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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
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Trainers

Apprentice Blacksmithing (1–75)

Any Blacksmithing trainer teaches Apprentice from character level 5 for 9. Where they stand.

  1. Skill 1–25

    Orange until 15, yellow from 15.
  2. Skill 25–50

    Orange until 45, yellow from 45.

    Keep the output

    Set 26 aside: 16 go into gauntlets, 10 into rods.

  3. Skill 50–67

    Yellow until 62, green from 62.

    Keep the output

    All 36 feed the bracer steps (95, 112).

  4. Skill 67–75

    Orange throughout.

    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.

Journeyman Blacksmithing (75–150)

  1. Skill 75–80

    Orange throughout.

    5 × Runed Copper Belt

    Materials: 50 Copper Bar

    Or

    Holding Silver Bars, or a rod cheaper than 10 Copper Bars? Take this.

  2. Skill 80–95

    Orange throughout.
  3. Skill 95–100

    Orange throughout.

    Grinding stones: from the 50 step.

  4. Skill 100–112

    Yellow throughout.

    Keep the output

    Golden Scale Bracers can use these later.

  5. Skill 112–125

    Orange throughout.

    Finishes off the 50-step grinding stones.

  6. Skill 125–140

    Yellow throughout.

    Flux: Blacksmithing Supply, next to the trainer.

  7. Skill 140–150

    Orange throughout.

    Train Expert by 150.

Materials for this rank6 items

Everything this rank’s steps use, less what earlier steps already made.

Expert Blacksmithing (150–225)

A Blacksmithing trainer teaches Expert from Blacksmithing 125 and character level 20 for 45.

  1. Skill 150–165

    Orange until 155, yellow from 155.
  2. Skill 165–175

    Yellow throughout.

    15 × Green Iron Bracers

    Materials: 90 Iron Bar, 15 Green Dye

    Green Dye: capital-city cloth or leather supply shops.

  3. 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

    Stopping at 200 with Solid Stone far above Steel Bar? Use this; it takes Heavy Grinding Stones.

  4. Skill 185–200

    Orange throughout.

    Or

    Short on Mageweave? Take this.

  5. Skill 200–225

    Orange until 210, yellow from 210, green from 220.

    Or, skill 210–225

    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.

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.

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.

  1. Skill 225–235

    Orange until 230, yellow from 230, green from 232.
  2. Skill 235–246

    Yellow until 240, green from 240.
  3. Skill 246–250

    Orange throughout.
    Recipe to buyPlans: Ebon Shiv from Both factions: Magnus Frostwake (Western Plaguelands). Pick it up before you get here.
  4. Skill 250–259

    Yellow until 255, green from 255.
  5. Skill 259–300

    Orange until 280, yellow from 280, green from 292.
    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.

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