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WoW Forever Blacksmithing Leveling Guide 1-300

Make mostly Rough Sharpening Stone, Rough Bronze Leggings, Golden Scale Bracers and Blessed Plate Bracers, about 332 to 395 crafts, and train Journeyman at 75, Expert at 150 and Artisan at 225. To level Blacksmithing from 1 to 300 in WoW Forever, make mostly Rough Sharpening Stone for Apprentice, Rough Bronze Leggings for Journeyman, Golden Scale Bracers for Expert and Blessed Plate Bracers for Artisan (if you find the recipe). Plan on about 332 to 395 crafts, plus about 44 to 148 crafts for parts you make first, mostly from Thorium Bar and Bronze Bar, so Mining pairs well with it. Train Journeyman at 75, Expert at 150 and Artisan at 225.

Skill-up colors (est.)

  • Orangealways gives a point
  • Yellowusually gives a point
  • Greengives a point less and less often; the point where green starts is approximate
  • Greygives no points

Where to train Blacksmithing

Craft counts and skill-up colors are estimates; 6 recipe items have no known source in WoW Forever yet.

Blacksmithing 1 to 300, rank by rank

Each rank lists the materials to get, then every step in order. No step needs a specialization, and every count is approximate.

Blacksmithing 1 to 75: Apprentice

Make Rough Sharpening Stone and Copper Chain Pants

Materials for this rank

From a profession

  • 180 Copper Barmade with Mining (Smelt Copper), or trade for it
  • 65 Rough Stonefrom Mining

About 245 items in all

Before you start

Learn
Apprentice Blacksmithing (from a Blacksmithing trainer)
Carry
  • Blacksmith Hammersold by trade supply vendors in the original game
Work at
Any anvil (cities and towns usually have one in the original game)
Materials
Stone and metal come from Mining.
Good to know
Trainer and vendor sources on this page are assumed until seen in WoW Forever.
  1. Step 1
    Skill 1-44Rough Sharpening Stoneabout 65 craftsSkill-up color (est.): OrangeYellowat 15Greenat 35
    Needs
    • 65 Rough Stonefrom Mining
    Stop at
    44. After that, under half of crafts give a point (est.)
  2. Step 2
    Skill 44-75Copper Chain Pantsabout 45 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): OrangeYellowat 50Greenat 70
    Needs
    • 180 Copper Barmade with Mining (Smelt Copper), or trade for it
    Learn first
    Copper Chain Pants (trainer)
    Stop at
    75, then train Journeyman Blacksmithing
Every step from 1 to 300

Blacksmithing 75 to 150: Journeyman

Make Bronze Mace, Rough Bronze Leggings and Silvered Bronze Gauntlets

Train Journeyman Blacksmithing at 75Your skill stops at 75 until you train.

Materials for this rank

Buy it

  • 80 Weak Fluxvendor

From a profession

  • 558 Bronze Barmade with Mining (Smelt Bronze), or trade for it
  • 48 Coarse Stonefrom Mining
  • 20 Medium Leatherfrom Skinning
  • 12 Silver Barmade with Mining (Smelt Silver), or trade for it

About 718 items in all

  1. Step 1
    Skill 75Train Journeyman BlacksmithingWhere: A Blacksmithing trainerMust do
    Why
    Your skill stops at 75 until you train. After that it can reach 150.
  2. Step 2
    Skill 75-95Bronze Maceabout 20 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): Orangeuntil 115
    Needs
    • 120 Bronze Barmade with Mining (Smelt Bronze), or trade for it
    • 80 Weak Fluxvendor
    • 20 Medium Leatherfrom Skinning
    Learn first
    Bronze Mace (trainer)
    Stop at
    95. After that, the next step costs less (est.)
  3. Step 3
    Skill 95-140Rough Bronze Leggingsabout 57 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): OrangeYellowat 120Greenat 135
    Needs
    • 342 Bronze Barmade with Mining (Smelt Bronze), or trade for it
    Learn first
    Rough Bronze Leggings (trainer)
    Stop at
    140. After that, under half of crafts give a point (est.)
  4. Step 4
    Skill 140-150Silvered Bronze Gauntletsabout 12 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): Yellowuntil 155
    Needs
    • 48 Coarse Stonemake into 24 Coarse Grinding Stoneabout 24 crafts
    • 96 Bronze Barmade with Mining (Smelt Bronze), or trade for it
    • 12 Silver Barmade with Mining (Smelt Silver), or trade for it
    Learn first
    Silvered Bronze Gauntlets (trainer)
    Stop at
    150, then train Expert Blacksmithing

