WoW Forever Engineering Guide

WoW Forever Engineering is a primary crafting profession that turns metal bars, stone, and cloth into bombs, goggles, guns, ammo, trinkets, and camp objects. With the WoW Forever release, Engineering has 241 recipes in total, 76 of them new, and 28 schematics are bought with Merchant’s Favor. This WoW Forever Engineering guide explains where to train each rank, how the Gnomish and Goblin specializations work, and how to level the profession from 1 to 300 with a full materials list.

WoW Forever Engineering Key Takeaways:

• WoW Forever Engineering goes up to 300 skill, and both factions train the Artisan rank with Buzzek Bracketswing in Gadgetzan, Tanaris, or Kaylaena Springwhisper in Mount Hyjal.
• Leveling Engineering from 1 to 300 takes around 540 crafts with trainer recipes and three vendor schematics, and Mining covers most of the stone and ore you need.
• Gnomish Engineer and Goblin Engineer specializations open at character level 30 and 200 skill, and the leveling route below works without either of them.
• The new SAF-T and EZ-Thro devices, such as Schematic: SAF-T Dynamite, make items that other players can use too. Also, the Gnome racial Engineering Specialization now lowers the failure rate of devices by 20% and no longer adds 15 skill.
• 28 Engineering schematics are sold for Merchant’s Favor, and Engineering Certification for 1,000 Favor unlocks the account-wide “the Engineer” title.

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WoW Forever Engineering Overview

WoW Forever Engineering crafts devices and gear such as goggles and belts, so it works for every class and armor type. Its recipes cover explosives, ranged weapons with scopes and ammo, goggles, belts, trinkets with teleports and transformations, and two camp bots. Many of the older devices still require Engineering skill to use, which means the profession has to be on the character who plans to use them.

Engineering in WoW Forever also has a lot of Bind on Pickup items, such as the new goggles, belts, and bomb satchels. These pieces cannot be bought from another player, so a character who wants them has to level the profession personally.

What Changed in WoW Forever Engineering

WoW Forever Engineering changes focus on devices that everyone can use, while the old Classic recipes keep their skill levels. Here are the main differences from Classic:

• SAF-T and EZ-Thro devices: a new line of bombs, dynamite, and gadgets runs from 25 to 300 skill, starting with Schematic: SAF-T Dynamite and Schematic: SAF-T Copper Bomb. These items have no Engineering requirement to use, so you can sell or give them to players with other professions.
• Bomb satchels: Satchel of Copper Bombs, Satchel of Bronze Bombs, Satchel of Iron Bombs, and Satchel of Dark Iron Bombs are Bind on Pickup thrown weapons. They need no ammo, and each one is made from 20 bombs.
• Gear for every armor type: at 175 skill, you can craft belts such as Schematic: Clanking Cord for Mail wearers. At 200 skill, Cloth, Leather, Mail, and Plate goggles become available, and they require level 40.
• New ranged gear: Hyper Deluxe Sniper Rifle Mk XVII and SAF-T Ultra Precision Scope are new 300 recipes, along with Swiftfeather Arrow and Swiftstrike Shot ammo.
• Gnome racial: Engineering Specialization no longer gives Gnomes 15 extra Engineering skill. Its new effect reduces the chance of engineering devices failing or backfiring by 20%.

The Tinkerbox and its modules are no longer in the game, so any list that still mentions them is outdated. Also, 33 Engineering recipes are still missing from the game files, which is why a few sources below are marked as not listed yet.

WoW Forever Engineering Camp Objects

WoW Forever Engineering camp objects are bots and a workbench that you place next to a Campfire, and all camping features share a cooldown of one hour. Unlike the Leatherworking tent or the Tailoring banner, they give no character buffs. The table below lists all three objects:

The Reagent Bot needs only one Handful of Copper Bolts and one Copper Tube. You will craft both parts on the leveling route. A Repair Bot costs two Whirring Bronze Gizmo, one Bronze Tube, and one Heavy Leather, although its blueprint drops with a 0.2% chance.

