WoW Blacksmithing Leveling Guide 1 - 450

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This WoW Blacksmithing guide will show you the fastest and easiest way to level your Blacksmithing skill up from 1 to 450. Updated for WoW patch 3.3

Blacksmithing is the best combined with Mining and I highly recommend to level Mining and Blacksmithing at the same time, because you will need a lot of gold if you want to buy everything from AH. It will take a lot of dedication to get to the end and get those epic items. Also, like other crafting trades, the benefits only really start showing at the end, so this Blacksmithing guide will be a massive gold drain all the way up to 450.

If you are low on gold, I recommend you to try this Gold Making Guide, it can help you to make loads of gold. You also need to realize this is not a leveling guide, so if you are looking for a leveling guide, the best one is this 1-80 Leveling Guide.

 

First, visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth - just ask a guard, and learn Apprentice Blacksmithing.

1 - 30
33 x [Rough Sharpening Stones] - 33 Rough Stone
30 - 65
Save 10 of these.
50 x [Rough Grinding Stones] - 100 Rough Stone

65 - 75
10 x [Copper Chain Belt] - 60 Copper Bar

 

75 - 125

Learn Blacksmithing Journeyman.

75 - 87
Save these.

12 x [Coarse Grinding Stones] - 24 Coarse Stones

87 - 100
13 x [Runed Copper Belt] - 130 Copper Bar
100 - 105
5 x [Silver Rod] - 5 Silver Bar, 10 Rough Grinding Stone
105 - 125
20 x [Rough Bronze Leggings] - 120 Bronze Bar

 

125 - 200

Learn Blacksmithing Expert.

125 - 150
50 x [Heavy Grinding Stone] - 150 Heavy Stone
You should stop at 150 though if you reach that before making all 50, as the recipe goes grey at this point - then if you need all 50 later on make them at that point instead.

150 - 155
5 x [Golden Rod] - 5 Gold Bar, 10 Coarse Grinding Stone
155 - 165
10 x [Green Iron Leggings] - 80 Iron Bar, 10 Heavy Grinding Stone, 10 Green Dye
165 - 190
25 x [Green Iron Bracers] - 150 Iron Bar, 25 Green Dye
190 - 200
10 x [Golden Scale Bracers] - 50 Steel Bar, 20 Heavy Grinding Stone

 

200 - 275

Learn Blacksmithing Artisan.

200 - 205
5 x [Truesilver Rod] - 5 TrueSilver Bar, 5 Heavy Grinding Stone

At skill level 200 and character level 40, Blacksmiths can choose to specialize as an Armorsmith or a Weaponsmith. Weaponsmiths can later further specialize into Hammer-, Axe- or Swordsmiths. All specialized armor and weapons are Bind on Pickup and can only be used by the blacksmith that made them. Most specialization recipes require difficult components, such as Primal Mights, Primal Nethers, and Nether Vortexes. If you want to read more about Blacksmith specialization, please visit these pages: Armorsmithing or Weaponsmithing.

 

205 - 210
Save these.

15 x [Solid Grinding Stone] - 60 Solid Stone

210 - 225
15 x [Heavy Mithril Gauntlet] - 90 Mithril Bar, 60 Mageweave Cloth
225 - 235
10 x [Mithril Scale Bracers] - 80 Mithril Bar
This recipe is sold by these NPCs. There is around 30 minutes respawn rate for the recipe, if someone bought it before you. Make [Steel Plate Helm] if you do not want to wait for the recipe to respawn.

235 - 250
Check AH, if you can see the Mithril Spurs recipe and it's not that expensive, buy it and make those until 255.
15 x [Mithril Coif] - 150 Mithril Bar, 90 Mageweave Cloth

250 - 260
20 x [Dense Sharpening Stones] - 20 Dense Stone
260 - 275
15 x [Thorium Bracers] - 120 Thorium Bar

 

275 - 350

Go to Outland and learn Blacksmithing Master.

