Alchemy
Alchemy generally creates potions, which are consumed for a short-term effect. This finite effect leads many people to overlook Alchemy; in comparison, arms and armor are in almost constant use. Despite their limited time of effect, Alchemy gives many classes effects they can’t otherwise get outside of a group; the potions supply instant healing and mana restoration in the middle of battle, stat bonuses, regeneration, and even heightened damage.
All restoration potions (Health, Mana, Rejuvenation) have a five-minute cooldown after each use, and all share the same timer; i.e. if you drink a Minor Health potion, you also won’t be able to drink a Mana Potion or a Greater Rejuvenation potion until five minutes are up.
All stat potions have no cooldown; instead, no stat potion may stack with any spell that enhances the same stat. For instance, if you’re under the effect of a rank 2 Arcane Intellect spell (+7 Intellect), you won’t be able to drink an Elixir of Wisdom (+6 Intellect) until the spell wears off, and any bonuses you had from previous Elixirs of Wisdom will be overwritten by the Arcane Intellect spell.
There is no limit on how many stat buffs from potions you may have on you at once. In this way, soloing Warlocks may have Intellect buffs, Mages may have Stamina buffs, and so on. No Alchemy product is equal to or greater than the effect an equivalent-level caster can generate; an Arcane Intellect spell cast by a mage of your level will always have a higher stat bonus than the highest-level Elixir of Wisdom you can drink.
Trainers
Journeyman: Brill, Ogrimmar (The Drag), Undercity (Apothecary Quarter)
Expert: Undercity (Apothecary Quarter). From the main room, take the stairs to your left; the trainer will be sitting at a counter near a siege engine and the supplier. Booty Bay.
Artisan: Undercity (Apothecary Quarter)
Master: Swamp of Sorrows (Stonard)
Leveling
Alchemy, like all non-gathering tradeskills, rises as you create items. In the beginning, most recipes require only an Empty Vial (sold at most General Suppliers, in addition to Herbalism and Alchemy vendors) and the plants you find in the wild. For the first fifty points or so, make whatever you have the components for. The initial three recipes are equally useful, and raise your skills evenly. Large amounts of Minor Healing Potions will probably be made, as the two components are the most common in starter areas. It’s suggested that you Bank any extra MHPs you make, rather than sell them, in order to aid later leveling.
Soon after, you can do the quest for the Discolored Healing Potion recipe (see below). Hunting in Silverpine, the DHPs and other miscellaneous potions will easily raise your skill to the level you can obtain th Lesser Healing Potion. At this point, you can quickly raise your skill if you stored any quantity of Minor Healing Potions. LHP require one Minor Healing Potion and one Briarthorn to make. As this is also the first recipie to use Briarthorn, you can easily jump 15-20 skill points before ever leaving the alchemist.
An alternate path is to aquire a quantity of Oily Blackmouth fish. Two may be rendered into Blackmouth Oil, which is added to one Swiftthistle to create the Swim Speed Potion. This of course requires the fish in the first place, but it may be faster than the former route if you have them.
Recipes
Primarily a list of vendor-found or quested-for recipes, while omitting all found on Alchemy Trainers unless of special note.
Discolored Healing Potion – Obtained by doing the Wild Hearts quest in the Sepulcher of Silverpine Forest after completing the Find Quinn quest. Probably your first recipe that requires an ingredient that is obtained by some means other than Herbalism; Discolored Worg Hearts, the required ingredient, are an uncommon drop from Mottled Worgs. The potion this recipe creates heals as much as a Lesser Healing Potion with a lower difficulty level to create, as well as requiring fewer herbs; around the levels you’ll actually need the healing from the potions, LHP’s Briarthorn is in scarce supply.
Rage Potion – Raises Rage by 20-40 points. Recipe found on a vendor in Ogrimmar and The Barrens (both unconfirmed). Requires a Sharp Claw.
Elixir of Giant Growth – Makes you grow large for two minutes while raising your Strength by 8. A very rare (0.1% - 1%) drop on a variety of level 11-21 monsters in the Barrens. Requires Deviant Fish.
Timers are all 1 hour, unless noted.
