Blacksmithing Guide 1-525
Blacksmithing is a great skill to have but it relies on mining, a profession that supports Blacksmithing and can waste a lot of time. If you want to do Blacksmithing you’ll have to use Mining….unless you are smart and buy all your supplies. So take a look at our X-Elerated Gold Making Guide to ensure you have enough gold for everything you need!
This Blacksmithing Leveling Guide is updated for the most recent patch and Cataclysm.
This Blacksmithing Leveing Guide is aimed to help you with leveling your blacksmithing to 525, as quickly and cheaply as possible. Check out our Mining Leveling Guide if you will be leveling blacksmithing & mining at the same time. However, you can certainly follow this guide without mining!
Each section of this leveling guide gives the optimal path along with materials needed for leveling your blacksmithing skill. Please remember, don't sell any crafted '* Grinding Stones' until you've confirmed they aren't needed in future steps. I've also excluded blacksmithing materials that are purchased from general vendors.
Apprentice Blacksmithing (Leveling 1-75)
Talk to a guard to find the city's Blacksmithing Trainer, you can use any trainer all the way to level 525. For leveling from 1-75, all you need is 6 stacks of Rough Stone and about 15 Coarse Stone. These should be very cheap on the Auction House, just a few gold total.
Journeyman Blacksmithing (Leveling 75-150)
Leveling from 75 to 150 will cost mostly Bronze & Copper. You're really better off buying this stuff off the Auction House opposed to running around Elmwyn or Durator looking for it (it'll just take too long). You are going to need a ton of gold leveling Blacksmithing to 450, so you better start farming it now.
Expert Blacksmithing (Leveling 150-220)
Leveling to 220 you'll need the 55 Heavy Grinding Stones that you crafted earlier in this guide. You will also need a ton of Iron and Steel (Steel is Iron+Coal smelted by a Miner)
Artisan Blacksmithing (Leveling 220-300)
Leveling your blacksmithing from 220 to 300 with this guide will require a lot of Mithril (almost 300, 15 stacks) and a TON of Thorium (420, 21 stacks) Just the Thorium alone can cost more than 1,000g. There isn't a better way to get Blacksmithing from 260-300.
Master Blacksmithing (Leveling 300-350)
Leveling blacksmithing from 300 to 350 with this guide will require a lot of Fel Iron, about 155 or ~8 stacks, along with at least 4 stacks of Adamantite (but probably more) You should pick these up off the Auction House instead of flying around the Outlands looking for them (it'll take you a long time)
Grand Master Blacksmithing (Leveling 350-425)
Leveling Blacksmithing to 425 with this guide will cost 100s or Cobalt, Saronite and a few Titanium. You can buy these over a few days off the Auction House to keep prices low or go all at it and buyout the Auction House (look for Ore to smelt, sometimes it's cheaper) Either way you'll need a load of gold.
Illustrious Blacksmithing (Leveling 425-525)
This is the Cataclysm part of the guide. Here you will be able to level all the way up to 525 and train Illustrious Blacksmithing.
Remember this is only tentative and will be updated more.
