Alchemy Guide 1-375

Alchemy is the practice of using herbs to craft potions and elixirs or using stones and reagents to convert one material into another. In WoW, Alchemy is essential for high level raiding and PvP, as the potions and elixirs are some of the strongest buffs available in the whole game and the resistance potions Alchemists can learn to make are vital for completing certain dungeons and raids. As well, the materials Alchemists can create are necessary for almost all endgame crafting, giving you the chance to earn some serious profits. From transmuting Earthstorm Diamond to brewing Flask of Chromatic Wonder or Heroic Potion, Alchemy’s creative breadth is immense.

Overall, Alchemy is suitable for all classes, especially with the addition of endgame trinkets for almost all roles in TBC. Most players choose to also take up Herbalism as their gathering profession, as purchasing all the herbs for your concoctions can become quite costly as you continue to level.

Training Alchemy

Vanilla

Since patch 2.4, Blizzard has made trainers in all major capital cities able to teach you Apprentice Through Artisan. This guide will require you to buy one recipe in the Western Plaguelands while leveling through Vanilla content, so if you are power leveling straight through, it’s advisable to pick a capital in the Eastern Kingdoms. Otherwise, the choice is yours.

Outland

To learn Master, you’ll find your trainer in your faction’s first questing area in Hellfire Peninsula. For the Horde, this will be Apothecary Antonivich in Thrallmar, and for the Alliance, it is Alchemist Gribble in Honor Hold. Both sell multiple recipes you will need, so make sure to read the leveling section carefully in order to stock up before getting too far away.

As well, all players can learn from Lorokeem in Shattrath’s Lower City. You will also need to purchase at least one recipe from them, so keep in mind where they are.

Specializations

In TBC, Blizzard added the option for players to choose between specializing their Alchemy between Master of Potions, Master of Elixirs, or Master of Transmutations. Each will give you the chance to create an additional item (called a “proc” or “proccing”) when crafting either Elixirs or Potions or Transmuting any objects.

To become a Master of any kind you’ll need to complete a unique quest chain, which you can take from your Master trainer (either Apothecary Antonivich or Alchemist Gribble) once you reach skill level 325 and character level 68. Becoming either a Master of Potions or a Master of Elixirs, however, requires you to complete dungeons or raids that are at the level cap, so it’s advisable to wait until then to do so. Check the Specializations section after the leveling guide to learn more about these.

Required Materials

Vanilla 

• 60x Silverleaf
• 60x Peacebloom
• 110x Briarthorn
• 5x Mageroyal
• 50x Bruiseweed
• 40x Kingsblood
• 40x Liferoot
• 40x Wild Steelbloom
• 40x Goldthorn
• 30x Arthas’ Tears
• 60x Sungrass
• 60x Blindweed

Vanilla + TBC

• 35x Golden Sansam
• 20x Mountain Silversage
• 15x Dreamfoil
• 10x Icecap

TBC

• 50x Felweed
• 30x Dreaming Glory
• 30x Netherbloom
• 10x Nightmare Vine

Leveling Alchemy

1 – 60: Minor Healing Potion

• Combine Silverleaf and Peacebloom to make Minor Healing Potion.

Once you reach 50, become a Journeyman

60 – 105: Lesser Healing Potion

• Convert Minor Healing Potion and Briarthorn into Lesser Healing Potion.

105 – 110: Elixir of Wisdom

• Use Briarthorn and Mageroyal to make Elixir of Wisdom.

110 – 150: Healing Potion

• Combine Briarthorn and Bruiseweed to brew Healing Potion.

After making enough potions to reach 150, train in Expert Alchemy.

150 – 155: Strong Troll’s Blood Potion

• Use Briarthorn and Bruiseweed to brew Strong Troll’s Blood Potion.

155 – 195: Greater Healing Potion

• Convert Kingsblood and Liferoot into Greater Healing Potion.

195 – 235: Elixir of Greater Defense

• Combine Wild Steelbloom and Goldthorn to craft Elixir of Greater Defense.

