This WoW Alchemy guide will show you the fastest way how to level your Alchemy skill up from 1 to 450 as inexpensively as possible. Updated for WoW patch 3.3

Alchemy is the best combined with Herbalism due to the cost of Materials in the AH, with these two you can save a lot of gold, and you can sell the potions later. 

The materials are based on a case that you will gain one skill point each craft. This won't happen, so you will have to buy a few extra materials while you are leveling your Alchemy.

Alchemy guide sections:

Alchemy Apprentice 1 - 60
Alchemy Journeyman 60 - 140
Alchemy Expert 140 - 205
Alchemy Artisan 205 - 285
Alchemy Master 285 - 350
Alchemy Grand Master 350 - 450

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:

Vials

• 74 x Empty Vial
• 65 x Leaded Vial
• 97 x Crystal Vial
• 163 x Imbued Vial

World of Warcraft Alchemy Leveling Guide 1 - 450

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

• 1-60
  59 x [Minor Healing Potions] - 59 Peacebloom, 59 Sliverleaf, 59 Empty Vial

You'll need these in the next step of the Alchemy guide.

60 - 140

Learn Alchemy Journeyman.

• 60 - 105
  50 x [Lesser Healing Potion] - 50 Minor Healing Potion, 50 Briarthorn

• 105 - 110
  5 x [Elixir of Wisdom] - 5 Mageroyal, 10 Briarthorn, 5 Empty Vial

• 105 - 140
  35 x [Healing Potion] - 35 Bruiseweed, 35 Briarthorn, 35 Leaded Vial

140 - 205

Learn Alchemy Expert.

• 140 - 155
  15 x [Lesser Mana Potion] - 15 Mageroyal, 15 Stranglekelp, 15 Empty Vial

Make [Fire Oil] if there is no [Stranglekelp] in the Auction House or if [Firefin Snapper]is cheap.

• 155 - 185
  30 x [Greater Healing Potion] - 30 Liferoot, 30 Kingsblood, 30 Leaded Vial

If you made [Fire Oil], you can use it to make [Elixir of Minor Accuracy]

• 185 - 205
  20 x [Elixir of Agility] - 20 Stranglekelp, 20 Goldthorn, 20 Leaded Vial

or

25 x [Elixir of Fortitude] - 25 Wild Steelbloom, 25 Goldthorn, 25 Leaded Vial

205 - 285

Learn Alchemy Artisan.

• 205 - 215
  10 x [Elixir of Greater Defence] - 10 Wild Steelbloom, 10 Goldthorn, 10 Leaded Vial

• 215 - 230
  15 x [Superior Healing Potion] - 15 Sungrass, 15 Khadgar's Whisker, 15 Crystal Vial

• 230 - 231

1 x [Philosopher's Stone] - 4 Iron Bar, 1 Black Vitriol, 4 Purple Lotus, 4 Firebloom

Recipe Location

You will need this for transmutes, so keep it.

• 231 - 250
  19 x [Elixir of Detect Undead] - 19 Arthas' Tears, 19 Crystal Vial

• 250 - 265
  15 x [Elixir of Greater Agility] - 15 Sungrass, 15 Goldthorn, 15 Crystal Vial

• 265 - 285
  20 x [Superior Mana Potion] - 40 Sungrass, 40 Blindweed, 20 Crystal Vial

[Elixir of the Sages] is a great alternative if you don't have that many Blindweed or Sungrass. You have to make a few more [Elixir of Greater Agility] up to 270 before you can learn this recipe.

285 - 350

Go to Outland and learn Alchemy Master.

• 285 - 300
  18 x [Major Healing Potion] - 36 Golden Sansam, 18 Mountain Silversage, 18 Crystal vial

• 300-310
  10 x [Volatile Healing Potion] - 10 Golden Sansam, 10 Felweed, 10 Imbued Vial

or

10 x [Adept's Elixir] - 10 Dreamfoil, 10 Felweed, 10 Imbued Vial

• 310-325
  15 x [Elixir of Healing Power] - 15 Golden Sansam, 15 Dreaming Glory, 15 Imbued Vial

Once you reach an Alchemy skill of 325 and level 68, you may begin a quest to learn one of three specializations:  Potions, Elixirs or Transmutations. Being specialized gives you a chance to create an extra 1 to 4 (for a total 5) items while crafting in the field you have selected. For example, a Master of Potions may be able to craft more than one [Super Mana Potion] for the same material cost as one.

Both Elixir and Potion master requires instance runs for the quest items and it can be hard to find groups to those old instances, so here is a little trick which can save you a lot of time.

Choose the path of Transmute Master. Buy 4 [Primal Might] or farm the required materials for 4 [Primal Might]. Go to Netherstorm, talk to Transmute Master and become a Transmute Master. Unlearn your specialization by talking to the master again, then go to the Elixir Master or to the Potion Master depends on which path you want to choose, of course if you want to be a Transmute master, you can skip this part. It costs 150 gold each time you unlearn your specialization.

• 325-335
  10 x [Mad Alchemist's Potion] - 20 Ragveil, 10 Crystal Vial

• 335-340
  5 x [Super Healing Potion] - 10 Netherbloom, 5 Felweed, 5 Imbued Vial

• 340-350
  10 x [Super Mana Potion] - 20 Dreaming Glory, 10 Felweed, 10 Imbued Vial

Recipe Location

350 - 450

Go to Northrend and learn Alchemy Grand Master.

• 350 - 360
  15 x [Resurgent Healing Potion] - 30 Goldclover, 15 Imbued Vial

• 360 - 365
  5 x [Icy Mana Potion] - 10 Talandra's Rose, 5 Imbued Vial

• 365 - 375
  10 x [Spellpower Elixir] - 10 Goldclover, 10 Tiger Lily, 10 Imbued Vial

• 375 - 380
  5 x [Pygmy Oil] - 5 Pygmy Suckerfish

• 380 - 385
  5 x [Potion of Nightmares] - 5 Goldclover, 10 Talandra's Rose, 5 Imbued Vial

• 385 - 395
  12 x [Elixir of Mighty Strength] - 24 Tiger Lily, 12 Imbued Vial

• 395 - 405

When you reach 400, you can make a [Northrend Alchemy Research] and your Alchemy Trinket, so you will need to craft fewer potions.

If you discovered the [Potion of Speed] recipe, make that one until 415 instead of the recipes below, because it's cheaper.

12 x [Elixir of Mighty Agility] - 24 Goldcover, 24 Adder's Tongue, 12 Imbued Vial

• 405 - 415
  10 x [Indestructible Potion] - 20 Icethorn, 10 Imbued Vial

• 415 - 425

This recipe turns green at 422, so you might need to make more than 20.

20 x [Runic Mana Potion] - 20 Goldcover, 40 Lichbloom, 20 Imbued Vial

• 425 - 430

7 x [Transmute: Titanium] - 56 Saronite Bar

• 430 - 435

5 x [Transmute: Earthsiege Diamond] - 5 Dark Jade, 5 Huge Citrine, 5 Eternal Fire

• 435-450
  You can make any flask you want or make the one that you need for raiding. Between 435-440 you can also make [Transmute: Skyflare Diamond]