WoW Forever Engineering Guide: 1–300 & Trainers, Nov 2026

Level WoW Forever Engineering from 1 to 300 by crafting saved powders and metal parts through 225, then switching to schematic recipes for the last 75 points. Train Apprentice at skill 1, Journeyman at 50 and level 10, Expert at 125 and level 20, and Artisan at 200 and level 35. Flying Tiger Goggles require Engineering 130, so they cannot fill the 100–105 step.

What leveling Engineering costs on your realm

Pick your region, realm and faction, then set your Engineering skill and how far you want to take it. The calculator prices this guide's route at today's auction house prices on your realm: every material with how many stacks, where the gold goes, and on its second tab what you get back by selling what you craft and what pays once you reach your goal.

Prices come from our daily reading of auction data for each realm type and faction, so they move from day to day and the block says which day its scan is from. Crafts are counted from each recipe's colours, not one a point, and a material a vendor sells costs the vendor's price.

Materials and tools before you start

If you collect your own materials, combine Engineering with Mining: for most of this path, Mining provides the metal and stone. The WoW Forever Mining Guide: 1-300 Leveling Before Nov 4 covers the gathering side.

Purchase a Blacksmith Hammer at a Blacksmithing Supplies vendor, and get Weak Flux from a vendor that sells Engineering Supplies. Work near an anvil and keep your hammer and crafted Arclight Spanner in your bags; later recipes also call for a Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor.

The WoW Forever Engineering Boost handles profession leveling and material buying.

Approximate 1–225 shopping list:

Expect about 361 crafts on average, or 374 to cover nine in ten players, across 23 materials. The biggest buys are Mithril Bar ×162, Thick Leather ×120 and Copper Bar ×76.

Engineering ranks and level requirements

Train the next rank before you reach your current cap, as long as you meet both requirements.

Engineering trainer locations

Ask a city guard for directions to mark the trainer on your map. The tables use Forever trainer locations, with rank labels for the main route.

Alliance trainers

Horde trainers

Neutral and Artisan trainers

Players on the official WoW: Forever forums report that Thunder Bluff has no Engineering trainer, forcing travel to Orgrimmar to learn the profession. One player reports a goblin Engineering trainer in Mulgore past the mine and logging site, with a forge and anvil at the mine entrance.

Leveling Engineering 1–75

Before starting on bombs, craft 30 Handful of Copper Bolts and 60 Rough Blasting Powder; complete both batches even when your skill goes beyond the displayed range. At 50, make your Arclight Spanner and train Journeyman Engineering on the same visit if you are level 10.

Leveling Engineering 75–150

If Coarse Dynamite leaves you a point or two short of 100, Silver Contact is already available and costs one Silver Bar per extra craft. When you reach 105, craft Bronze Tube until 115, saving no fewer than ten for Standard Scope; should Moss Agate cost too much, leave out the scopes and continue making tubes up to 125.

At 125, make 42 Heavy Blasting Powder, save 30 for Explosive Sheep and 12 for Iron Grenade, and keep all 15 Whirring Bronze Gizmo. At 145 the powder goes gray, yet complete that batch for crafts later on; if you have not reached 150, Bronze Framework is available at 145. Train Expert before you pass 150.

Flying Tiger Goggles require Engineering 130 and an Arclight Spanner, so they cannot fill the 100–105 step.

Leveling Engineering 150–225

Craft 15 Bronze Framework; afterward, use the saved gizmos and powder with those frames to create Explosive Sheep. Any frames crafted before 150 count toward the 15; after making them, check your skill to find how many sheep remain; every additional sheep needs one extra frame, one gizmo, two Wool Cloth and two Heavy Blasting Powder. If your plan is to choose Goblin Engineering, put five completed sheep aside.

When you reach 175, craft 26 Solid Blasting Powder and hold onto them: set aside 20 to use as triggers, and reserve six for the bombs you finish with. Use Iron Grenade until 195, then craft Mithril Tube up to 200; if you intend to take Gnomish Engineering, hold on to six tubes.

