WoW Blacksmithing Guide

WoW 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

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