Alchemists are able to make a variety of valuable consumables using TBC. Further, Alchemists can transmute items. Without these transmutes, other professions are unable to make their finest items. This guide will explain to you how Alchemy is used within TBC Classic, shows you every Alchemy recipes and also where you can get these recipes.
1. Introduction
Alchemy is a great profession to be able to use to have in TBC Classic, as with it you may craft powerful Potions Elixirs, Flasks, and Elixirs as well as perform Transmutes in order to create reagents to be used in other professions. Since Alchemy isn't considered to be a top-of-the-line profession for PvE, it's recommended to study this profession in alternate characters. This is not a requirement and you are able to learn the profession if you wish to make it your main character. Consumables created by Alchemy can be used in competitive PvE and PvP content.
Alchemy may be a complement to TBC Classic goldmaking. For more information on this among other methods involving different professions, check out our own guide on the subject:
1.1. Potions
Potions such as Super Mana Potion Icon Super Mana Potion and Haste Potion Icon Haste Potion Instantly provide you with a variety of benefits. But the effects of these can last for a brief time. However, the potion will last for two minutes before cooling off. Additionally, the creation of a potion is generally done with lowest amount of ingredients. Making Protection potions like the Major Shadow Protection Potion Icon Major Shadow Protection Potion, can lead to finding a recipe for a cauldron, such as Cauldron of Major Shadow Protection Icon Cauldron of Major Shadow Protection. A Cauldron made by an Alchemist has 25 charges of the Major Protection Potion. It can be used by anyone who is in a raid or party group led by an Alchemist.
1.2. Elixirs
Elixirs like Elixir of Healing Power Icon Elixir of Healing Power or Adept's Elixir Icon Adept's Elixir generally provide you with an important boost of one hour for stats that are beneficial to your class. Most Elixirs require only a handful of ingredients to create. Since Elixirs were extremely powerful and some of their effects could stack with other Alchemy consumables and in TBC Classic elixirs were changed into the Battle and Guardian elixir types. A single elixir is able to be used at any time. However, their effects will be eliminated upon death.
1.3. Flasks
Flasks, such as Flask of Pure Death Icon Flask of Pure Death, require an Alchemy Lab to create. The coordinates 46.21 in Shattrath will lead you to the Alchemy Laboratory. MapCoordsTBC is a MapCoordsTMC addon that allows users to pinpoint coordinates. Flasks are, with the exception of Flask of Petrification Icon Flask of Petrification, provide a 2-hour boost that lasts until the end of. Using a flask does not result in a two-minute cooldown. However, flasks require the most materials of all Alchemy consumables to create and must be handled with care! Additionally, they count as both an elixir for battle as well as a guardian elixir. Therefore, you cannot make use of any elixirs when in the presence of a flask.
1.4 Transmutes
Transmutes, like Skyfire Diamond Icon Skyfire Diamond and Primal Might Icon Primal Might, are highly sought after by players with different occupations. Transmuted items are employed in various crafts, including Dragonmaw Icon Dragonmaw, Spellstrike Hood Icon Spellstrike Hood, or Chaotic Skyfire Diamond Icon Chaotic Skyfire Diamond. TBC Classic transmutes have 20 hours of cooling time, while vanilla transmutes do not.
The majority of Alchemy crafts in TBC Classic rely on herbs. Some Alchemy crafts require Gems as well as Primals. Combining Alchemy along with Herbalism to harvest the herbs you have, mining to collect gems from ore deposits, or even Jewelcrafting to get gems from prospecting ores can be beneficial.
The three specializations are new feature of Alchemy which was added in TBCC
Elixir Master IconElixirMaster can produce additional Elixirs and Flasks.
Potion Master IconPotion Master has a chance to produce additional Potions.
Transmutation Master IconTransmutation Master -- has a chance to produce more Transmutes.
How exactly these specializations work and how they can be mastered will be discussed in the section on specializations of this guide.
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Skill levels from 1 to 300 (Apprentice to Artisan) are taught by the trainers within the capital cities of every faction. Talking to any city guard opens a dialog window that can take you to the trainers of the field by showing them a red flag or an arrow on their minimap.
Outland is the only location in which you can learn skills between levels 300 and 375 (Master). Alchemist Gribble is a tower in Honor Hold on Hellfire Peninsula is a teacher of the Master Alchemy skill to Alliance players. Horde players learn the skill from Apothecary Antonivich who is also located in a tower, but located in Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula. Both factions can also be taught the Master Alchemy skill from Lorokeem in Lower City, Shattrath.
3. Alchemy Leveling
To level up Alchemy efficiently, you will want to craft objects that are Orange or Yellow in your Alchemy crafting window. Yellow items can grant increase in skill, while orange items will assure a level increase. The crafting of green items to increase your level Alchemy is only recommended when you can sell the created items on an auction house to earn a profit. Gray items never give skill-ups.
Leveling Alchemy can be tricky since there are a variety of ways to accomplish it. Prices for materials as well as elixirs and potion, as well as the cost of flasks differ from one server to the next and from day to day. You can buy very cheap herbs at the auction house in morning and then pay five times as much on weekends or evenings. So, we recommend taking a an interest in this Alchemy leveling guide on wow-professions.com which makes use of herbs that are generally affordable, considering that the majority of the skills in this list are not very popular.
4. Specializations in Alchemy
The three Alchemy specializations that are available for Elixirs and Flasks Potions and Transmutations are a big modification to TBC Classic. Every craft made with Elixirs and Transmutations, Potions or Flasks can create an additional item with each specialization. The same bonus can be applied to following craft. Observations have shown that a particularization will produce about 17% more craft objects than without the specialization. You can choose to learn only one out of the three specializations.
4.1. Learning the Specializations
In Hellfire Peninsula, the faction-specific Alchemy trainers are available for three quests when you are at or above Level 68 and have an Alchemy level of 325 or higher.
4.2 Elixir Master
Accept the Master of Elixirs. This quest takes you to Lorokeem the neutral Alchemy trainer in Shattrath. After you've handed in the quest to him, he offers you the Master of Elixirs quest that has the same title, but a different objective.
4.3. Potion Master
Accept Master of Potions. Then, head to Lauranna Thar'well at the Cenarion Refuge close to Zangarmarsh. After completing the quest the second part of Master of Potions.
4.4. Transmutation Master
Accept Master of Transmutation and search for Zarevhi inside the Stormspire, Netherstorm. After submitting part 1 Zarevhi invites Master of Transmutation Part 2.
4.5. Swapping Alchemy Specializations
If you'd like to be Transmutation Master IconTransmutation Master or any of the Alchemy specializations after your initial choice, there is a simple trick to accelerate the process. You can study a different specialization by a third specialization trainers by paying 150 gold to NPC who will give you your Alchemy specialization. It is a process that can be repeated which can help you become a Transmutation Master. Elixir Master IconElixir master is the initial spec for an Alchemist. Selecting Elixir Master IconElixir Master and paying 150 gold is always less expensive than giving up the 4 Primal Might Icon Primal Might in order to obtain the Primals used for Transmute: Primal Might IconTransmute: Primal Might remain costly through each Phase of TBC Classic.
5. Recipes and popular craft
TBC Classic has a few Alchemy creations which can be learned by Alchemy Trainers. Certain are made available as Recipe items while others are found through discovery. While Recipe items can be bought through vendors or dropped from the sky, they cannot be found in Outland. But it is possible to discover them by making Alchemy objects from Outland. Every time you craft something, there's a chance to discover new recipes, and also discover new things. Below you will find a list of all purchaseable, trainable and discoverable Alchemy craft, and their uses or effects.