Jewelcrafting can be learned in new TBC cities - Silvermoon (Horde) and Exodar (Alliance) - all way from Apprentice to Artisan and possibly even Master (if that does not change). Master Jewelcrafting (300-375) trainer is also at Thrallmar (Horde) and Honor Hold (Alliance).

What secondary profession is best?

If you want pick up Jewelcrafting be prepared - demands lot of ores (either turned to bars or used for Prospecting) and gems and some other materials from time to time. Mining is therefore good companion. Either as your second profesion or have an alt/main with Mining - you will get ore and gems from mining (Prospecting is Jewelcrafting skill learnable at level 20 from vendor - can turn 5 ore into some gems, works similar to Disenchanting if you want). If you plan seriously leveling your Jewelcrafting have ready disenchanter to get rid of tons of items you produces - they will be unsellable for sure.

Do i need any tools?

As many other professions there is a tool you have to purchase and keep with you - Jeweler's Kit - sold by most of Trade Goods vendors for 8s - so you can easily throw it away and repurchase (as i do with my Blacksmithing tools on my main).

For Gem cutting (see later) you will need Simple Grinder.

What can be produced with Jewelcrafting?

Jewelcrafting produces rings, necklaces, trinkets, crowns and socketable gems. The last one is used for improving socketed items and it's new feature of TBC. Looking at Jewelcrafting list makes obvious one thing - it can produce nice items for lower level chars. Many of produced items have nice stats and seems that up to level 30 can be Jewelcrafting really usefull (after lvl 30 the dungeons will provide better items). And end-game? Producing gems to improve socketed gear is something really, really good.

Your leveling of Jewelcrafting will need lot of mats (see later). Good news is that up to lvl 300 you are fine with mats found in Old World, over 300 you will need mats found only in Outland. Your Jewelcrafting level is also involved in your possibility to use Prospecting (and you cannot Prospect non-base ores, so mining is still a must).

Gem cutting

Other important skill of Jewelcrafter is going to be gem cutting - you just get a gem, appropriate recipe and Simple Grinder (Trade Goods from vendor). There is cooldown on cutting meta gems (1 hours) - cutting of Uncommon/Rare gems is without cooldown. And because of different recipes, you will be able to do different cuts (Brilliant, Gleaming, Thick, Rigit and Smooth) with different stats result.

Who can apply gems to socketed items?

Gems created by Jewelcrafter can be applied to socketed item by anybody, so expect new market of Gems emerge soon.

"Item Socketing" is available for any socketed items through Shift RIght Click on item. It will open dialo show on picture above - you can see the sockets and their colors and place gems into sockets to see the effects and stats. Socketed items have often bonus when all sockets are used by gems. Also there are meta sockets on some items (headpieces most probably) where meta gem can be placed - meta gem will change stats based on other gems places in sockets.

After placing required gems into sockets you have to secure them in there by pressing "Sockets Gems". Until then you can play with item and gems. After securing gems into sockets they cannot be removed - however, you can replace them with different gems. Previous one gets destroyed.

It's important to note that sockets are colored - red, yellow or green. The gems are colored as well, while there are gems of more than three colors - those match two possible sockets. And every gem tells which socket it matches.

Any factions important for Jewelcrafters?

The Consortium is somehow tighly related to gems. Getting Friendly with them will open access to quest offering "once a month" a sack of gems as "payment" for your services.

Aldors have Jeweclrafting trainers.

Where are (will be) Jeweclrafter trainers (vendors)?

What can Jewelcrafter craft?

There is good overview at Beta Thottbot.com (see Jewelcrafting there).

Scryer - Jewelcrafting Designs	Aldor - Jewelcrafting Designs
Runed Blood Garnet - Red, 7 spell dmg (315, Friendly) Pendant of Withering - Neck (360, Revered)	Gleaming Golden Draenite - Yellow, +6 spell crit (305, Friendly) Royal Shadow Draenite - Red/Blue, +7 Healing, 1 Mana per 5 sec (305, Honored) Pendant of Shadow's End - Neck (360, Revered)
Jewelcrafting designs are sold by Scryer/Aldor Quartermaster locate din their bank in Shattrath City.

