TBC Classic Mining Leveling Guide 1-375

High level players should always enter the Venture Co. Mine because you will get around 8 Copper Veins from clearing both the mine and the small area after the mine at the side the mountain. (you can only access this area from the mine)

It can be a nightmare to find the exit the first time you are there so I included a small map. You won't see this map in-game, because it's from the Cataclysm expansion, but the layout is the same. Make sure to go to every corner of the cave!

Low level players should skip both caves.

Low level players should skip both caves.

The respawn rate is fast enough that you don't have to loop around the whole zone, so you can use these two routes. If you have competition, you should move between the two routes while mining copper between them.

Low level players should skip both caves and stick to the east side of Redridge.

The respawn rate should be fast enough that you don't have to enter the cave marked on the map, but there is always two Tin Veins inside, so I think it's worth to go inside with high level characters.

There is more Tin/Copper at the southern route, but you can use the northern route as an alternative if there are too many people farming in the zone. The difference between the two is not that big.

Players below level 60 should skip the 4 caves marked with red circles.

There are two caves marked with a red circle on the map, both of them have a lot of mobs inside, so I would only recommend this farming place to level 60 players with good gear, or for Druids and Rogues with stealth.

It's really hard to navigate inside the Garrison Armory mine, so I included a small map. Alliance players can't mine inside the Garrison Armory!

There are usually 2 mining nodes insides the cave marked with a red circle. It's worth going inside the cave because it's not too large and there aren't that many mobs inside, and if you are high level, you can pass some of them without aggro.

I recommend skipping the other two caves at Jaednar, especially Shadow Hold. (maybe if you have stealth it's worth to go inside them)

The red line is filled with level 57-58 elites, so if you have bad gear, you should probably just skip that part entirely unless you have stealth. With some practice, you can usually get through only aggroing a few of them.

All of these notes below are for players below level 70. If you are already at max level, just ignore these, you can farm the full map without problems.

1. The mobs in this cave are not that hard to kill, so it's worth clearing for most classes. (depends on gear)
2. Most classes can enter at least the first part of the cave without pulling aggro. You can try going deeper depending on your gear.
3. There are a lot of elites patroling inside this gorge, but you can usually pass most of them without pulling aggro. Sometimes you have to kill 1 or 2.
4. This area is not recommended for most players because it's hard to farm here without dying. Really depends on your class and your experience in avoiding mobs.

The two caves marked with red circles are filled with level 50 mobs, so lower level players might want to skip them. (depends on gear and level)

It's impossible to avoid pulling mobs in Hellfire Penninsula with a low level character, but this route avoids most areas with high density of mobs, so you can use it with lower level characters.

Don't use this if you have a flying mount!

You will need a flying mount for this route, use route 3 if you don't have one.

Alternative route for players without flying mount.

Just like in Nagrand, I marked the caves with red circles on the map. But, you should only go inside if you have stealth or if there is a lot of other people farming in the zone. These are much bigger than the Nagrand caves, and the mobs are a lot higher level. (maybe with good gear it's worth clearing them)

There are two caves in the zone, but it's not worth going inside them. It takes too long to get to the nodes, and you can farm more ores just doing laps in the zone instead.