| Jewelcrafting is a new profession that was | | | | Recipes for Jewelcrafting are varied and are |
| introduced in the Burning Crusade expansion in | | | | found in many places throughout the world of |
| World of Warcraft. | | | | WoW, however the most powerful recipes are |
| Jewelcrafting involves making gems that can be | | | | found in Northrend. These can only be bought by |
| embedded into sockets of the special swords and | | | | special tokens called "Dalaran Jewelcrafter's |
| armour. These are extremely powerful "figurines" | | | | Tokens". |
| or trinkets that add damage and bonuses to the | | | | These tokens require a very high reputation with |
| character one plays in WoW. They can also be | | | | the Jewelcrafting trainers and may involve a |
| crafted. | | | | number of quests. |
| To learn Jewelcrafting one must start off at | | | | Gem cutting is also a viable offshoot of this |
| Silvermoon (for Horde players) or Exodar (for | | | | profession. These gems can be put into "sockets" |
| Alliance) and learn from apprentice Jewelcrafting | | | | - parts of armour or weaponry to add bonuses. |
| trainers. The player may then move on to | | | | The selling price of many finely cut gems and |
| Journeyman, Expert, Artisan, Master and | | | | jewels is very high. These as well as figurines are |
| Grandmaster levels. The higher the level - the | | | | avidly sought after, by experienced players and |
| more powerful the Jewelcraft becomes. | | | | they can pay a high price for figurines of excellent |
| Powerful figurines and gems can be sold off to | | | | quality. |
| NPCs or other players too. This also means that, | | | | Consequently, jewelcrafting is more profitable |
| if done right, this profession pays off well for any | | | | than many of the other professions in WoW. |
| player who pursues it! | | | | |