Alchemy

Alchemy generally creates potions, which are consumed for a short-term effect. This finite effect leads many people to overlook Alchemy; in comparison, arms and armor are in almost constant use. Despite their limited time of effect, Alchemy gives many classes effects they can’t otherwise get outside of a group; the potions supply instant healing and mana restoration in the middle of battle, stat bonuses, regeneration, and even heightened damage.

All restoration potions (Health, Mana, Rejuvenation) have a five-minute cooldown after each use, and all share the same timer; i.e. if you drink a Minor Health potion, you also won’t be able to drink a Mana Potion or a Greater Rejuvenation potion until five minutes are up.

All stat potions have no cooldown; instead, no stat potion may stack with any spell that enhances the same stat. For instance, if you’re under the effect of a rank 2 Arcane Intellect spell (+7 Intellect), you won’t be able to drink an Elixir of Wisdom (+6 Intellect) until the spell wears off, and any bonuses you had from previous Elixirs of Wisdom will be overwritten by the Arcane Intellect spell.

There is no limit on how many stat buffs from potions you may have on you at once. In this way, soloing Warlocks may have Intellect buffs, Mages may have Stamina buffs, and so on. No Alchemy product is equal to or greater than the effect an equivalent-level caster can generate; an Arcane Intellect spell cast by a mage of your level will always have a higher stat bonus than the highest-level Elixir of Wisdom you can drink.

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Trainers

Journeyman: Brill, Ogrimmar (The Drag), Undercity (Apothecary Quarter)

Expert: Undercity (Apothecary Quarter). From the main room, take the stairs to your left; the trainer will be sitting at a counter near a siege engine and the supplier. Booty Bay.

Artisan: Undercity (Apothecary Quarter)

Master: Swamp of Sorrows (Stonard)

Leveling

Alchemy, like all non-gathering tradeskills, rises as you create items. In the beginning, most recipes require only an Empty Vial (sold at most General Suppliers, in addition to Herbalism and Alchemy vendors) and the plants you find in the wild. For the first fifty points or so, make whatever you have the components for. The initial three recipes are equally useful, and raise your skills evenly. Large amounts of Minor Healing Potions will probably be made, as the two components are the most common in starter areas. It’s suggested that you Bank any extra MHPs you make, rather than sell them, in order to aid later leveling.

Soon after, you can do the quest for the Discolored Healing Potion recipe (see below). Hunting in Silverpine, the DHPs and other miscellaneous potions will easily raise your skill to the level you can obtain th Lesser Healing Potion. At this point, you can quickly raise your skill if you stored any quantity of Minor Healing Potions. LHP require one Minor Healing Potion and one Briarthorn to make. As this is also the first recipie to use Briarthorn, you can easily jump 15-20 skill points before ever leaving the alchemist.

An alternate path is to aquire a quantity of Oily Blackmouth fish. Two may be rendered into Blackmouth Oil, which is added to one Swiftthistle to create the Swim Speed Potion. This of course requires the fish in the first place, but it may be faster than the former route if you have them.

Recipes

Primarily a list of vendor-found or quested-for recipes, while omitting all found on Alchemy Trainers unless of special note.

Discolored Healing Potion – Obtained by doing the Wild Hearts quest in the Sepulcher of Silverpine Forest after completing the Find Quinn quest. Probably your first recipe that requires an ingredient that is obtained by some means other than Herbalism; Discolored Worg Hearts, the required ingredient, are an uncommon drop from Mottled Worgs. The potion this recipe creates heals as much as a Lesser Healing Potion with a lower difficulty level to create, as well as requiring fewer herbs; around the levels you’ll actually need the healing from the potions, LHP’s Briarthorn is in scarce supply.

Rage Potion – Raises Rage by 20-40 points. Recipe found on a vendor in Ogrimmar and The Barrens (both unconfirmed). Requires a Sharp Claw.

Elixir of Giant Growth – Makes you grow large for two minutes while raising your Strength by 8. A very rare (0.1% - 1%) drop on a variety of level 11-21 monsters in the Barrens. Requires Deviant Fish.

Timers are all 1 hour, unless noted.

