Midnight Engineering leveling, 1 to 100

Where to learn it

Everything the route needs, and who sells what the trainer does not.

• Danwe

  Engineering trainer

  Silvermoon City

  Teaches Midnight Engineering. The whole deterministic 1-45 route below is learned here.

• Engineering supply vendor

  Engineering supplies

  Silvermoon City, standing next to Danwe

  Sells the Malleable Wireframes, Piles of Junk, and profession tools (Arclight Spanner, Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor) the route needs. Do the vendor run before you start: the 1-16 stretch is a trip to this vendor and nothing else.

• Lyrendal

  Recipe vendor

  Silvermoon City

  Sells epic profession tool and accessory recipes for 200 Artisan Engineer's Moxie each - the crafting-order path to 100 starts with a trip here.

Buy this once, for 1 to 45

Summed from the route below rather than quoted, so it cannot drift from the steps it is meant to pay for. The list stops at 45 because past that the cost depends on which recipes you own, and any single number would be invented.

The list assumes 20 Bright Linen Bolts for the 39-45 Recycling casts - the source allows three different fodders and states no quantities. The cogwheel lines spend the remainder of the source's own 21-wireframe/35-junk vendor list; the split across the four recipes is unstated. Everything past 45 is excluded on purpose: discovery RNG and your 80-100 choice make a single total fiction.

Material	Quantity
Umbral Tin Ore	100
Refulgent Copper Ore	50
Pile of Junk	35
Malleable Wireframe	21
Bright Linen Bolt	20
Evercore	5
Arclight Spanner	1
Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor	1

45 to 100: discovery, decor, or orders

At 45 the route stops being deterministic. You Recycle your cheapest materials until a Quel'dorei recipe appears - the source cannot say how many casts that takes, and the Guards row is the author's example, not a promise. Quel'dorei gear carries you to 80; from there the three finishes combine freely. Housing decor is the only order-free path to 100 but slows badly past 92; rare profession equipment needs the Market Mobility spec and never touches time-gated materials; crafting orders trade Fused Vitality and Moxie for guaranteed points.

Discovered gear

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  Quel'dorei Guards

  Orange to 80Recycling discovery (RNG - there is no fixed cast count before your first Quel'dorei recipe). The source's example only; your discovered recipe and its exact costs will differ.

  5x Pile of Junk, 1x Malleable Wireframe, 1x Evercore

Recipe	Materials	Recipe from	Orange to
Quel'dorei Guards	5x Pile of Junk, 1x Malleable Wireframe, 1x Evercore	Recycling discovery (RNG - there is no fixed cast count before your first Quel'dorei recipe). The source's example only; your discovered recipe and its exact costs will differ.	80

Housing decor

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  Small Telogrus Lamp

  Orange to 100Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders

  5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 18x Thalassian Lumber

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  Ren'dorei Void Projector

  Orange to 100Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders

  5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 22x Thalassian Lumber

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  Ren'dorei Crafting Framework

  Orange to 100Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders

  5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 24x Thalassian Lumber

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  Ren'dorei Lightpost

  Orange to 100Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders

  5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 26x Thalassian Lumber

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  Ren'dorei Warp Orb

  Orange to 100Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders

  5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 28x Thalassian Lumber

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  Ambient Aethercharged Crystal

  Orange to 100Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders

  5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 30x Thalassian Lumber

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  Ren'dorei Stargazer

  Orange to 100Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders

  5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 32x Thalassian Lumber

Recipe	Materials	Recipe from	Orange to
Small Telogrus Lamp	5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 18x Thalassian Lumber	Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders	100
Ren'dorei Void Projector	5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 22x Thalassian Lumber	Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders	100
Ren'dorei Crafting Framework	5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 24x Thalassian Lumber	Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders	100
Ren'dorei Lightpost	5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 26x Thalassian Lumber	Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders	100
Ren'dorei Warp Orb	5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 28x Thalassian Lumber	Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders	100
Ambient Aethercharged Crystal	5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 30x Thalassian Lumber	Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders	100
Ren'dorei Stargazer	5x Aetherlume, 5x Evercore, 10x Song Gear, 10x Soul Sprocket, 32x Thalassian Lumber	Recycling discovery; yellow to 92, grey at 100 - the source's only path to 100 without crafting orders	100

