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Comment by 535702

LF inscriptionist

Comment by 434474

grammar nazis.. >.>

this is a game... not a school...

Comment by 420940

Inscription patterns are called techniques when you find one being sold by a vendor or dropped by a mob.

Comment by 493928

It's also worth noting that Inscription is the only profession that provides an additional Hearthstone in the form of Scroll of Recall, similar to how Shammys have their own hearth spell. This opens up some unique possibilities for some crafty money making.

- A Shaman with Inscription can go home literally every 5 minutes, so if there is a vendor item near your capital (cats in Goldshire, as an example), you can ride out, buy some, then hearth/recall/scroll back to the capital and stick it on the AH. If you can find limited supply items within 3 minutes of an AH location, this can cut your transit time in half, constantly saving you the trip back.

- A Mage with at least 1 Teleport skill can do the same thing but even better. Set your hearth somewhere like Gadgetzan or Everlook and buy limited stock recipes, then teleport back home to AH them. Your cooldown time will go to 10 minutes instead of the 5 above, but most of the recipes won't respawn in 5 minutes anyway. Choose areas which are incredibly difficult to get to - places without a flight point work best - and go to town flipping items.

Of course, you could just as easily have an alt camp the point and mail it to yourself, but...

Edit: Not to sound like I'm owed some sort of explanation, but does someone mind telling me why you modded this down? I can understand if you don't like people doing this (nobody likes higher AH prices) but unless you are going to try to tell me something in my post is false, I humbly request that you unmod it back to neutral.

Comment by 217678

Are there gonna be new glyphs in Cata? Was hoping to see what some new glyphs might be but see no new ones in Cata. Overeall highly disappointed in the whole glyph system...think it's bout utter crap.

Why? Because every class+spec is pigeon holed into the same glyphs...there is no choices or variations for the most part. There is some but very limited and most are about utter crap.

I mean srly...if thats the case why not just give the "glyph benefits" as part of the talent tree specialization bonus. I wanted glyphs to provide uniqueness or flavor of a limited form of custimization. If this is the best Blizz can do then obviously they just wasted money n resources on the manpower developing this gyph system.

Comment by Catriona

Are we still stuck using Books of Glyph Mastery to learn glyphs?

Comment by Alatoth

I was wondering this as well. ARL is telling me that I have 25 glyphs to learn and the only way to get them is through a book that drops in instances that no one runs anymore.
Does anyone know if Cataclysm has given us a alternate way to learn these Glyphs?

Your answer ....

happy discovery :)

Comment by 449877

Now and again discussions crop up on this site (as well as in-game) about what exactly is the correct way to refer to someone preforming the inscription, similar to how "Tailoring" is done by "tailors." So I figured I'd post the answer here on the main Inscription page for anyone curious.

For most people it comes down to arguing "scribe" versus "inscriptionist." However both of these are incorrect: As far as I can tell, "inscriptionist" is not a true word, and strictly speaking it's incorrect to state that inscription is performed by scribes.

A basic explanation is that "to scribe" something generally implies an act involving a larger body of text, like authoring a work, copying a manuscript by hand, or something along those lines. An alternative usage denotes using a sharp instrument to mark lines in something like wood as guides for it to be cut along. For either of these definitions, the person performing the act is a scribe.

Inscribing, on the other hand, has more to do with fancy markings or engravings, and generally involves much shorter bits of writing. The person doing the inscribing is called an inscriber.

-->> TLDR: Inscription is done by inscribers, not scribes. Scribes do other things.

Finally, in case there's any other linguistics buffs out there reading this, it's also possible that the word "scribe" derives from "inscribe" through aphesis. But that's not really relevant here, since their definitions today are distinct from each other, as stated above.

Edit: The game uses "scribe," and I'm not trying to try to convince anyone not to use that term. I just wanted to impart some insight into this discussion.

Comment by Eighjan

All those in favour of the (planned) v4.2 PvP trinkets being released as BoE, rather than BoP, say 'AYE'...?

