This WoW Jewelcrafting Guide (updated for 3.1.3) takes you from 1-450 and lists the most efficient way to level up your jewelcrafting. It can be used by those looking to power level their skill up and those looking for a plan to follow while they level their character and jewelcrafting at the same time. You'll find that as you level your jewelcrafting up the cost of doing so increases greatly...so if you find yourself sort on gold while you are leveling up I suggest you use this Gold Guide to learn how to get more gold so you can advance your character faster.

 

Jewelcrafting Introduction

If you decide to become a jewelcrafter the first step is to learn jewelcrafting. Because jewelcrafting was not an original profession, it came into being after the debut of the Burning Crusade, there are not jewelcrafting trainers in pre-Burning Crusade cities. So fly, port, or run to the nearest Burning Crusade era city with profession trainers and navigate to the jewelcrafting trainer by right clicking a guard, clicking on profession trainer, clicking jewelcrafting, and by going to the flag that pops up on both your mini map and regular map.

To train jewelcrafting simply click on the jewelcrafting trainer and train apprentice jewelcrafting. Next train heavy copper ring. You'll notice that by learning apprentice jewelcrafting the trainer also gave you a number of other jewelcrafting formulas. Also, in order to begin jewelcrafting you will need to purchase a Jeweler's Kit from a jewelcrafting supply vendor, which can be found right near the jewelcrafting trainer.

Now that you have trained you might be wondering where to get the supplies for jewelcrafting! The components for jewelcrafting are derived from mining. Therefore, a vast majority of jewelcrafters train mining as their second profession. If you decide to mine then the next step for you would be to find a mining trainer in one of the major cities with trainers and then get out and mine. As you mine you will find that you obtain ore and sometime even gems from mining veins. You can then head smelt the ore to turn it into bars needed for creating jewelcrafting items.

The biggest advantage of training mining as your second profession is that you will be able to collect all of your own jewelcrafting supplies. You'll probably even mine extra ore you can prospect for gems. (Jewelcrafters are able to train the skill prospecting, which allows them to search ore for gems. Although the ore is destroyed in the process it's worth it when valuable gems are found in the process. So if you mine a lot and have extra ore you can simply prospect it for a chance to find gems, which are of course a major component of jewelcrafting.)

It's important to note that while mining is the traditional complement skill to jewelcrafting not all players choose to train it. Instead those players use a number of other options to get the jewelcrafting supplies they need. Some opt to use another character on their account that already has mining trained and farm the supplies. Others have friends mine the supplies for them or buy everything they need on the auction house. If you don't have another character with mining on it, have friends to get you supplies, the money to buy supplies, or the server population to support an auction house with lots of supplies then you may be stuck having to mine everything yourself.

Jewelcrafting 1-100

The focus of this guide is to get ones skill level up as fast as possible without having to buy lots of recipes from vendors, the auction house, or farm for random drops. It also is designed for players who choose to buy all of their supplies from the auction house, or rather, to level up jewelcrafting without having mining trained. If you need gold to buy your supplies look at this Gold Guide.

Keep the items labeled "Keep" because you'll need them to craft items later.

Jewelcrafting 100-220

Congrats, if you are reading this part of the guide you probably already have your jewelcrafting leveled up to at least 100. This guide will provide you with a way to efficiently level your jewelcrafting to 220.

*The formula for this recipe is bought from:

Jewelcrafting 220-300

If you've made it through jewelcrafting this far, congrats. Or if you are just looking ahead at what jewelcrafting to 300 takes, here it is. You will find that as your skill levels get higher and higher, the cost of materials gets higher and higher and in some cases harder to find. If you want to get your jewelcrafting up as quickly as possible I suggest buying the materials; however, this is easier said than done, unless you have a lot of gold. If you need gold check out this gold farming guide.

Jewelcrafting 300-350

For this section of the guide I recommend that you use your own common sense when trying to level up. Some of the sections will require that you level up using lots of the same materials. If you don't have a huge surplus of supplies or don't have a lot of gold to buy them then use your own judgment and try to level up using the supplies you do have.

In order to level up using this guide you will train/purchase recipes from the jewelcrafting trainer (Tatiana in the Inn in Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula for Alliance or Kalaen in the Inn in Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula for Horde). You can choose what ones you actually need to train based upon the gems you have, since you have many options for a lot of the levels. You will also need to purchase a Simple Grinder from a merchant selling jewelcrafting supplies in order to cut gems.

*This will turn green at 340 but it's usually easiest to just keep making this until 350 because it's cheap to make and other options require more time to complete or are more expensive.
 

Jewelcrafting 350-450

Congrats if you've made it this far, you are almost done! One thing to keep in mind when leveling from 350-450 is that it can take a very long time and it can also take a lot of gold, unless you have all the supplies. So if you don't have a lot of gold take a look at this Gold Guide to learn what it takes to make enough gold for not only your jewelcrafting, but your mounts, skills, and whatever else you desire.

In order to level up past 375 you'll have to visit a Grand Master Jewelcrafting Trainer:

The final section of the guide!

For this section you will notice that there are some formulas listed for use that require skill level 360, if you want once you hit 360 you can also use them to level until 390.

From 430-450 you'll be making meta gems. An easy and cheap way to get the base gems you'll need to cut is to simply buy the materials for each gem and have an alchemist cut them. For the Skyflare Diamond you need 1x Bloodstone, 1x Chalcedony, and 1x Eternal Air. For the Earthseige Diamond you need 1x Dark Jade, 1x Huge Citrine, and 1x Eternal Fire.