The Anarchist’s Workbench requires one Essence of Anarchy and two Thorium Widget. Several new Engineering recipes need this workstation, including Gizmo Girdle and Hyper Deluxe Sniper Rifle Mk XVII. Its blueprint source is still unconfirmed.

To unlock camping, take the quest Camping 101: Engineering from the Strange Hermit in Shadowgale Forest on Zephras Isle, and it requires level 4.

Read more about campfires and camp objects in our WoW Forever Camping Guide.

WoW Forever Best Classes for Engineering

The best classes for Engineering in WoW Forever are Hunters and Rogues, because they get the most class-specific tools from the profession. Here’s what each group of classes gets from Engineering:

• Hunter: Engineers are the only crafters of guns, scopes, and ammo. Also, Schematic: Compact Critter Carrier makes a device that only Hunters can use to reach their stabled pets in a group.
• Rogue: Stealth and escape tools such as Schematic: Stealthman 52 and Schematic: Emergency Field Cloak fit the class well, since they give Rogues more ways to avoid a fight or leave it. Also, Schematic: Loot-A-Rang makes a device that retrieves the loot from a nearby corpse, so a Rogue can skip the walk back.
• Warrior and Paladin: Schematic: Dented Goggles are Plate goggles, while bombs and grenades give these melee classes ranged stuns.
• Casters: Mages, Warlocks, and Priests can wear Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus or Bloodvine Goggles, and Schematic: Floppy Goggles adds a Cloth option at 200.

Druids and Shamans get the Leather and Mail versions of the new goggles and belts, so they also have crafted gear to wear. Every class can also use the new SAF-T and EZ-Thro devices for crowd control in dungeons and PvP.

How to Learn Engineering in WoW Forever

You can learn Engineering in WoW Forever from a trainer in any Alliance or Horde capital with an engineering district, and you can also learn the Apprentice rank in a few starting areas and in Ratchet. A trainer who teaches a higher rank also teaches the lower ones. Expert, however, has trainers only in Ironforge and Orgrimmar, while Artisan has trainers only in Gadgetzan and Mount Hyjal.

WoW Forever Engineering Ranks

WoW Forever Engineering ranks raise your maximum skill by 75 points each, and every rank after Apprentice needs both skill and character level. You can train the next rank before reaching your current cap, so it’s worth visiting the trainer as soon as you meet the requirement. Here are the ranks and their costs:

WoW Forever Engineering Trainers

WoW Forever Engineering trainers teach different profession ranks depending on their location. Apprentice and Journeyman trainers are available in several towns, while Expert and Artisan have fewer training locations. The table below lists where to learn each rank.

Both Expert trainers stand in the engineering districts of their capitals. Springspindle Fizzlegear is in Tinker Town, and Roxxik is next to Nogg in the Valley of Honor. For Artisan, you can travel to Buzzek Bracketswing in the neutral town of Gadgetzan or to Kaylaena Springwhisper of the Cenarion Circle in Mount Hyjal. Both of them teach Engineers of either faction.

Artisan Engineering also requires a level 35 character, and Gadgetzan itself is surrounded by level 40+ enemies. If your Engineer is still far from that level, our WoW Forever Hourly Driving can get the character there while you focus on mining and crafting.

WoW Forever Engineering Specializations

WoW Forever Engineering specializations are Gnomish Engineer and Goblin Engineer, and both of them unlock at character level 30 and 200 Engineering skill. Each path starts with a short quest chain from an Engineering trainer. You can belong to only one Engineering specialization at a time. The current quest data follows Classic, but the exact process for changing specializations in WoW Forever has not been confirmed. Here’s what each specialization requires and offers:

The last quest of each chain rewards a Gnome Engineer Membership Card or a Goblin Engineer Membership Card, which unlocks the specialization schematics. The card lasts 14 days, and its renewal quest costs 2 gold. Goblin Engineers can also train with Melbin Powderfuse in Powderfuse Port, Riverglades.

