WoW Blacksmithing Guide | 1-450 Blacksmithing Leveling Guide

Blacksmithing is a great skill to have but it relies on mining, a profession that supports Blacksmithing and can waste a lot of time. If you want to do Blacksmithing you’ll have to use Mining….unless you are smart and buy all your supplies. So take a look at this GOLD GUIDE to ensure you have enough gold for everything you need!

This leveling guide was last updated for patch 3.3.

This Blacksmithing Leveing Guide is aimed to help you with leveling your blacksmithing to 450, as quickly and cheaply as possible. Check out our Mining Leveling Guide if you will be leveling blacksmithing & mining at the same time. However, you can certainly follow this guide without mining!

Each section of this leveling guide gives the optimal path along with materials needed for leveling your blacksmithing skill. Please remember, don't sell any crafted '* Grinding Stones' until you've confirmed they aren't needed in future steps. I've also excluded blacksmithing materials that are purchased from general vendors. If you do need to buy materials off the Auction House be sure to check out this gold guide to help you stock up.

What's in this leveling guide:

Apprentice Blacksmithing (Leveling 1-75)

Leveling Blacksmithing to 300 can be done all in the major cities, next to the Blacksmithing Trainer. Talk to a guard to find the city's Blacksmithing Trainer. For leveling from 1-75, all you need is 4 stacks of Rough Stone and a stack of Coarse Stones (3 stacks total to get to level 90). These should be very cheap on the Auction House, just a few gold total. Before you get to far into Blacksmithing, be prepared for it to get extremely expensive, check out this guide to learn how to make all the gold you need.

Level
Item
Mats
1-35
35-40 Rough Sharpening Stone
35-40 Rough Stones
Turns yellow at 15.
35-65
35-40 Rough Grinding Stone
70-80 Rough Stones
Save 20 of these, we'll use them later in the guide. Turns yellow at 45.
65-75
10-15 Coarse Sharpening Stone
10-15 Coarse Stone
This is a yellow from 65 and turns green at 72.


Journeyman Blacksmithing (Leveling 75-150)

Leveling from 75 to 150 will cost mostly Bronze & Copper. You're really better off buying this stuff off the Auction House opposed to running around Elmwyn or Durator looking for it (it'll just take too long). You are going to need a ton of gold leveling Blacksmithing to 450, so you better start farming it now. Read this guide to learn the best tips and tricks.

Level
Item
Mats
75-90
50 Coarse Grinding Stone
100 Corase Stone
Make and save at least 50, we'll use them later in the guide. Yellow from 75 until 87 when it turns green.
90-100
10 Runed Copper Belt
100 Copper
100-107
7-8 Silver Rods
7-8 Silver Bars & 14-16 Rough Grinding Stones
107-110
3 Rough Bronze Leggings
18 Bronze Bars
Consider crafting more Runed Copper Belts (30 more Copper) if Bronze is scarce or expensive.
110-125
15 Rough Bronze Shoulders
75 Bronze Bars & 15 Coarse Grinding Stones
125-132
7-10 Heavy Sharpening Stone
7-10 Heavy Stones
132-145
55+ Heavy Grinding Stone
220+ Heavy Stones
Turns green at 137 and gray at 150. You need to save at least 55 of these for later in the guide.
145-150
5 Patterned Bronze Bracers
25 Bronze Bars & 10 Coarse Grinding Stones


Expert Blacksmithing (Leveling 150-220)

Leveling to 220 you'll need the 55 Heavy Grinding Stones that you crafted earlier in this guide. You will also need a ton of Iron and Steel (Steel is Iron+Coal smelted by a Miner) If you can't afford all these minerals read this guide to learn how to farm gold more affectively.

Level
Item
Mats
150-160
10-13 Golden Rod
10-13 Gold Bars & 20-26 Coarse Grinding Stones
160-165
5 Green Iron Leggings
40 Iron, 5 Heavy Grinding Stones & 5 Green Dye
Green Dye can be purchased from Tailoring Suppliers, Leatherworking Suppliers and some Trade Suppliers.
165-190
25 Green Iron Bracers
150 Iron Bars & 25 Green Dye
If you're a miner, at level 185 move to the next step of this guide, smelting your own Steel, it's cheaper. You'll need 10 more Heavy Grinding Stones & 25 extra Steel than estimated.
190-200
10 Golden Scale Bracers
50 Steel Bars & 20 Heavy Grinding Stone
200-210
30-40 Solid Grinding Stone
120-160 Solid Stone
Save at least 20 of these to use later in the guide, turns green at 205, keep it up till 210.
210-220
10-15 Golden Scale Bracers
50-75 Steel Bars & 20-30 Heavy Grinding Stone
If Steel is too expensive and you can't make it from Iron yourself, skip to the next step.


Artisan Blacksmithing (Leveling 220-300)

Leveling your blacksmithing from 220 to 300 with this guide will require a lot of Mithril (almost 300, 15 stacks) and a TON of Thorium (420, 21 stacks) Just the Thorium alone can cost more than 1,000g. There isn't a better way to get Blacksmithing from 260-300 though, so you'll need to farm tons of gold, to learn how: read this guide.

