World of Warcraft: Guide for Enchanting

One of the most famous professions in WoW is Enchanting, but it is also considered as one of the hardest to learn. However, it is definitely worth it because you will be constantly using these abilites. With this WoW Enchanting Guide, the aim is to learn more about Enchanting. Enchanting items by adding special attributes to them is not all what enchanters do. They could also disenchant items and When learned, it comes in handy in various situations in the game.

Although enchanting is a skill not for everyone, if you find in yourself a great deal of patience and the belief that this skill would be helpful to your quest, it’s worth trying it. This guide is going to make it easier for you.

WoW Enchanting Guide: Getting Started

You need to find a trainer to get your apprenticeship. This would be easy to do and many trainers are available in various locales in bigger cities. You'd also need a second profession, like tailoring, for example. You do have lots of other options. Just remember that you will not have to do much gathering in your profession, thus you do not need to choose a secondary profession based on gathering, like mining.

Now, you need an item to enchant and the recipe for enchanting it. Use your disenchantments very carefully, as you can never take your disenchantment back once you’ve done it. Use your disenchantments very carefully, as you can never take your disenchantment back once you’ve done it.

Enchanted Armor set

Enchanting

To start the actual process of enchanting, let's work on an Enchant Bracer, which is worn on the wrist to deflect objects. This recipe requires strange dust and lesser magic essence. If you still don’t have these items, purchase them from the auction house or from a vendor.

As soon as you get all your items ready, open the spellbook and go to your enchanting window. Simply follow the instructions and you would get you first enchanted item for level 1. You would need to go on to get past 300.

Disenchanting

Disenchanting an item may be necessary at times so you can collect the special dusts and poweders that you need. To do this, open your spellbook and select disenchant. Move your mouse over to the item to disenchant. Remember that it may take a few minutes to complete and that you can't undo the process once it starts.

Disenchanting items is the most efficient way to get dust and other items for your enchanting recipes. Here’s a quick guide to help you get the items you need:

Dust – Green Armor

Essence – Green Weapons

Shard – Blue Items

Nexus Crystal – Purple Items (up to 60)

Void Crystals – Purple Items (after level 60)

What to Do With Your Skill

Now that you know how to enchant items, you can now trade them with other players if you want to be social, or you can sell them. You can also auction them at the auction house.

To find out more about enchanting, go to page 2 of WoW Black Book's WoW Enchanting Guide.