WoW Cata Engineering Guide

Engineering is one of many crafting professions in World of Warcraft Cataclysm (WoW Cata). This profession uses metal resources to create items. In this article, we will guide you through the Engineering profession. We will first look at what Engineering is and then the materials you need to level up the profession. Lastly, we’ll recommend a secondary profession that fits with the Engineering profession.

What is The Engineering Profession?

Engineering in WoW Cata is one of many crafting professions that make use of in-game resources to create items such as gizmos, goggles, gadgets, explosives, trinkets, pets, and a lot more. The Engineering profession used to also craft ammo, but this feature has since been removed. Crafted items may also be sold for some cataclysm gold through the Auction House.

Basic Leveling Up Guide

In this section, we will look at the materials and items needed to level up Engineering. Since all professions in WoW Cata are capped at Level 525, there are optimal ways to level up just by gathering materials and crafted items.

Materials

• Rough Stong

• Copper Bar

• Linen Cloth

• Coarse Stone

• Silver Bar

• Bronze Bar

• Weak Flux

• Moss Agate

• Heavy Stone

• Wool Cloth

• Medium Leather

• Steel Bar

• Solid Stone

• Mithril Bar

• Mageweave Cloth

• Dense Stone

• Thorium Bar

• Runecloth

• Fel Iron Bar

• Mote of Fire

• Mote of Earth

• Adamintite Bar

• Netherweave Cloth

• Cobalt Bar

• Crystallized Water

• Crystallized Earth

• Frostweave Cloth

• Saronite Bar

• Crystallized Fire

• Borean Leather

• Eternal Shadow

• Froststeel Tube

• Overcharged Capacitor

• Obsidium Bar

• Alicite

• Volatile Earth

• Volatile Air

• Volatile Fire

• Elementium Bar

• Hardened Elementium Bar

• Dream Emerald

Crafted Items

These are the items crafted from the materials gathered to progress in the Engineering profession. Players can buy cata items from some of the crafted items made by the Engineering profession.

• Level 1 – 30: Rough Blasting Powder

• Level 30 – 50: Handful of Copper Bolts

• Level 50 – 51: Arclight Spanner

• Level 51 – 75: Rough Copper Bomb

• Level 75 – 90: Coarse Blasting Powder

• Level 90 – 100: Coarse Dynamite

• Level 100 – 105: Silver Contact

• Level 105 – 125: Clockwork Box

• Level 125 – 135: Standard Scope

• Level 135 – 150: Heavy Blasting Powder, Whirring Bronze Gizmo

• Level 150 – 160: Bronze Framework

• Level 160 – 175: Explosive Sheep

• Level 175 – 176: Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor

• Level 176 – 195: Solid Blasting Powder

• Level 195 – 200: Mithril Tube

• Level 200 – 215: Unstable Trigger

• Level 215 – 238: Mithril Casing

• Level 238 – 250: Hi-Explosive Bomb

• Level 250 – 260: Dense Blasting Powder

• Level 260 – 285: Thorium Widget

• Level 285 – 300: Thorium Tube

• Level 300 – 320: Handful of Fel Iron Bolts, Elemental Blasting Powder, Fel Iron Casing, Fel Iron Bomb

• Level 325 – 335: Adamantite Grenade

• Level 335 – 350: White Smoke Flare

• Level 350 – 375: Handful of Cobalt Bolts, Volatile Blasting Trigger

• Level 375 – 385: Overcharged Capacitor

• Level 385 – 390: Explosive Decoy

• Level 390 – 400: Froststeel Tube

• Level 400 – 405: Diamond-cut Refractor Scope

• Level 405 – 410: Box of Bombs

• Level 410 – 420: Goblin Beam Welder, Mana Injector Kit

• Level 420 – 430: Mechanized Snow Goggles

• Level 430 – 435: Noise Machine

• Level 435 – 447: Handful of Obsidium Bolts

• Level 447 – 450: Electrostatic Condenser

• Level 450 – 460: Electrified Ether

• Level 460 – 470: R19 Threatfinder, Safety Catch Removal Kit

• Level 470 – 475: High-Powered Bolt Gun

• Level 475 – 495: Elementium Toolbox, Lure Master Tackle Box

• Level 495 – 500: Finely-Tuned Throat Needler

• Level 500 – 510: Volatile Thunderstick

• Level 510 – 515: Heat-Treated Spinning Lure

• Level 515 – 525: Gnomish X-Ray Scope

Secondary Profession for Engineering

Since Engineering requires gathering some ores and metals, the only secondary profession fit for that is Mining.

Best Race and Class for Engineering

The best race for Engineering is the gnome race. They have an Engineering Specialization racial trait that adds 15 to the Engineering profession. Note: The Specialization trait is different from the profession.

Tips and Tricks

Some crafted items cannot be sold at the Auction House because all Engineering professions need at least the required amount of that item to level up. This means that items like the Elementium Toolbox have very little to no resale value. Meanwhile, consumable items like explosives, weapon attachments, and gizmos can be sold because of demand.

Remember to go back to your trainers to level up the Engineering profession. In WoW Cata, trainers can now teach up to Level 525 so all the trainers you meet can be revisited at any time.