Skill | Name | Effect | Level Req | WhereFrom |
15 | Weak Troll's Blood Potion | +2hp per 5sec | 0 | Trainer |
25 | Minor Mana Potion | 140-180 mana | 5 | Trainer |
40 | Minor Rejuvenation Potion | 90-150 HP/Mana | 5 | Trainer |
50 | Discolored Healing Potion | 140-180HP | 5 | Wild Hearts quest |
50 | Elixir of Minor Agility | +4 Ag | 2 | random world |
50 | Elixir of Minor Fortitude | +27 max HPs | 2 | Trainer |
55 | Lesser Healing Potion | 140-180 hps | 3 | Trainer |
60 | Rage Potion | 20-40 rage | 4 | Lim Sale - Multi venders |
60 | Swiftness Potion | +50% run -15sec | 5 | Lim Sale -Westfall, random world |
80 | Blackmouth Oil | Part | - | Trainer |
90 | Elixir of Giant Growth | +8str - 2min | 8 | random world |
90 | Elixir of Water Breathing | 30min | 8 | Trainer |
90 | Elixir of Wisdom | +6 int | 10 | Trainer |
100 | Holy Protection Potion | eats 300-500 Holy | 10 | Lim Sale - Multi venders |
100 | Swim Speed Potion | +100% swim - 20 sec | 10 | Trainer |
110 | Healing Potion | 280-360 hp | 12 | Trainer |
110 | Minor Magic Resistance Potion | +25 all res - 3 min | 12 | Lim Sale -Westfall, random world |
120 | Elixir of Poison Resistance | Clear & Immune-1min | 14 | random world |
120 | Lesser Mana Potion | 280-360 mana | 14 | Trainer |
125 | Strong Troll s Blood Potion | +6 hp per 5sec | 15 | Trainer |
130 | Elixir of Defense | +150 armor | 16 | Trainer |
130 | Fire Oil | Part | - | Trainer |
135 | Shadow Protection Potion | eat 675-1125 Shadow | 17 | Lim Sale - Multi venders |
140 | Elixir of Firepower | +10 fire dam - 30min | 18 | Trainer |
140 | Elixir of Lesser Agility | +8 ag | 18 | random world |
150 | Elixir of Ogre's Strength | +8 str | 20 | random world |
150 | Free Action Potion | immune stun, etc - 30sec | 20 | Lim Sale - Multi venders |
155 | Greater Healing Potion | 455-585 hps | 21 | Trainer |
160 | Mana Potion | 455-585 mana | 22 | Trainer |
165 | Fire Protection Potion | eats 975-1625 fire | 23 | Lim Sale - Multi venders |
165 | Lesser Invisibility Potion | ninja! - 15sec | 23 | Trainer |
165 | Shadow Oil | 15% bolt - 30 min | 24 | Lim Sale - Multi venders |
175 | Elixir of Fortitude | +120 max HP | 25 | Trainer |
175 | Great Rage Potion | +30-60 rage | 25 | Lim Sale - Multi venders |
180 | Mighty Troll's Blood Potion | +12hps per 5 sec | 26 | Lim Sale -Westfall, random world |
185 | Elixir of Agility | 15 ag | 27 | Trainer |
190 | Elixir of Frost Power | +15 frost dam - 30min | 28 | 2004 Holiday quest |
190 | Frost Protection Potion | eats 1350-2250 frost | 28 | Lim Sale - Multi venders |
190 | Nature Protection Potion | eats 1350-2250 nature | 28 | Lim Sale - Multi venders |
195 | Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility | see ninjas - 10 min | 29 | random world |
195 | Elixir of Greater Defense | +250 armor | 29 | Trainer |
200 | Catseye Elixir | see ninjas - 10 min | 30 | Trainer |
200 | Frost Oil | 10% bolt - 30 min | 30 | Vendor Bro'kin in Alterac |
205 | Greater Mana Potion | 700-900 mana | 31 | Trainer |
205 | Oil of Immolation | 50 fire AoE/3sec -15 sec | 31 | Trainer |
210 | Goblin Rocket Fuel | part | - | Engineering creates recipe |
210 | Magic Resistance Potion | +50all res - 3 min | 32 | random world |
215 | Elixir of Greater Water Breathing | 1 hour | 35 | Trainer |
215 | Lesser Stoneshield Potion | +1000 -90sec | 33 | Liquid Stone quest |
215 | Superior Healing Potion | 700-900hp | 35 | Trainer |
225 | Philosophers' Stone | part | - | Pestlezugg in Gadgetzan |
225 | Transmute: Iron to Gold | xmut | - | Pestlezugg in Gadgetzan |
225 | Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver | xmut | - | Pestlezugg in Gadgetzan |
225 | Wildvine Potion | 1-1000 hp/mana | 35 | Random Hinterlands/STV (trolls?) |
230 | Dreamless Sleep Potion | 1200 hp/mana 15sec sleep | 35 | Trainer |
230 | Elixir of Detect Undead | shows undead minimap | 36 | Trainer |
235 | Arcane Elixir | +20spell dam - 30min | 37 | Trainer |
