WoW Forever Blacksmithing Leveling Guide 1-300

This WoW Forever Blacksmithing leveling guide will show you the fastest and cheapest way to level your Blacksmithing skill from 1 to 300. You will also find every trainer location and where to train Blacksmithing past 75, 150 and 225.

Below you will find the full shopping list, the Blacksmithing trainers by starting zone and capital city, and the cheapest recipes for every skill range from Apprentice to Artisan. Blacksmithing uses a lot of ore, so I recommend leveling it together with Mining, you will need a lot of gold if you want to buy everything from the Auction House.

Shopping List

These numbers are estimates. Once a recipe turns yellow you won't get a skill point from every craft, so you might need a few more or a few less.

An alternative replaces the whole row, so buy the one that is cheaper.

1-150

	Material
	90x Rough Stone
	294x Copper Bar
	72x Coarse Stone
	290x Bronze Bar
	60x Heavy Stone
	58x Medium Leather
	96x Weak Flux (vendor)
	10x Strong Flux (vendor)

150-225

	Material
	232x Bronze Bar
	29x Strong Flux (vendor)
	29x Medium Leather
	54x Iron Bar
	9x Green Dye (vendor)
	32x Solid Stone
	100x Steel Bar (100 Iron Bar and 100 Coal if you have Mining 165)
	60x Heavy Stone
	358x Mithril Bar
	84x Mageweave Cloth
	24x Heavy Leather
	12x Citrine

225-300

This list is not final yet, but the skill ranges come from the game data, so it should be pretty close. The Thorium Bars include the 140 you need for the four quests.

	Material
	5x Dense Stone
	224x Mithril Bar
	64x Thick Leather
	1910x Thorium Bar
	30x Rugged Leather
	67x Star Ruby
	25x Aquamarine

Blacksmithing Trainer Locations

Apprentice Blacksmithing has no level requirement in Forever, so you can learn it on a fresh character.

Every capital city has a trainer except Darnassus. You can also ask a guard, then it will be marked with a red flag on your map.

Horde Alliance

Capital Cities

• Orgrimmar: Ug'thok
• Undercity: Basil Frye
• Thunder Bluff: Thrag Stonehoof

Starting Zones

Not every zone has a trainer, the table shows the closest one for each race.

Race	Zone	Closest trainer
Orc, Troll	Durotar	Dwukk at the forge in Razor Hill
Tauren	Mulgore	There is no Blacksmithing trainer in Mulgore, go to Thrag Stonehoof on the lower rise in Thunder Bluff
Undead	Tirisfal Glades	Angus Hammerhand at Bandarion Keep. Nobody near him sells a Blacksmith Hammer, buy one before you go from Walter Mason in Deathknell or Abigail Shiel in Brill.
Skyborne	Zephras Isle	Daeann Steelwind in Valanaar, Aedi Thriceforged in Shen'dar Village

Capital Cities

• Stormwind City: Dane Lindgren
• Ironforge: Groum Stonebeard

Starting Zones

Not every zone has a trainer, the table shows the closest one for each race.

Race	Zone	Closest trainer
Human	Elwynn Forest	Smith Argus in Goldshire, across from the inn
Dwarf, Gnome	Dun Morogh	Tognus Flintfire in Kharanos, across from the Thunderbrew Distillery
Night Elf	Teldrassil	There is no Blacksmithing trainer in Teldrassil or Darnassus, the closest one is Delfrum Flintbeard in Auberdine, Darkshore
Skyborne	Zephras Isle	Daeann Steelwind in Valanaar, Aedi Thriceforged in Shen'dar Village

You can find every Blacksmithing trainer for Horde and Alliance on my WoW Forever Blacksmithing Trainers page.

Apprentice Blacksmithing (1-75)

Buy a Blacksmith Hammer when you learn Blacksmithing, most recipes need it, so you can craft gear for yourself while you level. It costs a few copper, open your faction below to see who sells it closest to your trainer.

Horde vendors

Zone	Vendor
Orgrimmar	Sumi, right next to the trainer
Undercity	Samuel Van Brunt, right next to the trainer
Thunder Bluff	Taur Stonehoof, right next to the trainer
Durotar	Flakk in Razor Hill
Tirisfal Glades	Walter Mason in Deathknell Abigail Shiel in Brill
Zephras Isle	Halavuul Cragwind, the Mining trainer in Valanaar Aedi Thriceforged in Shen'dar Village

Alliance vendors

Zone	Vendor
Stormwind City	Kaita Deepforge, right next to the trainer
Ironforge	Thurgrum Deepforge, right next to the trainer
Elwynn Forest	Tharynn Bouden in Goldshire
Dun Morogh	Thrawn Boltar, right next to the trainer
Darkshore	Elisa Steelhand in Auberdine, right next to the trainer
Zephras Isle	Halavuul Cragwind, the Mining trainer in Valanaar Aedi Thriceforged in Shen'dar Village

• 1-25
  30x Rough Sharpening Stone - 30 Rough Stone

• 25-50
  30x Rough Grinding Stone - 60 Rough Stone

  Keep 26 of them, you need 16 for the gauntlets and 10 if you make the Silver Rods at 75.

• 50-67
  36x Coarse Grinding Stone - 72 Coarse Stone

  Make all 36, you will need them for the bracers at 95 and 112.

• 67-75
  8x Runed Copper Gauntlets - 64 Copper Bar, 16 Rough Grinding Stone

  You need the Blacksmith Hammer from here on.

Journeyman Blacksmithing (75-150)

To train past 75, visit one of these trainers and learn Journeyman Blacksmithing, it requires Blacksmithing 50 and level 10:

• 75-80
  5x Runed Copper Belt - 50 Copper Bar

  Make 5x Silver Rod instead (1 Silver Bar, 2 Rough Grinding Stone each) if you have Silver Bars or one costs less than 10 Copper Bars.