Hamanar (Grand Master Jewelcrafter, Aldor terrace in Shattrath City), Tatiana (Grand Master Jewelcrafter, Honor Hold Inn, Alliance), Kalean (Grand Mater Jewelcrafter, Thrallmar, Horde) teaches :

• Apprentice Jewelcrafting (requires level 5)
• Heavy Copper Ring (5)
• Malachite Pendant (20)
• Prospecting (20, requires level 5)
• Tigerseye Band (20)
• Inlaid Malachite Ring (30)
• Ornate Tigerseye Necklace (30)
• Bronze Setting (50)
• Coarse Stone Statue (50)
• Elegant Silver Ring (50)
• Solid Bronze Ring (50)
• Thick Bronze Necklace (50)
• Journeyman Jewelcrafting (50-150, requires level 10)
• Simple Pearl Ring (60)
• Gloom Band (70)
• Brilliant Necklace (75)
• Ring of Silver Might (80)
• Heavy Silver Ring (90)
• Ring of Twilight Shadow (100)
• Heavy Jade Ring (105)
• Barbaric Iron Collar (110)
• Heavy Stone Statue (110)
• Moonsoul Crown (120)
• Expert Jewelcrafting (125-225, requires level 20)
• Golden Dragon Ring (135)
• Mithril Filigree (150)
• Engraved Truesilver Ring (170)
• Solid Stone Statue (175)
• Citrine Ring of Rapid Healing (180)
• Golden Ring Power (180)
• Artisan Jewelcrafting (200-300, requires level 35)
• Figurine - Jade Owl (200)
• Truesilver Commander Ring (200)
• Aquamarine Signet (210)
• Aqumarine Pendant of the Warrior (220)
• Dense Stone Statue (225)
• Thorium Setting (225)
• Red Ring of Destruction (230)
• Ruby Pendant of Fire (235)
• Truesilver Healing Ring (240)
• Simple Opal Ring (260)
• Diamond Focus Ring (265)
• Master Jewelcrafting (275-375, requires level 50)
• Sapphire Signet (275)
• Glowing Thorium Band (280)
• Onslaught Ring (280)
• Sapphire Pendant of Winter Night (280)
• Emerland Lion Ring (290)
• Living Emerald Pendant (290)
• Band of Natural Fire (310)
• Fel Iron Blood Ring (310)
• Golden Draenite Ring (310)
• Azure Moonstone Ring (320)
• Heavy Adamantite Ring (335)
• Thick Adamantite Ring (335)

Jewelcrafting trainers of all levels are in Exodar and Silvermoon as well.

Arred (The Exodar), Daniel Bartlett (Undercity), Gelanthis (Silvermoon City), Mythrin'dir (Darnassus), Edna Mullby (Stormwind City) and Felika (Orgrimmar), Burbik Gearspanner (Irongorge), Felicia Doan (Undercity)  and Telia (Silvermoon City) sell (limited supply) some of those designs (warning, its unclear if all of them have all those design):

• Amulet of the Moon (110)
• Heavy Golde Necklace of Battle (150)
• The Jade Eye (170)
• Opal Necklace of Impact (250)

Jandia (Thousand Needles, most probably Horde NPC) sells those designs:

• Pendant of the Agate Shield (120)

Dalria (Ashenvale, Astranaar) and Ranik (The Barrens, Ratchet) sell those designs:

• Wicked Moonstone Ring (125)

Kireena (Desolace) and Micha Yance (Hillsbrad Foothils, Soutshore) sell those designs:

• Blazing Citrine Ring (150)

Christoph Jeffcoat (Hillsbrad Foothills, Tarren Mill) and Micha Yance (Hillsbrad Foothills, Soutshore) sell those designs:

• Heavy Iron Knuckles (125)

Hammon Karwn (Arathi Highlands, Refuge Pointe) and Keena (Arathi Highlands, Hammerfall) sell following recipes:

• Ruby Crown of Restoration (225)

Tatiana - Grand Master Jewelcrafter (Honor Hold Inn, Alliance),  Kalean (Grand Mater Jewelcrafter, Thrallmar, Horde) sells those designs :

