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WoW Leatherworking Guide

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This WoW Leatherworking guide will show you the fastest and cheapest way how to level your Leatherworking skill up from 1 to 450.

Leatherworking Introduction

wow leatherworking guideTo start you’ll have to go to a major city and find a leatherworking trainer (just ask a guard for directions). Once you find the trainer train “Apprentice Leatherworking” and you are ready to start!

The components needed for leatherworking are derived from skinning. If you don’t want to take on skinning as a profession you can buy everything you need to complete this guide in your local auction house.

The “Components Required” listed in all of the sections of the guide are the components required to make one of the certain item you are crafting. Good luck and here is the rest of the guide.

Before leveling leatherworking there are a few things you need to keep in mind. There are three different types of leatherworking specialties; Dragonscale, Elemental, and Tribal. Each one offers special items only available to that tree. Furthermore leatherworking is similar to tailoring in that no special tools are required, only raw materials. One interesting aspect to this skill is the ability to use drums that give a short duration group buff.

1-30
Light Armor Kit – 1 Light Leather

30-40
Handstitched Leather Cloak – 2 Light Leather, 1 Coarse Thread

40-45
Handstitched Leather Pants – 4 Light Leather, 1 Coarse Thread

45-60
Light Leather Quiver – 4 Light Leather, 2 Coarse Thread

60-85
Embossed Leather Gloves – 3 Light Leather, 2 Coarse Thread

85-90
Embossed Leather Cloak – 5 Light Leather, 2 Coarse Thread

90-110
Fine Leather Belt – 6 Light Leather, 2 Coarse Thread

110-115
Medium Armor Kit – 4 Medium Leather, 1 Coarse Thread

115-125
Dark Leather Boots – 4 Medium Leather, 2 Fine Thread, 1 Gray Dye

125-135
Dark Leather Cloak – 8 Medium Leather, 1 Fine Thread, 1 Gray Dye

135-140
Dark Leather Pants – 12 Medium Leather, 1 Fine Thread, 1 Gray Dye

140-145
Hillman’s Shoulders – 4 Medium Leather, 1 Fine Thread, 1 Cured Medium Hide

145-150
Hillman’s Leather Gloves – 14 Medium Leather, 4 Fine Thread

150-180
Heavy Armor Kit – 5 Heavy Leather, 1 Fine Thread

180-195
Barbaric Shoulders – 8 Heavy Leather, 2 Fine Thread, 1 Cured Heavy Hide

195-200
Guardian Gloves – 4 Heavy Leather, 1 Silken Thread, 1 Cured Heavy Hide

200-220
Thick Armor Kit – 5 Thick Leather, 1 Silken Thread

220-225
Nightscape Headband – 5 Thick Leather, 2 Silken Thread

225-230
Thick Armor Kit – 5 Thick Leather, 1 Silken Thread

230-235
Nightscape Headband – 5 Thick Leather, 2 Silken Thread

235-250
Nightscape Pants – 14 Thick Leather, 4 Silken Thread

250-265
Rugged Armor Kit – 5 Rugged Leather

265-285
Wicked Leather Bracers – 8 Rugged Leather, 1 Rune Thread, 1 Black Dye

285-300
Wicked Leather Headband – 12 Rugged Leather, 1 Rune Thread, 1 Black Dye

300-310
Knothide Armor Kit – 4 Knothide Leather

310-320
Wild Draenish Gloves – 9 Knothide Leather, 3 Rune Thread

320-325
Thick Draenic Pants – 10 Knothide Leather, 2 Rune Thread

325-330
Thick Draenic Boots – 10 Knothide Leather, 3 Rune Thread

330-350
Thick Draenic Vest – 14 Knothide Leather, 3 Rune Thread

350-375
Borean Armor Kit – 4 Borean Leather

375-385
Frostscale Belt – 8 Borean Leather

385-395
Frostscale Gloves – 10 Borean Leather

395-400
Frostscale Bracers – 12 Borean Leather

400-410
Dark Iceborn Leggings – 4 Heavy Borean Leather, 5 Crystallized Shadow

410-425
Fur Lining – 1 Arctic Fur

425-430
Nightshock Hood – 14 Heavy Borean Leather, 2 Eternal Shadow

430-440
Frosthide Leg Armor – 2 Arctic Fur, 2 Nerubian Chitin, 1 Frozen Orb

440-450
Durable Nerubhide Cape – 2 Arctic Fur, 40 Nerubian Chitin, 1 Frozen Orb

If you are low on gold, I recommend you to try this Gold Making Guide, it can help you to make loads of gold. You also need to realize this is not a leveling guide, so if you are looking for a leveling guide, the best one is this 1 – 80 Leveling Guide.

WoW Lockpicking Guide

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Lockpicking is a rogue class skill. The trained ability, allows rogues to use Lockpicking to open locked doors, chests, and lockboxes. Lockpicking operates like a profession; the rogue begins with a minimal initial lockpicking skill, and must raise lockpicking skill through practice by picking locks. This guide provides directions on where a rogue can practice the Lockpicking skill in order to improve it. For a far more complete guide, fully updated for Wrath and covering hot builds and gear, lots of gold, fast leveling, lethal PvP, and tons of secret Rogue tricks (that go WAY beyond lockpicking) click here.

Stuff from Pick Pocketing

All lockpicking levels listed below are when the item first becomes “orange”, you may pick the locks on them until it is no longer beneficial to do so (turns grey, better options, etc)

Battered Junkbox – 25
Worn Junkbox – 100
Sturdy Junkbox -175
Heavy Junkbox – 250
Stuff from random drops
Ornate Bronze Lockbox – 60
Heavy Bronze Lockbox – 75
Iron Lockbox – 85
Heavy Iron Lockbox – 125
Steel Lockbox – 180
Reinforced Steel Lockbox – 225
Mithril Lockbox – 225
Thorium Lockbox – 225
Eternium Lockbox – 225
Doors
Gnomeregan – 150
Scarlet Monastery – 175
Searing Gorge Gate – 225
Blackrock Depths – 280
Scholomance – 280

Footlockers

The lockpicking skill levels for these start pretty close to the lowest typical mob found in the zone x5. For instance a level 20 zone would have footlockers that you could pick at 5×20=100 lockpicking skill. I don’t have accurate listings of when these become orange so if you have additional information please feel free to submit!

