WoW Mining Guide
If you are new at playing World of Warcraft, you will need to make a decision on two main professions. There are many professions to select from. Themain character should have a profession that suits it's needs. Mining is perfect for characters that wear mail or plate armor. Almost all blue or purple patterns will provide you with epic gear for leveling and you won't need to spend a large amount of gold at the auction house. This WoW Mining Guide will provide for you a basic tour of the materials, areas, and trainers to help level your mining profession quickly.
When you begin, training is necessary to have the mining skill.
WoW Mining Guide Trainers:
WoW Alliance Trainers:
Gelman Stonehand: (Alliance Trainer - Stormwind)Kurdram Stonehammer: (Alliance Trainer - Darkshore)Matt Johnson: (Alliance Trainer - Duskwood)Brock Stoneseeker: (Alliance Trainer - Thelsamar)Geofram Bouldertoe: (Alliance Trainer - Ironforge)Yarr Hammerstone: (Alliance Trainer - Kharanos)Dank Drizzlecut: (Alliance Trainer - Dun Morogh)Muaat: (Alliance Trainer - Exodar)
WoW Horde Trainers:
Brom Killian: (Horde Trainer - Undercity)Makaru: (Horde Trainer - Orgrimmar)Brek Stonehoof: (Horde Trainer - Thunder Bluff)Belil: (Horde Trainer - Silvermoon City)
For the expansion packs, it is necessary to go to the cities located in the new areas for Master skill and Grand Master skill. Below is the list of trainers for each expansion pack.
Hurnak Grimmord: (Alliance Trainer - Honor Hold)Fendrig Redbeard: (Alliance Trainer - Valiance Keep)
Krugosh: (Horde Trainer - Thrallmar)Jonathan Lewis: (Horde Trainer - Vengeance Landing)
After you have trained at one of these locations , it is necessaryto buy a mining pick at any location (usually located next to the mining trainer) that offers profession equipment. You can also purchase a very inexpensive pair of gloves in the auction house and have the +5 mining skill enchanted on them. In addition to this WoW Mining Guide, it will make leveling your skill simpler, and you will miss less without having to retry.
I have listed each vein and the relevant skills that are necessary. If your character is high level, and you just need to level your mining quickly, you should bring a alot of bag space so that you can go about mining through the different areas without having to come back to the city to sell and get more bag space.
Vein Type and Skill Required * Copper (1)* Tin (65)* Incendicite (65)* Silver (75)* Lesser Bloodstone (75)* Iron (125)* Indurium (150)* Gold (155)* Mithril (175)* Dark Iron (230)* Truesilver (230)* Small Thorium (250)* Rich Thorium (275)
* Fel Iron Deposit (300)
* Adamantite Vein (325)
* Rich Adamantite Vein (350)
* Cobalt Node (350)
* Khorium Vein (375)
* Rich Cobalt Node (375)
* Saronite Node (400)
* Rich Saronite Node (425)
* Titanium Node (450)
I have listed the skills necessary to smelt the types of ore that you mine. Some smelting requires 2 of the types of ore. For example, bronze smelting requires 1 Copper ore and 1 tin ore. If you are purely leveling and for the purpose of this WoW Mining Guide, it is a good idea to smelt those which require 1 per skill up.
* Copper (1)* Tin (65)* Bronze (65)* Silver (75)* Iron (125)* Gold (155)* Steel (165)* Mithril (175)* Truesilver (230)* Dark Iron (230)* Thorium (250)
* Smelt Fel Iron (300)
* Smelt Felsteel (300)
* Smelt Adamantite (325)
* Smelt Etenium (350)
* Smelt Khorium (365)
* Smelt Cobalt (350)
* Smelt Saronite (400)
* Smelt Titanium (450)
* Smelt Titansteel (450)
WoW Mining Guide 1-75 (Alliance)
For skill levels 1 through 75, it is neccessary to compete against your own faction for ore. Be certain to turn on mine tracking or you will miss different veins while you are questing. The optimum area to level up to 75 is the Darkshore zone. If you are a high level with a mount, concentrate your search in the mountains east of the zone. All throughout the mountains of Darkshore you will find copper, bronze, and occasionally silver.
WoW Mining Guide 1-75 (Horde)
Silverpine Forest outside of Undercity has the most dense area of veins for mining beginners. It is also quiet, and you will compete against those in your faction ,instead of engaging in PVP.
While I do suggest these areas, you will discover copper and bronze veins in any beginning city. You can also find lots of 1 through 75 veins in any area where the level for questing is about 1 – 20.
Once you have reached 75 in mining, you will need to go see a trainer again to increase your skill to allow you to get to 150 mining which is the next step. Subsequently, you will need to train again to 225, again for 300, and again for 375. Before going through this WoW Mining Guide, make sure to remember to go to your trainer each time you reach the maximum.Mining 66-125 - Tin and Silver (Alliance and Horde)
The Barrens is a super area to mine for the next level. Unfortunately for Alliance, this is a Horde zone. You can get through the zone by running through Ashenvale down the road. When you arrive at a fork, head north toward the barrens. Also, Thousand Needles is a super area to level up mining. There are many veins in both areas to help you to the next skill level.
Mining 126-175 - Iron and Gold
There are many areas to find these two types of veins and level up. Desolace is a super place because it is almost always devoid of other placers. Another super place is Badlands. All areas of Badlands have caves and mountainous areas for mining. Arathi Highlands is another place to farm for veins, although there is much more PVP in the area.
Mining 176-250 - Mithril and Truesilver
Tanaris has excellent mining potential at this level, but you can encounter a lot of PVP. Hinterlands can bring a profit as well. For great mining, Searing Gorge is empty with the exception of a few levelers.
Mining 251-300 – Thorium
Un’Goro Crater is extremely popular to level mining at this level. It is a tiny area, very condensed, and lots of nodes to increase skill. For a less populated area, Eastern and Western Plaguelands are super for increasing mining at this level.
Mining 301-325 - Fel Iron
Hellfire Peninsula is the main area to discover Fel Iron nodes. They can be located in other Burning Crusade areas as well. Zangarmarsh is a secondary area.
Mining 326-350 – Adamantite
Nagrand is a plethora of profession areas. Mining is one of these and you can find it a quick place to increase mining skill.
Mining 351-375 Rich Adamantite / Khorium
Khorium is a hard-to-find vein, but rich adamantite is more abundant. These ore veins are primarily in Blades Edge Mountains .
Mining 376-400 Cobalt / Rich Cobalt
Howling Fjord is the first place in the WOTLK expansion for increasing mining. You can increase from higher end nodes from BC prior to moving into a new zone as well.
Mining 401-450 Saronite / Rich Saronite
Sholazar Basin is probably the best places to mine with the new expansion pack. Expect plenty of PVP and competition for veins. You can also find other veins that are green if PVP becomes too fierce.
I suggest you take up Blacksmithing to maximize the effectiveness of your Mining profession. To get the most benefit out of this WoW Mining Guide check out the WoW Blacksmithing Guide.
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