This WoW Jewelcrafting guide will show you the fastest and easiest way how to level your Jewelcrafting skill up from 1 to 525. Updated for WoW patch 4.3.3
Powerleveling your Jewelcrafting won't be cheap. Make sure you have enough gold, even if you have Mining. The best thing you can do is to try to sell the items you make, just put them on the Auction House. A lot of level 85 players are willing to buy low level items for their alt. If you can't sell something just try to disenchant it, and sell the shards/dust.
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.
Jewelcrafting is the best combined with Mining or the other option is Enchanting. Check out the Mining leveling guide or the Enchanting leveling guide if you want to level any of those professions. When you choose mining, you can save a lot of gold because you can gather the materials, but it will take a lot of time. With Enchanting, you can Disenchant the items you make.
Jewelcrafting guide sections:
Apprentice 1 - 50
Journeyman 50 - 150
Expert 150 - 200
Artisan 200 - 300
Master 300 - 350
Grand Master 350 - 425
Illustrious 425 - 525
Approximate Materials Required for 1-525
IMPORTANT! Do not buy all of the materials at once! Jewelcrafting is really expensive to level, and on most servers the Auction House is screwed up because of the insanely high prices of low level Gems, Orbs and Bars. I usually have a few tips and alternative recipes so you can save some gold.
- 100 Copper Bar
- 20 Tigerseye or 20 Malachite
- 120 Bronze Bar = 60 Copper Bar, 60 Tin Bar
- 60 Shadowgem OR 20 Shadowgem and 20 Small Lustrous Pearl
- 80 Heavy Stone
- 30 Moss Agate / 60 Lesser Moonstone for Horde
- 140 Mithril Bar
- 80 Solid Stone
- 25 Citrine
- 15 Truesilver Bar
- 5 Aquamarine
- 50 Thorium Bar
- 10 Star Ruby
- 20 Large Opal
- 7 Azerothian Diamond
- 3 Blue Sapphire
- 3 Essence of Undeath
- 20 Huge Emerald
Burning Crusade
- 55 green gems OR 40 and 15 Black Diamond - You can find a list of green gems here. Don't buy all of them from one kind because there might be some recipes which you don't have the reputation for to buy it, so you will have to choose other green gems. Just buy them when you get to that part of the Jewelcrafting guide.
- 40 Adamantite Powder (200 Adamantite Ore)
- 10 Primal Earth
- 10 Adamantite Bar
Wrath of the Lich King
- Buy around 70 from any of the following gems: Bloodstone, Chalcedony, Dark Jade, Huge Citrine, Shadow Crystal, Sun Crystal. Make sure to buy at least 5 Bloodstone, because you will need the Bloodstones when you reach 395.
- 10 Crystallized Earth
- 46 Eternal Earth OR 23 Eternal Earth and 23 Eternal Shadow
- 5 Forest Emerald
- 5 Titanium Bar
- 5 Dream Shard
Cataclysm
- Buy 45 from any of the following gems: Carnelian, Alicite, Jasper, Zephyrite. I did not include Hessonite and Nightstone in the list, because you will use them later on.
- 16 Hessonite
- 40 Nightstone
- Note: 495-525 material list is not included, because you shouldn't buy all of them at once, but you will need around 30 Shadowspirit Diamonds and a lot more Uncommon Gems for the Fire Prism transmutes.
Jewelcrafting Leveling Guide 1 - 50
First, visit a trainer - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Jewelcrafting.
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1-30
30 x [Delicate Copper Wire] - 60 Copper BarSave these, you will need them later.
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30-50
20 x [Tigerseye Band] - 20 Tigerseye, 20 Delicate Copper Wire
You can make 20 x [Malachite Pendant] too.
50 - 150
Learn Jewelcrafting Journeyman.
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50-80
50 x [Bronze Setting] - 100 Bronze Bar
Save these, you will need them later.
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80-100
20 x [Simple Pearl Ring] - 20 Small Lustrous Pearl, 20 Bronze Setting, 40 Copper Bar
or
20 x [Gloom Band] - 20 Bronze Setting, 40 Shadowgem, 40 Delicate Copper Wire
Make [Ring of Silver Might] if Silver Bar is cheap on your server.
