Welcome to this Classic Profession Guide for Engineering. Engineers specialize in crafting various items ranging from explosives, weapons of range, trinkets, armor, and other miscellaneous items of utility. The majority of Engineering recipes require smelted bars that are obtained through Mining. A lot of items created with Engineering are only available by players who have the required Engineering abilities, in contrast to items made by other trades such as Blacksmithing or Tailoring.
This guide will cover the various elements of Engineering. It will contain information about the best and worst items, their pairings with Engineering and trainers, where to find them, tools required and how to create items, information about Goblin and Gnomish Engineering, and a recommended route that you can follow to increase your Engineering skill points up to 300.
Engineering Quick Information
Benefits of Classic Engineering
Unlike other professions that aren't Engineering, it is the sole profession that can improve your character's combat skills. Let's look at what you'll be able to achieve:
Explosives: Items such Goblin Sapper Charge and Dense Dynamite, and Thorium Grenade give your character a huge advantages to area of effect damage and an AoE stun.
Battle Pets: Raiders want to purchase Gnomish Battle chicken and Arcanite Dragonling to add to their raiding group's benefits.
PVP Trinkets: In the variety of tools specifically designed for PVP, you can find the Hyper-Radiant Fire Reflector, Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector, and the Ultra-Flash Shadow Reflector. these devices let you reflect powerful spells back to the players who cast them.
Additional Hearthstones
Gear: Items like Force Reactive Disk offer powerful and unique effects that are not available from traditional loot sources. This shield is used even by tanks in Naxxramas to fight AoE Threat.
Helpful Gadgets: Engineering also provides other tools that can aid your guild, you may be familiar with Field Repair Bot 74A that will allow you to repair your items without returning to the town.
Best professions to pair with Engineering
Engineering is a great combination with Mining, as Engineering Schematics require a lot of ore. If you're already an Engineer, it is likely that you are considering mining your character. You can also decide to max out your character, and consider other professions with better BoP perks like the Mage who has tailoring skills or having enough gold.
Best places to learn Engineering (PvE).
There are many DPS classes included in PvE content are Hunters, Paladins and Rogues. Engineering is a highly effective profession, with many DPS classes, including Paladins, Hunters, Paladins and Rogues. This is because of items like Iron Grenade, Gnomish Battle Chicken and Goblin Sapper Charge.
In PvE scenarios hunting, hunters also have advantages in engineering:
The trade is the most reputable source for ammunition available, Thorium Shells
Hunters can fake death and then utilize Jumper Cables in the hopes of quick revival of a healer in between wipes.
You can also utilize scopes such as the Biznicks 247x128 Acurascope to enhance their weapons' range.
Paladins, who aren't equipped with ranged attacks may also employ bombs for ranged damage when needed.
Classes that can roll Gnome (Mage, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior) also benefit from the Gnome Racial Engineering Specialization, which increases Engineering Skill by +15.
Best Classes to Learn Engineering (PvP)
Engineering is incredibly powerful for everyone in PvP situations, with items that mind control, reduce enemy DPS, slow down targets, detect stealth, provide speed boosts, invulnerability...the list goes on. Learn how to utilize Engineering effectively in PvP with our guide to classes:
Certain Engineering items can be extremely useful for players looking for low-level PvP (aka twinking), such as the Minor Recombobulator, Green Tinted Goggles. as well as the Big Bronze Bomb.
WoW Engineering Trainers
Apprentice and Journeyman Engineering Training facilities are found in major cities. If you don't know where they are, ask a city guard for assistance and they will put an orange flag with an emerald ! in your map. Higher-level trainers are located in less well-known locations across the world.
This leveling guide focuses primarily on the cost of purchasing materials and not gathering them with Mining. For example, the cost of Coarse Stone is generally more expensive than Silver Bar (depending on your server) But, while working on leveling Mining, you'll have a surplus of Coarse Stone. Engineering is among the most difficult professions to achieve efficiency. There are numerous deviations from this guide and frustrating skill level gaps (e.g. 175-200). This guide can be used to help you follow the guidelines.
The ShadowPanther guide to leveling for Engineering is a good alternative, offering more specific levels options.
The player earns skills points for completing a certain job, which is similar to other professions in World of Warcraft. The points earned by these skill levels are accrued in a manner that is in proportion to the player's skill level. This is indicated by four color codes:
Orange - Always grants one skill point
Yellow is often a source of skill point
Green - Rarely grants skill points
Gray does not give any skill points
Here is an estimate of the material that you will need to complete the level of Engineering starting at 1300. This is based on a high level of confidence, however, your luck in gaining skill points may impact the actual number. The green and yellow level skill items may require multiple combinations in order to obtain an amount of skill points.
