[WotLK] Blacksmithing Guide 1 - 450

Blacksmithing is a profession and is the art of forging items out of metals, minerals, and other trade goods. Blacksmiths utilize bars of metal unearthed and smelted by the Mining profession along with various trade and magical goods to produce their wares.A blacksmith can create melee weapons, armor (mail and plate), trade items used as ingredients by other professions (such as rods for enchanters) and keys used to unlock a variety of items in the world. Additionally, blacksmiths can craft items that when applied to weapons can provide temporary (and in some cases, permanent) buffs to items. While they can create a variety of items, they strangely cannot repair these items when damaged, and must still use the services of a repair vendor. In general, blacksmithing mainly benefits mail and plate wearing classes for the unique armors that can be created. However, most (if not all) classes can use a good deal of the weapons produced by blacksmiths. Ideally, blacksmithing would be paired with Mining as a second profession. Mining provies a steady stream of mats for your Blacksmithing (check out [Mining guide]) and some Stamina as passive ability. However it's not a prerequisite for the blacksmithing profession.  This guide is intended to help you level from 1-450 as quickly and as cheap as possible. These methods are my own experience and some other information collected throuth the Internet. If you fail to follow this guide closely you may waste gold buying extra mats you don’t have or don't need. Well, so let's go and pickup Blacksmithing by visiting any Blacksmithing Trainer located at all major cities. If you have trouble finding them, you can ask any guard for direction.

Section List

Section List	Level	Skill
Apprentice	5	1 - 75
Journeyman	10	50 - 150
Artisan	20	125 - 225
Expert	35	200 - 300
Master	50	275 - 375
Grand Master	65	350 - 450

Apprentice 1 - 75

• 1 - 30
  33 x [Rough Sharpening Stone] - 33 Rough Stone
• 30 - 65
  50 x [Rough Grinding Stone] - 100 Rough Stone
  - Keep these, you will need them in other step.
• 65 - 75
  10 x [Copper Chain Belt] - 60 Copper Bar

Journeyman 75 - 125

Learn Journeyman Blacksmithing

• 75 - 90
  40 x [Coarse Grinding Stones] - 80 Coarse Stones
  - Save these, if you have a lot more Coarse Stone or it is really cheap, then you should make this up to 100 and you can skip the next step.
• 90 - 100
  10 x [Runed Copper Belt] - 100 Copper Bar
• 100 - 105
  7 x [Silver Skeleton Key] - 7 Silver Bar, 7 Rough Grinding Stone
  - You can also skip this part and just make Runed Copper Belt if you don't have Silver Bar.
• 105 - 110
  5 x [Runed Copper Belt] - 50 Copper Bar

You will need Tin Ore to make Tin Bar and Bronze Bar in order to continue leveling Blacksmithing. Checkout Tin Ore Farming Guide for more ores. 

• 110 - 125
  15 x [Rough Bronze Shoulders] - 75 Bronze Bar, 15 Coarse Grinding Stones

Expert 125 - 200

Learn Expert Blacksmithing

• 125 - 140
  35 x [Heavy Grinding Stone] - 105 Heavy Stone
  - Keep the Heavy Grinding Stones. Make this one up to 150 if Heavy Stone is cheap.
• 140 - 145
  5 x [Rough Bronze Shoulders] - 25 Bronze Bar, 5 Coarse Grinding Stone
• 145 - 155
  10 x [Patterned Bronze Bracers] - 50 Bronze Bar, 20 Coarse Grinding Stone
  - Make [Golden Skeleton Key] between 150-160 if you can get cheap Gold Bar.

Visit my Iron Ore farming guide if you want to farm your own ores.

• 155 - 165
  10 x [Green Iron Leggings] - 80 Iron Bar, 10 Heavy Grinding Stone, 10 Green Dye
  - Green Dye is sold by Tailoring and Leatherworking supply vendors.
• 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

Artisan 200 - 300

Learn Artisan Blacksmithing

• 200 - 210
  20 x [Solid Sharpening Stone] - 20 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, this means you have to wait a bit if someone bought it before you. Make [Mithril Scale Pants] if you do not want to wait for the recipe to respawn or check the Auction House and look for [Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants]
• 235 - 250
  - Check the Auction House, if you can get 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

Visit my Thorium Ore farming guide if you need places for farming Thorium.

• 260 - 275
  15 x [Thorium Bracers] - 120 Thorium Bar
• 275 - 290
  15 x [Imperial Plate Bracers] 180 Thorium Bar
  - You will need 10 Thorium Bars in order to get [Plans: Imperial Plate Bracers] from Derotain Mudsipper at Gadgetzan
• 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

Master 300 - 350

Learn Master BlacksmithingYou will have to go to Outland if you want to farm your own ores. Check out Fel Iron Ore farming guide

• 300 - 305
  7 x [Fel Weightstone] - 7 Fel Iron Bar, 7 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

Visit my Adamantite Ore farming guide if you want to farm the ores.

• 325 - 330
  10 x [Lesser Rune of Warding] - 10 Adamantite Bar
  - If Adamantite Bar is cheap on your server 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

Grand Master 350 - 450

Visit your trainer and learn Blacksmithing Grand Master. You can also check out my Cobalt Ore farming guide.

• 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 [Spiked Cobalt Shoulders] - 35 Cobalt Bar
• 390 - 395
  5 x [Notched Cobalt War Axe] - 50 Cobalt Bar
- Make [Saronite Defender] or [Saronite Protector] if Saronite Bar is cheaper than 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

Visit my Saronite Ore farming guide if you want to farm the ores.

• 405 - 415
  11 x [Brilliant Saronite Boots] - 132 Saronite Bar
• 415 - 420
  5 x [Tempered Saronite Gauntlets] - 70 Saronite Bar
• 420 - 430
  5 x [Titanium Weapon Chain] - 10 Saronite Bar, 5 Titanium Bar
  - Alchemists can transmute 8 Saronite Bar into 1 Titanium Bar and this transmute doesn't have a coolddown.
• 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- This recipe gues yellow at 435 and green at 445, so you will need to make some extra items in order to get to higher skill level or maybe if you're in luck.
• 445 - 450
  - Just make some gear for you or sell it at Auction House, it's not easy to say which recipe is the best/cheapest for leveling on this section.

And gz to 450, I hope you like this guide and have fun!