Comment by Eighjan

@ Rebeckka: Said Glyph is sourced from Book of Glyph Mastery...

Comment by Hanz0

what many people that have inscription forget is that you can make scrolls !

They are as powerfull as 1/3 of any flask and are an actual delight when you`re doing heroics. The best thing about them is that you can send them to your alts or cast them on other players, unlike alchemy where you can use the 1/3 flasks only for yourself !

Comment by 885042

Glyphs required by each class at end-game - may make these glyphs more profitable to create

Death Knight
Glyph of Frost Strike
Glyph of Anti-Magic Shell
Glyph of Blood Tap
Glyph of DRW
Glyph of DC
Glyph of Dark Succor
Glyph of Death Coil
Glyph of Death and Decay
Glyph of HS
Glyph of Horn of Winter
Glyph of Howling Blast
Glyph of Hungering Cold
Glyph of Icy Touch
Glyph of Obliterate
Glyph of Path of Frost
Glyph of Pestilence
Glyph of Raise Dead
Glyph of Rune Strike
Glyph of Rune Tap
Glyph of Scourge Strike
Glyph of VB

Druid
Glyph of Berserk
Glyph of Dash
Glyph of Faerie Fire
Glyph of Feral Charge
Glyph of Ferocious Bite
Glyph of Focus
Glyph of Growl
Glyph of Healing touch
Glyph of Insect Swarm
Glyph of Innervate
Glyph of Lifebloom
Glyph of Mangle
Glyph of Moonfire
Glyph of Nourish
Glyph of Rebirth
Glyph of Rejuvenation
Glyph of Rip
Glyph of Savage Roar
Glyph of Shred
Glyph of Starfall
Glyph of Swiftmend
Glyph of Tiger's Fury
Glyph of the Wild
Glyph of Thorns
Glyph of Treant
Glyph of Typhoon
Glyph of Unburdened Rebirth
Glyph of Wild Growth
Glyph of Wrath

More classes to follow - hope this helps in deciding which glyphs to make when levelling
Kleopatria - Frostmourne Alliance

Comment by 886805

Don't forget to pick up your Virtuoso Inking Set from your friendly neighbourhood inscription suppler!

Comment by Gilmamesh

Does anyone know if you can collect all the glyphs learned through discovery? Or is there a cut-off for learning the lower level glyphs? If so, is the cut-off tied to character level or inscription level?

I noticed that my character stopped learning the lower-level glyphs and starting learning higher-level glyphs even though I am using Minor Inscription Research. I was hoping to eventually learn them all.

Comment by 964588

I took up this profession thinking that I could make just enough money to get by (skills, repairs, etc.) I later realized this is very profitable (depending on your realm) and fun. I used my dk to supply mats for my druid. later milled them and turned them into inks (even got some sold for 100g a stack). Its very handy when you need a little pocket cash =)

Comment by lifeslowlydies

If you pick up this profession at the moment you still need the Book of Glyph Mastery to learn many glyphs. The Book of Glyph Mastery can still only be obtained in Northrend as well, which is why if you check the Auction House on your server the books may be expensive. Blizzard did not update these to drop in Cata Zones like they did for other professions. Inscription is one of the easier professions to level up to getting your shoulder achievement and it will save you grinding some reputation. I suggest you have a character with herbalism, for that is what makes it very easy.

Comment by Chiad

i highly recommend this profession if you need some money while getting your char to level 90 you can earn a lot of money just with the glyphs you get from the trainer even low level ones can be sold for a lot

Comment by Stonessnake14

How come Wowhead has 472 glyphs and the armory has only 344? Does the armory not have all the discovered ones listed or does Wowhead still have some old ones included?

Thanks in advance

Comment by 737268

I am at 600 and on the list of recipes it shows up to 610. How do I get to that level? My trainer has stopped giving me glyphs.

