?
Enchanting Materials
Here is a list of all the items you receive from Disenchanting:
| cLevel | iLevel | Dust | Essences | Shards | Crystals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-10 | 5-15 | [Strange Dust] 5-25 | [Lesser Magic Essence] (5-25)
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| 11-15 | 16-20 | [Small Glimmering Shard] (16-25) | |||||
| 16-20 | 21-25 | ||||||
| 21-25 | 26-30 | [Soul Dust] (26-35) | [Greater Astral Essence] (26-30) | [Large Glimmering Shard] (26-30) | |||
| 26-30 | 31-35 | [Lesser Mystic Essence] (31-35) | [Small Glowing Shard] (31-35) | ||||
| 31-35 | 36-40 | [Vision Dust] (36-45) | [Greater Mystic Essence] (36-40) | [Large Glowing Shard] (36-40) | |||
| 36-40 | 41-45 | [Lesser Nether Essence] (41-45) | [Small Radiant Shard] (41-45) | ||||
| 41-45 | 46-50 | [Dream Dust] (46-55) | [Greater Nether Essence] (46-50) | [Large Radiant Shard] (46-50) | |||
| 46-50 | 51-55 | [Lesser Eternal Essence] (51-55) | [Small Brilliant Shard] (51-55) | ||||
| 51-55 | 56-60 | [Illusion Dust] (56-65) | [Greater Eternal Essence] (56-65) | [Large Brilliant Shard] (56-65) | [Nexus Crystal] (56-88) | ||
| 56-60 | 61-65 |
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| 60 | 66-70 | [Arcane Dust] (65-120) | [Small Prismatic Shard] (66-99) | ||||
| 71-80 | |||||||
| 57-60 BC | 81-90 | ||||||
| 60-63 BC | 91-99 | ||||||
| 64-66 BC | 100-109 | [Greater Planar Essence] (100-120) | [Large Prismatic Shard] (100-120) | [Void Crystal] (100-141) | |||
| 66-70 BC | 110-120 | ||||||
| 70 BC | 121+ | ||||||
| Legend: - BC: Burning Crusade content levels differ from the original ones | |||||||
You can trade for these reagents with other Enchanters too, reagents are not soulbound. Some can also be bought at vendors.
| Item Level | Required Skill |
|---|---|
| 1-15 | 1 |
| 16-20 | 25 |
| 21-25 | 50 |
| 26-30 | 75 |
| 31-35 | 100 |
| 36-44 | 125 |
| 45-49 | 150 |
| 50-54 | 175 |
| 55-59 | 200 |
| 60-63 | 225 |
| 64-69 | 275 |
| 70 | 300 |
Epic (Purple) items that are level 51 to 60 disenchant into a [Nexus Crystal], Epic items above level 60 disenchant into a [Void Crystal]. Also, Rare (Blue) items that normally disenchant into Shards have a very small chance of disenchanting into a [Nexus Crystal] (level 51-60) or a [Void Crystal] (level 61-70).
| Note about Lesser & Greater |
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To perform some enchantments, you will require other reagents which are not gained from disenchanting items. A list of every item needed for all enchants can be found here.
Your skill level determines whether you can disenchant an item, as shown in the table on the right. However, items from The Burning Crusade (level 58+) require a minimum of 225 skill to disenchant, and there are occasional exceptions to the rules.
Not all Green, Blue or Purple items can be disenchanted. This includes Quest Items, Ammo, Bind-on-Pickup items bought from a vendor and the wands that Enchanters can make. Also, any item that cannot be equipped cannot be disenchanted.
Gaining Gold From Enchanting Materials
Disenchanting can be a profitable profession in itself. Bind-on Pickup items that a player acquires can be sold to a vendor, but when disenchanted, may yield a valuable shard which can be worth a lot more that simply selling the item. The same can be said for some green items, if a player is certain that the item cannot be sold on the Auction House due to poor stats etc, the materials gathered from disenchanting it most certainly will, but obviously, this depends on the server, and if the materials are in demand!
