This WoW Inscription Guide will help you to level your Inscription from 1 to 450.
Updated for WoW patch 3.1

This is an Inscription leveling guide, if you are looking for some information about Inscription, check out this WoW Inscription Guide. I belive Inscription is the best combined with Herbalism, if you want to level Herbalism, check out my Herbalism leveling guide.

If you are low on gold, I recommend you to try this Gold Making Guide, it can help you to make loads of gold. You also need to realize this is not a leveling guide, so if you are looking for a leveling guide, the best one is this 1-80 Leveling Guide.

You can use [Milling] to mill 5 herbs for 2 - 4 pigments.

[Alabaster Pigment] - Bloodthistle, Peacebloom, Silverleaf, Earthroot
[Dusky Pigment] / [Verdant Pigment] - Mageroyal, Briarthorn, Swiftthistle, Bruiseweed, Stranglekelp
[Golden Pigment] / [Burnt Pigment] - Wild Steelbloom, Grave Moss, Kingsblood, Liferoot
[Emerald Pigment] / [Indigo Pigment] - Fadeleaf, Goldthorn, Khadgar's Whiskers, Wintersbite
[Violet Pigment] / [Ruby Pigment] - Firebloom, Purple Lotus, Arthas'Tears, Sungrass, Blindweed, Ghost Mushroom, Gromsblood
[Silvery Pigment] / [Sapphire Pigment] - Golden Sansam, Dreamfoil, Mountain Silversage, Plaguebloom, Icecap
[Nether Pigment] / [Ebon Pigment] - All Outland herbs.
[Azure Pigment] / [Icy Pigment] - All Northrend Herbs.

Inscription guide sections:

Inscription Apprentice 1 - 75
Inscription Journeyman 75 - 125
Inscription Expert 125 - 200
Inscription Artisan 200 - 290
Inscription Master 290 - 350
Inscription Grand Master 350 - 450

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450 :

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

• 110 Alabaster-giving herbs
• 80 Dusky-giving herbs
• 200 Golden-giving herbs
• 210 Emerald-giving herbs
• 160 Violet-giving herbs
• 100 Silvery-giving herbs
• 260 Nether-giving
• 380 Azure-giving

Related Guides:

• WoW Herbalism Leveling Guide 1-450

Just to note, there is a lot of other Glyphs and Scroll at different skill ranges with the same amount of materials needed, so where you see [Glyph of ...] for example, there you can choose between more recipes that are orange to you and requires the same amount of materials.

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Inscription.

• 1 - 19
  18 x [Ivory Ink] - 18 Alabaster Pigment

• 19 - 35
  16 x [Scroll of Stamina] - 16 Ivory Ink, 16 Light Parchment

• 35 - 53
  22 x [Moonglow Ink] - 44 Alabaster Pigment

• 53 - 75
  22 x [Armor Vellum] - 22 Moonglow Ink, 44 Light Parchment

Learn Inscription Journeyman.

• 75 - 80
  20 x [Midnight Ink] - 40 Dusky Pigment

• 80 - 100

  Make any Glyph that are orange to you and requires 1 Midnight Ink. Glyphs turns yellow after 10 points here, so then learn new recipes and choose another Glyph.

  20 x [Glyph of....] - 20 Midnight Ink, 20 Light Parchment

• 100 - 105
  60 x [Lion's Ink] - 120 Golden Pigment

• 105 - 120

  Make any Glyph that are orange to you and requires 1 Lion's Ink. Glyphs turns yellow after 5 points, then learn new recipes and choose another Glyph.

  20 x [Glyph of ...] - 20 Lion's Ink, 20 Common Parchment

• 120 - 125

  Make any Glyph that is YELLOW to you, yes you read it right YELLOW. Orange recipes requires 2 Inks instead of one, so at this point it's better to make yellow recipes.

  7 x [Glyph of ...] - 7 Lion's Ink, 7 Common Parchment

Learn Inscription Expert.

• 125-133

  Turn all your [Burnt Pigment] into [Dawnstar Ink].

  If you don't milled your own herbs and you don't have Burnt Pigment, you can just make any Glyph between 125-140 that are orange to you.

• 133 - 141
  8 x [Strange Tarrot] - 16 Lion's Ink, 8 Dawnstar Ink, 8 Common Parchment

• 141 - 150
  13 x [Glyph of Lighting Bolt] - 26 Lion's Ink, 26 Common Parchment

• 150 - 155
  60 x [Jadefire Ink] - 120 Emerald Pigment

• 155 - 175

  Orange Glyphs and Scrolls which requires 1 Jadefire Ink each.