235 | Elixir of Greater Intellect | +25 int | 37 | Trainer |
235 | Invisibility Potion | ninja! - 18sec | 37 | random world |
240 | Elixir of Dream Vision | explore | 38 | Very limited world |
240 | Elixir of Greater Agility | 25 Ag | 38 | Trainer |
240 | Gift of Arthas | 10 SR / disease armor | 38 | Slavering Ghoul / Skeletal Flayer-Western Plaguelands |
245 | Elixir of Giants | +25 str | 38 | random world |
245 | Ghost Dye | xmut | - | Lim Sale Bronk - Feralas |
250 | Elixir of Demonslaying | +265 AP/demons -5min | 40 | Lim Sale Blasted Lands / SoS |
250 | Elixir of Detect Demon | shows demons minimap | 40 | Trainer |
250 | Elixir of Shadow Power | +1-40 shadow dam -30min | 40 | Lim Sale SW / UC |
250 | Limited Invulnerability Potion | Phys immune 6 sec | 45 | Lim Sale Westfall - Random world |
250 | Stonescale Oil | xmut | - | Trainer |
255 | Mighty Rage Potion | 45-75rage & 60str -20sec | 46 | Blackrock Slayer- Burning Steppes |
260 | Superior Mana Potion | 900-1500 mana | 41 | Algernon in Apothecarium in Undercity |
265 | Elixir of Superior Defense | 450 Armor | 43 | Lim Sale Multi vend |
270 | Elixir of the Sages | 18 int/Spirit | 44 | Scarlet mobs - Eastern Plaguelands |
275 | Elixir of Brute Force | 18 str/stam | 45 | Random reward Bloodpetal Sprouts quest |
275 | Major Healing Potion | 1050-1750 hp | 45 | Evie Whirlbrew in Overlook in Winterspring |
275 | Transmute: Air to Fire | xmut | - | Argent Dawn faction |
275 | Transmute: Arcanite | xmut | - | Pestlezugg in Gadgetzan |
275 | Transmute: Earth to Life | xmut | - | random world |
275 | Transmute: Earth to Water | xmut | - | Timbermaw Furbolgs faction |
275 | Transmute: Fire to Earth | xmut | - | Plugger Spazzring - Blackrock Depths |
275 | Transmute: Life to Earth | xmut | - | Plugger Spazzring - Blackrock Depths |
275 | Transmute: Undeath to Water | xmut | - | Timbermaw Furbolgs faction |
275 | Transmute: Water to Air | xmut | - | Magnus Frostwake near Scholomance (quests) |
275 | Transmute: Water to Undeath | xmut | - | rare Ramdon world |
280 | Elixir of the Mongoose | 25 Ag, 1% crit | 46 | Jadefire Rogue / Legashi Rogue |
280 | Greater Stoneshield Potion | 2000 armor - 2min | 46 | random world |
285 | Greater Arcane Elixir | +35 spell dam | 47 | rare Ramdon world |
285 | Purification Potion | eat curse/dis/pois | 47 | Random World |
290 | Greater Arcane Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 arc | 48 | Cobalt Mageweaver - Winterspring |
290 | Greater Fire Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 fire | 48 | Firebrand mobs - Blackrock Spire |
290 | Greater Frost Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 frost | 48 | Frostmaul Giant-Winterspring |
290 | Greater Nature Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 nat | 48 | Decaying Horror/Rotting Behemoth -Western Plaguelands |
290 | Greater Shadow Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 shad | 48 | Shadowmage/Dark Adept - Eastern Plaguelands |
295 | Major Mana Potion | 1350-2250 mana | 49 | Darkmaster Gandling-Scholomance (quests) |
300 | Flask of Chromatic Resistance | 25 all Res-2hour | 50 | Gyth-Blackrock Spire |
300 | Flask of Distilled Wisdom | +2000 max mana -2hour | 50 | Balnazzar-Stratholme |
300 | Flask of Petrification | immune to all -1min | 50 | rare Ramdon world |
300 | Flask of Supreme Power | +1-150 spells-2hour | 50 | Ras Frostwhispe-Scholomance |
300 | Flask of the Titans | +1200max hp -2hour | 50 | General Drakkisath-Blackrock Spire |
300 | Major Rejuvenation Potion | 1440-1760 mana/hp | 50 | Drops from various bosses in Molten Core
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Ingredients
Primarily a list of special components. For herb locations, see Herbalism.
Discolored Worg Heart – An uncommon drop (25%) off Mottled Worgs in the north of Silverpine Forest.
Oily Blackmouth – Obtained by fishing. Used to create Blackmouth Oil.
