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Introduction

Dalaran Inscription Store.

Inscription is a primary profession. You can only learn 2 primary professions.

Most Inscription recipes use herbs, Milled into pigments. Herbs can be gathered by someone else and traded, so you do not need to learn Herbalism as your 2nd primary profession. However, if Herbalism and Inscription are trained together, you will gather more than enough herbs to raise your Inscription skill. Herbalism is one of the fastest professions to develop: At level 77 (with "epic" flight in Outland and Northrend), Herbalism takes about 6 hours from 1 to 450 - longer if there is a lot of competition for herbs. It is also easy to train as you do other tasks, such as completing quests.

You must be part of The Burning Crusade ((have the first expansion installed)) to learn Inscription beyond skill 300. To learn Inscription beyond skill 375, you must have felt the Wrath of the Lich King ((have the second expansion installed)).

Trainers

Inscription trainers are found in:

Trainers or nearby vendors also sell Inscription goods and materials, including Inking Sets.

Rank Requirements

Like other professions, there is a maximum skill level that you may achieve at each profession rank. To progress further, you will need to train a new rank from the trainer. Each rank has a minimum personal ((character)) level and Inscription skill level: You must attain both before you can train the new rank. The table below summarises the requirements:

Inscription Rank and Skill Levels
RankMinimum character levelMinimum Inscription skillMaximum Inscription skillCost
Apprentice Scribe5-751s
Journeyman Scribe105015010s
Expert Scribe2012522550s
Artisan Scribe352003005g
Master Scribe5027537510g
Grand Master Scribe6535045035g

Costs assume no reputation-related reductions. Exalted reduces costs by a fifth (20%).

All ranks are learnt from trainers: There are no quests.

Abilities

There are 2 known types of trained ability:

Trainable Inscription Abilities
ItemCost to TrainMinimum Inscription SkillNotes
MillingMilling-1Crush 5 herbs. Skill varies by herb type - learn more.
Master's InscriptionMaster's Inscription7g 50s400Permanently add stats to shoulder armor. Can only be applied to your own armor, and doing so will cause it to become soulbound. Several Master's Inscriptions are known.

At skill 75, Inscribers can learn Minor Inscription Research. At skill 385, Inscibers can learn to conduct Northrend Inscription Research. Each type of research has a chance of discovering new glyphs (minor and major respectively).

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