Level
Item
Mats
220-235
15-20 Heavy Mithril Gauntlet
90-120 Mithril Bars & 60-80 Mageweave Cloth
If you want to save gold you can travel to Gharash in Swamp of Sorrows (Horde) or Harggan The Hinterlands (Alliance) and check for Plans: Mithril Scale Bracers which are a little cheaper to craft from 225-235.
235-250
15 Mithril Coif
150 Mithril Bars & 90 Mageweave Cloth
If you can find Plans: Mithril Spurs on the Auction House, buy it and craft Mithril Spurs from 235-250 and 260-265. It will save you a ton of gold.
250-260
40+ Dense Sharpening Stone
40+ Dense Sharpening Stone
This will turn green at 257 and may require a ton of extra crafts, but the stone is really cheap so keep at it until 260.
260-275
15 Thorium Bracers
120 Thorium Bars
275-290
15 Imperial Plate Bracers
180 Thorium + 10 for the Quest
Take 10 Thorium Bars to Derotain Mudsipper in Gadgetzan to learn this recipe.
290-300
10 Thorium Helm
120 Thorium Bars and 10 Star Rubys


Master Blacksmithing (Leveling 300-350)

Before you can continue leveling past 300 you need to visit one of the following Master Blacksmithing Trainers:

Leveling blacksmithing from 300 to 350 with this guide will require a lot of Fel Iron, about 155 or ~8 stacks, along with at least 4 stacks of Adamantite (but probably more) You should pick these up off the Auction House instead of flying around the Outlands looking for them (it'll take you a long time) If you don't know how to make tons of gold quickly yet, it's about time you quit ignoring me and read this guide.

Level
Item
Mats
300-305
5-10 Fel Weightstone
5-10 Fel Iron Bars & 5-10 Netherweave Cloth
305-315
10 Fel Iron Plate Belt
40 Fel Iron Bars
315-320
5 Fel Iron Chain Gloves
25 Fel Iron Bars
320-325
5 Fel Iron Plate Boots
30 Fel Iron Bars
325-330
10-20 Lesser Rune of Warding
10-20 Adamantite Bars
330-335
5 Fel Iron Breastplate
50 Fel Iron
If Adamantite is cheaper than Fel Iron you can skip to the next step early.
335-340
5 Adamantite Cleaver
40 Adamantite Bars
You can purchase this recipe from:

  • Aaron Hollman Shattrath City (Souther Lower City)
  • Eriden (Horde) Silvermoon City (Farstriders Square)
  • Arras The Exodar (Trader's Tier)
340-350
20-30 Lesser Ward of Shielding
20-30 Adamantite Bars
This is the best way to 350, even though it turns green at 345 it's only 1 Adamantite per craft. You will need to purchase it from:

  • Mari Stonehand (Alliance) Warhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley
  • Rohok (Horde) Thrallmar in Hellfire Peninsula


Grand Master Blacksmithing (Leveling 350-450)

To continue leveling to 450 you need to be at least level 60 and have level 350 Blacksmithing. Head to one of the following Grand Master Blacksmithing Trainers:

Leveling Blacksmithing to 450 with this guide will cost 100s or Cobalt, Saronite and dozens of Titanium. You can buy these over a few days off the Auction House to keep prices low or go all at it and buyout the Auction House (look for Ore to smelt, sometimes it's cheaper) Either way you'll need a load of gold. If you have read this guide, you won't have a problem farming all the gold you need to get Blacksmithing to 450.

Level
Item
Mats
350-360
10 Cobalt Belt or Boots
40 Cobalt Bars
360-370
10 Cobalt Bracers or Shoulders
40 Cobalt Bars
370-380
10 Cobalt Gauntlets
50 Cobalt Bars
You can craft Cobalt Legplates or Cobalt Helm from 370-375 for the same price.
380-385
5 Spiked Cobalt Boots
35 Cobalt Bars
385-390
5 Spiked Cobalt Shoulders
35 Cobalt Bars
390-395
5 Notched Cobalt War Axe
50 Cobalt Bars
395-400
5 Brilliant Saronite Belt (or Tempered)
30 Cobalt & 25 Saronite Bars
400-405
5 Horned Cobalt Helm
40 Cobalt
405-415
10 Deadly Saronite Dirk
70 Saronite Bars & 20 Crystalized Air (2 Eternal Air)
415-420
5 Tempered Saronite Gauntlets
70 Saronite Bars
Consider leveling by making the more expensive Eternal Belt Buckles until level 425 for extra gold (40-60 Saronite, 10-15 Eternal Earths, Water and Shadows to get to 425).
420-430
10-15 Titanium Rods, Shield Spikes and Weapon Chains
20-30 Saronite & 10-15 Titanium Bars
Make a variety of these until level 430 and resell them on the Auction House. These are slightly cheaper to make than Daunting Handguards/Oranate Saronite Gauntlets, etc (which probably won't resell), but it might be worth price checking.
430-440
10-15 Titanium Skeleton Key
40-60 Saronite & 10-15 Titanium Bars
440-450
15-25 Ornate Saronite Hauberk
210-350 Saronite & 15-25 Eternal Earths
Turns green at 445. You may also consider crafting and selling Titansteel Epics.


Thanks for using this Blacksmithing Leveling Guide! I hope you enjoyed it and enjoyed leveling to 450. If you want to learn more about making gold with blacksmithing, read this guide next.

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Posted August 16th, 2008 by Jizmo