Hillsbrad Foothills – Durnholde Keep – 75
Redridge Mountains – Lake Everstill – 75
Ashenvale Forest – Zoram Strand – 75
Stonetalon Mountains – Windshear Crag and Associated Mines – 75
Wetlands – Murloc Camps – 100
Desolace – Sar’theris Strand – 175
Badlands – Angor Fortress 175
Swamp of Sorrows – Pool of Tears – 200
Searing Gorge – 200
Tanaris Desert – Lost Rigger Cove – 225
Azshara – Bay of Storms – 275
Eastern Plaguelands – Tyr’s Hand – 275

Alliance Lockpicking Quest

Talk to the NPC named Lucius in Redridge’s Warf. He will be giving the quest.
The quest will require you to go to Alther’s Mill. Once there, you’ll see several chests. The small dark treasure chests are for practice and the brown wooden chest is the quest chest.
Keep practicing on the dark chests until your lockpicking skill reaches 80. To easily reach 80, stand in a spot where you can target multiple chests at once.
Once you’ve reached the target level, open the wooden chest and take whatever is in it.
Go back to Lucius to receive your certificate to finish the quest.

Horde Lockpicking Quest

Look for Wrentex in the Ratchett found in the Barrens, he can be found near the flight master. He will be giving you the quest “Plundering for Plunderers”.
Take the Thieves Tools and E.C.A.C from the Gizmotronic Apparatus
Equip a cracker in an available slot in your action bar before proceeding.
You now have to proceed in the ship located south of Ratchett.
Enter the room with many boxes and, like in the Alliance lockpicking quest, practice on the dark chests until you reach skill level 80 or higher.
The quest chest is found in the ship’s lowest level.
Once you’ve opened the chest, a level 50 parrot will appear. To nerf the bird to level 18, you will need to use stealth and right click the cracker you’ve equipped before attacking.
Once you’re done return to Wrentex to submit the quest.

You can’t increase your Lockpicking skill without increasing your characters level. Each time you gain a level on your character you earn the ability to increase your Lockpicking skill 5 more points.

Train Apprentice Blacksmithing (1-75):

You can learn Apprentice Blacksmithing in every major city and in some minor villages like Goldshire and Karanos. You will also be able to train new blacksmithing plans and learn new ranks of blacksmithing at these trainers.

1-30 Rough Sharpening Stone
30-65 Rough Grinding Stone
65-75 Copper Chain Belt

Train Journeyman Blacksmithing (75-150):

75-85 Course Grinding Stone
85-100 Runed Copper Belt
100-105 Silver Rod
105-125 Rough Bronze Leggings

Train Expert Blacksmithing (150-225):

125-150 Heavy Grinding Stone
150-155 Golden Rod
155-165 Green Iron Leggings
165-185 Green Iron Bracers
185-200 Golden Scale Bracers
200-210 Solid Grinding Stone
210-215 Golden Scale Bracers

Train Artisan Blacksmithing (225-300):

215-235 Steel Plate Helm
235-250 Mithril Coif
250-260 Dense Sharpening Stone
260-275 Armorsmiths: Earthforged Leggings
260-275 Weaponsmiths: Light Earthforged Blade or Light Emberforged Hammer or Light Skyforged Axe
275-295 Imperial Plate Bracers
295-300 Imperial Plate Boots

Train Master Blacksmithing (300-375):

300-305 Fel Weightstone
305-320 Fel Iron Plate Belt
320-325 Fel Iron Plate Boots
325-330 Lesser Rune of Warding
330-335 Fel Iron Breastplate
335-340 Adamantite Cleaver
340-345 Lesser Ward of Shielding
345-350 Adamantite Rapier

It’s time to go to Northrend now to continue your Blacksmithing.

Alliance Blacksmith trainers can be found in Valgarde in the Howling Fjord, at Valliance Keep in the Borean Tundra and in Frosthold, in Stormpeak.

The Blacksmith trainers for the Horde in Northrend can be found at Vengeance Landing in the Howling Fjord, and at Venomspite and Agmar’s Hammer in Dragonblight.

Of course, both Horde and Alliance can find a Blacksmith trainer in Dalaran as well.

Train Master Blacksmithing (375-450):

350-360 Cobalt Belt
360-370 Cobalt Bracers
370-375 Cobalt Helm
375-415 Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece
The Plan: Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece can be found in the Sholazar Basin. It drops from Goblin Excavators north of The Suntouched Pillar.
375-415 Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece
415-420 Deadly Saronite Dirk
420-430 Daunting Handguards
430-435 Savage Saronite Hauberk
435-450 Daunting Legplates

The Ultimate Rogue

Would your rogue perform better with swords, maces, or daggers? Is that Hunter getting you down only because you got the wrong talent build? Does it take so long to get your final mount, because you do the wrong quests or farm gold in the wrong places?

Imagine that you simply knew the answer. You wouldn’t need to spend endless hours on frustrating trial and error attempts. Instead you would be standing in front of the auction house answering tells about that devilish looking sword at your side. The World of Warcraft Rogue Guide shows you how to get there!

WoW Mining Guide

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wow mining guideMining is the most popular profession in World of Warcraft. This WoW Mining guide will show you the fastest way how to level your Mining profession up from 1 to 450.

