Cataclysm Classic Jewelcrafting Profession and Leveling Guide

Jewelcrafting's main purpose is to cut gems to fill open gem sockets on gear. This is a great way to enhance already powerful gear and customize it to further boost your desirable stats. Beyond gems, Jewelcrafting is also well known for making rare and valuable jewelry, such as rings and necklaces.

Mining is a great complement to Jewelcrafting, as having Mining will allow you to farm the vast majority of materials you will need to both train and utilize Jewelcrafting for crafted item in the endgame. Due to the amount of bars used to craft items near max skill level, it can get extremely costly very quickly; having mining greatly mitigates this cost.

Prospecting is a new skill that comes alongside with Jewelcrafting. It allows you to convert 5 ore into random materials, most commonly gems that are needed for many different patterns to level the profession. Similar to how other professions work, each ore has a minimum skill required to be able to prospect it, based on your Jewelcrafting skill. Prospecting may be an easy way to obtain rare gems, and can even profitable when used on endgame ore depending on the market prices.

In Cataclysm, you no longer need to visit different trainers to learn new ranks of Jewelcrafting. Every trainer will now be able to each you all ranks in any major city.

Alliance	Horde
Theresa Denman — Stormwind	Lugrah — Orgrimmar
Hanner Gembold — Ironforge	Nahari Cloudchaser — Thunder Bluff
Neller Fayne — Darnassus	Aessa Silverdew — Undercity
Farii — Exodar	Amin — Silvermoon

Cataclysm also adds profession trainers in each starting zone, allowing you to pick up a profession right away rather than needing to reach a major city first.

Alliance	Horde
Jack All-Trades Derrington — Gilneas	KTC Train-a-Tron Deluxe — The Lost Isles
Lien Farner — Elwynn Forest	Runda — Durotar
Wembil Taskwidget — Dun Morogh	Lalum Darkmane — Mulgore
Iranis Shadebloom — Teldrassil	Therisa Sallow — Tirisfal Glades
Valn — Azuremyst Isle	Saren — Eversong Woods

Below is a "quick shopping list" of materials needed to level Jewelcrafting up. This list is just an estimation, not an exact amount. Depending on your luck when crafting you may need more or less materials than there is listed here.

Shopping List

• Vanilla
• 120 × Copper Bar
• 15 × Malachite
• 100 × Bronze Bar
• 40 × Shadowgem
• 20 × Iron Bar
• 10 × Jade
• 320 × Heavy Stone
• 20 × Lesser Moonstone
• 10 × Moss Agate
• 150 × Mithril Bar
• 28 × Truesilver Bar
• 35 × Aquamarine
• 60 × Thorium Bar
• 10 × Star Ruby
• 20 × Large Opal
• 20 × Huge Emerald
• 13 × Azerothian Diamond
• TBC
• You will need around 80 total of these, depending on your Design choice:
• Golden Draenite
• Shadow Draenite
• Azure Moonstone
• Blood Garnet
• Deep Peridot
• Flame Spessarite
• WotLK
• You will need around 80 total of these, depending on your Design choice:
• Bloodstone
• Chalcedony
• Dark Jade
• Huge Citrine
• Shadow Crystal
• Sun Crystal
• You will need around 50 total of these, depending on your Design choice:
• Autumn's Glow
• Forest Emerald
• Monarch Topaz
• Scarlet Ruby
• Sky Sapphire
• Twilight Opal
• Cataclysm
• 20 × Jasper
• 16 × Hessonite
• 40 × Nightstone
• You will also need around 35 total of these, depending on your Design choice:
• Carnelian
• Alicite
• Zephyrite
• Hessonite
• Nightstone
• Jasper

Below you'll find our recommended crafting options while leveling Jewelcrafting. Since you will frequently be crafting items when they are yellow and green, it is possible you may need to buy more than the recommended materials shown above.

