WotLK Inscription Guide

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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 – 53

22 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.