When you hit 200, train Unstable Trigger with Springspindle Fizzlegear in Ironforge or with Roxxik in Orgrimmar; at 215, either trainer can also teach you Mithril Casing and Mithril Frag Bomb. During the final ten skill points, switch between one casing and one bomb, and use the triggers and powder you set aside; should you require more powder, two Solid Stone will produce enough for another trigger or bomb. Stop as soon as you reach 225.

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Leveling Engineering 225–300

The final stretch uses schematic recipes and orange skill ranges through the converter finish. Orange crafts award a point each, while yellow or green substitutions can take additional attempts. The WoW Forever Professions page covers the wider profession system.

Unsanctified Grenade is learned at 260 from its schematic and makes three per craft from one Truesilver Transformer, two Enchanted Thorium Bars, three Dense Blasting Powder and two Runecloth.

Schematics for the final stretch

• Deadly Scope: Knaz Blunderflame in Stranglethorn Vale or Yuka Screwspigot in Burning Steppes.
• Deepdive Helmet: Jubie Gadgetspring in Azshara.
• Sniper Scope: drops or chests, including Elder Mistvale Gorilla in Stranglethorn Vale and Tangled Horror in Swamp of Sorrows.
• Truesilver Transformer: Mazk Snipeshot in Stranglethorn Vale.
• Thorium Widget: Gearcutter Cogspinner in Ironforge or Sovik in Orgrimmar.
• Thorium Tube: Xizzer Fizzbolt in Winterspring; Kor'gar in Powderfuse Port, Riverglades also sells it.
• Delicate Arcanite Converter: Xizzer Fizzbolt in Winterspring.

Buy Schematic: Thorium Tube on the character leveling Engineering because it binds on pickup; Xizzer is in Everlook's first building to the right after entering.

Alternative without the Sniper Scope step

If Sniper Scope would hold up your progress, use Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs through 245, Mithril Gyro-Shot to 250, Dense Blasting Powder to 258, more Mithril Gyro-Shot to 276, Thorium Widget to 285, then Delicate Arcanite Converter to 300. Its non-orange stretches make the amount you consume depend on skill-up luck.

Materials for the shared 225–300 route

Gnomish or Goblin Engineering

Both specialization chains require character level 30 and Engineering 200. The turn-in materials can be crafted, traded for or bought on the Auction House.

Gnomish Engineering

Pick up Gnome Engineering from an Engineering trainer, then visit Tinkmaster Overspark in Ironforge for Alliance or Oglethorpe Obnoticus in Booty Bay for Horde. Deliver six Mithril Tubes, two Advanced Target Dummies and one Accurate Scope to receive the specialization and Gnome Engineer Membership Card.

The card lasts 14 days of in-game time, or 336 hours, and renewal costs two gold. Renewal mail can include the Lil' Smoky schematic.

Goblin Engineering

Start Goblin Engineering with Tinkerwiz in Ratchet, The Barrens, then travel to Nixx Sprocketspring in Gadgetzan and reaffirm your choice. Deliver 20 Big Iron Bombs, 20 Solid Dynamite and five Explosive Sheep for the specialization and Goblin Engineer Membership Card.

The card lasts 14 days of in-game time, or 336 hours, and renewal costs two gold. Renewal mail can include the Pet Bombling schematic.

Goblin Jumper Cables XL require Goblin Engineer, while World Enlarger and Gnomish Alarm-O-Bot require Gnomish Engineer.

Forever Engineering recipes, bombs and gadgets

Bombs usable without Engineering

Forever adds SAF-T and EZ-Thro items designed for characters without the profession.

• SAF-T Dynamite: skill 25; 2 Rough Blasting Powder, 1 Linen Cloth.
• SAF-T Copper Bomb: skill 55; 1 Copper Bar, 1 Handful of Copper Bolts, 2 Rough Blasting Powder, 1 Linen Cloak, 2 SAF-T Tabs.
• Satchel of Copper Bombs: skill 85; 20 Rough Copper Bombs, 6 Light Leather, 4 Handful of Copper Bolts.
• EZ-Thro Dynamite: skill 100; 3 Coarse Blasting Powder, 1 Linen Cloth, 1 EZ-Thro Wrap.
• EZ-Thro Copper Bomb XL: skill 130; 3 Copper Bar, 4 Coarse Blasting Powder, 1 Silver Contact, 1 EZ-Thro Wrap.

