Blacksmithing 1

Jul 25, 2023

This guide covers everything you need to know about blacksmithing in WoW WotLK Classic.

Some of the strongest gear in World of Warcraft can be crafted via professions, and Blacksmithing is one of the premier choices if you're looking to create some powerful items in Classic Wrath of the Lich King. Epic weapons and armor can be crafted using special reagents, and there are also some nice augments on offer that you can use to enhance your gear.

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Blacksmithing pairs excellently with Mining and Jewelcrafting, as they all utilize ore to create the majority of their crafts. This guide will give you the best route to quickly level up your Blacksmithing profession, showing you the recommended crafts and necessary materials per level.

Leveling Classic professions can be quite tedious, owing to high time and gold investment. Prices of your required materials will vary per server, but you should be able to blast through the majority of crafts without needing to collect your own resources.

Mining will be the best profession for farming these reagents yourself, but it is not strictly necessary. What is vital, however, is that you have purchased a Blacksmith's Hammer, and keep it with you in your inventory, as it will allow you to create items.

Crafting Blacksmithing items will also require you to travel and stand next to a Forge, which can be found in every major city next to the Blacksmithing Trainers.

Level Range

Craft

Materials

1-30

30-65

65-75

75-90

90-100

100-105

105-110

110-125

125-140

140-150

150-155

155-165

165-190

190-200

200-210

210-225

225-235

235-250

250-260

260-270

270-275

275-290

290-300

TBC Blacksmithing is much more straightforward, and mainly requires the use of two types of Bar. If you are on a small server, the supply of both Fel Iron and Adamantitie can begin to dry up, so you may want to either farm your own, or level the profession more slowly.

TBC Blacksmithing trainers can be found in:

Level Range

Craft

Materials

300-305

305-316

316-321

321-325

325-335

335-340

340-350

Once you reach level 350 Blacksmithing, you can begin to create useful and relevant items for your characters. Depending on your level, the beginner armor and weapons can be a sizable upgrade, and can give you a nice boost in entering WotLK content.

Again, you are mainly on the hunt for both Cobalt and Saronite bars, and only really need to consider other resources at higher levels.

Some key recipes to learn are:

These three crafts will provide you with extra gem sockets for a certain piece of gear, with the Gloves and Bracers being limited to Blacksmiths only. This is a great way of gaining additional stats, and you always should be looking to craft this onto your gear.

The highest Blacksmithing levels will let you create Epic items, and some of these are especially powerful. The Epic Helms such as Spiked Titansteel Helm are the pre-raid best in slot for some classes, and you may find yourself being able to turn a great profit from making them. They will require rare resources such as Titansteel Bars, (created by Alchemists) but the earlier on you can start producing them, the better your chance of generating gold.

Your WotLK Blacksmithing trainers can be found in:

Level Range

Craft

Materials

350-360

360-370

370-375

375-380

380-385

385-390

390-395

395-400

400-405

405-416

416-425

425-430

430-445

445-450

Mixture of:

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