Enchanting Guide for The War Within

As usual, Enchanting will be responsible for disenchanting items into dust and shards such as Refulgent Crystal and using those to create enchants that improve gear stats such as the new Enchant Ring - Cursed Critical Strike kiss/curse ring enchants, or profession stats with the likes of Enchant Tool - Algari Ingenuity.

They can also make the Scepter of Radiant Magics Wand, cosmetic items such as the new Gleeful Glamour - Blood Elf among other glamours that allow you to turn into any race of your choosing, consumable oils such as Oil of Deep Toxins, finishers such as Mirror Powder, and their own Profession Tool which includes an epic Rod this time, the Runed Null Stone Rod.

There will also be three new item level increasing optional reagent enchanted crests for crafted gear: Enchanted Weathered Harbinger Crest, Enchanted Runed Harbinger Crest, and Enchanted Gilded Harbinger Crest. These are crafted by Enchanting through crafting orders.

If you are a Horde player, Blood Elf will grant you +5 skill points, while Alliance players can be Kul'Tiran for +2 skill points.

Enchanting can make great use of all four stats, but you might want to focus on specific stats with different Enchanting specializations. We go into detail with Enchanting stats and the gear you can use to boost them in the specialized guide below:

Increasing your skill is done by crafting items that grant skill points as usual, and in order to be efficient, we recommend trying to get as many first-craft bonuses while leveling as possible, which also grant experience if you are not at maximum level.

It is recommended to start with Glamours on Enchanting as you can quickly and cheaply gain a large amount of Artisan's Acuity, some skill points and a full node filled by investing 5 points into the Ephemerals, Enrichments, and Equipment tree and 15 points into Deceptive Decorations node.

Every 5 points invested into this tree up to the 15/20 node unlocks 5 to 7 different items to get new craft bonuses out of, more than making up for the knowledge investment.

You will be able to track all weekly and one-time sources of profession knowledge with Myu's Knowledge Points Tracker, a very helpful Weak Aura!

There are multiple treasures around Khaz Algar that you can loot for up to 24 extra knowledge. You can find them all easily in-game with the aforementioned Weak Aura or the Rarescanner addon, which will put up small treasure icons with a hammer underneath at their map location, as exemplified below.

The best specialization for you depends on what your goals are. You should almost always start with the Ephemerals, Enrichments, and Equipment tree and Deceptive Decorations node in order to quickly get extra Artisan's Acuity and 3 extra knowledge points compared to the knowledge investment required. The rest of the tree supports very specific crafts, with the bottom Exquisite Equipment and its sub-nodes being all about Wands and Rods, and the right side Material Maestro having nodes that improve your ability to craft finishing reagents and consumable oils.

Afterwards if you want to specialize in Crest crafting, put points into Supplementary Shattering and the Resourceful Residue node, as only Resourcefulness affects those. This is also a great tree for generic stat boosts, and you should put your points into it after hitting your skill level of choice with whatever items you are looking to craft, as activating the Shatter Essence buff is very cheap!

Designated Disenchanter and its sub-nodes are fantastic for characters that are played a lot, allowing you to disenchant the extra gear you loot for higher amounts of materials, and also higher Quality materials.

Finally, the Everlasting Enchantments tree is all about learning and gaining skill when doing enchants, with the left side being dedicated to Earthen weapon, profession tool, and accessory enchantments, the bottom being about boosting Arathi weapon and accessory enchantments, and the right side being about increasing you skill with Nerubian weapon and accessory enchantments.

Ideally, Enchanting allows you to convert cheap materials or unwanted gear into expensive enchants, Wands, Rods, and other products. Due to its commodity nature of enchants, it is very likely that the market will quickly get loaded with enchants that are only marginally more expensive than the materials used to create them.

Until you fully max out skill, gear, and knowledge for your desired crafts, you will be reliant on Concentration to get maximum ranks out, which can quickly be exhausted every day, so make sure to create some alts to increase your production cap while it is still very profitable to do so! Even later on those can still be useful as they will be able to create maximum rank items more cheaply than the guaranteed method, which requires full Rank 3 reagents.

Another great way to make gold with Enchanting passively is to invest all points into Resourcefulness boosts and gear, and focus on doing as many Enchanted Crests as possible while inside the Shatter Essence buff window.

We have a specialized guide for The War Within gold-making below, which contains a gold-making tier list and goes deeper into techniques and habits for successful gold making, as well as websites and addons that can help you on your journey!