In The Burning Crusade the profession of jewelcrafting will give us the ability to improve weapons by adding jewels to them. Now Don Leone posted a guide about what you need to bring this ability to level 300.
Source: http://wow.mmblog.eu/jewelcrafting-1-300/...
>* 1-30
>Rough Stone Statues (10 Rough Stone)
>Delicate Copper Wire (2 Copper Bars)
>Prospecting (regular skill-ups to about 50)
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>* 30-65
>Malachite Pendant (1 Delicate Copper Wire, 1 Malachite)
>Tigerseye Band (1 Delicate Copper Wire, 1 Tigerseye)
>Coarse Stone Statue (10 Coarse Stone)
>Bronze Setting (2 Bronze Bars)
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>* 65-90
>Elegant Silver Ring (2 Silver Bars)
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>* 90-100
>Heavy Silver Ring (2 Silver Bars)
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>* 100-140
>Ring of Twilight Shadows (2 Bronze Bars, 2 Shadowgem)
>Heavy Stone Statue (10 Heavy Stone)
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>* 140-155
>Gold Dragon Ring (1 Jade, 2 Gold, 2 Copper Wire)
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>* 155-175, 180-185
>Mithril Filigree (2 Mithril Bars)
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>* 175-180
>Solid Stone Statue (10 Solid Stone)
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>* 185-215
>Engraved Truesilver Ring (1 Truesilver Bar, 2 Gold Bars)
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>* 215-220
>Truesilver Commander’s Ring (3 Truesilver Bars, 2 Star Rubies, 2 Citrine)
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>* 220-225
>Aquamarine Signet (3 Aquamarine, 4 Flask of Mojo)
>(Should have made this from 215 or even 210 – orange the whole way to 225 - but I resisted going to farm the Mojo on the test server until I didn’t have any choice.)
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>* 225-236
>Dense Stone Statue (10 Dense Stone)
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>* 236-250
>Thorium Setting (3 Thorium Bars)
>Ended up making far more than 20, so could have squeezed a few more points out here, probably 5 or 10.
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>* 250-274
>Ruby Pendant of Fire (1 Thorium Setting, 1 Star Ruby)
>Probably worth it to keep making this until you run right out of rubies or it turns grey, since you end up with a lot of them from mithril and thorium ore.
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>* 274-281
>Simple Opal Ring (2 Large Opal, 2 Thorium Bars, 1 Thorium Setting)
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>* 281-285
>Glowing Thorium Band (2 Azerothian Diamonds, 1 Thorium Setting, 1 Thorium Bar)
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>This is the list of materials I’m planning on having on-hand for when the expansion hits. Gems could be substituted for ore of the appropriate level, but some of the low level ones like Shadowgem are dirt cheap at auction now.
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>* 80 Rough Stone (4 stacks)
>* 160 Copper Bars (8 stacks)
>* 40 Malachite (2 stacks)
>* 20 Tigerseye (1 stack)
>* 80 Bronze Bars (4 stacks)
>* 80 Silver Bars (4 stacks)
>* 80 Shadowgem (4 stacks)
>* 80 Heavy Stone (4 stacks)
>* 120 Gold (6 stacks)
>* 15 Jade (.75 stacks)
>* 50 Mithril Bars (2.5 stacks)
>* 60 Solid Stone (3 stacks)
>* 45 Truesilver Bars(2.25 stacks)
>* 30 Aquamarine (1.5 stacks)
>* 40 Flasks of Mojo (2 stacks)
>* 160 Dense Stone (8 stacks)
>* 20 Star Rubies (1 stack)
>* 100 Mithril Ore (5 stacks)
>* ~200 Thorium Bars (10 stacks)
>* ~250 Thorium Ore (25 stacks)
