Enchanting

Enchanting allows a player to increase the bonus that an item gives to the player wearing it, as well as make a few trinkets that will benefit the enchanter only. Enchanters can enchant bound items in the "will not be traded" slot in the trade window, as well as items in their possession. With the addition of the Inscription profession in Wrath of the Lich King, Enchanters can enchant scrolls (created by Inscriptionists) which can be sold on the Auction House, or mailed to a friend, guild member, or alt, rather than requiring the enchanter to be present when the item is enchanted.

Enchanting in Classic WoW

Enchanting is the most advanced tradeskill. This means it will take a lot of time\money and effort to level, considerably more than another tradeskill. Enchanting adds bonuses to armor and weapons; some examples of the higher lvl bonuses are:

+7 stamina for bracers
+3 all stats for chest pieces
+5 resist all for cloaks
+4 damage for 1 handed weapons

Raising enchanting involves applying enchantments to weapon\armor pieces, using the various dusts\essences\shards for ingredients. Often a player will level the skill using their own armor, repeatedly applying enchantments to their own pieces.

The expensive part about enchanting is acquiring the ingredients. There are 3 main ways to do so:

1. Disenchant every green\blue magic item you find
2. Have a second trade that makes magic items for you to disenchant - a good one is tailoring as it does not require an additional collection skill
3. Buying ingredients or items to disenchant from the auction house

As a warning it costs a lot of money to raise enchanting, and due to the fact that you have to participate in applying enchantments, its harder to sell them to try and recoup costs (i.e. you cant sell enchantments like leather patches in the AH, to sell enchantments you have to stand around and advertise which takes time away from playing).

The final trainer to reach artisan enchanting is more difficult to get to than other professions. You will need to travel to Uldaman to find the artisan trainer, an early 40's instance located in The Badlands. Best way to make a trainer run is to go in the back door, and the trainer is in the third scorpid room along the right path at the crossroads.

Enchanting Formulas in Classic WoW

Enchanting in The Burning Crusade

A player can become a Master Enchanter and begin enchanting items with enchantments from the Burning Crusades expansion at Level 50. Enchanting trainers are found at Honor Hold (Alliance) and Thrallmar (Horde) in Hellfire Peninsula, the Stormspire in Netherstorm, Scryer's and Aldor's Tiers in Shattrath City. Master Enchanters can learn enchantments up to 375 skill.

Formulas in The Burning Crusade

(currently only dropped patterns listed)

Boots

305	Boots	+4 mana per 5s and +4 health per 5s	Enchant Boots - Vitality		World drop
320	Boots	+12 Sta	Enchant Boots - Fortitude		Drop: Ethereal Priest (Mana Tombs, Auchindoun)
340	Boots	+12 Agi	Enchant Boots - Dexterity		Drop: Raging Skeleton (Auchenai Crypts, Auchindoun)
360	Boots	+9 Sta and increase to move speed	Enchant Boots - Boar's Speed		World drop
360	Boots	+9 Agi and increase to move speed	Enchant Boots - Cat's Swiftness		World drop
370	Boots	5% snare and root resistance, +10 hit rating	Enchant Boots - Surefooted		Unknown

Bracers

320	Bracers	+12 defense rating	Enchant Bracers - Major Defense		Drop: Ethereum Researcher (Netherstorm)
325	Bracers	+30 healing	Enchant Bracers - Superior Healing		Faction: Honor Hold/Thrallmar (Friendly)
335	Bracers	+6 mana per 5s	Enchant Bracers - Restore Mana Prime		World drop
350	Bracers	+12 Sta	Enchant Bracers - Fortitude		Drop: Coilfang Oracle (The Steamvaults, Coilfang Reservoir)
360	Bracers	+15 spell damage	Enchant Bracers - Spellpower		Drop: Bloodmaul Geomancer (Blade's Edge Mountains)

Chest

345	Chest	+6 to all stats	Enchant Chest - Exceptional Stats		Faction: Honor Hold/Thrallmar (Revered)
345	Chest	+15 resilience	Enchant Chest - Major Resilience		World drop

Cloak

325	Cloak	+20 spell penetration	Enchant Cloak - Spell Penetration		Faction: The Consortium (Friendly)
330	Cloak	+7 to all resistances	Enchant Cloak - Major Resistance		World drop
350	Cloak	+15 arcane resistance	Enchant Cloak - Greater Arcane Resistance		Drop: Eclipsion Archmage (Shadowmoon Valley)
350	Cloak	+15 shadow resistance	Enchant Cloak - Greater Shadow Resistance		Drop: Voidshrieker (Netherstorm)