Comment by 770376

I tried to trade in some black fallow ink to no avail. As there is only one glyph that uses the stuff, It is now totally useless. Since all Cataclysm herbs yield ashen pigment and turns into blackfallow ink the whole Cataclysm areas are not defunct and useless. The stuff is trash and so is Cataclysm. They have rendered it irrelevant in the whole of the games as well. It is useless to even visit these areas because the armors are weaker and have less useable stats than the Panda gear. All the epic gear I starved to learn and collect recipes for are irrelevant. Thanks for wasting my life!

Comment by Omerra

There is a quest in Jade Forest called, "A Thing of Beauty"A Thing of Beauty that you can do that gives you a Scroll of Wisdom. It is kind of stupid right now when you need your Spirit of Harmony for other things, because it takes 5 Spirit of Harmony plus other mats to complete the quest.

Comment by Thrallscream

Hey guys,

Just a tip if you find yourself seemingly "stuck" between 550 and 560 like I did (even though it was my second toon to have maxed inscription) lol.

You need to learn a recipe from the Scroll of Wisdom which will then let you level all the way to 600.

I'm sure some of you know, but I was stumped and just did a scroll of wisdom because it was the only way I could think of and boom, a new spell to level through.

Hope that helps all the brain farters like me!

Comment by 1053295

The quest items for mist of pandaria. Are they random each time you turn them in? I seem to get the same one every time I pick up the quests.

Comment by 1052332

On a side note, inscription is by far the least useful profession for a f2p player. The only benefit is the ability to create scrolls with a +5 increase to either stamina, spirit, strength, agility, or intelligence. This may seem quite useful as 5 of any stat is valuable to a level 20 however both Adair Gilroy and Salazar Bloch sell these for a mere 3 silver. More vendors have scrolls available, however these two are in major cities :)

Comment by 319936

compare to other Profession Perks:

Mining: Toughness (+480 Stamina)
Herbalism: Lifeblood (+480 Haste)
Skinning: Master of Anatomy (+480 Critical Strike)
Tailoring:

Swordguard Embroidery (-180 Critical Strike, Hit or -200 Stamina; +1,000 Attack Power)
Lightweave Embroidery (+320 Intellect)
Darkglow Embroidery (-180 Intellect +750 Spirit)

Leatherworking:

Fur Lining - Strength (+320 Strength)
Fur Lining - Agility (+320 Agility)
Fur Lining - Intellect (+320 Intellect)
Fur Lining - Stamina (-170 Mastery, Dodge; +750 Stamina)

Blacksmithing: Socket Bracer & Socket Gloves (

+320 Strength, Agility, Intellect or
+480 Stamina or
+640 PvP Power, PvP Resilience, Mastery, Critical Strike, Haste, Hit, Expertise, Spirit, Dodge, Parry)

Jewelcrafting: Jeweler's Facet*2 (

+320 Strength, Agility, Intellect, Mastery, Critical Strike, Haste, Hit, Expertise, Spirit, Dodge, Parry or
+480 Stamina or
+640 1/2/3 PvP Power, 1/2/3 PvP Resilience)

Engineering:

Synapse Springs (+320 Strength, Agility, Intellect)
Phase Fingers (+480 Dodge)
Incendiary Fireworks Launcher (Incendiary Fireworks every 45 sec)

Enchanting:

Enchant Ring - Greater Strength (+320 Strength)
Enchant Ring - Greater Agility (+320 Agility)
Enchant Ring - Greater Intellect (+320 Intellect)
Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina (+480 Stamina)

Inscription:

Secret Tiger Fang Inscription (+320 Greater Tiger Fang Inscription Strength)
Secret Tiger Claw Inscription (+320 Greater Tiger Claw Inscription Agility)
Secret Crane Wing Inscription (+320 Greater Crane Wing Inscription Intellect)
Secret Ox Horn Inscription (+450 Greater Ox Horn Inscription Stamina)

Alchemy:

Alchemist's Flask (+320 Strength, Agility or Intellect)
Mixology (

+320 Strength, Agility, Intellect or
+480 Stamina, Spirit)

Comment by jahf

To help with looking up which glyphs are from what types of research, I made this This Google Spreadsheet.

