WoW Inscription Leveling Guide 1 - 600

Warlords of Draenor – Inscription changes

  • New Darkmoon card: Darkmoon Card of Draenor. The decks you can make with it are:
    • Iron Deck,  Darkmoon Iron Deck:  Knight's Badge
    • Moon Deck,  Darkmoon Moon Deck:  Sandman's Pouch
    • Visions Deck,  Darkmoon Visions Deck:  Winged Hourglass
    • War Deck,  Darkmoon War Deck:  Skull of War
  • All glyphs will come from non-cooldown research spells in 6.0 like Research: Ink of Dreams and  Research: Warbinder's Ink. A full list of these spells can be found here.
  • Card of Omens has a lot of interesting cards you can get with funny flavor text and varying sell prices, in the style of  Mysterious Fortune Card
  • A new round of crafted epic staves and offhands are in the works: Warmaster's Firestick,  Crystalfire Spellstaff,  Etched-Blade Warstaff,  Shadowtome
  • Garrison building: Scribe's Quarters Level 3
  • A follower assigned to the Level 2 Scribe's Quarters Level 2can create forged documents with  Draenor Merchant Order. These create receipts like  Partial Receipt: Book of Troll Poetry and  Partial Receipt: Tailored Underwear which can be used to trick merchants for gold.

Approximate Materials Required for 1-600 :

You should need less, so don't mill every herb, mill them only if you need more pigment.

Milling is an ability you get when you learn Inscription. Milling can be used to mill 5 herbs for 2 - 4 pigments, then you use the pigments to turn into inks.


Inscription  1 - 75 

Just to note, there is a lot of other Glyphs and Scroll at different skill ranges with the same number of materials needed, so where you see [Glyph of ...] for example, there you can choose between more recipes that is orange to you and requires the same number of materials.

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Inscription.

Do not forget that 1 [Ink of Dreams] can be traded for any Ink at Ink traders! You can level Inscription by using only Ink of Dreams if it is cheaper than the lower level herbs. Using Ink of Dreams is also a lot faster.

[Light Parchment] is not listed in the guide at the recipes. You can usually buy it from the vendor near your trainer.

  • 1 - 19
    18 x [Ivory Ink] - 18 Alabaster Pigment
  • 19 - 35
    16 x [Scroll of Stamina] - 16 Ivory Ink
  • 35 - 53
    22 x [Moonglow Ink] - 44 Alabaster Pigment
  • 53 - 75
    22 x [Enchanting Vellum] - 22 Moonglow Ink

75 - 125

Learn Inscription Journeyman.

  • 75 - 80
    21 x [Midnight Ink] - 42 Dusky Pigment

Your aim should always be to make glyphs while they are orange. Sometimes Glyphs turn yellow after one craft, sometimes 2 or 3 craft, so be careful and don't queue up 10 of the same Glyphs. Each orange Glyph will give you 3 skill-up points.

  • 80 - 101
    Make any Glyph that is orange to you.

7 x [Glyph of....] - 21 Midnight Ink

  • 101 - 105
    40 x [Lion's Ink] - 80 Golden Pigment

Make any orange Glyph if you did not reach 105 by making these.

  • 105 - 126
    7 x [Glyph of ...] - 21 Lion's Ink

125 - 200

Learn Inscription Expert.

  • 126-130
    Turn your [Burnt Pigments] into [Dawnstar Ink]. If you didn't mill your own herbs and you don't have Burnt Pigment, you can just make any Glyph that is orange to you.
  • 130 - 146
    6 x [Glyph of ...] - 18 Lion's Ink
  • 146 - 151
    Make one [Book of Survival]. You could also make a few [Strange Tarrot] and a few yellow Glyphs until you reach 150 if you don't have five [Dawnstar Ink].
  • 151 - 155
    39 x [Jadefire Ink] - 78 Emerald Pigment
  • 155 - 176
    7 x [Glyph of ...] - 21 Jadefire Ink
  • 176 - 178
    5 x [Royal Ink] - 5 Indigo Pigment

Make Glyphs if you don't have Indigo Pigment, or if you didn't get any skill point from making Royal Inks.

  • 178 - 196
    6 x [Glyph of ...] - 18 Jadefire Ink
  • 196 - 201
    Make one [Tome of Kings], or a few [Arcane Tarrot] and a few Glyphs until you reach 200 if you don't have any [Royal Ink].

200 - 290

Learn Inscription Artisan.

  • 201 - 205
    39 x [Celestial Ink] - 78 Violet Pigment
  • 205 - 226
    7 x [Glyph of ...] - 21 Celestial Ink
  • 226 - 228
    5 x [Fiery Ink] - 5 Ruby Pigment
  • 228- 246
    6 x [Glyph of ...] - 18 Celestial Ink
  • 246 - 251
    1 x [Book of Stars] - 5 Fiery Ink
  • 251-255
    24 x [Shimmering Ink] - 48 Silvery Pigment
  • 255 - 279
    8 x [Glyph of ...] - 24 Shimmering Ink
  • 279 - 287
    8 x [Ink of Sky] - 8 Sapphire Pigment

Make Glyphs if you don't have 8 Sapphire Pigment.