Profession equipment

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  Turbo-Junker's Multitool

  Orange to 100Market Mobility: Engineering Tools - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials

  3x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Claw

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  Sin'dorei Snippers

  Orange to 100Market Mobility: Tailoring Tools - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials

  4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Claw

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  Sin'dorei Clampers

  Orange to 100Market Mobility: Jewelcrafting Tools - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials

  4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Fin

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  Sin'dorei Headlamp

  Orange to 100Market Mobility: Mining Accessories - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials

  4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Fin

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  Sin'dorei Gilded Hardhat

  Orange to 100Market Mobility: Engineering Accessories - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials

  4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Hide

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  Junker's Big Ol' Bag

  Orange to 100Market Mobility: Engineering Accessories (30) - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials

  4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Hide

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  Sin'dorei Angler's Rod

  Orange to 100Market Mobility: Fishing Rods - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials

  4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Fin

Recipe	Materials	Recipe from	Orange to
Turbo-Junker's Multitool	3x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Claw	Market Mobility: Engineering Tools - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials	100
Sin'dorei Snippers	4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Claw	Market Mobility: Tailoring Tools - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials	100
Sin'dorei Clampers	4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Fin	Market Mobility: Jewelcrafting Tools - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials	100
Sin'dorei Headlamp	4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Fin	Market Mobility: Mining Accessories - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials	100
Sin'dorei Gilded Hardhat	4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Hide	Market Mobility: Engineering Accessories - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials	100
Junker's Big Ol' Bag	4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Hide	Market Mobility: Engineering Accessories (30) - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials	100
Sin'dorei Angler's Rod	4x Aetherlume, 2x Evercore, 1x Majestic Fin	Market Mobility: Fishing Rods - yellow 80-90, green 90-100, no time-gated materials	100

Crafting orders

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  Epic profession tools

  Orange to 100Recipes from Lyrendal in Silvermoon City, 200 Artisan Engineer's Moxie each; each fulfilled order grants a guaranteed skill point to 100 - check the Public Orders tab and your Patron Orders

  Fused Vitality (time-gated) - exact materials vary per order

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  Aetherlume armor

  Orange to 100Combat Analytics specialization; yellow to 95, green to 100

  Goggles, bracers, boots, guns - materials vary by piece; customers supply Sparks on public orders

Recipe	Materials	Recipe from	Orange to
Epic profession tools	Fused Vitality (time-gated) - exact materials vary per order	Recipes from Lyrendal in Silvermoon City, 200 Artisan Engineer's Moxie each; each fulfilled order grants a guaranteed skill point to 100 - check the Public Orders tab and your Patron Orders	100
Aetherlume armor	Goggles, bracers, boots, guns - materials vary by piece; customers supply Sparks on public orders	Combat Analytics specialization; yellow to 95, green to 100	100

Things that change the bill

• Buy the vendor materials in one trip

  observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

  The source's once-each list is 21 Malleable Wireframes and 35 Piles of Junk, and the vendor stands next to Danwe. Buy the full list before your first craft - mid-route vendor runs are where leveling sessions go to die.

• Spec Recycling before you need discovery

  observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

  Discovery stays locked until 10 points are invested in Recycling, so spend your first points there with the Resourcefulness sub-specialization. The source says the points are not wasted: the extra crafting skill carries you even if you later move to Market Mobility, and every discovered recipe pays back a first-craft bonus.

• Clear the First Craft Bonus filter twice

  observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

  The route has two bonus sweeps: at 20-25 after the new trainer recipes, and again at 39-45 after the Recycling stretch. Turn the filter on, craft everything it shows once, and do not move on while anything remains.

• Burn your cheapest fodder on discovery

  practice. Convention among strong players. Widely followed, but it is not a rule and it can be wrong.

  The 45-80 stretch is RNG - every Recycling cast eats material with no promised return - so the cheapest of Bright Linen Bolt, Refulgent Copper Ingot, or Powder Pigment is the right fuel. Save anything expensive for crafts that actually exist.

Questions people actually ask

Where do I learn Midnight Engineering?

Danwe in Silvermoon City. The engineering supply vendor stands right next to him and sells the Malleable Wireframes, Piles of Junk, and profession tools (Arclight Spanner, Gyromatic Micro-Adjustor) the route needs, so the whole 1-45 shopping trip happens in one spot.