Component

335

Component

creates a Large Prismatic Shard

Large Prismatic Shard

Vendor: Madame Ruby (Lower City) enchanting vendors in Exodar and Silvermoon

Gloves

350	Gloves	+35 healing	Enchant Gloves - Major Healing		Faction: The Sha'tar (Honored)
360	Gloves	+20 spell damage	Enchant Gloves - Major Spellpower		Faction: Keepers of Time (Honored)
360	Gloves	+15 spell hit rating	Enchant Gloves - Spell Strike		Faction: Cenarion Expedition (Revered)

Oil

310	Oil	+14 mana per 5 seconds for 30 minutes, 5 charges	Superior Mana Oil		Vendor: Madame Ruby (Lower City) enchanting vendors in Exodar and Silvermoon
340	Oil	+42 spell damge for 30 minutes, 5 charges	Superior Wizard Oil		Vendor: Madame Ruby (Lower City) enchanting vendors in Exodar and Silvermoon

Ring

360	Ring	+12 spell damage (self only)	Enchant Ring - Spellpower		Faction: Keepers of Time (Honored)
360	Ring	+2 weapon damage (self only)	Enchant Ring - Weapon Might		Faction: The Consortium (Revered)
370	Ring	+20 healing (self only)	Enchant Ring - Healing Power		Faction: The Sha'tar (Revered)
375	Ring	+4 to all stats	Enchant Ring - Stats		Faction: The Scale of the Sands (Revered)

Rod

350	Rod	Create Runed Adamantite Rod	Runed Adamantite Rod		Vendor: Vodesiin (Temple of Telhamat) Rungor (Stonebreaker Hold)
375	Rod	Create Runed Eternium Rod	Runed Eternium Rod		Vendor: Madame Ruby (Lower City)

Shield

325	Shield	+12 Int	Enchant Shield - Intellect		Vendor: Aged Dalaran Wizard (Old Hillsbrad)
325	Shield	+12 Sta	Enchant Shield - Major Stamina		Vendor: Madame Ruby (Lower City)
340	Shield	+15 shield block	Enchant Shield - Shield Block		World drop
360	Shield	+5 to all resistances	Enchant Shield - Resistance		World drop

Weapon

340	Weapon	+30 Int	Enchant Weapon - Major Intellect		Drop: Sunfury Researcher (Netherstorm)
350	Weapon	+81 healing	Enchant Weapon - Major Healing		Faction: The Sha'tar (Revered)
350	Weapon	+40 spell damage	Enchant Weapon - Spell Damage		Drop: Razaani Spell-Thief (Blade's Edge Mountains)
350	Weapon	+20 Str	Enchant Weapon - Potency		World drop
360	Weapon	chance to heal party of 50 damage over 10 seconds	Enchant Weapon - Battlemaster		World drop
360	Weapon	3% chance on spell cast to restore 100 mana over 10 seconds to party	Enchant Weapon - Spellsurge		World drop
375	Weapon	occasionally increase Agi by 120 and attack speed slightly	Enchant Weapon - Mongoose		Drop: Moroes (Karazhan)
375	Weapon	+54 frost and shadow spell damage	Enchant Weapon - Soulfrost		Drop: Terestrian Illhoof (Karazhan)
375	Weapon	+50 fire and arcane spell damage	Enchant Weapon - Sunfire		Drop: Shade of Aran (Karazhan)

Two Handed Weapons

Skill	Type	Effect	Name	Outside Link	WhereFrom
350	2h Weapon	+70 AP	Enchant 2H Weapon - Savagery		Drop: Shattered Hand Centurion (Shattered Halls, Hellfire Citadel)
360	2h Weapon	+35 Agi	Enchant 2H Weapon - Major Agility		Drop: Eredar Deathbringer (The Arcatraz, Tempest Keep)

Please note that all non-world drop patterns are BoP. Non-enchanters will not see the formula if it drops.

Enchanting in Wrath of the Lich King

A player can become a Grand Master Enchanter and begin enchanting items with enchantments from the Wrath of the Lich King expansion at Level 65, with an enchanting skill of 350. Enchanting trainers are found in the Borean Tundra at Valliance Keep (Alliance) and Warsong Hold (Horde), in Howling Fjord at Valgarde (Alliance) and Vengeance Landing (Horde), in Dalaran at the Magus Commerce Exchange, and in Icecrown at the Argent Tournament. Grand Master Enchanters can learn enchantments up to 450 skill.