Economical engineering training

This is a guide on how to train Engineering economically.

As this is intended to save you money, buy only the materials you are sure you will need. If you run out, buy more. It is only more cost-effective to gather your own materials rather than buying them if you make very little gold per hour (for example, if your main source of income are dailies or a gathering profession). Avoid having extras, but if you do, try to sell them back on the Auction House.

Apprentice Engineering
Apprentice Engineering allows 75 maximum skill, requires level 5.

Apprentice Engineering Totals
 * 64 Copper Bar
 * 20 Rough Stone
 * 29 Linen Cloth
 * 14 Weak Flux

Journeyman Engineering
Journeyman Engineering allows 150 maximum skill, requires level 10 and 50 skill.

Journeyman Engineering Totals
 * 12 Coarse Stone
 * 3 Linen Cloth
 * 15 Silver Bar
 * 25 Bronze Bar
 * 20 Copper Bar
 * 10 Weak Flux
 * 30 Tigerseye
 * 90 Light Leather
 * 100 Heavy Stone

Expert Engineering
Expert Engineering allows 225 maximum skill, requires level 20 and 125 skill.

Expert Engineering Totals
 * Schematic: Goblin Land Mine
 * 20 Mithril Bar
 * 20 Steel Bar
 * 20 Iron Bar
 * 20 Coal
 * 100 Iron Bar
 * 15 Bronze Bar
 * 10 Gold Bar
 * 120 Solid Stone

Artisan Engineering
Artisan Engineering allows 300 maximum skill, requires level 35 and 200 skill.

Artisan Engineering Totals
 * 150 Thorium Bar
 * 40 Mithril Bar
 * 60 Dense Stone
 * 20 Runecloth
 * 40 Thick Leather
 * 20 Star Ruby

Master Engineering
Master Engineering allows 375 maximum skill, requires level 50 and 275 skill.

Master Engineering Totals
 * Schematic: Field Repair Bot 110G
 * 435 Fel Iron Bar - Keep in mind, it takes 2 Fel Iron Ore to make 1 Bar
 * 9 Mote of Fire
 * 18 Mote of Earth
 * 25 Netherweave Cloth
 * 60 Khorium Bar
 * 20 Primal Fire
 * 160 Adamantite Bar
 * 15 Heavy Stock

Alternative Path

Here is a alternative way of leveling from 300 to 350.

Make all of the Handful of Fel Iron Bolts (!!make these first!!), Fel Iron Casing, and Elemental Blasting Powder first. They should get you to 320 or very close. Save them you will need them later. If you didn't get to 320 make Fel Iron Bomb till you get to 320.

At 335 make 1 Icy Blasting Primers. Only 1 should give you enough for the Frost Grenade later.

Alternative Totals
 * 200 Fel Iron Bar
 * 10 or 9 Felsteel Bar
 * 1 Mote of Fire
 * 2 Mote of Earth
 * 1 Primal Water
 * 2 Netherweave Cloth
 * 20 Adamantite Bar
 * 10 Heavy Stock

Grand Master Engineering
Grand Master Engineering allows 450 maximum skill, requires level 65 and 350 skill.

Note: Items will go green quickly in this tier, some after only 5 points.

If you don't have Goblin Engineering, you can substitute Saronite Razorheads at only 2 Saronite Bars each. Once at 445, you can make your class headpiece (example, Truesight Ice Blinders) for 1 skill up point. This is trainable at 440 but is one of the few yellow recipes beyond 445, and you will probably want to make one anyway. Then keep making (depending on available gems) Heartseeker Scopes or Gnomish Army Knives until 450.

Grand Master Engineering Totals
 * Cobalt Bar
 * Saronite Bar
 * Crystallized Water
 * Crystallized Earth
 * Crystallized Air

Illustrious Grand Master Engineering
Illustrious Grand Master Engineering allows 525 maximum skill, requires level 75 and 425 skill.