Blacksmithing leveling guide
Blacksmithing from 1 to 300
What to make at every skill, what one craft takes, where to train each rank and which recipes to buy before you need them. The beta caps skill at 225 for now; the route carries on to 300.
- Beta cap
- 225
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The route
Shopping list
Buy or gather these before you start. An alternative replaces its whole row: take whichever costs less.
Skill 1–150
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Skill 150–225
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Trainers
Start with Apprentice Blacksmithing for 9 from character level 5. Any of these trainers teaches it; the capital cities are listed first.
Alliance
Horde
Both factions
Apprentice Blacksmithing (1–75)
Any Blacksmithing trainer teaches Apprentice from character level 5 for 9. Where they stand.
Skill 1–25
Orange until 15, yellow from 15.
Materials: 30 Rough Stone
Skill 25–50
Orange until 45, yellow from 45.
30 × Rough Grinding Stone
Materials: 60 Rough Stone
Keep the output
Set 26 aside: 16 go into gauntlets, 10 into rods.
Skill 50–67
Yellow until 62, green from 62.Skill 67–75
Orange throughout.
Materials: 64 Copper Bar, 16 Rough Grinding Stone
Train Journeyman by 75. From here a Blacksmith Hammer must be in your bags.
Materials for this rank3 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 90 Rough Stone
- 72 Coarse Stone
- 64 Copper Bar
Journeyman Blacksmithing (75–150)
A Blacksmithing trainer teaches Journeyman from Blacksmithing 50 and character level 10 for 450.
Skill 75–80
Orange throughout.
Materials: 50 Copper Bar
Or

5 × Silver Rod
Materials: 5 Silver Bar, 10 Rough Grinding Stone
Holding Silver Bars, or a rod cheaper than 10 Copper Bars? Take this.
Skill 80–95
Orange throughout.
Materials: 90 Bronze Bar
Skill 95–100
Orange throughout.
Materials: 25 Bronze Bar, 10 Coarse Grinding Stone
Grinding stones: from the 50 step.
Skill 100–112
Yellow throughout.
20 × Heavy Grinding Stone
Materials: 60 Heavy Stone
Keep the output
Golden Scale Bracers can use these later.
Skill 112–125
Orange throughout.
Materials: 65 Bronze Bar, 26 Coarse Grinding Stone
Finishes off the 50-step grinding stones.
Skill 125–140
Yellow throughout.
24 × Bronze Shortsword
Materials: 120 Bronze Bar, 96 Weak Flux, 48 Medium Leather
Flux: Blacksmithing Supply, next to the trainer.
Skill 140–150
Orange throughout.
10 × Bronze Warhammer
Materials: 80 Bronze Bar, 10 Strong Flux, 10 Medium Leather
Train Expert by 150.
Materials for this rank6 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 50 Copper Bar
- 380 Bronze Bar
- 60 Heavy Stone
- 96 Weak Flux
- 58 Medium Leather
- 10 Strong Flux
Expert Blacksmithing (150–225)
A Blacksmithing trainer teaches Expert from Blacksmithing 125 and character level 20 for 45.
Alliance
Horde
Both factions
Skill 150–165
Orange until 155, yellow from 155.
19 × Bronze Warhammer
Materials: 152 Bronze Bar, 19 Strong Flux, 19 Medium Leather
Skill 165–175
Yellow throughout.
15 × Green Iron Bracers
Green Dye: capital-city cloth or leather supply shops.
Skill 175–185
Yellow until 180, green from 180.
40 × Solid Grinding Stone
Materials: 160 Solid Stone
Keep the output
The 200 helms need all 40, even though few of them give points.
Or

10 × Golden Scale Bracers
Materials: 50 Steel Bar, 20 Heavy Grinding Stone
Stopping at 200 with Solid Stone far above Steel Bar? Use this; it takes Heavy Grinding Stones.
Skill 185–200
Orange throughout.
Materials: 90 Mithril Bar, 60 Mageweave Cloth
Skill 200–225
Orange until 210, yellow from 210, green from 220.
37 × Steel Plate Helm
Materials: 518 Steel Bar, 37 Solid Grinding Stone
Or, skill 210–225

15 × Mithril Spurs
Materials: 60 Mithril Bar, 45 Solid Grinding Stone
Own the plans? Switch at 210; you need 15 extra grinding stones.
Materials for this rank9 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 152 Bronze Bar
- 19 Strong Flux
- 19 Medium Leather
- 90 Iron Bar
- 15 Green Dye
- 160 Solid Stone
- 90 Mithril Bar
- 60 Mageweave Cloth
- 518 Steel Bar
Artisan Blacksmithing (225–300)
A Blacksmithing trainer teaches Artisan from Blacksmithing 200 and character level 35 for 5. The beta caps skill at 225 for now, so this rank waits until it goes up.
Both factions
Recipes to buy for this stretch: Plans: Ebon Shiv and Plans: Huge Thorium Battleaxe. Buy them on your way so you are not stuck at the vendor-sold steps.
The beta stops at 225: skill cannot go past it for now. The steps below wait for the cap to go up.
Skill 225–235
Orange until 230, yellow from 230, green from 232.
Materials: 17 Dense Stone
Skill 235–246
Yellow until 240, green from 240.
25 × Heavy Mithril Boots
Materials: 350 Mithril Bar, 100 Thick Leather
Skill 246–250
Orange throughout.
4 × Ebon Shiv
Materials: 48 Mithril Bar, 24 Truesilver Bar, 8 Star Ruby, 4 Solid Grinding Stone, 8 Thick Leather
Recipe to buyPlans: Ebon Shiv from Both factions: Magnus Frostwake (Western Plaguelands). Pick it up before you get here.Skill 250–259
Yellow until 255, green from 255.
Materials: 20 Arcanite Bar, 20 Dense Grinding Stone
Skill 259–300
Orange until 280, yellow from 280, green from 292.
Materials: 2,400 Thorium Bar, 360 Dense Grinding Stone, 360 Rugged Leather
Recipe to buyPlans: Huge Thorium Battleaxe from Both factions: Magnus Frostwake (Western Plaguelands). Pick it up before you get here.
Materials for this rank10 items
Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.
- 17 Dense Stone
- 398 Mithril Bar
- 108 Thick Leather
- 24 Truesilver Bar
- 8 Star Ruby
- 1 Solid Grinding Stone
- 20 Arcanite Bar
- 380 Dense Grinding Stone
- 2,400 Thorium Bar
- 360 Rugged Leather
