TBC Classic Alchemy Profession Guide (Phase 3)

Alchemy is a consumables profession. Flasks, elixirs and potions get burned through in a single raid night, so demand for them never drops: every week guilds restock them all over again.

The alchemist's main personal perk is specializations. By picking one of the three branches, you have a chance to get extra portions when brewing, and over time that turns into free goods. On top of that, alchemists have access to unique stones (the Void Stone and its counterparts) that can't be bought or looted.

The most logical pairing is Alchemy with Herbalism: that way you gather all the raw materials yourself and the profit stays entirely with you. If you don't have Herbalism, you'll have to buy herbs at the auction house — it's still profitable, but the margin is noticeably lower.

The tiers up to 300 skill are learned in the capital cities, and the master rank (300-375) is learned in Outland.

Horde

Yelmak — Orgrimmar

Camberon — Silvermoon

Alliance

Tally Berryfizz — Ironforge

Lilyssia Nightbreeze — Stormwind

Lucc — Exodar

Masters in Outland (300-375)

Apothecary Antonivich — Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula

Alchemist Gribble — Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula

In Shattrath, Alchemy Mastery is taught by Lorokeem — he's available to both factions, in case reaching the Hellfire capitals is inconvenient for you.

Below is the combined list of materials for the entire journey. Some recipes stay yellow across certain stretches, so add a 10-20% buffer to each entry, especially for herbs.

For leveling from 1 to 300:

1. Peacebloom65x
2. Silverleaf65x
3. Briarthorn100x
4. Bruiseweed35x
5. Mageroyal20x
6. Stranglekelp50x
7. Liferoot35x
8. Kingsblood35x
9. Goldthorn35x
10. Wild Steelbloom5x
11. Sungrass75x
12. Khadgar's Whisker15x
13. Arthas' Tears45x
14. Blindweed60x
15. Golden Sansam40x
16. Mountain Silversage20x
17. Crystal Vial85x
18. Cracked Vial105x
19. Tainted Vial110x

For leveling from 300 to 375:

1. Felweed40x
2. Dreaming Glory95x
3. Golden Sansam40x
4. Terocone5x
5. Netherbloom10x
6. Nightmare Vine40x
7. Melted Vial105x

Vials are worth buying in advance and in bulk: they're sold by reagent vendors, but during leveling you're always short on them, and running back for more every twenty skill points is tiresome.

Once the materials are gathered, you can get started on leveling:

Levels 1-60

• Minor Healing Potion x65

You'll need:

x65 Peacebloom

x65 Silverleaf

x65 Crystal Vial

Don't sell the finished Minor Healing Potions — all 65 go into the next recipe.

Levels 60-110

• Lesser Healing Potion x65

You'll need:

x65 Minor Healing Potion

x65 Briarthorn

Levels 110-140

• Healing Potion x35

You'll need:

x35 Bruiseweed

x35 Briarthorn

x35 Cracked Vial

Levels 140-155

• Lesser Mana Potion x20

You'll need:

x20 Mageroyal

x20 Stranglekelp

x20 Crystal Vial

Levels 155-185

• Greater Healing Potion x35

You'll need:

x35 Liferoot

x35 Kingsblood

x35 Cracked Vial

Levels 185-210

• Elixir of Agility x30

You'll need:

x30 Stranglekelp

x30 Goldthorn

x30 Cracked Vial

Levels 210-215

• Elixir of Greater Defense x5

You'll need:

x5 Wild Steelbloom

x5 Goldthorn

x5 Cracked Vial

Levels 215-230

• Superior Healing Potion x15

You'll need:

x15 Sungrass

x15 Khadgar's Whisker

x15 Tainted Vial

Levels 230-265

• Elixir of Detect Undead x45

You'll need:

x45 Arthas' Tears

x45 Tainted Vial

The recipe is useless in combat, but it's the cheapest way to get through the 230-265 stretch: Arthas' Tears cost next to nothing, and the recipe stays orange almost all the way to the end.

Levels 265-285

• Superior Mana Potion x30

You'll need:

x60 Sungrass

x60 Blindweed

x30 Tainted Vial

Levels 285-300

• Major Healing Potion x20

You'll need:

x40 Golden Sansam

x20 Mountain Silversage

x20 Tainted Vial

From here you'll need the master rank from Apothecary Antonivich, Alchemist Gribble or Lorokeem. All Outland recipes require the Melted Vial — keep a stack of them in your bag.

Levels 300-315

• Volatile Healing Potion x15

You'll need:

x15 Golden Sansam

x15 Felweed

x15 Melted Vial

The 300-315 stretch can be done with any of three recipes of your choice: Volatile Healing Potion (Golden Sansam + Felweed), Adept's Elixir (Dreamfoil + Felweed) or Onslaught Elixir (Mountain Silversage + Felweed). Take whichever one uses the herb that's cheaper for you.

Levels 315-330

• Elixir of Healing Power x25

You'll need:

x25 Golden Sansam

x25 Dreaming Glory

x25 Melted Vial

Levels 330-335

• Elixir of Draenic Wisdom x5

You'll need:

x5 Terocone

x5 Felweed

x5 Melted Vial

Levels 335-340

• Super Healing Potion x5

You'll need:

x10 Netherbloom

x5 Felweed

x5 Melted Vial

Levels 340-355

• Super Mana Potion x15

You'll need:

x30 Dreaming Glory

x15 Felweed

x15 Melted Vial

Levels 355-375

• Major Dreamless Sleep Potion x40

You'll need:

x40 Dreaming Glory

x40 Nightmare Vine

x40 Melted Vial

The final stretch is the longest and most boring one, but the Major Dreamless Sleep Potion sells steadily: it's a cheap way to remove damage from bleeds and poisons.

Once you reach 375, pick a specialization right away — the quests for them start in Outland and pay for themselves in literally a couple of weeks of brewing.

An alchemist's main income comes from flasks and elixirs on raid days. Sell them in stacks the evening before the raid reset: that's exactly when the price stays at its highest.

Transmutation is a topic of its own. Primal substances and turning Primordium into rare stones bring in noticeable profit, but most transmutes share a common cooldown, so run them every day, even if you weren't planning to sit down for a long session.

And don't forget about your specialization: a master of potions, elixirs or flasks will occasionally get extra portions from a single brew. At the volumes an alchemist pushes through over an expansion, that's the most noticeable boost to your income.