Classic Engineering Profession Guide (2024)

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Engineering received many new crafts in Season of Discovery, includingbest in slot bind on pickup gear for the early Phases, such as the new Hyperconductive Goldwrap.

It is also required in order to craft bombs that can be used to increase PvEand PvP damage, such as the new High-Yield Radiation Bomb and a specialbomb usable by non-Engineers, Ez-Thro Radiation Bomb.

Engineering is perhaps the most popular and most important profession in WoWClassic. If you want to be competitive in PvP or PvE, it is a necessity for mostclasses and specs. Engineers get access to numerous bombs, trinkets, and gadgetsthat have wide and varied effects, ranging from grenades that stun enemiesin a small area to a battle chicken. Many of these items provide situationallyuseful effects in both PvE and PvP, with some items being game changing,especially in PvP. Below you will find a full list of all of the unique anduseful items that Engineering offers, with the locations of the recipes neededto craft them.

Engineering uses ores, metals, and stone to craft. It can be quite expensiveto level and maintain, so pairing it with Mining can be quite beneficial, especiallyearly on when materials will be more expensive. Mining will allow you to farm yourown materials without needing to buy them on the Auction House.

Leveling any profession comes down to using the profession, usually to craftitems. Engineering is no different. You will want to craft items that are hard,which means they will be color coded as orange in your Engineering menu. If youcannot craft something orange, yellow is an acceptable alternative. Green recipeswill very rarely level you up, while Grey recipes will never level you. There isnot strictly one way to leveling Engineering, and the best choices for what itemsto make to level can vary depending on what materials you have available.

If you want a more concrete guide on what to level to get from 1-300, checkout this Engineering leveling guideover at wow-professions.com.

For 1-75, you will be an Apprentice. You will want to find Journeyman Engineers,who can be found in any major city along with other bigger towns in some earlyzones, such as Bronk Guzzlegear in Dun Morogh and Tinkerwiz in Ratchet. Early levelsand skills are not hard to come by, just visit a major city to find a trainer if youfind yourself stuck.

For 75-150, you will be a Journeyman. You will want to find Expert Engineers, whocan be found in Undercity, Stormwind, Orgrimmar, Ironforge. You also canlearn from Buzzek Bracketswing in Tanaris, the only NPC with all ranks of Engineeringavailable.

To level past 150, you must be learn Expert Engineer. As you go upin levels, trainers become more scarce. For Expert, you have three options.

• [A/H] Buzzek Bracketswing — Tanaris
• [H] Roxxik — Orgrimmar
• [A] Springspindle Fizzlegear — Ironforge

The final levels of Engineering, 225-300, require Artisan Engineer.To become an Artisan, you must go to Buzzek Bracketswing in Tanaris.

If you looked at the sections above, you will notice that Buzzek is mentionedin every category. You could consider Buzzek to be the ultimate end game Engineeringtrainer since he is the only Engineering trainer who has all of the levels ofEngineering, as well as many end game recipes that are only trainable from him. Belowis the list of important items that you can find from Buzzek.

• Dense Dynamite — The best dynamite available. This is a solid damageincrease if you use these during boss fights when possible, in between other abilities.
• Iron Grenade — Cheaper and weaker version of a grenade, stunsenemies in a small, targeted area for 3 seconds when thrown.
• Thorium Grenade — Higher damage version of the Iron Grenades, withthe same effect.
• Green Lens — Helm with random stats that can be quite strong as a freshlevel 60.

Engineering is one of the select few professions in WoW Classic that offersspecializations within the profession. As an Engineer, you can choose to specializein Gnomish Engineering or Goblin Engineering. Once you are 200 in Engineering,you can pick up the quest for whichever specialization you want to choose froman Engineering trainer.

Gnomish Engineering focuses more on utility devices and gadgets, many ofwhich are very useful in PvP. It also offers some powerful PvE items, specificallythe Gnomish Battle Chicken, which when attacking has a chance to proca buff that grants melee haste to all party members. This is considered by manymelee DPS to be a must have in raids if you want to be as competitive as possible.It is worth noting that you should be careful when using some of these devices,as many of them have the potential to backfire, either causing the effect to youinstead of the enemy or doing something else bad. Read the tooltip of the item tosee if there is a chance of it backfiring or failing.

There are two Gnomish Engineering trainers, Oglethorpe Obnoticus in StranglethornVale and Tinkmaster Overspark in Ironforge. They both teach the samerecipes.

• Gnomish Battle Chicken — Creates a battle chicken that fights for youfor 2 minutes. Each attack it does has a chance to enrage it, which causes it togrant a melee haste buff to all party members.
• Gnomish Death Ray — You slowly channel your health into the trinket,losing some health, before blasting the target with your death ray, dealing massivedamage.
• Gnomish Harm Prevention Belt — You can activate this belt to put ashield on you that absorbs 500 damage.
• Gnomish Mind Control Cap — This helmet mind controls the target for20 seconds when used, making them follow you around as an ally during that time.
• Gnomish Net-o-Matic Projector — Throws a net at the target, rooting themfor 10 seconds. Sometimes it backfires however, rooting you instead.
• Gnomish Rocket Boots — These boots significantly increase your run speed for 20seconds when used.
• Gnomish Shrink Ray — Reduces the target's attack power by 250.
• Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan — Teleports you to Gadgetzan in Tanaris.

