WoW Forever Blacksmithing Leveling Guide 1-300

Blacksmithing is the most metal-hungry profession in WoW Forever. On the EU Auction House on November 10, the bars and stone for 1 to 225 cost about 57g 74s, and almost all of it goes into Iron, Mithril and Truesilver from 125 on. Artisan from 225 to 300 runs on Mithril, Thorium and the new Azerothium Bar. Thorium Bars fell from about 1 gold on November 9 to between 22 and 45 silver on November 10, but Artisan is still by far the most expensive part.

This guide gives you the cheapest route we found for each skill bracket, with every craft, material and current price at the top in one table. Below it you will find the rank requirements, how each bracket works, the plans you need to buy, the new Forever recipes, Armorsmith and Weaponsmith, and a searchable list of every Blacksmithing recipe. Recipes of the other professions are in our Recipe Database.

Blacksmithing at a Glance

Blacksmithing has four ranks. Each one raises the skill cap and needs a trainer, a minimum skill and a minimum character level. The cost column is the price of materials for that bracket on the route above, with bars and stone at the EU Auction House price of November 10 and dye at vendor prices.

You need a Blacksmith Hammer in your bags and an anvil nearby for almost every craft. Blacksmithing pairs with Mining: you smelt your own bars and save most of the cost. Our best professions in WoW Forever guide compares it with the other pairs.

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How the Route Works, Bracket by Bracket

The route in the Leveling Path tab above takes the cheapest recipe for each part of the climb. Skill ranges are where the recipe is orange or yellow in Forever, and the craft count already includes the misses you get on yellow recipes. The last column of that table is the cost of buying everything for that step at current EU prices.

Two habits save the most gold. First, keep the grinding stones you make: Coarse and Heavy Grinding Stones go straight into later recipes. Second, check the color of the recipe before a big batch. In Forever many Blacksmithing recipes turn green and grey about 25 points earlier than in Classic, so an old Classic guide keeps you crafting past the point where they stop giving skill.

Apprentice Blacksmithing 1–75

The first 75 points cost about 41s 76c. Sharpening and grinding stones from Rough and Coarse Stone take you to 69, and Copper Chain Belts finish the rank. At skill 20 you can build a Sharpening Wheel for your camp.

Journeyman Blacksmithing 75–125

Visit a Journeyman trainer at skill 50, after you reach level 10. This bracket costs about 7g 25s: Runed Copper Belts, Heavy stones and a few Bronze pieces. Keep the Heavy Grinding Stones for later.

Expert Blacksmithing 125–225

Learn Expert at 125 from Saru Steelfury in Orgrimmar or Bengus Deepforge in Ironforge; you need level 20. This is where most of the gold goes, about 50g 7s. Green Iron Bracers from 148 to 175 eat Iron Bars and Green Dye, and Heavy Mithril Gauntlets and Mithril Coifs need over 400 Mithril Bars between them. At 140 you can make an Anvil for your camp from the Anvil blueprint.

Artisan Blacksmithing 225–300

Artisan is taught by only one trainer, Brikk Keencraft in Booty Bay, for both factions. Train at skill 200 and level 35. The last 75 points need plans from vendors (see the next section). Very few players have reached this range yet: Arcanite Bar had about 20 listings from 50 gold each on November 10 and Azerothium Bar only five, so the Artisan cost in the table covers only the materials with a price. At about 22 silver a Thorium Bar, the 950 bars on this route alone cost around 210 gold. Essence of Air had only a couple of listings at 4 to 5 gold each, so the 116 Essences for Bold Dirk alone cost around 470 to 580 gold.

• Bold Dirk from 270 to 300 is the new Forever route. It needs Azerothium Bars and Essence of Air, which come from the level 55 to 60 zones. At current prices the Essences make it the most expensive finish, so check the Huge Thorium Battleaxe below first.
• If Azerothium is expensive on your realm, the classic finish works too: Ornate Thorium Handaxe and then Huge Thorium Battleaxe to 300, both from Magnus Frostwake. It needs only Thorium and more of it, about 1,500 bars in total.
• Dense Weightstone and the Arcanite Skeleton Key are cheap points, but Arcanite Bars need an Alchemist's transmute. Ask one early.

Blacksmithing Plans to Buy from Vendors

Every recipe up to 225 is taught by trainers. Artisan needs plans from two vendors. Both have unlimited stock, so you can buy them any time.

New Forever plans can sometimes give a cheaper orange craft than the classic ones. Compare their cost with Mithril and Thorium before you buy a big stack; our WoW Forever new recipes guide lists every new plan and where to buy it.

Armorsmith and Weaponsmith in WoW Forever

At character level 40 Blacksmiths can choose a specialization with a quest. You turn in a set of crafted items and learn either Armorsmith or Weaponsmith, which unlocks its own plans. Weaponsmiths can later become a Master Swordsmith, Hammersmith or Axesmith.

How the specializations work with the new Forever plans was not tested in the beta, and the choice is hard to undo. Many players wait until the first raid gear is known before they pick one.

New Blacksmithing Recipes in WoW Forever

Blacksmithing got 197 new recipes in WoW Forever, mostly mail and plate sets in several stat variants per level bracket. Six mail recipes left the profession and now belong to Leatherworking: Wildthorn Mail, Heavy Timbermaw Belt, Storm Gauntlets, Helm of the Great Chief, Heavy Timbermaw Boots and Invulnerable Mail. They use Rugged Leather and Enchanted Leather instead of bars.

Every plan with its vendor and price is in our guide to the new recipes in WoW Forever.

All Blacksmithing Recipes in WoW Forever

The route covers only the recipes you need to level. Below is every Blacksmithing recipe in WoW Forever with the skill it needs, where you learn it and the materials it takes. Search by name, filter by source or show only the recipes new in Forever.

Tips to Level Blacksmithing for Less Gold

These tips come from players who leveled Blacksmithing in the first days after launch:

• Level Mining first or alongside. Smelting your own bars removes most of the cost, and Mining trains to 185 through smelting alone.
• Buy a Blacksmith Hammer before anything else and keep Weak and Strong Flux from the Blacksmithing supplier in your bags.
• Your camp objects share a one-hour cooldown: the Sharpening Wheel at 20, the Anvil at 140 and the Master Forge at 300. The Anvil lets you craft away from town.
• The Legacy perk Working Overtime raises the chance to get a skill point on yellow and green recipes by 20%. It pays off most in the Mithril range.
• Blue Bind on Pickup gear is craftable from level 10. Its plans come from Merchant's Favor vendors and dungeon drops, so Blacksmithing is more about gearing yourself than making gold.

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More WoW Forever Profession Guides

Blacksmithing works best next to Mining, and what you can sell depends on what other players need. Our Mining guide shows where to find each ore, the best professions guide compares every pairing, and the gold making guide covers what sells for your level 40 mount.

WoW Forever Blacksmithing FAQ

These are the questions players ask most often about leveling Blacksmithing in Forever.