Jewelcrafting Leveling Guide 1-600

Luxrah

The Jewelcrafting profession allows for the crafting of gems that can be used to augment a character’s gear, similar in some ways to the Enchanting profession. The gems and ore used in the profession are obtained through Mining, so you will need a character with that skill unless you plan to buy all of your materials on the Auction House. We’ve listed the materials that are needed for leveling in this guide, but you will also be using many more if you plan to do any crafting at endgame. Be sure to take a look at our Mining Leveling Guide if you will be leveling both professions side by side.

If you reached max skill level in Jewelcrafting during Cataclysm, you can skip most of the level ranges and start at the Zen Master section.

Tips for Leveling Jewelcrafting

You’ll need to keep a Jeweler’s Kit in your inventory as it’s required for most Jewelcrafting designs.
You can save a decent amount of gold by only training the designs you want to use to level. You’re unlikely to use most of the low-level designs at max level, and you can always learn them later if you want to.
It’s always worth checking the Auction House for cheap materials, whether gems or ore to Prospect.
When you go to start crafting, be sure that you have plenty of space in your inventory, as many of the items you will be crafting do not stack. Don’t fill your bags with materials and leave yourself no space for the items you will be making.
Use the Filter button in the Jewelcrafting window and click “Has skill up” to only show recipes that will give you skill points. This will make it a lot easier to scroll through your options.
Don’t forget the Darkmoon Faire quest, Keeping the Faire Sparkling, which can be completed every time the Darkmoon Faire is active (every two weeks in WoW Classic). This quest requires a minimum skill level of 75 and grants 5 skill points upon completion.

Trainer Locations

Here are some of the most convenient Jewelcrafting Trainers for leveling. We have a complete list on our Jewelcrafting Trainer Locations page.

Pandaria: Mai the Jade Shaper is located at Greenstone Village, just north of Dawn’s Blossom in The Jade Forest.
- /way The Jade Forest 48.0, 35.0
Dalaran: Timothy Jones is inside Cartier & Co. Fine Jewelry in the Magus Commerce Exchange of Dalaran.
- /way Dalaran:Northrend 40.6, 35.2
Alliance: Theresa Denman can be found at Denman Family Jewelers along the outer canal path of The Trade District in Stormwind.
- /way Stormwind City 63.4, 61.4
Horde: Lugrah can be found at Red Canyon Mining & Jewecrafting in the Valley of Honor of Orgrimmar.
- /way Orgrimmar 72.4, 34.6

Required Materials

To level Jewelcrafting, you’ll need lots of gems and a few other miscellaneous materials.

Designs

All of the designs used in this guide will be learned from Jewelcrafting Trainers. You don’t need to obtain any elsewhere.

Metal & Stone

Gems

Supplies

Jeweler’s Setting x59
- Sold by Jewelcrafting Supplies vendors
Adamantite Powder x40
- Obtained by using Prospecting on Adamantite Ore
Primal Earth x10
- Made by combining 10x Mote of Earth, which are dropped by Outland earth elementals or mined from Outland Mining nodes
Crystallized Earth x14
- Dropped by Northrend earth elementals or mined from Northrend Mining nodes
Eternal Earth x56
- Made by combining 10x Crystallized Earth.
Dream Shard x5
- Disenchanted from Rare Northrend loot by Enchanters

Leveling 1-600

Apprentice 1-50

Apprentice Jewelcrafting can be learned at character level 5.

Hold on to your Delicate Copper Wire for the next section.

If Tigerseye is cheaper than Malachite, you can craft Tigerseye Band in place of Malachite Pendant.

Skill Level	Recipe	Materials	Quantity
1-35	Delicate Copper Wire	– Copper Bar x2	55
35-50	Malachite Pendant	– Delicate Copper Wire x1 – Malachite x1	15

Materials Summary

Copper Bar x110
Malachite x15 (or Tigerseye x15)

Journeyman 50-150

Journeyman Jewelcrafting requires character level 10 and Jewelcrafting level 50 to learn.

Skill Level	Recipe	Materials	Quantity
50-80	Bronze Setting	– Bronze Bar x2	50
80-100	Gloom Band	– Bronze Setting x1 – Delicate Copper Wire x2 – Shadowgem x2	20
100-110	Ring of Twilight Shadows	– Bronze Bar x2 – Shadowgem x2	10
110-120	Heavy Stone Statue	– Heavy Stone x8	10
120-150	Pendant of the Agate Shield	– Bronze Setting x1 – Moss Agate x1	30

Materials Summary

Delicate Copper Wire x40 (crafted in the previous section)
Bronze Bar x120
Heavy Stone x80
Shadowgem x60
Moss Agate x30

Expert 150-200

Expert Jewelcrafting requires character level 20 and Jewelcrafting level 125 to learn.

Hold on to your Mithril Filigree, you will need it in the next section.

Skill Level	Recipe	Materials	Quantity
150-183	Mithril Filigree	– Mithril Bar x2	49
183-200	Engraved Truesilver Ring	– Truesilver Bar x1 – Mithril Filigree x2	17

Materials Summary

Mithril Bar x98
Truesilver Bar x17

Artisan 200-275

Artisan Jewelcrafting requires character level 35 and Jewelcrafting level 200 to learn.

