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Choosing Sides: A Guide on Gnomish and Goblin Engineering
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Tinkerwiz
- Choosing A Side
- Goblin Engineering
- Gnomish Engineering
- Switching Sides: The Easy Way
Introduction
Well, I've seen a lot of people requesting "guides" on which specialization in Engineering they should go (either Goblin or Gnomish) and since recently leveling Engineering for a second time, I decided I'd fulfill that plea by creating this guide on choosing your path. Also this is my first time writing a guide, so bare with me 
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Now without further ado, let's get started.
Tinkerwiz
So you want to specialize your Engineering,eh?
Well first, let's start with Tinkerwiz.
As his name suggests he is...well a wiz of tinkering. When you are level 30 and reach 200 Engineering you can visit this guy in Ratchet and pick either one of two quests: Goblin Engineering or Gnomish Engineering (Alliance Version). Picking a quest will not immediately set your Engineering to that specialization, but instead refer you to the proper trainer for each specialization. So you still have time after accepting the quest to change your mind.
Choosing A Side
Goblin Engineering
If you accepted Goblin Engineering, head on down to Gadgetzan in Northern Tanaris. When you arrive, you'll find Nixx Sprocketspring in a small hut next to the Inn. Now when you turn in your quest, Nixx, will give you The Pledge of Secrecy. At this point you can still make a last minute decision to change your mind.
Goblin Engineering allows you to make ingenious explosives and even a Rocket Launcher. Unlike Gnomish Engineering, Goblin devices never fail catastrophically and always work, they just either harm you severely or otherwise kill you. Now, when you turn in this quest, there's no turning back. Your Engineering is intertwined with Goblin Engineering permanently and only certain means can reverse the damage done and those "means" aren't exactly easy to achieve. I'll get into that later on in the guide.
Note: Goblin Engineering may be better for Alliance trying to grind reputation with the Wintersaber Trainers as a direct teleportation to Winterspring is available exclusively to Goblin Engineers.
After that, Nixx will give you Show Your Work, which requires you to make 20 Big Iron Bombs, 20 Solid Dynamites and 5 Explosive Sheeps.
The breakdown on all the materials are:
Iron Bar x 30
Silk Cloth x 10
Wool Cloth x 20
Heavy Stone x 40
Solid Stone x 20
Bronze Bar x 20
Medium Leather x 5
Silver Bar x 2
Once you've made your bombs and exploding sheeps, it's time to turn in your quest and start really making some cool explosive devices.
Congratulations, you are now a Goblin Engineer 
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Gnomish Engineering
If you accepted Gnome Engineering (Alliance Version), take the boat to Booty Bay and go to Oglethorpe Obnoticus [Coords: 28,76]. If your Alliance, go to Tinker Town in Ironforge and talk to Tinkmaster Overspark. Turn in your quest and get the followup, The Pledge of Secrecy (Alliance Version).
Gnomish Engineering enables you to make bizzare gadgets. For instance, you can turn some one into a chicken or take control of their mind. The only drawback is Gnomish gadgets have a high chance of failure and is somewhat unreliable. Once you complete this quest, there's no turning back and your a Gnomish Engineer forever, preventing you from becoming a Goblin Engineer obviously.
Note: In 3.2, Horde will be able to obtain a Ravasaur mount by doing daily quests in the Southern Kalimdor area. Since Gnomish Engineers can teleport you directly to Gadgetzan, Horde players trying to go for the mount may want to choose Gnomish Engineering over Goblin.
Now, you'll receive Show Your Work (Alliance Version), which requires you to make 6 Mithril Tubes, 1 Accurate Scope and 2 Advanced Target Dummies.
The breakdown on all the materials are:
Iron Bar x 6
Mithril Bar x 18
Gold Bar x 1
Heavy Leather x 8
Bronze Bar x 6
Medium Leather x 2
Wool Cloth x 2
Citrine x 1
Jade x 1
Weak Flux x 1
Once you're done making your target dummies and mithril tubes, it's time to turn in your quest and begin making fantastic gizmos.
Congratulations, you are now a Gnomish Engineer ! For the rest of your Gnomish career, you'll be capable of making mind-boggling yet completely unreliable devices, like Gnomish Poultryizer and Gnomish X-Ray Specs.
Switching Sides: The Easy Way
So you leveled your engineering all the way and you think Gnomish Engineering is stupid, but you've already made your choice. So what do you do? Well, here's what you do.
