Alchemy
Alchemy is a profession that is more useful for earning gold than for your main. However, alchemy doesn’t make anything incredibly profitable or useful until after skill level 175. As with all professions, you won’t hurt or help yourself much if you wait until level 80 to begin. Alchemy is actually one of the easier professions to level. With the price of herbs being fairly steep on most servers these days, it can also be quite expensive if you don’t have an herbalist around.
1 – 60: Minor healing Potion = 60. Mats (1 Peacebloom, 1 Silverleaf, 1 Empty Vial
60 Peacebloom
60 Silverleaf
60 Empty Vials
61 – 105: Lesser Healing Potion = 50. Mats (1 Minor Healing Potion, 1 Briarthorn)
50 Minor Healing Potion
50 Briarthorn
105 – 110: Elixit of Wisdom = 5. Mats (1 Mageroyal, 2 Briarthorn)
5 Mageroyal
10 Briarthorn
111 – 140: Healing Potion = 30. Mats (1 Bruiseweed, 1 Briarthorn, 1 Leaded Vial)
30 Bruiseweed
30 Briarthorn
30 Leaded Vials
141 – 155: Lesser Mana Potion = 15. Mats (1 Mageroyal, 1 Stranglekelp, 1 Empty Vial)
15 Mageroyal
15 Stranglekelp
15 Empty Vials
156 – 185: Greater Healing Potion = 30. Mats (1 Liferoot, 1 Kingsblood, 1 Leaded Vial)
30 Liferoot
30 Kingsblood
30 Leaded Vials
186 – 210: Elixir of Agility = 25. Mats (1 Stranglekelp, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Leaded Vial)
25 Stranglekelp
25 Goldthorn
25 Leaded Vials
211 – 215: Elixir of Greater Defense = 5. Mats (1 Steelbloom, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Leaded Vial)
5 Steelbloom
5 Goldthorn
5 Leaded Vials
216 – 230: Superior Healing Potion = 15. Mats (1 Sungrass, 1 Khadgar’s Whisker, 1 Crystal Vial)
15 Sungrass
15 Khadgar’s Whisker
15 Crystal Vials
231 – 250: Elixir of Detect Undead = 20. Mats (1 Arthas’ Tears, 1 Crystal Vial)
20 Arthas’ Tears
20 Crystal Vials
251 – 265: Elixir of Greater Agility = 15. Mats (1 Sungrass, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Crystal Vial)
15 Sungrass
15 Goldthorn
15 Crystal Vials
266 – 285: Superior Mana Potion = 20. Mats (2 Sungrass, 2 Blindweed, 1 Crystal Vial)
40 Sungrass
40 Blindweed
20 Crystal Vial
286 – 300: Major Healing Potion = 20. Mats (2 Golden Sansam, 1 Mountain Silversage, 1 Crystal vial)
40 Golden Sansam
40 Mountain Silversage
20 Crystal Vials
301 – 315: Volatile Healing Potion = 20. Mats (1 Golden Sansam, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial)
20 Golden Sansam
20 Felweed
20 Imbued Vials
316 – 330: Sneaking Potion = 20. Mats (2 Ragveil, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial)
40 Ragveil
20 Felweed
20 Imbued Vials
331 – 340: Super Healing Potion = 10. Mats (2 Dreaming Glory, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial)
40 Dreaming Glory
20 Felweed
20 Imbued Vials
341 – 350: Super Mana Potion = 10. Mats (2 Dreaming Glory, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial)
40 Dreaming Glory
20 Felweed
20 Imbued Vials
You’ll need to go buy this recipe from the vendors – just check the link for details.
Once you reach 350 skill it’s time to head into Northrend to train. Grand Master trainers are located in Dalaran, Warsong Hold and Valiance Keep. You must be level 65 to train Grand Master Alchemy and it will increase your skill cap to 450.
350 – 365 (370): Resurgent Healing Potion Mats (2 Goldclover, 1 Imbued Vial)
40 Goldclover
20 Imbued Vials
365-380 (385): Spellpower Elixir = 20. Mats ( 1 Goldclover, 1 Tiger Lily, 1 Imbued Vial)
20 Goldclover
20 Tiger Lily
20 Imbued Vials
380-385: Pygmy Oil = 5. Mats (1 Pygmy Suckerfish)
5 Pygmy Suckerfish
385-390: Elixir of Mighty Strength = 5. Mats (2 Tiger Lily, 1 Imbued Vial)
20 Tiger Lily
5 Imbued Vials
390-395: Elixir of Mighty Fortitude = 5. Mats (4 Goldclover, 1 Imbued Vial)
20 Goldclover
5 Imbued Vials
395-400: Elixir of Mighty Agility = 5. Mats (2 Goldclover, 2 Adder’s Tongue, 1 Imbued Vial)
10 Goldclover
10 Adder’s Tongue
5 Imbued Vials
400-401: Northrend Alchemy Research = 1. Mats (10 Goldclover, 10 Adder’s Tongue, 4 Talandra’s Rose, 4 Enchanted Vial)
401-410: Mighty Protection Potions = 10. Mats (2 Crystallised Elements)
2 Eternals
10 Imbued Vials
Mighty Protection Potion recipes come in five types, one for each spell school and the recipes are simple to obtain. Each recipe drops as follows.
- Shadow – Drops from Cultist Shard Watchers at Corp’rethar in Icecrown
- Arcane – Drops from Frostbrood Spawn at Sindragosa’s Fall in Icecrown
- Fire – Drops from Skeletal Runesmiths, north east of Icecrown Citadel in Icecrown
- Frost –Drops from Damned Apothecaries at Aldu’thar in Icecrown
- Nature – Drops from Cult Alchemists at Aldur’thar in Icecrown
Out of these recipes, Arcane is the hardest to obtain due to the Frostbrood Spawns being flying mobs. The fire recipe is rather simple to obtain as the Skeletal Runesmiths come in fast re-spawning packs that are easy to AoE.
By using these recipes you will be able to obtain enough skill to learn the Runic Mana Potion recipe from your trainer.
410-425: Runic Mana Potion = 15. Mats (2 Lichbloom, 1 Goldclover, 1 Imbued Vial)
80 Lichbloom
40 Goldclover
40 Imbued Vials
To reach 425 skill requires you to use this recipe well into the point it becomes green so it can take anywhere between one or two stacks of crafting to finish this stage. Luckily Runic Mana Potions sell very well so you can actually turn a profit making these so long as the Auction House is not flooded.
Alongside creating these, you may also wish to use 10 of the Runic Mana Potions along with your remaining Enchanted Vial to create your Endless Mana Potion.
425-430: Earthsiege Diamond = 1 Dark Jade, 1 Huge Citrine, 1 Eternal Fire per transmute.
430-435: Skyflare Diamond = 1 Bloodstone, 1 Chalcedony, 1 Eternal Air per transmute.
To breach the gap from 425 to 435 skill requires a significant investment in transmuting meta gems. It is feasible to create these meta gems and sell them for a profit depending on how many are on the Auction House but the initial cost of materials will be high.
If you are lucky you may find a Jewel Crafter who is looking for a good supply of these gems in order to skill up his own profession and be able to level past this stage for free so it is always worth asking around.
435-450: Flasks and Skyflare Diamonds.
The final 15 skill points in Alchemy are the easiest, at least if you plan on making any gold with Alchemy, which we highly recommend. Flasks sell like hotcakes on most servers, even if you have to buy the mats at the AH. You can maximize your profit with Alchemy and flasks by taking the Elixir mastery quest at level 68 and above by following our guide in this article: Alchemy Tricks.
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