Mining is basically a gathering profession. As the game continues on and if you are very keen in details, you would notice that Mining could definitely earn you a lot of money. By just selling the lowest level Copper Ore you can gain some extra gold that would eventually amount to a lot once you continue with the Mining profession.

Mining and other professions

As you may know, in the World of Warcraft there are professions that can be combined with other professions in order to achieve a less expense and less time consuming profession. The Mining skill is often paired with the Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, and Engineering skills, since these skills make use of much of the metal that Miners smelt. Mining can be quite a lucrative profession for just the purpose of making money as well, since much of the metal and stones can fetch quite a sum at the auction hall.

Minerals come in many different versions. The first veins you will come across are Copper. To find more valuable and higher level ore, you will need to travel to higher level zones. For example Elwynn Forest/Durator has Copper. To find Tin you will need to travel to Westfall/The Barrens. Look below for a list of locations.

Ore types and skill required

Ore        Skill Required
Copper 1
Tin 65
Incendicite** 65
Silver 75
Bronze1 75
Iron 125
Indurium** 150
Gold 155
Lesser Bloodstone** 155
Steel2 165
Mithril 175
Truesilver 230
Dark Iron 230
Small Thorium 245
Rich Thorium 275
Hakkari Thorium Vein 275
Small Obsidian Chunk 305
Large Obsidian Chunk 305
Elementium Ore3 -
Fel Iron 300
Adamantite 325
Rich Adamantite 350
Eternium4 -
Cobalt 350
Nethercite Deposit5 350
Khorium 375
Rich Cobalt Node 375
Saronite Node 400
Rich Saronite Node 425
Titanium Node 450

WoW Mining Trainer and Locations

Zone Name Location
Azuremyst Isle Dulvi Azure Watch
Darkshore Kurdram Stonehammer North Auberdine
Dun Morogh Yarr Hammerstone Eastern end of Kharanos
Duskwood Matt Johnson North Darkshire
Exodar Muaat Southern section
Hellfire Peninsula Hurnak Grimmord Honor Hold
Hellfire Peninsula Krugosh Thrallmar
Ironforge Geofram Bouldertoe Deepmountain Mining Guild
Loch Modan Brock Stoneseeker Southwest end of Thelsamar
Orgrimmar Makaru Valley of Honor
Stormwind Gelman Stonehand Western end of Dwarven District
Thunder Bluff Brek Stonehoof Western edge of center plateau
Undercity Brom Killian South end of bridge leading to War Quarter
Borean Tundra Brunna Ironaxe Warsong Hold
Borean Tundra Fendrig Redbeard Valiance Keep
Howling Fjord Jonathan Lewis Vengeance Landing
Howling Fjord Grumbol Stoutpick Valgarde
Dalaran Jedidiah Handers Dalaran Commerce Exchange

WoW Mining Guide 1-450

Level 1-65

Before starting with the mining process, you first have to visit the professions trainer in the main cities of Azeroth. This stage should give you no trouble and even if you did not have a guide to consult, you would still be able to level up to 65 with no problems. You level your Mining skill by gathering Copper Ores and smelt them and then save the Copper Bars, as you would need them for later.

Level 65-125

This part is where you can start consulting a WoW Mining Guide, as the items that you are going to mine can be quite hard to find. The items you would gather would be: Tin Ore, Silver Ore, and Copper Ore. The Copper Ores would be used along with the Tin Bars (smelted from Tin Ores) in order to produce Bronze Ores that can take you to level 125 in no time.

Level 125-175

In this stage, the only thing you have to do is to smelt Gold Ores and you should do just fine until level 175.

Level 175-245

As you consult this WoW Mining Guide, you would find it easy to level your mining skill at this stage. Smelt Truesilver Ores from Mithril Ores until 245.

Level 245-300

The trick here is to smelt ores until 270 and after 5 more levels go straight to Rich Thorium Veins. It’s recommended that you go to the mining spot at around level 65 in order to survive the mobs.

Level 300-450

At this stage you would have to mine for these ores: Fel Iron Ores, Adamantite Ores, Cobalt Ores, and Saronite Ores respectively. This should get you through until level 450 and do not forget to go to the Outlands to learn Mining Master at level 300 and at Northrend to learn Mining Grand Master.

The above was compact overview to increase your Mining skill to the skill cap. For an in-depth guide to mining and all of the other WoW professions, including Inscription and gold-making opportunities, from 1 to the 450 max, take a look at Penn’s Complete Professions Guide.

WoW Skinning Guide

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WoW Skinning GuideSkinning is one of the easiest professions to level up, especially if you are leveling. This WoW Skinning Guide will show you the fastest and easiest way how to level your Skinning profession from 1 to 450.

To start Skinning you just need a Skinning Knife in one of your bags and simply need to kill beasts and click to skin. It’s a pretty easy profession to get started with and as long as you check out the various areas you’ll be in for skinnable creatures. This profession is great for selling on the auction house or if you can make a deal to somebody’s supplier, that can pay off as well. Skinners also acquire a passive ability known as Master of Anatomy which increases your critical strike rating based on your skinning skill level.

The reason skinning is attractive as a profession is because you don’t have to hunt down any minerals or plants. All of the leather comes from enemies you have slain, providing you with some easy extra income. Well, you do have to hunt down the skinnable enemies, but at least when they defeated you can loot whatever they have, gain XP, and then get some extra bonus loot!

To begin you seek a Skinning Trainer out in order to pick up the Skinning profession. From there, simply interact with the trainer who will teach you the delicate art of Skinning. When you first start off you will be an Apprentice Skinner and have to pay only a few copper to learn the profession.