Good to know

  • From 140 you can make your own Anvil for camp (Blueprint: Anvil, where to get it not confirmed yet).
Every step from 1 to 300

Blacksmithing 150 to 225: Expert

Make Silvered Bronze Gauntlets, Bronze Warhammer and Green Iron Bracers, and 5 more

Train Expert Blacksmithing at 150Your skill stops at 150 until you train.

Materials for this rank

Farm it

  • 24 Mageweave Clothdrops from humanoids

Buy it

  • 13 Green Dyevendor
  • 12 Strong Fluxvendor

From a profession

  • 284 Mithril Barmade with Mining (Smelt Mithril), or trade for it
  • 168 Bronze Barmade with Mining (Smelt Bronze), or trade for it
  • 140 Solid Stonefrom Mining
  • 132 Heavy Stonefrom Mining
  • 110 Steel Barmade with Mining (Smelt Steel), or trade for it
  • 78 Iron Barmade with Mining (Smelt Iron), or trade for it
  • 36 Coarse Stonefrom Mining
  • 12 Medium Leatherfrom Skinning
  • 11 Truesilver Barmade with Mining (Smelt Truesilver), or trade for it
  • 9 Silver Barmade with Mining (Smelt Silver), or trade for it

About 1,029 items in all

  1. Step 1
    Skill 150Train Expert BlacksmithingWhere: A Blacksmithing trainerMust do
    Why
    Your skill stops at 150 until you train. After that it can reach 225.
  2. Step 2
    Skill 150-155Silvered Bronze Gauntletsabout 9 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): Yellowuntil 155
    Needs
    • 36 Coarse Stonemake into 18 Coarse Grinding Stoneabout 18 crafts
    • 72 Bronze Barmade with Mining (Smelt Bronze), or trade for it
    • 9 Silver Barmade with Mining (Smelt Silver), or trade for it
    Stop at
    155. After that, the next step costs less (est.)
  3. Step 3
    Skill 155-165Bronze Warhammerabout 12 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): Yellowuntil 170
    Needs
    • 96 Bronze Barmade with Mining (Smelt Bronze), or trade for it
    • 12 Strong Fluxvendor
    • 12 Medium Leatherfrom Skinning
    Learn first
    Bronze Warhammer (trainer)
    Stop at
    165. After that, the next step costs less (est.)
  4. Step 4
    Skill 165-175Green Iron Bracersabout 13 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): Yellowuntil 177
    Needs
    • 78 Iron Barmade with Mining (Smelt Iron), or trade for it
    • 13 Green Dyevendor
    Learn first
    Green Iron Bracers (trainer)
    Stop at
    175. After that, the next step costs less (est.)
  5. Step 5
    Skill 175-186Truesilver Skeleton Keyabout 11 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): YellowGreenat 185
    Needs
    • 44 Solid Stonemake into 11 Solid Grinding Stoneabout 11 crafts
    • 11 Truesilver Barmade with Mining (Smelt Truesilver), or trade for it
    Learn first
    Truesilver Skeleton Key (trainer)
    Stop at
    186. After that, under half of crafts give a point (est.)
    Good to know
    Makes 2 per craft.
  6. Step 6
    Skill 186-200Golden Scale Bracersabout 22 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): YellowGreenat 197
    Needs
    • 132 Heavy Stonemake into 44 Heavy Grinding Stoneabout 44 crafts
    • 110 Steel Barmade with Mining (Smelt Steel), or trade for it
    Learn first
    Golden Scale Bracers (trainer)
    Stop at
    200. After that, under half of crafts give a point (est.)
  7. Step 7
    Skill 200-205Heavy Mithril Gauntletabout 6 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): Yellowuntil 210
    Needs
    • 36 Mithril Barmade with Mining (Smelt Mithril), or trade for it
    • 24 Mageweave Clothdrops from humanoids
    Learn first
    Heavy Mithril Gauntlet (trainer)
    Stop at
    205. After that, the next step costs less (est.)
  8. Step 8
    Skill 205-217Mithril Plate Pantsabout 18 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): YellowGreenat 215
    Needs
    • 216 Mithril Barmade with Mining (Smelt Mithril), or trade for it
    Learn first
    Mithril Plate Pants (trainer)
    Stop at
    217. After that, under half of crafts give a point (est.)
    Good to know
    Was Mithril Scale Pants.
  9. Step 9
    Skill 217-225Mithril Spursabout 8 craftsWhere: Any AnvilRecipe itemSkill-up color (est.): Orangeuntil 230
    Needs
    • 96 Solid Stonemake into 24 Solid Grinding Stoneabout 24 crafts
    • 32 Mithril Barmade with Mining (Smelt Mithril), or trade for it
    Learn first
    • Plans: Mithril Spursrecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet; usable from skill 210
    No recipe item?
    Make Mithril Plate Pants from 217 to 220 (about 9 crafts); then make Steel Plate Helm from 220 to 225 (about 13 crafts).
    Stop at
    225, then train Artisan Blacksmithing

