Blacksmithing
Strength.
Level your profession
Keep a Blacksmith Hammer in your bags. Reserve grinding stones for later equipment, and ask guild enchanters whether they need rods before you sell them.
Apprentice · 1–75
Reviewed beta routeCraft towards each target skill. Materials are per craft, not a shopping total. Yellow and green recipes may need extra attempts.
- 1–25
Rough Sharpening Stone
Rough Stone ×1
- 25–50
Rough Grinding Stone
Rough Stone ×2
- 50–67
Coarse Grinding Stone
Coarse Stone ×2
- 67–75
Runed Copper Gauntlets
Copper Bar ×8 · Rough Grinding Stone ×2
Alliance trainers & rank unlocks
Train the next rank before its current cap. Recipe lessons may come from a different trainer.
- ApprenticeNo prior skill required · Cap 75
- Dane Lindgren · Stormwind; Groum Stonebeard · Ironforge
- JourneymanSkill 50 · Character level 10 · Cap 150
- Therum Deepforge · Stormwind; Rotgath Stonebeard · Ironforge
- ExpertSkill 125 · Character level 20 · Cap 225
- Bengus Deepforge · Ironforge
- ArtisanSkill 200 · Character level 35 · Cap 300
- Brikk Keencraft · Booty Bay
Skyborne starting trainersDaeann Steelwind · Valanaar; Aedi Thriceforged · Shen’dar
Plan your crafting materials
Choose your current and target skill. This estimate assumes one skill point per craft; yellow and green recipes can require extra attempts.
Estimated crafts by stage
- 24 × Rough Sharpening StoneRough Stone ×24
- 25 × Rough Grinding StoneRough Stone ×50
- 17 × Coarse Grinding StoneCoarse Stone ×34
- 8 × Runed Copper GauntletsCopper Bar ×64 · Rough Grinding Stone ×16
Combined recipe inputs
- Coarse Stone ×34
- Copper Bar ×64
- Rough Grinding Stone ×16
- Rough Stone ×74
Inputs include intermediate items crafted in earlier stages. Reuse those items and subtract your own stock before buying. Recipe yields and skill gains can vary; this is not a guaranteed shopping total.
Old Warriors workshop tip: buy for one stage at a time. Ask guildmates about spare materials and useful crafts before committing to an expensive batch.