WoW Forever Engineering for Gold: What Sells, What Loses (Nov 13)

Quick answer: In WoW Forever, the strongest estimated Engineering margins on Nov 13 were on a handful of gadgets, trinkets and scopes. Iron and Thorium Grenades lost money, and most bombs and ammo showed thin margins. We priced the Engineering crafts with full mat costs at Nov 13 Auction House prices. Among those with at least 10 listed on 3 or more US markets, the best was the Goblin Rocket Boots: about +3.03g estimated profit per craft in the US and +2.38g in the EU. The best new Forever craft was the EZ-Thro Bronze Mortar (+1.47g US, +1.56g EU), a trinket with no Engineering requirement in its tooltip. Iron Grenades lose money: Blizzard cut their vendor price to 1s 25c on Nov 10, and the Auction House median was 2s 24c in the US against about 3s 21c of mats per grenade.

Last verified: Nov 13, 2026, 18:25 UTC against Wowhead's WoW Forever spell, schematic and item database, Blizzard's WoW: Forever hotfix notes (Nov 10 entry) and live Auction House data from AH Ledger (8 US and 8 EU markets, scanned Nov 13 between 15:18 and 17:06 UTC). Prices are the median of each market's median asking price; "listed" is the number of units offered in that region. Profit is an estimate if you buy every mat at the median and sell at the median after the 5% Auction House cut, not a record of sales.

Key takeaways

• 76 new recipes. Wowhead's Forever spell list marks 76 item-making Engineering recipes as new, and our calculator counts 76 new out of 241.
• Old schematics still lead. Goblin Rocket Boots, the Gnomish Cloaking Device and the Mechanical Dragonling showed estimated profits in both regions.
• Check who can use it. The Cloaking Device, Dragonling, Gnomish Rocket Boots and Goblin Sapper Charge tooltips all require Engineering, so only characters with that Engineering skill can use them (the Dragonling also needs level 30). Goblin Rocket Boots and the new EZ-Thro Bronze Mortar have no such line.
• Iron and Thorium Grenades are a loss. Both were listed below their mat cost (Thorium Grenades were listed only in the EU).
• The new epic ammo waits for raids. Blizzard says Swiftstrike Shot and Swiftfeather Arrow are "not available until raids unlock", and those open on Dec 9.

What is new in WoW Forever Engineering?

Blizzard promised more than 600 new profession recipes for Forever. Wowhead's Forever data puts 76 of them in Engineering, and most fall into five groups:

• Camping objects. The Reagent Bot (skill 20) lets players at your camp buy reagents, the Repair Bot (skill 140) sells reagents and repairs gear, and the Anarchist's Workbench (skill 300) places a workbench for the recipes that require it. Our calculator lists the Repair Bot blueprint at the Happy Camper vendor in Dun Morogh for 15s.
• "EZ-Thro" and "SAF-T" gadgets. Safer bombs, dynamite and grenades, plus parts like No Slip SAF-T Padding and the EZ-Thro Fireproof Fuse. Many are sold for Merchant's Favor by the profession quartermaster: Fritz Fizzle in Redridge Mountains (Alliance) and Fizzlefuse in The Barrens (Horde), per our calculator, which counts 28 Favor patterns.
• Bind on Pickup gear for yourself. New goggles (Floppy, Bent, Stuckbutton and Dented) and belts (Whimsical Waistwrap, Gizmo Girdle, Clanking Cord). All seven tooltips we checked read "Binds when picked up", so they are not sold on the Auction House.
• Toys and travel. The Hoof-Shaped Foot Pedal turns you into a centaur for 20 minutes or until you enter combat; in Desolace the form also persists through combat and adds 30% movement speed. The Ultralight Goblin Glider and Loot-A-Rang (pulls loot from a nearby corpse) both require Engineering 250 to use (the Loot-A-Rang also needs level 50) and "Bind when used".
• Skill-300 endgame crafts. The epic Swiftfeather Arrow and Swiftstrike Shot (200 per craft), the SAF-T Ultra Precision Scope and the epic Hyper Deluxe Sniper Rifle Mk XVII, plus a Dimensional Transporter - Mt. Hyjal.

Wowhead lists the Gnomish Weather Machine as "NYI" (not yet implemented), so do not plan around it.

Our WoW Forever Engineering calculator put 1-300 at about 79g 24s on the US Alliance Auction House on Nov 13, reagents plus training, over 471 crafts. If you are still choosing, start with our best professions to pick in WoW Forever, and the WoW Forever professions page covers done-for-you profession leveling.

Which WoW Forever Engineering crafts make the most gold?

Rocket boots, trinkets, scopes and two new crafts. The table shows the top 12 non-ammo crafts we priced, sorted by US profit, among crafts with at least 10 listed on 3 or more US markets, plus Iron Grenade. Ammo is left out of the table (see the bombs section). "Learn at" is the skill in Wowhead's Forever data. Every mat is bought at the Nov 13 median and sold at the median after the 5% cut.

