Blacksmithing
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Blacksmithing
Overview
Blacksmithing is a primary crafting profession. It lets you craft weapons and mail and plate armor pieces.
It pairs naturally with Mining, which provides the metal it needs.
What this profession is for
- Craft weapons and mail and plate armor.
Learning the profession
Blacksmithing is learned from a blacksmithing trainer. Each rank raises the profession's maximum skill and requires a character level and a minimum skill:
- Apprentice: up to 75 skill, from level 5.
- Journeyman: up to 150, from 50 skill and level 10.
- Expert: up to 225, from 125 skill and level 20.
- Artisan: up to 300, from 200 skill and level 35.
Remember to visit your trainer as you approach your rank's limit: beyond it, your skill no longer increases.
In brackets, what each trainer teaches: 75 (Apprentice rank, from 0 to 75), 75 + (Journeyman rank, from 75 to 150), 150 + (Expert rank, from 150 to 225), 225 + (Artisan rank, from 225 to 300).
Alliance
- Stormwind City: Dane Lindgren (75) and Therum Deepforge (75 +).
- Ironforge: Groum Stonebeard (75), Rotgath Stonebeard (75 +) and Bengus Deepforge (150 +).
- Duskwood: Clarise Gnarltree (75 +).
Horde
- Orgrimmar: Ug'thok (75), Snarl (75 +) and Saru Steelfury (150 +).
- Thunder Bluff: Thrag Stonehoof (75) and Karn Stonehoof (75 +).
- Undercity: Basil Frye (75) and James Van Brunt (75 +).
- The Barrens: Traugh (75 +).
Neutral
- Stranglethorn Vale: Brikk Keencraft (225 +), in Booty Bay.
Guide 1 – 300
This guide takes you from 1 to 300. It mostly uses recipes taught by trainers; three plans are obtained another way, noted below. Quantities are estimates: once a recipe is no longer orange, you sometimes need to craft a few more.
Required components
- Rough StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 140
- Coarse StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 140
- Silver BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 7
- Bronze BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 120
- Heavy StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 210
- Gold BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 7
- Iron BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 230
- Green DyeVendor componentSold by vendors.: 35
- Steel BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 365
- Solid StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 620
- Mithril BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 180
- Dense StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: 30
- Thorium BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house.: 730
- Star RubyGem or pearlBought at the auction house.: 30
- AquamarineGem or pearlBought at the auction house.: 5
Stones and the ore for bars are gathered with Mining, or bought at the auction house. Green Dye is sold by tailoring and leatherworking suppliers.
1 – 25
Start with Rough Sharpening Stones.
- Rough Sharpening StoneCrafted itemKnown as soon as you learn the profession. (30): Rough StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (30).
25 – 65
Craft Rough Grinding Stones and keep 7 of them: they are used around 100. At 50, go back to your trainer to learn the Journeyman rank.
- Rough Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 25 skill. (55): Rough StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (110).
65 – 75
Move on to Coarse Sharpening Stones.
- Coarse Sharpening StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 65 skill. (20): Coarse StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (20).
75 – 100
Craft Coarse Grinding Stones: the recipe turns green around 87.
- Coarse Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 75 skill. (60): Coarse StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (120).
100 – 105
Craft a few Silver Skeleton Keys.
- Silver Skeleton KeyCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 100 skill. (7): Silver BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (7), Rough Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 25 skill. (7).
105 – 125
Here are the first armor pieces. At 125, go back to a trainer to learn the Expert rank, from Saru Steelfury (Orgrimmar) or Bengus Deepforge (Ironforge).
- Rough Bronze LeggingsCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 105 skill. (20): Bronze BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (120).
125 – 150
Craft Heavy Grinding Stones and keep them: they are used up to 215. The recipe turns green around 137.
- Heavy Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 125 skill. (70): Heavy StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (210).
150 – 155
Craft a few Golden Skeleton Keys.
- Golden Skeleton KeyCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 150 skill. (7): Gold BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (7), Heavy Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 125 skill. (7).
155 – 165
Craft about ten Green Iron Leggings.
- Green Iron LeggingsCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 155 skill. (10): Iron BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (80), Heavy Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 125 skill. (10), Green DyeVendor componentSold by vendors. (10).
165 – 190
Move on to Green Iron Bracers.
- Green Iron BracersCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 165 skill. (25): Iron BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (150), Green DyeVendor componentSold by vendors. (25).
190 – 200
Craft Golden Scale Bracers.
- Golden Scale BracersCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 185 skill. (10): Steel BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (50), Heavy Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 125 skill. (20).
200 – 210
At 200, go back to a trainer to learn the Artisan rank, from Brikk Keencraft (Booty Bay). Then craft 155 Solid Grinding Stones: skill-ups stop around 210, but the rest are used for helms and spurs.
- Solid Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 200 skill. (155): Solid StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (620).
210 – 215
Go back to Golden Scale Bracers.
- Golden Scale BracersCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 185 skill. (7): Steel BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (35), Heavy Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 125 skill. (14).
215 – 235
Craft Steel Plate Helms.
- Steel Plate HelmCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 215 skill. (20): Steel BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (280), Solid Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 200 skill. (20).
235 – 250
The Mithril Spurs plans are not taught by trainers: they drop from monsters, or can be bought at the auction house.
- Mithril SpursCrafted itemRecipe found on monsters at 235 skill. (15): Mithril BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (60), Solid Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 200 skill. (45).
250 – 260
Craft Dense Sharpening Stones.
- Dense Sharpening StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 250 skill. (30): Dense StoneStoneGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (30).
260 – 270
Go back to Mithril Spurs.
- Mithril SpursCrafted itemRecipe found on monsters at 235 skill. (30): Mithril BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (120), Solid Grinding StoneCrafted itemRecipe learned from the trainer at 200 skill. (90).
270 – 295
The Imperial Plate Bracers plans come from a quest given by Derotain Mudsipper, in Tanaris, which requires 20 Thorium Bars.
- Imperial Plate BracersCrafted itemRecipe obtained from a quest at 270 skill. (25): Thorium BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (500), Star RubyGem or pearlBought at the auction house. (25).
295 – 300
The Imperial Plate Boots plans come from another quest given by Derotain Mudsipper, which requires 40 Thorium Bars.
- Imperial Plate BootsCrafted itemRecipe obtained from a quest at 295 skill. (5): Thorium BarMetal barSmelted from ore with Mining, or bought at the auction house. (170), Star RubyGem or pearlBought at the auction house. (5), AquamarineGem or pearlBought at the auction house. (5).