Prior to patch 3.2 you had to relearn Engineering all over again. Well, that's not the case anymore. Instead just go to Narain Soothfancy's Hut in Northern Tanaris [Coords: 65, 18]. Then read his book, "Soothsaying for Dummies" and for a hefty 150 Gold you can unlearn your current Engineering Specialization without the consequences of losing the entire profession. You'll lose all schematics for the specialization,however, but retain all general Engineering items.
Well, that's it. I hope everyone liked this guide and found some use in it
Happy Engineering!
Engineering 1-300
Materials Needed
Rough stone: 30
Copper Bar: 60
Weak Flux: 35
Hand full of Copper Bolts: 20
Linen Cloth: 20
Coarse stone: 25
Silver bar: 15
Bronze bar: 40
Heavy stone: 25
Gold bar: 10
Iron bar : 30
Gold power core: 10
Solid Stone: 30
Mithril bar: 115
Mageweave Cloth: 15
Solid Blasting Powder: 15
Dense Stone: 70
Thorium Bar: 30
Dense Blasting Powder: 15
- 0-30 Rough Blasting Powder [Recipe 1x Rough Stone]
- 30-50 Handful of Copper Bolts [Recipe 1x Copper Bar]
- 50-65 Copper Tube [Recipe 2x Copper Bar + 1x Weak Flux]
- 65-75 Copper Modulator [Recipe 2x Handful of Copper Bolts + 1x Copper Bar + 2x Linen Cloth]
- 75-90 Coarse Blasting Powder [Recipe 1x Coarse Stone]
- 90-105 Silver Contact [Recipe 1x Silver Bar]
- 105-125 Bronze Tube [Recipe 2x Bronze Bar + 1x Weak Flux]
- 125-150 Heavy Blasting Powder [Recipe 1x Heavy Stone]
- 150-160 Gold Power Core [Recipe 1x Gold Bar]
- 160-170 Iron Strut [Recipe 2x Iron Bar]
- 170-180 Gyrochronatom [Recipe 1x Iron Bar + Gold Power Core]
- 180-195 Solid Blasting Powder [Recipe 2x Solid Stone]
- 195-200 Mithril Tube [Recipe 3x Mithril Bar]
- 200-215 Unstable Trigger [Recipe 1x Mithril Bar + 1x Mageweave Cloth + 1x Solid Blasting Powder]
- 215-250 Mithril Casing [Recipe 3x Mithril Bar]
(If they turn Green earlier, do Mithril Gyro-Shot [Recipe 2x Mithril Bar + 2 Solid Blasting Powder]
to 250) - 250-285 Dense Blasting Powder [Recipe 2x Dense Stone]
(If they go Green, do Thorium Tube [Recipe 6x Thorium Bar]
to 285) - 285-300 Thorium Shells [Recipe 2x Thorium Bar + 1x Dense Blasting Powder]
Congratulations, now you can start gaining gold for anything else, and support Field Repair Bot 74A for your raids!
At 200 you can get a quest to get Goblin or Gnomish Engineering, choose wisely!
The quest for Gnomish Engineering is attainable in Booty Bay and Ironforge
For the Gobin Engineering, take a walk/flight or whatever you feel for to Gadgetzan )
[/]Engineering 1-450
Introduction
Engineering is a primary crafting profession that can create as many useful items including end level epic helms, guns, bullets, arrows and scopes. Looking at that list it's no wonder that many hunters will find engineering useful but other classes will also find interesting items as an Engineer. The ability to harvest "clouds" for motes and crystallized elements, the Mechano-hog and Mekgineer's Chopper for example.
List of Materials
Hopefully you've taken mining as a second profession or you have access to a miner otherwise Engineering will be an expensive profession to take all the way to 450. I've worked some leeway into the guide, often by making extra when the recipe has turn yellow just incase you don't get a skill point. This means that there maybe some left over materials by the end.
There are occasions when you might need to buy extra. The Gnomish Knife at the end is a prime example of this. I've also not included the materials need to make the epic engineering helm as it is dependant on which you want to make for yourself.