Gnomish Engineering suits players who want utility and teleports, while Goblin Engineering focuses on explosives and the out-of-combat resurrection from Goblin Jumper Cables XL. The cost of switching between them has not been announced yet.

Best Professions to Pair with Engineering in WoW Forever

The best profession to pair with Engineering in WoW Forever is Mining, because almost every recipe uses metal bars or stone. The full leveling route alone needs 240 Solid Stone and 162 Thorium Bar. A Miner can gather all of them while leveling the character. Here is how other professions fit WoW Forever Engineering:

Mining supplies the bars and stone that nearly every Engineering recipe uses. Blacksmithing fits a second character who already has a Miner to supply bars. The Gnome racial lowers the failure rate only when you use devices, so every race can level Engineering at the same pace. By the way, our WoW Forever Mining service raises the profession for you, so you’ll have the ore supply ready when you start crafting.

Making Gold with Engineering in WoW Forever

Making gold with Engineering in WoW Forever relies on Bind on Equip gear, SAF-T devices, and recipes that other crafters need. The Salt Shaker is the best example, since Leatherworkers use it to make Refined Deeprock Salt, and only an Engineer at 250 skill can craft it.

New SAF-T and EZ-Thro items have no Engineering requirement. Thus, every player who wants a stun or an escape tool is a possible buyer. Bind on Equip gear such as Master Engineer’s Goggles, Bloodvine Goggles, and Arcanite Dragonling can also be sold, although most of these recipes come from drops.

The Engineering market is still limited, because its new goggles, belts, satchels, and ammo are Bind on Pickup. Before crafting, compare the price of a device with the value of the Thorium Bar and Mithril Bar it uses on your server. To buy schematics and materials without farming first, you can get WoW Forever Gold from our team.

More ways to earn gold are covered in our WoW Forever How to Make Gold Guide.

WoW Forever Engineering Profession Leveling

WoW Forever Engineering leveling from 1 to 300 takes around 540 crafts with the route below, and the exact number depends on your luck with skill-ups. A recipe always gives a skill point when it is orange, often when it is yellow, and rarely once it turns green. Most steps need a Blacksmith Hammer, which is sold by trade supply vendors, and from 95 skill you will also need an Arclight Spanner.

Since the route uses no specialization recipes, you can follow it as a Gnomish Engineer, a Goblin Engineer, or a character without either of them.

WoW Forever Engineering Materials List

The WoW Forever Engineering materials list is mostly ore, bars, and stone, while cloth and a few vendor items cover the rest. Weak Flux and Nightcrawlers are sold by trade supply vendors, and Frost Oil is made by Alchemists. These are the materials for the full route:

These are average amounts, so we advise gathering or buying about 10% more. The route also uses its own parts as reagents. Handful of Copper Bolts, Coarse Blasting Powder, Heavy Blasting Powder, Whirring Bronze Gizmo, and Solid Blasting Powder all go into later steps, so keep them in your bags.

Collecting more than 800 bars and stones takes a long time without Mining. Alternatively, our WoW Forever Professions Kits deliver the full set of materials for a crafting profession, together with a step-by-step crafting guide for reaching 300.

WoW Forever Engineering 1-75

WoW Forever Engineering 1-75 uses Copper and the first stone you mine. Every recipe here is known from the start or taught by an Apprentice trainer. Here’s the route for the first 75 points:

The next range uses 48 Handfuls of Copper Bolts for Copper Modulators and Practice Locks. Each craft produces one, so keep at least 48 of the 50 you make and save the remaining two. Craft the Arclight Spanner once you reach 50 skill, since the later parts need it as a tool. To go past 75, train Journeyman Engineering at 50 skill and level 10.

WoW Forever Engineering 75-150

WoW Forever Engineering 75-150 is the longest list of recipes on the route, as it moves from Copper parts to Bronze gizmos. Here are the recipes for this range:

Every Coarse Blasting Powder from the first step goes into later recipes. 32 of them are used by Large Copper Bomb and 14 more by Aquadynamic Fish Attractor. One Silver Contact craft produces five contacts, so five crafts give you 25. Only eight are needed for the Large Copper Bombs on this route.