WoW Skinning Guide Trainers:

Alliance Skinning Trainers:

  • Balthus Stoneflayer (Ironforge)
  • Eladriel (Darnassus)
  • Maris Granger (Stormwind City)
  • Mathreyn (Eversong Woods)
  • Radnaal Maneweaver (Teldrassil)
  • Remere (The Exodar)
  • Jelena Nightsky (Hellfire Peninsula)
  • Trapper Jack (Borean Tundra)
  • Frederic Burrhus (Howling Fjord)

Horde Skinning Trainers :

  • Killian Hagey (The Undercity)
  • Kulleg Stonehorn (Feralas)
  • Mathreyn (Silvermoon City)
  • Mooranta (Thunder Bluff)
  • Thuwd (Orgrimmar)
  • Tyn(Silvermoon City)
  • Moorutu (Hellfire Peninsula)
  • Tiponi Stormwhisper (Borean Tundra)
  • Roberta Jacks (Howling Fjord)

Horde Skinning (Starting in Orgrimmar)

  • South Durotar – Mottled Boars and Scorpids (1-25)
  • North Durotar – Boars and Scorpids (25-50)
  • The Barrens Crossroads area – Plainstriders and Prowlers (50-100)
  • The Barrens Camp Taurajo area – Stormsnouts and Thunderhawks (100-130)
  • Thousand Needles – Hyenas, Lions, Wyvern and Thunderhawks (130-170)
  • Thousand Needles Shimmering Flats – Turtles and Basilisks in (170-180)

Alliance Skinning (Starting in Ironforge)

  • Dun Morogh South of Kharanos – Crag Boats and Wendigos (1-25)
  • Dun Morogh Brenwall Village – Wolves (25-50)
  • Westfall Sentinel Hill – Goretusks (50-100)
  • Wetlands Bluegill Marsh – Crocolisks and Raptors (100-130)
  • Hillsbrad Foothills – Bears and Mountain Lions (130-150)
  • Hillsbrad Foothills Yeti Cave in Hillsbrad Fields – Yetis (150-170)
  • Arathi Highlands – Raptors in (170-180)

Horde & Alliance Skinning

  • Stranglethorn Vale Nessingwary’s Camp – Raptors, Panthers and Tigers (180-220)
  • Stranglethorn Vale Gurabashi Arena area – Raptors and Gorillas (220-250)
  • Azshara – Stags and Hippogryphs (250-270)
  • Azshara – Turtles and Chimera (270-300)
  • Hellfire Peninsula – Helboars (300-310)
  • Hellfire Peninsula – Ravagers and Helboars (310-330)
  • Nagrand – Clefthoofs, Talbuks, Windrocs and Elekk (330-350)
  • Netherstorm – Crocolisks, Basilisks, Mana Invaders, Talbuks, Phase Hunters, Mana Snappers, Nether Rays and Lynx (350-375)
  • Howling Fjord – Rams and Shoveltusks (350-405)
  • Grizzly Hills – Prowlers, Bears, Mustangs and Serpents (405-430)
  • Sholazar Basin – Wasps, Shattertusks, Rhinos, Dreadsabers, Cobras, Goretalons, Grazers and Crocolisks (430-450)

Skinning isn’t a very hard profession to skill up but it can be a big money maker if you sell the goods in the auction house. If you can’t afford to do this and would like to take a glance at this Gold Guide for tips on how to make lots of gold.

WoW Cooking Guide

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WoW Cooking GuideCooking is one of the most enjoyable and beneficial professions to do in WoW. Cooking is a secondary skill and comes in very handy as it can be performed by any class/race and generally used to restore health. It usually goes hand-in-hand with Fishing and you can make food that will enhance your stats. Other items that players with the World of Warcraft Cooking skill provide additional buffs in game such as boosts to stamina or strength. It is a nice addition to the skill, but it is not its primary benefit. This WoW cooking guide will focus on leveling without fishing so you’ll need a lot of meats not found by fishing. Some of these meats you might be able to purchase off the Auction House, if you’re interested in making gold for these purchases then you should look at this guide.

3.2 Cooking Patch notes

The 3.2 patch didn’t make any significant changes, but here they are anyway:

  • Blackened Dragonfin Recipe: Now only requires 1 Dragonfin Angelfish
  • Chef’s Hat is now superior quality and allows the chef to cook faster
  • Increased the drop rate for recipes from the Outland Daily Cooking quests
  • Increased the chance to get a bonus Dalaran Cooking Token from the Spice Bag.
  • The recipe for Captain Rumsey’s Lager can now be randomly found in the quest reward Crate, Barrel, or Spice Bag from the cooking dailies.

Cooking Recipes

You can get new recipes in several ways: as a reward for a quest, as loot from a monster or chest, or even by buying them from a merchant. A few recipes also come for quests or are only available during special holidays.

You can have your friends be on the lookout for new recipes for you. Cooks are not as common as other tradesmen and this will allow you to have an easier time finding recipes. People may even be more willing to donate recipes to you! Check the auction house for recipes too.

2 New recipes you might be interested in to level up your cooking skill to 300 without fishing are Charred Bear Kabobs and Juicy Bear Burgers. These recipes can be purchased from Bale (Horde) or Malygen (Alliance) in Felwood.

Cooking Ingredients

Most of the ingredients to level your cooking, even to the new 450 cap, can be bought off the auction house. Grab your ingredients and camp the trainer to level your skill. You will have to visit Gadgetzan to do the Artisan Cooking Quest, though. It used to be that you had to buy the Master Cooking Book in Outlands to train your skill past 300, but now you can just go to the Outlands trainers.

