LvL 20 F2P Gems and Jewelcrafting guide.
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mirrorbender
Grandfathered
I think cobalt has a lower rate for rare gems, but if you already have a bunch of extra cobalt you might as well prospect it. Also 1400 saronite is a more than you will typically need for a set of gems, I mined probably a little more than 1000 total and was able to make an entire set of purple, orange, and red gems with a bunch of leftovers. You don't really need to worry about not having enough, as you can always drop jewelcrafting after prospecting to mine more. Just make sure you have as many gems as you need before you actually level JC, or at least close enough that you can make up the difference with icy prisms.
Really, what you want to do is level alchemy to max asap so you can get started on the daily transumutes, which are the real bottleneck.
Really, what you want to do is level alchemy to max asap so you can get started on the daily transumutes, which are the real bottleneck.
twinking all day
Grandfathered
Just found out that I needed Northrend mining to get the actual value of nodes. Please note: with regular mining you get one ore per node (nothing else, not even elements). I just wasted so much time xD
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Dochia
Legend
I crafted the Delicate Dragon's Eye gem;
The condition appears: "Requires Northrend Jewelcrafting (1)".
This condition does not appear on other gems:
https://www.wowhead.com/item=40130/shifting-dreadstone
https://www.wowhead.com/item=40112/delicate-cardinal-ruby
Is this condition only necessary for mounting the gem on an item or does the gem lose its bonus if unlearn the Jewelcrafting profession?
Thx !!
The condition appears: "Requires Northrend Jewelcrafting (1)".
This condition does not appear on other gems:
https://www.wowhead.com/item=40130/shifting-dreadstone
https://www.wowhead.com/item=40112/delicate-cardinal-ruby
Is this condition only necessary for mounting the gem on an item or does the gem lose its bonus if unlearn the Jewelcrafting profession?
Thx !!
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Goesid
Twink Info Legend
You lose them if you unlearn.
Sil
Member
Sharing my experience and correcting / adding some things in the guide and the comments.
I went the route of having both mining and jewelcrafting professions at the same time.
Firstly, I would recommend not creating anything until you have passed 25 JC because you will get 25 JC just purely from the sheer amount of prospecting you will do. Gems should be saved until after this so that they’re not wasted.
After 25 JC, go ham and create as many Tier 1 gems as you can until they turn grey, except do not use any https://www.wowhead.com/item=36923/chalcedony https://www.wowhead.com/item=36926/shadow-crystal or https://www.wowhead.com/item=36932/dark-jade . Save them all up for the Icy Prisms.
Farming Cystalised Shadow from mobs was fine and I was able to get a decent number per hour, but the Crystalised Earth was quite slow on the mobs https://www.wowhead.com/npc=29124/lifeblood-elemental due to their spacing, inconsistent terrain and other mobs getting in the way. After some testing, I was able to farm up 75G for a Frozen Orb (i.e a Crystalised Earth bought from the vendor) from legion mob trash faster than I was able to get a Crystalised Earth from the lifeblood elementals. YMMV.
Got to 50 JC by creating the rings from the Crystalised Shadow and / or Earth https://www.wowhead.com/spell=58146/shadowmight-ring https://www.wowhead.com/spell=58145/stoneguard-band . Getting 50 to 75 JC can be done purely from creating Icy Prisms and does not require any titanium or alchemy.
Wrath Alchemy
After I was in possession of a juicy number of the coloured T2 gem I was after, dropped mining for herbalism until I had enough to get 75 alch. I definitely went the route of creating https://www.wowhead.com/spell=53812 from the https://www.wowhead.com/item=40199 which I found were far easier to fish than the rose things were to herb. Takes you to 15.
From 20-55 I was able to create entirely https://www.wowhead.com/spell=53905/indestructible-potion . The https://www.wowhead.com/item=36906/icethorn and https://www.wowhead.com/object=190171/lichbloom Would spawn frequently, almost constantly, in this area of Icecrown
Doing the loop around the edge and mostly avoiding spiders would usually get at least 1 batch of herbs. I never did more than 1 empty loop before another would spawn again. Highly recommend this spot. Killing the spiders along the route helped as well since their spawn timers were on a few minutes so you'd get a bit of peace while herbing.
Just for reference how RNG may treat you, I ended up with 32 of the colour gem I wanted, but only 18 of another, unwanted gem. Pure luck that it gave me the most of the colour I was after.
I went the route of having both mining and jewelcrafting professions at the same time.