A good tip if you have enchanting is to talk with your group when you are going to an instance about letting you roll "Need" on all blue or better soulbound drops that none actually needs, and then the whole party make a manual "/roll 1-100" about who should get the shard, to be sold at AH (or used in an enchant). This is often more profitable or useful for everyone in the party, and a good way to make use of soulbound items none needs.
Non-Enchanting Materials
To perform some enchantments you will require other reagents which are not gained from disenchanting items and these are listed below together with how you can get them.
How Do I Make or Enchant Items?
When you train as an Apprentice Enchanter you will be given a few basic formulae (recipes) to set you on your way but you'll need to pay for higher level ones as you progress. Your first port of call are the Enchanting Trainers (listed above). They will have a selection for sale and the better the trainer i.e. Expert, Artisan, the better the formulae on sale. Lower level ones can be bought from Enchanting Suppliers too. You can also find more rare ones from drops or trade for them with other players, keeping an eye on the Auction House. Don't buy white (common) quality recipies from the AH though, as the white colour means you can buy it from a vendor for 1/10 that price. Just search for that recipe in WoWDigger.com, find out which NPC sells it, and go get it yourself.
Make sure you have the apropriate Rod (see below), select the formula you wish to use and hit 'Enchant'. Your cursor will glow. Click the item you wish to enchant, a short spell cast will start and when it is finished, and that's it. You can enchant an item in any of your bags or that you are wearing, or other player's items in the trade window slot for enchanting. In this fashion you can easily enchant other player's soulbound items, which would be impossible otherwise. You can also demand payment for such enchants in the same trade window, even if it's more common to let the customer provide the materials and payment first instead.
Rods
In order to get a proper Rune Rod, you need to ask a Blacksmith player for the actual metal rod, and then rune it yourself. Rods are the only tool Enchanters will require. Rods don't disappear after performing an enchantment as they're tools not reagents. When you upgrade your rod to one required for higher level enchanting, the old one is consumed, but as the new rod will count as both your old and your new simultaneously, that isn't a problem. Here are the different types of rods used by enchanters:
What Items Can I Create?
Enchanting adds magical power to items such as weapons and armor, and can also be used to create things like [Lesser Magic Wand] and [Wizard Oil].
- Visit WoWDigger for a full list of all enchantments available.
What Can I Make That Other Professions Need?
- [Enchanted Leather] - Magically enhanced [Rugged Leather], used to make 50+ items in Blacksmithing, Engineering, Leatherworking and Tailoring. Click here for a full list of what you can do with it.
- [Enchanted Thorium Bar] - Infused [Thorium Bar], used to create items in Blacksmithing and Engineering. Click here for a full list of what you can do with it.
Recap
- Enchanting is a Primary Crafting Profession, and will use one of your two Primary Profession slots
- Enchanting primarily adds bonuses to armor and weapons, as well as creating a few magic items that can be used to temporarily boost some stats, eg [Lesser Mana Oil], and also some wands.
- You need to be lvl 5 to learn Apprentice Enchanting, and have 10 copper
- Every time you want to upgrade your Enchanting rank, it will cost more money
- Every skill you acquire through a Trainer costs money
- There are grades in when you come to make an item. The colours are:
- Grey - Trivial, can be bought from a vendor. White nametag.
- Green - Uncommon, can't be bought from a vendor, but still common. Green nametag.
- Yellow - Rare, can't be bought from vendor, can be very rare. Blue nametag.
- Orange - Epic, very rare patterns. Purple nametag.
- Grey - Trivial, can be bought from a vendor. White nametag.
- Enchants of the same type on different items stack. For example, if you apply a +4 all stats to a ring (Enchant Ring - Stats) and a +4 to all stats to bracers (Enchant Bracer - Stats) piece you'll have a combination of +8 to all stats.
- You gain skill by enchanting or creating items. Only enchants with Green, Yellow or Orange nametags will yield skill.
Further Enchanting Reading & Resources
- List of Enchantments
- Forum talk with other Enchanters
- Enchanting Trainers
- Enchanting Suppliers
- Enchanting User Interface Mods