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100-110
10 x [Ring of Twilight Shadows] - 20 Shadowgem, 20 Bronze BarYou can also continue to make [Ring of Silver Might]
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110-120
10 x [Heavy Stone Statue] - 80 Heavy StoneIf Heavy Stone is cheap (usually it's not) make this one up to 130 if you want to.
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120-150
30 x [Pendant of the Agate Shield] - 30 Moss Agate, 30 Bronze SettingsIf you prospect your own Ores, usually you will get a lot of [Lesser Moonstone] too, but even if you don't prospect the Ores, sometimes 2 Lesser Moonstone is cheaper than one Moss Agate. So get the recipe[Design: Amulet of the Moon] and use up all your Lesser Moonstone. This recipe turns yellow at 140, you might need to make more than 30 of these.
The design is sold by these NPCs.
150 - 200
Learn Jewelcrafting Expert.
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150-180
45 x [Mithril Filigree] - 90 Mithril BarSave these, you will need 45 of them later.
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180-185
8 x [Solid Stone Statue] - 80 Solid Stone
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185-200
15 x [Engraved Truesilver Ring] - 15 Truesilver Bar, 30 Mithril Filigree
200 - 300
Learn Jewelcrafting Artisan.
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200-220
If Citrine is expensive, you can continue to make [Engraved Truesilver Ring] up to around 210 or maybe more, you will also need a bit more Mithril Filigree then.The recipe will go yellow at 210, so you might need to get more Citrine if you are unlucky. If you are lucky you will only need 20.
25 x [Citrine Ring of Rapid Healing] - 25 Citrine, 50 Mithril Bar
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220-225
5 x [Aquamarine Pendant of the Warrior] - 5 Aquamarine, 15 Mithril Filigree
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225-250
50 x [Thorium Setting] - 50 Thorium BarStop making these at 250 and only make more if you need it, but you will need around 50.
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250-260
10 x [Ruby Pendant of Fire] - 10 Star Ruby, 10 Thorium Setting
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260-280
If Large Opal is expensive on your realm, like it cost twice as much as one Star Ruby, then you should continue to make [Ruby Pendant of Fire] up to 275. Or if you Prospected your own Ores, you will have a lot of Star Ruby and Azerothian Diamond left, use all of them.20 x [Simple Opal Ring] - 20 Large Opal, 20 Thorium Setting
If you reach 265 and you have a lot of Azerothian Diamond or if it's cheap, you can start to craft [Diamond Focus Ring]. Keep in mind that you will need 7 Azerothian Diamond for the next step.
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280-287
7 x [Diamond Focus Ring] - 7 Azerothian Diamond, 7 Thorium Setting
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287-290
3 x [Sapphire Pendant of Winter Night] - 3 Blue Sapphire, 3 Essence of Undeath, 3 Thorium SettingIf you don't have Essence of Undeath you can just make [Glowing Thorium Band] up to 290.
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290-300
Make a few [Glowing Thorium Band] if you have some Azerothian Diamonds left.10 x [Emerald Lion Ring] - 20 Huge Emerald, 10 Thorium Setting
300 - 350
Visit your trainer and learn Jewelcrafting Master.
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300-320
When you learn these recipes they will be already yellow, so I suggest you to cut around 30 from any of the following gems.
[Brilliant Blood Garnet], [Solid Azure Moonstone], [Radiant Deep Peridot], [Inscribed Flame Spessarite], [Timeless Shadow Draenite]
A nice alternative to 300-315 is this pattern:
15 x [Prismatic Black Diamond] - 15 Black Diamond
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320-325
Make 5-7 from any of the following gems.
[Bold Blood Garnet], [Delicate Blood Garnet], [Jagged Deep Peridot], [Reckless Flame Spessarite], [Purified Shadow Draenite]
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.
If the Darkmoon Faire is open, make only 5 [Mercurial Adamantite] at the next step and then make more gems to reach 340 where you should make only 5 [Heavy Adamantite Ring] and you can complete your quest when you reach 345.
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325-335
10 x [Mercurial Adamantite] - 40 Adamantite Powder, 10 Primal EarthSave these, you will need them later.