Good to know

  • Recipes that need a specialization (Weaponsmith, Armorsmith, Master Swordsmith, Master Hammersmith and Master Axesmith) are left out of this route.
Every step from 1 to 300

Blacksmithing 225 to 300: Artisan

Make Heavy Mithril Breastplate, Dense Weightstone and Heavy Mithril Boots, and 5 more

Train Artisan Blacksmithing at 225Your skill stops at 225 until you train.

Materials for this rank

From a profession

  • 986 Thorium Barmade with Mining (Smelt Thorium), or trade for it
  • 390 Mithril Barmade with Mining (Smelt Mithril), or trade for it
  • 84 Thick Leatherfrom Skinning
  • 84 Rugged Leatherfrom Skinning
  • 80 Solid Stonefrom Mining
  • 39 Blue Sapphirefrom Mining veins (original game)
  • 20 Purple Lotusfrom Herbalism
  • 12 Dense Stonefrom Mining
  • 7 Iron Barmade with Mining (Smelt Iron), or trade for it

Source not known yet

  • 36 Red Power Crystalfound in Un'Goro Crater (original game)
  • 20 Blue Power Crystalfound in Un'Goro Crater (original game)

About 1,758 items in all

  1. Step 1
    Skill 225Train Artisan BlacksmithingWhere: A Blacksmithing trainerMust do
    Why
    Your skill stops at 225 until you train. After that it can reach 300.
  2. Step 2
    Skill 225-230Heavy Mithril Breastplateabout 6 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): Yellowuntil 235
    Needs
    • 96 Mithril Barmade with Mining (Smelt Mithril), or trade for it
    Learn first
    Heavy Mithril Breastplate (trainer)
    Stop at
    230. After that, the next step costs less (est.)
  3. Step 3
    Skill 230-235Dense Weightstoneabout 12 craftsSkill-up color (est.): YellowGreenat 232
    Needs
    • 12 Dense Stonefrom Mining
    Learn first
    Dense Weightstone (trainer)
    Stop at
    235. After that, under half of crafts give a point (est.)
  4. Step 4
    Skill 235-245Heavy Mithril Bootsabout 21 craftsWhere: Any AnvilSkill-up color (est.): YellowGreenat 240
    Needs
    • 294 Mithril Barmade with Mining (Smelt Mithril), or trade for it
    • 84 Thick Leatherfrom Skinning
    Learn first
    Heavy Mithril Boots (trainer)
    Stop at
    245. After that, under half of crafts give a point (est.)
  5. Step 5
    Skill 245-250Thorium Bracersabout 5 craftsWhere: Any AnvilRecipe itemSkill-up color (est.): Orangeuntil 250
    Needs
    • 60 Thorium Barmade with Mining (Smelt Thorium), or trade for it
    • 20 Blue Power Crystalfound in Un'Goro Crater (original game)
    Learn first
    • Plans: Thorium Bracersrecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet; usable from skill 230
    No recipe item?
    Make Heavy Mithril Boots from 245 to 250 (about 46 crafts).
    Stop at
    250. After that, the next step costs less (est.)
  6. Step 6
    Skill 250-255Sentinel's Glovesabout 5 craftsWhere: Any AnvilRecipe itemSkill-up color (est.): Orangeuntil 255
