Blacksmithing Guide

Blacksmithing guide sections:

Blacksmithing Apprentice 1 - 75
Blacksmithing Journeyman 75 - 125
Blacksmithing Expert 125 - 210
Blacksmithing Artisan 210 - 300
Blacksmithing Master 300 - 350
Blacksmithing Grand Master 350 - 450

Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:

• 133 x [Rough Stone]
• 190 x [Copper Bar]
• 60 x [Coarse Stone]
• 15 x [Silver Bar]
• 180 x [Bronze Bar]
• 105 x [Heavy Stone]
• 5 x [Gold Bar]
• 230 x [Iron Bar]
• 50 x [Steel Bar]
• 5 x [Truesilver Bar]
• 60 x [Solid Stone]
• 150 x [Mageweave Cloth]
• 320 x [Mithril Bar]
• 20 x [Dense Stone]
• 430 x [Thorium Bar]
• 80 x [Rugged Leather] or 10 [Star Ruby]
• 155 x [Fel Iron Bar]
• 10 x [Netherweave Cloth]
• 85 x [Adamantite Bar]
• 320 x [Cobalt Bar]
• 441 x [Saronite Bar]
• 20 x [Crystallized Air]
• 7 x [Titanium Bar]
• 33 x [Eternal Earth]
• 13 x [Eternal Shadow]
• 13 x [Eternal Water]

Related Guides:

• Mining Leveling Guide 1-450.

WoW Blacksmithing Leveling Guide 1 - 450

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Blacksmithing. You can level your Blacksmithing skill up to 450 in Dalaran aswell (except the Thorium part), but it's better to stay close to the Auction House, just in case you missed something.

• 1 - 30
  33 x [Rough Sharpening Stones] - 33 Rough Stone

• 30 - 65
  50 x [Rough Grinding Stones] - 100 Rough Stone Save 10 Rough Grinding Stones.

• 65 - 75
  10 x [Copper Chain Belt] - 60 Copper Bar

75 - 125

Learn Blacksmithing Journeyman.

• 75 - 87
  30 x [Coarse Grinding Stones] - 60 Coarse Stones Save the Coarse Grinding Stones.

• 87 - 100
  13 x [Runed Copper Belt] - 130 Copper Bar

• 100 - 105
  5 x [Silver Rod] - 5 Silver Bar, 10 Rough Grinding Stone

• 105 - 125
  20 x [Rough Bronze Leggings] - 120 Bronze Bar

125 - 200

Learn Blacksmithing Expert.

• 125 - 140
  35 x [Heavy Grinding Stone] - 105 Heavy Stone Keep the Heavy Grinding Stones and if Heavy Stone is cheap, make this one up to 150.
  

• 140 - 150
  10 x [Silvered Bronze Boots] - 60 Bronze Bar, 10 Silver Bar, 20 Coarse Grinding Stone

• 150 - 155
  5 x [Golden Rod] - 5 Gold Bar, 10 Coarse Grinding Stone

• 155 - 165
  10 x [Green Iron Leggings] - 80 Iron Bar, 10 Heavy Grinding Stone, 10 Green Dye
Green Dye is sold by Tailoring and Leatherworking supply vendors.

• 165 - 190
  25 x [Green Iron Bracers] - 150 Iron Bar, 25 Green Dye

• 190 - 200
  10 x [Golden Scale Bracers] - 50 Steel Bar, 20 Heavy Grinding Stone

200 - 275

Learn Blacksmithing Artisan.

• 200 - 205
  5 x [Truesilver Rod] - 5 TrueSilver Bar, 5 Heavy Grinding Stone

At skill level 200 and character level 40, Blacksmiths can choose to specialize as an Armorsmith or a Weaponsmith. Weaponsmiths can later further specialize into Hammer-, Axe- or Swordsmiths. All specialized armor and weapons are Bind on Pickup and can only be used by the blacksmith that made them. Most specialization recipes require difficult components, such as Primal Mights, Primal Nethers, and Nether Vortexes. If you want to read more about Blacksmith specialization, please visit these pages: Armorsmithing or Weaponsmithing.

• 205 - 210 Save these.
  15 x [Solid Grinding Stone] - 60 Solid Stone

• 210 - 225
  15 x [Heavy Mithril Gauntlet] - 90 Mithril Bar, 60 Mageweave Cloth

• 225 - 235
  10 x [Mithril Scale Bracers] - 80 Mithril Bar
This recipe is sold by these NPCs. There is around 30 minutes respawn rate for the recipe, so you have to wait a bit if someone bought it before you. Make [Mithril Scale Pants]if you do not want to wait for the recipe to respawn or check the Auction House and look for [Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants]

• 235 - 250
  Check AH, if you can see the Mithril Spurs recipe and it's not that expensive, buy it and make those until 255. 15 x [Mithril Coif] - 150 Mithril Bar, 90 Mageweave Cloth

• 250 - 260
  20 x [Dense Sharpening Stones] - 20 Dense Stone

Note: If you are leveling your Blacksmithing skill in Dalaran, you won't be able to learn the next few recipes in Dalaran, for some reason the trainer there won't teach you any of the Thorium recipes.

