Enchanting Guide for World of Warcraft

One of the most popular professions, Enchanting is also one of the most difficult to learn. Learning it though can be very rewarding, since you will be able to make use of these abilities on a regular basis. With this WoW Enchanting Guide, the aim is to learn more about Enchanting.Enchanting an item isn't the only thing an enchanter does. Enchanters can also disenchant items, apart from enchanting them – and should be very useful in several 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 wouldn’t be hard, since they are readily available in various places in bigger cities. You'd also need a second profession, like tailoring, for example. Your options are pretty much open. Just take note that you wouldn’t have to do any gathering for this profession, so there is no need to select a secondary profession that deals with gathering, for example: mining.

Next thing you need is an item to enchant and also the recipe for enchanting it. Use your disenchantments very carefully, as you can never take your disenchantment back once you’ve done it. Unfortunately, when you do this, there is no turning back your disenchantment, so use it wisely.

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. You would need strange dust and lesser magic essence for this recipe. If you don’t have these items, you would need to buy them from either a vendor or an auction house.

Once your items are ready, open up your spellbook and go to the enchanting window. Just follow the instructions and you’ll have your first enchanted item that is for level 1. You will need to level up past 300.

Disenchanting

Disenchanting an item may be necessary at times so you can collect the special dusts and poweders that you need. In doing this, look up on your spellbook and select disenchant. Move your mouse over the item that you want to disenchant. Note that the process may take a few minutes to complete and there is no turning back once you start.

When you need to gather dust and other items for your enchanting recipes, disenchanting items is perhaps the easiest and most affordable manner to go. 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 always sell these items to other players or put them up for auction in the auction house.

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