WoW Forever Enchanting Guide

Enchanting in WoW Forever gives unwanted gear a second use: instead of vendoring it, you can turn it into valuable Dust, Essences, and Shards, then use those materials for permanent weapon and armor upgrades. Disenchanting supplies a good portion of what you need while leveling, and several Forever-specific recipes also make the early skill ranges cheaper than the routes players may remember from older versions.

This WoW Forever Enchanting leveling guide covers the full route from 1 to 300, including approximate material totals, trainer locations, Runed Rod requirements, important vendor formulas, and cheaper alternatives for the ranges where reagent prices can quickly get out of hand.

WoW Forever Enchanting Overview

Enchanting does not need a gathering profession of its own. Most reagents come from disenchanting uncommon and rare gear or simply buying Dust, Essences, and Shards from other players. Tailoring works especially well alongside it because crafted cloth gear gives you a steady source of items to disenchant.

WoW Forever also changes several of the early Enchanting recipes and their reagent costs. Mote of Magic appears right at the beginning of the profession, while the Runed Copper Rod is made from a Copper Rod and Mote of Magic. Later brackets require upgraded Runed Rods, so keep every rod you make. You will need them again.

Enchanting can burn through a lot of Dust and Essences if you follow the wrong recipe range or ignore cheaper alternatives.

WoW Forever Enchanting Materials

The list below covers the complete 1-300 route used in this guide. The totals are approximate rather than absolute because yellow recipes do not guarantee a skill point on every craft. Keeping a small reserve of the main Dusts and Essences can save you an extra Auction House trip later.

The shopping list follows the main route only. Materials needed exclusively for alternative recipes are intentionally left out, so you are not buying reagents for two different paths at once.

WoW Forever Enchanting Trainer Locations

You can learn Apprentice Enchanting immediately. Capital cities cover every faction, and several races also have convenient trainers close to their starting zones.

Capital City and Starting-Zone Trainers

Tauren characters can simply use Mot Dawnstrider in Thunder Bluff. Humans have Betty Quin in Stormwind, while Dwarves and Gnomes can train with Thonys Pillarstone in Ironforge.

Enchanting Rank Trainers

Enchanting Macro for Faster Leveling

If you are applying the same enchant over and over, this macro can save a lot of repetitive clicking by pressing Create and confirming replacement of the existing enchant:

/run ProfessionsFrame.CraftingPage.CreateButton:Click()
/run StaticPopup1Button1:Click()

Open Enchanting, choose the recipe you want, place the target item into the optional target slot, and then press the macro repeatedly.

Apprentice Enchanting 1-70

The first 70 skill points use the new low-level Forever reagents. Pick up a Copper Rod and Mote of Magic from an Enchanting Supply vendor near one of the capital-city trainers before you start.

Journeyman Enchanting 70-150

Train Journeyman once you reach 50 Enchanting and character level 10. From skill 70 onward, start checking the prices of Lesser Magic Essence and Strange Dust before buying everything for one route. This is one of the first places where the cheaper option can change from realm to realm.

Greater Magic Wand vs Strange Dust

Greater Magic Wand can be sold to a vendor for about 15 Silver. Each one costs 2 Lesser Magic Essence, so compare the effective wand cost against the Strange Dust route before deciding. If Lesser Magic Essence costs 7s 50c or less, the vendor value can effectively cover what you spent on the Essences.

Before heading into the next bracket, buy Formula: Enchant Bracer - Lesser Strength from Kulwia in Stonetalon Mountains if you are Horde, or Dalria in Ashenvale if you are Alliance. Those same vendors also sell Formula: Enchant Cloak - Minor Agility, so there is little reason to make a second trip later.

Expert Enchanting 150-225

Expert Enchanting requires 125 skill and character level 20. Horde players need Hgarth at Sun Rock Retreat, while Alliance players train with Kitta Firewind at the Tower of Azora.

Do not leave important vendor formulas for later. Extra travel and repeat dungeon trips can make Enchanting much slower to finish.

Artisan Enchanting 225-300

To unlock Artisan Enchanting, reach 200 Enchanting and character level 35, then find Annora inside Uldaman. She also teaches several recipes used throughout the 225-300 range, so this is one trip where arriving prepared matters. Bring enough gold and learn everything you expect to need before leaving.

How to Find Annora in Uldaman

Use the back entrance to Uldaman in the Badlands. Annora appears after every enemy in her room has been killed. Since several Artisan recipes are taught only by her, check the list you need and train them before walking out of the dungeon. Coming back just because one recipe was forgotten is a painful detour.

Important Annora Recipes

Enchanting 225-300 Leveling Route

WoW Forever Enchanting Leveling Tips

• Pair Enchanting with Tailoring if you want a steady supply of crafted green items that can be disenchanted.
• Check the Auction House before buying the whole material list. Dust and Essence prices can move enough to make a different route cheaper.
• Keep every Runed Rod you craft. Higher-level enchants need upgraded rods, while some lower-level recipes can still call for older tools.
• When the route already takes you near a limited or faction-specific formula vendor, buy the formula then. Planning another trip later only wastes time.
• Yellow recipes are not guaranteed skill points. Treat the listed material totals as estimates, not exact numbers that every character will use.

WoW Forever Enchanting FAQ