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Inscription is a new profession introduced first inWrath of the Lich King. It is a crafting profession that allows players to craft a wide variety of beneficial items. Raiders can use scrolls to enhance and buff their key stats. Players of all types are able to use glyphs to enhance certain spells and abilities. Darkmoon Decks can even be crafted by inscribing Darkmoon Cards as a way to create powerful trinkets. Some of these trinkets are even Best in Slot (BIS) for many classes when getting ready to raid,increasing your DPSvastly..
With theWotLK Classic pre-patch launch, the inscription profession will be added to the game. Many will use this time to quickly power-level the new profession as they await the official Classic Wrath launch on September 26th. Our Inscription 1 - 450 guide will help you easily and efficiently level up your new profession.
Where to Learn Inscription - Trainer Locations
The first thing you need to do is learn inscription. As a reminder, you’re able to only know two professions at a time. If you currently have two professions, make sure you unlearn one of them.
There are a host of trainers available for inscription. The full list is as follows:
Spirit Rise (in the caves), Thunder Bluff (29, 21.5)
Court of the Sun, Silvermoon City (69.5, 24)
Arthur Denny
Argent Tournament Grounds, Icecrown (71.7, 21)
The most convenient location to level inscription from 1-350 inClassic Wrath of the Lich Kingis Shattrah City. Players will have easy access not just to trainers, but also their banks as well, as indicated in the image below.
Yellow icon - Inscription trainer
Black icon - Banks
Gathering the Necessary Herbs
The inscription profession uses herbs as a primary resource. Players mill the herbs into pigments, which they can then use to inscribe glyphs, scrolls, or other craftable items. You will need to make sure you have the proper amount of herbs as you level inscription up. The below table serves as a handy estimate that goes over how many herbs you will need. Use this table as an Inscription Leveling Guide to prepare your reserves!
Creates these inks
140
240
200
170
220
Shimmering Ink Ink of the Sky
180
Felweed, Ragveil, Terocone, Ancient Lichen, Dreaming Glory, Mana Thistle, Netherbloom, Nightmare Vine
Ethereal Ink Darkflame Ink
400
Tiger Lily, Talandra’s Rose, Goldclover, Fire Seed, Deadnettle, Adder’s Tongue, Lichbloom, Icethorn
Azure Pigment Icy Pigment
Ink of the Sea Snowfall Ink
You can buy some more at the auction house if you do not have enough herbs. In the event you have too many, you can always sell them for profit. Your mileage may vary in terms of how many herbs you need to obtain the appropriate amount of pigments. The table above lists the number of herbs I personally milled to successfully level up the inscription profession. Again, in the event you are over the needed amount of materials, you can sell them at the auction house. It’s better to have too much than not enough and overpay.
Required materials
Profession levels gained
1-18
Make them all, you’re going to need them
18-35
2 Alabaster Pigment
35-55
Make them all, you’re going to need them.Train next level of inscription here!
55-60
60-75
75-80
80-100
Any orange glyph will do
100-105
105-125
Burnt Pigment
125-130
Make all that you can, you may have to buy more
130-145
145-150
You may have to purchase more materials to complete this
150-155
155-175
Indigo Pigment
175-180 (ideally)
until 195
2 Royal Ink 1 Jadefire Ink 1 Common Parchment
195-200
You may struggle to get to 200; I was able to make 10 while at 195 inscription.Train next level of inscription here!
200-205
205-225
225-whatever you can
until 245
245-250
250-255
255-260
260-275
Ink of the Sky
1 Sapphire Pigment
275-290
Make all that you can. If you’re short, craft orange glyphs
290-305
305-350
Ink of the Sea
350-355
1 Ink of the Sea 2 Resilient Parchment
355-360
360-365
365-370
370-375
375-380
1 Ink of the Sea 1 Resilient Parch
380-385
You might need to make more than 5
Northrend Inscription Research
3 Ink of the Sea 1 Snowfall Ink 5 Resilient Parchment
385-386
1 Ink of the Sea 1 Resilient Parchment
386-400
400-405
405-410
410-415
415-420
420-430
430-450
Your best bet is to make these all the way to 450
Congratulations! You’ve reached max level inscription forClassic Wrath of the Lich King! Now go craft some glyphs, enhance your character, and make some gold.