• Bold Blood Garnet (305)
• Bright Blood Garnet (305)
• Brilliant Golden Draenite (300)
• Inscribed Flame Spessarite (300)
• Glinting Flame Spessarite (315)
• Glowing Shadow Draenite (300)
• Jagged Deep Peridot (305)
• Radiant Deep Peridot (305)
• Rigid Golden Draenite (325)
• Solid Azure Moonstone (300)
• Sovereign Shadow Draenite (325)
• Sparkling Azure Moonstone (305)
• Teardrop Blood Garnet (300)
• Smooth Golde Draenite (325)

Helenia Olden (Dustwallow Marsh, Theramore) sells following recipes:

• Figurine - Truesilver Crab (225)

Mishta (Silithus, Cenarion Hold) sells following recipes:

• Emerald Crown of Destruction (275)

Jase Farlane (Easter Plaguelands, Light's Hope Chapel) sells following recipes:

• Ring of Bitter Shadows ()

Fedryen Swiftspear (Cenarion Expedtion Faction in Zangarmarsh) :

• Figurine - Nightseye Panther (370)

World of Intance drops

• Mystical Skyfire Diamond (365)
• Chain of the Twilight Owl (365)
• Embrace of the Dawn (365)
• Blazing Eternium Band (365)
• Eye of the Night (360)
• Braided Eternium Chain (360)
• Living Ruby Pendant (355)
• Thick Felsteel Necklace (355)
• Delicate Eternium Ring (355)
• Heavy Felsteel Ring (345)
• Sparkling Star of Elune (350)
• Jagged Talasite (350)
• Dazzling Talasite (350)
• Radiant Talasite (350)
• Enduring Talasite (350)
• Luminous Noble Topaz (350)
• Inscrible Noble Topaz (350)
• Glowing Nightseye (350)
• Shifting Nighteye (350)
• Sovereign Nightseye (350)
• Thick Dawnstone (350)
• Smooth Dawnstone (350)
• Brilliant Dawnstone (350)
• Stormy Star of Elune (350)
• Solid Star of Eline (350)
• Flashing Living Ruby (350)
• Subtle Living Ruby (350)
• Bright Living Ruby (350)
• Runed Living Ruby (350)
• Teardrop Living Ruby (350)
• Citrine Pendant of Golden Healing (190)
• Figurine - Truesilver Boar (235)

Unknown

• Silver Rose Pendant ()
• Jade Pendant of Blasting ()
• Golder Ring of Power ()
• Engraved Truesilver Ring ()
• Citrine Ring of Rapid Healing ()
• Figurine - Golden Hare ()
• Figurine - Black Pearl Panther ()
• The Aquamarine Ward ()
• Gem Studded Band ()
• Figurine - Ruby Serpent ()
• Figurine - Emerald Owl (285)
• Primal Stone Statue ()
• Luminous Flame Spessarite ()
• Figurine - Black Diamond Crab ()
• Figurine - Dark Iron Scorpid ()
• Enduring Deep Peridot ()
• Shifting Shadow Draenite ()
• Thick Golden Draenite ()
• Band of Natural Fire()
• Fel Iron Blood Ring ()
• Golder Draenite Ring()
• Aracnite Sword Pendant ()
• Delitace Blood Garnet ()
• Potent Flames Spessarite ()
• Lustrous Azure Moonstone ()
• Blood Crown ()
• Thick Adamantite Necklace ()
• Bold Living Ruby ()
• Lustrous Star of Elune ()
• Rigid Dawnstone ()
• Gleaming Dawnstone ()
• Mystic Dawnstone ()
• Royal Nightseye ()
• Potent Noble Topaz ()
• Glinting Noble Topaz ()
• Khorium Band of Shadow ()
• Khorium Band of Frost ()
• Khorium Inferno Band ()
• Khorium Band of Leaves ()
• Pendant of Frozen Flame ()
• Pendant of Thawing ()
• Pendant of the Null Rune ()
• Arcene Khorium Band ()
• Powerful Earthstorm Diamond ()
• Bracing Earthstorm Diamond ()
• Tenacious Earthstorm Diamond ()
• Brutal Earthstorm Diamond ()
• Insightful Earthstorm Diamond ()
• Swift Skyfire Diamond ()
• Enigmatic Skyfire Diamond ()
• Coronet of the Verdant Flame ()
• Circle of Arcane Might ()
• Figurine - Felsteel Boar ()
• Figurine - Living Ruby Serpent ()
• Figurine - Talasite Owl ()

Some word about leveling

Leveling jewelcrating is as any other profession - you will need a lot of mats (see later also). I am still going through it, so here are few hints.

