This WoW Alchemy guide will show you the fastest way how to level your Alchemy skill up from 1 to 525 as inexpensively as possible. The guide is updated for WoW patch 4.3.3

Alchemy is the best combined with Herbalism, you can save a lot of gold if you level these two professions together because you can farm all the needed herbs. Check out the Herbalism leveling guide if you want to level Herbalism. If you don't have Herbalism, make sure you have enough gold to buy herbs because you will need a lot of them.

Often the materials are based on a case that you will gain one skill point each craft. This won't happen, so you will have to buy a few extra materials while you are leveling your Alchemy.

If you are low on gold, I recommend you to try this Gold Making Guide, it can help you to make loads of gold.

If you are still leveling your character or you just started a new alt, I recommend you to use a leveling guide. You can level your character to level 85 in 5 days with this guide.

Alchemy guide sections:

1 - 60 Apprentice 
60 - 140 Journeyman
140 - 205 Expert 
205 - 285 Artisan 
285 - 350 Master
350 - 425 Grand Master
425 - 525 Illustrious

Approximate Materials Required for 1-525:

• 59 x Peacebloom
• 59 x Silverleaf
• 93 x Briarthorn
• 20 x Mageroyal
• 33 x Bruiseweed
• 45 x Stranglekelp
• 20 x Liferoot
• 30 x Kingsblood
• 35 x Goldthorn
• 10 x Wild Steelbloom
• 25 x Sungrass
• 45 x Khadgar's Whisker
• 10 x Blindweed
• 40 x Gromsblood
• 30 x Sorrowmoss
• 15 x Dreamfoil
• 45 x Golden Sansam
• 18 x Mountain Silversage
• 50 x Felweed
• 10 x Terocone
• 35 x Dreaming Glory
• 10 x Netherbloom
• 20 x Talandra's Rose
• 5 x Pygmy Suckerfish
• 75 x Goldclover
• 30 x Tiger Lily
• 25 x Adder's Tongue
• 20 x Icethorn
• 40 x Lichbloom
• 69 x Cinderbloom
• 18 x Stormvine
• 39 x Azshara's Veil
• 25 x Heartblossom
• 5 x Volatile Life
• 32 x Twilight Jasmine
• 23 x Whiptail
• 3 x Hessonite
• 15 x Alicite
• 15 x Zephyrite or 15 Nightstone
• Materials for your epic Alchemy trinket are not included in this list.

Alchemy Leveling Guide 1 - 60

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Alchemy.

You can find Vials at "Alchemy Supplies" vendors, they are usually near the Alchemy trainer.

If you have a Goblin character, use my Goblin Alchemy leveling guide instead of this.

• 1-60
  59 x [Minor Healing Potions] - 59 Peacebloom, 59 Silverleaf

   

  You'll need these in the next step of the Alchemy guide.

60 - 140

 

 

Learn Alchemy Journeyman.

• 60-105
  50 x [Lesser Healing Potion] - 50 Minor Healing Potion, 50 Briarthorn

• 105-110
  5 x [Elixir of Wisdom] - 5 Mageroyal, 10 Briarthorn

• 110-140
  33 x [Healing Potion] - 33 Bruiseweed, 33 Briarthorn

140 - 205

 

 

Learn Alchemy Expert.

• 140-155
  15 x [Lesser Mana Potion] - 15 Mageroyal, 15 Stranglekelp

   

  Make [Fire Oil] if you don't have [Stranglekelp] or if [Firefin Snapper] is cheap. You could also make more [Healing Potion].

• 155-175
  20 x [Greater Healing Potion] - 20 Liferoot, 20 Kingsblood

   

  If you made [Fire Oil], you can use it to make [Elixir of Minor Accuracy]

• 175-185
  10 x [Mana Potion] - 10 Stranglekelp, 10 Kingsblood

   

  Make more [Greater Healing Potion] if you don't have Stranglekelp.

or

25 x [Elixir of Fortitude] - 25 Wild Steelbloom, 25 Goldthorn

If you don't have that many Goldthorn, make [Mana Potion] or [Lesser Invisibility Potion] up to around 195. These recipes will be yellow.

If you don't have any Goldthorn at all, you can make [Nature Protection Potion] between 190-215, the recipe is sold by these vendors.

• 185-205
  20 x [Elixir of Agility] - 20 Stranglekelp, 20 Goldthorn

205 - 285

 

 

Learn Alchemy Artisan.

• 205-215
  10 x [Elixir of Greater Defense] - 10 Wild Steelbloom, 10 Goldthorn

   

  Read the end of the previous section if you don't have Goldthorn.

You can make this one up to 250 if it's easier for you to get Sungrass instead of Blindweed.

• 215-239
  25 x [Superior Healing Potion] - 25 Sungrass, 25 Khadgar's Whisker

• 239-240
  If you are at or above level 75 and you will level Alchemy past 500, you can skip this part. Your epic Alchemy trinket will be used for transmutes.

   

  1 x [Philosopher's Stone] - 4 Iron Bar, 1 Black Vitriol, 4 Purple Lotus, 4 Firebloom

  Recipe Location

  You will need this for transmutes, keep it.

• 240-250
  10 x [Elixir of Greater Intellect] - 10 Khadgar's Whisker, 10 Blindweed

• 250-270
  20 x [Elixir of Detect Demon] - 40 Gromsblood

   

  You can also make [Elixir of Greater Intellect] or [Superior Healing Potion] up to 265 and [Superior Mana Potion] for the last 5 points.

