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, Engineering and Jewelcrafting, which use those metals and gems.
What this profession is for
- Gather ore, stone and gems.
- Smelt ore into bars for Blacksmithing and Engineering, or to sell them.
Learning the profession
Mining is learned from a mining trainer. Each rank raises the profession's maximum skill and requires a minimum skill:
- 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.
- Master: up to 375.
Remember to visit your trainer as you approach your rank's limit: beyond it, your skill no longer increases.
In The Burning Crusade, every mining trainer in the capital cities teaches the Apprentice to Artisan ranks, from 1 to 300. The Master rank, from 300 to 375, is learned in Outland, from the master trainers shown in brackets.
Alliance
- Stormwind: Gelman Stonehand.
- Ironforge: Geofram Bouldertoe.
- The Exodar: Muaat.
- Hellfire Peninsula: Hurnak Grimmord (300 – 375), at Honor Hold.
Horde
- Orgrimmar: Makaru.
- Thunder Bluff: Brek Stonehoof.
- Undercity: Brom Killian.
- Silvermoon City: Belil.
- Hellfire Peninsula: Krugosh (300 – 375), at Thrallmar.
Guide 1 – 375
This guide takes you from 1 to 375. Up to 300, the route is the same as in Classic Era; beyond that, it goes through Outland. For each skill range: the ores to mine, then the zones where to find them. The number after an ore is the skill from which you can mine its vein or deposit.
You need a Mining PickVendor componentSold by vendors. in your bags: it is sold by trade supply vendors.
1 – 65
Mine Copper OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (1). Remember to learn the Journeyman rank at 50.
- Alliance: Elwynn Forest.
- Horde: Durotar, Mulgore, The Barrens.
65 – 125
Mine Tin OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (65) and Silver OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (75). Remember to learn the Expert rank at 125.
- Alliance: Redridge Mountains.
- Horde: The Barrens.
- Horde and Alliance: Ashenvale, Hillsbrad Foothills.
125 – 175
Mine Iron OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (125) and Gold OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (155).
- Horde and Alliance: Arathi Highlands, Stranglethorn Vale, Desolace.
175 – 230
Mine Mithril OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (175). Remember to learn the Artisan rank at 200.
- Horde and Alliance: Tanaris, The Hinterlands.
230 – 245
Mine Mithril OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. and Truesilver OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. (230).
- Horde and Alliance: Tanaris, The Hinterlands.
245 – 275
Mine Thorium OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. from Small Thorium Veins (245).
- Horde and Alliance: Un'Goro Crater, Silithus, Felwood.
275 – 300
Finish with Thorium OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. from Rich Thorium Veins (275).
- Horde and Alliance: Winterspring, Eastern Plaguelands.
300 – 325
Learn the Master rank from your faction's master trainer in Hellfire Peninsula. Then mine Fel Iron OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. from Fel Iron Deposits (300).
- Horde and Alliance: Hellfire Peninsula.
325 – 350
Mine Adamantite OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. from Adamantite Deposits (325), as well as Fel Iron OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house..
- Horde and Alliance: Zangarmarsh, Terokkar Forest.
350 – 375
Finish with Adamantite OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house. from Rich Adamantite Deposits (350). Regular Fel Iron and Adamantite Deposits also give points up to 375.
- Horde and Alliance: Nagrand, Netherstorm, Shadowmoon Valley.
Other Outland ores
- Khorium OreOreGathered with Mining or bought at the auction house.: from Khorium Veins, which are rarer and can only be mined from 375.