SAF-T Tabs use a Linen Cloak and Cerulean Dye, while an EZ-Thro Wrap uses Wool Cloth and Sulfuric Acid.

Guns, scopes and ammo

Only Engineers can craft guns; they also produce scopes plus their own arrows and bullets. A gun can be equipped by Hunters, Warriors, and Rogues. A scope can be attached to either a bow or a gun, raising the damage that weapon deals.

• Rough Boomstick: skill 80, trainer-taught.
• Deadly Blunderbuss: skill 130, trainer-taught.
• Mithril Blunderbuss: skill 225, trainer-taught.
• Thorium Rifle: skill 260.
• Dark Iron Rifle: skill 275.
• Core Marksman Rifle: skill 300.
• Hyper Deluxe Sniper Rifle Mk XVII: skill 300.

• Standard Scope: skill 135.
• Deadly Scope: skill 210.
• Sniper Scope: skill 240.
• Biznicks 247×128 Accurascope: skill 300.
• SAF-T Ultra Precision Scope: skill 300.

• Crafted Light Shot: skill 1, learned automatically.
• Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs: skill 210.
• Mithril Gyro-Shot: skill 245.
• Thorium Shells: skill 285.
• Swiftfeather Arrow: skill 300.
• Swiftstrike Shot: skill 300.

Utility and gear

• Flying Tiger Goggles: Engineering 130; 6 Light Leather, 2 Tigerseye, Arclight Spanner.
• Shadow Goggles: Engineering 120; 4 Medium Leather, 2 Shadowgem.
• Target Dummy: skill 85; 1 Copper Modulator, 2 Handful of Copper Bolts, 1 Bronze Bar, 1 Wool Cloth.
• Gnomish Army Knife: skill 250; Mithril Casing, Gold Power Core, 2 Thorium Widgets.
• Loot-A-Rang: skill 275; 5 Thorium Bar, 5 Greater Eternal Essence.
• Ultralight Goblin Glider: skill 300; 2 Viridian Dye, 2 Azerothium Bar, 8 Pristine Scale, 8 Thorium Bar.

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Camp tools and Merchant's Favor

Engineering contributes three tiers of camp tools, progressing from reagent access to repairs and a specialized crafting workbench.

Reagent Bot

Train Reagent Bot at skill 20 and craft it with one Handful of Copper Bolts and one Copper Tube. This Tier 1 feature sells reagents and requires a Campfire nearby. All camping features share a one-hour cooldown.

Repair Bot

Repair Bot requires skill 140 and Blueprint: Repair Bot, using two Whirring Bronze Gizmos, one Bronze Tube and one Heavy Leather. This Tier 2 feature repairs gear and sells reagents; you can put it over a Reagent Bot and swap out the bot.

Anarchist's Workbench

Anarchist's Workbench requires Engineering 300, one Essence of Anarchy and two Thorium Widgets. This Tier 3 feature enables recipes that specifically require that workbench and requires a Campfire nearby.

Favor schematics and the Engineer title

Turning in supply crates to the Azeroth Commerce Authority or Durotar Supply and Logistics yields Merchant's Favor. Fritz Fizzle at Three Corners in Redridge Mountains, 10.5, 74.3, sells the Commerce Authority's Engineering schematics; Fizzlefuse in The Barrens supplies Horde schematics.

The Commerce Authority selection includes 28 schematics, among them Gnomish Army Knife at 250, Loot-A-Rang at 275 and Ultralight Goblin Glider at 300. Engineering Certification costs 1,000 Merchant's Favor at Engineering 300 and grants the title “the Engineer”.

Performance Bonus comes in five ranks. It gives you a 5% probability of receiving an extra 100% Merchant's Favor when you turn in a supply crate to Durotar Supply and Logistics or the Azeroth Commerce Authority.

Legacy rewards and skill-up perks

Reaching 150, 225 and 300 skill in Engineering for the first time each awards one Legacy Point.