Mining 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.
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