Profession Guide · Prices from November 11, 2026 (10:43 PM scan)
Engineering turns bars, stones and cloth into blasting powder, parts, explosives and gadgets. Many recipes use parts you make yourself along the way, which this route counts. I went through every Engineering 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 ~49gSteps 18
- You need tools in your bags: a Blacksmith Hammer, an Arclight Spanner and, later, a Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor. They aren’t used up and aren’t counted in the costs.
- Miners can supply nearly all of the stone and bars.
- Train the next rank before you reach each cap at 75, 150 and 225.
1–150: Apprentice and Journeyman
1–59Rough Dynamite
- Craft: about 119
- Each needs: 2 Rough Blasting Powder, 1 Linen Cloth
- Buy: Rough Blasting Powder: make it yourself (1 Rough Stone), about 5c each; Linen Cloth: auction house, 15c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 29s 71c (25c per craft)
59–75Copper Tube
- Craft: about 16
- Each needs: 2 Copper Bar, 1 Weak Flux
- Buy: Copper Bar: auction house, 1s 65c; Weak Flux: vendor, 90c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 67s 20c (4s 20c per craft)
75–94Coarse Blasting Powder
- Craft: about 30
- Each needs: 1 Coarse Stone
- Buy: Coarse Stone: auction house, 43c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 12s 59c (43c per craft)
94–125Silver Contact
- Craft: about 37
- Each needs: 1 Silver Bar
- Buy: Silver Bar: auction house, 2s 19c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 79s 50c (2s 19c per craft)
125–138Heavy Blasting Powder
- Craft: about 21
- Each needs: 1 Heavy Stone
- Buy: Heavy Stone: auction house, 2s 41c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 48s 44c (2s 41c per craft)
138–145Whirring Bronze Gizmo
- Craft: about 11
- Each needs: 2 Bronze Bar, 1 Wool Cloth
- Buy: Bronze Bar: auction house, 1s 70c; Wool Cloth: auction house, 1s 29c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 48s 45c (4s 69c per craft)
145–160Bronze Framework
- Craft: about 18
- Each needs: 2 Bronze Bar, 1 Medium Leather, 1 Wool Cloth
- Buy: Bronze Bar: auction house, 1s 70c; Medium Leather: auction house, 75c; Wool Cloth: auction house, 1s 29c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 95s 86c (5s 44c per craft)
150–225: Expert
160–170Iron Strut
- Craft: about 14
- Each needs: 2 Iron Bar
- Buy: Iron Bar: auction house, 2s 20c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 58s 85c (4s 40c per craft)
170–175Gyrochronatom
- Craft: about 6
- Each needs: 1 Iron Bar, 1 Gold Power Core
- Buy: Iron Bar: auction house, 2s 20c; Gold Power Core: make it yourself (1 Gold Bar, makes 3), about 2s 80c each
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 26s 37c (5s per craft)
175–188Solid Blasting Powder
- Craft: about 21
- Each needs: 2 Solid Stone
- Buy: Solid Stone: auction house, 1s 48c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 59s 49c (2s 96c per craft)
188–200Iron Grenade
- Craft: about 23
- Each needs: 1 Iron Bar, 1 Heavy Blasting Powder, 1 Silk Cloth
- Buy: Iron Bar: auction house, 2s 20c; Heavy Blasting Powder: make it yourself (1 Heavy Stone), about 2s 41c each; Silk Cloth: auction house, 1s 9c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 1g 30s (5s 70c per craft)
200–210Large Seaforium Charge
- Craft: about 12
- Each needs: 2 Solid Blasting Powder, 2 Heavy Leather, 1 Refreshing Spring Water
- Buy: Solid Blasting Powder: make it yourself (2 Solid Stone), about 2s 96c each; Heavy Leather: auction house, 1s 72c; Refreshing Spring Water: vendor, 5c
- Recipe: Schematic: Large Seaforium Charge, from the auction house (about 7s)
- Est. cost: 1g 13s (9s 41c per craft)
210–245Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs
- Craft: about 80
- Each needs: 1 Mithril Bar, 1 Solid Blasting Powder
- Buy: Mithril Bar: auction house, 8s 15c; Solid Blasting Powder: make it yourself (2 Solid Stone), about 2s 96c each
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 8g 86s (11s 11c per craft)
225–300: Artisan
Unlocking Artisan
- Trainer: Buzzek Bracketswing, Gadgetzan, Tanaris
- 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.
245–250Mithril Gyro-Shot
- Craft: about 6
- Each needs: 2 Mithril Bar, 2 Solid Blasting Powder
- Buy: Mithril Bar: auction house, 8s 15c; Solid Blasting Powder: make it yourself (2 Solid Stone), about 2s 96c each
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 1g 17s (22s 22c per craft)
250–258Dense Blasting Powder
- Craft: about 15
- Each needs: 2 Dense Stone
- Buy: Dense Stone: auction house, 4s 74c
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 1g 35s (9s 48c per craft)
258–274Mithril Gyro-Shot
- Craft: about 35
- Each needs: 2 Mithril Bar, 2 Solid Blasting Powder
- Buy: Mithril Bar: auction house, 8s 15c; Solid Blasting Powder: make it yourself (2 Solid Stone), about 2s 96c each
- Recipe: Trainer
- Est. cost: 7g 74s (22s 22c per craft)
274–285Thorium Widget
- Craft: about 12
- Each needs: 3 Thorium Bar, 1 Runecloth
- Buy: Thorium Bar: auction house, 22s 98c; Runecloth: auction house, 8s 58c
- Recipe: Schematic: Thorium Widget, from the auction house (about 1g 49s)
- Est. cost: 10g 47s (77s 52c per craft)
285–300Thorium Shells
- Craft: about 15
- Each needs: 2 Thorium Bar, 1 Dense Blasting Powder
- Buy: Thorium Bar: auction house, 22s 98c; Dense Blasting Powder: make it yourself (2 Dense Stone), about 9s 48c each
- Recipe: Schematic: Thorium Shells, from the auction house (about 4g)
- Est. cost: 12g 31s (55s 44c per craft)
Shopping list: 1 to 300
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Solid Stone | 414 |
| Rough Stone | 238 |
| Mithril Bar | 162 |
| Linen Cloth | 119 |
| Thorium Bar | 66 |
| Dense Stone | 60 |
| Bronze Bar | 58 |
| Iron Bar | 57 |
| Heavy Stone | 44 |
| Silver Bar | 37 |
| Copper Bar | 32 |
| Coarse Stone | 30 |
| Wool Cloth | 29 |
| Heavy Leather | 24 |
| Silk Cloth | 23 |
| Medium Leather | 18 |
| Weak Flux | 16 |
| Refreshing Spring Water | 12 |
| Runecloth | 12 |
| Gold Bar | 2 |
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.