    Needs
    • 80 Solid Stonemake into 20 Solid Grinding Stoneabout 20 crafts
    • 40 Thorium Barmade with Mining (Smelt Thorium), or trade for it
    • 20 Purple Lotusfrom Herbalism
    Learn first
    • Plans: Sentinel's Glovesrecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet; usable from skill 250
    No recipe item?
    Make Arcanite Skeleton Key from 250 to 255 (about 7 crafts).
    Stop at
    255. After that, under half of crafts give a point (est.)
    Good to know
    New in WoW Forever.
  7. Step 7
    Skill 255-279Blessed Plate Bracersabout 25 craftsWhere: Any AnvilRecipe itemSkill-up color (est.): OrangeYellowat 275
    Needs
    • 400 Thorium Barmade with Mining (Smelt Thorium), or trade for it
    • 25 Blue Sapphirefrom Mining veins (original game)
    Learn first
    • Plans: Blessed Plate Bracersrecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet; usable from skill 255
    No recipe item?
    Make Arcanite Skeleton Key from 255 to 260 (about 23 crafts); then no trainer recipe gives a point from 260 to 279 (est.)
    Stop at
    279. After that, the next step costs less (est.)
    Good to know
    New in WoW Forever.
  8. Step 8
    Skill 279-292Blessed Plate Beltabout 14 craftsWhere: Any AnvilRecipe itemSkill-up color (est.): OrangeYellowat 290
    Needs
    • 7 Iron Barmake into 14 Iron Buckleabout 7 crafts
    • 252 Thorium Barmade with Mining (Smelt Thorium), or trade for it
    • 14 Blue Sapphirefrom Mining veins (original game)
    • 84 Rugged Leatherfrom Skinning
    Learn first
    • Plans: Blessed Plate Beltrecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet; usable from skill 270
    No recipe item?
    No trainer recipe gives a point from 279 to 292 (est.)
    Stop at
    292. After that, the next step costs less (est.)
    Good to know
    New in WoW Forever.
  9. Step 9
    Skill 292-300Thorium Leggingsabout 9 craftsWhere: Any AnvilRecipe itemSkill-up color (est.): OrangeYellowat 295
    Needs
    • 234 Thorium Barmade with Mining (Smelt Thorium), or trade for it
    • 36 Red Power Crystalfound in Un'Goro Crater (original game)
    Learn first
    • Plans: Thorium Leggingsrecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet; usable from skill 275
    No recipe item?
    No trainer recipe gives a point from 292 to 300 (est.)

300Done: 300 is the highest Blacksmithing skill

Good to know

  • Blue Power Crystal (from 245) and Red Power Crystal (from 292) are needed. In the original game they are found in Un'Goro Crater; WoW Forever may differ, so get them before you reach 245.
Every step from 1 to 300
Every step at a glance

About 395 Blacksmithing crafts at the upper end of the estimate, plus about 148 crafts for parts you make first.

