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Introduction to Inscription

The inscription skill works as follows: Gather your herbs - you need 5 of any one type in order to mill them into pigment.
This will randomly yield between 2 and 4 pigment, with the chance to also create a secondary pigment. The pigment is then used to create ink, which in turn is used along with parchments to make your glyphs and scrolls.

You will want to train next to an inscription trainer, because new glyphs are available very frequently and will be used to level efficiently, so you don’t want to be running back and forth all the time. Therefore you would be best to use an inscription trainer that is close to a mail box, such as the Alliance trainers in Ironforge and Exodar, or for Horde, the Silvermoon trainer. After you hit 300 and need to use a master trainer, Alliance will find him in Honor Hold and Horde in Thrallmar.

Materials

In order to train inscription you will need at least the following materials:
Alabaster x 77 (100 - 195 herbs)
Dusky x 20 (25-50 herbs)
Golden x 120 (150-300 herbs)
Emerald x 140 (175 ? 350 herbs)
Silvery x 70 (140 ? 275 herbs)
Nether x 110 (140-275 herbs)
Azure x 270 (450 herbs)

Herb Categories

Alabaster Pigment: Bloodthistle / Peacebloom / Silverleaf / Earthroot / Mageroyal
Dusky Pigment: Briarthorn / Swiftthistle / Bruiseweed / Stranglekelp
Golden Pigment: Wild Steelbloom / Grave Moss / Kingsblood / Liferoot
Emerald Pigment: Fadeleaf / Goldthorn / Khadgar’s Whiskers / Wintersbite
Violet Pigment: Firebloom / Purple Lotus / Arthas’ Tears / Sungrass / Blindweed / Ghost Mushroom / Gromsblood
Silvery Pigment: Golden Sansam / Dreamfoil / Mountain Silversage / Plaguebloom / Icecap
Nether Pigment: Obtained from milling all Outland herbs.
Azure Pigment: Obtained from milling all Northrend Herbs.

Training the Inscription Skill from 1-100

Buy a Virtuoso Inking Set
Buy 4 stacks of Light Parchment.
Mill Alabaster herbs until you have Alabaster Pigment x 77.

1-18 - Ivory Ink x 17
Materials: Alabaster Pigment x 17

18-35 - Scroll of Stamina x 17
Materials: Ivory Ink x 17

35-60 - Moonglow Ink x 30
Materials: Alabaster Pigment x 60
If you wish you can keep going with Moonglow Ink until about 90 skill level, as you will need one Moonglow Ink every day for your Minor Inscription Research to discover minor glyphs.

60-87 - Armor Vellum x 27
Materials: Moonglow Ink x 27
Since much of this is yellow, there’s a chance you will need to mill more herbs to make a couple more Moonglow Ink (if you didn’t make extra ink). If you do have extra Moonglow Ink, take this to 90 to avoid Hunter’s Ink and the need for Verdant Pigment.

87-88 - Minor Inscription Research x 1
Materials: Moonglow Ink x 1
This is your daily.

88 - Mill Dusky Herbs until you get at least:
Dusky Pigment x 20
Verdant Pigment x 2
Subtract your current level from 90. That is how many Verdant Pigment you absolutely need.

88-90 - Hunter’s Ink x 2
Materials: Verdant Pigment x 2

90 - Midnight Ink x 10
Materials: Dusky Pigment x 20

90-100 - Glyph of Maul x 10
Materials: Midnight Ink x 10

Training the Inscription Skill from 100 to 150

Buy 6 stacks of Common Parchment.
Mill Golden herbs until you get at least:
Golden Pigment x 120
Burnt Pigment x 5

100-105 - Lion’s Ink x 60
Materials: Golden Pigment x 120

105-110 - Glyph of Fade x 5
Materials: Lion’s Ink x 5

110-115 - Glyph of Rending x 5
Materials: Lion’s Ink x 5

115-125 - Glyph of Healing Touch x 10
Materials: Lion’s Ink x 10

125-130 - Dawnstar Ink x 5
Materials: Burnt Pigment x 5
Use up your Burnt Pigment, but stop at 130. If you’re not able to reach 130, start Glyph of Blink early and carry it to 135. (If you start Glyph of Blink early, you will need to make extra Lion’s Ink.)

130-135 - Glyph of Blink x 5
Materials: Lion’s Ink x 10

135-140 - Glyph of Garrote x 5
Materials: Lion’s Ink x 10

140-150 - Glyph of Sunder Armor x 10
Materials: Lion’s Ink x 20

Training the Inscription Skill from 150-200

Mill Emerald Herbs until you get at least Emerald Pigment x 140.
Sell whatever Indigo Pigment you get.

