This Classic WoW Blacksmithing Leveling Guide will show you the fastest and easiest way to level your Blacksmithing skill up from 1 to 300.
Blacksmithing uses a lot of ores, so I recommend leveling this profession together with Miningbecause you will need a lot of gold if you want to buy everything from the Auction House. Check out my ClassicMining leveling guide 1-300 if you want to level Mining.
I recommend trying Zygor's 1-60 Leveling Guide if you are still leveling your character or just starting a new alt. It will help you to reach level 60 a lot faster.
Blacksmithing guide sections:
- Materials Required
- Blacksmithing Trainers
- Apprentice #1-75
- Journeyman #75-125
- Expert #125-225
- Artisan #225-300
- Blacksmithing Specializations
Approximate Materials Required:
- 150x Rough Stone
- 150x Copper Bar
- 95x Coarse Stone
- 5x Silver Bar
- 140x Bronze Bar
- 105x Heavy Stone
- 5x Gold Bar
- 230x Iron Bar
- 35x Green Dye - Sold by Tailoring and Leatherworking supply vendors
- 190x Steel Bar - Made from 190Iron Bar+ 190 Coal if you have Mining. The Blacksmithing Supply vendor sells the Coal.
- 520x Solid Stone- If you can't get the Plans: Mithril Spurs from the Auction House, you will only need 120 Solid Stone, but depending on which recipes you can get, you will need more Mithril, Thorium, or Leathers. You can check the 260-270 part for more details.
- 60x Mageweave Cloth(you will need another 90x if you can't get the Mithril Spurs recipe)
- 250x Mithril Bar
- 20x Dense Stone
- 730x Thorium Bar
- 30x Star Ruby
- 5x Aquamarine
If you have Mining and want to farm the ores, please see my farming guides:
Copper Ore farming Tin Ore farming Iron Ore farming Mithril Ore farming Thorium Ore farming
Playing Cataclysm Classic?
Use my Cataclysm Blacksmithing leveling Guide instead. There are changes to trainers and recipes, so you should use the Cataclysm guide for the 1-300 part.
Classic Blacksmithing Trainers
You can learn Classic Blacksmithing from any of these NPCs below, but you have to reach level 5 before you can learn it.
Just click on any of these links below to see the trainer's exact location. You can also walk up to a guard in any city and ask where the Blacksmithing trainer is, then it will be marked with a red flag on your map.
Horde trainers:
- Ug'thok in Orgrimmar.
- Basil Frye in Undercity.
- Thrag Stonehoof in Thunder Bluff
- Dwukk in Durotar.
Alliance trainers:
- Groum Stonebeard in Ironforge.
- Dane Lindgren in Stormwind City.
- Delfrum Flintbeard in Darkshore
- Smith Argus in Elwyn Forest.
- Tognus Flintfire in Dun Morogh.
Leveling Classic Blacksmithing
1 - 75
- 1 - 30
40x Rough Sharpening Stone - 40 Rough Stone
- 30 - 65
55x Rough Grinding Stone - 110 Rough StoneSave 10 Rough Grinding Stones.
- 65 - 75
25x Coarse Sharpening Stone - 25 Coarse Stone
Blacksmithing Journeyman
You can only train Blacksmithing past 75 if you learn Journeyman Blacksmithing. Not every Blacksmithing trainer will teach you this skill, you have to find an Expert Blacksmith. (Requires level 10)
You can learn Journeyman Blacksmithing from these NPCs below:
Horde trainers:
- Snarl in Orgrimmar.
- James Van Brunt in Undercity.
- Karn Stonehoof in Thunder Bluff
Alliance trainers:
- Rotgath Stonebeard in Ironforge.
- Therum Deepforge in Stormwind City.
75 - 125
- 75 - 90
35x Coarse Grinding Stone - 70 Coarse StoneSave the Coarse Grinding Stones.
If you didn't reach 90 by making these, you can still continue to the next step, but you will need a few more Copper Bars, or make a few more Coarse Grinding Stones.
- 90 - 100
10x Runed Copper Belt - 100 Copper Bar
- 100 - 105
5x Silver Rod - 5 Silver Bar, 10 Rough Grinding StoneYou can also skip this part and just make Runed Copper Belt if you don't have any Silver Bar.
- 105 - 110
5x Runed Copper Belt - 50 Copper Bar
- 110 - 125
15x Rough Bronze Leggings - 90 Bronze Bar
Blacksmithing Expert
You can only train Blacksmithing past 150 if you learn Expert Blacksmithing. Not every Blacksmithing trainer will teach you this skill, you have to find an Artisan Blacksmith. (Requires level 20)
Horde players can learn Expert Blacksmithing from Saru Steelfury in Orgrimmar and Alliance players can learn it from Bengus Deepforge in Ironforge.