Only eight are needed for the Large Copper Bombs on this route. Bronze Bar is smelted by Miners from Copper and Tin, and Silver Bar is the hardest material in this range because Silver Veins are rare. Keep 15 of the Whirring Bronze Gizmo for Ice Deflector in the next range, and train Expert Engineering at 125 skill and level 20.

WoW Forever Engineering 150-225

WoW Forever Engineering 150-225 includes the only vendor schematic before Artisan and a long block of Solid Blasting Powder. The route for this range is:

Solid Blasting Powder turns green at 185 Engineering and gray at 195, so it cannot raise your skill beyond that point. Most of the 120 crafts supply materials for later recipes rather than additional skill points. All other powders are reagents for every step up to 262.

Crafting all of them now means you will not need to go back to the Auction House for powder later. Schematic: Ice Deflector is sold by Rizz Loosebolt in Alterac Mountains, and the zone is level 27-39, so low-level characters should bring a friend.

Gnomish Engineers can use their own recipes around 200 skill, although the trainer route above gives the same result without a specialization. Train Artisan Engineering at 200 skill and level 35 before you reach 225.

WoW Forever Engineering 225-300

WoW Forever Engineering 225-300 relies on Mithril ammo, Dense Stone, and Thorium parts, and the last two recipes come from vendors. The route for the last 75 points is:

Each Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs craft makes 200 bullets, so Hunters with guns can use the leftover ammo or sell it. Schematic: Thorium Tube is bound on Pickup, which means every Engineer has to travel to Everlook to buy it. The two Thorium steps alone take 162 Thorium Bar, which is more than any other bar on the route needs.

Our WoW Forever Engineering service raises the skill from your current level to the one you need, up to 300, with the trainer schematics learned and any leftover parts kept in your bags.

WoW Forever Best Engineering Recipes

The best Engineering recipes in WoW Forever are trinkets, goggles, and group utility devices because they stay useful at level 60, and most have no crafted alternative. The sources are mostly drops, so it’s worth checking them before you plan your farming. Here are the most valuable WoW Forever Engineering recipes:

• Trinkets: Arcanite Dragonling is a 300 trinket that summons a dragonling to fight for you for one minute. Its schematic drops from Cobalt Mageweaver, and the recipe also needs a Mithril Mechanical Dragonling, six Thorium Widget, and ten Enchanted Thorium Bars.
• Group utility: Field Repair Bot 74A repairs gear and buys unwanted goods for ten minutes, which is very helpful in long dungeons. In Classic, the schematic is found near Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths. Its availability at the same location in WoW Forever has not yet been confirmed.
• Goggles: Master Engineer’s Goggles at 290 and Bloodvine Goggles at 300 are the top Engineering helms, while Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus gives casters a strong option from 270.
• Ranged weapons: Hyper Deluxe Sniper Rifle Mk XVII and SAF-T Ultra Precision Scope give Hunters a new rifle and a scope with a 2% critical strike chance, although their sources are still unknown.
• Specialization recipes: Goblin Engineers get Goblin Jumper Cables XL and Goblin Rocket Helmet, while Gnomish Engineers get Gnomish Battle Chicken and Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan.

Both teleport devices have a cooldown of four hours. Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan takes Gnomish Engineers to Tanaris and Dimensional Ripper – Everlook takes Goblin Engineers to Winterspring.

WoW Forever Merchant’s Favor Engineering Recipes

WoW Forever Merchant’s Favor Engineering recipes are sold by Fritz Fizzle of the Azeroth Commerce Authority in Three Corners, Redridge Mountains. Horde players buy them from Fizzlefuse of Durotar Supply and Logistics outside the Crossroads in The Barrens. The price and the reputation you need depend on the skill level of the schematic:

The 45 Favor tier needs no reputation, so you can start buying SAF-T schematics at 25 skill. Engineering schematics cost from 45 to 360 Favor, and the 180 tier includes goggles for all four armor types and belts for Cloth, Leather, and Mail. Schematic: Ultrasafe Rechargeable Battery at 360 Favor restores three charges to SAF-T and EZ-Thro devices, which makes it useful for players who rely on these tools.

