Profession Guide · Prices from November 11, 2026 (10:43 PM scan)
Alchemy turns herbs into potions, elixirs and oils. Vials come from any trade-supplies vendor. It’s one of the cheapest professions to level, and Herbalists can gather nearly all of it themselves. I went through every Alchemy recipe in the game and priced each material at whichever is cheapest: the auction house on the US PvP ruleset, a vendor, or making it yourself. Each step uses the recipe with the lowest cost per skill point, counting the crafts that don’t give a point.
At a glance
1–300 ~20gSteps 10
- Vials (Empty, Leaded and Crystal) are cheapest from a trade-supplies vendor.
- Herbalists can gather almost every herb on this route.
- Train the next rank before you reach each cap at 75, 150 and 225.
- Transmutes are left out on purpose: their cooldown makes them useless for leveling.
1–150: Apprentice and Journeyman
1–90Elixir of Minor Defense
- Craft: about 134
- Each needs: 2 Silverleaf, 1 Empty Vial
- Buy: Silverleaf: auction house, 19c; Empty Vial: vendor, 4c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 55s 66c (42c per craft)
90–130Elixir of Wisdom
- Craft: about 42
- Each needs: 1 Mageroyal, 2 Briarthorn, 1 Empty Vial
- Buy: Mageroyal: auction house, 85c; Briarthorn: auction house, 90c; Empty Vial: vendor, 4c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 1g 11s (2s 69c per craft)
130–159Fire Oil
- Craft: about 32
- Each needs: 2 Firefin Snapper, 1 Empty Vial
- Buy: Firefin Snapper: auction house, 59c; Empty Vial: vendor, 4c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 38s 37c (1s 22c per craft)
150–225: Expert
159–175Elixir of Firepower
- Craft: about 18
- Each needs: 2 Fire Oil, 1 Kingsblood, 1 Leaded Vial
- Buy: Fire Oil: auction house, 44c; Kingsblood: auction house, 90c; Leaded Vial: vendor, 36c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 37s 11c (2s 14c per craft)
175–221Great Rage Potion
- Craft: about 62
- Each needs: 1 Large Fang, 1 Kingsblood, 1 Leaded Vial
- Buy: Large Fang: auction house, 99c; Kingsblood: auction house, 90c; Leaded Vial: vendor, 36c
- Recipe: Recipe: Great Rage Potion, from the auction house (about 43s)
- Est. cost: 1g 80s (2s 25c per craft)
221–243Elixir of Greater Defense
- Craft: about 41
- Each needs: 1 Wild Steelbloom, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Leaded Vial
- Buy: Wild Steelbloom: auction house, 92c; Goldthorn: auction house, 4s 13c; Leaded Vial: vendor, 36c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 2g 19s (5s 41c per craft)
225–300: Artisan
Unlocking Artisan
- Trainer: Rogvar, Stonard, Swamp of Sorrows
- Needs: character level 35 and skill 200
- When to go: as soon as you reach 200. You can’t go past 225 until you train Artisan.
- Forever is new, so confirm in game.
243–250Elixir of Greater Intellect
- Craft: about 7
- Each needs: 1 Blindweed, 1 Khadgar's Whisker, 1 Crystal Vial
- Buy: Blindweed: auction house, 9s; Khadgar's Whisker: auction house, 3s 97c; Crystal Vial: vendor, 5s
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 1g 25s (17s 97c per craft)
250–260Stonescale Oil
- Craft: about 30
- Each needs: 1 Stonescale Eel, 1 Leaded Vial
- Buy: Stonescale Eel: auction house, 1s 68c; Leaded Vial: vendor, 36c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 59s 75c (2s 4c per craft)
260–265Elixir of Greater Agility
- Craft: about 7
- Each needs: 1 Sungrass, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Crystal Vial
- Buy: Sungrass: auction house, 10s 99c; Goldthorn: auction house, 4s 13c; Crystal Vial: vendor, 5s
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 1g 22s (20s 12c per craft)
265–300Elixir of Superior Defense
- Craft: about 43
- Each needs: 2 Stonescale Oil, 1 Sungrass, 1 Crystal Vial
- Buy: Stonescale Oil: make it yourself (1 Stonescale Eel + 1 Leaded Vial), about 2s 4c each; Sungrass: auction house, 10s 99c; Crystal Vial: vendor, 5s
- Recipe: Recipe: Elixir of Superior Defense, from the auction house (about 2g 5s)
- Est. cost: 10g 52s (20s 7c per craft)
Shopping list: 1 to 300
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Silverleaf | 268 |
| Leaded Vial | 237 |
| Empty Vial | 208 |
| Stonescale Eel | 116 |
| Briarthorn | 84 |
| Kingsblood | 80 |
| Firefin Snapper | 64 |
| Large Fang | 62 |
| Crystal Vial | 57 |
| Sungrass | 50 |
| Goldthorn | 48 |
| Mageroyal | 42 |
| Wild Steelbloom | 41 |
| Fire Oil | 36 |
| Blindweed | 7 |
| Khadgar's Whisker | 7 |
How the costs are worked out: material prices come from the latest auction house scan on the US PvP ruleset (the 7-day typical price for anything not seen in the last few days), the vendor price, or the cost to make it yourself, whichever is cheapest. Orange recipes always give a point; yellow and green ones give a point less often as your skill rises, so the craft counts and costs include the extra crafts that don’t give a point. Recipe colors are the ones Forever uses, not the classic ones. These are averages, so your counts may differ by a few.