20 Rough Stone
20 Coarse Stone
40 Heavy Stone
180 Solid Stone
100 Dense Stone
40 Linen Cloth
80 Wool Cloth
10 Mageweave Cloth
20 Rune Cloth
8 Frostweave Cloth
114 Copper Bars
15 Silver Bars
100 Bronze Bars
4 Steel Bars
165 Mithril Bars
130 Thorium Bars
80 Fel Iron Bars
80 Adamantite Bars
20 Felsteel Bars
334 Cobalt Bars
545 Saronite Bars
20 Medium Leather
30 Borean Leather
34 Weak Flux
30 Skinning Knives
30 Minning Picks
30 Blacksmith Hammers
30 Mote of Earth
15 Mote of Fire
33 Crystallized Water
10 Crystallized Earth
15 Eternal Shadow
And Finally...
| Skill Level | Items to make | Items Needed | Notes |
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| 1-21 | 20 x Rough Blasting Powder | 20 x Rough Stone | Keep for later |
| 21-31 | 10 x Rough Dynamite | 20 Rough Blasting Powder 10 Linen Cloth |
Sell or use then visit the trainer |
| 31-50 | 30 x Handful of Copper Bolts | 30 Copper Bars | You will need 30 bolts later. The recipe will go yellow at 45 but by making 30 you should get to 50 |
| 50-51 | 1 x Arclight Spanner | 6 Copper Bars | This is a tool you need to keep |
| 51-75 | 24 x Copper Tube | 48 Copper bar 24 Weak Flux |
Sell |
| 75-90 | 20 x Course Blasting Powder | 20 Coarse Stone | This goes yellow at 85 so keep going until you get to 90. You shouldn't need more than the 20 which you will use later so keep them |
| 90-100 | 15 x Copper Modulator | 30 Handful Copper Bolts 15 Copper Bar 30 Linen Cloth |
Only do enough to get to 100 as you don't need these for anything else or keep them as extra points |
| 100-110 | 15 x Silver Contacts | 15 Silver Bar | Keep these for later. Again you might get more points as it goes yellow at 110 |
| 110-120 | 10 x Bronze Tubes | 20 Bronze Bar 10 Weak Flux |
If you have got any extra points from before this you could only do enough to get to 120 |
| 120-125 | 5 x Large Copper Bombs | 15 Copper bars 20 Coarse Blasting Powder 5 silver contacts |
Visit the trainer time after this |
| 125-150 | 40 x Heavy Blasting Powder 20 x Whirring Bronze Gizmo |
40 Heavy Stone 40 Bronze Bar 20 Wool Cloth |
Both recipes go green around 145 but as you will need 40 powders and 20 gizmos for later so you should be able to get to 150 |
| 150-155 | 20 x Bronze Framework | 40 Bronze Bar 20 Medium Leather 20 Wool Cloth |
Again you will need 20 frameworks later so you might get further than 155 |
| 155-175 | 20 x Explosive Sheep | 40 Heavy Blasting Powder 20 Whirring Bronze Gizmo 20 Bronze Framework 40 Wool Cloth |
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| 175-176 | 1 X Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor | 4 Steel Bars | Another tool for you to keep |
| 176-195 | 90 x Solid Blasting Powder | 180 Solid Stone | With such large amount needed later you should get to the point where this recipe is greyed out. Keep going till you've got the 90 powders you need for later |
| 195-205 | 15 x Mithril Tubes | 45 Mithril Bar | This recipe is yellow do enough to get you to 205 Also time to visit the trainer after this |
| 205-210 | 10 x Unstable Triggers | 10 Mithril Bar 10 Mageweave Cloth 10 Solid Blasting Powder |
Again you might get more points that needed but you will need 10 triggers later |
| 210-225 | 30 x Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs | 30 Mithril Bar 30 Solid Blasting Powder |
Stop making the slugs when you get to 225 unless you want some points extra. |
| 225-235 | 20 x Mithril Casings - | 60 Mithril Bar | Again you might get more points that needed but you will need 20 castings later |
| 235-245 | 10 x Hi-Explosive Bomb | 20 Mithril Casings 10 Unstable Trigger 20 Solid Blasting Powder |
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| 245-250 | 10 x Mithril Gyro-Shot | 20 Mithril Bar 20 Solid Blasting Powder |
No need to make more if you get to 250. |
| 250-260 | 50 x Dense Blasting Powder | 100 Dense Stone | You need at least 20 but it goes green at 255 so make as many as needed to get to 260 |
| 260-280 | 20 x Thorium Widget | 60 Thorium Bar 20 Runecloth |
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| 280-285 | 5 x Thorium Tube | 30 Thorium Bar | |
| 285-300 | 20 x Thorium Shells | 40 Thorium Bar 20 Dense Blasting Powder |