• 80-95
  18x Runed Copper Belt - 180 Copper Bar

• 95-100
  5x Patterned Bronze Bracers - 25 Bronze Bar, 10 Coarse Grinding Stone

  Use 10 of the Coarse Grinding Stones you made at 50 and keep the other 26 for 112.

• 100-112
  20x Heavy Grinding Stone - 60 Heavy Stone

  Keep them, you need all 20 for the Golden Scale Bracers at 180.

• 112-125
  13x Patterned Bronze Bracers - 65 Bronze Bar, 26 Coarse Grinding Stone

• 125-140
  24x Bronze Shortsword - 120 Bronze Bar, 96 Weak Flux, 48 Medium Leather

  I recommend these over the Patterned Bronze Bracers because they sell for more than twice as much to a vendor, so they end up cheaper.

  Weak Flux and the Strong Flux for the Bronze Warhammers (140-170) are sold by the Blacksmithing Supply vendor right next to the Blacksmithing trainer in every capital city.

  Alternative:

  If you disenchant your greens:

  24x Patterned Bronze Bracers - 120 Bronze Bar, 48 Coarse Grinding Stone.

• 140-150
  10x Bronze Warhammer - 80 Bronze Bar, 10 Strong Flux, 10 Medium Leather

Expert Blacksmithing (150-215)

To train past 150, visit Saru Steelfury in Orgrimmar (Horde) or Bengus Deepforge in Ironforge (Alliance) and learn Expert Blacksmithing, it requires Blacksmithing 125 and level 20 and costs 50 silver.

• 150-170
  29x Bronze Warhammer - 232 Bronze Bar, 29 Strong Flux, 29 Medium Leather

• 170-175
  9x Green Iron Bracers - 54 Iron Bar, 9 Green Dye

  Green Dye is sold by Tamar in Orgrimmar and Bombus Finespindle in Ironforge.

• 175-180
  8x Solid Grinding Stone - 32 Solid Stone

  Keep them, you need 6 for the Heavy Mithril Axes at 210.

• 180-195
  20x Golden Scale Bracers - 100 Steel Bar, 40 Heavy Grinding Stone

  Use the 20 Heavy Grinding Stones you made at 100 and make 20 more (60 Heavy Stone).

  If you have Mining 165, you can smelt the Steel Bars yourself from Iron Bar and Coal. Coal is sold by the Blacksmithing Supply vendor next to the Blacksmithing trainer in every capital city.

  Alliance players should keep 6 of these. You might need them if you choose Armorsmithing.

• 195-210
  21x Heavy Mithril Gauntlet - 126 Mithril Bar, 84 Mageweave Cloth

• 210-215
  6x Heavy Mithril Axe - 72 Mithril Bar, 12 Citrine, 6 Solid Grinding Stone, 24 Heavy Leather

  Keep 2 of these. You might need them if you choose Weaponsmithing.

Blacksmithing Specializations

At Blacksmithing 200 and level 40, you can specialize in Armorsmithing or Weaponsmithing to craft powerful armor or weapons. Choosing one is optional, you don't need it to level Blacksmithing, and 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

Artisan Blacksmithing (215-300)

To train past 225, visit Brikk Keencraft in Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale and learn Artisan Blacksmithing, it requires Blacksmithing 200 and level 35, both factions learn it there.

215-225

10x Heavy Mithril Breastplate - 160 Mithril Bar

Keep 2 of these. You might need them if you choose Armorsmithing.

Alternative:

Plans: Mithril Spurs is a world drop, look for it on the Auction House. If you get it, make this instead:

10x Mithril Spurs - 40 Mithril Bar, 30 Solid Grinding Stone (120 Solid Stone).

225-230

5x Dense Sharpening Stone - 5 Dense Stone

230-240

16x Heavy Mithril Boots - 224 Mithril Bar, 64 Thick Leather

Keep 2 of these. You might need them if you choose Armorsmithing.

240-245

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. It requires level 50, and you will need 20 Thorium Bar to complete it.

The next three recipes are also from the same NPC, so make sure to bring at least 250 Thorium Bar with you to craft the 5 belts and get all 4 recipes.

If the quests still need 265, make these instead, then continue with the Imperial Plate Boots at 270. Both plans are sold by Magnus Frostwake in Western Plaguelands:

• 240-255: 15x Ebon Shiv - 180 Mithril Bar, 90 Truesilver Bar, 30 Star Ruby, 15 Solid Grinding Stone, 30 Thick Leather
• 255-270: 15x Ornate Thorium Handaxe - 300 Thorium Bar, 30 Large Opal, 30 Dense Grinding Stone, 60 Rugged Leather

If you have the plans for one of these world drops, make it instead of the Ebon Shiv:

• 240-255: 15x Radiant Belt - 150 Thorium Bar, 30 Heart of Fire
• 240-255: 17x Thorium Bracers - 204 Thorium Bar, 68 Blue Power Crystal

245-270

27x Imperial Plate Bracers - 540 Thorium Bar, 27 Star Ruby

You get the recipe from the Imperial Plate Bracer quest, it needs 20 Thorium Bar.

270-290

20x Imperial Plate Boots - 680 Thorium Bar, 20 Star Ruby, 20 Aquamarine

You get the recipe from the Imperial Plate Boots quest, it needs 40 Thorium Bar.

Note: It wasn't possible to level this far on the beta, so this part only relies on the data I found in the game files. There might be more recipes we haven't discovered yet, but if there is nothing else, these are the only recipes you can use to level until 300.

290-300

10x Imperial Plate Leggings - 440 Thorium Bar, 20 Star Ruby

You get the recipe from the Imperial Plate Leggings quest, it needs 60 Thorium Bar.

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