Profession guide · Primary · gathering
Mining
Mining gathers materials for the crafting professions. How to train it, how to level it, and its camp objects and recipes.
On this page 5 sections
Source tiers
- Official or client data
- Verbatim reporting, hands-on
- Provisional or placeholder
- Our analysis
55510TrainingApprentice to Artisan
22Trainersin Wowhead’s Forever data
30Node kindswith the skill each needs
Overview
Pays no Legacy Points (only the six crafting primaries do).
Camp objects
Its three camp objects, with the skill to learn each recipe (and to use the object, where that is higher). Source tier A: A (how camps work)
| Object | Skill | Does | Materials | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodestone | 20 | +melee attack power (12/20/32/49/67/90); does not stack with Blessing of Might | 1× Rough Stone, 1× Copper Bar | Trainer · 1 |
| Rock Garden | 140 | spawns a common mining node over time | 1× Iron Ore, 2× Heavy Stone, 1× Silver Bar | Drop, vendor |
| Molten Foundry | 300 | recipes that require it | 1× Truesilver Bar, 5× Thorium Bar, 2× Dense Stone | source not in the data |
Training
| Rank | From skill | Raises cap to | How | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice | start | 75 | Trainer | 10 |
| Journeyman | 50 | 150 | Trainer | 5 |
| Expert | 125 | 225 | Trainer | 50 |
| Artisan | 200 | 300 | Trainer | 5 |
Training to Artisan costs 55510 in all.
22 trainers in Wowhead’s Forever data (Alliance 10, Horde 8, Both factions 4)
Alliance
- Brock Stoneseeker (Mining Trainer) — Loch Modan
- Dank Drizzlecut (Mining Trainer) — Dun Morogh
- Fanorran Stilloak (Junior Mining Trainer) — Teldrassil
- Gelman Stonehand (Mining Trainer) — Stormwind City
- Geofram Bouldertoe (Mining Trainer) — Ironforge
- Kelsey Fargo (Junior Mining Trainer) — Elwynn Forest
- Kurdram Stonehammer (Mining Trainer) — Darkshore
- Matt Johnson (Mining Trainer) — Duskwood
- Sally Swiftwrench (Junior Mining Trainer) — Dun Morogh
- Yarr Hammerstone (Mining Trainer) — Dun Morogh
Horde
- Brek Stonehoof (Mining Trainer) — Thunder Bluff
- Brom Killian (Mining Trainer) — Undercity
- Johan Focht (Miner) — Silverpine Forest
- Krunn (Miner) — Durotar
- Makaru (Mining Trainer) — Orgrimmar
- Norzsh (Junior Mining Trainer) — Durotar
- Vartha Rockmane (Junior Mining Trainer) — Mulgore
- Walter Mason (Junior Mining Trainer) — Tirisfal Glades
Both factions
- Grungle (Miner) — Riverglades
- Halavuul Cragwind (Mining Trainer) — Zephras Isle
- Messana Crestwind (Miner) — Zephras Isle
- Pikkle (Miner) — Tanaris
Tools
Keep these in your bags; the client’s own data says which recipes need them. Source tier A: A
| Tool | Needed by | Where to get one |
|---|---|---|
| Mining Pick | every gather | Mining Pick, sold by trade-goods vendors (10) |
How to level it
Gathering skill rises as you gather. Work the highest node your skill allows: each one below opens at the skill shown (30 kinds of node in Wowhead’s Forever data). Source tier B: B
| Skill | Node | Zones |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chunk of Amber | Teldrassil |
| 1 | Copper Vein | Zephras Isle, Mulgore, The Barrens, Redridge Mountains |
| 1 | Large Chunk of Amber | Teldrassil |
| 1 | Poor Copper Vein | Mulgore, Durotar, Elwynn Forest |
| 65 | Incendicite Mineral Vein | Wetlands |
| 65 | Tin Vein | Ashenvale, Redridge Mountains, The Barrens, Hillsbrad Foothills |
| 75 | Lesser Bloodstone Deposit | Arathi Highlands |
| 75 | Ooze Covered Silver Vein | Thousand Needles |
| 75 | Silver Vein | Arathi Highlands, Thousand Needles, The Barrens, Hillsbrad Foothills |
| 125 | Cold Iron Deposit | Duskwood |
| 125 | Iron Deposit | Arathi Highlands, Desolace, Stranglethorn Vale |
| 150 | Indurium Mineral Vein | Uldaman |
| 155 | Gold Vein | Felwood, Blasted Lands, Arathi Highlands, Badlands, Stranglethorn Vale |
| 155 | Ooze Covered Gold Vein | Feralas, Thousand Needles |
| 175 | Fool's Gold Vein | Ashenvale |
| 175 | Mithril Deposit | Blasted Lands, The Hinterlands, Tanaris, Azshara, Felwood |
| 175 | Ooze Covered Mithril Deposit | Feralas, Thousand Needles |
| 230 | Dark Iron Deposit | Burning Steppes, Searing Gorge, Blackrock Spire |
| 230 | Ooze Covered Truesilver Deposit | Silithus, Un'Goro Crater, Feralas |
| 230 | Truesilver Deposit | Felwood, Blasted Lands, Winterspring, The Hinterlands, Burning Steppes |
| 245 | Greater Moonstone Formation | Feralas |
| 245 | Ooze Covered Thorium Vein | Un'Goro Crater, Feralas |
| 245 | Small Thorium Vein | Un'Goro Crater, Silithus, Burning Steppes, Felwood, Blasted Lands |
| 245 | Starsilver Vein | The Hinterlands |
| 275 | Hakkari Thorium Vein | Zul'Gurub |
| 275 | Ooze Covered Rich Thorium Vein | Silithus |
| 275 | Rich Thorium Vein | Winterspring, Eastern Plaguelands, Azshara |
| 300 | Heavy Thorium Vein | not placed |
| 305 | Large Obsidian Chunk | Silithus, Ahn'Qiraj, Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj |
| 305 | Small Obsidian Chunk | Silithus, Ahn'Qiraj, Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj |
Smelting gives Mining skill too, but only the lower smelts: Copper, Silver, Bronze, Tin, Iron, Gold. Steel, Mithril, Truesilver, Dark Iron, Thorium, Azerothium, Heavy Thorium give none — their yellow and grey points equal the skill you learn them at (client data). Skill-up points for every smelt are in Recipes below.