What should I buy before I start?

The source's stated once-each list is 21 Malleable Wireframes and 35 Piles of Junk from the vendor, plus 5 Evercore, 50 Refulgent Copper Ore and 100 Umbral Tin Ore for the Soul Sprockets, and twenty cheap Recycling fodder (Bright Linen Bolt, Refulgent Copper Ingot, or Powder Pigment - the source lets you pick and states no quantities). Evercore's own source is unstated on the page; check the supply vendor and the Auction House.

Why does the guide tell me to spec Recycling first?

Because discovery does not work until you have 10 points in Recycling, and the whole middle of the route is discovered recipes. Take the Resourcefulness sub-specialization with those points. The source insists they are not wasted: Recycling's crafting skill carries you even if you later respec toward Market Mobility, and every recipe you discover grants a first-craft Knowledge bonus that refunds the investment.

How does the 45-80 stretch work?

Keep casting Recycling on your cheapest materials until a recipe with Quel'dorei in the name appears. There is no fixed cast count - it is pure RNG, which is why the route has no prescribed crafts here. The source's example is 60 Quel'dorei Guards at 5 junk, 1 wireframe, and 1 Evercore per craft, but that is the author's example only: your discovered recipe and its exact costs will differ, though all of them cost roughly the same.

How do I get from 80 to 100?

Three options, freely combinable. Housing decor: seven discovered recipes, yellow to 92 and the only path to 100 without crafting orders - the source recommends crafting them to about 92-95 because the last points are painfully slow. Rare profession equipment: needs the Market Mobility specialization, yellow 80-90 and green 90-100, no time-gated materials. Crafting orders: epic profession tools from Lyrendal's 200-Moxie recipes grant a guaranteed point per order to 100 but need time-gated Fused Vitality, and Aetherlume armor from the Combat Analytics spec stays yellow to 95.

What is Artisan Engineer's Moxie for?

Buying the epic profession tool and accessory recipes from Lyrendal in Silvermoon City, at 200 Moxie each. Those recipes feed the crafting-order path: each fulfilled epic-tool order grants a guaranteed skill point all the way to 100.

Where does Evercore come from?

The source never says, which is the route's biggest shopping gap - Evercore is consumed at every stage: 5 in the 1-45 first crafts, 1 per craft on the Quel'dorei example, 5 per housing decor craft, and 2 per profession-equipment craft. Check the engineering supply vendor first, then the Auction House, and budget it like a real material rather than a vendor freebie.

What we could not confirm

• Skill 1-16: the source prescribes no crafts and never says how skill is gained in this range. The route models only the stated tool purchase; treat the missing 15 points as a gap, not as free.

• Soul Sprocket: the source lists the cost as a batch (10 wireframes, 50 copper ore, 100 tin ore for all ten) without saying per-craft vs total. The data splits it 1/5/10 per craft - the total is identical either way.

• The four cogwheel recipes are never named and carry no per-craft costs. Their materials are the remainder of the source's own 21-wireframe/35-junk vendor list; the split across the four recipes is unstated.

• Recycling fodder: the source allows Bright Linen Bolt, Refulgent Copper Ingot, or Powder Pigment and states no quantities. The list assumes 20 Bright Linen Bolts, one per cast - a floor if a cast consumes more.

• Quel'dorei discovery is RNG with no stated cast count, and the 60x Quel'dorei Guards are explicitly the author's example. Another discovered recipe with different costs is the normal case, not the exception.

• Evercore sourcing is unstated despite heavy consumption at every stage (5 early, 1 per Guards craft, 5 per decor craft, 2 per equipment craft). The vendor is the obvious first check, but that is inference.

• The 80-100 endpoint is open: the decor path is only recommended to about 92-95 and exactly how the final points are filled - decor, equipment, or orders - is left to the reader.

• Profession equipment craft counts to 100 are unstated; the per-craft table is exact but the number of crafts is not.

• The recipe names taught at the 25, 39, and post-Recycling trainer visits are not listed - only the named 16-39 crafts are stated.

• Skill points per craft, and the level each recipe stops being orange at, are the community guide's figures. Blizzard does not publish skill-up tables, so these cannot be verified anywhere except in the profession window.

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