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Jewelcrafting
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What is Jewelcrafting?
Introduction
A new profession introduced in the expanison, The Burning Crusade, that will grant players the ability to craft rings and trinkets, but also a skill to search through stacks of ore for precious gems that can be put into sockets on high-quality end game items for improved effects and stats.
Currently, Blacksmithers and Engineers require the Mining skill for their profession. Jewelcrafters will join this group of players as they need the skill to collect their much needed gems. If you are going to pick up Jewelcrafting, be prepared - it demands a lot of ore and gems, and some other materials from time to time. Mining is therefore a needed component to aid you, and is heavily advised as your second primary profession, unless you have another character able to do so (Prospecting is a Jewelcrafting skill learnable at level 20 from a vendor. It works by turning multiple pieces of ore into the gems needed and used by Jewelcrafting). An idea to consider, while levelling your Jewelcrafting, is to have an Enchanter ready to disenchant the multitude of items you produce - they will be like the low level craftables of other professions and so likely unsellable.
The gems that can be put into socketed items will have certain characteristics making them able to be combined in numerous ways to maximize a certain effect on a specific item, but also to make the socketing process more varied and enjoyable.
Socketed headpieces may also contain a slot for a Metagem. Metagems are special gems that change their effects based on the other gems placed in the slots.
Type of Profession
- Jewelcrafting is a Primary Profession, and therefore counts towards your 2 Primary Professions Limit.
- Jewelcrafting is a Crafting Profession, it is not used for gathering materials.
- Prospecting is built in to Jewelcrafting, therefore adding the facility to "make" gems from stacks of metal ore, like [Unknown Item: Copper Ore]. Because of this, players that take up Jewelcrafting are usually also Miners so that they are able to collect their own materials such as [Unknown Item: Copper Ore] and [Unknown Item: Heavy Stone], with which they can also make special Bind on Pickup items.
How Do I Become A Jewelcrafter?
You can train to five levels of proficiency and each has certain prerequisites that you need to meet before you are able to progress to the next rank of proficiency. You need to be character level five or above to begin your training as a Jewelcrafter. Below is a list of locations with links to maps which pinpoint exactly where the Trainer can be found.
Trainers
| Trainer Rank | Horde | Alliance | Neutral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journeyman Trains you to Apprentice |
, 30, Falconwing Square, Eversong Woods |
, 30, The Crystal Hall, The Exodar | |
| Master Trains you to Journeyman, Expert and Artisan | , 30, The Royal Exchange, Silvermoon City | , 30, The Crystal Hall, The Exodar | |
| Grand Master Trains you to Master | , 60, Thrallmar, Hellfire Peninsula | , 60, Honor Hold, Hellfire Peninsula | , 60, The Stormspire, Netherstorm , 70, Aldor Rise, Shattrath City |
| Supplies Sells you stuff | , 30, The Royal Exchange, Silvermoon City | , 50, The Crystal Hall, The Exodar |
Training Costs
| Proficiency | Level Req. | Skill Range | Cost | Required Trainer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | 5 | 1-75 | 
| 10 | Journeyman |
| Journeyman | 10 | 50-150 | 
| 5 | Expert |
| Expert | 20 | 125-225 |
| 50 | Artisan |
| Artisan | 35 | 200-300 | 
| 5 | Master |
| Master | 50 | 300-375 |
| 10 | Grand Master |
If you have at least a Honored standing with the faction that the trainer belongs to, you will only pay 90% of these prices.
What Are the Jewelcrafting Specialisations?
Currently, Jewelcrafting has no specialisations.
How to Change Jewelcrafting or Unlearn it?
If you ever grow tired of your choosen Profession, you can easily change the Profession to something else, though the decision should not be taken lightly.
Changing or Unlearning Profession
Crafting
This section covers what Jewelcrafters can make, and how they go about making it.
How Do I Get Supplies?
As the name suggests, Jewelcrafting mainly requires jewels! However, as well as jewels, metal and stone is also needed. These resources can be gathered with the Mining skill. Should you choose not to be a miner, there are still ways you can obtain your materials, although it is much cheaper and more convenient to gather them yourself.
- Some components are looted from monsters.
- Materials can be traded with/bought from a player with the Mining Profession.
- Most of the things you might need from other players can usually be bought at your local Auction House, or perhaps from your guild.
How Do I Make Items?
Once you have learnt your first (Apprentice) level of Jewelcrafting, you will find the icon on the right in your Skills & Abilities book (hotkey P) which when clicked on will open your Jewelcrafting design book. To become the ultimate Jewelcrafter you will need to obtain designs from a Trainer, find them from quests, killing monsters or trading them with other players.
A [Unknown Item: Simple Grinder] can be purchased from a Jewelcrafting Supplier, usually nearby to a Jewelcrafting trainer, you must have these items to be able to begin crafting items (later on you will need a [Unknown Item: Jeweler's Kit] to be able to cut gems, these are available from Jewelcrafter suppliers). If you have all the required ingredients to create the item you will not fail (as is the case in some other games). However, depending on the level of the design, you may or may not increase a skill level in Jewelcrafting. Your skill can only increase if you work on designs that show as green, yellow or orange in your design book. If you work on any of the trivial recipes (grey ones) they will never make you gain skill.
Depending on what colour a design shows as in your book, they will be one of four different colours which indicate the likelihood of gaining skill when creating it:
- Grey = You will not receive a skill point when creating.
- Green = You will rarely gain a skill point when creating.
- Yellow = You will probably gain a skill point when creating.
- Orange = You will always gain a skill point in when creating.
- Red = You do not have high enough skill level learn this pattern.
The Jewelcrafting design book also displays what items your current ingredients can be used for and for how many of each you can make. If you select an item, the book will tell you exactly what reagents are needed to create it.
