Mining in WoW Forever

Gathering profession

5 new recipes

Goes with Blacksmithing, or Engineering, to use the bars.

Recipes: 17
New in Forever: 5
Veins: 10
Skill cap: 225 in the beta

Level Mining from 1 to 300

Which veins to mine at every skill, a route map for each stretch and where to train every rank.

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Veins by skill

1
Copper Vein
49 locations
Most in Durotar (171),Westfall (147),Duskwood (118),Silverpine Forest (118),Loch Modan (116),Redridge Mountains (110)
65
Tin Vein
49 locations
Most in Wetlands (131),Duskwood (118),Silverpine Forest (118),Loch Modan (116),Redridge Mountains (110),Hillsbrad Foothills (85)
75
Silver Vein
37 locations
Most in Arathi Highlands (270),Alterac Mountains (167),Stranglethorn Vale (134),Wetlands (132),Duskwood (118),Silverpine Forest (118)
125
Iron Deposit
40 locations
Most in Arathi Highlands (254),Alterac Mountains (176),Stranglethorn Vale (134),Duskwood (118),Thousand Needles (108),Desolace (91)
155
Gold Vein
38 locations
Most in Arathi Highlands (273),Alterac Mountains (176),Stranglethorn Vale (134),Duskwood (118),The Hinterlands (112),Badlands (111)
175
Mithril Deposit
39 locations
Most in Badlands (111),The Hinterlands (108),Alterac Mountains (96),Searing Gorge (86),Tanaris (54),Azshara (39)
230
Dark Iron Deposit
35 locations
Most in Searing Gorge (85)
230
Truesilver Deposit
40 locations
Most in Badlands (112),The Hinterlands (108),Alterac Mountains (96),Searing Gorge (53),Tanaris (23),Azshara (14)
245
Small Thorium Vein
25 locations
Most in Winterspring (28),Swamp of Sorrows (7),Blasted Lands (5)
275
Rich Thorium Vein
37 locations
Most in Winterspring (47),Azshara (25)

Smelting

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17 recipes

Mining recipes
Recipe	Skill	Source
Smelting
Smelt Copper	Learned at 1. Skill colours: Orange from 1, Yellow from 25, Green from 47, Grey from 70	Trainer
Smelt Tin	Learned at 65. Skill colours: Orange from 65, Yellow from 50, Green from 62, Grey from 75	Trainer
Smelt Bronze	Learned at 65. Skill colours: Orange from 65, Yellow from 65, Green from 90, Grey from 115	Trainer
Smelt Silver	Learned at 75. Skill colours: Orange from 75, Yellow from 100, Green from 112, Grey from 125	Trainer
Smelt Iron	Learned at 125. Skill colours: Orange from 125, Yellow from 130, Green from 135, Grey from 140	Trainer
Smelt Steel	Learned at 165. Skill colours: Orange from 165, Yellow from 165, Green from 165, Grey from 165	Trainer
Smelt Gold	Learned at 155. Skill colours: Orange from 155, Yellow from 170, Green from 177, Grey from 185	Trainer
Smelt Mithril	Learned at 175. Skill colours: Orange from 175, Yellow from 175, Green from 175, Grey from 175	Trainer
Smelt Dark Iron	Learned at 215. Skill colours: Orange from 215, Yellow from 230, Green from 230, Grey from 230	Quest
Smelt Truesilver	Learned at 230. Skill colours: Orange from 230, Yellow from 230, Green from 230, Grey from 230	Trainer
Smelt Thorium	Learned at 250. Skill colours: Orange from 250, Yellow from 250, Green from 250, Grey from 250	Trainer
Smelt AzerothiumNew in Forever	Learned at 275. Skill colours: Orange from 275, Yellow from 275, Green from 275, Grey from 275	Trainer
Smelt Heavy ThoriumNew in Forever	Learned at 300. Skill colours: Orange from 300, Yellow from 300, Green from 307, Grey from 315	Trainer
Smelt Elementium	Learned at 295. Skill colours: Orange from 295, Yellow from 310, Green from 315, Grey from 320	Quest
Camp objects
LodestoneNew in Forever	Learned at 20. Skill colours: Orange from 20, Yellow from 20, Green from 20, Grey from 20	Trainer
Rock GardenNew in Forever	Learned at 140. Skill colours: Orange from 140, Yellow from 140, Green from 140, Grey from 140	Unknown
Molten FoundryNew in Forever	Learned at 300. Skill colours: Orange from 300, Yellow from 300, Green from 300, Grey from 300	Unknown

Training ranks

Step 1: Apprentice up to 75
10
From any Mining trainer: 13 teach it.
Step 2: Journeyman up to 150
5
From a Mining trainer, from Mining 50 and level 10: 13 teach it.
Step 3: Expert up to 225
45
From a Mining trainer, from Mining 125 and level 20: 13 teach it.
Step 4: Artisan up to 300
5
From a Mining trainer, from Mining 200 and level 35: 13 teach it.

Mining trainers

Trainers
Trainer	Rank	Where	Side
Kurdram Stonehammer	—	Darkshore	Alliance
Dank Drizzlecut	—	Dun Morogh	Alliance
Yarr Hammerstone	—	Dun Morogh	Alliance
Matt Johnson	—	Duskwood	Alliance
Geofram Bouldertoe	—	Ironforge	Alliance
Brock Stoneseeker	—	Loch Modan	Alliance
Gelman Stonehand	—	Stormwind City	Alliance
Krunn	—	Durotar	Horde
Makaru	—	Orgrimmar	Horde
Johan Focht	—	Silverpine Forest	Horde
Brek Stonehoof	—	Thunder Bluff	Horde
Brom Killian	—	Undercity	Horde
Pikkle	—	Tanaris

At camp

Skill 2020
90 melee Attack Power
Does not stack with Blessing of Might.
On the camping page
Skill 140140
Goes over the Lodestone and keeps its buff.
On the camping page
Skill 300300
Goes over the Lodestone and keeps its buff.
On the camping page

Legacy points and perks

Working Overtime5 ranksProfessions tree
Increases your chance to gain a skill increase from using any primary, secondary, or class-based tradeskill by 20%.
Dedicated Study1 rankProfessions tree
Increases your skill by 1 in your lowest tradeskill among your Primary and Secondary tradeskills. If you have already reached 300 skill in your two current Primary Tradeskills and all three Secondary Tradeskills, you will gain 2 to 4 of a random Elemental Essence.
Bountiful Harvest5 ranksProfessions tree
You discover 100% more Scarce materials from Mining, Herbalism, and Skinning.

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Mining

Level Mining from 1 to 300

Veins by skill

Copper Vein

Tin Vein

Silver Vein

Iron Deposit

Gold Vein

Mithril Deposit

Dark Iron Deposit

Truesilver Deposit

Small Thorium Vein

Rich Thorium Vein

Smelting

Training ranks

Step 1: Apprentice up to 75

Step 2: Journeyman up to 150

Step 3: Expert up to 225

Step 4: Artisan up to 300

Mining trainers

At camp

Legacy points and perks

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