Sharp Claw – Found on a wide variety of level 10+ beasts. Confirmed: wolves, harpies, bears, bats.
Deviant Fish – Obtained by fishing in any Oasis in The Barrens, as well as inside the Wailing Caverns.
Firefin Snapper Obtained by fishing. Used to create Fire Oil.
Volatile Rum - Dropped by Pirates, mainly in Stranglethorn Vale and Tanaris. Used to create Goblin Rocket Fuel, which is used in engineering?.
Stonescale Eel - Obtained by fishing.
Black Vitriol - Obtained by mining. Used to create Philospher's Stone.
Skill | Name | Effect | Ingredients |
15 | Weak Troll's Blood Potion | +2hp per 5sec |
1x Peacebloom |
25 | Minor Mana Potion | 140-180 mana |
1x Mageroyal |
40 | Minor Rejuvenation Potion | 90-150 HP/Mana |
2x Mageroyal |
50 | Discolored Healing Potion | 140-180HP |
1x Discolored Worg Heart |
50 | Elixir of Minor Agility | +4 Ag |
1x Swiftthistle |
50 | Elixir of Minor Fortitude | +27 max HPs |
2x Earthroot |
55 | Lesser Healing Potion | 140-180 hps |
1x Minor Healing Potion |
60 | Rage Potion | 20-40 rage |
1x Sharp Claw |
60 | Swiftness Potion | +50% run -15sec |
1x Swiftthistle |
80 | Blackmouth Oil | Part |
2x Oily Blackmouth |
90 | Elixir of Giant Growth | +8str - 2min |
1x Deviate Fish |
90 | Elixir of Water Breathing | 30min |
1x Stranglekelp |
90 | Elixir of Wisdom | +6 int |
1x Mageroyal |
100 | Holy Protection Potion | eats 300-500 Holy |
1x Bruiseweed |
100 | Swim Speed Potion | +100% swim - 20 sec |
1x Swiftthistle |
110 | Healing Potion | 280-360 hp |
1x Bruiseweed |
110 | Minor Magic Resistance Potion | +25 all res - 3 min |
3x Mageroyal |
120 | Elixir of Poison Resistance | Clear & Immune-1min |
1x Large Venom Sac |
120 | Lesser Mana Potion | 280-360 mana |
1x Mageroyal |
125 | Strong Troll s Blood Potion | +6 hp per 5sec |
2x Bruiseweed |
130 | Elixir of Defense | +150 armor |
1x Wild Steelbloom |
130 | Fire Oil | Part |
2x Firefin Snapper |
135 | Shadow Protection Potion | eat 675-1125 Shadow |
1x Grave Moss |
140 | Elixir of Firepower | +10 fire dam - 30min |
2x Fire Oil |
140 | Elixir of Lesser Agility | +8 ag |
1x Wild Steelbloom |
150 | Elixir of Ogre's Strength | +8 str |
1x Earthroot |
150 | Free Action Potion | immune stun, etc - 30sec |
2x Blackmouth Oil |
155 | Greater Healing Potion | 455-585 hps |
1x Liferoot |
160 | Mana Potion | 455-585 mana |
1x Stranglekelp |
165 | Fire Protection Potion | eats 975-1625 fire |
1x Small Flame Sac |
165 | Lesser Invisibility Potion | ninja! - 15sec |
1x Fadeleaf |
165 | Shadow Oil | 15% bolt - 30 min |
4x Fadeleaf |
175 | Elixir of Fortitude | +120 max HP |
1x Wild Steelbloom |
175 | Great Rage Potion | +30-60 rage |
1x Large Fang |
180 | Mighty Troll's Blood Potion | +12hps per 5 sec |
1x Liferoot |
185 | Elixir of Agility | 15 ag |
1x Stranglekelp |
190 | Elixir of Frost Power | +15 frost dam - 30min |
2x Wintersbite |
190 | Frost Protection Potion | eats 1350-2250 frost |
1x Wintersbite |
190 | Nature Protection Potion | eats 1350-2250 nature |
1x Liferoot |
195 | Elixir of Detect Lesser Invisibility | see ninjas - 10 min |
1x Khadgar's Whisker |
195 | Elixir of Greater Defense | +250 armor | 1x Wild Steelbloom
1x Goldthorn |
200 | Catseye Elixir | see ninjas - 10 min |
1x Goldthorn |
200 | Frost Oil | 10% bolt - 30 min |
4x Khadgar's Whisker |
205 | Greater Mana Potion | 700-900 mana |
1x Khadgar's Whisker |
205 | Oil of Immolation | 50 fire AoE/3sec -15 sec |
1x Firebloom |
210 | Goblin Rocket Fuel | part |
1x Firebloom |
210 | Magic Resistance Potion | +50all res - 3 min |
1x Khadgar's Whisker |
