Retail Midnight profession

Inscription: from raw material to finished item.

Mill Midnight herbs into pigments and inks, then create Treatises, Contracts, Missives, Vantus Runes, Darkmoon cards, weapons, profession tools, and housing décor.

Current as of July 26, 2026Retail recipe quantities and tuning can change through hotfixes. The profession journal is the final authority for exact quantities and quality thresholds.

Skill cap100

TypeCrafting / Knowledge & Reagents

Best pairHerbalism

TrainerZantasia — Silvermoon /way #15969 46.9 51.6.

A-to-Z route

Level it with a purpose.

Do not craft random orange recipes. Pick a finished-item lane, secure the materials, and use first crafts, Knowledge, cooldowns, or server phase rules to advance.

1
1–30
Mill herbs, craft Sienna/Munsell inks, Codified Azeroot, Soul Cipher, and basic tools.
2
30–50
Unlock Calm Hands and Treatise discovery; complete work orders using customer materials.
3
50–75
Choose Perfected Products for AH reagents/contracts or Blueprints for weapons/tools.
4
75–100
Use Treatises and high-end work orders to finish; Darkmoon Curiosity supports card/trinket production.

Specialization / focus

Choose the lane you want to supply.

BlueprintsCalm HandsPerfected ProductsDarkmoon Curiosity

Your first points should support the items you plan to craft or gather every week. Avoid spreading points across unrelated branches before your first market or guild-support lane is functional.

Production catalog

What you can make or gather—and how.

Each card shows the ingredient family, acquisition method, recipe source, and a repeatable production workflow.

Sienna Ink

Ingredients: Pigments milled from Midnight herbs
Get the ingredients: Buy or farm herbs; mill five at a time through the profession recipe.
Unlock / source: Trainer, skill 10
Why make it: Core ink.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Munsell Ink

Ingredients: Higher pigment blend from milled herbs
Get the ingredients: Prioritize high-quality herbs for better output.
Unlock / source: Trainer/profession journal
Why make it: Advanced ink.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Codified Azeroot

Ingredients: Azeroot + inscription processing reagents
Get the ingredients: Farm Azeroot or buy on AH.
Unlock / source: Trainer, skill 25
Why make it: Cross-profession reagent.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Soul Cipher

Ingredients: Ink/pigment and recipe-listed materials
Get the ingredients: Mill herbs; buy vendor parchment if required.
Unlock / source: Trainer, skill 20
Why make it: Cross-profession reagent.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Thalassian Treatises

Ingredients: Inks + Codified Azeroot/Soul Cipher per profession recipe
Get the ingredients: Use customer-provided mats in Work Orders; discover other Treatises after Inscription Treatise.
Unlock / source: Calm Hands discovery
Why make it: Weekly Knowledge + Moxie.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Contracts

Ingredients: Inks, parchment, faction reagent
Get the ingredients: Reach required Renown and buy recipe from quartermaster.
Unlock / source: Faction quartermaster
Why make it: Extra reputation.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Missives

Ingredients: Inks and profession reagents
Get the ingredients: Mill herbs or buy inks.
Unlock / source: Perfected Products
Why make it: Choose secondary stats on crafted gear.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Vantus Runes

Ingredients: Inks, pigments, raid reagent
Get the ingredients: Farm/buy raid-specific reagent and inks.
Unlock / source: Perfected Products / recipe source
Why make it: Raid boss bonus.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Darkmoon cards and decks

Ingredients: Inks, pigments, card blanks
Get the ingredients: Mass mill herbs; specialize in Darkmoon Curiosity.
Unlock / source: Darkmoon Curiosity
Why make it: Trinkets and AH products.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Staves, bows, off-hands

Ingredients: Inks, Codified Azeroot, Soul Cipher, optional reagents, Spark
Get the ingredients: Customer supplies soulbound Spark/upgrade reagent via Work Order.
Unlock / source: Blueprints
Why make it: Endgame weapons.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Hobbyist Scribe's Quill

Ingredients: 1 Thalassian Songwater, 5 Azeroot, 1 Munsell Ink, 1 Sienna Ink
Get the ingredients: Farm Azeroot, buy Songwater, craft inks.
Unlock / source: Trainer/tool recipe
Why make it: Starter tool.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Gilded Sin'dorei Quill

Ingredients: 20 Fused Vitality, 8 Codified Azeroot, 8 Munsell Ink, 8 Sienna Ink
Get the ingredients: Use a Work Order with Fused Vitality.
Unlock / source: High-end tool recipe
Why make it: Top tool.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Material acquisition

Farm, buy, disenchant, or commission it.

