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Midnight Blacksmithing Leveling Guide 1-100

This Midnight Blacksmithing leveling guide will show you the fastest and cheapest way to level Blacksmithing from 1 to 100. I'll cover the trainer location, a full shopping list for the early levels, and the best recipes to craft at every skill level. I recommend checking the shopping list before you start so you can buy everything at once from the Auction House.

Blacksmithing pairs best with Mining because you can farm all the ore yourself instead of buying it. If you don't have Mining, you will need a lot of gold to buy everything from the Auction House.

If you're looking for a full overview of all Blacksmithing recipes and knowledge sources, or want help picking a specialization, check out these guides:

Recipes & Knowledge Points Specialization Guide & Builds

Blacksmithing Trainer Location

The Midnight Blacksmithing trainer is Bemarrin in Silvermoon City. Talk to him to learn Blacksmithing and pick up new recipes as you level up.

Silvermoon City
Silvermoon City
Bemarrin
Bemarrin

Shopping List

These are the approximate materials needed to level from 1 to 70. For the first 50 points, you only need to craft each recipe once for the first craft bonus, so the first list covers all 28 trainer recipes. I didn't include 70-100 because there are too many variables at that point. It depends on your specialization, which recipes you have, and AH prices.

1 - 50 (First Crafts)

50 - 70

You will craft around 50x Sterling Alloy to get from 50 to 70. You don't have to buy this now but I'll list it here so you know what you'll need later.

Leveling 1 - 50

1 - 15

25x Refulgent Copper Ingot - 125x Refulgent Copper Ore

If you bought the extra ore instead of ingots, just smelt all of it now.

Luminant Flux and Blacksmith Hammer are sold by the blacksmithing supply vendor near your trainer.

15 - 50

You want to get all your first crafts anyway and there are more than enough recipes to reach 50, so you don't have to fully optimize here. This is what I recommend:

  1. Buy everything from the Shopping List if you haven't already.
  2. In your Profession window, click on Filter and tick "First Craft Bonus". This will only show recipes that still give the first craft bonus.
  3. Keep the Profession window open, then click on your trainer to open the trainer window too. Both windows should be visible side by side (not required, but makes it easier to learn new recipes).
  4. Craft each recipe that gives the first craft bonus until there is nothing left in your Profession Book.
  5. Learn new recipes from the trainer.
  6. Repeat until you've crafted everything and there are no recipes left on the trainer.

Depending on the order you crafted them, you will end up somewhere between 47 and 50 skill.

Equip your Thalassian Blacksmith's Toolbox and Thalassian Blacksmith's Hammer you just crafted.

Specializations

You unlock your first specialization at 25 skill. Check out my Midnight Blacksmithing Specialization Guide for detailed builds and where to spend your Knowledge Points.

Leveling 50 - 100

50 - 70

Now click on the little red "X" on the Filter to clear your filters, and you will see all recipes again.

50x Sterling Alloy - 200x Luminant Flux, 300x Brilliant Silver Ore, 150x Refulgent Copper Ingot

The recipe will be green for the last 10 points, so you might need a few extra crafts. But Sterling Alloy is used in a lot of recipes, so you will use it or sell it anyway.

70 - 100

Trainer recipes start going grey around 70, so you need something new. You have a few options depending on your specialization and how fast you want to go.

Rare Profession Equipment

Rare profession equipment does not require any time-gated materials, so you can unlock a recipe through the Craftsmithing specialization and mass craft it all the way to 100. Each craft gives 1 skill point (yellow at 90, green at 95). Pick whichever recipe you can unlock first and spam craft it.

These are BoP, you can't sell any of them via the Auction House, but if you need to hit 100 fast, this is the best way to do it.

Recipe Materials Source
Sun-Blessed Blacksmith's Hammer Craftsmithing: Trade Tools
Sun-Blessed Blacksmith's Toolbox Craftsmithing
Sun-Blessed Leatherworker's Knife Craftsmithing: Trade Tools (10)
Sun-Blessed Leatherworker's Toolset Craftsmithing: Trade Accessories (15)
Sun-Blessed Needle Set Craftsmithing: Trade Accessories (10)
Sun-Blessed Pickaxe Craftsmithing: Trade Tools (5)
Sun-Blessed Sickle Craftsmithing: Trade Tools (20)
Sun-Blessed Skinning Knife Craftsmithing: Trade Tools (15)

Epic Profession Equipment

All epic profession equipment is orange to 100 and gives 3 skill points each. Recipes cost 150 Artisan Blacksmith's Moxie from the vendor near your trainer. These are more efficient per craft than rare equipment, but they require 20x Fused Vitality which is time-gated. Every craft counts though, so even a few over time will fill in a lot of levels.

Completing Crafting Orders for skill points

You can also level by completing Crafting Orders for epic weapons and armor. These recipes are from the Armorsmithing and Weaponsmithing specializations, or from vendors and world drops. They all give 3 skill points each and are orange to 100, so you need to complete 10 to finish leveling.

Public Orders

When you open the Crafting Orders tab, make sure to hit "Search" in the top left corner on the Public Orders tab, they won't load automatically. You probably won't see many crafting orders because players immediately complete them when they are posted.

Public orders are not cross-realm. You will only see orders from players on the same realm, so if you're on a low-population realm, there may be very few or no public orders available.

Patron Crafting Orders

Patron Orders are basically NPC crafting orders. NPCs will send you requests to craft epic weapons and armor, and you will frequently receive them, though you may not be able to complete some of them until you acquire more knowledge points.

These orders are player-specific, so other players can't claim them. However, they are randomly generated, so it's not guaranteed that you will receive orders for recipes you can currently craft.