WotLK Inscription Guide
Wrath 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.
Classic Levels
First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth – just ask a guard, and learn Inscription.
Levels 1 – 19
18 x [Ivory Ink] – 18 Alabaster Pigment
Levels 19 – 35
Levels 35 – 5322 x [Moonglow Ink] – 44 Alabaster Pigment
Levels 53 – 75
22 x [Armor Vellum] – 22 Moonglow Ink, 44 Light Parchment
Levels 75 – 125
Learn Inscription Journeyman.
Levels 75 – 80
20 x [Midnight Ink] – 40 Dusky Pigment
Levels 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
Levels 100 – 105
50 x [Lion’s Ink] – 100 Golden Pigment
Levels 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
Levels 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
Levels 125 – 200
Learn Inscription Expert.
Levels 125-133
Turn all your [Burnt Pigment] into [Dawnstar Ink].
If you don’t mill your own herbs and you don’t have Burnt Pigment, you can just make any Glyph between 125-140 that are orange to you.
Levels 133 – 141
8 x [Strange Tarrot] – 8 Lion’s Ink, 16 Dawnstar Ink, 8 Common Parchment
Levels 141 – 150
13 x [Glyph of Lighting Bolt] – 13 Lion’s Ink, 26 Common Parchment
Levels 150 – 155
50 x [Jadefire Ink] – 100 Emerald Pigment
Levels 155 – 175
Orange Glyphs and Scrolls which requires 1 Jadefire Ink each.
20 x [Glyph of …] – 20 Jadefire Ink, 20 Common Parchment
Levels 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.
Levels 185 – 190
5x [Glyph of Sap] – 10 Jadefire Ink
Levels 190 – 200
13x [Glyph of Revenge] – 13 Jadefire Ink
Levels 200 – 290
Learn Inscription Artisan.
Levels 200 – 205
50 x [Celestial Ink] – 100 Violet Pigment
Levels 205 – 210
5 x [Armor Vellum II] – 5 Celestial Ink, 10 Common Parchment
Levels 210 – 215
5 x [Glyph of Sinister Strike] – 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment
Levels 215 – 220
5 x [Glyph 0f Searing Pain] – 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment
Levels 220 – 225
5 x [Glyph of Starfire] – 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment
Levels 225 – 228
12 x [Fiery Ink] – 12 Ruby Pigment
Levels 228 – 230
2 x [Scroll of Agility IV] – 2 Celestial Ink, 2 Heavy Parchment
Levels 230 – 235
5 x [Glyph of Dispel Magic] – 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment
Levels 235 – 247
12 x [Weapon Vellum II] – 12 Celestial Ink, 12 Fiery Ink, 24 Heavy Parchment
Levels 247 – 250
4 x [Glyph of Cleaving] – 4 Celestial Ink, 4 Heavy Parchment
Levels 250-255
25 x [Shimmering Ink] – 50 Silvery Pigment
Levels 255 – 260
5 x [Scroll of Spirit V] – 5 Shimmering Ink, 10 Heavy Parchment
Levels 260 – 275
Orange Glyphs and Scrolls. Scrolls need 2 Parchments instead of one.
15 x [Glyph of …] or [Scroll of…] – 15 Shimmering Ink
Levels 275 – 285
10 x [Ink of Sky] – 10 Sapphire Pigment
Levels 285 – 290
5 x [Glyph of Sprint] – 5 Shimmering Ink
Outland Levels 290 – 350
Now you should go and visit a trainer at Outland or Northrend, click here for the trainer list.
Levels 290 – 305
40 x [Ethereal Ink] – 80 Nether Pigment
Levels 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.
Levels 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.
Levels 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.
Levels 345 – 350
5 x [Glyph of Whirlwind] – 5 Ethereal Ink, 5 Resilient Parchment
Northrend Levels 350 – 450
Levels 350 – 355
95 x [Ink of Sea] – 190 Azure Pigment
Levels 355 – 360
5 x [Scroll of Spirit VII] – 5 Ink of the Sea
Levels 360 – 365
5 x [Scroll of Intellect VII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
Levels 365 – 370
5 x [Scroll of Stength VII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
Levels 370 – 375
5 x [Scroll of Agility VII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
Levels 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.
Levels 380 – 385
7 x [Glyph of…] – 7 Ink of the Sea
Levels 385 – 386
1 x [Northrend Inscription Research] – 3 Ink of the Sea, 5 Resilient Parchment, Snowfall Ink
Levels 386 – 400
25 x [Any Discovered Major Glyph] – 25 Ink of the Sea, 25 Resilient Parchment
Levels 400 – 405
5 x [Scroll of Stamina VIII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
Levels 405 – 410
5 x [Scroll of Spirit VIII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
Levels 410 – 415
5 x [Scroll of Intellect VIII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
Levels 415 – 420
5 x [Scroll of Stength VIII] – 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment
Levels 420 – 430
13 x [Scroll of Agility VIII] – 13 Ink of the Sea, 26 Resilient Parchment
Levels 430 – 450
Honestly though, the best method is to just stop power leveling Inscription around level 430, and then conduct regular Northrend Inscription Research to get to 450.