215 | Elixir of Greater Water Breathing | 1 hour |
1x Ichor of Undeath |
215 | Lesser Stoneshield Potion | +1000 -90sec |
1x Mithril Ore |
215 | Superior Healing Potion | 700-900hp |
1x Sungrass |
225 | Philosophers' Stone | part |
4x Iron Bar |
225 | Transmute: Iron to Gold | xmut |
1x Iron Bar |
225 | Transmute: Mithril to Truesilver | xmut |
1x Mithril Bar |
225 | Wildvine Potion | 1-1000 hp/mana |
1x Wildvine |
230 | Dreamless Sleep Potion | 1200 hp/mana 15sec sleep |
3x Purple Lotus |
230 | Elixir of Detect Undead | shows undead minimap |
1x Arthas' Tears |
235 | Arcane Elixir | +20spell dam - 30min |
1x Blindweed |
235 | Elixir of Greater Intellect | +25 int |
1x Blindweed |
235 | Invisibility Potion | ninja! - 18sec |
1x Ghost Mushroom |
240 | Elixir of Dream Vision | explore |
3x Purple Lotus |
240 | Elixir of Greater Agility | 25 Ag |
1x Sungrass |
240 | Gift of Arthas | 10 SR / disease armor |
1x Arthas' Tears |
245 | Elixir of Giants | +25 str |
1x Sungrass |
245 | Ghost Dye | xmut |
2x Ghost Mushroom |
250 | Elixir of Demonslaying | +265 AP/demons -5min |
1x Gromsblood |
250 | Elixir of Detect Demon | shows demons minimap |
2x Gromsblood |
250 | Elixir of Shadow Power | +1-40 shadow dam -30min |
3x Ghost Mushroom |
250 | Limited Invulnerability Potion | Phys immune 6 sec |
2x Blindweed |
250 | Stonescale Oil | xmut |
1x Stonescale Eel |
255 | Mighty Rage Potion | 45-75rage & 60str -20sec |
3x Gromsblood |
260 | Superior Mana Potion | 900-1500 mana |
2x Sungrass |
265 | Elixir of Superior Defense | 450 Armor |
2x Stonescale Oil |
270 | Elixir of the Sages | 18 int/Spirit |
1x Dreamfoil |
275 | Elixir of Brute Force | 18 str/stam |
2x Gromsblood |
275 | Major Healing Potion | 1050-1750 hp |
2x Golden Sansam |
275 | Transmute: Air to Fire | xmut |
1x Essence of Air |
275 | Transmute: Arcanite | xmut |
1x Thorium Bar |
275 | Transmute: Earth to Life | xmut |
1x Essence of Earth |
275 | Transmute: Earth to Water | xmut |
1x Essence of Earth |
275 | Transmute: Fire to Earth | xmut |
1x Essence of Fire |
275 | Transmute: Life to Earth | xmut |
1x Living Essence |
275 | Transmute: Undeath to Water | xmut |
1x Essence of Undeath |
275 | Transmute: Water to Air | xmut |
1x Essence of Water |
275 | Transmute: Water to Undeath | xmut |
1x Essence of Water |
280 | Elixir of the Mongoose | 25 Ag, 1% crit |
2x Mountain Silversage |
280 | Greater Stoneshield Potion | 2000 armor - 2min |
3x Stonescale Oil |
285 | Greater Arcane Elixir | +35 spell dam |
3x Dreamfoil |
285 | Purification Potion | eat curse/dis/pois |
2x Icecap |
290 | Greater Arcane Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 arc |
1x Dream Dust |
290 | Greater Fire Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 fire |
1x Elemental Fire |
290 | Greater Frost Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 frost |
1x Elemental Water |
290 | Greater Nature Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 nat |
1x Elemental Earth |
290 | Greater Shadow Protection Potion | eat 1950-3250 shad |
1x Shadow Oil |
295 | Major Mana Potion | 1350-2250 mana |
3x Dreamfoil |
300 | Flask of Chromatic Resistance | 25 all Res-2hour |
30x Icecap |
300 | Flask of Distilled Wisdom | +2000 max mana -2hour |
30x Dreamfoil |
300 | Flask of Petrification | immune to all -1min |
30x Stonescale Oil |
300 | Flask of Supreme Power | +1-150 spells-2hour |
30x Dreamfoil |
300 | Flask of the Titans | +1200max hp -2hour |
30x Gromsblood |
300 | Major Rejuvenation Potion | 1440-1760 mana/hp |
1x Heart of the Wild |