• 260 - 275
  15 x [Thorium Bracers] - 120 Thorium Bar

• 275 - 290 Between 275-280, you can make [Arcanite Rods] and sell them at the Auction House. This way you will need 55 less [Thorium Bars]. The recipe is yellow, so it really depends on your luck, maybe you will only need to make 5 maybe 10. One [Arcanite Rod] costs around 18 gold to make if you buy the [Arcane Crystals] and find any Alchemist who transmute them into [Arcanite Bars]. The 55 [Thorium Bars] cost around 140 gold usually, but this way if you have to make only 5 [Arcanite Rod], you will end up around 90 gold spent, and you can also sell them for profit. I can usually sell them for around 70-80 gold, but you have to be patient because the demand for them isn't that big. Anyway this is a great way if you want to reduce the gold spent while you level your Blacksmithing, but if you want to level the profession faster and you don't really feel you are lucky or you are not really into selling things at the Auction House, you should just make the Bracers mentioned below.
  15 x [Imperial Plate Bracers] 180 Thorium Bar
  The recipe is a reward from this quest. - 10 Thorium Bar

• 290 - 300
  Choose one from the recipes listed below. They both requires 12 Thorium Bar for each craft, the only difference between them is that you need 1 Star Ruby for the Helm and 8 Rugged Leather for the Boots. 10 x [Thorium Boots] - 120 Thorium Bar, 80 Rugged Leather
  or
  10 x [Thorium Helm] - 120 Thorium Bar, 10 Star Ruby

300 - 350

Go to Outland or Northrend and learn Blacksmithing Master.

• 300 - 305
  10 x [Fel Weightstone] - 10 Fel Iron Bar, 10 Netherweave Cloth

• 305 - 315
  10 x [Fel Iron Plate Belt] - 40 Fel Iron Bar

• 315 - 320
  5 x [Fel Iron Chain Gloves] - 25 Fel Iron Bar

• 320 - 325
  5 x [Fel Iron Plate Boots] - 30 Fel Iron Bar

• 325 - 330
  10 x [Lesser Rune of Warding] - 10 Adamantite Bar If Adamantite Bar is cheap on your server, then you can make this one up to 335.

• 330 - 335 5 x [Fel Iron Breastplate] - 50 Fel Iron Bar

• 335 - 340
  5 x [Adamantite Cleaver] - 40 Adamantite Bar - Recipe location

• 340 - 350
  35 x [Lesser Ward of Shielding] - 35 Adamantite Bar - Recipe location

350 - 450

Go to Northrend and learn Blacksmithing Grand Master.

• 350 - 360
  10 x [Cobalt Boots] - 40 Cobalt Bar

• 360 - 370
  10 x [Cobalt Triangle Shield] - 40 Cobalt Bar

• 370 - 375
  5 x [Cobalt Legplates] - 25 Cobalt Bar

• 375 - 380 5 x [Cobalt Gauntlets] - 25 Cobalt Bar

• 380 - 385
  5 x [Spiked Cobalt Boots] - 35 Cobalt Bar

• 385 - 390
  5 x [Sure-fire Shuriken] - 35 Cobalt Bar

• 390 - 395
  5 x [Notched Cobalt War Axe] - 50 Cobalt Bar

• 395 - 400
  5 x [Brilliant Saronite Belt] - 30 Cobalt Bar, 25 Saronite Bar

• 400 - 405
  5 x [Horned Cobalt Helm] - 40 Cobalt Bar

• 405 - 415
  10 x [Deadly Saronite Dirk] - 70 Saronite Bar, 20 Crystallized Air

• 415 - 425
  13 x [Eternal Belt Buckle] - 52 Saronite Bar, 13 Eternal Earth, 13 Eternal Shadow, 13 Eternal Water
Make these until 425. You can sell these at the auction house, so you will get most of your gold back.

• 425 - 430 Sell these at the Auction House too.
  7 x [Titanium Weapon Chain] - 14 Saronite Bar, 7 Titanium Bar
  

• 430 - 435
  5 x [Savage Saronite Hauberk] - 70 Saronite Bar, 5 Eternal Earth

• 435 - 445 15 x [Daunting Legplates] - 210 Saronite Bar, 15 Eternal Earth

• 445 - 450
  You can continue to make [Daunting Legplates], but the recipe will be green. Other option is to craft epic items for other players, or you can buy the materials and try to sell the crafted items on the Auction House