Mining Guide – 1 to 375
Mining Leveling Guide – 1 to 375 to level Mining fast is all about finding the right veins, and best way to do that is to be in the right area for the most chance. This list simply tells you at what level you can mine a vein and where your best chance of finding it is (note that if your levelling your player at the same time as mining then the best place to mine is in the area you are questing at that time). You can mine a vein all the way until it turns green before you should think about moving on to the next type. Silver, Gold and Dark Iron can be pretty much be ignored for levelling in that you should mine them only as you see them, however they do provided a great source of income as they are often in great demand but then so are most types of veins you can mine.
You need to visit the mining trainers at skill level 75, 125, 225 and 300 to learn the next level of mining to allow you to mine higher level veins and smelt them into bars.
Mining 1 to 75 Guide
Mine Copper from level 1 to 65 and then Tin, Silver, Incendicite and Lesser Bloodstone from 66 to 125
Start Mining at Level 1
Copper – (Map) – Best Areas are The Barrens (Horde) and Dun Morogh (Allaince).
Start Mining at Level 65
Tin – (Map) – Best Areas are The Barrens (Horde) and Ashenvale (Allaince).
Incendicite – (Map) – Only Area is Wetlands (Allaince).
(!) Incendicite Ore is needed for the Dun Morogh Quest, Search for Incendicite and can sell on Alliance only Auction House in stacks of 6. For Horde these have no value, so should not be mined other than to skill-up but then what you doing in this area of Wetlands!?! LOL
Lesser Bloodstone – (Map) – Only Area is Arathi Highlands.
(!) Lesser Bloodstone Ore is needed for the Stranglethorn Vale Quest (for both Alliance and Horde), Favor for Krazek and can sell on in stacks of 4 on both the Alliance and Horde Action house as well as the Goblin Auction House (right next to the quest giver in Booty Bay).
Mining 75 to 150 Guide
Mine Tin, Silver, Incendicite and Lesser Bloodstone from 66 to 125 and then Iron and Gold from 126 to 175.
Start Mining at Level 75
Silver – (Map) – Best Areas are Ashenvale (Alliance), Desolace and Thousand Needles (Horde)
Start Mining at Level 125
Iron – (Map) – Best Areas are Arathi Highlands and Desolace.
Mining 150 to 225 Guide
Mine Iron and Gold from 126 to 175 and then Mithril and Truesilver from 176 to 250.
Start Mining at Level 155
Gold – (Map) – Best Areas are Desolace and Arathi Highlands.
Start Mining at Level 175
Mithril – (Map) – Best Areas are The Hinterlands and Tanaris.
Mining 225 to 300 Guide
Mine Mithril and Truesilver from 176 to 250 and then Small Thorium and Rich Thorium from 251 to 300.
Start Mining at Level 230
Truesilver – (Map) – Best Areas are Winterspring and The Hinterlands.
Dark Iron – (Map) – Best Areas are Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge.
Start Mining at Level 245
Small Thorium – (Map) – Best Areas are Silithus and Un’Goro Crater.
Start Mining at Level 275
Rich Thorium – (Map) – Best Areas are Winterspring and Azshara.
Mining 300 to 375 Guide
Mine Fel Iron from 301 to 330 and then Fel Iron and Adamantite to 350 and then Fel Iron, Adamantite and Rich Adamantite to 375.
Start Mining at Level 300
Fel Iron – (Map) – Best Area is Hellfire Peninsula.
Start Mining at Level 325
Adamantite – (Map) – Best Areas are Blade’s Edge Mountains and Nagrand.
Start Mining at Level 350
Rich Adamantite – (Map) – Best Areas are Nagrand and Netherstorm.
Start Mining at Level 375
Khorium – (Map) – Best Areas are Hellfire Peninsula, Blade’s Edge Mountains and Nagrand.
Eternium – Comes from Khorium (10%) Adamantite (10%), Rich Adamantite (10%), Fel Iron (2%) and Nethercite (2%) veins.
Smelting 1 to 75 Guide
Smelt Copper (1)
Smelt Tin (50)
Smelt Bronze (65)
Smelt Silver (75)
Smelting 75 to 150 Guide
Smelt Iron (125)
Smelting 150 to 225 Guide
Smelt Gold (155)
Smelt Steel (165)
Smelt Mithril (175)
Smelting 225 to 300 Guide
Smelt Truesilver (230)
Smelt Thorium (250)
Smelt Dark Iron (230) * Learned in Blackrock Depths and smelted at the Black Forge in Blackrock Depths, again very few players learn the skill but crafts such as Jewelcrafting and other items use these bars so can be very valuable to learn.
Smelting 300 to 375 Guide
Smelt Fel Iron (300)
Smelt Felsteel (300)
Smelt Adamantite (325)
Smelt Etenium (350)
Smelt Khorium (365)
You can also learn Smelt Elementium in Blackwing Lair (you need a raid even at level 70), however very few items need it and very few players learn the skill these days, you also have to be player level 60+ and go with a priest who can mind control the NPC to make him teach a player (with mining profession).
Congratulations! On getting to level 375 in Mining. Shortly after the Wrath of the Lich King expansion is released I will update this guide to take you from 1 to 450 in Mining.
