Welcome to Another of GameStrats WoW Profession leveling guides, this guide aims to show you the simplest and most efficient way to level your Black Smithing profession from 1 to 450. Updated for WoW patch 3.2
Blacksmithing like most other professions is best leveled with a Gathering profession, in this case Mining. Check out our mining guide from the Professions drop down menu for a guide on how to level Mining. Be warned that Blacksmithing is a massive gold drain and the benefits dont really start to show until you get to the really good items at 400+ so be ready to invest allot of time and Gold.
Luckily for me when i started to level Black Smithing the first time round i had a nice reserve of Gold thanks to this WoW Gold Guide so if your running low or finding it hard to make gold in WoW id definately take a look, it really helped me out.
The Thing to remember about blacksmithing is that when you create items of uncommon (green) quality or above you can have an enchanter disenchant those items for dust/essence to be sold on the AH - I found it easier to sell the disenchanteed materials than to try and sell the armor itself, especially at the lower levels of blacksmithing.
Blacksmithing guide sections:
Blacksmithing Apprentice 1 - 75
Blacksmithing Journeyman 75 - 125
Blacksmithing Expert 125 - 210
Blacksmithing Artisan 210 - 285
Blacksmithing Master 285 - 350
Blacksmithing Grand Master 350 - 450
Approximate Materials Required for 1-450:
- 133 Rough Stone
- 190 Copper Bar
- 24 Coarse Stone
- 5 Silver Bar
- 120 Bronze Bar
- 150 Heavy Stone
- 5 Gold Bar
- 230 Iron Bar
- 35 Green Dye
- 50 Steel Bar
- 5 Truesilver Bar
- 60 Solid Stones
- 150 Mageweave Cloth
- 320 Mithril Bar
- 20 Dense Stone
- 430 Thorium Bar
- 80 Rugged Leather or 10 Star Ruby
- 155 Fel Iron Bar
- 10 Netherweave Cloth
- 70 Adamantite Bar
- 320 Cobalt Bar
- 441 Saronite Bar
- 20 Crystallized Air
- 7 Titanium Bar
- 33 Eternal Earth
- 13 Eternal Shadow
- 13 Eternal Water
Related Guides:
WoW Blacksmithing Leveling Guide 1 - 450
First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Blacksmithing.
- 1 - 30
33 x [Rough Sharpening Stones] - 33 Rough Stone
- 30 - 65
Save 10 of these.50 x [Rough Grinding Stones] - 100 Rough Stone
- 65 - 75
10 x [Copper Chain Belt] - 60 Copper Bar
75 - 125
Learn Blacksmithing Journeyman.
- 75 - 87
Save these.
12 x [Coarse Grinding Stones] - 24 Coarse Stones
- 87 - 100
13 x [Runed Copper Belt] - 130 Copper Bar
- 100 - 105
5 x [Silver Rod] - 5 Silver Bar, 10 Rough Grinding Stone
- 105 - 125
20 x [Rough Bronze Leggings] - 120 Bronze Bar
125 - 200
Learn Blacksmithing Expert.
- 125 - 150
50 x [Heavy Grinding Stone] - 150 Heavy StoneYou should stop at 150 though if you reach that before making all 50, as the recipe goes grey at this point - then if you need all 50 later on make them at that point instead.
- 150 - 155
5 x [Golden Rod] - 5 Gold Bar, 10 Coarse Grinding Stone
- 155 - 165
10 x [Green Iron Leggings] - 80 Iron Bar, 10 Heavy Grinding Stone, 10 Green Dye
- 165 - 190
25 x [Green Iron Bracers] - 150 Iron Bar, 25 Green Dye
- 190 - 200
10 x [Golden Scale Bracers] - 50 Steel Bar, 20 Heavy Grinding Stone
200 - 275
Learn Blacksmithing Artisan.
- 200 - 205
5 x [Truesilver Rod] - 5 TrueSilver Bar, 5 Heavy Grinding Stone
At skill level 200 and character level 40, Blacksmiths can choose to specialize as an Armorsmith or a Weaponsmith. Weaponsmiths can later further specialize into Hammer-, Axe- or Swordsmiths. All specialized armor and weapons are Bind on Pickup and can only be used by the blacksmith that made them. Most specialization recipes require difficult components, such as Primal Mights, Primal Nethers, and Nether Vortexes. If you want to read more about Blacksmith specialization, please visit these pages: Armorsmithing or Weaponsmithing.
- 205 - 210
Save these.
15 x [Solid Grinding Stone] - 60 Solid Stone
- 210 - 225
15 x [Heavy Mithril Gauntlet] - 90 Mithril Bar, 60 Mageweave Cloth
- 225 - 235
10 x [Mithril Scale Bracers] - 80 Mithril Bar
This recipe is sold by these NPCs. There is around 30 minutes respawn rate for the recipe, if someone bought it before you. Make [Steel Plate Helm] if you do not want to wait for the recipe to respawn.