  Make [Stonescale Oil] between 250-255 if you can find Stonescale Eel at the Auction House then turn those into [Elixir of Superior Defense] when you reach 265. The recipe is sold by these NPCs.

• 270-285
  15 x [Elixir of the Sages] - 30 Sorrowmoss, 15 Dreamfoil

285 - 350

 

 

Visit your trainer and learn Alchemy Master.

• 285-300
  18 x [Major Healing Potion] - 36 Golden Sansam, 18 Mountain Silversage

• 300-315
  Choose one of the recipes below. You can switch to the next recipe at 310 if you want to.

   

  15 x [Volatile Healing Potion] - 15 Golden Sansam, 15 Felweed

  15 x [Adept's Elixir] - 15 Dreamfoil, 15 Felweed

  15 x [Onslaught Elixir] - 15 Mountain Silversage, 15 Felweed

• 315-325
  10 x [Elixir of Healing Power] - 10 Golden Sansam, 10 Dreaming Glory

• 325-335
  10 x [Elixir of Draenic Wisdom] 10 Terocone, 10 Felweed

   

  Make [Mad Alchemist's Potion] if you have a lot of Ragveil.

• 335-340
  5 x [Super Healing Potion] - 10 Netherbloom, 5 Felweed

   

  Make the previous recipe 5 more times if you don't have Netherbloom.

• 340-350
  10 x [Super Mana Potion] - 20 Dreaming Glory, 10 Felweed

   

  Recipe Location

350 - 425

 

 

Visit your trainer and learn Alchemy Grand Master.

• 350-360
  10 x [Resurgent Healing Potion] - 20 Goldclover

• 360-365
  5 x [Icy Mana Potion] - 10 Talandra's Rose

• 365-375
  10 x [Spellpower Elixir] - 10 Goldclover, 10 Tiger Lily

• 375-380
  5 x [Pygmy Oil] - 5 Pygmy Suckerfish

   

  You can make this one up to 385 and skip the next part of the guide.

• 380-385
  5 x [Potion of Nightmares] - 5 Goldclover, 10 Talandra's Rose

• 385-395
  10 x [Elixir of Mighty Strength] - 20 Tiger Lily

   

  This recipe will be yellow for the last 5 points, you might need to make more than 10.

• 395-405

  When you reach 400, you can make a [Northrend Alchemy Research] and your Alchemy Trinket, so you will need to craft fewer potions.

  12 x [Elixir of Mighty Agility] - 24 Goldclover, 24 Adder's Tongue

• 405-415
  10 x [Indestructible Potion] - 20 Icethorn

• 415-425

  This recipe turns green at 422, so you might need to make more than 20.

  20 x [Runic Mana Potion] - 20 Goldclover, 40 Lichbloom

425 - 525

 

 

Visit your trainer and learn Alchemy Illustrious.

• 425-450
  27 x [Draught of War] - 27 Cinderbloom

• 450-455
  5 x [Ghost Elixir] -10 Cinderbloom

• 455-460
  5 x [Deathblood Venom] - 10 Stormvine

• 460-465
  5 x [Volcanic Potion] - 5 Cinderbloom, 5 Azshara's Veil

• 465-475
  11 x [Elixir of the Cobra] - 11 Cinderbloom, 11 Azshara's Veil

   

  You can also make [Deepstone Oil] between 470-475 and then turn the Deepstone Oils into [Mysterious Potion]. You should reach around 477 with this method.

Once you reach an Alchemy skill of 475, you may begin a quest to learn one of three specializations: Potions,Elixirs or Transmutations. Being specialized gives you a chance to create an extra 1 to 4 (for a total 5) items while crafting in the field you have selected. For example, a Master of Potions may be able to craft more than one [Super Mana Potion] for the same material cost as one.

 

• 475-480
  5 x [Elixir of Deep Earth] - 10 Heartblossom

Make [Mythical Mana Potion] if Whiptail is cheaper than Heartblossom.

• 480-490
  10 x [Elixir of Impossible Accuracy] - 10 Heartblossom, 10 Cinderbloom

• 490-495
  5 x [Golemblood Potion] - 5 Heartblossom, 5 Volatile Life

• 495-504
  It is really important that you stop at 504, you will gain 10 skill points this way when you craft the next two recipes.

   

  9 x [Mythical Healing Potion] - 9 Twilight Jasmine

• 504-509
  1 x [Flask of Enhancement] - 8 Twilight Jasmine, 8 Stormvine, 8 Azshara's Veil, 8 Whiptail, 8 Cinderbloom

• 509-514
  Make your epic Alchemy trinket.

   

  Skip this part if you don't need the trinket. Transmute one [Dream Emerald] and then start the next recipe in the guide or start making [Flask of Titanic Strength] if Hessonite is expensive.

Check your Calendar in-game to see if the Darkmoon Faire is open, the event starts at 00:01 on the Sunday before the 1st Monday of each month.

You can gain +5 skill points by completing a single quest. Click here to read more about the quests.

• 514-515
  1 x [Transmute: Ember Topaz] - 3 Hessonite, 3 Cinderbloom

• 515-520
  5 x [Transmute: Demonseye] - 15 Nightstone, 15 Twilight Jasmine

   

  or

  5 x [Transmute: Ocean Sapphire] - 15 Zephyrite, 15 Azshara's Veil

• 520-525
  5 x [Transmute: Amberjewel] - 15 Alicite, 15 Whiptail

I hope you liked this WoW Alchemy leveling guide, GZ to 525!