Engineering is a very fun and creative Profession. You can create all kinds of wacky things that are fun to use and also entertain and amaze other players. Engineering is used to assemble metal and stones into parts needed to make explosives, guns, scopes, bullets, mechanical dragons, aquatic helmets, and much more. More than any other Profession, engineering products require several steps to be completed. Most items created by engineers can only be used by engineers. You can sometimes create something you can sell to another engineer. Many engineering recipes require a lot of different parts before the item can be created. This will require more space in your bags than other Professions.
If you plan on being an engineer, you should probably already be a miner. Miners collect ore and smelt ore into bars to create the majority of engineering items. Engineer recipes often include jewels, which are found in a variety of places. Typically, most engineers buy or are given rare jewels from other players. The auction house is a good place to buy gems if you can't mine them yourself. Some engineer recipes require leather, which you will need to buy from a skinner or the auction house. You will need to find a lot of other odd ingredients for your recipes that might need to be purchased from other players. Some items can actually be fished up with the fishing skill or found from monster drops or treasure chests.
Becoming an Engineer
First, you need to find an engineering trainer. Ask a guard for directions in a big city. After you have learned basic engineering, open up your abilities book (hit 'p') and look for the "Engineering" icon that has been added to your abilities.
Sample Engineering Items
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Additional information
SchematicsThe engineering trainer has some very cool engineering plans. However, there are many more interesting and desirable plans out there to find from monster drops. You will likely have to buy these from other players or get them from friends if you aren't lucky enough to get them yourself. You can also find them at the auction house, treasure chests, or by gaining reputations.
Artisan Trainers
For the Alliance, Springspindle Fizzlegear found in Ironforge, Tinkertown. For the Horde, Roxxik is located in Orgrimmar.
Gnomish and Goblin Engineering
After you think you have mastered Engineering, you are offered a chance to specialize in either Gnomish or Goblin Engineering. You must first reach 200 skill and level 35. Alliance players can then speak to Lilliam Sparkspindle in Stormwind City. Horde players can talk to Tinkerwiz in Ratchet. Then you will be offered some quests to open new recipes for that school of engineering. Oglethorpe Obnoticus is the master Gnomish trainer and is found in Booty Bay. Buzzek Bracketswing is the master Goblin Engineer in Tanaris, Gadgetzan. Once you've selected your side, you cannot switch to the other. You should choose based on what recipes are available. There are some very cool and unique recipes for each side. You have to pick which ones you like the best. It can be a hard decision, they're both good, good luck!
Master Engineer (skill 300-375)
To receive master training you need to head to Outland. Horde players can learn from Mack Diver (Zabra'jin, Zangarmarsh), Zebig (Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula), or Xyrol (Area 52, Netherstorm). Alliance players can learn from Lebowski (Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula), K. Lee Smallfry (Telredor, Zangarmarsh), or Xyrol (Area 52, Netherstorm).
Leveling Up Engineering (skill 300 to 375)
There are many ways to raise your skill to 375. Here's a possible upgrade path recommended by Highlander, a player on EU-Terenas: Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, Fel Iron Shells, Fel Iron Bomb, White Smoke Flare, Felsteel Stabilizer, Ultra-Spectropic Detection Goggles, Khorium Scope.
Check out the profession guide link at the top for more detailed guides.
Burning Crusade Items
There are some neat new items in The Burning Crusade:
- Several powerful epic helms
- New scopes to permanently enhance ranged weapons
- For leather wearers, the new Rocket Boots Xtreme
- A Nigh-Invulnerability Belt protects you with a shield of force - when it works
- A Dimensional Ripper that will teleport you to Area 52, or an Ultrasafe Transporter for Toshley's Station
- Smoke Flares, which send up a plume of smoke for five minutes - handy for marking areas in a raid encounter!
- Toolboxes to store your engineering items
- New bombs of all shapes and sizes
- Zapthrottle Mote Extractor, available via a quest reward, can be used to extract Motes of Mana, Life, and Shadow from various nodes in the world.
Repair Robot (aka Repair Bot)
An engineering recipe is available in Blackrock Depths for a repair robot. Next to Golem Lord Argelmach, there is a scroll that can teach you the schematic. You must have 300 engineering. This robot acts as a repair vendor for 10 minutes and will repair and purchase items for normal cost. This will allow dungeon groups and raids to get items repaired and sold without returning to town. These are very useful in raids. "Does someone have a repair bot?"
Random Info
- Engineering is good for PvP and for a few items useful in raids.
- Gnomes have a racial ability of +15 to Engineering. This allows them to reach Artisan Engineering prior to level 35. Some defenders can be summoned by the Gnome that are higher level thanks to this bonus to engineering.
- You can create area of effect and direct damage explosives that you can use during combat. You can also give or sell these to other players.
- Scopes do not require the Engineering skill to equip. You can sell scopes to other players or in the auction house. Whenever someone upgrades their gun they should also want a new scope.
- The level of the Mechanical Dragonlings, Battlechicken, and Bombs dropped by the Goblin Bomb Dropper scale with your engineering skill, so they will be always useful against enemies.
- You can find engineering devices as drops on higher level dungeons and in raids.
- Bombs cause a disorient effect when they go off.
- Target Dummies generate an initial taunt pulse so creatures will attack them for the first 5 seconds after they are dropped.
- Both types of the engineer-made Jumper Cables share a cooldown.
