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Jewelcrafting is a primary crafting profession inWorld of Warcraft. It was added in The Burning Crusade and expanded on further inWrath of the Lich King (Wotlk)when they increased the level cap from 375 to 450. This expansion adds some new gems and recipes to further enhance a player’s gear. Players who choose Jewelcrafting are an essential part of the game; they provide gems that can be placed into the sockets ofhigh-level gearto improve a character’s stats. They also are the only players able to equip 3 specific “Jeweler’s Gems"that provide double the stats of normal gems.
It can be quite costly to level Jewelcrafting; the materials are only provided by chance fromMiningandProspecting Ores. It would be wise to select Mining as a second Primary Profession or have another character gather the materials and send them to the character with Jewelcrafting.
When choosing a race to level Jewelcrafting, remember that Draenei have a passive ability calledGemcutting. This provides them with +5 Jewelcrafting skill enabling all recipes to stay in the guaranteed skill-up bracket for 5 more levels. This is a great way to save gold by crafting earlier recipes with cheaper materials for 5 levels more.
This guide is meant to be avery efficient way to levelJewelcrafting to the skill cap of 450. Keep in mind that sometimes recipes may not increase the skill level (skill-up) if they are yellow or green. For this reason, you’ll see the “approximately” symbol (~) used to convey when there is a possibility of not leveling up with that recipe and its required materials.
1 - 300
300 - 350
350 - 450
Ounhulo, Howling Fjord [60,64]
Jewelcrafting Prospecting Macro
Players can use the skill Prospect to consume 5 of the same Ore for a chance to find gems. This can sometimes be a way to make a profit or to save gold from buying gems directly.
If you have large amounts of Ore to Prospect create this macro and place it on your skill bar to quickly prospect any Ore in your inventory:
#showtooltip Prospecting
/cast Prospecting
/use Saronite Ore
New Gems and Prospecting Rates In WotLK
Gems acquired from Prospecting have different chances of being obtained via the 3 new ores in WOTLK. The new gems and prospecting chances are:
Rare
Autumn’s Glow, Forest Emerald, Monarch Topaz, Scarlet Ruby, Sky Sapphire, Twilight Opal
Epic
Ametrine, Cardinal Ruby, Dreadstone, Eye of Zul, King’s Amber, Majestic Zircon
1 - 300: Required Materials for Classic
Given that the majority of items inClassic WoWrequired are obtainable through Mining it’s highly suggested to choose that as your second primary profession or have another character with it. If you have the gold you can also simply purchase these from the Auction House.
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Here is a list of all the items you will need in order to level from 1 to 300. We’ve also included a brief description of where to get each item. Keep in mind that depending on your luck with skill-ups you may have a surplus or deficit for some materials listed in the table below.
This table shows the number of Gems needed for this section of leveling. We’ve also included which Ore Node they have a chance to be mined from, as well as the probability of the Ores they can be Prospected from.
~10Huge Emerald
1 - 75: Apprentice Jewelcrafting
The basic tool you will need to craft many recipes is aJeweler’s Kit. These are sold by most Jewelcrafting Trainers, Mining Supplies, and Tradesman NPC’s.
1 - 20 - 35 - 50
Materials
You will need about55 Delicate Copper Wirefor future recipes; stop crafting at 35 and come back to make more if you need to.
20 - 50 - 65 - 80
50 - 70 - 80 - 90
70 - 100 - 115 - 130
100 - 130 - 145 - 160
110 - 120 - 130 - 140
Amulet of the Moon (10)
110 - 140 - 155 - 170
Pendant of the Agate Shield (20)
120 - 150 - 165 - 180
150 - 170 - 180 - 190
170 - 200 - 215 - 230
180 - 210 - 225 - 240
210 - 235 - 250 - 265
Aquamarine Pendant of the Warrior (5)
220 - 245 - 260 - 275
225 - 235 - 245 - 255
You will need about60 Thorium Barfor future recipes, but you can stop at level 245.
235 - 260 - 275 - 290
260 - 280 - 290 - 300
Continue makingSimple Opal Ringuntil 290 or craft the 2 recipes below.
265 - 285 - 295 - 305
275 - 285 - 295 - 305
275 - 295 - 305 - 315
300 - 350: Required Materials for The Burning Crusade
In the table below, we’ve listed all the items fromThe Burning Crusadeexpansion that you will need in order to level from 300 to 350. We’ve also included a brief description of where to get each item.
The Burning Crusade Recipes
You will also want to find the following vendors in Outland and purchase the Uncommon Gemcutting recipes used from levels 315 to 340:
300 - 300 - 320 - 340
315 - 315 - 335 - 355
325 - 325 - 335 - 345
325 - 325 - 340 - 355
335 - 345 - 355 - 365
At level 350 learn Grandmaster Jewelcrafting.
350 - 450: Required Materials For WotLK
Going farming orshopping for the best items? Here is an itemized list of all the new Jewelcrafting gems as well as some Eternals that you will need to level from 350 to 450. We’ve also included a brief description of where to get each item if you choose to try and acquire them fromthe new zones in Northrend. As always, your luck with skill-ups may give you a surplus or deficit for some materials listed in the table below.
We’ve chosen not to include the materials required for levels 420-450 as there are multiple straightforward ways about doing so depending on your goals, take a look at that later section for more information.
350 - 450: Grandmaster Jewelcrafting
350 - 395
There are about62 different recipesusing the newuncommon gemsinWotLKthat you’re able to learn and choose for leveling. These will turn yellow at level 370 and you will need to cut about55 of any combinationof these to get to 395 for the next step.
350 - 380 - 400 - 420
390 - 410 - 420 - 430
420 - 450
From 420 to 450,Dream Signetis the cheapest way to get to 450. You can choose to craft it the entire time, however, you could alsomake goldby craftingMeta Gemsand selling them on theAuction House.
These are the rare gems cut fromSkyflare DiamondandEarthsiege Diamond.The recipes are either learned by the Jewelcrafting Trainer or sold byTiffany Cartier, inDalaranin the Undercity[41,35].
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Additionally,at 425Icy Prismbecomes available, but has a 20 Hour cooldown between uses. This however staysOrangefor guaranteed skill-ups from levels425-445.
420 - 440 - 450 - 460
425 - 445 - 457 - 470
Conclusion
Thank you for reading our entire Jewelcrafting guide! We hope this information was helpful in leveling to450 Jewelcraftingin World of Warcraft Classic Wrath of the Lich King. If you are looking to level another profession, be sure to check out all our other Profession guides on the site.