275 - 290
Between 275-280, you can make [Arcanite Rods] and sell them at the Auction House. This way you will need 55 less [Thorium Bars]. The recipe is yellow, so it really depends on your luck, maybe you will only need to make 5 maybe 10. One [Arcanite Rod] costs around 18 gold to make if you buy the [Arcane Crystals] and find any Alchemist who transmute them into [Arcanite Bars]. The 55 [Thorium Bars] cost around 140 gold usually, but this way if you have to make only 5 [Arcanite Rod], you will end up around 90 gold spent, and you can also sell them for profit. I can usually sell them for around 70-80 gold, but you have to be patient because the demand for them isn't that big. Anyway this is a great way if you want to reduce the gold spent while you level your Blacksmithing, but if you want to level the profession faster and you don't really feel you are lucky or you are not really into selling things at the Auction House, you should just make the Bracers mentioned below.

15 x [Imperial Plate Bracers] 180 Thorium Bar

The recipe is a reward from this quest. - 10 Thorium Bar

290 - 300
Choose one from the recipes listed below. They both requires 12 Thorium Bar for each craft, the only difference between them is that you need 1 Star Ruby for the Helm and 8 Rugged Leather for the Boots.
10 x [Thorium Boots] - 120 Thorium Bar, 80 Rugged Leather

or

10 x [Thorium Helm] - 120 Thorium Bar, 10 Star Ruby

300 - 305
10 x [Fel Weightstone] - 10 Fel Iron Bar, 10 Netherweave Cloth
305 - 315
10 x [Fel Iron Plate Belt] - 40 Fel Iron Bar
315 - 320
5 x [Fel Iron Chain Gloves] - 25 Fel Iron Bar
320 - 325
5 x [Fel Iron Plate Boots] - 30 Fel Iron Bar
325 - 330
10 x [Lesser Rune of Warding] - 10 Adamantite Bar
If Adamantite Bar is cheap on your server, then you can make this one up to 335.

330 - 335
5 x [Fel Iron Breastplate] - 50 Fel Iron Bar

335 - 340
5 x [Adamantite Cleaver] - 40 Adamantite Bar - Recipe location
340 - 350
35 x [Lesser Ward of Shielding] - 35 Adamantite Bar - Recipe location

 

350 - 450

Go to Northrend and learn Blacksmithing Grand Master.

350 - 360
10 x [Cobalt Boots] - 40 Cobalt Bar
360 - 370
10 x [Cobalt Triangle Shield] - 40 Cobalt Bar
370 - 375
5 x [Cobalt Legplates] - 25 Cobalt Bar
375 - 380
5 x [Cobalt Gauntlets] - 25 Cobalt Bar

380 - 385
5 x [Spiked Cobalt Boots] - 35 Cobalt Bar
385 - 390
5 x [Sure-fire Shuriken] - 35 Cobalt Bar
390 - 395
5 x [Notched Cobalt War Axe] - 50 Cobalt Bar
395 - 400
5 x [Brilliant Saronite Belt] - 30 Cobalt Bar, 25 Saronite Bar
400 - 405
5 x [Horned Cobalt Helm] - 40 Cobalt Bar
405 - 415
10 x [Deadly Saronite Dirk] - 70 Saronite Bar, 20 Crystallized Air
415 - 425
13 x [Eternal Belt Buckle] - 52 Saronite Bar, 13 Eternal Earth, 13 Eternal Shadow, 13 Eternal Water
Make these until 425. You can sell these at the auction house, so you will get most of your gold back.

425 - 430
Sell these at the Auction House too.

7 x [Titanium Weapon Chain] - 14 Saronite Bar, 7 Titanium Bar

430 - 435
5 x [Savage Saronite Hauberk] - 70 Saronite Bar, 5 Eternal Earth
435 - 445
15 x [Daunting Legplates] - 210 Saronite Bar, 15 Eternal Earth

445 - 450
You can continue to make [Daunting Legplates], but the recipe will be green. Other option is to craft epic items for other players, or you can buy the materials and try to sell the crafted items on the Auction House.

I hope you liked this WoW Blacksmithing Guide, GZ to 450!

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