- 235 - 250
Check AH, if you can see the Mithril Spurs recipe and it's not that expensive, buy it and make those until 255.15 x [Mithril Coif] - 150 Mithril Bar, 90 Mageweave Cloth
- 250 - 260
20 x [Dense Sharpening Stones] - 20 Dense Stone
- 260 - 275
15 x [Thorium Bracers] - 120 Thorium Bar
275 - 350
Go to Outland and learn Blacksmithing Master.
- 275 - 290
Between 275-280, you can make [Arcanite Rods] and sell them at the Auction House. This way you will need 55 less [Thorium Bars]. The recipe is yellow, so it really depends on your luck, maybe you will only need to make 5 maybe 10. One [Arcanite Rod] costs around 18 gold to make if you buy the [Arcane Crystals] and find any Alchemist who transmute them into [Arcanite Bars]. The 55 [Thorium Bars] cost allot of gold usually on most servers, but this way if you have to make only 5 [Arcanite Rod], you might end up spending less overall, and you can also sell them for profit. You will find that the bars sell for a decent price but the demand can vary from server to server so if you dont feel like crafting to sell or just want to do things as fast as possible, you should just make the Bracers mentioned below.
15 x [Imperial Plate Bracers] 180 Thorium Bar
The recipe is a reward from this quest. - 10 Thorium Bar
- 290 - 300
Choose one from the recipes listed below. They both requires 12 Thorium Bar for each craft, the only difference between them is that you need 1 Star Ruby for the Helm and 8 Rugged Leather for the Boots.10 x [Thorium Boots] - 120 Thorium Bar, 80 Rugged Leather
or
10 x [Thorium Helm] - 120 Thorium Bar, 10 Star Ruby
- 300 - 305
10 x [Fel Weightstone] - 10 Fel Iron Bar, 10 Netherweave Cloth
- 305 - 315
10 x [Fel Iron Plate Belt] - 40 Fel Iron Bar
- 315 - 320
5 x [Fel Iron Chain Gloves] - 25 Fel Iron Bar
- 320 - 325
5 x [Fel Iron Plate Boots] - 30 Fel Iron Bar
- 325 - 330
10 x [Lesser Rune of Warding] - 10 Adamantite Bar
- 330 - 335
5 x [Fel Iron Breastplate] - 50 Fel Iron Bar
- 335 - 340
5 x [Adamantite Cleaver] - 40 Adamantite Bar - Recipe location
- 340 - 350
20 x [Lesser Ward of Shielding] - 20 Adamantite Bar - Recipe location
350 - 450
Go to Northrend and learn Blacksmithing Grand Master.
- 350 - 360
10 x [Cobalt Boots] - 40 Cobalt Bar
- 360 - 370
10 x [Cobalt Triangle Shield] - 40 Cobalt Bar
- 370 - 375
5 x [Cobalt Legplates] - 25 Cobalt Bar
- 375 - 380
5 x [Cobalt Gauntlets] - 25 Cobalt Bar
- 380 - 385
5 x [Spiked Cobalt Boots] - 35 Cobalt Bar
- 385 - 390
5 x [Sure-fire Shuriken] - 35 Cobalt Bar
- 390 - 395
5 x [Notched Cobalt War Axe] - 50 Cobalt Bar
- 395 - 400
5 x [Brilliant Saronite Belt] - 30 Cobalt Bar, 25 Saronite Bar
- 400 - 405
5 x [Horned Cobalt Helm] - 40 Cobalt Bar
- 405 - 415
10 x [Deadly Saronite Dirk] - 70 Saronite Bar, 20 Crystallized Air
- 415 - 425
13 x [Eternal Belt Buckle] - 52 Saronite Bar, 13 Eternal Earth, 13 Eternal Shadow, 13 Eternal Water
Make these until 425. You can sell these at the auction house, so you will get most of your gold back.
- 425 - 430
Sell these at the Auction House too.
7 x [Titanium Weapon Chain] - 14 Saronite Bar, 7 Titanium Bar
- 430 - 435
5 x [Savage Saronite Hauberk] - 70 Saronite Bar, 5 Eternal Earth
- 435 - 445
15 x [Daunting Legplates] - 210 Saronite Bar, 15 Eternal Earth
- 445 - 450
You can continue to make [Daunting Legplates], but the recipe will be green. Other option is to craft epic items for other players, or you can buy the materials and try to sell the crafted items on the Auction House - If your lucky enough to have Access to End game raiding you will find more than enough items to craft for profit if you have the patience to gather matierls or can play the Auction house to get really low price mats.
I Hope this guide has been of use to you, and if you have any feedback or comments please do post them, we are continually looking to improve our guides and would greatley appreciate the feedback from the community. All the best in WoW.
