Retail · Midnight
Updated 21 October 2026
Learn Midnight Inscription from Zantasia in Silvermoon City. This expansion has its own 1–100 skill bar; older expansion skill does not need to be leveled first.
Counted Inscription route
This route moves from milling and trainer tools into Treatises. It does not require first-crafting every trainer recipe. Keep those optional first crafts in a separate Knowledge budget.
| Skill stage | Action / count | Ingredients per attempt | Batch budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–20 | About 24 milling attempts | 10 eligible Midnight herbs | 240 herbs; keep the resulting pigments |
| 20–30 | About 7 Faunatender’s Baton crafts | 8 Azeroot; 1 Thalassian Songwater | 56 Azeroot; 7 Songwater |
| 30–80 | 50 Thalassian Treatise on Inscription | 1 Munsell Ink; 1 Sienna Ink; 1 Mote of Wild Magic; 3 Lexicologist’s Vellum | 50 of each ink and mote; 150 vellum |
| 80–90 | Budget 15 Treatises | Same recipe | 15 of each ink and mote; 45 vellum |
| 90–100 | Budget 25 Treatises | Same recipe | 25 of each ink and mote; 75 vellum |
Required unlock: at Inscription skill 25, choose Calm Hands to learn the Inscription Treatise. Milling and late Treatise counts vary with yellow/green skill-up luck. Stop each stage at its target; do not finish the displayed batch merely to match the table.
Shopping budget with finished inks
For the listed starter steps and 90 Treatises, budget 240 herbs, 56 Azeroot, 7 Thalassian Songwater, 90 Munsell Ink, 90 Sienna Ink, 90 Mote of Wild Magic and 270 Lexicologist’s Vellum. Buy Songwater and vellum from supplies vendors. Subtract existing stock. If you mill Azeroot, keep the 56 needed for batons separate from the milling allowance.
Make the inks instead: count output, not just crafts
| Recipe | Reagents per craft | Base output |
|---|---|---|
| Munsell Ink | 3 Songwater; 20 Powder Pigment; 10 Sanguithorn Pigment; 5 Mana Lily Pigment | 2 ink |
| Sienna Ink | 3 Songwater; 20 Powder Pigment; 10 Argentleaf Pigment; 5 Mana Lily Pigment | 2 ink |
To make 90 of each ink at the base yield, craft each recipe 45 times. Replace the two finished-ink entries with 270 additional Songwater, 1,800 Powder Pigment, 450 Sanguithorn Pigment, 450 Argentleaf Pigment and 450 Mana Lily Pigment. Including the batons, Songwater totals 277. The original 240 herbs are not a guarantee of that pigment basket: deduct the pigments actually obtained, then buy or mill for the shortfall.
These two shopping approaches are alternatives. Do not purchase both 90 finished inks and the ingredients to make those same inks. Making inks while they still award skill can also reduce your later baton or Treatise counts. Multicraft and Resourcefulness can save materials, but the budget does not assume either.
Refill and distribute intelligently
Ten extra Inscription Treatises cost 10 of each ink, 10 Wild Magic motes and 30 vellum. To self-make those inks, five crafts of each ink use 30 Songwater, 200 Powder Pigment and 50 each of the three colored pigments. A character can study only one Treatise per profession per week, so crafting ninety does not grant ninety immediate Knowledge. Consider useful orders for alts or other players, and first-craft other profession Treatises when discovered; their mote type can differ.
Route estimates: Wowhead Inscription route. Direct recipe records: Munsell Ink, Sienna Ink, Inscription Treatise. Checked 21 October 2026.
Materials and farming guides
- Tranquility Bloom
- Argentleaf
- Mana Lily
- Sanguithorn
- Azeroot
- Duskshrouded Stone
- Mote of Light
- Mote of Primal Energy
- Mote of Wild Magic
- Mote of Pure Void
References: WoW-Professions