150-155 - Jadefire Ink x 70
Materials: Emerald Pigment x 140

155-160 - Glyph of Evocation x 5
Materials: Jadefire Ink x 5

160-165 - Glyph of Gouge x 5
Materials: Jadefire Ink x 5

165-170 - Glyph of Shadow Bolt x 5
Materials: Jadefire Ink x 5

170-175 - Glyph of Overpower x 5
Materials: Jadefire Ink x 5

175-180 - Glyph of Aimed Shot x 5
Materials: Jadefire Ink x 10

180-185 - Glyph of Cleansing x 5
Materials: Jadefire Ink x 10

185-190 - Glyph of Sap x 5
Materials: Jadefire Ink x 10

190-200 - Glyph of Revenge x 10
Materials: Jadefire Ink x 20

Training the Inscription Skill from 200-250

Buy 7 stacks of Heavy Parchment.
Mill Violet Herbs until you get at least Violet Pigment x 110
Sell whatever Ruby Pigment you get.

200-205 - Celestial Ink x 55
Materials: Violet Pigment x 110

205-210 - Glyph of Improved Scorch x 5
Materials: Celestial Ink x 5

210-215 - Glyph of Sinister Strike x 5
Materials: Celestial Ink x 5

215-220 - Glyph of Searing Pain x 5
Materials: Celestial Ink x 5

220-225 - Glyph of Barbaric Insults x 5
Materials: Celestial Ink x 5

225-230 - Glyph of Ice Block x 5
Materials: Celestial Ink x 10

230-235 - Glyph of Dispel Magic x 5
Materials: Celestial Ink x 5

235-240 - Glyph of Slice and Dice x 5
Materials: Celestial Ink x 10

240-250 - Glyph of Cleaving x 10
Materials: Celestial Ink x 10

Training the Inscription Skill from 250-300

Mill Silvery Herbs until you get at least Silvery Pigment x 70 and Sapphire Pigment x 5

250-255 - Shimmering Ink x 35
Silvery Pigment x 70

255-260 - Scroll of Spirit V x 5
Materials: Shimmering Ink x 5

260-265 - Glyph of Freezing Trap x 5
Materials: Shimmering Ink x 5

265-270 - Glyph of Bone Shield x 5
Materials: Shimmering Ink x 5

270-275 - Glyph of Frost Strike x 5
Materials: Shimmering Ink x 5

275-280 - Ink of the Sky x 5
Materials: Sapphire Pigment x 5

280-285 - Glyph of Mana Gem x 5
Materials: Shimmering Ink x 5

285-290 - Glyph of Execution x 5
Materials: Shimmering Ink x 5

290-300 - Glyph of Sprint x 10
Materials: Shimmering Ink x 10

OR if you can get hold of some Ethereal Ink:

295-300
Scroll of Stamina VI x 5
Ethereal Ink x 5
This recipe is learned only from Master (or higher) Inscription trainers.

Training the Inscription Skill from 300-350

Buy 4 stacks of Resilient Parchment.

Mill Nether Herbs until you get at least Nether Pigment x 110 and Ebon Pigment x 5-12

300-305 - Ethereal Ink x 55
Materials: Nether Pigment x 110

305-315 - Scroll of Strength VI x 10
Materials: Ethereal Ink x 10

315-320 - Scroll of Agility VI x 5
Materials: Ethereal Ink x 5

320-325 - Glyph of Sweeping Strikes x 5
Materials: Ethereal Ink x 5

325-330 - Darkflame Ink x 5
Materials: Ebon Pigment x 5

330-335 - Glyph of Windfury Weapon x 5
Materials: Ethereal Ink x 10

335-340 - Glyph of Arcane Power x 5
Materials: Ethereal Ink x 10

340-345 - Glyph of Death Strike x 5
Materials: Ethereal Ink x 10

345-350 - Glyph of Whirlwind x 5
Materials: Ethereal Ink x 5

Training the Inscription Skill from 350 to 450

Till 450 just make whichever glyph is orange. When it turns yellow, move on to the next orange one. It?s very simple because all the glyphs cost the same amount of materials so you can?t really go wrong! Your first five gains will be used to make the ink required for the rest of the leveling process as follows:

350-355 - Ink of the Frozen Sea x 135
Materials: Azure Pigment x 270

Then proceed as follows:

355-375 - 20 x different Glyphs
Materials: Ink of the Frozen Sea x 20

375-400 - 25 x different Glyphs
Materials: Ink of the Frozen Sea x 50

400-435 - 35 x different Glyphs
Materials: Ink of the Frozen Sea x 70

435-450 - 5 x different Glyphs
Materials: 30 Ink of the Frozen Sea