Make a few from any of the following gems if you didn't reach 335.
[Regal Deep Peridot], [Glinting Shadow Draenite], [Shifting Shadow Draenite], [Subtle Golden Draenite], [Purified Jaggal Pearl] - This one turns green at 332.
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335-340
Make 5-7 from any of the following gems.
[Smooth Golden Draenite], [Potent Flame Spessarite], [Rigid Azure Moonstone], [Sovereign Shadow Draenite]
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340 - 350
You can continue to make the gems above if you didn't reach 350 by making the rings below.
10 x [Heavy Adamantite Ring] - 10 Adamantite Bar, 10 Mercurial Adamantite
350 - 425
Visit your trainer and learn Jewelcrafting Grand Master.
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350 - 395
Buy around 55 from any of the following gems. At 375, these recipes will turn to yellow so you might to buy more gems.[Bloodstone], [Chalcedony], [Dark Jade], [Huge Citrine], [Shadow Crystal], [Sun Crystal]
Cut any gem you want. Seriously, there are like 50 new green gem recipes, I won't list all of them. Go to your trainer, learn one and make that recipe around 55 times.
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395 - 400
Make 5 from any of the following items:
5 x [Bloodstone Band] - 5 Bloodstone, 10 Crystallized Earth
5 x [Crystal Chalcedony Amulet] - 5 Chalcedony, 10 Crystallized Earth
5 x [Crystal Citrine Necklace] - 5 Huge Citrine, 10 Crystallized Earth
5 x [Sun Rock Ring] - 5 Sun Crystal, 10 Crystallized Earth
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400 - 420
23 x [Stoneguard Band] - 46 Eternal Earthor
23 x [Shadowmight Ring] - 23 Eternal Earth, 23 Eternal Shadow
If you have some [Monarch Topaz], [Twilight Opal], [Autumn's Glow], [Forest Emerald], [Sky Sapphire] or you can buy these for cheaper than the Eternals, go to Wintergrasp and buy the jewelcrafting recipes sold by Stone Guard Mukar (Horde) and Knight Dameron (Alliance). You can only buy these recipes if your faction controls Wintergrasp. One recipe costs 19 honor, which means if you stay here and do a few daily quest while the battle is on, you can buy most of the recipes.
All of these recipes are orange up to 410 and yellow up to 425.
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420 - 425
Check the previous part if you don't have Titanium Bar.5 x [Dream Signet] - 5 Titanium Bar, 5 Dream Shard, 5 Forest Emerald
425 - 525
Visit your trainer and learn Jewelcrafting Illustrious.
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425 - 450
Make 25 from any of the new Uncommon Gem Cuts that you get from your trainer. You can also make[Jasper Ring] if you can disenchant it.
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450 - 467
Make around 20 uncommon gems, or you can make 17 [Hessonite Band]
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467 - 475
8 x [Hessonite Band] - 8 Jeweler's Setting, 16 HessoniteYou can also make [Carnelian Spikes] if 3 Carnelian is cheaper than 2 Hessonite. You can buy the Jeweler's Setting from the vendor.
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475 - 495
20 x [Nightstone Choker] - 20 Jeweler's Setting, 40 NightstoneMake more Hessonite Band if you have some Hessonite left. You can also start doing the Jewelcrafting Daily quests, you can read about this in the next step. If you are not rushing things, you can buy one rare gem cut and make that recipe up to 500.
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495 - 520
From this point, most of the recipes will be purchased from vendor. You need to do the Jewelcrafting daily quests if you want to buy any of these recipes. Horde players can find Marith Lazuria at Orgrimmar and Alliance players can find Isabel Jones in Stormwind. These NPCs start the daily quests.Between 495-500, you could also make a few more Nightstone Choker, then you can make [Fire Prism] at 500. [Fire Prism] has a 20 hour cooldown, but it can contain [Chimera's Eye]. You should make [Fire Prism] every day.
In short, you either make Nightstone Choker between 495-500, or you do the daily quests for 4 days and buy a meta gem recipe then make that one up to 520.
You can also make any of the following items between 510-520.
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520 - 525
Make any of the following:
I hope you liked this World of Warcraft Jewelcrafting guide, GZ to 525!