Specializations in engineering
Once players have reached the Engineering skill levels of 200 and 30 respectively, they can decide to focus on either Gnomish Engineering (or Goblin Engineering). Keep in mind that choosing a specialization is optional.
Both specializations can make powerful items applicable in both PvE and PvP. Gnomish Engineering provides more equipment while Goblin Engineering provides more consumables.
Gnomish Engineering Questline
After players have reached the level 30, and possess attained 200 Engineering skills, they are able to be granted the quest Gnome Engineering from multiple Engineering Trainers. They will be taken to Tinkmaster Overspark (for Alliance players) or Oglethorpe Obnoticus (for Horde players).
After completing the quest 'Gnome Engineering,' the quest The Paddle of Secrecy or the Paddle of Secrecy will become available. The quest is easy and reaffirms the decision you made to take on Gnomish Engineering.
After completing the The Pledge of Secrecy quest The quest to Show Your Work / Show Your Work will become available. Players will need to acquire 6 Mithril Tube, 2 Advanced Target Dummy, and 1 Accurate Scope each of which can be made using Engineering trade, or purchased at the Auction House.
The Gnome Engineer Membership card will be given to the player who has completed the Show Your Work quest. This membership card lets you to master the blueprints only available from the Gnomish Engineering Trainer, and the card is valid for 14 days of in-game time (336 hours).).
You can renew your membership card by completing the quest Membership Card Renewal/Membership Card Renewal. The quest is priced at 2. The player will also get mail from the game with the Gnome Engineer's Renew Gift. The renewal gift item may include a variety of Engineering items and crafting materials along with unique schematics like Schematic: Lil’ Smoky.
All Gnomish Engineering Schematics
Gnomish Engineering is the preferred Engineering Specialization for classic PvE content particularly among melee DPS.
Gnomish Battle Chicken can be summoned with the Bind on Pickup Trinket. The Battle Chicken summons a Pet and attacks the nearest to the target. Also, you can utilize Dense Dynamite in PvE. The bomb can deal around 400 damage, and has a cooldown of 60 seconds. It is able to provide a significant boost to damage.
The Arcanite Dragonling is another useful trinket. It targets the closest area and then stacks Flame Buffet to increase fire damage. It is a fantastic trinket to use against any enemy who is vulnerable to fire.
A lot of these devices, as with Engineering may have significant effects, but they are also vulnerable to malfunction or backfiring.
Upon reaching the level of 30 and achieving at least 200 Engineering skills, players are able to pick up the quest Goblin Engineering from Tinkerwiz in Ratchet in The Barrens, which will take players to Nixx Sprocketspring in Gadgetzan in Tanaris.
When the Goblin Engineering quest is completed, you can access the quest The Paddle of Secrecy. This quest is simple and reaffirms your decision to pursue a career in Goblin Engineering.
After completing the quest The Pledge of Secrecy the quest to show Your Work is available. Players will need to obtain 20 Big Iron Bomb, 20 Solid Dynamite, and 5 Explosive Sheep that can be made with Engineering trade, traded, or purchased at the Auction House.
The Goblin Engineering specialization and the Goblin Engineer membership card will be given to the player who successfully completes the quest Show Your Works. This membership card lets players to study the schematics which are available only through the Goblin Engineering Trainer, and the card is valid for 14 days in game time (336 hours).
It is possible to renew your membership by completing the quest Membership Card Renewal. The quest cost 2. After completing this quest, players will receive mail in-game containing the Goblin Engineer's Renewal Present. This renewal gift item can comprise a range of Engineering items and crafting materials along with unique schematics like Schematic: Pet Bombling.
Goblin Engineering focuses more on explosives, which can be of tremendous value in both PvE and PvP environments.
Goblin Sapper Charge can be an absolute monster when it comes to group fights and PvP. It allows teams to take down their opponents if they time their Sappers. In every PvP scenario, it is essential to have Iron Grenade and Dense Dynamite in your bag.
Goblin Rocket Helmet lets you target targets and "knock the scum off" that creates an incapacitate effect that lasts for 10 seconds. This can be a great way to reduce the distance, as well as a great option to keep your target's crowd controlled for a longer period of time.
