Well Lets see here. Apparently I have this character that I would like to level Alchemy on. Now, like everyone else, I don’t want to spend a ton of money doing it. My solution is to farm up all my own herbs.
Now while this may seem self explanatory, my problem is that I have no Herbalist. One would think that this will leave me with no alternative but to buy all my herbs in the auction house. I figure at current prices it would cost me about 1K gold to level strictly by buying from the auction house. Thats a little on the expensive side.
Well, I will pick some up there if the price is right, but there is another way. By knowing in advance what I am going to need I can take herbalisim on the character who will be the alchemist and farm everything up before hand. Of course that means I need a shopping list.
Leveling Alchemy 1 – 450 on the cheap
Notes:
- Dont forget to train, it wastes materials. I know this from experience.
- I am making the choices I am because of both skill up potential and resale value. If you are both lucky and patient you could scoop everything up off the AH when it is cheap and resell everything you craft for enough money to have it come out almost even. Even if you are not in it for the long term money anything’s better than making stuff just to vendor it.
- Alchemy Apprentice is 1-75
- Alchemy journeyman is 75-150
- Alchemy Expert is 150-225
- Alchemy Artisan is 225-300
- Specialisation in Transmutation, Elixirs, or Potions is available through a quest at 325 skill. Minimum level 68.
- Alchemy Master is 300-375
- Alchemy Grand Master is 375-450
- If I think of anything else I’ll add it here.
Alchemy 1-60
- 59 x Minor Healing Potion – 59 Peacebloom, 59 Sliverleaf, 59 Empty Vial
- Keep the healing potions, you will need them for the next step.
Train
Alchemy 60-140
- 60 – 110
50 x Lesser Healing Potion – 50 Minor Healing Potion, 50 Briarthorn - 110 – 140
30 x Healing Potion – 30 Bruiseweed, 30 Briarthorn, 30 Leaded Vial
Train
Alchemy 140-210
- 140 – 155
15 x Lesser Mana Potion – 15 Mageroyal, 15 Stranglekelp, 15 Empty Vial - 155 – 185
30 x Greater Healing Potion – 30 Liferoot, 30 Kingsblood, 30 Leaded Vial - 185 – 210
25 x Elixer of Agility – 25 Stranglekelp, 25 Goldthorn, 25 Leaded Vial
Train
Alchemy 210-285
- 210 – 215
5 x Elixir of Greater Defence – 5 Steelbloom, 5 Goldthorn, 5 Leaded Vial - 215 – 230
15 x Superior Healing Potion – 15 Sungrass, 15 Khadgar’s Whisker, 15 Crystal Vial - 230 – 231
- 1 x Philosopher’s Stone – 4 Iron Bar, 1 Black Vitriol, 4 Purple Lotus, 4 Firebloom
- Note: You get this Recipe from Alchemist Pestlezugg in Tanaris
- Another note: Keep the stone, you’ll need it.
- 231 – 250
19 x Elixir of Detect Undead – 19 Arthas’ Tears, 19 Crystal Vial - 250 – 265
15 x Elixir of Greater Agility – 15 Sungrass, 15 Goldthorn, 15 Crystal Vial - 265 – 285
20 x Superior Mana Potion – 40 Sungrass, 40 Blindweed, 20 Crystal Vial
Train
Alchemy 285-360
- 285 – 300
20 x Major Healing Potion – 40 Golden Sansam, 20 Mountain Silversage, 20 Crystal vial - 300-310
10 x Volatile Healing Potion – 10 Golden Sansam, 10 Felweed, 10 Imbued Vial - 310-325
15 x Elixir of Healing Power – 15 Golden Sansam, 15 Dreaming Glory, 15 Imbued Vial - 325-335
10 x Mad Alchemist’s Potion – 20 Ragveil, 10 Crystal Vial - 335-340
5 x Super Healing Potion – 10 Netherbloom, 5 Felweed, 5 Imbued Vial - 340-360
23 x Super Mana Potion – 46 Dreaming Glory, 23 Felweed, 23 Imbued Vial
Train
Alchemy 360-450
- 360 – 365
5 x Icy Mana Potion – 10 Talandra’s Rose, 5 Imbued Vial - 365 – 380
17 x Spellpower Elixir – 17 Goldclover, 17 Tiger Lily, 17 Imbued Vial - 380 – 385
5 x Potion of Nightmares – 5 Goldclover, 10 Talandra’s Rose, 5 Imbued Vial - 385 – 395
12 x Elixir of Mighty Strength – 24 Tiger Lily, 12 Imbued Vial - 395 – 405
- Upon reaching 400, you can start doing Northrend Alchemy Research and can craft your Alchemy Trinket, so you might as well do it now and get the skill ups.
- 12 x Elixir of Mighty Agility – 24 Goldcover, 24 Adder’s Tongue, 12 Imbued Vial
- 405 – 410
5 x Runic Healing Potion – 5 Goldcover, 10 Icethorn, 5 Imbued Vial - 410 – 425
- 20 x Runic Mana Potion –20 Goldcover, 40 Lichbloom, 15 Imbued Vial
- 425 – 435
- 10 x Transmute: Earthsiege Diamond – 10 Dark Jade, 10 Huge Citrine, 10 Eternal Fire
- 435-450
I suppose you could continue leveling past 435 if you really want to. It seems to me that there is no point however. By the time you get here you can make every recipe in the game (provided you have it) with a single exception. The only recipe that requires 445 skill is Transmute: Eternal Might. Now, I could be mistaken but I looked and cannot find a single recipe or anything that uses Eternal Might as a material. I have no idea why it’s even there, future expansion perhaps? If I find something I’ll note it here.
Profit!
Shopping list (keep in mind you will not get a point every time, I would overstock by 10-20% or so)
- 74 x Empty Vial
- 65 x Leaded Vial
- 99 x Crystal Vial
- 170 x Imbued Vial
- 59 x Peacebloom
- 59 x Silverleaf
- 80 x Briarthorn
- 30 x Bruiseweed
- 15 x Mageroyal
- 40 x Stranglekelp
- 30 x Liferoot
- 30 x Kingsblood
- 45 x Goldthorn
- 5 x Wild Steelbloom
- 70 x Sungrass
- 15 x Khadgar’s Whisker
- 4 x Iron Bar
- 1 x Black Vitriol
- 4 x Purple Lotus
- 4 x Firebloom
- 19 x Arthas’ Tears
- 40 x Blindweed
- 75 x Golden Sansam
- 40 x Mountain Silversage
- 38 x Felweed
- 20 x Ragveil
- 101 x Dreaming Glory
- 10 x Netherbloom
- 40 x Nightmare Vine
- 20 Talandra’s Rose
- 70 Goldclover
- 41 Tiger Lily
- 24 Adder’s Tongue
- 10 Icethorn
- 40 Lichbloom
- 10 Dark Jade
- 10 Huge Citrine
- 10 Eternal Fire
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