Profession Guide · Prices from November 11, 2026 (10:43 PM scan)
Enchanting turns dust, essences and shards into enchantments. Disenchant the green gear you loot or craft to supply most of it. I went through every Enchanting 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 ~117gSteps 10
- You need the right Runed Rod in your bags for most enchants: Copper, then Silver, Golden, Truesilver and Arcanite as you go. They aren’t used up, and making them isn’t counted in the costs.
- Disenchant every green item you don’t need. It’s the cheapest source of dust and essences.
- Enchants need a target item. Use cheap gear, or offer free enchants in trade chat.
- Train the next rank before you reach each cap at 75, 150 and 225.
1–150: Apprentice and Journeyman
1–15Enchant Bracer – Minor Health
- Craft: about 14
- Each needs: 1 Strange Dust
- Buy: Strange Dust: auction house, 79c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 11s 6c (79c per craft)
15–95Enchant Chest – Minor Health
- Craft: about 94
- Each needs: 1 Strange Dust
- Buy: Strange Dust: auction house, 79c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 73s 80c (79c per craft)
95–127Enchant Bracer – Minor Spirit
- Craft: about 42
- Each needs: 2 Lesser Magic Essence
- Buy: Lesser Magic Essence: auction house, 99c
- Recipe: Formula: Enchant Bracer – Minor Spirit, from the auction house (about 1s 99c)
- Est. cost: 83s 84c (1s 98c per craft)
127–165Enchant Cloak – Lesser Fire Resistance
- Craft: about 42
- Each needs: 1 Fire Oil, 1 Lesser Astral Essence
- Buy: Fire Oil: auction house, 44c; Lesser Astral Essence: auction house, 3s 95c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 1g 82s (4s 39c per craft)
150–225: Expert
165–199Enchant Bracer – Spirit
- Craft: about 37
- Each needs: 1 Lesser Mystic Essence
- Buy: Lesser Mystic Essence: auction house, 7s
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 2g 58s (7s per craft)
199–228Enchant Bracer – Strength
- Craft: about 49
- Each needs: 1 Vision Dust
- Buy: Vision Dust: auction house, 10s 50c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 5g 4s (10s 50c per craft)
225–300: Artisan
Unlocking Artisan
- Trainer: Annora, inside Uldaman, Badlands
- 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.
- Heads up: she sits behind enemies you have to clear first, so bring a group or come back at a higher level.
- Forever is new, so confirm in game.
228–250Enchant Cloak – Greater Defense
- Craft: about 36
- Each needs: 3 Vision Dust
- Buy: Vision Dust: auction house, 10s 50c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 11g 13s (31s 50c per craft)
250–253Enchanted Leather
- Craft: about 4
- Each needs: 1 Rugged Leather, 1 Lesser Eternal Essence
- Buy: Rugged Leather: auction house, 12s 99c; Lesser Eternal Essence: auction house, 50s
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 2g 11s (62s 99c per craft)
253–267Enchant Cloak – Lesser Agility
- Craft: about 23
- Each needs: 2 Lesser Nether Essence
- Buy: Lesser Nether Essence: auction house, 34s 74c
- Recipe: Formula: Enchant Cloak – Lesser Agility, from the auction house (about 21s)
- Est. cost: 15g 86s (69s 48c per craft)
267–300Enchant Bracer – Greater Intellect
- Craft: about 47
- Each needs: 3 Lesser Eternal Essence
- Buy: Lesser Eternal Essence: auction house, 50s
- Recipe: Formula: Enchant Bracer – Greater Intellect, from the auction house (about 7g 90s)
- Est. cost: 77g 51s (1g 50s per craft)
Shopping list: 1 to 300
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Vision Dust | 157 |
| Lesser Eternal Essence | 145 |
| Strange Dust | 108 |
| Lesser Magic Essence | 84 |
| Lesser Nether Essence | 46 |
| Fire Oil | 42 |
| Lesser Astral Essence | 42 |
| Lesser Mystic Essence | 37 |
| Rugged Leather | 4 |
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.