Hold on to your Thorium Setting, you will need them in the next section.

Skill Level	Recipe	Materials	Quantity
200-210	Citrine Ring of Rapid Healing	– Citrine x1 – Mithril Bar x2	10
210-220	Aquamarine Signet	– Aquamarine x3 – Jeweler’s Setting x1	10
220-225	Aquamarine Pendant of the Warrior	– Aquamarine x1 – Mithril Filigree x3	5
225-250	Thorium Setting	– Thorium Bar x1	50
250-260	Ruby Pendant of Fire	– Star Ruby x1 – Thorium Setting x1	10
260-280	Simple Opal Ring	– Large Opal x1 – Thorium Setting x1	20

Materials Summary

Master 275-350

Master Jewelcrafting requires character level 50 and Jewelcrafting level 275 to learn.

From 300-340, you can make any gem cut that is yellow skill level according to the raw gems that are cheap/available for you. If Adamantite is extremely expensive, you can continue making gems all the way to 350 instead of Mercurial Adamantite/Heavy Adamantite Ring, but the recipes will be green so you will have to make quite a lot of them.

Skill Level	Recipe	Materials	Quantity
280-295	Diamond Focus Ring	– Azerothian Diamond x1 – Thorium Setting x1	20
295-300	Emerald Lion Ring	– Huge Emerald x2 – Thorium Setting x1	5
300-325	Bold Blood Garnet or Delicate Blood Garnet	– Blood Garnet x1	30
325-335	Mercurial Adamantite	– Adamantite Powder x4 – Primal Earth x1	10
335-340	Sovereign Shadow Draenite	– Shadow Draenite x1	7
340-350	Heavy Adamantite Ring	– Adamantite Bar x1 – Mercurial Adamantite x1	10

Materials Summary

Thorium Setting x25 (crafted in the previous section)
Adamantite Bar x10
Azerothian Diamond x20
Huge Emerald x10
Blood Garnet x30
Shadow Draenite x7
Adamantite Powder x40
Primal Earth x10

Grand Master 350-425

Grand Master Jewelcrafting requires character level 65 and Jewelcrafting level 350 to learn.

You can craft any Uncommon Northrend gem cut from 350-395. Red gem cuts that give primary stats are usually easiest to sell on the Auction House.

You can also craft different rings from 395-400 if the materials are cheaper.

Skill Level	Recipe	Materials	Quantity
350-395	Bold Bloodstone or Brilliant Bloodstone or Delicate Bloodstone	– Bloodstone x1	55
395-400	Bloodstone Band	– Bloodstone x1 – Crystallized Earth x2	7
400-420	Stoneguard Band	– Eternal Earth x2	28
420-425	Dream Signet	– Titanium Bar x1 – Forest Emerald x1 – Dream Shard x1	5

Materials Summary

Illustrious Grand Master 425-500

Illustrious Grand Master Jewelcrafting requires character level 75 and Jewelcrafting level 425 to learn.

You can craft any Uncommon Cataclysm gem cut from 425-467. Red gem cuts that give primary stats are usually easiest to sell on the Auction House. Stardust is a fun item that you can craft from 435-457 for similar materials and experience as the Uncommon gems.

Skill Level	Recipe	Materials	Quantity
425-467	Bold Carnelian or Brilliant Carnelian or Delicate Carnelian	– Carnelian x1	50
467-500	Nightstone Choker	– Jeweler’s Setting x1 – Nightstone x2	40

Materials Summary

Zen Master 500-600

Zen Master Jewelcrafting requires character level 80 and Jewelcrafting level 500 to learn.

Ornate Band gives 3 skill points per craft while it’s orange. At 515, you can craft Shadowfire Necklace instead if the materials are cheaper – it also gives 3 points per craft.

You can start using your daily Facets of Research cooldown as soon as possible if you want to learn all of the gem designs. River’s Heart and Sun’s Radiance both become available at 525 skill level, but you may want to hold off for Primordial Ruby at 550 as long as it will not set you back a day. Secrets of the Stone becomes available at 550 skill level and will allow you to discover recipes with no cooldown, but at a steep cost of 3x Spirit of Harmony.

Crafting Uncommon gems will be the cheapest means of reaching 580 skill, but you can also choose to craft Rare designs that you unlock through your research. Those will give 2 skill points each instead of 1.

Skill Level	Recipe	Materials	Quantity
500-527	Ornate Band	– Jeweler’s Setting x1 – Lapis Lazuli x1 – Tiger Opal x1 – Sunstone x1	9
527-580	Delicate Pandarian Garnet	– Pandarian Garnet x1	53
580-583	Primordial Ruby (Facets of Research)	– Primordial Ruby x3	1
583-600	Any Primordial Ruby design	– Primordial Ruby x1	9

Materials Summary

Author

Luxrah

I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off since vanilla, usually as a healer or caster and often as a guild leader. I play both retail and classic. I also love RPGs, sandboxes, and sims.