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Mining recipes in WoW Forever

Everything you can make with Mining: 18 recipes from the game client (5 new compared to Classic), with the product, skill, reagents and whether there is a recipe item.

Recipes
18
New in Forever
5
With a recipe item
3
Distinct reagents
27

Leveling Mining 1 to 300: the path that uses the fewest materials

9 stretches and about 251 crafts to reach 185, with trainer recipes only. In each stretch, the recipe that needs the least material per point.

  1. 1–31Copper Bar × 31each: 1 × Copper Ore
  2. 31–65Tin Bar × 42each: 1 × Tin Ore
  3. 65–75Bronze Bar × 12each: 1 × Copper Bar, 1 × Tin Bar
  4. 75–105Silver Bar × 31each: 1 × Silver Ore
  5. 105–140Iron Bar × 55each: 1 × Iron Ore
  6. 140–145Steel Bar × 5each: 1 × Iron Bar, 1 × Coal
  7. 145–172Gold Bar × 28each: 1 × Gold Ore
  8. 172–175Mithril Bar × 3each: 1 × Mithril Ore
  9. 175–185Gold Bar × 44each: 1 × Gold Ore

From 185 on no trainer recipe gives points: with the tool below you can include recipes you have to find.

Everything you need to buy or gather

  • 72 × Gold Ore
  • 60 × Iron Ore
  • 54 × Tin Ore
  • 43 × Copper Ore
  • 31 × Silver Ore
  • 5 × Coal
  • 3 × Mithril Ore

There are no auction prices: “fewest materials” counts raw units (what you craft yourself along the way is broken down). Craft counts are the expected ones with Classic's skill-up chance; allow for a few more. Below you can fit the range to your skill.

Shopping list

Tell us your skill and where you want to get to: we tell you which recipe to make at each stage, how many times, and everything you need to buy.

From 1 to 150: 7 steps and about 181 crafts.

What to make

  1. 1–31Copper Bar×311 Copper Ore
  2. 31–65Tin Bar×421 Tin Ore
  3. 65–75Bronze Bar×121 Copper Bar · 1 Tin Bar
  4. 75–105Silver Bar×311 Silver Ore
  5. 105–140Iron Bar×551 Iron Ore
  6. 140–145Steel Bar×51 Iron Bar · 1 Coal
  7. 145–150Gold Bar×51 Gold Ore

This gets you to 150.

What to buy

  • 60Iron Ore
  • 54Tin Ore
  • 43Copper Ore
  • 31Silver Ore
  • 5Gold Ore
  • 5Coal

What you craft along the way

Bolts, bars and parts that a recipe asks for and that you can make with this same profession. Making them also gives skill while they are not grey, so you may get there sooner.

  • ×12Copper Bar
  • ×12Tin Bar
  • ×5Iron Bar

Camp objects you unlock

  • 20 LodestoneMore melee attack power; doesn't stack with Blessing of Might
  • 140 Rock GardenReplaces the first object and keeps its buff, and spawns a common mining node over time

How it works: at each point we pick the recipe that uses the fewest materials per expected skill point, with the game’s skill-up chance (certain while orange; in yellow and green it drops to zero at grey). Craft counts are an average: you may need a few more or a few fewer. We have no auction house prices, so “cheapest” means fewer units of material, not less gold. Each recipe’s required skill is approximate because the game client doesn’t ship it; the yellow, green and grey ranges do come from the client. By default only trainer recipes are used; where the others come from is decided by the server.

All Mining recipes

  • LodestoneNew

    Trainer

    1202225

    • Rough Stone ×1
    • Copper Bar ×1

  • Copper Bar

    Smelt Copper · Trainer

    1254770

    • Copper Ore ×1

  • Tin Bar

    Smelt Tin · Trainer

    25506275

    • Tin Ore ×1

  • Bronze Bar ×2

    Smelt Bronze · Trainer

    406590115

    • Copper Bar ×1
    • Tin Bar ×1

  • Silver Bar

    Smelt Silver · Trainer

    75100112125

    • Silver Ore ×1

  • Iron Bar

    Smelt Iron · Trainer

    105130135140

    • Iron Ore ×1

  • Rock GardenNew

    Recipe item

    115140142145

    • 2Heavy Stone ×2
    • Iron Ore ×1
    • Silver Bar ×1

  • Steel Bar

    Smelt Steel · Trainer

    140165165165

    • Iron Bar ×1
    • Coal ×1

  • Gold Bar

    Smelt Gold · Trainer

    145170177185

    • Gold Ore ×1

  • Mithril Bar

    Smelt Mithril · Trainer

    150175175175

    • Mithril Ore ×1

  • Dark Iron Bar

    Smelt Dark Iron · Trainer

    205230230230

    • 8Dark Iron Ore ×8

  • Truesilver Bar

    Smelt Truesilver · Trainer

    205230230230

    • Truesilver Ore ×1

  • Thorium Bar

    Smelt Thorium · Trainer

    225250250250

    • Thorium Ore ×1

  • Azerothium BarNew

    Smelt Azerothium · Trainer

    250275275275

    • 2Pitchblende ×2
    • Coal ×1

  • Molten FoundryNew

    Recipe item

    275300300300

    • 5Thorium Bar ×5
    • 2Dense Stone ×2
    • Truesilver Bar ×1

  • Heavy Thorium BarNew

    Smelt Heavy Thorium · Trainer

    275300307315

    • Heavy Thorium Ore ×1

  • Elementium Bar

    Smelt Elementium · Trainer

    285310315320

    • Elementium Ore ×1
    • 10Arcanite Bar ×10
    • Fiery Core ×1
    • 3Elemental Flux ×3

  • Obsidian-Infused Thorium Bar

    Smelt Obsidian-Infused Thorium Bar · Recipe item

    290315322330

    • 2Enchanted Thorium Bar ×2
    • 2Large Obsidian Shard ×2

Recipes, products and reagents: game client 1.60.1.70888 (wago.tools) compared with Classic Era. The required skill is approximate: the client doesn't ship it, so it is the yellow tier minus 25 (orange); yellow and grey come from the client, and green sits halfway between them, as in the game. “Recipe item” means an item teaches it; where you get it is decided by the server.

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Data from game client 1.60.1.70888, updated 11 Nov 2026.

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