Stop crafting these at 225 to learn Artisan Alchemy, and then resume making them until 235.

235 – 265: Elixir of Detect Undead

• Convert Arthas’ Tears into Elixir of Detect Undead.

265 – 290: Superior Mana Potion

• Turn Sungrass and Blindweed into Superior Mana Potion.

290 – 300: Major Healing Potion

• Combine Golden Sansam and Mountain Silversage to brew Major Healing Potion.

Once you’ve reached 300, you can cross through the Dark Portal and begin the newest set of recipes! Become a Master Alchemist by training at your first questing area in Hellfire Peninsula. Before doing so, however, you’ll need to find Magnus Frostwake at Caer Darrow in the Western Plaguelands and purchase Recipe: Major Mana Potion.

300 – 305: Major Mana Potion

• Use Dreamfoil and Icecap to brew Major Mana Potion.

305 – 315: Elixir of Major Strength

• Convert Mountain Silversage and Felweed into Elixir of Major Strength.

315 – 330: Volatile Healing Potion

• Turn Golden Sansam and Felweed into Volatile Healing Potion.

330 – 340: Super Healing Potion

• Use Felweed and Netherbloom to craft Super Healing Potion.

Before you continue, you’ll need to purchase Recipe: Super Mana Potion. There is no neutral vendor for the recipe, so Alliance players will need to purchase it from Haalrun at Telredor in Zangarmarsh and Horde players from Daga Ramba at Thunderlord Stronghold in Blade’s Edge Mountains.

340 – 362: Super Mana Potion

• Combine Felweed and Dreaming Glory to make Super Mana Potion.

For this last step, there are two options. Most recipes start to turn green between 362 and 365. Recipe: Major Dreamless Sleep Potion doesn’t turn green until 372, meaning you can use it to get as close to cap as possible without requiring the rare or expensive reagents required for transmutations. The recipe can be also purchased from Haalrun or Daga Ramba. Transmutations, like in Vanilla, involve changing one endgame crafting material into another with the use of a Philosopher’s Stone. In TBC, Blizzard has added a new, Epic version: the Alchemist’s Stone. The Recipe: Alchemists’s Stone requires Revered with The Sha’tar to be purchased, and it’s sold by Almaador in the Terrace of Light in Shattrath.

362 – 375: Major Dreamless Sleep Potion and Transmutations

Combine Dreaming Glory and Nightmare Vine to craft Major Dreamless Sleep Potion.

You can do any of the following Transmutations:

• Recipe: Transmute Primal Air to Fire
  • Requires Revered with The Sha’tar, sold by Almaador
• Recipe: Transmute Primal Earth to Water
  • Requires Revered with Sporeggar, sold by Mycah
• Recipe: Transmute Primal Fire to Earth
  • (H) Requires Revered with the Mag’har, sold by Provisioner Nasela in Garadar
  • (A) Requires Revered with the Kurenai, sold by Trader Narasu in Telaar
• Recipe: Transmute Primal Water to Air
  • Requires Revered with Cenarion Expedition, sold by Fedryen Swiftspear in Cenarion Refuge
• Recipe: Transmute Primal Might (Requires 1 of each Primal to make)
  • (N) Sold by Skreah in Lower City
  • (A) Sold by Altaa in the Exodar
  • (H) Sold by Melaris in Silvermoon City

Specializations

Regardless of which of the Specialization you end up choosing, all quest will come from your Master trainer in Hellfire Peninsula. This means Alliance will go back and speak with Alchemist Gribble in Honor Hold, and the Horde will need to find Apothecary Antonivich in Thrallmar. To begin, you’ll need to have a skill level of at least 325 and have your actual level at least 68. It’s recommended, however, that you complete these quests once you cap, due to the difficulty of gathering some of the materials.

Each of the specializations has different uses, and based on your personal needs and the economy of your server, the decision of which to pick is totally up to you. Keep reading to find out about the quest lines for all three.