Cooking Leveling Up

1-40: Spice Bread – 1 Simple Flour/1 Mild Spices
40-70: Spiced Wolf Meat – 1 Stringy Wolf Meat
70-120: Crunchy Spider Surprise – 1 Crunchy Spider Leg
120-130: Crab Cake – 1 Crawler Meat
130-190: Curiously Tasty Omelet – 1 Raptor Egg
190-225: Hot Wolf Ribs – 1 Red Wolf Meat
225-260: Tender Wolf Steak – 1 Tender Wolf Meat
260-285: Juicy Bear Burger – 1 Bear Flank
285-300: Smoked Desert Dumplings – 1 Sandworm Meat
300-330: Ravager Dog – 1 Ravager Flesh
330-350: Talbuk Steak – 1 Talbuk Venison
330-350: Roasted Clefthoof – 1 Clefthoof Meat
350-400: Rhino Dogs – 1 Rhino Meat
400-425: Critter Bites – 2 Chilled Meat/ Northern Spices
425-450: Small Feast – 2 Nettlefish/2 Rhino Meat/2 Glacial Salmon/1 Northern Spices

Daily Cooking Quest For WotLK

You do have to have a high level of cooking to be able to pick up quests and these quests can be obtained from your faction’s inn in Dalaran City. As far as level is concerned, you should pick up the quest as soon as you reach the city, but you will find that your breeze through the quests much easier and quicker at level eighty. Daily cooking quests from The Rokk, at the lake north of Shattrath City can earn you gold, new recipes or random cooking reagent rewards once completed.

Making Gold with WoW Cooking

It’s been greatly buffed in The Burning Crusade and I now recommend everyone to get 375 cooking, as it can be very useful and profitable for you.

The best profession to use together with cooking is skinning. The reason, of course, is that beasts can be skinned and often drop meat that can be cooked, so you kill two birds with one stone.

Some people, for whatever reason, don’t want to bother with cooking, but they like eating meals that buff Stam or other stats, they’re quite willing to shell out gold for these items, too. Do a little Auction House research for finished recipes (and even raw materials,) especially at higher level, and you may be able to put your skills to another good (cash generating) use.

In addition to tips for making gold from fishing and cooking, Warcraft Millionaire has hundreds of other tips to rake in the WoW gold.

Penn’s WoW Professions guide includes detailed instructions for every WoW profession, including cooking. Learn how to powerlevel the cooking profession as quickly and cheaply as possible as well as what gold making opportunities are available.

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WoW Blacksmithing Guide

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wow blacksmithing guideWoW blacksmithing is an excellent choice if you want to make your own armor and weapons, or if you want to make armor and weapons for your friends or to sell and trade. Blacksmithing produces items that are used by classes such as warriors and paladins. It’s best paired with mining since the materials needed for creation are mostly the ore found from the mining profession. This WoW Blacksmithing Guide will assume you are a high level player looking to level Blacksmithing as fast as possible.

We recommend you take up mining if you’re going to be a blacksmith. The two professions choices will lock you out of other professions, but its better to dig out your own gold than to have to rely on others or the Auction House for it. With mining you will supply a great majority of the ore and gems you need with blacksmithing. And extra ore and gems can always be sold in the AH for other professions that use them, such as Engineering and Jewelcrafting.

The first step on the road to Blacksmithing is to find a trainer. Any major city should have one of these, just ask a guard to mark your mini-map. There are also some trainers located in towns in various newbie zones, but this is not reliable so your best bet is to take care of this in the city.

WoW Blacksmithing Guide Trainers:

Alliance Blacksmithing Trainers

  • Blacksmith Calypso (Azuremyst Isle)
  • Dane Lindgren (Stormwind)
  • Delfrum Flintbeard (Darkshore)
  • Edrem (The Exodar)
  • Groum Stonebeard (Ironforge)
  • Clarise Gnarltree (Duskwood)
  • Miall (The Exodar)
  • Rotgath Stonebeard (Ironforge)
  • Therum Deepforge (Stormwind)
  • Bengus Deepforge (Ironforge)
  • Grumnus Steelshaper (Ironforge) [Armorsmith]
  • Ironus Coldsteel (Ironforge) [Weaponsmith]
  • Dumphry (Hellfire Peninsula)
  • Argo Strongstout (Borean Tundra)

Horde Blacksmithing Trainers

  • Basil Frye (Undercity)
  • Mirvedon (Silvermoon City)
  • Thrag Stonehoof (Thunderbluff)
  • Ug’thok (Orgrimmar)
  • Okothos Ironrager (Orgrimmar) [Armorsmith]
  • Borgosh Corebender (Orgrimmar) [Weaponsmith]
  • Grutah (Shadowmoon Valley)
  • Rohok (Hellfire Peninsula) -
  • Arthur Henslowe (Borean Tundra)

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:

  • 133 Rough Stone
  • 190 Copper Bar
  • 24 Coarse Stone
  • 5 Silver Bar
  • 120 Bronze Bar
  • 150 Heavy Stone
  • 5 Gold Bar
  • 230 Iron Bar
  • 35 Green Dye
  • 50 Steel Bar
  • 5 Truesilver Bar
  • 60 Solid Stones
  • 150 Mageweave Cloth
  • 320 Mithril Bar
  • 20 Dense Stone
  • 430 Thorium Bar
  • 80 Rugged Leather or 10 Star Ruby
  • 155 Fel Iron Bar
  • 10 Netherweave Cloth
  • 70 Adamantite Bar
  • 320 Cobalt Bar
  • 441 Saronite Bar
  • 20 Crystallized Air
  • 7 Titanium Bar
  • 33 Eternal Earth
  • 13 Eternal Shadow
  • 13 Eternal Water

This is a compact overview to increase your blacksmithing skill to the skill cap. For an in-depth blacksmithing guide, including gold-making opportunities, please take a look at this WoW profession guide.

You can learn Apprentice Blacksmithing in every major city and in some minor villages like Goldshire and Karanos. You will also be able to train new blacksmithing plans and learn new ranks of blacksmithing at these trainers.