  20 x [Glyph of ...] - 20 Jadefire Ink, 20 Common Parchment

• 175 - 185

  Turn all your [Indigo Pigment] into [Royal Ink] and then make as many [Arcane Tarrot] as you can. You should reach 185 or probably more.

• 185 - 190
  5x [Glyph of Sap] - 10 Jadefire Ink

• 190 - 200
  13x [Glyph of Revenge] - 26 Jadefire Ink

Learn Inscription Artisan.

• 200 - 205
  50 x [Celestial Ink] - 100 Violet Pigment

• 205 - 210
  5 x [Armor Vellum II] - 5 Celestial Ink, 10 Common Parchment

• 210 - 215
  5 x [Glyph of Sinister Strike] - 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment

• 215 - 220
  5 x [Glyph 0f Searing Pain] - 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment

• 220 - 225
  5 x [Glyph of Starfire] - 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment

• 225 - 228
  12 x [Fiery Ink] - 12 Ruby Pigment

• 228 - 230
  2 x [Scroll of Agility IV] - 2 Celestial Ink, 2 Heavy Parchment

• 230 - 235
  5 x [Glyph of Dispel Magic] - 5 Celestial Ink, 5 Heavy Parchment

• 235 - 247
  12 x [Weapon Vellum II] - 12 Celestial Ink, 12 Fiery Ink, 24 Heavy Parchment

• 247 - 250
  4 x [Glyph of Cleaving] - 4 Celestial Ink, 4 Heavy Parchment

• 250-255
  25 x [Shimmering Ink] - 50 Silvery Pigment

• 255 - 260:
  5 x [Scroll of Spirit II] - 5 Shimmering Ink, 10 Heavy Parchment

• 260 - 275

  Orange Glyphs and Scrolls. Scrolls need 2 Parchments instead of one.

  15 x [Glyph of ...] or [Scroll of...] - 15 Shimmering Ink

• 275 - 285
  10 x [Ink of Sky] - 10 Sapphire Pigment

• 285 - 290
  5 x [Glyph of Sprint] - 5 Shimmering Ink

Now you should go and visit a trainer at Outland or Northrend, click here for the trainer list.

• 290 - 305:
  55 x [Ethereal Ink] - 110 Nether Pigment

• 305 - 325
  20 x [Glyph of ...] - 20 Ethereal Ink, 20 Heavy Parchment

  Usually every Glyphs turns yellow after you make 5 of them, then you will be able to learn new ones which ones are orange too. So you will have to make 4 different Glyphs for this 20 skill point.

• 325 - 330:
  You will have a lot of [Ebon Pigment] if you milled your own herbs so turn all of them into [Darkflame Ink]. If you cant reach 330 while making the inks, or you didn't mill your own herbs, you can just make any Glyphs that are yellow to you.

• 330 - 345:
  15 x [Glyph of ...] - 30 Ethereal Ink, 30 Heavy Parchment

  Same as above, choose the Glyphs you want to make and are orange to you. Every orange Glyphs requires the same amount of materials at this point of the Inscription leveling guide.

• 345 - 350:
  5 x [Glyph of Whirlwind] - 5 Ethereal Ink, 5 Resilient Parchment

• 350 - 355
  95 x [Ink of Sea] - 190 Azure Pigment

• 355 - 360
  5 x [Scroll of Spirit VII] - 5 Ink of the Sea

• 360 - 365
  5 x [Scroll of Intellect VII] - 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment

• 365 - 370
  5 x [Scroll of Stength VII] - 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment

• 370 - 375
  5 x [Scroll of Agility VII] - 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment

• 375 - 380
  [Snowfall Ink] - Icy Pigment

  Use all the rare pigment available. Keep the extra Snowfall Ink for Northrend Inscription Research. You will need to research to learn most "Northrend" glyphs.

• 380 - 385
  7 x [Glyph of...] - 7 Ink of the Sea

• 385 - 386
  1 x [Northrend Inscription Research] - 3 Ink of the Sea, 5 Resilient Parchment, Snowfall Ink

• 386 - 400
  25 x [Any Discovered Major Glyph] - 25 Ink of the Sea, 25 Resilient Parchment

• 400 - 405
  5 x [Scroll of Stamina VIII] - 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment

• 405 - 410
  5 x [Scroll of Spirit VIII] - 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment

• 410 - 415
  5 x [Scroll of Intellect VIII] - 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment

• 415 - 420
  5 x [Scroll of Stength VIII] - 5 Ink of the Sea, 10 Resilient Parchment

• 420 - 430
  13 x [Scroll of Agility VIII] - 13 Ink of the Sea, 26 Resilient Parchment

• 430 - 450

  The best strategy is stop leveling Inscription at about skill 430, and simply conduct regular Northrend Inscription Research.