WoW Cataclysm Inscription Guide

This guide is updated for patch 4.0.3a.

This WoW Inscription Guide will help you go from 1-525.

Inscription was the newest profession released with WOTLK and with it you can make some of the best shoulder enchants in the game. In order to level up with Inscription you'll need to mill herbs. So you can either spend time doing Herbalism or buy your mats on the Auction House. If you want to save a lot of time buying your mats is the way to go. If you'd like to do this but can't afford the cost take a look at this gold guide to help you earn enough gold to do this.

For many parts of this guide I will simply tell you to make Any Orange Glyph, this is because there are different Glyphs you can make and I'm not about to tell you which is the best for you to make when they'll level you up just the same.

In case you are wondering about milling here it goes:

Alabaster Pigment: Bloodthistle, Peacebloom, Silverleaf, Earthroot

Dusky Pigment: Briarthorn, Swiftthistle, Bruiseweed, Stranglekelp, Mageroyal

Golden Pigment: Wild Steelbloom, Grave Moss, Kingsblood, Liferoot

Emerald Pigment: Fadeleaf, Goldthorn, Khadgar's Whiskers, Wintersbite

Violet Pigment: Firebloom, Purple Lotus, Arthas' Tears, Sungrass, Blindweed, Ghost Mushroom, Gromsblood

Silvery Pigment: Golden Sansam, Dreamfoil, Mountain Silversage, Plaguebloom, Icecap

Nether Pigment: Felweed, Ancient Lichen, Dreaming Glory, Netherbloom, Mana Thistle, Nightmare Vine, Ragveil, Terocone

Azure Pigment: Goldclover, Tiger Lily, Fire Leaf, Adder's Tongue, Icethorn, Lichbloom

Ashen Pigment: Cinderbloom, Azshara's Veil, Stormvine, Heartblossom, Whiptail, Twilight Jasmine

Skill Levels
Item to Craft
Reagents (Per Single Craft)
1-17 Ivory Ink 1 Alabaster Pigment
17-35 Scroll of Stamina 1 Ivory Ink - 1 Light Parchment
35-54 Moonglow Ink 2 Alabaster Pigment
54-75 Enchanting Vellum 1 Moonglow Ink - 2 Light Parchment
75-80 Midnight Ink 2 Dusky Pigment
80-101 Any Orange Glyph 3 Midnight Ink - 1 Light Parchment
101-105 Lion's Ink 2 Golden Pigment
105-126 Any Orange Glyph 3 Lions Ink - 1 Common Parchment
126-129 Dawnstar Ink 1 Burnt Pigment
129-147 Any Orange Glyph 3 Lions Ink - 1 Common Parchment
147-150 Strange Tarot 2 Dawnstar Ink - 1 Common Parchment
150-155 Jadefire Ink 2 Emerald Pigment
155-197 Any Orange Glyph 3 Jadefire Ink - 1 Common Parchment
197-200 Arcane Tarot 2 Royal Ink - 1 Common Parchment
200-205 Celestial Ink 2 Violet Pigment
205-247 Any Orange Glyph 3 Celestial Ink - 1 Heavy Parchment
247-250 Any Orange Glyph 3 Celestial Ink - 1 Heavy Parchment
250-255 Shimmering Ink 2 Silvery Pigment
255-260 Scroll of Spirit V 1 Shimmering Ink - 2 Heavy Parchment
260-290 Any Orange Glyph 3 Ethereal Ink - 1 Resilient Parchment
290-305 Ethereal Ink 2 Nether Pigment
305-350 Any Orange Glyph 3 Ethereal Ink - 1 Resilient Parchment

1-350 is now over, and it may have seemed like the most massive part of the guide but it was really the easiest!

Skill Levels
Item to Craft
Reagents (Per Single Craft)
350-355 Ink of the Sea 2 Azure Pigment
355-360 Scroll of Spirit VII 1 Ink of the Sea - 2 Resilient Parchment
360-365 Scroll of Intellect VII 1 Ink of the Sea - 2 Resilient Parchment
365-370 Scroll of Strength VII 1 Ink of the Sea - 2 Resilient Parchment
370-375 Scroll of Agility VII 1 Ink of the Sea - 2 Resilient Parchment
375-380 Snowfall Ink 2 Icy Pigment
380-385 Glyph of Ice Lance 1 Ink of the Sea - 1 Resilient Parchment
385-386 Northrend Inscription Research 3 Ink of the Sea - 1 Snowfall Ink - 5 Resilient Parchment
386-400 Any Glyph you Discovered 3 Ink of the Sea - 1 Resilient Parchment
400-405 Scroll of Stamina VIII 1 Ink of the Sea - 2 Resilient Parchment
405-410 Scroll of Spirit VIII 1 Ink of the Sea - 2 Resilient Parchment
410-415 Scroll of Intellect VIII 1 Ink of the Sea - 2 Resilient Parchment
415-420 Scroll of Strength VIII 1 Ink of the Sea - 2 Resilient Parchment
420-425 Scroll of Agility VIII 1 Ink of the Sea - 2 Resilient Parchment
425-445 Blackfallow Ink 2 Ashen Pigment
445-450 Scroll of Intellect IX 1 Blackfallow Ink - 2 Resilient Parchment

If you are buying mats and have any gold left at this point great job! If not take a look at this gold guide for tips on how to rebuild your stash.

Skill Levels
Item to Craft
Reagents (Per Single Craft)
450-455 Scroll of Protection IX 1 Blackfallow Ink - 2 Resilient Parchment
455-460 Scroll of Sprit IX 1 Blackfallow Ink - 2 Resilient Parchment
460-465 Scroll of Stamina IX 1 Blackfallow Ink - 2 Resilient Parchment
465-470 Scroll of Strength IX 1 Blackfallow Ink - 2 Resilient Parchment
470-475 Scroll of Agility IX 1 Blackfallow Ink - 2 Resilient Parchment
475-485 Inferno Ink 2 Burners Embers
485-490 Dust of Disappearance 2 Blackfallow Ink
490-500 Manual of the Planes 2 Inferno Ink - 2 Volatile Water - 2 Volatile Air - 2 Volatile Earth - 2 Volatile Fire - 10 Resilient Parchment
500-505 Runescroll of Fortitude II 5 Inferno Ink - 5 Resilient Parchment
505-511 Runed Dragonscale 8 Inferno Ink - 24 Volatile Life - 6 Volatile Fire - 1 Deathwing Scale Fragment
511-520 Dungeoneering Guide 10 Resilient Parchment - 8 Inferno Ink - 24 Volatile Life - 6 Volatile Water
520-525 Tattooed Eyeball 12 Inferno Ink - 36 Volatile Life - 12 Volatile Water - 1 Preserved Ogre Eye

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