You will need a lot of bars. Copper, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Iron, etc. As some ores are rare - like Silver and Gold - you will run into problem sooner or later. Jewelcrafting around lvl 100 is in need of Silver Bars. So be prepared.

Some jewelcrafting designs are available only from vendors (Exodar/Silvermoon and also other places). When you feel stuck and unable to level, try to check.

Some jewelcrafting items need various different items - even drops from beasts. And as usual, they are not really freely available.

You will need also some gems which are available through mining, but can be obtained through prospecting - remember that you need 5 base ores (not bars) to get some gems (and some crap with it) - sometimes you get only gray crap, sometimes you get gems which you can use for your leveling.

You can get gems from Gnomeregan - there is cleaning machine (quest) which will give you package with some gems and other stuff.

What is the best way to level my Jewelcrafting?

Jewelcrafting Power Leveling (made by JeeeBeZ/LeiGu) can be found at Google Spreadsheets, copy is here. For lot of fun, check Jewelcrating Price list (second sheet) when you are there - and look at final price of leveling your Jewelcrafting - it's something over 500G in bids, over 700G in BO.

1- 45 :: Delicate Copper Wire (make 65 = 130 Copper Bars)
** 2x Copper Bars
-- 90x Copper Bars

46- 50 :: Tigerseye Band
** 1x Tigerseye, 1x Delicate Copper Wire
-- 5x Tigerseye, 5x Delicate Copper Wire

51- 60 :: Inlaid MAlachite Ring
** 2x Malachite, 2x Delicate Copper Wire
-- 20x Malachite, 20x Delicate Copper Wire

61- 80 :: Bronze Setting
** 2x Bronze Bar
-- 40x Bronze Bar

81-100 :: Simple Pearl Ring
** 1x Small Lustrous Pearl, 1x Bronze Setting, 2x Copper Bar
-- 20x Small Lustrous Pearl, 20x Bronze Setting, 40x Copper Bar

101-110 :: Ring of Silver Might
** 2x Silver Bar
-- 20x Silver Bar

111-130 :: Heavy Stone Statue
** 10x Heavy Stone
-- 200x Heavy Stone

131-150 :: Barbaric Iron Collar
** 8x Iron Bar, 2x Large Fang, 2x Delicate Copper Wire
-- 160x Iron Bar, 40x Large Fang, 40x Delicate Copper Wire

151-180 :: Mithril Filigree
** 2x Mithril Bars
-- 60x Mithril Bars

181-190 :: Solid Stone Statue
** 10x Solid Stone
-- 100x Solid Stone

191-200 :: Engraved Truesilver Ring
** 1x Truesilver Bar, 2x Gold Bar
-- 10x Truesilver Bar, 20x Gold Bar

201-210 :: Golden Ring of Power
** 4x Gold Bar, 1x Lesser Moonstone, 1x Jade, 1x Citrine
-- 40x Gold Bar, 10x Lesser Moonstone, 10x Jade, 10x Citrine

211-225 :: Aquamarine Signet
** 3x Aquamarine, 4x Flask of Mojo
-- 45x Aquamarine, 60x Flask of Mojo

226-230 :: Dense Stone Statue
** 10x Dense Stone
-- 50x Dense Stone

231-250 :: Thorium Setting (make 45 = 135 Thorium Bars)
** 3x Thorium Bar
-- 60x Thorium Bar

251-260 :: Ruby Pendant of Fire
** 1x Star Ruby, 1x Thorium Setting
-- 10x Star Ruby, 10x Thorium Setting

261-270 :: Truesilver Healing Ring
** 2x Truesilver Bar, 4x Heart of the Wild
-- 20x Truesilver Bar, 40x Heart of the Wild