Potions

To specialize in Potion crafting, you’ll take the Master of Potions quest from your respective Master Trainer in Hellfire Peninsula and then head to Cenarion Refuge in Zangarmarsh to speak with Lauranna Thar’well. She’ll give you the second leg of the Master of Potions which will require you to bring her:

• Botanist’s Field Guide
  • Drops from High Botanist Freywinn in Tempest Keep
• 5x Super Healing Potions
• 5x Super Mana Potions
• 5x Major Dreamless Sleep Potion

In total, the materials for these are:

• 15x Dreaming Glory
• 10x Netherbloom
• 10x Felweed
• 5x Nightmare Vine

If you did not do so already while leveling, you’ll need to purchase Recipe: Super Mana Potion and Recipe: Major Dreamless Sleep Potion from either Haalrun at Telredor in Zangarmarsh and Horde players from Daga Ramba at Thunderlord Stronghold in Blade’s Edge Mountains.

Once you’ve returned with the Potions and the Field Guide, you’ll become a Potion Master. Other than gathering the Botanist’s Field Guide, Potions is usually considered the easiest specialization quest to complete because you craft all other necessary materials while leveling.

Elixirs

Specializing in Elixirs begins by taking the Master of Elixirs quest from your Master Alchemy trainer, and then heading to Shattrath, to meet with Lorokeem in Lower City. From there, all players will receive the second Master of Elixirs quest, which will require them to bring:

• 10x Essence of Infinity
  • Looted from Rift Lords and Rift Keepers in The Black Morass, in the Caverns of Time
• 5x Elixir of Major Defense
• 5x Elixir of Mastery
• 5x Elixir of Major Agility

To craft the remaining Elixirs, in total, you’ll need:

• 25x Terocone
• 15x Ancient Lichen
• 15x Nightmare Vine

After returning with your Essences and Elixirs, you’ll become an Elixir Master, giving you proc chances when making Elixirs.

Transmutations

To specialize in Transmutations, you’ll need to pick up the Master of Transmutations quest, which can be picked up from your original Master Trainer. Regardless of faction, all players are sent to Zarevhi at Stormspire in Netherstorm.

Once you reach him, you’ll be given the second Master of Transmutation quest, which will require you to bring back 4x Primal Might. As discussed at the end of the leveling guide, Transmute: Primal Might requires one of each of the Primal Elements, giving this quest the potential to be either time or cost intensive. Before this, it’s helpful to have at least one of the reputation based transmutations available to ease your work in any way.

After returning with your Primal Might, you’ll become a Transmutation Master and gain the chance to proc additional elements off of each of your Transmutations going forward.

Endgame Alchemy

In the Endgame, Alchemy has a couple prominent uses: Gem and Primal Transmutation and Potion and Elixir Crafting. Transmutation can be a tricky use to master, as creating any gems triggers a 20 hour cooldown on all transmutations. But, if you find that an Earthstorm Diamond or a Skyfire Diamond is worth incurring it, the option is yours.

One of the first steps most Alchemists will try to take after capping is crafting one of the four Alchemist Stone variations to suit your specific spec and class needs. The recipes for all of them are sold by Eldara Dawnrunner on the Isle of Quel’Danas and require you to be exalted with the Shattered Sun Offensive. They are:

• Assassin’s Alchemist Stone (+ AP)
• Guardian’s Alchemist Stone (+ Defense)
• Redeemer’s Alchemist Stone (+ Healing or Spell Damage, stronger healing effect)
• Sorcerer’s Alchemist Stone (+ Healing or Spell Damage, equal increase but number is higher than Redeemer’s Spell Damage increase)

In addition, TBC added a breadth of Elixirs and Potions, each with unique benefits. Most of the recipes, for potions and elixirs as well as transmutations, however, are only available for purchase after reaching higher levels of reputation with certain factions. The list below explains which recipes require which reputation, and where to purchase them. Others are rare world or dungeon drops, which the list covers as well.

