Mining Guide 1–300

Trainers and ranks

You learn the next rank from a trainer once your character level and skill are high enough. The requirement listed is the skill you need beforehand.

• You'll find Mining trainers in every capital and many larger towns.
• In Classic, you need a Mining Pick in your bags to mine; Trade Supplies vendors sell it. unconfirmed
• Find Minerals shows ore nodes on the minimap. You get the spell when you learn the profession.
• Starting zones reportedly have junior trainers and a quest where you choose a handbook for Mining, Herbalism or Skinning (2 skill points each, up to 15). per fan sites

Ore nodes by skill

As in Classic, nodes follow a color rule: up to 25 points above the minimum skill they're orange and always give a skill-up, up to 50 above yellow, up to 100 above green, and beyond that gray with no skill-ups.

Minimum skill and zones follow WoW Classic. Nodes may be distributed differently in WoW Forever; we'll check after launch. The number after a profession is how many recipes use the ore or its bar.

Route 1–300

Smelting

Smelting is part of Mining and also gives skill-ups. Numbers come from the game data: yellow at the first value, gray at the second.

New in Forever

These ores are new in the beta data, with their own recipes. Where they spawn and at what skill isn't known yet. unconfirmed

• Pyrite Tailoring 9, Enchanting 4, Alchemy 1
• Bauxite Enchanting 1, Engineering 1
• Pitchblende Blacksmithing 9, Engineering 4, Enchanting 1
• Heavy Thorium Ore Blacksmithing 37, Engineering 4, Alchemy 1

Camp objects (camping)

Mining also makes campfire objects in WoW Forever. They're in the beta data with these materials: unconfirmed

The three tiers reportedly unlock at skill 20, 140 and 300, with better objects from blueprints that drop from dungeon bosses. per fan sites More: Best professions.

Gold with Mining

• Copper Ore, Tin Ore and Bronze Bar are scarce after every fresh launch because everyone levels Blacksmithing and Engineering at the same time. In the first week, sell ore and bars rather than crafted items.
• Blacksmithing and Engineering need stone from nodes (Rough Stone, Coarse Stone, Heavy Stone) for sharpening stones, weightstones and explosives.
• Bars often sell better than ore because buyers save time. Compare prices before you smelt.
• The profession factions' supply crates ask for early bars and leather, which keeps demand high. per fan sites
• More tips: Making gold.

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