In this World of Warcraft guide everything revolves around Shadowlands Inscription and how to level it.
Table of Contents
Most important new features
- Inscription scholars craft optional reagents – called Missives (of Mastery, Critical Strike, Haste and Versatility) – used by blacksmiths, jewelers, leatherworkers and tailors to determine the secondary stats of their created items.
- You can also create Darkmoon cards again, this time even more targeted than ever before, using blank Darkmoon cards (example: Blank Card of Repose).
Shadowlands Inscription Trainer
Shadowlands Inscription can be learned with a Level 50 character or higher from the following teacher in Oribos:
Scribe Au’tehshi – Oribos, Hall of Shapes (36.5, 36.7)- Near him is also the ink dealer Distributor Au’bic, which exchanges Umbral Ink for all other inks that are available.
If you can’t find your teacher directly, you can ask a city guard at any given time.
New Crafting Reagents
- Luminous Ink – crafted by Leuchtendes Pigment, milled from Shadowlands Herbs
- Umbral Ink – crafted by Umbrales Pigment, milled from Shadowlands Herbs
- Tranquil Ink – crafted by Stilles Pigment, milled from rare Shadowlands Herbs
Sold by vendors
Herbs and Mass Mill in Shadowlands
- Death Blossom – Mass Mill Deathblossom
- Marrowroot – Mass Mill Marrowroot
- Rising Glory – Mass Mill Rising Glory
- Vigil’s Torch – Mass Mill Vigil’s Torch
- Widowbloom – Mass Mill Widowbloom
- Nightshade – Mass Mill Nightshade
Reputation-bound Recipes (and where to get them)
- Technique: Codex of the Still Mind – The Ascended: Friendly
Sold by: Adjutantin Nikos <Ascended Quartermaster>
Location:Bastion, Heros Rest (52.2, 47.0)
- Technique: Contract: The Ascended – The Ascended: Revered
Sold by: Adjutantin Nikos <Ascended Quartermaster>
Location:Bastion, Heros Rest (52.2, 47.0) - Technique: Contract: Court of Harvesters – Court of Harvesters: Revered
Sold by: Mistress Mihaela <Court of Harvesters Quartermaster>
Location:Revendreth, Darkhaven (73.0, 52.0)
- Technique: Contract: The Undying Army – Die unvergängliche Armee: Revered
Sold by: Nalcorn Talsen <Undying Army Quartermaster>
Location:Maldraxxus, Theater of Pain (50.6, 53.4)
- Technique: Contract: The Wild Hunt – The Wild Hunt: Revered
Sold by: Aithlyn <Wild Hunt Quartermaster>
Location:Ardenweald, Heart of the Forest (59.8, 32.6)
- Mal des Handwerkers II – Ve’nari – Cordial
Sold by: Ve’nari <Purveyor of Cyphers>
Location:The Maw(46.8, 41.6)
- Technique: Crafter’s Mark III – The Avowed: Revered
Sold by: Archivist Janeera <Avowed Quartermaster>
Location:Revendreth, Halls of Atonement (73.0, 52.0)
Shadowlands Inscription: 1-100
Please be aware, that reagents and itemlevel in tooltips may not be correct.
Blizzard is still not done with adjusting the required reagents for professions.
The journal for Shadowlands Inscription is called Scribes Journal.
All in all I needed almost 900 herbs (200 Nightshade) to reach the maximum skill.
So with ~1000 herbs you should be good to go.
15x Umbral Ink or Luminous Ink
15 Luminous / Umbral Pigment, 15 Aerated Water, 15 Rune Etched Vial
5-7x Umbral Ink or Luminous Ink
5-7 Luminous / Umbral Pigment, 5-7 Aerated Water, 5-7 Rune Etched Vial
5-20x Umbral Ink or Luminous Ink
5-20 Luminous / Umbral Pigment, 5-20 Aerated Water, 5-20 Rune Etched Vial
5-7x Writ of Grave Robbing – 5-10 Luminous Ink, 5-10 Umbral Ink
25x Mass Mill – 500 Shadowlands Herbs (25x 20 herbs)
I recommend Death Blossom, because they will probably be the cheapest as they can grow in any area, unlike other herbs.
10x Tranquil Ink
10 Tranquil Pigment, 10 Aerated Water, 10 Rune Etched Vial
Surely there are cheaper ways to move forward here in the next two steps, but we will need the Tranquil Inks later anyway.
5-7x Tranquil Ink
5-7 Tranquil Pigment, 5-7 Aerated Water, 5-7 Rune Etched Vial
5-20x Tranquil Ink
5-20 Tranquil Pigment, 5-20 Aerated Water, 5-20 Rune Etched Vial
Choose one of these options:
- 5x Schrift der Meisterschaft
20 Luminous Ink, 30 Umbral Ink, 5 Tranquil Ink - 5x Schrift des Tempos
30 Luminous Ink, 20 Umbral Ink, 5 Tranquil Ink - 5x Schrift der Versatility
10 Luminous Ink, 40 Umbral Ink, 5 Tranquil Ink - 5x Schrift des kritischen Treffers
40 Luminous Ink, 10 Umbral Ink, 5 Tranquil Ink
From this point on you could continue to skill with Missives, they remain orange until Skill 85.
From a gold-technical point of view, it makes more sense to go directly to the Darkmoon Cards, because they need only a few more inks but bring much more gold – especially at the beginning of the expansion.
15x Darkmoon Card of Death
105 Luminous Ink, 105 Umbral Ink, 15 Tranquil Ink
5-7x Darkmoon Card of Death
35-49 Luminous Ink, 35-49 Umbral Ink, 5-7 Tranquil Ink
All Shadowlands Recipes
Please be aware, that reagents and itemlevel in tooltips may not be correct.