Craft	New?	Learn at	US median	US listed	US profit	EU median	EU profit
Goblin Rocket Boots	Classic	225	8.65g	37	+3.03g	6.80g	+2.38g
Gnomish Rocket Boots	Classic	225	7.91g	10	+2.56g	4.69g	+41s
Salt Shaker	Classic	250	7.00g	97	+2.56g	3.68g	-48s
Gnomish Cloaking Device	Classic	200	2.88g	23	+1.69g	3.49g	+2.28g
Mechanical Dragonling	Classic	200	3.10g	46	+1.54g	3.48g	+1.99g
Fire Goggles	Classic	205	3.00g	32	+1.49g	2.30g	+65s
EZ-Thro Bronze Mortar	New	190	2.50g	55	+1.47g	2.50g	+1.56g
Sniper Scope	Classic	240	2.99g	183	+1.36g	1.93g	+48s
Gnomish Net-o-Matic Projector	Classic	210	3.00g	22	+1.35g	2.83g	+1.24g
Green Lens	Classic	245	2.58g	78	+1.20g	2.20g	+58s
Hoof-Shaped Foot Pedal	New	140	1.90g	66	+96s	2.46g	+1.53g
Deadly Scope	Classic	210	1.70g	260	+79s	98s	+16s
Iron Grenade (makes 3)	Classic	175	2s each	4,079	-3s	3s each	-2s

Profit per craft on Nov 13, US vs EU, with every mat bought at the median. Source: timesaver.gg from AH Ledger data.

Why Goblin Rocket Boots win. They cost about 5.19g in US mats: a pair of Black Mageweave Boots from a tailor, 2 Mithril Tubes, 4 Heavy Leather, 2 Goblin Rocket Fuel and an Unstable Trigger. They were listed at an 8.65g median on 5 US markets and 6.80g on 5 EU markets. They bind on equip and their tooltip has no Engineering requirement, so any player can buy them for the 20-second speed boost. Our calculator says the schematic drops in Gnomeregan, which our Gnomeregan loot table covers. Gnomish Rocket Boots use the same base but require Engineering 225 to wear, and the EU median (4.69g) left only 41s.

Two trinkets for engineers. The Gnomish Cloaking Device (10 seconds of invisibility) and the Mechanical Dragonling both require Engineering 200, so your buyers are other engineers. Both still showed estimated profits in both regions, with the EU ahead: +2.28g and +1.99g. The Dragonling schematic is sold in limited supply by Gnaz Blunderflame in Stranglethorn Vale for 1g, per our calculator. Per our calculator, the Cloaking Device schematic is sold by Zan Shivsproket in Alterac Mountains for 24s (limited) and drops from Mekgineer Thermaplugg in Gnomeregan.

The Salt Shaker is a US-only play. It needs Leatherworking 250 to use (it turns Deeprock Salt into Refined Deeprock Salt), so you sell it to leatherworkers. It showed +2.56g in the US with 97 listed, but lost about 48s in the EU.

Scopes and lenses. The Sniper Scope (+7 ranged damage, requires level 40) had 183 listed in the US and 459 in the EU. Its schematic drops from mobs such as Thunderstomp Stegodon in Un'Goro Crater, per our calculator. The Green Lens is a trainer recipe, and the Deadly Scope showed an estimated margin of only 16s in the EU. Note that the Green Lens (Engineering 245), Fire Goggles (Engineering 205) and Gnomish Net-o-Matic Projector (Engineering 210) also require Engineering to use, so they sell to engineers only.

Which new Engineering crafts are worth selling?

Three of the new recipes showed an estimated profit in both regions on Nov 13:

• EZ-Thro Bronze Mortar (skill 190): a bind-on-equip trinket that deals 85 to 115 Fire damage and stuns targets in a 5-yard radius, with 8 charges. Its tooltip has no Engineering requirement, so any player can use it. It costs about 91s in US mats, including an EZ-Thro Fireproof Fuse (a Merchant's Favor schematic, made from a Silver Contact and a Pristine Hide).
• Hoof-Shaped Foot Pedal (skill 140): the centaur toy. About 85s of mats for a 1.90g US median and 2.46g in the EU. Our calculator lists the schematic at Gorhak in Desolace for 30s.
• No Slip SAF-T Padding (skill 145): a crafting part for other SAF-T recipes, made from one Heavy Leather and one Magenta Dye. +57s US and +33s EU, with 70 and 147 listed. Small, but cheap to make in bulk.

The new Ultralight Goblin Glider looked big on paper in the EU: 7 listed at a 32g median against about 20.93g of mats (2 Viridian Dye, 2 Azerothium Bars, 8 Pristine Scales, 8 Thorium Bars). None were listed in the US. The schematic costs 360 Merchant's Favor, per our calculator, and using the glider requires Engineering 250, so the market is other engineers only.

The Loot-A-Rang (5 Thorium Bars and 5 Greater Eternal Essence, about 18.2g in US mats) and Gnomish Army Knife had no listings on any of the 16 markets.

Do bombs and grenades make gold in WoW Forever?