Blacksmithing steps 1 to 300
SkillRecipeCrafts (estimate)
1-44Rough Sharpening Stone65
44-75Copper Chain Pants45
75Train Journeyman: your skill stops at 75 until you train. After that it can reach 150.
75-95Bronze Mace20
95-140Rough Bronze Leggings57
140-150Silvered Bronze Gauntlets12
150Train Expert: your skill stops at 150 until you train. After that it can reach 225.
150-155Silvered Bronze Gauntlets9
155-165Bronze Warhammer12
165-175Green Iron Bracers13
175-186Truesilver Skeleton KeyMakes 2 per craft11
186-200Golden Scale Bracers22
200-205Heavy Mithril Gauntlet6
205-217Mithril Plate PantsWas Mithril Scale Pants18
217-225Mithril SpursRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet8
225Train Artisan: your skill stops at 225 until you train. After that it can reach 300.
225-230Heavy Mithril Breastplate6
230-235Dense Weightstone12
235-245Heavy Mithril Boots21
245-250Thorium BracersRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet5
250-255Sentinel's GlovesNew in WoW ForeverRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet5
255-279Blessed Plate BracersNew in WoW ForeverRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet25
279-292Blessed Plate BeltNew in WoW ForeverRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet14
292-300Thorium LeggingsRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet9
  1. 1-44
    Recipe
    Rough Sharpening Stone
    Crafts (estimate)
    65
  2. 44-75
    Recipe
    Copper Chain Pants
    Crafts (estimate)
    45
  3. 75Train Journeyman: your skill stops at 75 until you train. After that it can reach 150.
  4. 75-95
    Recipe
    Bronze Mace
    Crafts (estimate)
    20
  5. 95-140
    Recipe
    Rough Bronze Leggings
    Crafts (estimate)
    57
  6. 140-150
    Recipe
    Silvered Bronze Gauntlets
    Crafts (estimate)
    12
  7. 150Train Expert: your skill stops at 150 until you train. After that it can reach 225.
  8. 150-155
    Recipe
    Silvered Bronze Gauntlets
    Crafts (estimate)
    9
  9. 155-165
    Recipe
    Bronze Warhammer
    Crafts (estimate)
    12
  10. 165-175
    Recipe
    Green Iron Bracers
    Crafts (estimate)
    13
  11. 175-186
    Recipe
    Truesilver Skeleton KeyMakes 2 per craft
    Crafts (estimate)
    11
  12. 186-200
    Recipe
    Golden Scale Bracers
    Crafts (estimate)
    22
  13. 200-205
    Recipe
    Heavy Mithril Gauntlet
    Crafts (estimate)
    6
  14. 205-217
    Recipe
    Mithril Plate PantsWas Mithril Scale Pants
    Crafts (estimate)
    18
  15. 217-225
    Recipe
    Mithril SpursRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet
    Crafts (estimate)
    8
  16. 225Train Artisan: your skill stops at 225 until you train. After that it can reach 300.
  17. 225-230
    Recipe
    Heavy Mithril Breastplate
    Crafts (estimate)
    6
  18. 230-235
    Recipe
    Dense Weightstone
    Crafts (estimate)
    12
  19. 235-245
    Recipe
    Heavy Mithril Boots
    Crafts (estimate)
    21
  20. 245-250
    Recipe
    Thorium BracersRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet
    Crafts (estimate)
    5
  21. 250-255
    Recipe
    Sentinel's GlovesNew in WoW ForeverRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet
    Crafts (estimate)
    5
  22. 255-279
    Recipe
    Blessed Plate BracersNew in WoW ForeverRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet
    Crafts (estimate)
    25
  23. 279-292
    Recipe
    Blessed Plate BeltNew in WoW ForeverRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet
    Crafts (estimate)
    14
  24. 292-300
    Recipe
    Thorium LeggingsRecipe item, where to get it not confirmed yet
    Crafts (estimate)
    9

Good to know

  • Mithril Spurs, Thorium Bracers, Sentinel's Gloves, Blessed Plate Bracers, Blessed Plate Belt and Thorium Leggings come from recipe items whose source is not confirmed yet. Each of those steps lists trainer recipes to make instead, where there are any.
  • Bars are most of the cost. Smelt your own with Mining, or trade for them.

Shield spikes from Blacksmithing enchant a shield. See the WoW Forever enchants you can use without Enchanting

Blacksmithing shopping list

Everything you need from 1 to 300 if you take the upper end of the craft range. Each rank section above lists the materials for that rank.