Updated on 2014-10-28 for WoD "Warbinder's Ink" research

If a glyph is trainable (ie, from a trainer) it will NOT be listed
I use the sheet to track my progress on learning various glyphs
It will also show you which research type is required
"m"inor and "M"ajor types are noted

(reminder: you now can learn Northrend glyphs from Scrolls of Wisdom ... and you no longer need Book of Glyph Mastery unless you want to pay to speed up your learning process)

The sheet is open for all to read. Anyone can leave a comment on the last page. If you want to copy the page to your own to track your glyph learning progress, feel free.

If useful please uprate here or feel free to leave a comment in the file.

Comment by briansavka

Updated for the number of glyphs available.

A helpful script that tracks how many glyphs you have and the amount of days left until you have learned them all at 3 new glyphs a day.

/run local name,type local f=0 for i=1,GetNumTradeSkills() do name, type, _, _, _, _= GetTradeSkillInfo(i) if (name and type ~= "header" and string.find(name,"Glyph")) then f=f+1 end end do print(f.."/406"); print(math.ceil((406-f)/3).." days left") end

Make sure you have the inscription window open for this macro to work.

Comment by Jovio

I have only 405 glyphs in my spellbook (according to battle.net), but trainer can give me no more, as will none of the researches. Is there a way to tell which I lack, or do I have to compare list to list, and is there a way to get the one I lack if I find out which one it is? Anyone know if there is one removed in 5.2, making the sum only 405 despite the amount here in wowhead (which gives 406 when filtering on "Glyph").

Edit: After fiddling woth wowhead and battle.net, I finally discovered that (Glyph of Supernova) was missing, and it seems it does not exist ingame; at least not according to my warlock's glyph list.

Comment by 812686

Approximate Materials Required for 1-600 :

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

110 Alabaster Pigment giving herbs
70 Dusky Pigment giving herbs
170 Golden Pigment giving herbs
170 Emerald Pigment giving herbs
160 Violet Pigment giving herbs
80 Silvery Pigment giving herbs
160 Nether Pigment giving herbs
400 Azure Pigment giving herbs
140 Ashen Pigment giving herbs
320 Shadow Pigment giving herbs

Comment by 1087956

You also need to be at least level 10 to start the Inscription Profession! At level 10 you can set and build your talents and use Glyphs.

Comment by 1stclaret

Easiest and therefore first prof you should level on a character imo , also 3 hearthstones on my shammy / win

Comment by Bighappykitty

Just a word of warning on the new changes to Herbalism in 5.3. You can now level it exclusively in Pandaria.

HOWEVER, there is no system in place to level inscription or alchemy the same way. So, do not make the same mistake I did, blissfully ignoring collecting herbs as you level a toon. I had to go back and grind my way through all the old content to get mats for alchemy; one full day has me just now starting the WotLK herbs.

tldr version: If you're planning on leveling alchemy or inscription on the same toon DO NOT skip collecting herbs as you level a toon.

Comment by 974472

I think that creators should add more BoE mounts and companions for inscription profession .

Comment by Theolol

Just to break it down for all of you who suffer from being called "inscriptionists", "inscriptioners", "inscriptionizorers", etc:

inscription (noun) => to inscribe (verb) => inscriber / scribe (nouns)

Feel free to share, end the pain!

Comment by Fartyhead

There are about 447 glyphs total from my calculations...

Comment by lecanard2

can you inscribe your name in gear?

Comment by Decrity

Guys:
WoD patch notes:

"Automatically Learned Glyphs

While leveling, characters unlock Glyph slots at several specific levels. However, in order to get glyphs, characters need to visit an Auction House (and potentially pay way more gold than an average character of that level has yet), or know a Scribe from which to request them. To solve this, we've made characters learn some Glyphs automatically as they level.
All classes now learn some of their Major Glyphs as they level. Recipes for these Glyphs have been removed.

