This is the Classic Profession Guide for Engineering. Engineers are adept at the development of a wide range of items, including explosives, ranged weapons and armor, in addition to miscellaneous utility objects. A majority of Engineering recipes require smelted bars obtained from Mining. Many items made with Engineering can only be utilized by those with the required Engineering skills, unlike items that are created through other occupations like blacksmithing or Tailoring.

Engineering is one of the most popular professions in Classic because it is widely thought of as the best profession in many PvP and PvE raid and dungeon situations and also for twinkling. It is also the only profession in the game to offer companion animals.

This guide will discuss the many aspects of Engineering. It will include details on the top and worst items, pairings with Engineering and trainers, where to find them and tools needed to build items, as well as information about Goblin and Gnomish Engineering, and a suggested route to follow to increase your Engineering skill points up to 300.

Engineering, unlike other occupations, is the only one that can improve your character's ability to fight. Let's look at what you'll be able to make:

Explosives: Items like Goblin Sapper Charge Dense Dynamite and Thorium Grenade give your character great benefits in terms of stun AoE and area of effect damage.

Battle Pets: Raiders want to purchase Gnomish Battle chicken and Arcanite Dragonling to enhance the benefits of their raiding group.

PVP Trinkets: Among the numerous devices tailored toward PVP you can find the Hyper-Radiant Fire Reflector, Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector, and Ultra-Flash Shadow Reflector. these devices let you reflect powerful spells back to those who cast them.

Additional Hearthstones: While not exactly a Hearthstone however, you can construct either Dimensional Ripper - Everlook or Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan to give you another method of moving quickly around an otherwise large world.

Equipment: Items like Force Reactive Disk provide unique and powerful effects that you won't be able to find from traditional sources of loot. This shield is used by tanks in Naxxramas to fight AoE Threat.

Handy Gadgets: Engineering also provides other tools that can aid your guild, you may be familiar with Field Repair Bot 74A, which will allow you to repair your equipment without having to go back to town.

Best professions to pair with Engineering

Engineering can be paired and is a good match for Mining as lots of ore is needed for Engineering Schematics. If you're rolling Engineering and Mining, you're probably to be thinking about maxing your character. You could also choose another profession with optimal BoP benefits (ie the Mage with Tailoring) in the event that you're able to get enough gold or an alt with Mining.

Best Places to Learn Engineering (PvE).

Engineering is a booming profession for many DPS classes of PvE, such as Hunters, Paladins, Rogues, Shaman, Warriors, due to items such as Gnomish Battle Chicken, Iron Grenade, and Goblin Sapper Charge.

In PvE situations hunting, hunters also have engineering advantages:

This field offers the best ammunition available, Thorium Shells

Hunters can fake death by using Jumper Cables to speedily bring back a healer between wipes.

You can also utilize scopes such as the Biznicks Acurascope 247x128 to improve their ranged weapons.

Paladins who lack ranged attack, can also use some bombs for ranged damage whenever needed.

Gnome Racial Engineering Specialization is available to classes that can roll Gnome (Mage/Rogue/Warlock/Warrior). This improves the engineering skill by +15.

The Best Courses to Learn Engineering (PvP)

Engineering is incredibly powerful for everyone in PvP situations, with items that mind control, reduce enemy DPS, slow down targets, detect stealth, provide speed boosts, invulnerability...the list goes on. See how to use Engineering effectively during PvP in our guides for classes:

Some Engineering items are extremely effective for players attracted to low-level PvP (aka twinking) for example, the Minor Recombobulator and Green Tinted Goggles. as well as the Big Bronze Bomb.

WoW Engineering Trainers

Apprentice and Journeyman Engineering Training facilities are found in major cities; if you're not sure where they are located contact a city guard for assistance and they will place an orange flag with a golden ! Include it on your map. You can find more advanced trainers in lesser-known areas across the globe.

This guide to leveling focuses on the cost of purchasing materials, and not acquiring the materials through Mining. The price of Coarse Stone is higher than Silver Bar, depending on which server you use. However, you'll have plenty of Coarse Stone to level Mining. Engineering is among the most difficult professions to reach a high level of proficiency because there are several deviations from this guide and frustrating skill level gaps (for example, around 175 to 200). With this guide, use your best judgement.

The ShadowPanther guide to leveling for Engineering is also a viable alternative, offering more specific levels options.

