Vanilla Blacksmithing Guide: 1 – 300 (WoW Classic Leveling)

Welcome to our WoW Vanilla Blacksmithing Leveling Guide! This guide works for vanilla-era, SOM, and hardcore servers. 

Blacksmithing is a great profession. With it, you’ll be able to craft some truly iconic vanilla WoW weapons. If you are rolling a plate-wielding class, I suggest you think about learning blacksmithing. Every serious guild will have at least a few dedicated blacksmiths. 

However, blacksmithing isn’t one of the most lucrative professions – unless you learn some rare recipes. Also, the mats needed can get quite pricey. So if you are a new player or don’t have other ways of making money, maybe try leveling a different profession.

This guide was created for you to save money and time. Blacksmithing usually works really well with mining. But if you don’t have mining, you can still buy all the mats from the auction house.

Total mats needed for 1 – 300 Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing guide WoW Classic

Start by learning blacksmithing from one of these trainers:

Apprentice blacksmithing (1 – 75)

• 1 – 30
  40x Rough Sharpening Stone – 40x Rough Stone (This recipe goes yellow at 15, so you might need to make a bit more than 30.)
• 30 – 65
  45x Rough Grinding Stone – 90x Rough Stone (This recipe goes yellow at 45, so you might need to make a bit more than 35. )

Don’t sell these. You’ll use them in further recipes. 

Don’t forget to train Journeyman blacksmithing (75 – 150) once you reach skill level 50.

• 65 – 75
  10x Copper Chain Belt – 60 Copper Bar

Journeyman blacksmithing (75 – 150)

• 75 – 87
  15x Coarse Grinding Stone – 24x Coarse Stone 

This recipe starts at yellow, so you might need to make a bit more than 12. This recipe goes green at 87, that’s why we stop there. However, if you have a lot of Coarse Stone you can continue doing it till 90.

Also, don’t sell these. You’ll use them in further recipes. 

• 87  – 100
  13x Runed Copper Belt – 130x Copper Bar
• 100 – 105
  5x Silver Rod – 5x Silver Bar, 10x Rough Grinding Stone
• 105 – 125
  20x Rough Bronze Leggings – 120x Bronze Bar

Don’t forget to train Expert Blacksmithing (150 – 225) once you reach skill level 125. You can learn it from Groum Stonebeard in Ironforge, and Saru Steelfury in Orgrimmar.

• 125 – 150
  70x Heavy Grinding Stone  – 210x Heavy Stone

This recipe starts at yellow and goes green at 137, so it’s hard to say how many of them you are going to need to make. Still, Heavy Grinding Stone is by far the best thing to create, especially considering you will be needing them further down the line. 

Expert blacksmithing (150 – 225)

• 150 – 155
  5x Golden Rod – 5x Gold Bar, 10x Coarse Grinding Stone
• 155 – 165
  10x Green Iron Leggings – 80x Iron Bar, 10x Heavy Grinding Stone, 10x Green Dye
• 165 – 190
  25x Green Iron Bracers – 150x Iron Bar, 25x Green Dye
• 190 – 200
  10x Golden Scale Bracers – 50x Steel Bar, 20x Heavy Grinding Stone

Don’t forget to train Artisan Blacksmithing (225 – 300) once you reach skill level 200. You can learn it from Brikk Keencraft in Stranglethorn Vale.

• 200 – 205
  5x Truesilver Rod – 5x Truesilver Bar, 5x Heavy Grinding Stone
• 205 – 210
  15x Solid Grinding Stone – 60x Solid Stone (At 205, this recipe is green so you will need to make more than 5.) 

Also, don’t sell these. You’ll use them in further recipes. 

• 210 – 225:
  15x Heavy Mithril Gauntlet – 90x Mithril Bar, 60x Mageweave Cloth

Artisan blacksmithing (225 – 300)

• 225 – 235
  10x Mithril Scale Bracers – 80x Mithril Bar

You’ll learn this from Plans: Mithril Scale Bracers, a limited supply recipe that Alliance players can buy from Harggan in the Hinterlands, and Horde players from Gharash in Swamp of Sorrows. If you don’t want to wait for the limited supply recipe, you can always check the auction house for it.

• 235 – 250
  15x Mithril Coif– 150x Mithril Bar, 90x Mageweave Cloth (6)
  or 15x Mithril Spurs  – 60x Mithril Bar, 45x Solid Grinding Stone

The Mithril Spurs option is a lot cheaper, but Plans: Mithril Spurs is a random world drop. Try looking for it on the auction house and buy it if it isn’t too expensive. 

• 250 – 260
  20x Dense Sharpening Stone – 20x Dense Stone (This recipe goes yellow at 255 and goes green at 257, so you will have to make more than 10.)

• 260 – 275
  15x Thorium Bracers – 120x Thorium Bar

Plans: Thorium Bracers is also a random world drop. It’s strongly suggested you buy it from the auction house. It’s usually not too expensive.

• 275 – 290
  15x Imperial Plate Bracers – 180x Thorium Bar

Plans: Imperial Plate Bracers is the reward for finishing the quest Imperial Plate Bracer given by Derotain Mudsipper in Gadgetzan, Tanaris. To complete the quest, you need to give him 10 Thorium Bars.

• 290 – 300
  10x Thorium Boots – 120x Thorium Bar, 80x Rugged Leather
  or 10x Thorium Helm – 120x Thorium Bar, 10x Star Ruby

You learn both of these from random world drops. I suggest investing in the one that has cheaper materials – calculate the price of 8x Rugged Leather vs 1x Star Ruby. 

Blacksmithing specializations

In vanilla, you can either become an armorsmith or a weaponsmith. Switching specializations is not easy. You’ll have to unlearn blacksmithing and then learn everything again. So choose wisely. 

Armorsmith

To become an armorsmith, talk with Grumnus Steelshaper in Ironforge, or Okothos Ironrager in Orgrimmar. 

They’ll ask you to bring them 4x Ornate Mithril Helm, 2x Ornate Mithril Boots, and 1x Ornate Mithril Breastplate.

Weaponsmith

To become a weaponsmith, talk with Ironus Coldsteel in Ironforge, or Borgosh Corebender in Orgrimmar. 

They’ll ask you to bring them 4x Moonsteel Broadsword, 4x Massive Iron Axe, 2x Heavy Mithril Axe, and 2x Big Black Mace.

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Thank you for reading our vanilla blacksmithing leveling guide! Now that you are at max level, try getting your hands on a rare recipe like the Plans: Lionheart Helm or Plans: Nightfall. Blacksmithing can craft some really powerful gear in the early stages of the game. It’s also a very efficient way of gearing new characters. It’s a pricey, but rewarding profession.