Skill	Name	Effect	Level Req	WhereFrom
15	Weak Troll's Blood Potion	+2hp per 5sec	0	Trainer
25	Minor Mana Potion	140-180 mana	5	Trainer
40	Minor Rejuvenation Potion	90-150 HP/Mana	5	Trainer
50	Discolored Healing Potion	140-180HP	5	Wild Hearts quest
50	Elixir of Minor Agility	+4 Ag	2	random world
50	Elixir of Minor Fortitude	+27 max HPs	2	Trainer
55	Lesser Healing Potion	140-180 hps	3	Trainer
60	Rage Potion	20-40 rage	4	Lim Sale - Multi venders
60	Swiftness Potion	+50% run -15sec	5	Lim Sale -Westfall, random world
80	Blackmouth Oil			Trainer
90	Elixir of Giant Growth	+8str - 2min	8	random world
90	Elixir of Water Breathing	30min	8	Trainer
90	Elixir of Wisdom	+6 int	10	Trainer
100	Holy Protection Potion	eats 300-500 Holy	10	Lim Sale - Multi venders
100	Swim Speed Potion	+100% swim - 20 sec	10	Trainer
110	Healing Potion	280-360 hp	12	Trainer
110	Minor Magic Resistance Potion	+25 all res - 3 min	12	Lim Sale -Westfall, random world
120	Elixir of Poison Resistance	Clear & Immune-1min	14	random world
120	Lesser Mana Potion	280-360 mana	14	Trainer
125	Strong Troll s Blood Potion	+6 hp per 5sec	15	Trainer
130	Elixir of Defense	+150 armor	16	Trainer
130	Fire Oil			Trainer
135	Shadow Protection Potion	eat 675-1125 Shadow	17	Lim Sale - Multi venders
140	Elixir of Firepower	+10 fire dam - 30min	18	Trainer
140	Elixir of Lesser Agility	+8 ag	18	random world
150	Elixir of Ogre's Strength	+8 str	20	random world
150	Free Action Potion	immune stun, etc - 30sec	20	Lim Sale - Multi venders
155	Greater Healing Potion	455-585 hps	21	Trainer
160	Mana Potion	455-585 mana	22	Trainer
165	Fire Protection Potion	eats 975-1625 fire	23	Lim Sale - Multi venders
165	Lesser Invisibility Potion	ninja! - 15sec	23	Trainer
165	Shadow Oil	15% bolt - 30 min	24	Lim Sale - Multi venders
175	Elixir of Fortitude	+120 max HP	25	Trainer
175	Great Rage Potion	+30-60 rage	25	Lim Sale - Multi venders
180	Mighty Troll's Blood Potion	+12hps per 5 sec	26	Lim Sale -Westfall, random world
185	Elixir of Agility	15 ag	27	Trainer
190	Elixir of Frost Power	+15 frost dam - 30min	28	2004 Holiday quest
190	Frost Protection Potion	eats 1350-2250 frost	28	Lim Sale - Multi venders
190	Nature Protection Potion	eats 1350-2250 nature	28	Lim Sale - Multi venders
195	Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility	see ninjas - 10 min	29	random world
195	Elixir of Greater Defense	+250 armor	29	Trainer
200	Catseye Elixir	see ninjas - 10 min	30	Trainer
200	Frost Oil	10% bolt - 30 min	30	Vendor Bro'kin in Alterac
205	Greater Mana Potion	700-900 mana	31	Trainer
205	Oil of Immolation	50 fire AoE/3sec -15 sec	31	Trainer
210	Goblin Rocket Fuel			Engineering creates recipe
210	Magic Resistance Potion	+50all res - 3 min	32	random world
215	Elixir of Greater Water Breathing	1 hour	35	Trainer
215	Lesser Stoneshield Potion	+1000 -90sec	33	Liquid Stone quest
215	Superior Healing Potion	700-900hp	35	Trainer
225	Philosophers' Stone			Pestlezugg in Gadgetzan
225	Transmute: Iron to Gold			Pestlezugg in Gadgetzan
225	Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver			Pestlezugg in Gadgetzan
225	Wildvine Potion	1-1000 hp/mana	35	Random Hinterlands/STV (trolls?)
230	Dreamless Sleep Potion	1200 hp/mana 15sec sleep	35	Trainer
230	Elixir of Detect Undead	shows undead minimap	36	Trainer
235	Arcane Elixir	+20spell dam - 30min	37	Trainer
235	Elixir of Greater Intellect	+25 int	37	Trainer
235	Invisibility Potion	ninja! - 18sec	37	random world
240	Elixir of Dream Vision	explore	38	Very limited world
240	Elixir of Greater Agility	25 Ag	38	Trainer
