At Blacksmithing skill 200 and character level 40, you can specialize in Armorsmithing or Weaponsmithing to craft several different weapons or armor. This guide will show you the benefits of both specializations to help you choose between the two.
Table of Contents
- Which specialization is the best?
- Armorsmith and Weaponsmith recipes
- Specialization Quests
- Changing Specialization
Which specialization is the best?
There is no clear winner between the two, but I recommend choosing Weaponsmith because a better weapon is usually more DPS upgrade than any armor.
Blacksmithing specializations are not as useful in WotLK Classic as they were in Burning Crusade, so choosing a specialization is not that important in WotLK. You can craft every epic level 80 gear without a specialization, so it's entirely optional to choose one. The only benefit you will get is some leveling gear.
Full list of Armorsmith and Weaponsmith recipes
Weaponsmith recipes
Recipe | Reagents | Skill |
Light Earthforged Blade | 12x Mithril Bar, 4x Core of Earth | 260 |
Light Emberforged Hammer | 12x Mithril Bar, 4x Heart of Fire | 260 |
Light Skyforged Axe | 12x Mithril Bar, 4x Breath of Wind | 260 |
Great Earthforged Hammer | 12x Adamantite Bar, 6x Primal Earth | 260 |
Lavaforged Warhammer | 8x Adamantite Bar, 6x Primal Fire | 330 |
Skyforged Great Axe | 10x Adamantite Bar, 6x Primal Air | 330 |
Stoneforged Claymore | 10x Adamantite Bar, 6x Primal Earth | 330 |
Stormforged Axe | 8x Adamantite Bar, 3x Primal Water, 3x Primal Air | 330 |
Windforged Rapier | 6x Adamantite Bar, 6x Primal Air | 330 |
Corroded Saronite Edge | 16x Saronite Bar, Crystallized Fire | 415 |
Corroded Saronite Woundbringer | 14x Saronite Bar, Crystallized Fire | 415 |
Saronite Mindcrusher | 20x Saronite Bar, 2x Crystallized Fire | 415 |
Armorsmith recipes
Recipe | Reagents | Skill |
Earthforged Leggings | 16x Mithril Bar, 2x Core of Earth | 260 |
Windforged Leggings | 16x Mithril Bar, 2x Breath of Wind | 260 |
Heavy Earthforged Breastplate | 8x Adamantite Bar, 4x Primal Earth | 330 |
Stormforged Hauberk | 8x Adamantite Bar, 2x Primal Water, 2x Primal Air | 330 |
Chestplate of Conquest | 14x Saronite Bar, 2x Crystallized Earth | 415 |
Legplates of Conquest | 13x Saronite Bar, 2x Crystallized Earth | 415 |
Specialization Quests
For information on how to become an Armorsmith or a Weaponsmith, please see my separate guides:
Armorsmith Quest Weaponsmith Quest
Changing Blacksmithing Specialization in WotLK
You can switch your Blacksmithing specialization without dropping Blacksmithing. To cost of changing a specialization is 100 Gold for level 70 players and 50 gold for level 60 players.
To change your specialization, you must first talk to the trainer who taught your current specialization to unlearn it. If you are swapping from Weaponsmithing to Armorsmithing, you must unlearn both the weapon sub-specialization and weaponsmithing.
List of trainers:
- Armorsmith: Grumnus Steelshaper / Okothos Ironrager
- Weaponsmith: Ironus Coldsteel / Borgosh Corebender
- Axesmith: Kilram
- Hammersmith: Lilith the Lithe
- Swordsmith: Seril Scourgebane
Once you drop a specialty, you can choose a new specialty at no cost. You don't need to complete the quests for the other specialty if you wish to switch.
Talk to Krathok Moltenfist in Orgrimmar or Myolor Sunderfury in Ironforge to change to a different specialization.