Use this source map before purchasing. Farm when the route also advances your character or weekly objectives; buy when opportunity cost is higher than the AH price.

Material	Method	Where / how	Used for
Tranquility Bloom	Farm	Herbalism nodes throughout Midnight zones; Lush versions yield more.	Alchemy, Inscription, Mulch
Argentleaf	Farm	Herbalism nodes; target Eversong and mixed Midnight routes.	Alchemy, Cooking teas, Inscription
Azeroot	Farm	Herbalism nodes; also used heavily by Alchemy and Inscription.	Potions, inks, profession tools
Mana Lily	Farm	Usually found near or in water; prioritize safe waterside loops.	Alchemy and Cooking
Sanguithorn	Farm	Herbalism nodes in Midnight zones; Wild variants may summon lashers.	Alchemy, Cooking
Nocturnal Lotus	Rare gather / AH	Rare side-gather from all Midnight herb types; improve Perception.	High-end consumables and crafts
Refulgent Copper Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Refulgent Copper nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Brilliant Silver Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Brilliant Silver nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Umbral Tin Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Umbral Tin nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Dazzling Thorium	Rare gather / AH	Rare side-gather from every Midnight ore type; stack Perception.	High-end tools, alloys, gear
Void-Tempered Leather	Farm / AH	Skin ordinary Midnight beasts; high-value beasts yield more.	Leather armor, profession equipment
Void-Tempered Scales	Farm / AH	Skin scaled beasts and dragonkin.	Mail armor, profession equipment
Bright Linen	Farm / AH	Loot from humanoids while Tailoring is learned; buy on the region-wide AH.	Bolts, armor, bags, profession hats
Eversinging Dust / Radiant Shard / Dawn Crystal	Disenchant / AH	Disenchant Midnight uncommon, rare, and epic gear.	Enchanting and cross-profession tools
Mote of Light	Infused gather / AH	Gather or mine Lightfused nodes in Eversong; catch lightfalls.	High-end tools, Alchemy, Cooking
Mote of Wild Magic	Infused gather / AH	Gather Wild nodes in Zul'Aman and defeat spawned creatures.	High-end tools and reagents
Mote of Primal Energy	Infused gather / AH	Gather Primal nodes in Harandar; manage the health-channel effect.	Alchemy and high-end tools
Mote of Pure Void	Infused gather / AH	Gather Voidbound nodes; escape the slowing field.	Alchemy, Enchanting, Engineering
Artisan's Moxie	Weekly / patron / first craft	Earn from profession activity and spend at profession vendors.	Recipes, knowledge books, tools
Fused Vitality	Soulbound / Work Order	Provide through high-end work orders; do not expect normal AH purchase.	Gilded profession equipment and endgame crafts

Profession equipment

Tools and exact known materials.

Tool or accessory	Crafted by	Materials / acquisition
Hobbyist Scribe's Quill	Inscription	1 Thalassian Songwater, 5 Azeroot, 1 Munsell Ink, 1 Sienna Ink
Sin'dorei Quill	Inscription	5 Codified Azeroot, 5 Munsell Ink, 5 Sienna Ink
Gilded Sin'dorei Quill	Inscription	20 Fused Vitality, 8 Codified Azeroot, 8 Munsell Ink, 8 Sienna Ink

Quests & weekly work

Do these every reset.

Craft Thalassian Treatise on Inscription to begin discovering other profession Treatises.
Complete weekly Scribe quest and Patron Orders.
Buy contract recipes only after the relevant Renown requirement is met.

Buying rule

Never buy blind.

Pin the recipe and write down all reagents.
Check finished-item price, material price, commission, and expected quality.
Use Work Orders for soulbound reagents; do not expect them on the AH.
Craft one test item before a large batch.
Verify the tooltip before spending expensive currency.

Addon setup

Track cost, routes, and quality.

Auctionator

Auction House pricing and shopping lists

Install the version compatible with your client; run a full AH scan before buying materials.

TradeSkillMaster

Crafting cost, sale rate, and restock groups

Create one group per profession and import only recipes you actually sell.

CraftSim

Retail recipe quality, concentration, and profitability

Retail Midnight only; compare material quality before submitting work orders.

GatherMate2 + Routes

Gathering node database and route loops

Import or record nodes, then create clockwise loops by zone.

TomTom

Trainer, vendor, and farming coordinates

Paste /way coordinates from each guide and keep the arrow visible.

Final audit

Profession readiness checklist.

Trainer and current rank learned

Tool and accessories equipped

Primary production lane chosen

Material source list saved

Weekly quest and cooldown tracked

One profitable or guild-use craft tested

Retail recipe quantities and tuning can change through hotfixes. The profession journal is the final authority for exact quantities and quality thresholds.