WoW Blacksmith Guide

If you want to start making your own weapons and armor, either for yourself or for profit, the profession of blacksmithing is a very lucrative one. So, lets get started with this WoW Blacksmithing Guide.

It is best combined with a secondary profession of mining, if you really want to save money, but it can also stand on its own. If you do decide to mine, you won’t have to worry about purchasing blocks of metal for your recipes. Many players decide to take this route since it is cheaper.

However, since mining does take a great deal of time, you may want to start off with just blacksmithing. You won’t need to purchase expensive metal bars until later in your profession and if you wish, you can start mining then.

Let’s take a look at how to easily master the profession of world of warcraft blacksmithing with the least amount of effort.

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Getting Started

First, you’re going to need to visit a trainer to get your apprenticeship. You can find these trainers in most large cities. If you’re having difficulty, just ask around with other players and you should be able to locate one without any trouble. You’re also going to need some basic items to get going.

To start off with you’re going to need coal, some grinding stones, different kinds of flux such as weak, strong or elemental and in some cases, materials such as gems or leather. For your first recipes though, you can just stick with the basics.

Once you have these items, you’ll need to get plans from your trainer to start making items. These plans will need to be purchased. If you don’t have enough money, you can quickly earn some gold by grinding to get all of the plans that you need. Or use this comprehensive Gold Guide. Now that you have your plans, you are ready to get started. In order to make any items, you’ll have to open your spellbook and click on Blacksmithing. It will give you the required recipes and walk you through the process of creating them.

Blacksmithing guide sections:

Blacksmithing Apprentice 1 - 75
Blacksmithing Journeyman 75 - 125
Blacksmithing Expert 125 - 210
Blacksmithing Artisan 210 - 275
Blacksmithing Master 275 - 350
Blacksmithing Grand Master 350 - 450

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
• 501 Saronite Bar
• 7 Titanium Bar
• 33 Eternal Earth
• 13 Eternal Shadow
• 13 Eternal Water

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Blacksmithing.

• 1 - 30
  33 x [Rough Sharpening Stones] - 33 Rough Stone

• 30 - 65
  Save 10 of these.

  50 x [Rough Grinding Stones] - 100 Rough Stone

• 65 - 75
  10 x [Copper Chain Belt] - 60 Copper Bar

Learn Blacksmithing Journeyman.

• 75 - 87

  Save these.

  12 x [Coarse Grinding Stones] - 24 Coarse Stones

• 87 - 100
  13 x [Runed Copper Belt] - 130 Copper Bar

• 100 - 105
  5 x [Silver Rod] - 5 Silver Bar, 10 Rough Grinding Stone

• 105 - 125
  20 x [Rough Bronze Leggings] - 120 Bronze Bar

Learn Blacksmithing Expert.

• 125 - 150
  50 x [Heavy Grinding Stone] - 150 Heavy Stone

  You should stop at 150 though if you reach that before making all 50, as the recipe goes grey at this point - then if you need all 50 later on make them at that point instead.

• 150 - 155
  5 x [Golden Rod] - 5 Gold Bar, 10 Coarse Grinding Stone

• 155 - 165
  10 x [Green Iron Leggings] - 80 Iron Bar, 10 Heavy Grinding Stone, 10 Green Dye

• 165 - 190
  25 x [Green Iron Bracers] - 150 Iron Bar, 25 Green Dye

• 190 - 200
  10 x [Golden Scale Bracers] - 50 Steel Bar, 20 Heavy Grinding Stone

Learn Blacksmithing Artisan.

• 200 - 205
  5 x [Truesilver Rod] - 5 TrueSilver Bar, 5 Heavy Grinding Stone

At skill level 200 and character level 40, Blacksmiths can choose to specialize as an Armorsmith or a Weaponsmith. Weaponsmiths can later further specialize into Hammer, Axe or Swordsmiths. All specialized armor and weapons are Bind on Pickup and can only be used by the blacksmith that made them. Most specialization recipes require difficult components, such as Primal Mights, Primal Nethers, and Nether Vortexes.

• 205 - 210

  Save these.

  15 x [Solid Grinding Stone] - 60 Solid Stone

• 210 - 225
  15 x [Heavy Mithril Gauntlet] - 90 Mithril Bar, 60 Mageweave Cloth

• 225 - 235
  10 x [Mithril Scale Bracers] - 80 Mithril Bar

• This recipe is sold by NPCs. There is around 30 minutes respawn rate for the recipe, if someone bought it before you. Make [Steel Plate Helm] if you do not want to wait for the recipe to respawn.

• 235 - 250
  Check AH, if you can see the Mithril Spurs recipe and it's not that expensive, buy it and make those until 255.

  15 x [Mithril Coif] - 150 Mithril Bar, 90 Mageweave Cloth

• 250 - 260
  20 x [Dense Sharpening Stones] - 20 Dense Stone

• 260 - 275

  15 x [Thorium Bracers] - 120 Thorium Bar

This is page 1 of 2 of our WoW Blacksmith Guide. In the next page you will get levels 275-450 and you'll learn secrets such as how to make money from Blacksmithing and more: World of Warcraft Blacksmith Guide (page 2)

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