Firstly, I would recommend not creating anything until you have passed 25 JC because you will get 25 JC just purely from the sheer amount of prospecting you will do. Gems should be saved until after this so that they’re not wasted.
After 25 JC, go ham and create as many Tier 1 gems as you can until they turn grey, except do not use any https://www.wowhead.com/item=36923/chalcedony https://www.wowhead.com/item=36926/shadow-crystal or https://www.wowhead.com/item=36932/dark-jade . Save them all up for the Icy Prisms.
Farming Cystalised Shadow from mobs was fine and I was able to get a decent number per hour, but the Crystalised Earth was quite slow on the mobs https://www.wowhead.com/npc=29124/lifeblood-elemental due to their spacing, inconsistent terrain and other mobs getting in the way. After some testing, I was able to farm up 75G for a Frozen Orb (i.e a Crystalised Earth bought from the vendor) from legion mob trash faster than I was able to get a Crystalised Earth from the lifeblood elementals. YMMV.
Got to 50 JC by creating the rings from the Crystalised Shadow and / or Earth https://www.wowhead.com/spell=58146/shadowmight-ring https://www.wowhead.com/spell=58145/stoneguard-band . Getting 50 to 75 JC can be done purely from creating Icy Prisms and does not require any titanium or alchemy.
Wrath Alchemy
After I was in possession of a juicy number of the coloured T2 gem I was after, dropped mining for herbalism until I had enough to get 75 alch. I definitely went the route of creating https://www.wowhead.com/spell=53812 from the https://www.wowhead.com/item=40199 which I found were far easier to fish than the rose things were to herb. Takes you to 15.
From 20-55 I was able to create entirely https://www.wowhead.com/spell=53905/indestructible-potion . The https://www.wowhead.com/item=36906/icethorn and https://www.wowhead.com/object=190171/lichbloom Would spawn frequently, almost constantly, in this area of Icecrown
Doing the loop around the edge and mostly avoiding spiders would usually get at least 1 batch of herbs. I never did more than 1 empty loop before another would spawn again. Highly recommend this spot. Killing the spiders along the route helped as well since their spawn timers were on a few minutes so you'd get a bit of peace while herbing.
Just for reference how RNG may treat you, I ended up with 32 of the colour gem I wanted, but only 18 of another, unwanted gem. Pure luck that it gave me the most of the colour I was after.
Louxx
Veteran
Currently I’m on the way to lvl 75 in wotlk jc, with the guide provided above - that is so helpful. My second profession is actually herbalism for to farm for the transmutation.
I ask myself if it is worth to become a master of transmutation via this quest https://www.wowhead.com/quest=29482/transmutation-master to get a greater amount of tier 3 Juwels.
Which will require classic alchemy lvl 300 to get the quest and mop alchemy lvl 75 to get the required materials as f2p.
Do you think it is worth to farm all the required herbs to be able to skill alchemy afterwards?
if so does anyone know a amount of mop herbs which are needed from every herb? Are 100 / mop herb enough ore does it take up to two stack’s?
maybe also someone knows if the transmutation mastery will be available after drop alchemy and learn it later again to benefit for later transmutations?
thank you for your help.
I ask myself if it is worth to become a master of transmutation via this quest https://www.wowhead.com/quest=29482/transmutation-master to get a greater amount of tier 3 Juwels.
Which will require classic alchemy lvl 300 to get the quest and mop alchemy lvl 75 to get the required materials as f2p.
Do you think it is worth to farm all the required herbs to be able to skill alchemy afterwards?
if so does anyone know a amount of mop herbs which are needed from every herb? Are 100 / mop herb enough ore does it take up to two stack’s?
maybe also someone knows if the transmutation mastery will be available after drop alchemy and learn it later again to benefit for later transmutations?
thank you for your help.
Louxx
Veteran
Currently i‘ve done the grind described above. It really took a lot of effort.
Transmutation Master only proc‘d approx. 15% - Not that high value. And always gave me 2 pcs. Instead on 1 dreadstone.
Are there since df launch any better gems than 2/2 Or 3 available for f2p chars?
Or does all xpack gems scale to 2/2 pro 3?
Does the nightmare tear now grant 3/3 also for lvl 20?
Transmutation Master only proc‘d approx. 15% - Not that high value. And always gave me 2 pcs. Instead on 1 dreadstone.
Are there since df launch any better gems than 2/2 Or 3 available for f2p chars?
Or does all xpack gems scale to 2/2 pro 3?
Does the nightmare tear now grant 3/3 also for lvl 20?
