advertisement With the Echoes of Doom content patch, a new profession has been added to World of Warcraft. Players can now choose to train a character in Inscription, a skill used to create Glyphs and other items. Glyphs are the big new thing in Azeroth. They can be added to a character to enhance a spell or ability to great advantage. Additionally, as the materials to make glyphs are relatively inexpensive (typically 5-10 herbs), it's not unthinkable that one would change glyphs, depending on the situation. One might equip one set of glyphs to raid and replace them with another set to PvP, much as one would use different potions for different occasions.
Glyphs are class specific and can be traded, mailed and sold on the Auction House. There is a new category on the Auction House, labelled Glyphs. If you click this link, you'll find a sub-menu of the various classes. Click on a class and you'll get a listing of the glyphs currently on sale that can be used by that class.
Scribes learn to inscribe glyphs from Trainers or through discoveries. Glyphs above level 350 and the certain inscription recipes can only be learned from the trainers in Northrend. Additionally, the ingredients for higher-level glyphs are only found in Northrend. As a result, glyphs above that level will be unavailable until Wrath of the Lich King is released and Northrend is added to the World of Warcraft geography. Certain glyphs are learned through the discovery. As a result, they will not be as universally available as the trainable glyphs. Their relative rarity will no doubt impact their price.
Glyphs fall into two categories: Major and Minor. As I'm sure you have surmised, major glyphs give a major boost to a spell or ability, while minor glyphs give a boost of lesser impact. Until a character reaches Level 15 they cannot use glyphs at all. Once a toon reaches level 15 they can add one major and one minor glyph. At level 30, one can have two major and one minor glyph. At level 50 you gain the ability to use an additional minor glyph. At level 70, one can add two major and three minor glyphs to a character. We will have to wait until our characters are level 80, after Wrath of the Lich King is released, to add a 3rd major glyph to our characters. The glyphs themselves have a level requirement, which will impact new characters that are levelling up. A character must be Level 70 to use the Glyph of Mass Dispel, for example.
Glyphs are created using herbs. A scribe will mill a stack of 5 herbs into a pigment. Pigments are used to make ink. Other supplies can be purchased from an inscription vendor.
On the bottom tab of your spell book you'll find a new tab labelled Glyphs. If you open this tab, you'll see three large circles separated by smaller circles. Your glyphs will be added into these circles. Once you obtain a glyph, head to a Lexicon of Power to add it to your character. The Lexicon of Power will be found near the Inscription Trainer in all the major cities of Azeroth: Darnassus, Exodar, Ironforge and Stormwind for Alliance; Orgrimmar, Silvermoon, Thunderbluff and Undercity for Horde. There is no Lexicon of Power in Shattrath. The Lexicons of Power in Outlands are located in Honor Hold for Alliance and Thrallmar for Horde.