WotLK Inscription Guide

This Wrath of the Lich King Inscription guide will get you from 1-450 inscription in no time!

Approximate Materials for 1-450

You should need less, so don’t mill every herb, mill them only if you need more pigment.

Jessica Sellers in Dalaran sells every low level Ink, every Ink requires one [Ink of the Sea]. This means you can level up your Inscription by using only Azure Pigment which is milled from Northrend herbs, but you need another Inscriber to mill the herbs for you, or you can just buy all the [Ink of the Sea] from the Auction House.

• Alabaster-giving herbs x 110
• Dusky-giving herbs x 80
• Golden-giving herbs x 180
• Emerald-giving herbs x 200
• Violet-giving herbs x 160
• Silvery-giving herbs x 100
• Nether-giving x 260
• Azure-giving x 380

Just to note, there is a lot of other Glyphs and Scroll at different skill ranges with the same amount of materials needed, so where you see [Glyph of …] for example, there you can choose between more recipes that are orange to you and requires the same amount of materials.

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth – just ask a guard, and learn Inscription.

1 – 19
18 x [Ivory Ink] – 18 Alabaster Pigment
19 – 35
16 x [Scroll of Stamina] – 16 Ivory Ink, 16 Light Parchment
35 – 53
22 x [Moonglow Ink] – 44 Alabaster Pigment
53 – 75
22 x [Armor Vellum] – 22 Moonglow Ink, 44 Light Parchment

75 – 125
Learn Inscription Journeyman.

75 – 80
20 x [Midnight Ink] – 40 Dusky Pigment
80 – 100
Make any Glyph that are orange to you and requires 1 Midnight Ink. Glyphs turns yellow after 10 points here, so then learn new recipes and choose another Glyph.

20 x [Glyph of….] – 20 Midnight Ink, 20 Light Parchment

100 – 105
50 x [Lion’s Ink] – 100 Golden Pigment
105 – 120
Make any Glyph that are orange to you and requires 1 Lion’s Ink. Glyphs turns yellow after 5 points, then learn new recipes and choose another Glyph.

20 x [Glyph of …] – 20 Lion’s Ink, 20 Common Parchment

120 – 125
Make any Glyph that is YELLOW to you, yes you read it right YELLOW. Orange recipes requires 2 Inks instead of one, so at this point it’s better to make yellow recipes.

7 x [Glyph of …] – 7 Lion’s Ink, 7 Common Parchment

125 – 200
Learn Inscription Expert.

125-133
Turn all your [Burnt Pigment] into [Dawnstar Ink].

If you don’t milled your own herbs and you don’t have Burnt Pigment, you can just make any Glyph between 125-140 that are orange to you.

133 – 141
8 x [Strange Tarrot] – 8 Lion’s Ink, 16 Dawnstar Ink, 8 Common Parchment
141 – 150
13 x [Glyph of Lighting Bolt] – 13 Lion’s Ink, 26 Common Parchment
150 – 155
50 x [Jadefire Ink] – 100 Emerald Pigment
155 – 175
Orange Glyphs and Scrolls which requires 1 Jadefire Ink each.

20 x [Glyph of …] – 20 Jadefire Ink, 20 Common Parchment

175 – 185
Turn all your [Indigo Pigment] into [Royal Ink] and then make as many [Arcane Tarrot] as you can. You should reach 185 or probably more.

185 – 190
5x [Glyph of Sap] – 10 Jadefire Ink
190 – 200
13x [Glyph of Revenge] – 13 Jadefire Ink

200 – 290
Learn Inscription Artisan.

200 – 205
50 x [Celestial Ink] – 100 Violet Pigment
205 – 210
5 x [Armor Vellum II] – 5 Celestial Ink, 10 Common Parchment
210 – 215
5 x [Glyph of Sinister Strike] – 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment
215 – 220
5 x [Glyph 0f Searing Pain] – 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment
220 – 225
5 x [Glyph of Starfire] – 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment
225 – 228
12 x [Fiery Ink] – 12 Ruby Pigment
228 – 230
2 x [Scroll of Agility IV] – 2 Celestial Ink, 2 Heavy Parchment
230 – 235
5 x [Glyph of Dispel Magic] – 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment
235 – 247
12 x [Weapon Vellum II] – 12 Celestial Ink, 12 Fiery Ink, 24 Heavy Parchment
247 – 250
4 x [Glyph of Cleaving] – 4 Celestial Ink, 4 Heavy Parchment
250-255
25 x [Shimmering Ink] – 50 Silvery Pigment
255 – 260:
5 x [Scroll of Spirit V] – 5 Shimmering Ink, 10 Heavy Parchment
260 – 275
Orange Glyphs and Scrolls. Scrolls need 2 Parchments instead of one.

15 x [Glyph of …] or [Scroll of…] – 15 Shimmering Ink

275 – 285
10 x [Ink of Sky] – 10 Sapphire Pigment
285 – 290
5 x [Glyph of Sprint] – 5 Shimmering Ink

290 – 350
Now you should go and visit a trainer at Outland or Northrend, click here for the trainer list.

290 – 305:
40 x [Ethereal Ink] – 80 Nether Pigment
305 – 325
20 x [Glyph of …] – 20 Ethereal Ink, 20 Heavy Parchment
Usually every Glyphs turns yellow after you make 5 of them, then you will be able to learn new ones which ones are orange too. So you will have to make 4 different Glyphs for this 20 skill point.

325 – 330:
You will have a lot of [Ebon Pigment] if you milled your own herbs so turn all of them into [Darkflame Ink]. If you cant reach 330 while making the inks, or you didn’t mill your own herbs, you can just make any Glyphs that are yellow to you.
330 – 345:
15 x [Glyph of …] – 15 Ethereal Ink, 30 Heavy Parchment
Same as above, choose the Glyphs you want to make and are orange to you. Every orange Glyphs requires the same amount of materials at this point of the Inscription leveling guide.

345 – 350:
5 x [Glyph of Whirlwind] – 5 Ethereal Ink, 5 Resilient Parchment

350 – 450
350 – 355
95 x [Ink of Sea] – 190 Azure Pigment
355 – 360
5 x [Scroll of Spirit VII] – 5 Ink of the Sea
360 – 365
5 x [Scroll of Intellect VII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
365 – 370
5 x [Scroll of Stength VII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
370 – 375
5 x [Scroll of Agility VII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
375 – 380
[Snowfall Ink] – Icy Pigment
Use all the rare pigment available. Keep the extra Snowfall Ink for Northrend Inscription Research. You will need to research to learn most “Northrend” glyphs.

380 – 385
7 x [Glyph of…] – 7 Ink of the Sea
385 – 386
1 x [Northrend Inscription Research] – 3 Ink of the Sea, 5 Resilient Parchment, Snowfall Ink
386 – 400
25 x [Any Discovered Major Glyph] – 25 Ink of the Sea, 25 Resilient Parchment
400 – 405
5 x [Scroll of Stamina VIII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
405 – 410
5 x [Scroll of Spirit VIII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
410 – 415
5 x [Scroll of Intellect VIII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
415 – 420
5 x [Scroll of Stength VIII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
420 – 430
13 x [Scroll of Agility VIII] – 13 Ink of the Sea, 26 Resilient Parchment
430 – 450
The best strategy is stop leveling Inscription at about skill 430, and simply conduct regular Northrend Inscription Research.