At level 25, the following Glyphs are automatically learned by characters of the appropriate class:
Entangling Roots, Fae Silence, Ferocious Bite, Maul, Omens, Cat Form, Liberation, Pathfinding, Frost Nova, Blink, Fortuitous Spheres, Rapid Rolling, Afterlife, Harsh Words, Flash of Light, Alabaster Shield, Dazing Shield, Avenging Wrath, Templar's Verdict, Levitate, Holy Fire, Fade, Deadly Momentum, Stealth, Flame Shock, Thunder, Healing Storm, Healing Wave, Spiritwalker's Grace, Siphon Life, Drain Life, Demon Training, Ember Tap, Long Charge, Victory Rush, Bloodthirst, Gag Order

At level 50, the following Glyphs are automatically learned by characters of the appropriate class:
Might of Ursoc, Nature's Grasp, Rebirth, Rejuvenation, Savagery, Mending, Chimera Shot, Black Ice, Polymorph, Spinning Crane Kick, Denounce, Divine Storm, Word of Glory, Reflective Shield, Smite, Mind Blast, Recuperate, Totemic Recall, Fear, Executor
At level 60, the following Glyphs are automatically learned by characters of the appropriate class:
Dark Succor, Unholy Command, Death Grip

At level 75, the following Glyphs are automatically learned by characters of the appropriate class:
Death and Decay, Dash, Faerie Fire, Healing Touch, Master Shapeshifter, Misdirection, Slow, Frostfire Bolt, Water Elemental, Breath of Fire, Mana Tea, Fists of Fury, Light of Dawn, Final Wrath, Double Jeopardy, Penance, Renew, Dispersion, Ambush, Cheap Shot, Lightning Shield, Eternal Earth, Healthstone, Bull Rush, Enraged Speed, Shield Wall"

Comment by Shebeast

Your list is missing a glyph for discipline/holy Priests. It's called Glyph of Purification. It's listed under the priest glyph tab. The information is as follows:

Glyph of Purification
Discipline, Holy
Major Glyph
Purify now has a maximum of 2 charges, but its cooldown is increased by 4 sec.

Comment by XinR

It appears Wowhead is playing WoD aready because a good many glyphs are listed that aren't available yet and the glyphs that are still in game are not on that list either..

Comment by lankybrit

I think it's awesome that the cards only require War Paints, which are made with some basic pigment, instead of having to use rare pigments like previous expansions. I think this will lead to a more vibrant card market with more Trinkets made. Can't wait to get my Scribe leveled up/

Comment by Draewind

In WoW professions we now buid items that can rival the raid drop items and are far better than the dungeon drop items. They start small and can be made bigger and bigger. They all are created with what is called a <Random Enchantment>. We even craft items to take another roll at the <Random Enchantment> on the gear. The random enchant includes 2 of the secondary stats (giving us a measurable chance or RNG). Items for the Back (cloak), neck, neck, finger(ring), weapon, and shield, have a greater number of possibilities than other armor items, because they can contain the secondary statistics of Bonus Armor and Spirit (fortunately they do not include the combination of both those statistics ;-).

All of the items have a name in the form of "<ItemName> of the <RandomEnchantComboName>". If you click on the <RandomEnchantComboName> link, it will take you to a chart with all the possible names and combinations. I wish I could add a picture here.

http://compuball.com/forum/WoWRandomEnchantment.png

Examples:
"Steelforged Shield of the Guileful" would have Critical Strike and Bonus Armor as the <Random Enchant>
"Truesteel Breastplate of the Harmonious" would have Mastery and Versatitility as the <Random Enchant>
(I think I threw up a little bit there)

Most Armor Items:
As we see from this graph, the number of possible <Random Enchantments> for most armor items will be 10. So, you have a 1 in 10 (1/10 or 10%) possibility of getting just the mixture of statistics you want.

Cloaks, Necks, Rings, Shields, Weapons:
These items have an additional 2 statisctics added to the normal 4. The added statistics, as mentioned earlier, are Bonus Armor and Spirit (Tank and Healer statistics, respectively). Fortunately there is no combination of both Bonus Armor and Spirit (ever here of teats on a boar hog?)