  • 1-30 You will need to make 33 Rough Sharpening Stones by using 33 Rough Stone.
  • 30-65 You will need to make 50 Rough Grinding Stones by using 100 Rough Stone
  • 65-75 You will need to make 10 Copper Chain Belts using 60 Copper Bars
  • 75-85 Course Grinding Stone  (2 x Coarse Stones) x 10
  • 85-100 Runed Copper Belt (10 x Copper Bar) x 20
  • 100-105 Silver Rod (1 x Silver Bar, 2 x Rough Grinding Stone) x 5
  • 105-125 Rough Bronze Leggings (6 x Bronze Bar) x 20
  • 125-150 Heavy Grinding Stone (3 x Heavy Stone) x 50
  • 150-155 Golden Rod (1 x Gold Bar, 2 x Coarse Grinding Stone) x 5
  • 155-165 Green Iron Leggings (8 x Iron Bar, 1 x Heavy Grinding Stone, 1 x Green Dye) x 10
  • 165-185 Green Iron Bracers (6 x Iron Bar, 1 x Green Dye) x 20
  • 185-200 Golden Scale Bracers (5 x Steel Bar, 2 x Heavy Grinding Stone) x 15
  • 200-210 Solid Grinding Stone (4 x Solid Stone) x 20
  • 210-215 Golden Scale Bracers (5 x Steel Bar, 2 x Heavy Grinding Stone) x 5
  • 215-235 Steel Plate Helm (14 x Steel Bar, 1 x Solid Grinding Stone) x 20
  • 235-250 Mithril Coif (10 x Mithril Bar, 6 x Mageweave Cloth) x 15
  • 250-260 Dense Sharpening Stone (1 x Dense Stone) x 20
  • 260-275 Armorsmiths: Earthforged Leggings
  • 260-275 Weaponsmiths: Light Earthforged Blade or Light Emberforged Hammer or Light Skyforged Axe
  • 275-295 Imperial Plate Bracers (12 x Thorium Bar) x 25
  • 295-300 Imperial Plate Boots (18 x Thorium Bar) x 5
  • 300-305 Fel Weightstone (1 x Fel Iron Bar, 1 x Netherweave Cloth) x 5
  • 305-320 Fel Iron Plate Belt (4 x Fel Iron Bar) x 15
  • 320-325 Fel Iron Plate Boots (6 x Fel Iron Bar) x 5
  • 325-330 Lesser Rune of Warding (1 x Adamantite Bar) x 10
  • 330-335 Fel Iron Breastplate (10 x Fel Iron Bar) x 5
  • 335-340 Adamantite Cleaver (8 x Adamantite Bar) x 5
  • 340-345 Lesser Ward of Shielding (1 x Adamantite Bar) x 10
  • 345-350 Adamantite Rapier (12 x Adamantite Bars) x 5
  • 350-360 Cobalt Belt (1 x Adamantite Bar, 2 x Netherweave Cloth) x 20
  • 360-370 Cobalt Bracers (8 x Fel Iron Bars, 4 x Primal Water, 4 x Primal fire) x 10
  • 370-375 Cobalt Helm (16 x Fel Iron Bars, 6 x Primal Water, 4 x Primal Fire) x 5
  • 375-415 Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece
  • 375-415 Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece
  • 415-420 Deadly Saronite Dirk
  • 420-430 Daunting Handguards
  • 430-435 Savage Saronite Hauberk
  • 435-450 Daunting Legplates

Penn’s WoW Professions guide includes detailed instructions for every WoW profession, including Blacksmithing. Learn how to powerlevel the Blacksmithing profession as quickly and cheaply as possible as well as what gold making opportunities are available. Grab your copy of penn’s guide.

WoW Tailoring Guide

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wow tailoring guideTailoring is one of the 14 professions available in World of Warcraft. Tailoring allows players to cut and weave various pieces of cloth into armor, bags, shirts, and other cloth items. Tailors play an especially important role in guilds because they can create bags for the entire guild, provided the guild members gather the proper ingredients. Warlocks, Mages and Priests frequently take up tailoring as a profession as they are cloth wearers and benefit directly from this profession as they create their own outfits. This WoW tailoring guide will show you how to get your tailoring skill up from tailoring 1-450.

The process for tailoring is among one of the most demanding professions to power leveling, requiring an amazingly large amount of Netherweave (around 3,000) just to get through the 300s. It often requires a lot of farming, a lot of patience, and more than a little work, however the rewards are worth the pain. Epic Tailored items are often considered to be some of the best pre-teir 5 gear in the game. Below are step by step instructions to power level tailoring using only basic recipes and materials.

Required Materials

  • 180 x Arcane Dust
  • 10 x Bleach
  • 30 x Blue Dye
  • 75 x Coarse Thread
  • 135 x Fine Thread
  • 5 x Gray Dye
  • 60 x Heavy Silken Thread
  • 20 x Knothide Leather
  • 160 x Linen Cloth
  • 520 x Mageweave Cloth
  • 2460 x Netherweave Cloth
  • 35 x Netherweb Spider silk
  • 60 x Red Dye
  • 120 x Rugged Leather
  • 75 x Rune Thread
  • 900 x Runecloth
  • 760 x Silk Cloth
  • 45 x Silken Thread
  • 200 x Wool Cloth

Leveling WoW Tailoring Tactics

WoW Tailoring Guide, Part 1 – WoW Tailoring Apprentice

To get started making cloth you will need to go to your trainer in Azeroth to learn how to be a WOW tailoring apprentice.

  • Level 1-45: make 80 bolts of Linen Cloth using 160 Linen Cloth. If you reach skill level 45 before you finish making them, you can stop and make some later if you actually need them.
  • Level 46-70: make 35 Heavy Linen Gloves using 70 bolts of Linen Cloth and 35 Course Thread.
  • Level 71-75: make 5 Reinforced Linen Capes using 10 bolts of Linen Cloth and 15 Course Thread.

WoW Tailoring Guide, Part 2 – WoW Tailoring Journeyman

At this level you will need to see your trainer to become a WOW Tailoring Journeyman.