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
1-35	55 × Delicate Copper Wire Save for Later	110 × Copper Bar
35-50	15 × Malachite Pendant	15 × Delicate Copper Wire 15 × Malachite
50-80	50 × Bronze Setting Save for Later	100 × Bronze Bar
80-100	20 × Gloom Band	40 × Delicate Copper Wire 20 × Bronze Setting 40 × Shadowgem
100-110	10 × Heavy Jade Ring	10 × Bronze Setting 20 × Iron Bar 10 × Jade
110-130	40 × Heavy Stone Statue	320 × Heavy Stone
130-140	10 × Amulet of the Moon	20 × Lesser Moonstone 10 × Bronze Setting
140-150	10 × Pendant of the Agate Shield	10 × Bronze Setting 10 × Moss Agate
150-180	70 × Mithril Filigree Save for Later	140 × Mithril Bar
180-185	10 × Solid Stone Statue	100 × Solid Stone
185-210	28 × Engraved Truesilver Ring	28 × Truesilver Bar 56 × Mithril Filigree
210-220	10 × Aquamarine Signet	30 × Aquamarine 10 × Jeweler's Setting
220-225	5 × Aquamarine Pendant of the Warrior	5 × Aquamarine 15 × Mithril Filigree
225-250	56 × Thorium Setting Save for Later	56 × Thorium Bar
250-260	10 × Ruby Pendant of Fire	10 × Thorium Setting 10 × Star Ruby
260-280	20 × Simple Opal Ring	20 × Large Opal 20 × Thorium Setting
280-290	13 × Diamond Focus Ring	13 × Azerothian Diamond 13 × Thorium Setting
290-300	10 × Emerald Lion Ring	20 × Huge Emerald 10 × Thorium Setting

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
300-315	20 × Prismatic Black Diamond	20 × Black Diamond
315-325	Craft any of these until 325: Glinting Shadow Draenite Regal Deep Peridot Subtle Golden Draenite Stormy Azure Moonstone	Golden Draenite Shadow Draenite Azure Moonstone Deep Peridot
325-350	Craft any of these until 350: Smooth Golden Draenite Rigid Azure Moonstone Potent Flame Spessarite Sovereign Shadow Draenite	Golden Draenite Shadow Draenite Azure Moonstone Flame Spessarite

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
350-395	Craft the cheapest gem cut until 395: Bloodstone Chalcedony Dark Jade Huge Citrine Shadow Crystal Sun Crystal
395-425	Craft the cheapest gem cut until 425: Scarlet Ruby Autumn's Glow Sky Sapphire Monarch Topaz Twilight Opal Forest Emerald

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
425-450	20 × Jasper Ring	20 × Jasper 20 × Jeweler's Setting
450-467	Craft the cheapest gem cut until 467: Carnelian Alicite Zephyrite Hessonite Nightstone Jasper
467-475	8 × Hessonite Band	16 × Hessonite 8 × Jeweler's Setting
475-495	20 × Nightstone Choker	40 × Nightstone 20 × Jeweler's Setting

For the rest of your Jewelcrafting levels, you will need to complete the dailies and acquire Illustrious Jewelcrafter's Token. Then you will buy recipes such as Bold Inferno Ruby or Burning Shadowspirit Diamond and use these to level up. At 500 skill you should also make Fire Prism every day for skill-ups and gems.

Cataclysm introduces new daily quests for Jewelcrafting, rewarding you with Illustrious Jewelcrafter's Token. These tokens are needed to purchase end-game gem cuts and jewelry patterns, making these dailies a necessary part of your daily routine. Alliance players get their daily quest from Isabel Jones in Stormwind, and Horde players get their daily quest from Marith Lazuria in Orgrimmar.

The five daily quests are:

• A Present for Lila
• Elemental Goo
• Nibbler! No!
• Ogrezonians in the Mood
• The Latest Fashion!

Jewelcrafting grants you access to unique, Jewelcrafting-only gems. These gems are much more powerful than any others available; they are, however, limited to the use of 3 equipped at a time. Jewelcrafting also offers some powerful early-game trinkets that may be useful as you begin gearing up.

• Bold Chimera's Eye — Strength
• Brilliant Chimera's Eye — Intellect
• Delicate Chimera's Eye — Agility
• Flashing Chimera's Eye — Parry
• Precise Chimera's Eye — Expertise
• Fractured Chimera's Eye — Mastery
• Quick Chimera's Eye — Haste
• Smooth Chimera's Eye — Crit
• Subtle Chimera's Eye — Dodge
• Mystic Chimera's Eye — Resilience
• Solid Chimera's Eye — Stamina
• Sparkling Chimera's Eye — Spirit
• Rigid Chimera's Eye — Hit
• Stormy Chimera's Eye — Spell Penetration

Jewelcrafting is just one of the many professions you may choose to level in Cataclysm Classic. To learn more about the other options available, we recommend checking out our overviews of all professions and their unique bonuses below.