Only weapon types intended for a healing class will have the possibility of Spirit, and only weapon types intended for a tanking class will have Bonus Armor. Weapons intended for both, will have the same chances as all the jewelry, cloaks, and shields. So if it can be enchanted (by enchanting) or is a shield, it fits in this class of item.

So your chances of getting the perfect necklace with just the right two secondary statistics is 1 in 20 (1/20 or 5%). I am not certain whether Bonus Armor and Spirit have the same chance of being included. If they are given a single chance and then chosen between the two, then your chance for an item with perfect statistics not including Bonus Armor or Spirit would be 1 in 15 (1/15 or 6.67%).

I would list here all the values associated with the <Random Enchantments>, however they vary depending on the slot and material. They also vary with the level of the individual wearing or looking at them.

There you have it. All the possible names and combinations. All items of the same level contain the same amount of statistic, such as "54 Critical Strike" and I have not seen a crafted item with a double a statistic (only one statistic but twice the value).

EDIT: None of content, just spelling and highlighting.

Comment by Clan

all ink, pigment, herb

Wow vanilla

Moonglow Ink <-- Alabaster Pigment -- Peacebloom,Silverleaf,Earthroot

Midnight Ink <-- Dusky Pigment -- Stranglekelp,Bruiseweed,Briarthorn,Swiftthistle,Mageroyal
Hunter's Ink <-- Verdant Pigment -- 50 % Stranglekelp, 50 % Bruiseweed, 25 % Briarthorn, 25 % Swiftthistle, 25 % Mageroyal, 25 %

Lion's Ink <-- Golden Pigment -- Liferoot,Kingsblood,Grave Moss,Wild Steelbloom
Dawnstar Ink <-- Burnt Pigment -- 50 % Liferoot, 50 % Kingsblood, 25 % Grave Moss, 25 % Wild Steelbloom, 25 % Golden Pigment

Jadefire Ink <-- Emerald Pigment -- Dragon's Teeth,Khadgar's Whisker,Goldthorn,Fadeleaf
Royal Ink <-- Indigo Pigment -- 50 % Dragon's Teeth, 50 % Khadgar's Whisker, 25 % Goldthorn, 25 % Fadeleaf

Celestial Ink <-- Violet Pigment -- Ghost Mushroom,Blindweed,Gromsblood,Firebloom,Sungrass,Arthas' Tears,Purple Lotus
Fiery Ink <-- Ruby Pigment -- 50 % Ghost Mushroom, 50 % Blindweed, 50 % Gromsblood, 25 % Firebloom, 25 % Sungrass, 25 % Arthas' Tears, 25 % Purple Lotus

Shimmering Ink <-- Silvery Pigment -- Sorrowmoss,Icecap,Mountain Silversage,Dreamfoil,Golden Sansam
Ink of the Sky <-- Sapphire Pigment -- 50 % Sorrowmoss, 50 % Icecap, 50 % Mountain Silversage, 25 % Dreamfoil, 25 % Golden Sansam

Burning Crusade

Ethereal Ink <-- Nether Pigment -- Nightmare Vine,Netherbloom,Ancient Lichen,Mana Thistle,Dreaming Glory,Felweed,Ragveil,Terocone
Darkflame Ink <-- Ebon Pigment -- 50 % Nightmare Vine, 50 % Netherbloom, 50 % Ancient Lichen, 50 % Mana Thistle, 25 % Dreaming Glory, 25 % Felweed, 25 % Ragveil, 25 % Terocone

Lich King

Ink of the Sea <-- Azure Pigment -- Icethorn,Lichbloom,Adder's Tongue,Fire Leaf,Tiger Lily,Deadnettle,Talandra's Rose,Goldclover,Fire Seed
Snowfall Ink <-- Icy Pigment -- 50 % Icethorn, 50 % Lichbloom, 50 % Adder's Tongue, 25 % Fire Leaf, 25 % Tiger Lily, 25 % Deadnettle, 25 % Talandra's Rose, 25 % Goldclover, 25 % Fire Seed