240	Gift of Arthas	10 SR / disease armor	38	Slavering Ghoul / Skeletal Flayer-Western Plaguelands
245	Elixir of Giants	+25 str	38	random world
245	Ghost Dye			Lim Sale Bronk - Feralas
250	Elixir of Demonslaying	+265 AP/demons -5min	40	Lim Sale Blasted Lands / SoS
250	Elixir of Detect Demon	shows demons minimap	40	Trainer
250	Elixir of Shadow Power	+1-40 shadow dam -30min	40	Lim Sale SW / UC
250	Limited Invulnerability Potion	Phys immune 6 sec	45	Lim Sale Westfall - Random world
250	Stonescale Oil			Trainer
255	Mighty Rage Potion	45-75rage & 60str -20sec	46	Blackrock Slayer- Burning Steppes
260	Superior Mana Potion	900-1500 mana	41	Algernon in Apothecarium in Undercity
265	Elixir of Superior Defense	450 Armor	43	Lim Sale Multi vend
270	Elixir of the Sages	18 int/Spirit	44	Scarlet mobs - Eastern Plaguelands
275	Elixir of Brute Force	18 str/stam	45	Random reward Bloodpetal Sprouts quest
275	Major Healing Potion	1050-1750 hp	45	Evie Whirlbrew in Overlook in Winterspring
275	Transmute: Air to Fire			Argent Dawn faction
275	Transmute: Arcanite			Pestlezugg in Gadgetzan
275	Transmute: Earth to Life			random world
275	Transmute: Earth to Water			Timbermaw Furbolgs faction
275	Transmute: Fire to Earth			Plugger Spazzring - Blackrock Depths
275	Transmute: Life to Earth			Plugger Spazzring - Blackrock Depths
275	Transmute: Undeath to Water			Timbermaw Furbolgs faction
275	Transmute: Water to Air			Magnus Frostwake near Scholomance (quests)
275	Transmute: Water to Undeath			rare Ramdon world
280	Elixir of the Mongoose	25 Ag, 1% crit	46	Jadefire Rogue / Legashi Rogue
280	Greater Stoneshield Potion	2000 armor - 2min	46	random world
285	Greater Arcane Elixir	+35 spell dam	47	rare Ramdon world
285	Purification Potion	eat curse/dis/pois	47	Random World
290	Greater Arcane Protection Potion	eat 1950-3250 arc	48	Cobalt Mageweaver - Winterspring
290	Greater Fire Protection Potion	eat 1950-3250 fire	48	Firebrand mobs - Blackrock Spire
290	Greater Frost Protection Potion	eat 1950-3250 frost	48	Frostmaul Giant-Winterspring
290	Greater Nature Protection Potion	eat 1950-3250 nat	48	Decaying Horror/Rotting Behemoth -Western Plaguelands
290	Greater Shadow Protection Potion	eat 1950-3250 shad	48	Shadowmage/Dark Adept - Eastern Plaguelands
295	Major Mana Potion	1350-2250 mana	49	Darkmaster Gandling-Scholomance (quests)
300	Flask of Chromatic Resistance	25 all Res-2hour	50	Gyth-Blackrock Spire
300	Flask of Distilled Wisdom	+2000 max mana -2hour	50	Balnazzar-Stratholme
300	Flask of Petrification	immune to all -1min	50	rare Ramdon world
300	Flask of Supreme Power	+1-150 spells-2hour	50	Ras Frostwhispe-Scholomance
300	Flask of the Titans	+1200max hp -2hour	50	General Drakkisath-Blackrock Spire
300	Major Rejuvenation Potion	1440-1760 mana/hp	50	Drops from various bosses in Molten Core

Ingredients

Primarily a list of special components. For herb locations, see Herbalism.

Discolored Worg Heart – An uncommon drop (25%) off Mottled Worgs in the north of Silverpine Forest.

Oily Blackmouth – Obtained by fishing. Used to create Blackmouth Oil.

Sharp Claw – Found on a wide variety of level 10+ beasts. Confirmed: wolves, harpies, bears, bats.

Deviant Fish – Obtained by fishing in any Oasis in The Barrens, as well as inside the Wailing Caverns.

Firefin Snapper Obtained by fishing. Used to create Fire Oil.

Volatile Rum - Dropped by Pirates, mainly in Stranglethorn Vale and Tanaris. Used to create Goblin Rocket Fuel, which is used in engineering?.

Stonescale Eel - Obtained by fishing.

Black Vitriol - Obtained by mining. Used to create Philospher's Stone.