Alchemy Cheap Leveling Guide

Apoptygma wrote:
> Could someone point me to a guide to leveling alchemy up fast similar
> to the engineer guides I saw posted here a while ago. I've also noted
> that some of the guides don't include non-trainer recipes so one that
> includes dropped recipes would be preferable
>

Not from me, just copy&paste (and no, not tested):

Alchemy guide
Alchemy
About this guide
This guide will show you how to get your alchemy skill up from 0 to 300.
The guide will only use recipe's available at a trainer until 265 and
vendor available recipe's from 265 to 300.
This guide only uses recipes that require herbs and vendor bought
material (vials).
This guide does not tell you how to get all the different recipe's from
quests, vendors or drops. What you do once you hit 300 is entirely up to
you. This guide will not tell you what to do with the potions you make
either.
This guide is primarily aimed at those who want to switch profession at
high level or have high level alts, friends or guildmembers.

Preparation
You are going to need a lot of herbs. Create an alt storage character to
store these herbs and then farm (or have an alt farm) for the herbs
needed. Use the ingame mail system to send the herbs to the storage
character. Don't forget to send some gold to the storage character, so
she can send the herbs back.
Once you have all the components collected, everything has to be send
back to your main character. The mailbox only shows the first 50 items
you have in the mail. It also puts the last item send to you on top. So
to avoid complications send the components you need first last: i.e
peacebloom and silverleaf are needed first, so these are the last to be
send back to your main, after the briarthorn, mageroyal, etc.
The recipe's used require vendor bought components such as vials. These
cost gold. To learn recipe's from a trainer also costs gold. The amount
of gold needed is aproximately 40 to 50 gold if you farm all of the
herbs. If you want to buy everything you need from the auction house
expect to spend upwards to 225 gold. This does not include gold for
recipe's from vendors or the auction house.
Below is a table that shows the amount of herbs needed. The minimum
amount column shows the minimum amount needed if you would get a skill
point every time you make something. However at some point a recipe will
be yellow or even green when you make something so you won't allways get
a skill point. The estimated amount column deals with this, so try to
get the estimated amount of herbs on your storage character. If you are
buying all the herbs you need from the auction house, I suggest getting
the minimum amount and only buy more when needed.

Component Minimum Amount Estimated Amount
Peacebloom 60 (3 stacks) 60 (3 stacks)
Silverleaf 60 (3 stacks) 60 (3 stacks)
Mageroyal 15 (1 stacks) 20 (1 stacks)
Briarthorn 80 (4 stacks) 90 (5 stacks)
Stranglekelp 40 (2 stacks) 50 (3 stacks)
Bruiseweed 30 (2 stacks) 35 (2 stacks)
Wild Steelbloom 5 (1 stacks) 10 (1 stacks)
Kingsblood 30 (2 stacks) 40 (2 stacks)
Liferoot 30 (2 stacks) 40 (2 stacks)
Goldthorn 45 (3 stacks) 50 (2 stacks)
Khadgar's Whisker 15 (1 stacks) 20 (1 stacks)
Sungrass 60 (3 stacks) 70 (4 stacks)
Blindweed 30 (2 stacks) 35 (2 stacks)
Arthas' Tears 20 (1 stacks) 25 (2 stacks)
Golden Sansam 40 (2 stacks) 60 (3 stacks)
Mountain Silversage 20 (1 stacks) 30 (2 stacks)

Getting from 1 to 50
Getting from 1 to 50 is easy enough. Make 60 minor healing potions. This
should get you to skill 60. You need at least skill 55 for the next
step, so don't worry if you didn't get to 60. Keep the minor healing
potions, you will need them later.
Once you hit 50 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Journeyman
Alchemist. You have to be level 10 to become Journeyman Alchemist.
This table shows the different recipes used to get from 0 to 50.

Skill Item From - To
1 Minor Healing Potion 0 - 60 (60)

Getting from 50 to 125
Use the minor healing potions made earlier to make lesser healing
potions to get to 110. If you didn't reach 110, make elixirs of wisdom
until you do.
At 110 you can train the healing potion recipe. Make those until skill 125
Once you hit 125 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Expert
Alchemist. You have to be level 20 to become Expert Alchemist.
This table shows the different recipes used to get from 50 to 125.

Skill Item From - To
55 Lesser Healing Potion 60 - 110 (50)
90 Elixir of Wisdom 105 - 110 (5)
110 Healing Potion 110 - 125 (15)

Getting from 125 to 200
Make some more healing potions to get to skill 140. Make lesser mana
potions to get to 155, greater healing potions to get to 185 and elixirs
of agility to get to 200.
Once you hit 200 talk to the appropriate trainer to become Artisan
Alchemist. You have to be level 35 to become Artisan Alchemist.
This table shows the different recipes used to get from 125 to 200.


Skill Item From - To
110 Healing Potion 125 - 140 (15)
120 Lesser Mana Potion 140 - 155 (15)
155 Greater Healing Potion 155 - 185 (30)
185 Elixir of Agility 185 - 200 (15)

Getting from 200 to 265
Make some more elixirs of agility to get to 210. Make elixirs of greater
defense until 215 and then make superior healing potions until 230. Make
elixirs of detect undead to get to 250 and elixir of greater agility to
get to 265.
This table shows the different recipes used to get from 200 to 265.

Skill Item From - To
185 Elixir of Agility 200 - 210 (10)
195 Elixir of Greater Defense 210 - 215 (5)
215 Superior Healing Potion 215 - 230 (15)
230 Elixir of Detect Undead 230 - 250 (20)
240 Elixir of Greater Agility 250 - 265 (15)

Getting from 265 to 300
Although you can get to 300 using the elixir of detect demon recipe, the
gromsblood needed is expensive when bought from the auction house so i
decided to use vendor available recipe's to get from 265 to 300.
Get the superior mana potion recipe from Ulthir in Darnassus or Algernon
in Undercity and the major healing potion recipe from Evie Whirlbrew in
Everlook.
Make superior mana potion to get to skill 285 and major healing potions
to get to 300.
Congratulations, you now have 300 skill in alchemy.
This table shows the different recipes that are avaible through vendors
to get from 265 to 300.
Skill Item From - To
260 Superior Mana Potion 265 - 285 (20)
275 Major Healing Potion 280 - 300 (20)

This table shows who and where the different vendors are for the
previously mentioned recipe's.

What Who Where
Superior Mana Potion Ulthir (Alliance Faction)
Algernon (Horde Faction) Darnassus
Undercity
Major Healing Potion Evie Whirlbrew (Neutral) Everlook in Winterspring
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