Cata

Blackfallow Ink <-- Ashen Pigment -- Whiptail,Twilight Jasmine,Cinderbloom,Heartblossom,Azshara's Veil,Stormvine
Inferno Ink <-- Burning Embers -- 50 % Whiptail, 50 % Twilight Jasmine, 25 % Cinderbloom, 25 % Heartblossom, 25 % Azshara's Veil, 25 % Stormvine

MOP

Ink of Dreams <-- Shadow Pigment -- Fool's Cap,Desecrated Herb,Silkweed,Green Tea Leaf,Snow Lily,Rain Poppy
Starlight Ink <-- Misty Pigment -- 50 % Fool's Cap, 25 % Desecrated Herb, 25 % Silkweed, 25 % Green Tea Leaf, 25 % Snow Lily, 25 % Rain Poppy

Comment by angelzhizni

Blizzard, seriously, need a 'Mill All' option for these mats that can be in stacks of 200 now. Pretty annoying having to mill entire stacks at 5 mats a time.

Comment by wisedada

Simple but useful macro in order to quickly mill your WoD herbs

# showtooltip
/cast Milling
/use Talador Orchid
/use Gorgrond Flytrap
/use Frostweed
/use Fireweed
/use Nagrand Arrowbloom
/use Starflower

Copy-paste these strings in your macro and bind it to a useful / easy button of your keyboard.

And let the spam begins!

Comment by lankybrit

Mass Milling is coming in 6.2. It will allow you to mill 20 Draenor herbs for 4 times the output of a current mill.

A step in the right direction.

Comment by bobsta2311

Hi, with the warbinders research method, learning glyphs is much easier (I'm currently learning 5 a day - no pun intended), but how do I find out how many more I have to learn without going through the list and counting them?

Comment by danicadb1

I bought an Inscription made staff, can I buy an Inscription upgrade to use on the staff? what are these called please :)
I looked in AH, but don't know what to look for.

Comment by Patwan

This list is incomplete

Comment by Pan666g

Sorry to say this but all off this is inrelivant because ligion is out and the whole system is F..op, why did they do this at Blizzard?

Comment by CyberChiewu

Seemed like the only thing missing here for me, a noob today, is that to mill, click on your milling tool, and click on the herbs, I believe a minimum is needed (5) perhaps.
And, you need a Virtuoso Inking Set and some Light Parchment to start off after you get some herbs. Look for a vendor in your main city listed under these items.

Comment by g90814

Welcome to the latest time sink. It takes FOREVER to craft inks thanks to Blizzards ingenuity for BfA Inscription. The Crafting Enchant just cuts the time in half... which is still too long.
Never mind the mats you need to keep buying from the Trade Goods Vendor in order to make the ink.
Never mind how much time it may take to mill pigments, even with mass milling.

Oh, and mostly worthless items to make.

Comment by Aerynsun8449

IDK, I'm probably going to be down voted for this. But... Blizzard, it seems pretty ignorant to make scribes/inscriptionists/whatever we're called, craft eight cards (random when crafted) to create a trinket when every other profession can craft/make their weapons, gear, rings knowing exactly what they're making and not having to rely on RNG hoping they're able to make their things now. Draenor, I have a ton of cards, none of the "sets" having ever accumulated an Ace through eight of their respective set. Legions I gave up trying to match them. And once again, we have four sets of cards, (Darkmoon Deck: Blockades, Darkmoon Deck: Squalls, Darkmoon Deck: Fathoms and Darkmoon Deck: Tides) that are random when we craft Darkmoon Card of War. Random of which set we get and random which card in that set we get. Currently I have in my bank, (Blockades - 2,3), (Fathoms - 2, 4) (Squalls -2, 3, 6, 7) and (Tides - Ace, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7) Yes, two 7 of Tides. Not one 3 or 8.