Transmutations

Recipe: Transmute Earthstorm Diamond

• Requires Honored with Cenarion Expedition, sold by Fedryen Swiftspear in Cenarion Refuge

Recipe: Transmute Skyfire Diamond

• Requires either honored with Thrallmar or Honor Hold, sold by the faction’s Quartermaster

Elixirs

• Recipe: Elixir of Major Agility
  • Honored with your Hellfire Peninsula Faction, sold by the faction’s Quartermaster
• Recipe: Elixir of Ironskin (+30 Resilience)
  • (H) Quartermaster Jaffrey Noreliqe in Halaa
  • (A) Quartermaster Davian Vaclav in Halaa
• Recipe: Elixir of Major Defense (+550 Armor)
  • (H) Daga Ramba at Thunderlord Stronghold in Blade’s Edge Mountains
  • (A) Haalrun at Telredor in Zangarmarsh
• Recipe: Elixir of Major Firepower (+55 Spell Damage)
  • Requires Revered with The Scryers
    • Quartermaster Enuril in Shattrath
• Recipe: Elixir of Major Shadow Power (+55 Shadow Spell Damage)
  • Requires Revered with Lower City
    • Sold by Nakodu in Lower City
• Recipe: Elixir of Major Mageblood (+16 MP5)
  • Rare drop (<1%) from mobs in Hellfire Ramparts
• Recipe: Elixir of Empowerment (Decreases Magical Resistance of spell targets)
  • Rare drop (~8% Chance) from Kael’thas Sunstrider in Tempest Keep
• Recipe: Flask of Chromatic Wonder (+35 all resistances, +18 all stats)
  • Requires Honored with Violet Hold
    • Sold by Apprentice Darius in Deadwind Pass

Potions

• Recipe: Fel Regeneration Potion (3200 health/24 seconds, -15 all stats for 30 min)
  • Rare world drop from mobs in The Deathforge in Shadowmoon Valley
• Recipe: Heroic Potion (+70 Strength and +700 max Health/15 seconds)
  • Rare world drop (<1%) from mobs in TBC Dungeons
• Recipe: Haste Potion (+400 Haste/15 seconds)
  • Rare drop (~8% Chance) from Kael’thas Sunstrider in Tempest Keep
• Recipe: Destruction Potion (+2% Spell Crit, +120 Spell Power/15 Seconds)
  • Rare world drop (<1%) from mobs in TBC Dungeons
• Recipe: Major Nature Protection Potion (Absorbs 2800 – 4001 Nature Damage/2 minutes)
  • Requires Exalted with Cenarion Hold
    • sold by Fedryen Swiftspear in Cenarion Refuge
• Recipe: Major Shadow Protection Potion (Absorbs 2800 – 4001 Shadow Damage/2 minutes)
  • Rare drop (~2%) from Shadow Council Warlock in Shadowmoon Valley
• Recipe: Major Holy Protection Potion (Absorbs 2800 – 4001 Holy Damage/2 minutes)
  • Rare drop (~2%) from Abyssal Flamebringer in Blade’s Edge Mountains
• Recipe: Major Frost Protection Potion (Absorbs 2800 – 4001 Frost Damage/2 minutes)
  • Drop from Nexus-Prince Shaffar (~10%) in Mana-Tombs
• Recipe: Major Fire Protection Potion (Absorbs 2800 – 4001 Fire Damage/2 minutes)
  • Rare drop (~2%) from Sunseeker Astromage in Tempest Keep
• Recipe: Major Arcane Protection Potion (Absorbs 2800 – 4001 Arcane Damage/2 minutes)
  • Rare drop (~4%) from Vir’aani Arcanist around Oshu’Gun in Nagrand
• Recipe: Fel Mana Potion (+3200 mana/24 seconds, – 50 healing and – 25 spell damage/30 minutes)
  • Rare drop (~1-2%) from Crimson Sigil mobs around Eclipse Point in Shadowmoon Valley
• Recipe: Ironshield Potion (+2500 armor/2 min)
  • Drop from Captain Skarloc (~10%) in Durnholde