  • Level 76-105: make 55 bolts of Woolen Cloth using 225 Wool Cloth.
  • Level 106-110: make 5 Gray Woolen Shirts using 10 bolts of Woolen Cloth, 10 Fine Tread and 10 gray dyes.
  • Level 111-125: make 15 Double Stitched Woolen Shoulders using 45 bolts of Woolen Cloth and 2 Fine Thread.

WoW Tailoring Guide, Part 3 – WoW Tailoring Expert

At this point you will need to see your trainer to become a WOW Tailoring Expert.

  • Level 126-145: make 190 bolt of Silk Cloth using 760 Silk Cloth.
  • Level 146-160: make 15 Azure Silk Hoods using 30 bolts of Silk Cloth, 30 Blue Dyes and 15 Fine Threads.
  • Level 161-170: make 10 Silk Headbands using 30 bolts of Silk Cloth and 20 Fine Threads.
  • Level 171-175: make 5 Formal White Shirts using 15 bolts of Silk Cloth, 10 bleach and 5 Fine Threads.
  • Level 176-185: make 15 Crimson Silk Vests using 60 bolts of Silk Cloth and 30 Fine Thread and 30 Red Dyes

WoW Tailoring Guide, Part 4 – WoW Tailoring Artisan

At this part of the game you will want to see your trainer to become a WOW Tailoring Artisan.

  • Level 200-215: make 15 Crimson Silk Pantaloons using 60 bolts of Silk Cloth, 30 Red Dyes and 30 Silken Threads.
  • Level 216-220: make 5 Black Mageweave leggings using 10 bolts of Mageweave and 15 Silken Threads.
  • Level 221-230: make 10 Black Mageweave Gloves using 20 bolts of Mageweave and 20 Heavy Silken Threads.
  • Level 231-250: make 23 Black Mageweave Headbands using 69 bolts of Mageweave and 46 Heavy Silken Threads.
  • Level 251- 260: make 190 bolts of Runecloth using 950 Runecloths.
  • Level 260-275 – Runecloth Belt
  • Level 275-280 – Runecloth Gloves
  • Level 280-300 – Runecloth Bag – Sold by Qia in Everlook, Winterpring
  • At skill level 300 train Master Tailoring
  • Level 300-325 – Bolt of Netherweave
  • Level 325-340 – Bolt of Imbued Netherweave
  • Level 340-350 – Netherweave Boots

At skill level 350 a tailor can choose to “specialize” or “master” a specific type of tailoring. The options are: Shadoweave, Spellfire, and Primal Mooncloth. While all tailors can transmute all three types of cloth – shadowcloth, spellcloth, and primal mooncloth – specializing allows you to create two pieces of cloth for the material cost of one.

  • Shadoweave tailoring (Shadow / Frost): Allows the tailor to learn the patterns for the Bind on Pickup Shadow’s Embrace set, and to create an additional shadowcloth at the Altar of Shadows.
  • Spellfire tailoring (Fire / Arcane): Allows the tailor to learn the patterns for the Bind on Pickup Wrath of Spellfire set, and to create an additional spellcloth in Netherstorm.
  • Mooncloth tailoring (Healing): Allows the tailor access to learn the patterns for the Bind on Pickup Primal Mooncloth Set, and to create an additional primal mooncloth at a moonwell.
  • Level 350-360 – Netherweave Tunic
  • Level 360-370 – Imbued Netherweave Tunic – Sold by Arron in Shadowmoon Valley.
  • You need to be either neutral with both Scryers and Aldor OR alligned with the Scryers in order to purchase this pattern from the vendor. If you are alligned with Aldor, you can have someone that IS alligned with Scryers purchase it for you, or you can buy it off the auction house.
  • Level 370-375 – Arcanoweave Boots – Drops in Tempest Keep: The Mechanar.
  • The mob called Sunseeker Astromage drops this pattern. While it is possible to reach 375 tailoring by making Imbued Netherweave Tunics, that would require a lot of materials. Chances are you will want to farm The Mechanar for several different tailoring drops, this being one of them.

To get cloth which is the foundation items you will need in your tailoring recipes you will have to kill or loot humanoids.

You might also need these for the tailoring recipes – leather-from a skinner, some potions-from an alchemist and possibly gems-fishing,mining or monster drops. Remember all these can also be bought if you have enough gold from the Auction house .

One of the most popular profession combinations is Tailoring with Enchanting. They complement each other perfectly, as dust is needed for some special types of cloth, while disenchanting of the items made from Tailoring will ensure constant abundance of enchanting materials. These materials can either be used or sold for a profit. Leveling Enchanting without Tailoring is extremely difficult and expensive process.

Tailoring can earn quite a bit of gold at higher skill levels, it is easy to get, and you can use it for reputation gains. Bags sell for big time gold when you learn the ability to make the largest general bags and goes up again when you learn specialty bags.

The Ultimate Tailoring and Professions Guide

Penn’s WoW Professions guide includes detailed instructions for every WoW profession, including Tailoring. Learn how to powerlevel the Tailoring profession as quickly and cheaply as possible as well as what gold making opportunities are available. Grab your copy of penn’s guide.

WoW Alchemy Guide

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Alchemy is a very useful Word of Warcraft profession. Alchemy is a profession that takes a lot of patience to collect herbs or a lot of gold to buy herbs and materials to create your potions. Alchemy potions are in high demand for all sorts of PvP and raid content. When you can simply collect herbs and craft your favorite buffs for raids you’ll be a lot happier than when you had to depend on someone else to deliver you your supplies. You can also sell these pots on the Auction House to get gold for other phat loots.

If you are low on gold, I recommend you to try this Gold Making Guide, it can help you to make loads of gold. You also need to realize this is not a leveling guide, so if you are looking for a leveling guide, the best one is this 1-80 Leveling Guide.

