Mining
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Mining
Overview
Mining is a primary gathering profession. It lets you extract ore, stone and gems, and smelt ore into bars.
It pairs naturally with Blacksmithing and Engineering, which use those metals.
What this profession is for
- Gather ore, stone and gems.
- Smelt ore into bars for Blacksmithing and Engineering, or to sell them.
- Gather more materials with the Bountiful Harvest legacy talent.
- Place a Lodestone at the camp, which increases melee attack power.
Learning the profession
Mining is learned from a mining trainer. Each rank raises the profession's maximum skill and requires a minimum skill, with no character level:
- Apprentice: up to 75 skill.
- Journeyman: up to 150, from 50 skill.
- Expert: up to 225, from 125 skill.
- Artisan: up to 300, from 200 skill.
Remember to visit your trainer as you approach your rank's limit: beyond it, your skill no longer increases.
All these trainers teach the 4 ranks, up to Artisan.
There is no mining trainer in Darnassus.
Alliance
- Stormwind City: Gelman Stonehand.
- Ironforge: Geofram Bouldertoe.
- Dun Morogh: Dank Drizzlecut and Yarr Hammerstone.
- Loch Modan: Brock Stoneseeker.
- Darkshore: Kurdram Stonehammer.
- Duskwood: Matt Johnson.
Horde
- Orgrimmar: Makaru.
- Thunder Bluff: Brek Stonehoof.
- Undercity: Brom Killian.
- Durotar: Krunn.
- Silverpine Forest: Johan Focht.
Neutral
- Zephras Isle (Skyborne): Messana Crestwind in Shen'dar, Halavuul Cragwind in Valanaar.
- Tanaris: Pikkle.
- Riverglades: Grungle.
Guide 1 – 300
This guide takes you to 300, the maximum skill in WoW Forever. For each skill range: the ores to gather, then the zones where to find them, on the Alliance side and on the Horde side. The number after an ore is the skill from which you can mine its vein.
You need a Mining PickVendor componentSold by vendors. in your bags: it is sold by trade goods vendors.
1 – 65
Mine Copper OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (1). Any starting zone will do. Before 75, learn the Journeyman rank from your trainer (from 50 skill).
- Alliance: Dun Morogh, Elwynn Forest, Zephras Isle.
- Horde: Durotar, Mulgore, Tirisfal Glades, Zephras Isle.
65 – 125
Mine Copper OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house., Tin OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (65) and Silver OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (75).
- Alliance: Ashenvale, Redridge Mountains, Thousand Needles.
- Horde: The Barrens, Ashenvale, Redridge Mountains, Thousand Needles.
125 – 175
Mine Tin OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house., Silver OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house., Iron OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (125) and Gold OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (155). Before 150, learn the Expert rank from your trainer (from 125 skill).
- Alliance and Horde: Arathi Highlands, Desolace, Stranglethorn Vale, Thousand Needles.
175 – 225
Mine Gold OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. and Mithril OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (175).
- Alliance and Horde: Azshara, Tanaris, The Hinterlands.
225 – 245
Before 225, learn the Artisan rank from a trainer (from 200 skill). Keep mining Mithril OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house., and add Truesilver OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (230).
- Alliance and Horde: Tanaris, The Hinterlands.
245 – 275
Mine Thorium OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. from Small Thorium Veins (245).
- Alliance and Horde: Un'Goro Crater, Felwood.
275 – 300
Finish with Rich Thorium Veins (275), which also give Thorium OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house..
- Alliance and Horde: Winterspring, Eastern Plaguelands, Burning Steppes.