Recipes
Every recipe up to skill 300, grouped by the skill you learn it at. Skill-ups shows where it is orange (learned; a point every craft), yellow, green and grey (no more points). The materials’ cost is our launch-day estimate. What it does comes from the client: our item sweep’s tooltip lines and the spell text of each item’s Use or Equip effect.
Apprentice (1–75) 5
| Recipe → makes | Skill-ups | Where to get it | Materials | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt Copper → Copper Bar Common | 1 25 47 70 | Known when you learn the profession | 1× Copper Ore about 19 | Crafting Reagent |
| Lodestone Common | 20 20 22 25 | Trainer · 1 | 1× Rough Stone 1× Copper Bar about 113 | Requires Mining (20) |
| Smelt Bronze → 2× Bronze Bar Common | 65 65 90 115 | Trainer · 2 | 1× Copper Bar 1× Tin Bar about 469 | Crafting Reagent |
| Smelt Tin → Tin Bar Common | – 50 62 75 learn at 65 | Trainer · 50 | 1× Tin Ore about 333 | Crafting Reagent |
| Smelt Silver → Silver Bar Uncommon | 75 100 112 125 | Trainer · 2 | 1× Silver Ore about 1762 | Crafting Reagent |
Journeyman (76–150) 2
| Recipe → makes | Skill-ups | Where to get it | Materials | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt Iron → Iron Bar Common | 125 130 135 140 | Trainer · 5 | 1× Iron Ore about 1195 | Crafting Reagent |
| Rock Garden Common | 140 140 142 145 | Drop, vendor | 1× Iron Ore 2× Heavy Stone 1× Silver Bar about 3969 | Requires Mining (140) · Use: Places a Rock Garden that spawns a common mining node over time, and provides all the benefits of a Lodestone. Requires a Campfire nearby. May be placed over a Lodestone to replace it. All camping features share a cooldown of 1 hour. |
Expert (151–225) 3
| Recipe → makes | Skill-ups | Where to get it | Materials | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt Gold → Gold Bar Uncommon | 155 170 177 185 | Trainer · 25 | 1× Gold Ore about 2130 | Crafting Reagent |
| Smelt Steel → Steel Bar Common | 165 165 165 165 | Trainer · 25 | 1× Iron Bar 1× Coal about 1419 | Crafting Reagent |
| Smelt Mithril → Mithril Bar Common | 175 175 175 175 | Trainer · 50 | 1× Mithril Ore about 1754 | Crafting Reagent |
Artisan (226–300) 6
| Recipe → makes | Skill-ups | Where to get it | Materials | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt Dark Iron → Dark Iron Bar Common | – 230 230 230 learn at 230 | source not in the data | 8× Dark Iron Ore about 16 | Crafting Reagent |
| Smelt Truesilver → Truesilver Bar Uncommon | 230 230 230 230 | Trainer · 1 | 1× Truesilver Ore about 4738 | Crafting Reagent |
| Smelt Thorium → Thorium Bar Common | 250 250 250 250 | Trainer · 2 | 1× Thorium Ore about 223 | Crafting Reagent |
| Smelt Azerothium → Azerothium Bar Uncommon | 275 275 275 275 | Trainer · 5 | 1× Coal 2× Pitchblende | Crafting Reagent |
| Molten Foundry Common | 300 300 300 300 | source not in the data | 1× Truesilver Bar 5× Thorium Bar 2× Dense Stone about 16 | Requires Mining (300) · Use: Places a Molten Foundry usable for recipes that require it, and provides all the benefits of a Lodestone. Requires a Campfire nearby. May be placed over a Lodestone to replace it. All camping features share a cooldown of 1 hour. |
| Smelt Heavy Thorium → Heavy Thorium Bar Uncommon | 300 300 307 315 | Trainer · 5 | 1× Heavy Thorium Ore | Crafting Reagent |
2 more recipes need skill above 300
They are in the client’s recipe lists but above Forever’s 300 cap: Smelt Elementium, Smelt Obsidian-Infused Thorium Bar.
Where this comes from
- Source tier A: A Recipes, materials, what they make, rarity, the yellow/grey skill-up points, starter recipes, tools, cooldowns, reputation requirements and each item’s Use or Equip text: the game client’s own tables (build 1.60.1.70532); tooltip lines: our client item sweep of 27 September; camp objects: KB 400.40.1.
- Source tier B: B Learn skill, orange/green points, where a recipe comes from, vendors, training costs, trainers and gathering nodes: Wowhead’s Forever dataset, read 24 October (its recipe lists and materials match the client’s, apart from the camp objects of Skinning and Cooking’s Basic Campfire). Reputation requirements and the side of a vendor’s zone are the client’s (A).
- Source tier D: D The levelling route and every price: ours (launch-day estimate, then the beta Market), with Classic’s skill-up chance rule, which Forever has not been shown to change. The beta closed on 23 October; launch is 4 November.
Generated 24 October 2026 by genprofessions.py from the client tables (build 70532), Wowhead’s Forever data
(24 October) and the launch-day estimate · Last updated 24 October 2026.