Increase leveling speed! Outdps everyone during 1-70 [Engineering]

[DjKuja]

This is common knowledge in my hot opinion, but surprisingly many engineers have no idea about this so I might as well write a little guide about it. It's so good all my characters have been engineers during their whole leveling process, and often after that too.

As a engineer, I haven't been outdps'd in instances even once during 15-70, except when I've been healing and as a kitty due to lack of good abilities at lower levels. Just use a bomb/dynamite every 60 seconds and if you have nuke trinkets, those too.

Searched for saronite bombs but nothing like this came up.

[Engineering]

Pros:
- Battle res once in a hour for every class
- Bombs (Aoe leveling made easy)
- High level Epics at low levels
- Trinkets
- Unique enchantments
- Access to Dalaran's Auction House
- Craft your own guns and ammo (Hunters)
- Craft your pets
- Fireworks!
- See through clothing-goggles
- Personal wormhole
- Pocket Mailbox and Auction House

Cons:
- When in dungeons, nab tanks will lose aggro fast due to your superior DPS
- NOT cheap

If you think thats enough pros and have a low level character waiting, go ahead and make it's leveling a LOT easier!

This is not a leveling guide, so if you're struggling to gain some skill points, google for "engineering leveling guide"


[Pimping your toon]

First, best of these items require level 350 or more in engineering, which can be learned as soon as level 50. However, to get past 300, you need to visit a trainer in Dalaran for example.

Easiest way to get there is to purchase a portal to Dalaran from a Mage (and while in Dalaran, make it your home to make your life much easier)

The trainer is located in Like Clockwork building in Magus Commerce Exchange quarter of Dalaran (38,25).



These are the items that you will love. It's possible I've missed some items since there's so many different gadgets you can make, but hopefully nothing major.

There's also trinkets that will reflect certain spells back when used, but I haven't found those very useful so they're not listed. You can also make trinkets that will teleport you to certain places, but those won't increase your dps or survivability so I didn't include them (Besides pets).


Levels 5-10, Apprentice Engineering 0-75:

Bombs & Explosives:
- Coarse Dynamite - Spell - World of Warcraft (Your main nuke, use when off cooldown)
- Rough Copper Bomb - Spell - World of Warcraft (Good for interrupts in pvp)




Levels 10-20, Journeyman Engineering 75-150:

Bombs & Explosives:
- Heavy Dynamite - Spell - World of Warcraft (Your main nuke, use when off cooldown)
- Explosive Sheep - Spell - World of Warcraft

Headgear:
- Shadow Goggles - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Green Tinted Goggles - Spell - World of Warcraft

Trinkets:
- Minor Recombobulator - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Gnomish Universal Remote - Spell - World of Warcraft (Imba in Gnomeregan. Did you know that a short while ago you could control a Fel Reaver with this, and make it attack other players?)



Levels 20-35, Expert Engineering 150-225:


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Engineering Specialization

At level 30 and 200 in engineering skill you can choose either Goblin or Gnomish engineering specialization. They both offer unique recipes for you.

Basically if you go Goblin, you will learn stuff that will blow you and your enemies up, like The Big One - Spell - World of Warcraft while Gnomish engineering offers more fun trinkets and other gadgets, such as Gnomish Death Ray - Spell - World of Warcraft (these are known to do even 5k crits at low levels, depending on how much health you have)

For more info about the gadgets, visit a Gnomish and Goblin engineer trainer in Dalaran, next to the regular Engineering trainer. For more info about the required quest, visit Goblin Engineering - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft or Gnome Engineering - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft

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Bombs & Explosives:
- Solid Dynamite - Spell - World of Warcraft (Your main nuke, use when off cooldown)
- Large Seaforium Charge - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Goblin Land Mine - Spell - World of Warcraft (Useful for preventing flag captures in BGs)
- Big Iron Bomb - Spell - World of Warcraft (Useful for interrupts in pvp)
- Flash Bomb - Spell - World of Warcraft

Headgear:
- Bright-Eye Goggles - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Craftsman's Monocle - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Gnomish Goggles - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)
- Spellpower Goggles Xtreme - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Catseye Ultra Goggles - Spell - World of Warcraft


Trinkets:
- Goblin Jumper Cables - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Gnomish Cloaking Device - Spell - World of Warcraft (This + Army knife = Battle res)
- Mechanical Dragonling - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Gnomish Shrink Ray - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)
- Gnomish Net-o-Matic Projector - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)