Goes yellow at 295 so only make as many as you need to get to 300 Time to go to Outlands and find a trainer |
| 300-310 | 50 x Handful of Fel Iron Bolts | 50 Fel Iron Bar | Lots needed so keep going till grey |
| 310-320 | 10 x Fel Iron Casing 15 x 4 Elemental Blasting Powder |
30 Fel Iron Bar 30 Mote of Earth 15 Mote of Fire |
You need at least 5 casings and 25 powders but probably more due to Fel iron Bomb already being yellow at 320. So make at least 10 casings and 10 powders. If you haven't managed to get to 320 you might want to risk moving on to the Fel iron bombs as there is a chance to make some points up. |
| 320-325 | 10 x Fel Iron Bomb | 10 Fel Iron Casing 20 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts 10 Elemental Blasting Powder |
This is already yellow but you would be very unlucky not to get 5 points from 10 attempts. |
| 325-340 | 20 x 3 Adamantite Grenade | 80 Adamantite Bar 20 Elemental Blasting Powder 40 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts |
Only make enough to get to 340 as it goes yellow at 335 |
| 340-350 | 10 x Felsteel Stabilizer | 20 Felsteel Bar | Time to find a trainer in Northrend |
| 350-370 | 35 x 1-3 Handful of Cobalt Bolts | 70 Cobalt Bar | You'll need around 50 bolts for later so keeping going until you get enough |
| 370-375 | 18 x 2 Volatile Blasting Trigger | 54 Cobalt Bar 18 Crystallized Water |
You'll need a minimum of 25 triggers for later but we'll make 36 (18x2) as some of the recipes will go yellow and extras may be needed |
| 375-380 | 10 x Overcharged Capacitor | 40 Cobalt Bar 10 Crystallized Earth |
You'll need 10 capacitors later so keep going passed 380 |
| 380-385 | 10 x Hammer Pick | 50 Cobalt Bar | Only make enough to get to 385. If you're a miner keep 1 to replace your pick and hammer. |
| 385-390 | 8 x Explosive Decoy | 8 Frostweave Cloth 24 Volatile Blasting Trigger |
This is one of the yellow recipes that uses the triggers, so only make enough to get to 390 |
| 390-400 | 15 x Froststeel Tube | 120 Cobalt Bar 15 Crystallized Water |
You might not need all 15 so you can stop once you get to 400 and then come back to make more if needed for later recipes |
| 400-405 | 5 x Diamond-cut Refractor Scope | 5 Froststeel Tube 10 Handful of Cobalt Bolts |
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| 405-415 | 15 x 2-4Saronite Bomb | 65 Saronite Bar 15 Volatile Blasting Trigger |
Another of the yellow recipes that uses the triggers, so just make enough to get to 415 |
| 415-420 | 5 x 5 Mana Injector Kit | 60 Saronite Bar 10 Crystallized Water |
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| 420-430 | 15 x Mechanized Snow Goggles | 120 Saronite Bar 30 Borean Leather 15 Eternal Shadow |
Goes yellow at 425 so you might not need all 15 to get to 430 |
| 430-435 | 5 x Noise Machine | 10 Froststeel Tube 10 Overcharged Capacitor 40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts |
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| 435-445 | 15 x Gnomish Army Knife | 150 Saronite Bar 15 Skinning Knife 15 Minning Pick 15 Blacksmithing Hammer |
Stop when you get to 445 to make the your engineering helm (assuming you want it) |
| 445-446 | 1 x Engineering helm example | Materials are dependant on what helm you want | I'm assuming that since you've gotten this far you will want the engineering helm |
| 446-450 | 15 x Gnomish Army Knife | 150 Saronite Bar 15 Skinning Knife 15 Minning Pick 15 Blacksmithing Hammer |
To get to the last couple of points is very expensive as the only really viable recipe to use is the Gnomish Army Knife which unfortunately goes green at 445. So just keep grinding them out till you get there. I would say at least 15-20 might be necessary.. unless you are very unlucky. |
This really is the end.. honest
I hope you found this guide useful. If you see any way I can make it better please feel free to comment and I'll make changes
Engineering 300 - 375 by Rappa
Ok, being a regular user of Wow-Pro guides, I leveled my first Engineer to 375 and seeing the lack of a guide to help rise the last 75 skill points, y compiled what I think is the easiest and less expensive way to reach this goal.