If any of the reagents icons are greyed out it's because you do not have any of them. If you have all the reagents simply click "create" and it will automatically create the item and move it to your backpack.
What Items Can I Create?
As with all Professions, there are many things you can create with Jewelcrafting. Jewelcrafting designs teach Jewelcrafters how to create necklaces, rings, trinkets, and Gems which can be inserted into sockets on weapons and armor. Designs may be given as quest rewards, purchased from vendors, or found as loot.
Aldor and Scryer Designs
Once you reach Shattrath City, you may ally yourself with either the Aldor or the Scryers. The following designs are available from the respective factions, once you have gained the required level of reputation with them:
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Jewelcrafting designs are sold by Scryer/Aldor Quartermasters located in their bank in Shattrath City. There is also a Jewelcrafting Trainer in the Aldor tower. Beware if you should choose to faction with Scryer however, the more faction you gain with Scryer the less Aldor likes you and you will find yourself travelling to other places outside Shattrath to train your Jewecrafting up. | |
What Can I Make That Other Professions Need?
Making items that other professions require to do their own crafting can be a good way to make some cash on the side. You can of course make your other items, but if you're the best source of a reagent that stands in the way of another player making an item with their profession you can probably make some cash from it. The article below lists all the things a Jewelcrafter can make that fall into this category. Also listed are any items required for the completion of a quest, another possible income revenue.
Anything Else
Jewelcrafting can be learned in the two new faction cities - Silvermoon for the Horde and The Exodar for the Alliance - all the way from Apprentice. A Master Jewelcrafting trainer (300-375) is also at Thrallmar (Horde) and Honor Hold (Alliance).
Jewelcrafting produces rings, necklaces, trinkets, crowns and socketable gems. The last one is used for improving socketed items and it was a new feature of TBC. Looking at Jewelcrafting list makes one thing obvious - it can produce nice items for lower level chars. Many produced items have nice stats and it seems that up to level 30 Jewelcrafting can be really useful (after lvl 30 the dungeons will provide better items). And end-game? Producing gems to improve socketed gear is something really, really good.
Levelling your Jewelcrafting needs lot of mats. The good news is that up to lvl 300 you are fine with mats found in Azeroth, over 300 you will need mats found only in Outland. Your Jewelcrafting level is also involved in your ability to use Prospecting (and you cannot prospect non-base ores, so mining is still a must).
Gem Cutting
An important skill of a Jewelcrafter is Gem Cutting - you just get a gem, appropriate recipe and [Unknown Item: Simple Grinder] (Trade Goods from vendor). There is a cooldown on cutting meta gems (1 hour) - cutting of Uncommon/Rare gems does not have a cooldown. And because of different recipes, you will be able to do cut different ways (Brilliant, Gleaming, Thick, Rigid and Smooth) with different stats results, for example: Start with a [Unknown Item: Dawnstone] and, providing you have the designs, select either [Unknown Item: Thick Dawnstone] = Thick Cut, or [Unknown Item: Gleaming Dawnstone] = Gleaming Cut.
Who can apply gems to socketed items?
"Item Socketing" is available for any socketed items, by Shift-Right Clicking on the item. It will open a screen, as seen on the picture to the right (you can see the sockets and their colours), place gems into the sockets to see the effects and stats. Socketed items often have bonuses when all the sockets are used by gems of the same colour as the socket, however it is not necessary to match the same colour of gem to the same colour of socket, giving the player a more "hands-on" approach to character design. Also there are meta sockets on some items (headpieces most often), where a meta gem can be placed - a meta gem will change stats based on other gems places in their respective sockets.
After placing the required gems into the sockets, you have to secure them in place, by pressing the "Sockets Gems" button. Until then you can play with the item and gems. After securing the gems into their sockets, they cannot be removed - however, you can replace them with different gems destroying the previous socketed gem.
It's important to note, that sockets are coloured - red, yellow or green. The gems are coloured as well, while there are gems of more than three colours - those match two possible sockets. And every gem tells which socket it matches.
What is the Best Way to Level My Jewelcrafting?
The best way to do this is good old fashioned levelling. Its going to be expensive so please be prepared. However on the positive side, Outland is full of money-making quests. You will have to rely on many reagents gathered from other professions, such as Alchemy, but for the most part you gather most of your items from Mining. Though it is not necessary to be a miner, it certainly helps you to save a bit more gold in the long run. Trades and purchases from the Auction House are great ways to acquire the items you will need. I found the best way to get the things you need is to rely on guild members, however, if this is not possible, then perhaps the AH is the best way.
Recap
- Jewelcrafting is a Primary Crafting Profession, and will use one of your two Primary Profession slots
- Jewelcrafting primarily makes jewelery, such as rings, necklaces and Gems
- You need to be lvl 5 to learn Apprentice Jewelcrafting and have 10 copper
- Every time you want to upgrade your status, it will cost more money
- Every skill you acquire through a Trainer costs money
- There are grades in your Design book when you come to make an item. The colours are:
o Grey - Trivial, can be bought from a vendor. White nametag.
o Green - Uncommon, can't be bought from a vendor, but still common. Green nametag.
o Yellow - Rare, can't be bought from vendor, can be very rare. Blue nametag.
o Orange - Epic, very rare patterns. Purple nametag.
- You gain skill by creating items. Only Green, Yellow or Orange coloured designs in your Design Book will yield skill.
Further Jewelcrafting Reading
- Forum talk with other Jewelcrafters
- Jewelcrafter Trainers
- Jewelcrafter Suppliers
- Jewelcrafter Quests
- Jewelcrafter User Interface Mods
- Jewelcrafter Patch History
