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Guide to obtaining every engineering recipe

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This guide is for the completist Engineer, who wants to learn every existing engineering recipe in the game. It has been designed primarily around Engineering skill level rather than character level.

There are times, though, where character level will intrude - where you must be a particular level if you wish to learn a given rank of Engineering skill, or where you must face foes of a particular level should you want to do some particular task.

This guide specifically omits recipes learned from trainers. If you cannot find Engineering Trainers, this guide is probably not of much value to you.


Contents

What to do?

Shopping
When the going gets tough, the tough go shoppin! Many recipes are available from vendors, in limited quantities or not. Part of the point of this article is to tell you where to go to get them...
Auction House trawling
Many recipes are world drops. That is, anything, anywhere, of the appropriate level can drop the recipe. Since there are many more tradeskills available than you can take, the odds that a given recipe drop being one that you can use is small. Your odds are much better looking to the auction house.
Hunting
As opposed to the above, some recipes are looted off of only a select number of creatures. For some, you need defeat only one (or a very few). Others are more elusive, and you may find yourself devoting days to the hunt. And some, you must defeat a boss in some instance to acquire.
Questing
Sometimes, the only way to learn a recipe is to do 'favors' for people. Or work the right lever on the right machine. Also, there are some quests that require the fruits of some tradeskill. While this article is primarily about gaining recipes, these quests may (or may not) provide opportunity to gain skill in your craft.
Reputation
Many recipes are privately held by a group, and you may only acquire it when you reach some level of favor with that group. As gaining reputation is more arduous (generally) than either gaining levels or gaining skill, these recipes have been listed separately.
Other
Some things just do not fall into neat categories. "Everything is miscellaneous."

Some schematics fall into several categories. Where possible, the easiest means of acquiring the schematic is the one mentioned.

Also, schematics that are Bind-on-Pickup(BoP) are noted as such. All schematics requiring reputation, and some vendor-sold ones, are Bind on Pickup.


Apprentice level engineering

Auction House


Journeyman level engineering

Vendors
Alliance Fradd Swiftgear in Sundown Marsh in Wetlands
Neutral Jinky Twizzlefixxit <Engineering Supplies> at the Mirage Raceway in Thousand Needles
Alliance Gearcutter Cogspinner <Engineering Supplies> in Tinker Town in Ironforge
Neutral Jinky Twizzlefixxit <Engineering Supplies> (again)
Alliance Fradd Swiftgear in Wetlands
Alliance Namdo Bizzfizzle <Engineering Supplies> in Gnomeregan
... or from the Punchograph device (see below).
Alliance Gearcutter Cogspinner <Engineering Supplies> in Ironforge
Alliance Darian Singh <Fireworks Vendor> in the Mage Quarter in Stormwind
Horde must look to the neutral Auction Houses.
Neutral Crazk Sparks <Fireworks Vendor> in Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale.
Neutral Gagsprocket <Engineering Goods> in Ratchet in The Barrens.
Horde Nogg <Apprentice Engineer> and Horde Sovik <Engineering Supplies> in Orgrimmar.
Alliance must look to the neutral Auction Houses.
Auction House
Hunting
The final boss in Gnomeregan *rarely* drops this item. It is highly sought.
Questing
Horde characters will find that going to any Matrix Punchograph 3005-B while they have a [Yellow Punch Card] or better will allow them access to the recipe for this item. Much easier than trying to beat it out of one of the alliance vendors....


Expert level engineering

Note that the quests for these items may require the character to be about level 35. Creatures between some of the vendors and "civilization" are between 35 and 40 as well.

Vendors
Neutral Rizz Loosebolt, who is in a cage in Slaughter Hollow in Alterac Mountains
Neutral Kzixx <Rare Goods> in Duskwood north of Darkshire,
Neutral Zixil in Hillsbrad Foothills (and the Old Hillsbrad Foothills instance)
Neutral Veenix in Stonetalon Mountains.
Neutral Mazk Snipeshot <Engineering Supplies> at Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale
Neutral Blizrik Buckshot <Gunsmith> at Gadgetzan in Tanaris
Neutral Zan Shivsproket <Speciality Engineer> sells this item in Ravenholdt Manor in Alterac Mountains.
Neutral Gnaz Blunderflame sells this item from a hidden location in Stranglethorn Vale, south of Mosh'Ogg Ogre Mound near [49, 38].
Neutral Knaz Blunderflame by his brother Neutral Gnaz Blunderflame (above) in Stranglethorn Vale
Neutral Yuka Screwspigot at Flame Crest in Burning Steppes
Auction House
Questing
While the schematic for this is also dropped by Combat Mekgineer Thermaplugg, the most common way to get this is to acquire a [Security DELTA Data Access Card] (sometimes found on the Auction House, but also dropped by mechanical creatures in Gnomeregan) and access a Matrix Punchograph 3005-D in the Engineering Labs of Gnomeregan. You are taught the recipe directly.
Go to the Badlands and complete the quest Neutral [37] Pearl Diving from Neutral Rigglefuzz, and he will offer you the recipe in a follow-up quest.


Artisan level engineering

Vendors
Auction House
Hunting
Blackrock Depths (Also see: Dark Iron)
Raiding (like hunting, but more so...)
Molten core
World boss drops
Questing


Master level engineering

TBCBurning Crusade:

Vendors
Alliance Feera <Engineering Supplies> in The Exodar
Horde Yatheon <Engineering Supplies> in Silvermoon City
Neutral Wind Trader Lathrai in Shattrath City
Auction House
Hunting
Note: BoP recipes that drop off of specific mobs are typically visible only to engineers who do not already know the recipe taught. Recipes found during a raid are visible to the Master Looter.
Questing

TBCBurning Crusade:

Event related recipes

During the Lunar Festival, the following quests yield engineering recipes:

From the Feast of Winter Veil event comes this tradeable recipe (thus also on the Auction House from time to time):


Faction Rewards

Faction Reputation Item Cost Skill Slot Type Bind
Cenarion Expedition Friendly [Green Smoke Flare] 6g 335 Consumable
Consortium Revered [Elemental Seaforium Charge] 8g 350 Consumable
Zandalar Tribe Friendly [Bloodvine Lens] 5g 300 Head Leather BOE
Honored [Bloodvine Goggles] 12g 300 Head Cloth BOE

Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): The Consortium Vendor Karaaz now sells the engineering recipe for an [Elemental Seaforium Charge] if you are revered with them.


Gnome Engineering

These recipes require specialization in Gnome Engineering to learn.

TBCBurning Crusade:

Goblin Engineering

These schematics require specialization in Goblin Engineering to learn:

TBCBurning Crusade:

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