Jewelcrafting was introduced with the Burning Crusade and allows a player to create jewelry such as rings, necklaces, and trinkets. At later levels, it also allows a player to cut raw gems into gems which can be placed into sockets of high end equipment. These gems can give many different bonuses to damage, haste, base stats, and more. This allows a piece of equipment to be tailored to a specific character's desires. Gems cannot be removed, but sockets can be re-gemmed. This destroys the gem that was first inserted.
SHOPPING LIST
Approximate Materials Needed (through 365 Skill)
| [Copper Bar] | x 40 |
| [Rough Stone] | x 80 |
| [Tigerseye] | x 20 |
| [Bronze Bar] | x 80 |
| [Silver Bar] | x 60 |
| [Heavy Stone] | x 80 |
| [Moss Agate] | x 30 |
| [Mithril Bar] | x 80 |
| [Truesilver Bar] | x 60 |
| [Citrine] | x 15 |
| [Elemental Water] | x 20 |
| [Aquamarine] | x 45 |
| [Flask of Mojo] | x 60 |
| [Thorium Bar] | x 190 |
| [Star Ruby] | x 5 |
| [Heart of the Wild] | x 40 |
| [Large Opal] | x 20 |
| [Blue Sapphire] | x 40 |
| [Azerothian Diamond] | x 20 |
| [Huge Emerald] | x 20 |
| Uncommon Level Gems* | x 75 |
| [Adamantite Powder] | x 80 |
| [Primal Earth] | x 20 |
| [Adamantite Bar] | x 15 |
| Rare Level Gems ** | x 45 |
*[Blood Garnet], [Flame Spessarite], [Deep Peridot], [Shadow Draenite], [Golden Draenite], or [Azure Moonstone]
**[Dawnstone], [Living Ruby], [Nightseye], [Noble Topaz], [Star of Elune], or [Talasite]
COMPLEMENTARY PROFESSIONS
Mining
The most useful skill to have when leveling up Jewelcrafting is Mining. This allows a jewelcrafter not only to make the bars needed for many pieces of jewelry, but more importantly to mine ore for prospecting, which produces gems to make both jewelry and cut gems from. Any ore or bars that are not needed can also be sold to make money to buy new recipes.
Alchemy
Expensive if you choose to level both at the same time, having the ability to both transmute and cut meta gems can give alchemists a good source of income on the auction house or in trade channels.
MONEY
Prospecting and cutting gems are where a jewelcrafter will make most of his money. The highest cost for a jewelcrafter is purchasing recipes for cut gems. There are many desirable gems for each color, and checking the Auction House will allow a jewelcrafter to decide which gems to cut, or whether it might be more profitable to simply sell raw gems. A common practice is tipping jewelcrafters for cutting a raw gem. The most profitable time for a jewelcrafter is when new gear is available, such as new seasons of arena or new badge loot becoming available.