Blizzard is still not done with adjusting the required reagents for professions.
Books & Scrolls
| Recipe (Skill) | Reagents |
|---|---|
| Codex of the Still Mind (50) | 3x  Luminous Ink, 3x  Umbral Ink, 25x  Dark Parchment |
| Tome of the Still Mind (15) | 7x Luminous Ink, 7x Umbral Ink, 1x  Tranquil Ink, 75x Dark Parchment |
| Writ of Grave Robbing (10) Unlock keys up to Skill 625 | 1x Luminous Ink, 1x Umbral Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
| Fae Festmaske – Transmog Crafted by Fae Revel Masque (90) Technique: Fae Revel Masque | 3x Luminous Ink, 3x Umbral Ink, 2x  Twilight Bark, 1x  Sealing Wax |
Contracts
All contracts grant reputation with specific factions when you complete a world quest. To buy the recipe for these contracts you have to be revered with the respective factions to buy them from their Quartermasters. They can be used with a friendly reputation with the respective faction. Contracts are always, but especially at the beginning of an expansion, a good source of income for this profession.
| Recipe (Skill) | Reagents |
|---|---|
| Contract: The Ascended (60) | 5x Luminous Ink, 5x Umbral Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
| Contract: The Undying Army (60) | 5x Luminous Ink, 5x Umbral Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
| Contract: The Wild Hunt (60) | 5x Luminous Ink, 5x Umbral Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
| Contract: Court of Harvesters (60) | 5x Luminous Ink, 5x Umbral Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
Take a look at the reputation-bound recipes to find out where to get the techniques for these contracts.
Darkmoon Cards
Being a tradition for years, darkmoon cards are produced with the help of inscription. Each set consists of 8 cards from 2 to 8 plus an ace. If you have a complete set you can create an iLvl 200 jewel with use effect (3 minutes cooldown). Especially in the initial phase of the expansion these cards are usually very expensive.
Obtainable Sets:
- Tanks: Darkmoon Deck: Indomitable (Agility or Strength)
- Caster DPS: Darkmoon Deck: Putrescence (Intelligence)
- Melee DPS: Darkmoon Deck: Voracity (Agility or Strength)
- Healer: Darkmoon Deck: Repose (Intelligence)
Darkmoon Card of Death
Darkmoon Card of Death randomly creates one of the 32 darkmoon cards. Sometimes you get an additional blank card (Blank Card of the Indomitable, Blank Card of Putresence, Blank Card of Voracity or Blank Card of Repose), which has to be combined with one more ink to become a random card of the given set. These blank cards are so to speak procs in the production and a real stroke of luck!
| Recipe (Skill) | Reagents |
|---|---|
| Darkmoon Card of Death (80) | 7x Luminous Ink, 7x Umbral Ink, 1x Tranquil Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
| Darkmoon Card of the Indomitable (80) | 1x Blank Card of the Indomitable, 1x Tranquil Ink |
| Darkmoon Card of Putrescence (80) | 1x Blank Card of Putresence, 1x Tranquil Ink |
| Darkmoon Card of Voracity (80) | 1x Blank Card of Voracity, 1x Tranquil Ink |
| Darkmoon Card of Repose (80) | 1x Blank Card of Repose, 1x Tranquil Ink |
Weapons: Itemlevel 100
| Item & Recipe (Skill) | Reagents |
|---|---|
| Item – Offhand Crafted by Newly Departed Codex (20) 1 Optional Reagent (Itemlevel) | 10x Luminous Ink 10x Umbral Ink 50x Dark Parchment |
| Item – Staff (Agility) Crafted by Soul Keeper’s Column (25) 1 Optional Reagent (Itemlevel) | 22x Umbral Ink 3x Twilight Bark 1x Sealing Wax |
| Item – Staff (Intelligence) Crafted by Soul Keeper’s Spire (25) 1 Optional Reagent (Itemlevel) | 22x Luminous Ink 3x Twilight Bark 1x Sealing Wax |
Vantus Runes
| Vantus Rune: Castle Nathria (100) | 10x Luminous Ink, 10x Umbral Ink, 1x Tranquil Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
Optional Reagents
| Item & Recipe (Skill) | Reagents |
|---|---|
| Item Crafted by Missive of Critical Strike (40) guarantees the secondary stat Critical Strike | 8x Luminous Ink, 2x Umbral Ink, 1x Tranquil Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
| Item Crafted by Missive of Haste (40) guarantees the secondary stat Haste | 6x Luminous Ink, 4x Umbral Ink, 1x Tranquil Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
| Item Crafted by Missive of Mastery (40) guarantees the secondary stat Mastery | 4x Luminous Ink, 6x Umbral Ink, 1x Tranquil Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
| Item Crafted by Missive of Versatility (40) guarantees the secondary stat Versatility | 2x Luminous Ink, 8x Umbral Ink, 1x Tranquil Ink, 1x Dark Parchment |
| Item Crafted by Novice Crafter’s Mark (40) Set the Item Level to 87 and the Required Level to 50 | 5x Umbral Ink 1x Dark Parchment 1x Sealing Wax |
| Item Crafted by Crafter’s Mark I (45) Set the Item Level to 117 and the Required Level to 55 | 5x Umbral Ink 1x Dark Parchment 3x Sealing Wax |
| Item Crafted by Crafter’s Mark II (100) Set the Item Level to 168 and the Required Level to 60 | 15x Umbral Ink 5x Dark Parchment 5x Sealing Wax |