Like every profession in World of Warcraft, the player gains skill points when performing a specific task (crafting items, gathering a node, skinning the beast, etc.). The points earned by these skill levels are accrued in a manner that is proportional to the player's skill level. This is represented with four colors:

Orange - Always gives the skill point

Yellow is often a source of skill point

Green - Rarely grants skill point

Gray isn't a skill points

Here is an estimate of materials that you'll need to level Engineering between 1-300. These are basing on a high degree of confidence, however, your luck in gaining skill points can affect the actual amount. To attain a certain level of skill it is possible to mix green and yellow-level skills items.

Engineering Specializations

When players reach an Engineering ability of 200 and an average level of 30 for their character they are able to specialize in either Gnomish Engineering or Goblin Engineering. Keep in mind that choosing a specialization is optional.

Both of these specializations produce powerful items that can be used in PvE as well as PvP. Gnomish Engineering offers more equipment and equipment, while Goblin Engineering offers more consumables.

Gnomish Engineering Questline

After players have reached the level 30, and have the 200 Engineering skills, they are able to obtain the quest Gnome Engineering from multiple Engineering Trainers. The quest will take them to Tinkmaster Overspark (for Alliance players) or Oglethorpe Obnoticus (for Horde players).

After you have completed the quest 'Gnome Engineering,' the quest The Paddle of Secrecy/The Paddle of Secrecy will become available. This quest is straightforward and will reaffirm your decision to go after Gnomish Engineering.

The quest to Show Your Work/Show Your work is available once you've completed The Pledge of Secrecy quest. Players must obtain 6 Mithril Tube, 2 Advanced Target Dummy, and 1 Accurate Scope that can be constructed using Engineering, traded, or bought from the Auction House.

The Gnome Engineer Membership card will be given to the person who completes the Show Your Work quest. This membership card will allow you to learn the diagrams that are only available from the Gnomish Engineering trainer, and the card lasts for 14 days of game time (336 hours).).

It is possible to renew your membership by taking the quest Membership Card Renewal/Membership Card Renewal. This quest costs 2. The player will also get mail in-game with the Gnome Engineer’s Renewal Gift. The renewal item could include a variety of Engineering tools and crafting materials along with unique schematics such as Schematic: Lil’ Smoky.

All Gnomish Engineering Schematics

Gnomish Engineering is the most popular Engineering Specialization for Classic PvE content particularly among melee DPS.

Gnomish Battle Chicken is summoned using the Bind on Pickup Trinket. After being summoned and activated, the Battle Chicken will attack the closest target, and is able on the hit to start a Battle Shout, Battle Squawk, which boosts the Melee Attack Speed by everyone in the party by 5percent. You can also make use of Dense Dynamite in PvE. This bomb deals approximately 400 damage and has a cooldown time of 60 seconds. It could increase the amount of damage.

A different useful trinket is the Arcanite Dragonling. It targets the nearest to the target and then stacks Flame Buffet to increase fire damage. It is a fantastic trinket to use against any enemy who is prone to fire.

Some of these products, as with Engineering are able to produce strong effects, however they are at risk of malfunctioning or even backfiring.

Once players reach level 30, and have 200 Engineering skill, they can get the quest Goblin Engineering, which leads them to Nixx Sprocketspring, Gadgetzan, Tanaris.

Once you have completed the Goblin Engineering quest has been completed, the quest Pledge of Secrecy becomes available. The quest is easy and confirms your choice to pursue a career in Goblin Engineering.

After having completed the quest After completing the quest Pledge of Secrecy the quest to show Your Work is available. Players will need to obtain 20 Iron Bombs of Big Size as well as 20 Solid Dynamite and 5 Explosive Sheep. They can be made with Engineering or purchased or traded at the Auction House.

The Goblin Engineering specialization and the Goblin Engineer membership card will be granted to the player who completes the quest Show Your Works. This membership card lets players to study the schematics that are only available through the Goblin Engineering Trainer. Furthermore, the card is valid for 14 days of game time (336 hours).

You can renew your membership card by doing the quest Membership Card Renewal. The quest cost 2. The quest can be completed on the internet. A letter with the Goblin Engineer's renewal reward will be sent to the player. The renewal item could include a variety of Engineering products and crafting tools and also unique schematics like Schematic: Pet Bombling.

Goblin Engineering focuses more on explosives, which are of tremendous value for both PvP and PvE environments.

Goblin Sapper Charge is an absolute beast in PvP and group fights, allowing a team to completely decimate one another if they can time their Sappers. It's also extremely important in all PvP scenarios to carry Dense Dynamite and Iron Grenade in your bags.

Goblin Rocket Helmet allows you to target targets to "knock the scum off" and create an incapacitate effect lasting over 10 seconds. This can be a great tool to close the distance, as well as a great way to keep a target Crowd Controlled for a longer period of time.