Goblin Engineers focus more on the destructive side of Engineering, buildingadvanced bombs and other explosive devices. The most important of these deviceswould be Goblin Sapper Charge, which deals a huge amount of AoE damageand is commonly used by raids in the open world to quickly wipe groups of people.

There are two Goblin Engineering trainers, Nixx Sprocketspring in Gadgetzanand Vazario Linkgrease in Ratchet. They both teach the same recipes.

• Goblin Bomb Dispenser — Creates a bomb that run towards the nearestenemy, exploding for a moderate amount of damage.
• Goblin Construction Helmet — This helmet absorbs 300-500 firedamage when used.
• Goblin Dragon Gun — Fires a cone, dealing a small amount of fire damageto all enemies in front of you for 10 seconds.
• Goblin Rocket Helmet — This helmet lets you charge an enemy,disorienting them for 30 seconds.
• Goblin Sapper Charge — Instantly triggers an explosion for amassive amount of fire damage to all enemies in the area. You do not need to beGoblin Engineering to use these.
• Goblin Rocket Boots — These boots significantly increases your runspeed for 20 seconds when used.
• The Big One — This big bomb explodes when thrown, dealing damageand stunning enemies in the area for 5 seconds.
• Goblin Mortar — An on-use trinket that deals a burst of damageand stuns targets in an area for 3 seconds.
• Goblin Mining Helmet — A mail helmet that gives +5 Miningskill.
• Dimensional Ripper - Everlook — Teleports you to Everlook in Winterspring.

Some recipes are unique and harder to come by. Below is a list of all the differentEngineering Vendors that offer important items, and where to find them.

• Gearcutter Cogspinner in Ironforge — has Thorium Grenade, which doesdamage and stun targets in an area for 3 seconds when thrown, and Gnomish Universal Remote,which lets you control a mechanical target for a short time.
• Gnaz Blunderflame in Stranglethorn Vale — has Mechanical Dragonling,which summons a mechanical dragonling to fight for you for 1 minute.
• Jinky Twizzlefixxit in Tanaris — has Gnomish Universal Remote,which lets you control a mechanical target for a short time.
• Jubie Gadgetspring in Azshara — has Deepdive Helmet, which is a helmetthat allows you to breathe underwater while worn.
• Rizz Loosebolt in Silverpine Forest — has Ice Deflector, which putsa shield on your when used that will absorb 600 frost damage.
• Ruppo Zipcoil in The Hinterlands — has Mithril Mechanical Dragonling,which summons a mechanical dragonling to fight for you for 1 minute that is morepowerful than the base version.
• Xizzer Fizzbolt in Winterspring — has Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector, whichis a trinket that reflects frost spells for 5 seconds when used. He also has the plansfor the Powerful Seaforium Charge, which can be used to blast locks open.
• Zan Shivsproket in Hillsbrad Foothills — has Gnomish Cloaking Device,which makes you invisible for 10 seconds.
• Rin'wosho the Trader in Stranglethorn Vale is part of the Zandalar Tribe reputation.He offers some excellent schematics for Bloodvine pieces, such as Bloodvine Lens and Bloodvine Goggles.

These are other incredibly useful Engineering devices whose recipes drop offof enemies instead of being sold by vendors.

• Arcane Bomb — a unique bomb that drops as a random world drop.When it explodes, it drains Mana, deals damage based on the Mana drained, and silencesfor 5 seconds.
• Parachute Cloak — is a cloak that you can use to slow-fall. The schematicis a world drop.
• Flame Deflector — similar to the Ice Deflector, except itabsorbs fire damage instead of frost. Drops from Mekgineer Thermaplugg in Gnomeregan.
• Gnomish Alarm-O-Bot — summons a bot that can detect nearby stealthedenemies. Drops from Weapon Technicians in Blackrock Depths.
• Goblin Jumper Cables XL — can be used to sometimes bring a dead playerback to life. Drops from Plugger Spazzring in Blackrock Depths.
• Field Repair Bot 74A — drops a repair bot on the ground that youand your group can use to repair wherever you happen to be, and absolutely invaluabletool for PvE. The schematics can be found on the ground in Blackrock Depthsin the room where Golem Lord Argelmach is.
• Hyper-Radiant Flame Reflector — trinket that reflects all fire spells usedfor 5 seconds. Drops from Solakar Flamewreath in Blackrock Spire.
• Arcanite Dragonling — the most powerful version of the Dragonlingtrinkets, this will summon a Dragonling to fight for you for 1 minute. Drops fromCobalt Mageweavers in Winterspring.
• Ultra-Flash Shadow Reflector — trinket that reflects all shadow spells usedfor 5 seconds. Drops from Crimson Inquisitors in Stratholme.
• Biznicks 247x128 Accurascope — the best scope available, and a musthave for all Hunters. The schematic drops from bosses in Molten Core.
• Core Marksman Rifle — an excellent epic gun for Roguesand Warriorsto use as a stat-stick. The schematic drops from bosses in Molten Core.
• Force Reactive Disk — an excellent epic shield for tanks. The schematicdrops from bosses in Molten Core.