271-280 :: Simple Opal Ring
** 2x Opal, 1x Thorium Setting, 2x Thorium Bar
-- 20x Opal, 10x Thorium Setting, 20x Thorium Bar

281-290 :: Sapphire Pendant of Winter Hight
** 1xSapphire, 2x Essence of Undeath, 1xEssence of Water, 1xThrorium Setting
-- 10xSapphire, 20x Essence of Undeath, 10xEssence of Water, 10xThrorium Setting

291-295 :: Glowing Thorium Band
** 2xAzerothian Diamond, 1x Thorium Bar, 1x Thorium Setting
--10xAzerothian Diamond, 5x Thorium Bar, 5x Thorium Setting

296-305 :: Emerald Lion Ring
** 2x Emerald, 1x Thorium Bar, 1x Thorium Setting
-- 20x Emerald, 10x Thorium Bar, 10x Thorium Setting

It's not the only way how to power level, here is another :

1-30
Rough Stone Statues (10 Rough Stone) – Made 8
Delicate Copper Wire (2 Copper Bars) – Made About 40
Prospecting (regular skill-ups to about 50)

30-65
Malachite Pendant (1 Delicate Copper Wire, 1 Malachite) – Made about 25
Tigerseye Band (1 Delicate Copper Wire, 1 Tigerseye) – Made about 25
Coarse Stone Statue (10 Coarse Stone)
Bronze Setting (2 Bronze Bars)

65-90
Elegant Silver Ring (2 Silver Bars) - Made 28

90-100
Heavy Silver Ring (2 Silver Bars) - Made 10

100-140
Ring of Twilight Shadows (2 Bronze Bars, 2 Shadowgem) – Made 36
Heavy Stone Statue (10 Heavy Stone) – Made 5

140-155
Gold Dragon Ring (1 Jade, 2 Gold, 2 Copper Wire) – Made 15

155-175, 180-185
Mithril Filigree (2 Mithril Bars) - Made 25

175-180
Solid Stone Statue (10 Solid Stone) – Made 5

185-215
Engraved Truesilver Ring (1 Truesilver Bar, 2 Gold Bars) – Made 42

215-220
Truesilver Commander’s Ring (3 Truesilver Bars, 2 Star Rubies, 2 Citrine) – Made 5

220-225
Aquamarine Signet (3 Aquamarine, 4 Flask of Mojo) – Made 5
(Should have made this from 215 or even 210 – orange the whole way to 225 - but I resisted going to farm the Mojo on the test server until I didn’t have any choice.)

225-236
Dense Stone Statue (10 Dense Stone) – Made 16

236-250
Thorium Setting (3 Thorium Bars) – Made 20
Ended up making far more than 20, so could have squeezed a few more points out here, probably 5 or 10.

250-274
Ruby Pendant of Fire (1 Thorium Setting, 1 Star Ruby) – Made 30
Probably worth it to keep making this until you run right out of rubies or it turns grey, since you end up with a lot of them from mithril and thorium ore.

274-281
Simple Opal Ring (2 Large Opal, 2 Thorium Bars, 1 Thorium Setting) – Made 7

281-285
Glowing Thorium Band (2 Azerothian Diamonds, 1 Thorium Setting, 1 Thorium Bar) – Made 4

This is the list of materials I’m planning on having on-hand for when the expansion hits. Gems could be substituted for ore of the appropriate level, but some of the low level ones like Shadowgem are dirt cheap at auction now.

80 Rough Stone (4 stacks)
160 Copper Bars (8 stacks)
40 Malachite (2 stacks)
20 Tigerseye (1 stack)
80 Bronze Bars (4 stacks)
80 Silver Bars (4 stacks)
80 Shadowgem (4 stacks)
80 Heavy Stone (4 stacks)
120 Gold (6 stacks)
15 Jade (.75 stacks)
50 Mithril Bars (2.5 stacks)
60 Solid Stone (3 stacks)
45 Truesilver Bars(2.25 stacks)
30 Aquamarine (1.5 stacks)
40 Flasks of Mojo (2 stacks)
160 Dense Stone (8 stacks)
20 Star Rubies (1 stack)
100 Mithril Ore (5 stacks)
~200 Thorium Bars (10 stacks)
~250 Thorium Ore (25 stacks)