  • 287 - 292
    1 x [Stormbound Tome] - 8 Ink of the Sky

Make Glyphs if you don't have Ink of the Sky.


290 - 350

Learn Inscription Master.

  • 292 - 305
    48 x [Ethereal Ink] - 96 Nether Pigment
  • 305 - 326
    7 x [Glyph of ...] - 21 Ethereal Ink
  • 326 - 328
    6 x [Darkflame Ink] - 6 Ebon Pigment
  • 328 - 333
    1 x [Book of Clever Tricks] - 6 Darkflame Ink
  • 333 - 351
    6 x [Glyph of ...] - 18 Ethereal Ink

350 - 425

Learn Inscription Grand Master.

  • 351 - 355
    100 x [Ink of Sea] - 200 Azure Pigment
  • 355 - 358
    Make any orange Glyph which requires 3 Etheral Inks to make.
  • 358 - 376
    6 x [Glyph of...] - 18 Ink of the Sea
  • 376 - 379
    [Snowfall Ink] - Icy Pigment

Use all the rare pigment available. Keep the extra Snowfall Ink for Northrend Inscription Research. You will need to research to learn most "Northrend" glyphs.

It's important to stop making this recipe at 379! Make any orange Glyph if you don't have Icy Pigment.

  • 379 - 385
    2 x [Glyph of...] - 6 Ink of the Sea
  • 385 - 386
    1 x [Northrend Inscription Research] - 3 Ink of the Sea, Snowfall Ink
  • 386 - 400
    15 x [Any Discovered Major Glyph] - 45 Ink of the Sea
  • 400 - 405
    5 x [Scroll of Stamina VIII] - 5 Ink of the Sea
  • 405 - 410
    5 x [Scroll of Spirit VIII] - 5 Ink of the Sea
  • 410 - 415
    5 x [Scroll of Intellect VIII] - 5 Ink of the Sea
  • 415 - 420
    5 x [Scroll of Stength VIII] - 5 Ink of the Sea
  • 420 - 425
    5 x [Scroll of Agility VIII] - 5 Ink of the Sea

425 - 500

Visit your trainer and learn Inscription Illustrious.

  • 425 - 445

30 x [Blackfallow Ink] - 60 Ashen Pigment

  • 445 - 450
    5 x [Scroll of Intellect IX] - 5 Blackfallow Ink
  • 450 - 460
    10 x [Mysterious Fortune Card] - 10 Blackfallow Ink
  • 460 - 465
    5 x [Scroll of Stamina IX ] - 5 Blackfallow Ink
  • 465 - 471
    2 x [Glyph of Colossus Smash] - 6 Blackfallow Ink
  • 471 - 475
    4 x [Scroll of Agility IX ] - 4 Blackfallow Ink
  • 475 - 482
    Turn all your Burning Embers into [Inferno Ink]. If you don't have any Burning Ember, just make [Dust of Disappearance] up to 480.
  • 482 - 490
    Go to Vashj'ir - Kelp'thar Forest. Kill mobs there until you get [Technique: Origami Slime]. The drop rate is pretty high, don't get confused by wowhead data. The recipe will be green, but it only requires Light Parchment to make, which you can buy from Inscription supply vendors. If you don't want to farm the technique, you should make the recipe below, or any Monk Glyph that is orange to you.

15 x [Dust of Disappearance] - 15 Blackfallow Ink

  • 490 - 500
    Go to Deepholm and kill these mobs until you get [Technique: Origami Rock]

The drop rate is pretty high, don't get confused by wowhead data, but if you are too lazy to go there, you can make orange Monk glyps. I recommend the Origami because it's really cheap to make.


500 - 600

Visit your trainer and learn Zen Inscription.

  • 500 - 540
    54 x [Ink of Dreams] - 108 Shadow Pigment

Turn all your [Misty Pigment] into [Starlight Ink].

You will probably reach even 545 by making the Inks, then stop making them and only make more if you need them.

  • 540 - 541
    1 x [Scroll of Wisdom] - 3 Ink of Dreams

When you make a [Scroll of Wisdom], you will discover a new Glyph recipe.

  • 541 - 595
    18 x [Any Glyph you discovered by making Scroll of Wisdow] - 54 Ink of Dreams

Out of 36 Glyphs, you can discover a few that require different ink. If you happen to discover one of those and you already got Ink of Dreams, then you can trade [Ink of Dreams] for any ink at Ink traders!

If your main goal is to get any of the epic Insciption items like [Inscribed Serpent Staff], you should stop making the Gylphs at 560 because you will reach 600 by making the materials for the epic items. (like 20 Scroll of Wisdow). Not to mention the staffs alone will grant you 30 skill points when you make them.

  • 595 - 600
    Make any shoulder enchant three times.