Read more about Merchant’s Favor and supply crates in our Azeroth Commerce Authority Reputation Guide.

Engineering Legacy Perks in WoW Forever

Engineering Legacy perks in WoW Forever speed up skill gains and camp use, and the profession also gives Legacy Points through three challenges. You get one point for reaching 150, 225, and 300 Engineering for the first time on your account, so a single Artisan Engineer earns three Legacy Points. These Legacy perks affect Engineering:

• Working Overtime: it raises the chance to gain a skill point from any primary, secondary, or class tradeskill by 4% per rank, so all 5 ranks give 20%.
• Dedicated Study: this perk adds 1 skill point to your lowest primary or secondary profession once every 23 hours.
• Performance Bonus: each of its 3 ranks adds a 5% chance to get double Merchant’s Favor, which helps with the expensive schematics above.
• Field Guide: its 3 ranks reduce the cooldown on adding camp features by 8%, 17%, and 25%. At rank 3, it takes 15 minutes off the one-hour cooldown.
• Reagent Economy: class abilities no longer need vendor reagents, and Tier 1 camp objects such as the Reagent Bot cost no reagents to craft.

Read more about Legacy Points and perks in our WoW Forever Legacy System Guide.

WoW Forever Engineering FAQ

The WoW Forever Engineering FAQ covers common questions about leveling, trainers, specializations, the Engineer title, and gold.

What Is the Fastest Way to Level Engineering 1-300 in WoW Forever?

The fastest way to level Engineering 1-300 in WoW Forever is to gather all materials first and then follow the trainer route with three vendor schematics. It takes around 540 crafts, and Mining saves you most of the time spent on buying bars and stone.

What Profession Should You Pair with Engineering in WoW Forever?

You should pair Engineering with Mining in WoW Forever, since almost every recipe uses bars or stone. Blacksmithing is the second option for Plate and Mail wearers who already have a Miner on another character.

Should You Choose Gnomish or Goblin Engineering in WoW Forever?

Choose Gnomish Engineering in WoW Forever if you want Ultrasafe Transporter: Gadgetzan and utility devices, and Goblin Engineering if you’d like explosives and Goblin Jumper Cables XL. Both unlock at level 30 and 200 skill.

Do Gnomes Still Get +15 Engineering Skill in WoW Forever?

No, Gnomes no longer get +15 Engineering skill in WoW Forever. Their racial Engineering Specialization now lowers the chance of devices failing or backfiring by 20%.

Where Do You Train Artisan Engineering in WoW Forever?

You can train Artisan Engineering in WoW Forever from Buzzek Bracketswing in Gadgetzan, Tanaris, or from Kaylaena Springwhisper in Mount Hyjal. Training it requires 200 skill, a level 35 character, and 5 gold.

How Do You Get the Engineer Title in WoW Forever?

You get the Engineer title in WoW Forever by buying Engineering Certification for 1,000 Merchant’s Favor at 300 skill, and the title is unlocked for your whole account.

Is Engineering Good for Making Gold in WoW Forever?

Engineering is good for making gold in WoW Forever, although you can sell only part of its items, since many of them are Bind on Pickup. The Salt Shaker, SAF-T devices, and Bind on Equip goggles and trinkets are the items you can sell.

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WoW Forever Engineering is a good choice for players who want utility devices, goggles for any armor type, and the only crafted guns and ammo in the game. Pair it with Mining because the leveling route needs more than 800 bars and stones. At 200 skill, you will choose Gnomish or Goblin Engineering, and each path opens its own trinkets and teleports. After you reach 300, you can start saving Merchant’s Favor for the 360 schematics and the Engineer title.