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This WoW Alchemy guide will show you the fastest way how to level your Alchemy skill up from 1 to 450 as inexpensively as possible. Updated for WoW patch 3.3

Alchemy is the best combined with Herbalism, with these two you can save a lot of gold, and you can sell the potions later. Check out my Herbalism leveling guide if you want to level your Herbalism skill. If you don’t have Herbalism profession, make sure you have enough gold to buy herbs, because you will need a lot of them.

The materials are based on a case that you will gain one skill point each craft. This won’t happen, so you will have to buy a few extra materials while you are leveling your Alchemy.

Alchemy guide sections:
Alchemy Apprentice 1 – 60
Alchemy Journeyman 60 – 140
Alchemy Expert 140 – 210
Alchemy Artisan 210 – 285
Alchemy Master 285 – 360
Alchemy Grand Master 360 – 450

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:

•59 x Peacebloom
•59 x Silverleaf
•80 x Briarthorn
•30 x Bruiseweed
•15 x Mageroyal
•40 x Stranglekelp
•30 x Liferoot
•30 x Kingsblood
•45 x Goldthorn
•5 x Wild Steelbloom
•70 x Sungrass
•15 x Khadgar’s Whisker
•4 x Iron Bar
•1 Black Vitriol
•4 x Purple Lotus
•4 x Firebloom
•19 x Arthas’ Tears
•40 x Blindweed
•71 x Golden Sansam
•38 x Mountain Silversage
•38 x Felweed
•20 x Ragveil
•61 x Dreaming Glory
•10 x Netherbloom
•20 Talandra’s Rose
•63 Goldclover
•34 Tiger Lily
•24 Adder’s Tongue
•10 Icethorn
•40 Lichbloom
•10 Dark Jade
•10 Huge Citrine
•10 Eternal Fire
Vials

•74 x Empty Vial
•65 x Leaded Vial
•97 x Crystal Vial
•163 x Imbued Vial

WoW Alchemy Leveling Guide 1 – 450

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth – just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Alchemy.

•1-60
59 x [Minor Healing Potions] – 59 Peacebloom, 59 Sliverleaf, 59 Empty Vial
You’ll need these in the next step of the Alchemy guide.

60 – 140

Learn Alchemy Journeyman.

•60 – 110
50 x [Lesser Healing Potion] – 50 Minor Healing Potion, 50 Briarthorn
•110 – 140
30 x [Healing Potion] – 30 Bruiseweed, 30 Briarthorn, 30 Leaded Vial

140 – 210

Learn Alchemy Expert.

•140 – 155
15 x [Lesser Mana Potion] – 15 Mageroyal, 15 Stranglekelp, 15 Empty Vial
•155 – 185
30 x [Greater Healing Potion] – 30 Liferoot, 30 Kingsblood, 30 Leaded Vial
•185 – 210
25 x [Elixir of Agility] – 25 Stranglekelp, 25 Goldthorn, 25 Leaded Vial

210 – 285

Learn Alchemy Artisan.

•210 – 215
5 x [Elixir of Greater Defence] – 5 Steelbloom, 5 Goldthorn, 5 Leaded Vial
•215 – 230
15 x [Superior Healing Potion] – 15 Sungrass, 15 Khadgar’s Whisker, 15 Crystal Vial
•230 – 231
1 x [Philosopher's Stone] – 4 Iron Bar, 1 Black Vitriol, 4 Purple Lotus, 4 Firebloom

Recipe Location

You will need this for transmutes, so keep it.

•231 – 250
19 x [Elixir of Detect Undead] – 19 Arthas’ Tears, 19 Crystal Vial
•250 – 265
15 x [Elixir of Greater Agility] – 15 Sungrass, 15 Goldthorn, 15 Crystal Vial
•265 – 285
20 x [Superior Mana Potion] – 40 Sungrass, 40 Blindweed, 20 Crystal Vial

285 – 360

Go to Outland and learn Alchemy Master.

•285 – 300
18 x [Major Healing Potion] – 36 Golden Sansam, 18 Mountain Silversage, 18 Crystal vial
•300-310
10 x [Volatile Healing Potion] – 10 Golden Sansam, 10 Felweed, 10 Imbued Vial
•310-325
15 x [Elixir of Healing Power] – 15 Golden Sansam, 15 Dreaming Glory, 15 Imbued Vial

Once you reach an Alchemy skill of 325 and level 68, you may begin a quest to learn one of three specializations: Potions, Elixirs or Transmutations.

•325-335
10 x [Mad Alchemists's Potion] – 20 Ragveil, 10 Crystal Vial
•335-340
5 x [Super Healing Potion] – 10 Netherbloom, 5 Felweed, 5 Imbued Vial
•340-360
23 x [Super Mana Potion] – 46 Dreaming Glory, 23 Felweed, 23 Imbued Vial
Recipe Location

360 – 450

Go to Northrend and learn Alchemy Grand Master.

•360 – 365
5 x [Icy Mana Potion] – 10 Talandra’s Rose, 5 Imbued Vial
•365 – 375
10 x [Spellpower Elixir] – 10 Goldclover, 10 Tiger Lily, 10 Imbued Vial
•375 – 380
5 x [Pygmy Oil] – 5 Pygmy Suckerfish
•380 – 385
5 x [Potion of Nightmares] – 5 Goldclover, 10 Talandra’s Rose, 5 Imbued Vial
•385 – 395
12 x [Elixir of Mighty Strength] – 24 Tiger Lily, 12 Imbued Vial
•395 – 405
When you reach 400, you can make a [Northrend Alchemy Research] and your Alchemy Trinket, so you will need to craft fewer potions.

If you discovered the [Potion of Speed] recipe, make that one until 415 instead of the recipes below, because it’s cheaper.

12 x [Elixir of Mighty Agility] – 24 Goldcover, 24 Adder’s Tongue, 12 Imbued Vial

•405 – 410
5 x [Runic Healing Potion] – 5 Goldcover, 10 Icethorn, 5 Imbued Vial
•410 – 425
This recipe turns green at 422, so you might need to make more than 20.

20 x [Runic Mana Potion] – 20 Goldcover, 40 Lichbloom, 15 Imbued Vial

•425 – 435
10 x [Transmute: Earthsiege Diamond] – 10 Dark Jade, 10 Huge Citrine, 10 Eternal Fire

•435-450
You can make any flask you want or make the one that you need for raiding. Between 435-440 you can also make [Transmute: Skyflare Diamond]