Mining is the most popular profession in World of Warcraft. It’s a very reliable money-making skill as all around Azeroth you can find veins of ore to mine and sell the ores, stones, gems and minerals you dig up.
Not only do you dig up the raw ores with Mining, you can also smelt them into metal bars for Blacksmiths, Jewelcrafters and Engineers to use. If you learn Mining and one of these other professions you have a potent combination.
The top level is 450, it takes a while to get there, but it’s worth it for the extremely valuable stuff you can dig for when you get there. If like me, you’re an impatient type, here is an overview of one of the quickest ways to level 450 in 6 steps:
Step 1
All races start in different places, but we’ll just cover the mining-masters Dwarves for now (also Gnomes who begin in the same area). You must get trained apprentice Mining first in town, next mine for copper ore in Durota and Dun Morogh until you reach level 30. Turn the copper into bars using your smelting ability and save them.
Step 2
When you reach level 65 become a Journeyman in Mining. Now mine in the areas of Redridge Mountains and a Thousand Needles, you want to search for tin. When you have dug up lots of tin, smelt it down into bars and then mix it with copper bars to create bronze bars. After a bit of this you will reach 95.
Step 3
Mine and smelt silver ore until you reach 125. At level 125 train to Expert Mining, keep to the thousand needles and also the Arathi Highland. From level 155 you can start smelting gold bars from gold ore, it’s best here to buy gold ore and smelt it – until level 175. Sell the bars for more ore if you run out of money.
Step 4
At 225 train up to Mining Expert. Now you want to continue your Mining around Tanaris and the Hinterlands. By the time you get to level 230 you can smelt Trusilver Ore and use it to jump up tp 245.
Step 5
Next we want to start mining in Winterspring. Start mining Thorium veins here, get your trainer to train you how to smelt thorium bars. You can find the most Torium around the Eastern Plaguelands. Then mine Fel Ore around the Hellfire Peninsula until level 325. After that you can reach 350 easily by Mining around Nagrand for Adamandite Ore.
Step 6
You’ll reach the final mining levels in Northrend. Firstly, learn Mining Grand Master when you get there. Then mine Cobalt Ore in the Borean Tundra. And finally, mine saronite ore at Sholazar Basin to reach level 450.