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Whenever you create "parts" to skill up, keep them - don´t sell them, you will be using them some time in the near future.
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Most of the schematics are learned from the trainers, but the last 15 points will require some receipe grinding. Each require you to grind on specific mobs till the receipe drops for you (click on the wowhead link to see who drop´s what). These are BoP and can not be found in the AH.
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More than one item in a level range means that you can choose which one to craft for the given range.
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Here is the list:
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300-310 Handful of Fel Iron Bolts = 1xFel Iron Bar
300-310 Elemental Blasting Powder = 1xMote of Fire + 2xMote of Earth
300-310 Fel Iron Casing = 3xFel Iron Bar
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310-320 Fel Iron Bomb = 1xFel Iron Casing + 2xHandful of Fel Iron Bolts + 1xElemental Blasting Powder
310-320 Fel Iron Shells = 2xFel Iron Bar + 1xElemental Blasting Powder
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320-330 Fel Iron Musket - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23742
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330-340 Adamantite Grenade - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23737
330-340 Adamantite Scope - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23764
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340-345 Adamantite Scope - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23764
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345-350 Felsteel Stabilizer - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23787
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350-360 Adamantite Rifle - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23746
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360-375 Field Repair Bot 110G - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34114
360-375 Adamantite Rifle - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23746
360-375 Felsteel Boomstick - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23747
360-375 Hyper-Vision Goggles - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23763
360-375 Khorium Scope - http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23765
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Any feedback will be appreciated. Enjoy!
Engineering Trainer List
Alliance
Journeyman
- Jemma Quikswitch - Ironforge, Tinker Town
- Sprite Jumpsprocket - Stormwind, Dwarven District
Expert
- Trixie Quikswitch - Ironforge, Tinker Town
- Lilliam Sparkspinkdle - Stormwind, Dwarven District
Artisan
- Springspindle Fisslegear - Ironforge, Tinker Town
Master
- Tinkermaster Overspark - Ironforge, Tinker Town
- Mechanic Castpipe - Ironforge, Tinker Town
Horde
Journeyman
- Thund - Orgrimmar, Valley of Honor
- Graham Van Talen - Undercity, Rogue's Quarter
Expert
- Nogg - Orgrimmar, Valley of Honor
- Franklin Lloyd - Undercity, Rogue's Quarter
Artisan
- Roxxik - Orgrimmar, Valley of Honor
Neutral
Master
- Scooty - Stranglethorn Vale, Booty Bay
- Onglethorpe Obnoticus (Master Gnome) - Stranglethorn Vale, Booty Bay
- Buzzek Bracketswing - Tanaris, Gadgetzan
- Nixx Sprocketspring (Master Goblin) - Tanaris, Gadgetzan
Gnomish Transporters
It is important to note that once you choose either gnomish or goblin engineering you can't switch back unless you drop the profession and pick it back up again.
Gnomish engineering has some benefits that will help you with end-game things. These are devices that are both helpful and dangerous to use. The best one that I have seen so far is the transporter. There are two that you can get though I currently only have the transporter for Gadget. This transporter allows you to basically use the city as an alternate hearthstone every four hours. Be sure that if you plan on using this transporter you have a parachute cloak on first though.
The transporter says it's safe 4 times in the discription. I'm not a genius but to me that screams danger. If you don't have the pattern for the parachute cloak get it before you use the transporter. In the many times that I have used the transporter it has only safely deposited me at my destination four times. There are times when you apear to be normal and in tact but are replaced by your evil twin for two hours. At other times it may randomly turn you into a merloc or a gnoll. Most frequently, however, it will transport you to a spot 10,000 feet above and 10,000 feet away from your destination point.
It is at this time that you start removing as much of your armor as possible while you open your parachute. Keep in mind that you mar land on top of a buzzard or a wolf when you fall so don't remove your weapons only your armor so you don't fall too fast and don't have a large repair bill.
You must be wearing your parachute in order for it to open and don't open it immediately or you will run out of time on the fall and it will close before you reach the ground. Wait until you have been falling for a few seconds to open it.
If you plan to use your transporter keep in mind that you may fall onto elite mobs outside of the Zul'Farrak insance so if you are only lvl 35 be prepared to die horribly.
With that I bid you a happy and hopefully safe landing!