Total

  • Thorium Barmade with Mining (Smelt Thorium), or trade for it986
  • Bronze Barmade with Mining (Smelt Bronze), or trade for it726
  • Mithril Barmade with Mining (Smelt Mithril), or trade for it674
  • Solid Stonefrom Mining220
  • Copper Barmade with Mining (Smelt Copper), or trade for it180
  • Heavy Stonefrom Mining132
  • Steel Barmade with Mining (Smelt Steel), or trade for it110
  • Iron Barmade with Mining (Smelt Iron), or trade for it85
  • Coarse Stonefrom Mining84
  • Thick Leatherfrom Skinning84
  • Rugged Leatherfrom Skinning84
  • Weak Fluxvendor80
  • Rough Stonefrom Mining65
  • Blue Sapphirefrom Mining veins (original game)39
  • Red Power Crystalfound in Un'Goro Crater (original game)36
  • Medium Leatherfrom Skinning32
  • Mageweave Clothdrops from humanoids24
  • Silver Barmade with Mining (Smelt Silver), or trade for it21
  • Purple Lotusfrom Herbalism20
  • Blue Power Crystalfound in Un'Goro Crater (original game)20
  • Green Dyevendor13
  • Strong Fluxvendor12
  • Dense Stonefrom Mining12
  • Truesilver Barmade with Mining (Smelt Truesilver), or trade for it11

3,750 items in all, at the upper end of the craft range

Train Journeyman, Expert and Artisan Blacksmithing

Your skill stops at 75, 150 and 225 until you train the next rank; the level and gold each rank needs are not confirmed yet.

RankSkillHow to get it
ApprenticeUp to 75Learn it from a Blacksmithing trainer
JourneymanUp to 150Train at 75, from a Blacksmithing trainer
ExpertUp to 225Train at 150, from a Blacksmithing trainer
ArtisanUp to 300Train at 225, from a Blacksmithing trainer

Where to train Blacksmithing

Trainers tagged Confirmed are in WoW Forever. The others are from the original game, not yet confirmed in WoW Forever

Horde

Orgrimmar map with the Blacksmithing trainers Saru Steelfury, Snarl and Ug'thok pinned and named, from the original game
OrgrimmarTrainers, confirmed in WoW Forever
  1. 1Saru Steelfury (Apprentice, Journeyman and Expert) Confirmed
  2. 2Snarl (Apprentice and Journeyman) Confirmed
  3. 3Ug'thok (Apprentice) Confirmed
Stranglethorn Vale map with the Blacksmithing trainer Brikk Keencraft pinned and named, from the original game
Stranglethorn ValeTrainers, original game
  1. 1Brikk Keencraft (Apprentice, Journeyman, Expert and Artisan)

Alliance

Ironforge map with the Blacksmithing trainers Bengus Deepforge, Rotgath Stonebeard and Groum Stonebeard pinned and named, from the original game
IronforgeTrainers, original game
  1. 1Bengus Deepforge (Apprentice, Journeyman and Expert)
  2. 2Rotgath Stonebeard (Apprentice and Journeyman)
  3. 3Groum Stonebeard (Apprentice)
Stranglethorn Vale map with the Blacksmithing trainer Brikk Keencraft pinned and named, from the original game
Stranglethorn ValeTrainers, original game
  1. 1Brikk Keencraft (Apprentice, Journeyman, Expert and Artisan)

What WoW Forever changed for Blacksmithing

What is new or different from the original game.

Compared with the original game, WoW Forever adds a large set of new Blacksmithing recipes and moves the skill points of many old ones.

  • 194new recipes

    194 recipes are new, including Copper Rod, Veteran's Gloves, Officer's Belt and Sentinel's Sabatons.

  • 4renamed recipes

    4 recipes were renamed: the Mithril Scale pieces are now Mithril Plate Pants, Bracers, Gloves and Shoulders.

  • 184recipes with new yellow and grey points

    184 recipes have new yellow and grey points.

    • Sharpening Wheel
    • Anvil
    • Master Forge

    Blacksmithing has three camp features to build: Sharpening Wheel, Anvil and Master Forge.

Sources: WoW Forever game data, build 1.60.1.70888. Craft counts and green colors are estimates.