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Yesterday I spent the day running around Azeroth collecting coins from my venerated Elders:  i.e. I followed the guide I wrote up on Friday detailing how to complete the achievement To Honor One's Elders.  I noticed as I traveled across Northrend that there was a nice neat order to how I went about talking to the various Elders on the continent, and figured it would be worth updating my guide to let you readers benefit from my experience.  Here's what I found:

Scribes among us, I have to apologize. I promised a part two to the Inscription guide right after BlizzCon, and then what did I do? I played RPGS. Don't blame me, it was totally Disgaea 3's fault, and Fable 2, and Fallout 3, and even Wrath. All of them lured me with their peer pressure and their "it won't matter, it's not like people actually level professions," and before you knew it, we were here, a week after the launch of Wrath without a part two.

But I have returned from the depths of my RPG addiction to provide you with the next installment of our Inscription Powerleveling Guide and to warn you: This is merely a set of suggestions on how to best get your Scribe Skills up to par. Many glyphs will be more useful for your particular class than what I have listed, and if so, feel free to use those along your path to profession herodom. If you are just intent on leveling through, however, this will get the job done, and you can auction off your remaining glyphs to make up the cost in herbs.

Along with the rest of the content bridging the old expansion with the new, Patch 3.0.2 will bring an entirely new profession to the game we know as WoW. When I put together a Powerleveling guide to Inscription a few months back, I had no idea how much the profession would change. Since then, I have spent my time farming plants, watching websites, and doing some beta Inscribing on my own, all in hopes of transmitting that information to you the reader.

The profession has changed much over the course of the beta. The smallest element in the Inscription chemical chain used to be called a pomace, but now we know it as the pigment. There are nine levels of pigments, and each of them are created using the herbs gathered at a certain level of Herbalism. If you are eager to complete your collection, look no further. omgRPG has a shopping list for you to take to the Auction House, or if you are crazy like I am, to use as you gather all the necessary plants this week in anticipation of the patch. I'm focusing on those plants that can be gathered now, but keep in mind that the final levels of Inscription are only attainable using plants you will gather in Northrend. This means that you can reach a maximum level of around 350 before the expansion. The rest will have to wait until November 13th.

The Wrath of the Lich King is introducing a boat load of new content to the World of Warcraft, and on that boat is a new profession: Inscription. We here at omgRPG have been spending our days putting this profession through its paces, all so we could bring you the skinny on what we've learned. First, there are currently 2 Inscription trainers, one at the Valliance Keep or Warsong Hold and one in Dalaran. Once you accept your Apprenticeship from the trainer, be sure to pick up a set of Scribe Tools. Next you'll want to pick up a truck load of Light Parchment, as this will serve as an equivalent to the Empty Vial you use to make low level potions with Alchemy.

Inscription is like Alchemy in another way: it requires herbs. In preparation for the beta I made sure to level up my herbalism to 375, and in doing so collected a supply of low level herbs. Most of your Inscription ingredients will come from Milling herbs, a process similar to Prospecting ore. This means you will need a crap ton of herbs in order to create the pomace you will use to make your inks. Milling does not currently increase your Inscription skill, but the skill level of the herb itself is tied to how high an Inscription skill is required to mill said plant. At the start of your Scribing you will begin by making scrolls, Stamina, Intellect, Spirit, etc. While not very useful if you're at level 70, these little scrolls may be good for low level characters, so I recommend passing them along to alts.