125 - 225
- 125 - 140
35x Heavy Grinding Stone - 105 Heavy StoneKeep the Heavy Grinding Stones. Make this one up to 150, if Heavy Stone is cheap.
- 140 - 150
10x Patterned Bronze Bracers - 50 Bronze Bar, 20 Coarse Grinding Stone
- 150 - 155
5x Golden Rod - 5 Gold Bar, 10 Coarse Grinding Stone
Green Dye is sold by Tailoring and Leatherworking supply vendors.
- 155 - 165
10x Green Iron Leggings - 80 Iron Bar, 10 Heavy Grinding Stone, 10 Green Dye
- 165 - 190
25x Green Iron Bracers - 150 Iron Bar, 25 Green Dye
- 190 - 200
10x Golden Scale Bracers - 50 Steel Bar, 20 Heavy Grinding StoneAlliance players should keep 6 of these. You might need them if you choose Armorsmithing.
- 200 - 210
30x Solid Grinding Stone - 120 Solid StoneKeep at least 10 of these for the 225-235 part.
Keep all of them if you bought the Plans: Mithril Spurs, and you will also have to make another 100. (you can make them later too)
- 210 - 225
15x Heavy Mithril Gauntlet - 90 Mithril Bar, 60 Mageweave Cloth
Blacksmithing Artisan
You can only train Blacksmithing past 225 if you learn Artisan Blacksmithing. Not every Blacksmithing trainer will teach you this skill, you have to find a Master Blacksmith. (Requires level 35)
You can learn Artisan Blacksmithing from Brikk Keencraft in Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale.
Blacksmithing Specializations
At Blacksmithing skill 200 and character level 40, you can specialize in Armorsmithing or Weaponsmithing to craft powerful weapons or armors. (Choosing one is optional, you don't need it to level Blacksmithing. You can choose later too)
For information on how to become an Armorsmith or a Weaponsmith, please see my separate guides:
Armorsmith Quest Weaponsmith Quest
If you are not sure which one to choose yet, you can check out the list I put together to see what each specialization can craft:
List of Weaponsmith and Armorsmith recipes
225 - 235
10x Steel Plate Helm - 140 Steel Bar, 10 Solid Grinding Stone
Horde players should keep 4 of these. You might need them if you choose Armorsmithing.
235 - 250
Buy Plans: Mithril Spurs from the Auction House.
20x Mithril Spurs - 80 Mithril Bar, 60 Solid Grinding Stone
Alternative recipe
15x Mithril Coif - 150 Mithril Bar, 90 Mageweave Cloth
250 - 260
20x Dense Sharpening Stone - 20 Dense Stone
260 - 270
20x Mithril Spurs - 80 Mithril Bar, 60 Solid Grinding Stone
Alternative recipes
If you couldn't get the Plans: Mithril Spurs recipe, then you can try to buy one of these: Plans: Thorium Bracers, Plans: Thorium Belt, Plans: Radiant Belt.
- 10x Thorium Bracers - 120 Thorium Bar, 40 Blue Power Crystal
- 10x Thorium Belt - 120 Thorium Bar, 40 Red Power Crystal
- 10x Radiant Belt - 100 Thorium Bar, 20 Heart of Fire
Recipes from the trainer
You can make these if you cannot get any of the recipes above.
- 260-265
8x Heavy Mithril Boots - 112 Mithril Bar, 32 Thick Leather
- 265-270
5x Imperial Plate Belt - 110 Thorium Bar, 30 Rugged Leather, 5 Aquamarine
You can get the recipe from the Imperial Plate Belt quest in Tanaris from Derotain Mudsipper. You will need 20xThorium Bar to complete the quest.
The next two recipes are also from the same NPC, so make sure to bring at least 80x Thorium Barwith you to buy all 3 recipes!
270 - 295
25x Imperial Plate Bracers - 500 Thorium Bar, 25 Star Ruby
You can get the Plans: Imperial Plate Bracers after you complete the Imperial Plate Bracer quest in Tanaris for Derotain Mudsipper. The quest requires 20 Thorium Bar.
The recipe will be yellow for the last 5 points, so you might have to make a few more.
295 - 300
5x Imperial Plate Boots - 170 Thorium Bar, 5 Star Ruby, 5 Aquamarine
You can get the recipe from the same NPC as the previous one, but this quest requires 40 Thorium Bar.
Congratulations on reaching 300! Please send feedback about the guide if you think there are parts I could improve, or you found typos, errors, wrong material numbers!