Alchemy Guide

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:

  • 59 x Peacebloom
  • 59 x Silverleaf
  • 80 x Briarthorn
  • 30 x Bruiseweed
  • 15 x Mageroyal
  • 40 x Stranglekelp
  • 30 x Liferoot
  • 30 x Kingsblood
  • 45 x Goldthorn
  • 5 x Wild Steelbloom
  • 70 x Sungrass
  • 15 x Khadgar’s Whisker
  • 4 x Iron Bar
  • 1 Black Vitriol
  • 4 x Purple Lotus
  • 4 x Firebloom
  • 19 x Arthas’ Tears
  • 40 x Blindweed
  • 71 x Golden Sansam
  • 38 x Mountain Silversage
  • 38 x Felweed
  • 20 x Ragveil
  • 61 x Dreaming Glory
  • 10 x Netherbloom
  • 20 Talandra’s Rose
  • 63 Goldclover
  • 34 Tiger Lily
  • 24 Adder’s Tongue
  • 10 Icethorn
  • 40 Lichbloom
  • 10 Dark Jade
  • 10 Huge Citrine
  • 10 Eternal Fire

Vials

  • 74 x Empty Vial
  • 65 x Leaded Vial
  • 97 x Crystal Vial
  • 163 x Imbued Vial

1-60
Minor Healing Potion – 1 Peacebloom, 1 Silverleaf, 1 Empty Vial

60-105
Lesser Healing Potion – 1 Minor Healing Potion, 1 Briarthorn

105-110
Elixir of Wisdom – 1 Mageroyal – 2 Briarthorn – 1 Empty Vial

110-135
Healing Potion – 1 Bruiseweed, 1 Briarthorn, 1 Leaded Vial

135-155
Elixir of Defense – 1 Wild Steelbloom, 1 Stranglekelp, 1 Leaded Vial

155-175
Greater Healing Potion – 1 Liferoot, 1 Kingsblood, 1 Leaded Vial

175-195
Elixir of Fortitude – 1 Wild Steelbloom, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Leaded Vial

195-215
Elixir of Greater Defense – 1 Wild Steelbloom, 1 Goldthorn, 1 Leaded Vial

215-240
Superior Healing Potion – 1 Sungrass, 1 Khadgar’s Whisker, 1 Crystal Vial

240-260
Elixir of Greater Agility – 1 Goldthorn, 1 Sungrass, 1 Crystal Vial

260-275
Superior Mana Potion – 2 Blindweed, 2 Sungrass, 1 Crystal Vial

275-300
Major Healing Potion – 1 Mountain Silversage, 2 Golden Sansam, 1 Crystal Vial

300-315
Volatile Healing Potion – 1 Golden Sansam, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial

315-325
Unstable Mana Potion – 2 Ragveil, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial

325-335
Mad Alchemist’s Potion – 2 Ragveil, 1 Crystal Vial

335-340
Super Healing Potion – 2 Netherbloom, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial

340-350
Super Mana Potion – 2 Dreaming Glory, 1 Felweed, 1 Imbued Vial
Please Note:This is bought from Daga Ramba in Thunderlord Stronghold, Blades Edge Mountains for the Horde. And is sold by Haalrun and Noraani in Telredor, Zangarmarsh for the Alliance.

350-360
Resurgent Healing Potion – 2 Goldclover, 1 Imbued Vial

360-365
Icy Mana Potion – 2 Talandra’s Rose, 1 Imbued Vial

365-375
Spellpower Elixir – 1 Goldclover, 1 Tiger Lily, 1 Imbued Vial

375-380
Spellpower Elixir – 1 Goldclover, 1 Tiger Lily, 1 Imbued Vial

380-385
Potion of NIghtmares – 2 Talandra’s Rose, 1 Goldclover, 1 Imbued Vial

385-395
Elixir of Mighty Strength – 2 Tiger Lily, 1 Imbued Vial

395-415
Indestructible Potion – 2 Icethorn, 1 Imbued Vial

415-425
Runic Mana Potion – 2 Lichbloom, 1 Goldclover, 1 Imbued Vial

425-440
Transmute: Earthsiege Diamond – 1 Dark Jade, 1 Huge Citrine, 1 Eternal Fire

440-450
Craft high level flasks:

Flask of Endless Rage – 7 Lichbloom, 3 Goldclover, 1 Frost Lotus, 1 Enchanted Vial

Flask of Pure Mojo – 7 Icethorn, 3 Pygmy Oil, 1 Frost Lotus, 1 Enchanted Vial

Flask of the Stoneblood – 7 Lichbloom, 3 Crystallized Life, 1 Frost Lotus, 1 Enchanted Vial

Flask of the Frost Wyrm – 5 Icethorn, 5 Lichbloom, 1 Frost Lotus, 1 Enchanted Vial

Alchemy Leveling Guide

All alchemists will be inclined to customize their skill even further when they reach the end of the road on becoming skill level 450. Each alchemist will have the choice of specializing in one of four fields within alchemy – elixirs, potions, flasks or transmutations. Every field has its strengths, but you must keep in mind that you can only choose one. By specializing in a particular field, you have the ability to make more of that item with less materials.

Injectors are one of the most popular ways of using the health and mana potions, as they help in stocking up these potions in piles of 20 in place of the normal piles of 5. This proves advantageous for raiders who need to carry increased amounts of health and mana potions, by helping them to reduce their inventory space.

The lower levels of alchemy won’t make you a lot of gold right off, but don’t get discouraged. Once you reach level 35 and your alchemy skill is over 225, you’ll find that the potion recipes and oils that you can now make will sell a lot better on the auction house and the mats that you can gather at this point will also sell extremely well.

Leveling Alchemy is easier than it might seem, especially with the paths in this guide. I recommend leveling Herbalism as well, which I provide a detailed Herbalism guide with maps for levels 1-450. Otherwise grab this guide to fill up your WoW bank account with gold.