Mostly not, on Nov 13. Blizzard's Nov 10 hotfix reads: "Iron Grenades vendor price reduced to 1 silver 25 copper (was 5 silver)." That ended the old craft-and-vendor trick. One Iron Grenade craft makes 3 grenades for about 9.6s of mats in the US (an Iron Bar, a Heavy Blasting Powder and a Silk Cloth). The US Auction House median was 2s 24c each with 4,079 listed, and the EU median was 3s with 6,470 listed. Both lose money before your time.

The Thorium Grenade was worse: about 2.60g of EU mats per craft of 3, against a 57s median each (246 listed). Goblin Sapper Charges showed +68s in the US but only +3s in the EU, and they require Engineering 205 to use. The Flash Bomb showed about +66s US and +19s EU per craft.

If you level Engineering, make Iron and Thorium Grenades for skill-ups and your own use, not for sale. The new grenades are a thin market: the Unsanctified Grenade showed a big margin but had a single listing on one US market. Ammo is a volume game: Hi-Impact Mithril Slugs had 124,828 listed in the US at about 11c each, and Thorium Shells showed +1.08g per craft of 200 in the US but only +26s in the EU, with 9,500 and 71,936 listed.

Is the raid-locked Engineering ammo worth preparing for?

Maybe, but it is a December product. Blizzard's Nov 10 hotfix made the two new epic ammo crafts tradable:

"Swiftstrike Shot and Swiftfeather Arrow are no longer Bind-on-Pickup. Developers' notes: These are not available until raids unlock, but we want to make sure this change is known, because it may influence profession choice." (Blizzard, WoW: Forever Hotfixes, Nov 10 entry)

Each craft makes 200 and needs 8 Heavy Thorium Bars plus feathers and an Elemental Air (arrows) or Dense Stone and an Elemental Earth (shots). Heavy Thorium Bar, a Mining smelt at skill 300, was listed at a 3.50g median in the US (295 listed) and 2.99g in the EU, so the bars alone are about 28g per stack of 200 in the US. The schematic source is not listed yet in our calculator or Wowhead. Blizzard says they arrive with the raids, and Hyjal Summit, Barrow Deeps and Onyxia's Lair unlock on Dec 9.

The new epic Hyper Deluxe Sniper Rifle Mk XVII binds on equip and requires level 60, and it needs 4 Malleable Essence of Nature (from disenchanting the new raid items), 10 Heavy Thorium Bars, an Azerothian Diamond and 2 Legionite Bars. Legionite was the most expensive reagent we saw: 100g median in the US (8 listed) and about 63g in the EU (19 listed).

That we expect demand for Heavy Thorium Bars to rise with the raids is our reading of the hotfix note, not a price. Our herbalism and mining routes guide covers where to mine Thorium.

Is Engineering worth it for gold in WoW Forever?

As a gold profession, it is a small shop rather than a money printer. As a utility profession, 1-300 cost about 79g 24s on the US Alliance Auction House on Nov 13, per our calculator:

• Pair it with Mining. Almost every craft above uses bars or blasting powder from stone, and Heavy Thorium Bar is a Mining smelt.
• Sell items usable without Engineering. Goblin Rocket Boots, the EZ-Thro Bronze Mortar, the Sniper Scope (requires level 40) and the Hoof-Shaped Foot Pedal have no Engineering line in their tooltips.
• Sell trinkets to engineers, in thin markets. The Cloaking Device and Mechanical Dragonling showed positive estimated margins on Nov 13, but only engineers can use them.
• Do not vendor Iron Grenades after the Nov 10 hotfix, and do not craft Iron or Thorium Grenades for sale at these prices.
• Track prices. See the WoW Forever gold farming guide, our WoW Forever Auction House price report, the best dungeons for gold at 60 and the sibling Blacksmithing, Tailoring and Leatherworking gold guides. For the real-money price of gold, see WoW Forever gold price today.

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FAQ

Is Engineering good for gold in WoW Forever? It can make some gold, on Nov 13 numbers. Goblin Rocket Boots showed about +3.03g estimated profit per craft in the US and +2.38g in the EU, and the new EZ-Thro Bronze Mortar about +1.47g US and +1.56g EU. Iron and Thorium Grenades were listed below their mat cost.

How many new Engineering recipes are in WoW Forever? Wowhead's Forever spell list marks 76 item-making Engineering recipes as new, and our calculator counts 76 new out of 241 Engineering recipes.

How much does it cost to level Engineering 1-300 in WoW Forever? About 79g 24s on the US Alliance Auction House on Nov 13, 2026, reagents plus training over 471 crafts, per our Engineering calculator.

Can you still vendor Iron Grenades for gold in WoW Forever? No. Blizzard's Nov 10 hotfix cut the Iron Grenade vendor price to 1s 25c (was 5s), below the roughly 3s 21c of mats per grenade in the US.

When can you craft Swiftfeather Arrow and Swiftstrike Shot? Blizzard says they are "not available until raids unlock", and the raids unlock on Dec 9, 2026. Since the Nov 10 hotfix they are no longer Bind on Pickup, so you will be able to sell them.