Cloaks:
- Parachute Cloak - Spell - World of Warcraft

Belts:
- Gnomish Harm Prevention Belt - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)

Boots:
- Goblin Rocket Boots - Spell - World of Warcraft (Goblin)
- Gnomish Rocket Boots - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)

Pets:
- Pet Bombling - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Lil' Smoky - Spell - World of Warcraft

Misc:
- Discombobulator Ray - Spell - World of Warcraft



Levels 35-50, Artisan Engineering 225-300:

Bombs & Explosives:
- Fel Iron Bomb - Spell - World of Warcraft (Dps-wise All that you will need until level 50. Your main nuke, use when not on cooldown)
- Powerful Seaforium Charge - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Arcane Bomb - Spell - World of Warcraft (VERY useful during certain fights in ICC too)

Headgear:
- Rose Colored Goggles - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Goblin Rocket Helmet - Spell - World of Warcraft (Goblin)
- Green Lens - Spell - World of Warcraft (Afaik, it's not possible to create these with non-caster dps stats, such as STR or AGI)
- Gnomish Mind Control Cap - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)
- Spellpower Goggles Xtreme Plus - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Master Engineer's Goggles - Spell - World of Warcraft

Trinkets:
- Gnomish Battle Chicken - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)
- Goblin Dragon Gun - Spell - World of Warcraft (Goblin)
- Gnomish Death Ray - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)
- High-powered Flashlight - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Mithril Mechanical Dragonling - Spell - World of Warcraft
- Goblin Jumper Cables XL - Spell - World of Warcraft (Goblin)
- Major Recombobulator - Spell - World of Warcraft


Pets:
- Lifelike Mechanical Toad - Spell - World of Warcraft

Misc:
- Gnomish Alarm-o-Bot - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)




Levels 50-65, Master Engineering 300-375:

Now the facerolling starts! Remember, EVERY item listed here only require level 50!

However, once you hit 62, visit your trainer if you haven't already. You can now craft & equip epic goggles for you, depending on your role. For example, casters should make these Destruction Holo-gogs - Spell - World of Warcraft

Bombs & Explosives:
- Box of Bombs - Spell - World of Warcraft (These are the only bombs you will need until Cata. It's your main nuke, so use them everytime they are not on cooldown. Note that you need to be level 65 to craft these, but they are BOE so you can either make them on a higher level engineer or ask another player to make some for you. One box contains lots of Saronite Bomb - Item - World of Warcraft)
- Frost Grenades - Spell - World of Warcraft (Good for pvp)

Headgear:
- Foreman's Enchanted Helmet - Spell - World of Warcraft (Goblin)
- Foreman's Reinforced Helmet - Spell - World of Warcraft (Goblin)
- Gnomish Battle Goggles - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)
- Gnomish Power Goggles - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)

Belts:
- Nigh-Invulnerability Belt - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)

Boots:
- Rocket Boots Xtreme - Spell - World of Warcraft (Need to make both of these with a higher level engineer, but they are BOE so your low level char can have them too. With rocket boots + slow fall you can make some impressive jumps, such as from Lumber Mill to Gold Mine in AB or from Netherstorm to Hellfire Peninsula)
- Rocket Boots Xtreme Lite - Spell - World of Warcraft

Trinkets:
- Gnomish Poultryizer - Spell - World of Warcraft (Gnomish)
- Goblin Rocket Launcher - Spell - World of Warcraft (Goblin)

Mounts:
- Flying Machine - Spell - World of Warcraft (Requires level 60 and flying)

Misc:
- Field Repair Bot 110G - Spell - World of Warcraft (Need to make these on a higher level char, or let someone else kill level 70 ish monsters for you so you can obtain the schematic)


And that concludes this low level guide. There's more recipes for you to discover after you've hit level 65 so don't forget to visit your trainer! Best of luck. 8)

[swankboss]

This guide is pretty helpful, I'm planning on leveling my rogue soon, I might have to get engineering on him

[{CoReY}]

Have 15,000g saved for engineering on my rogue. Saronite bombs increase your DPS INCREDIBLY at 80. So does the rocket on your gloves. Its insane

[Mr.JellyBelly]

Saronite bombs increase your DPS INCREDIBLY at 80.

If you consider ~0.5 % is incredible, then yeah.

[xmolder]

If you consider ~0.5 % is incredible, then yeah.

Cue eff tee.

The bombs shine UNTIL you hit 80. If they're still a significant source of your damage once you start running heroics and raids, you're either a healer or you're doing something wrong.