This guide will help you to level your Alchemy from 1 to 450. It’s going to require a lot of herbs, so you are going to need to buy them, or take up herbalism as well to be able to supply your own. Alchemy and Herbalism go well together, as one will feed to materials for the other.
One of the first steps is to assemble the raw materials you will need. The herbs can often be found on the auction house, if you don’t gather them yourself. The draw back of buying the materials is it will be very expensive. You will also need to pick up vials. These can be purchased at a alchemy supply NPC for a minimal cost.
Vials you will need:
Empty Vial x 80
Leaded Vial x 90
Crystal Vial x 85
Imbued Vials x 100
Herbs you will need:
Peacebloom x 60
Silverleaf x 60
Mageroyal x 20
Briarthorn x 90
Stranglekelp x 50
Bruiseweed x 35
Wild Steelbloom x 10
Kingsblood x 40
Liferoot x 40
Goldthorn x 50
Khadgar’s Whisker x 20
Sungrass x 70
Blindweed x 35
Arthas’ Tears x 25
Golden Sansam x 60
Mountain Silversage x 30
Felweed x 60
Ragveil x 20
Netherbloom x 40
Dreaming Glory x 40
Nightmare Vine x 40
Alchemy 1-50
Create 60 Minor Healing Potions
For this you will need:
60 Peacebloom
60 Silverleaf
60 Empty Vials
For 1-50 you are going to be making minor healing potions. Create 60 healing potions, but do not destroy or sell them. You will be using them later in your leveling. Once you are at skill level 55, speak to the Alchemy trainer to get trained to Journeyman Alchemist. The minimum level for this is level 10, so before you can start you have to be at least that level, if you are not level 70.
Alchemy 50 -125
Create 50 Lesser Healing Potions
You will need:
50 Minor Healing Potions
50 Briarthorn
For the next step you will be using the Minor Healing Potions you just made to create Lesser Healing Potions. This should allow you to reach a skill level of 110, but if it doesn’t you should make Elixirs of Wisdom to finish it off.
Elixir of Wisdom Mats:
5 Mageroyal
10 Briarthorn
5 Empty Vials
After reaching skill level 110, you should speak to a trainer and get Healing Potion, and make those until you reach skill level 125.
Create 15 Healing Potions
You will need:
15 Bruiseweed
15 Briarthorn
15 Leaded Vials
Alchemy 125-200
Once you reach skill level 125 speak to the Alchemy Trainer again and learn Expert Alchemist. This requires a minimum character level of 20. You should now continue making Healing Potions until you are skill level 140.
Create 15 Healing Potions
You will need:
15 Bruiseweed
15 Briarthorn
15 Leaded Vials
Once you are skill level 140, you should now begin making Lesser Mana Potions. Continue making these until you are skill level 155.
Create 15 Lesser Mana Potions
You will need:
15 Mageroyal
15 Stranglekelp
15 Empty Vials
At skill level 155 you will change to making Greater Healing Potions. Continue making these until you are at 185 skill level.
Create 30 Greater Healing Potions
You will need:
30 Liferoot
30 Kingsblood
30 Leaded Vials
At skill level 185 you will change to making Elixir of Agility. Continue making these until you are at 200 skill level.
Create 15 Elixirs of Agility
You will need:
15 Stranglekelp
15 Goldthorn
15 Leaded Vials
Once you reach skill level 200 speak to the Alchemy Trainer again and learn Artisan Alchemist. This requires a minimum character level of 35.
Alchemy 200-265
After you have trained Artisan Alchemist, you should continue to make Elixirs of Agility until you reach skill level 210.
Create 10 Elixirs of Agility
You will need:
10 Stranglekelp
10 Goldthorn
10 Leaded Vials
Your next step will be to make Elixirs of Defense until you reach skill level 215.
Create 5 Elixirs of Defense
You will need:
5 Wild Steelbloom
5 Goldthorn
5 Leaded Vials
Your next step will be to make Superior Healing Potions until you reach skill level 230.
