The fastest TBC Alchemy route: Minor Healing Potion to 60, Lesser Healing Potion to 110, Healing Potion to 140, Lesser Mana Potion to 155, Greater Healing Potion to 185, Elixir of Agility to 210, Superior Healing Potion to 250, Elixir of Greater Agility to 265, then Outland healing potions and elixirs from 300 to 355. Cauldrons take you from 360 to 375.
TBC Alchemy leveling route by skill
The skill numbers in this table come from the TBC Anniversary client data. Each recipe stays orange (one guaranteed point per craft) until its yellow number, and it stops giving points once it turns grey. Every stop in the route ends at or below that recipe's grey number.
| Skill | Craft | Reagents per craft | Turns grey at |
| 1-60 | Minor Healing Potion | 1 Peacebloom, 1 Silverleaf, 1 Empty Vial | 95 |
| 60-110 | Lesser Healing Potion | 1 Minor Healing Potion, 1 Briarthorn | 125 |
| 110-140 | Healing Potion | 1 Bruiseweed, 1 Briarthorn, 1 Leaded Vial | 175 |
| 140-155 | Lesser Mana Potion | 1 Mageroyal, 1 Stranglekelp, 1 Empty Vial | 185 |
| 155-185 | Greater Healing Potion | 1 Liferoot, 1 Kingsblood, 1 Leaded Vial | 215 |
| 185-210 | Elixir of Agility | 1 Stranglekelp, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Leaded Vial | 245 |
| 210-215 | Elixir of Greater Defense | 1 Wild Steelbloom, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Leaded Vial | 255 |
| 215-250 | Superior Healing Potion | 1 Sungrass, 1 Khadgar's Whisker, 1 Crystal Vial | 270 |
| 250-265 | Elixir of Greater Agility | 1 Sungrass, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Crystal Vial | 295 |
| 265-285 | Elixir of Detect Demon | 2 Gromsblood, 1 Crystal Vial | 305 |
| 285-300 | Superior Mana Potion (recipe item, needs 260) | 2 Sungrass, 2 Blindweed, 1 Crystal Vial | 315 |
| 300-315 | Volatile Healing Potion | 1 Golden Sansam, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial | 330 |
| 315-335 | Elixir of Healing Power | 1 Golden Sansam, 1 Dreaming Glory, 1 Imbued Vial | 340 |
| 335-355 | Super Healing Potion | 2 Netherbloom, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial | 355 |
| 360-375 | Any Cauldron of Major Protection | 2 Primals of its type, 7 Mana Thistle, 1 Fel Iron Casing | 380 |
- Make extra Minor Healing Potions early. Every Lesser Healing Potion uses one, so the potions you craft from 1 to 60 feed the 60-110 step.
- Vials change as you go: Empty, then Leaded, then Crystal, then Imbued in Outland. Buy a stack before each bracket.
- Yellow and green crafts can miss. Expect a few extra crafts near the top of each bracket.
Which herbs should I stockpile?
In Azeroth you need Briarthorn, Bruiseweed, Kingsblood, Goldthorn and Sungrass the most. In Outland the route runs on Felweed, Golden Sansam, Dreaming Glory and Netherbloom. Elixir of Draenic Wisdom (1 Felweed, 1 Terocone) is a cheap alternative from 335 to 342, and Blizzard's development notes say Terocone spawns more often in the Anniversary version.
Do I need any recipe items on this route?
Only one. Superior Mana Potion comes from a recipe item that needs 260 skill. Every other step is taught by a trainer or a quest. If you can't get that recipe, Elixir of Detect Demon stays green until 305, so you can push it a little longer, though it gets slower.
What about 355 to 375?
Super Healing Potion turns grey at 355 and the cauldrons start at 360. None of the common trainer recipes covers that gap, so check your trainer and reputation vendors for anything that is still yellow for you. From 360, any cauldron gets you to 375, but each one needs a Fel Iron Casing from an engineer and two Primals, which makes this the most expensive stretch of the whole route.
Can I level Alchemy with transmutes instead?
Not efficiently. Transmute: Arcanite and the elemental transmutes start at 275 and turn grey at 290, and the Primal transmutes are yellow only from 365 (Primal Might, from a recipe item at 350) or 385 (the trainer's Primal-to-Primal ones). They're worth crafting for profit or cooldown value, but potions and elixirs are the faster route.
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