WoW Classic WotLK Inscription Guide: Leveling, Materials, & Recipes

Published: Sep 05, 2022, 7:08 pm Updated: Sep 05, 2022, 7:08 pm

As World of Warcraft's newest and most recent profession—although it was released alongside Wrath of the Lich King over ten years ago—, Inscription sits in a very unique space as during its original release it was used as a source of extra class-specific power. However, as the MMORPG evolved the profession didn't keep up, being relegated to more cosmetic uses.

That class-specific benefit can be expected come Wrath of the Lich King Classic's release, as this cold-hearted expansion introduces the profession, opening up never before seen avenues in the game.

With that in mind, here's an in-depth guide for Inscription in WotLK Classic.

WoW Classic WotLK Inscription Guide

As the new profession coming into WotLK Classic, Inscription brings its own set of unique benefits that other professions can't provide.

In this guide, we'll take a look at what the profession offers in the upcoming WotLK Classic expansion, provide a leveling guide from Vanilla to WotLK, and list out some recipes to look out for that will be highly sought after in the new expansion.

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What does Inscription offer in WotLK Classic?

Once WotLK Classic launches, there will be tons of items and other features players can benefit from.

To start it off, players can benefit from what the profession mainly provides - Glyphs. As opposed to enchants or benefits of the like, Glyphs provide class-specific power, oftentimes enhancing attributes, and upgrading or altering a spell. Additionally, alongside Engineers, Inscriptionists can create their infamous Darkmoon Card trinkets and can provide shoulder enchants, and off-hands.

How to level Inscription in WotLK Classic

Unlike players who hold Tailoring or Enchanting professions where materials can be hard to come by as they don't have a gathering profession to benefit them, Inscriptionists can utilize Herbalism as a great and economic way to level up their skills.

Inscriptionists take their herbs and mill them for pigments which are used to create Glyphs. Knowing that it can be fairly straightforward in that players can just gather herbs for their required materials to level up their profession skill.

Required Materials

Here are the approximate materials to level up Engineering for WotLK Classic. This includes materials for Vanilla, The Burning Crusade Classic, and WotLK Classic.

62x Alabaster Pigment
40x Dusky Pigment
100 – 120x Golden Pigment
120x Emerald Pigment
20x Indigo Pigment
100x Violet Pigment
12x Ruby Pigment
50x Silvery Pigment
10x Sapphire Pigment
80x Nether Pigment
190x Azure Pigment

Vanilla (1-300)

1-19

Ivory Ink (19x Alabaster Pigment)

19-35

Scroll of Stamina (16x Ivory Ink)

35-53

Moonglow Ink (18x Alabaster Pigment)

53-75

Armor Vellum (22x Moonglow Ink)

75-80

Midnight Ink (5x Dusky Pigment)

80-100

Any Glyph of choice (20x Midnight Ink)

100-105

Lion's Ink (5x Golden Pigment)

105-20

Any Glyph of choice (15x Lion's Ink)

120-125

Glyph of Arcane Missiles (5x Lion's Ink)

125-133

Dawnstar Ink (8x Burnt Pigment)

133-141

Strange Tarot (8x Dawnstar Ink)

141-150

Glyph of Sunder Amor (9x Lion's Ink)

150-155

Jadefire Ink (Mill herbs until 20x Jadefire Ink)

155-175

Any Glyph of choice (20x Jadefire Ink)

175-185

Royal Ink (10x Indigo Pigment)

185-190

Glyph of Frost Shock (5x Jadefire Ink)

190-200

Glyph of Voidwalker (10x Jadefire Ink)

200-205

Celestial Ink (5x Violet Pigment)

205-210

Armor Vellum II (5x Celestial Ink)

210-215

Glyph of Smite (5x Celestial Ink)

215-220

Glyph of Healing Stream Totem (5x Celestial Ink)

220-225

Glyph of Starfire (5x Celestial Ink)

225-228

Fiery Ink (3x Ruby Pigment - Create 12 in total)

228-230

Glyph of Ice Block (2x Celestial Ink)

230-235

Glyph of Crusader Strike (5x Celestial Ink)

235-247

Weapon Vellum II (12x Celestial Ink)

247-250

Glyph of Cleaving (3x Celestial Ink)

250-255

Shimmer Ink (5x Silvery Pigment)

255-260

Scroll of Spirit V (5x Shimmering Ink - Create 25 in total)

260-275

Any Orange Glyph of choice

275-285

Ink of the Sky (10x Sapphire Pigment)

285-290

Glyph of Execution (5x Shimmering Ink)

TBC (300-375)

290-305

Ethereal Ink (15x Nether Pigment)

305-325

Any Glyph of choice (20x Ethereal Ink)

325-330

Darkflame Ink (5x Ebon Pigment)

330-345

Any Glyph of choice (15x Ethereal Ink)

345-350

Glyph of Vampiric Blood (5x Ethereal Ink)

350-355

Ink of the Sea (5x Azure Pigment - Create 95 in total)

355-360

Scroll of Spirit VII (5x Ink of the Sea)

360-365

Scroll of Intellect VII (5x Ink of the Sea)

365-370

Scroll of Strength VII (5x Ink of the Sea)

370-375

Scroll of Agility VII (5x Ink of the Sea)

WotLK (375-450)

375-380

Snowfall Ink (5x Icy Pigment)

380-385

Any Glyph of choice (5x Ink of the Sea)

385-386

Northrend Inscription Research (1x Ink of the Sea and Snowfall Ink)

386-400

Any Glyph of choice gained from Northrend Inscription Research

400-405

Scroll of Stamina VIII (5x Ink of the Sea)

405-410

Scroll of Spirit VIII (5x Ink of the Sea)

410-415

Scroll of Intellect VIII (5x Ink of the Sea)

415-420

Scroll of Strength VIII (5x Ink of the Sea)

420-430

Scroll of Agility VIII (5x Ink of the Sea)

430-450

Northrend Inscription Research and any Glyph of choice gained from Northrend Inscription Research

Inscription Recipes to look out for in WotLK Classic

As stated at the top of the article, Inscription has very unique benefits for players. Mainly focused on class-specific enhancements via Glyphs with other additives such as shoulder enchants and powerful expansion-starting trinkets.

That being said, here are some to look out for and where to find them.

Darkmoon Card: Death, Darkmoon Card: Illusion

Gained via flipping Darkmoon Card of the North, collect the eight cards and combine them into a Nobles Deck. That will begin a quest that awards the trinket, amongst others.

Iron-bound Tome

Sold by Adelene Sunlance in Borean Tundra / Tink Brightbolt in Borean Tundra / Professor Pallin in Dalaran / Booker Kells in Howling Fjord

Master's Inscription of the Axe

Sold by Adelene Sunlance in Borean Tundra / Tink Brightbolt in Borean Tundra / Professor Pallin in Dalaran / Booker Kells in Howling Fjord

Master's Inscription of the Crag

Sold by Adelene Sunlance in Borean Tundra / Tink Brightbolt in Borean Tundra / Professor Pallin in Dalaran / Booker Kells in Howling Fjord

Master's Inscription of the Pinnacle

Sold by Adelene Sunlance in Borean Tundra / Tink Brightbolt in Borean Tundra / Professor Pallin in Dalaran / Booker Kells in Howling Fjord

Master's Inscription of the Storm

Sold by Adelene Sunlance in Borean Tundra / Tink Brightbolt in Borean Tundra / Professor Pallin in Dalaran / Booker Kells in Howling Fjord