Create 15 Superior Healing Potions
You will need:
15 Sungrass
15 Khadgar’s Whisker
15 Crystal Vials
Your next step will be to make Elixirs of Detect Undead until you reach skill level 250.
Create 20 Elixirs of Detect Undead
You will need:
20 Arthas’ Tears
20 Crystal Vials
Your next step will be to make Elixirs of Greater Agility until you reach skill level 265.
Create 15 Elixirs of Greater Agility
You will need:
15 Sungrass
15 Goldthron
15 Crystal Vials
Alchemy 265-300
This section will be using 2 recipes; Superior Mana Potion and Major Healing Potion. These recipes are bought from Alchemy Supply vendors.
Your next step will be to make Superior Mana Potions until you reach skill level 285.
Create 20 Superior Mana Potions
You will need:
40 Sungrass
40 Blindweed
20 Crystal Vials
Your next step will be to make Major Healing Potions until you reach skill level 300.
Create 15 Major Healing Potions
You will need:
30 Golden Sansam
15 Mountain Silversage
15 Crystal Vials
Alchemy 300-375
You will need to visit a Master Alchemist Trainer and train Master Alchemist. Your character must be level 60 for this. The alchemy trainers are found in 3 locations in Outland.
Alchemist Gribble located in the tower at Honor Hold in Hellfire Peninsula.
Apothecary Antonivich located in Thrallmar in Hellfire Peninsula.
Lorokeem located in Lower City in Shattrath City.
After you train Master Alchemist, you will need to make Volatile Healing Potions until you are skill level 315.
Create 15 Volatile Healing Potions
You will need:
15 to 20 Golden Sansam
15 to 20 Felweed
15 to 20 Imbued Vials
Your next step will be to make Sneaking Potions until you reach skill level 330.
Create 15 Sneaking Potions
You will need:
15 to 20 Ragveil
15 to 20 Felweed
15 to 20 Imbued Vials
Your next step will be to make Super Healing Potions until you reach skill level 350.
Create 20 Super Healing Potions
You will need: (Approximately)
40 Netherbloom
20 Felweed
20 Imbued Vials
Your next step will be to make Major Dreamless Sleep Potions until you reach skill level 375. This recipe turns green at 370, but is the most inexpensive potion to make at that level. The recipe can be bought from Leeli Longhaggle (Alliance) in Allerian Stronghold in Terokkar Forest or from Daga Ramba (Horde) in Thunderlord Stronghold in Blade’s Edge Mountains.
Create 25 Major Dreamless Sleep Potions
You will need: (Approximately)
40 Dreaming Glory
40 Nightmare Vine
40 Imbued Vials
From this point forward the guide is based off beta information.
Alchemy 375-450
At this point you will need to stop by a trainer, and pick up your new recipies.
Trainers
Lanolis Dewdrop - Alliance (Grand Master Alchemist Trainer). Located at Valgarde in Howling Fjord.
Linzy Blackbolt (Grand Master Alchemist Trainer). Located at Dalaran.
Wilhelmina Renel (Grand Master Alchemist Trainer). Located at Vengence Landing in Howling Fjord.
Alchemy 375-385
Create 10 Pygmy Oil
You will need:
10 Pygmy Suckerfish
Alchemy 385-405
Create 20 Crazy Alchemist's Potion
You will need:
40 Goldclover
20 Imbied Vials
Alchemy 405-420
Create 15 Indestructible Potion
You will need:
30 Icethorn
15 Lichbloom
15 Imbued Vial
Alchemy 420-430
Create 10 Elixir of Armor Piercing
This goes grey at 430, so you will probably need to make more than 10. Keep making them until you get to 430.
You will need:
20 Tiger Lily
10 Imbued Vial
Alchemy 430-440
Create 10 Transmute: Earthsiege Diamond
If there is a cooldown on this, it is unknown at this time.
You will need:
10 Dark Jade
10 Huge Citrine
10 Eternal Fire
Alchemy 440-450
Create 10 Transmute: Eternal Might
Cooldown on this is 20 hours, so you are basically looking at 1 point per day.
You will need:
10 Eternal Aid
10 Eternal Earth
10 Eternal Fire
10 Eternal Water