Mists of Pandaria 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.

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
  • 120× 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× Hessonite
  • 50× Nightstone
  • You will also need around 50 total of these, depending on your Design choice:
  • Carnelian
  • Alicite
  • Zephyrite
  • Jasper
• Mists of Pandaria
  • You will also need around 70 total of these, depending on your Design choice:
  • Alexandrite
  • Lapis Lazuli
  • Pandarian Garnet
  • Roguestone
  • Sunstone
  • Tiger Opal
  • You will also need around 10 of the same color out of these gems, depending on your Design choice:
  • Imperial Amethyst
  • Primordial Ruby
  • River's Heart
  • Sun's Radiance
  • Vermilion Onyx
  • Wild Jade

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	Delicate Copper Wire Save for Later	2× Copper Bar
35-50	Malachite Pendant	1× Delicate Copper Wire 1× Malachite
50-80	Bronze Setting Save for Later	2× Bronze Bar
80-100	Gloom Band	2× Delicate Copper Wire 1× Bronze Setting 2× Shadowgem
100-110	Heavy Jade Ring	1× Bronze Setting 2× Iron Bar 1× Jade
110-130	Heavy Stone Statue	8× Heavy Stone
130-140	Amulet of the Moon	2× Lesser Moonstone 1× Bronze Setting
140-150	Pendant of the Agate Shield	1× Bronze Setting 1× Moss Agate
150-180	70× Mithril Filigree Save for Later	2× Mithril Bar
180-185	Solid Stone Statue	10× Solid Stone
185-210	28× Engraved Truesilver Ring	1× Truesilver Bar 2× Mithril Filigree
210-220	Aquamarine Signet	3× Aquamarine 1× Jeweler's Setting
220-225	Aquamarine Pendant of the Warrior	1× Aquamarine 3× Mithril Filigree
225-250	56× Thorium Setting Make 50, Save for Later	1× Thorium Bar
250-260	Ruby Pendant of Fire	1× Thorium Setting 1× Star Ruby
260-280	Simple Opal Ring	1× Large Opal 1× Thorium Setting
280-290	Diamond Focus Ring	1× Azerothian Diamond 1× Thorium Setting
290-300	Emerald Lion Ring	2× Huge Emerald 1× Thorium Setting

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
300-315	Prismatic Black Diamond	2× 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	Jasper Ring	2× Jasper 2× Jeweler's Setting
450-467	Craft the cheapest gem cut until 467: Carnelian Alicite Zephyrite Hessonite Nightstone Jasper
467-475	Hessonite Band	2× Hessonite 1× Jeweler's Setting
475-500	Nightstone Choker	2× Nightstone 1× Jeweler's Setting

If your goal is not be a max level Jewelcrafter, we suggest that you take advantage of the research spells that become available at skill level 525, such as Sun's Radiance. You will have the option to choose a gem color to research, and you will learn a gem from that color; this has a 1-day cooldown and give +3 skill. Slowly leveling you through research is a great way to get a max profession for nearly free!

Skill Level	Item to Craft	Materials
500-527	Ornate Band	1× Jeweler's Setting 1× Lapis Lazuli 1× Tiger Opal
527-575	Shadowfire Necklace	1× Jeweler's Setting 1× Roguestone 1× Alexandrite 1× Pandarian Garnet

You will want to research one of the following daily. These dailies share a cooldown, so only one can be completed per day. Upon completion, you will be able to learn a gem of the same color research that you performed. If you do not need to rush to max level Jewelcrafting, we suggest thah you slowly level up by casting one of these searches daily. As these give +3 skill point per cast, you will quickly level up on your own.

Imperial Amethyst

Primordial Ruby

River's Heart

Sun's Radiance

Vermilion Onyx

Wild Jade

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 2 equipped at a time. Jewelcrafting also offers some powerful early-game trinkets that may be useful as you begin gearing up.

• Rigid Serpent's Eye — Hit
• Solid Serpent's Eye — Stamina
• Sparkling Serpent's Eye — Spirit
• Fractured Serpent's Eye — Mastery
• Quick Serpent's Eye — Haste
• Smooth Serpent's Eye — Crit
• Subtle Serpent's Eye — Dodge
• Lucent Serpent's Eye — Agility & PvP Resilience
• Resplendent Serpent's Eye — Strength & PvP Resilience
• Willful Serpent's Eye — Intellect & PvP Resilience
• Assassin's Serpent's Eye — Agility & PvP Power
• Mysterious Serpent's Eye — Intellect & PvP Power
• Tense Serpent's Eye — Strength & PvP Power
• Bold Serpent's Eye — Strength
• Brilliant Serpent's Eye — Intellect
• Delicate Serpent's Eye — Agility
• Flashing Serpent's Eye — Parry
• Precise Serpent's Eye — Expertise

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