It is ignorant. IF we're scribes, don't you think we'd KNOW what we were scribing, inscribing, however it's called when we're performing the act? Tailors get their patterns and they know when they're sowing leggins or a chest piece. Leatherworkers know when they're stitching together a chest piece or boots. Engineers know when they're building a scope or a Mechanical Squirrel. Every profession knows when they're building or crafting something what it's going to be when they're finished. Every profession except Inscriptionists. WE not only have to rely on ONE RNG, but two. Hoping to get the correct set as well as hoping to get the correct card IN that set.

How many Darkmoon Cards of War do I have to go through to make ONE trinket for my Paladin? Well, so far I've made 15 cards and still can't make ONE trinket. How ignorant is that? What is wrong with your programmers that thought, "Hey, let's screw with the players again. How about we make their ability to craft their trinkets not just random, but randomize the process TWICE!"

I bet that guy got a promotion. Or at least a hefty bonus in his check that week.

Here's a thought, give us the option to craft exactly which card we need. Remove the damn RNG from this BS. It's bad enough we have to craft eight separate cards to make one item but to then make it random which card set and which card in that set we get? We can, not just theoretically because it happened to me in Draenor, go an entire expansion without ever crafting ONE trinket. Ok, I admit, half way though the expansion I gave up. But still, my tailor was able to craft whatever they wanted from the start. As long as they had the recipe. My Engineer could craft whatever they wanted, again, with the pattern. I have alts that between them can do every profession. This one is the only one that doesn't know how to craft their item without relying on RNG. Why?

Comment by Muse

I am leveling my 4th scribe right now and noticed there are significant differences from when I leveled my 3rd, let alone when I leveled my first back when it was released in Wrath, so I wanted to make notes to maybe help people who might be confused by older comments as well as Wowhead's information itself being somehow inaccurate in some of the "teaches" tabs on ink research. Here are the links to the others I have made:

Research: Moonglow Ink
Research: Midnight Ink
Research: Lion's Ink
Research: Jadefire Ink
Research: Celestial Ink
Research: Shimmering Ink
Research: Ethereal Ink
Ethereal Ink
Outland Inscription
Northrend Inscription
Cataclysm Inscription
Pandaria Inscription

(I'll add more links as I get around to finishing leveling the rest of this & writing up the commentary.)

Comment by SilverDragon234

So much books... leave no page unturnted

Comment by Songlark

Why did they take the glyph class categories out? I seriously can't keep track of who has what, and opening every single recipe to see the colour icon of the glyph is awful!

Comment by megitance

Can anyone explain how "Discovery" works? Can you randomly Discover something crafting grayed out items?

Comment by Lohoris

This guide links the Runescroll of Fortitude II, but it seems to be a thing of the past, right?

Comment by Kilrathi3

ALL the way up the water wall in Nazjatar, at 31 59, is a painters easel.
cannot get to it.
maybe there is some missing or put off inscription skill for making a grand panoramic painting you can sell for 10k gold!
nah.. bliz would only make that sale worth 100g and mats costing 10k.

imo, professions took a dump 3 releases ago.

Comment by gibay

Mass crafting would be NICE !

Comment by Zarilla

Can someone help me?

There was an inscription item that I bought at the auction some time ago that allowed me to raise my Draenor followers to a higher level of gear. It was not the max gear, something like what is not 650 item level. I can't find it anymore because I can't remember the name. Is there such a thing in the inscription profession for other areas? Other than the mission drops?

I would appreciate any help I can get on this.

Thank you.

Comment by ryc2904

~~since patch 10.0.0 I can no longer mill herbs for classic to shadowlands or at least I can see it. Can anyone help me?~~

silly me found it

Comment by Metoda

---------------------------------------- HORDE ----------------------------------------

Trainer Localization: Undercity
Trainer - Margaux Parchley

you can find her there:

https://youtu.be/was76oHhqlc

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Trainer Localization: Orgrimmar
Trainer - Nerog

you can find him there:

https://youtu.be/tYQqrropLP8

Links

Inscription

Guides

Dragonflight Inscription Profession Overview Dragonflight Inscription Recipes Overview Dragonflight Inscription Specializations Guide

Inscription

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