WoW Forever Blacksmithing Guide 1 to 300: Route, Materials and New Recipes

Stones carry you from 1 to 70, copper and bronze to 150, iron, steel and mithril to 225, and thorium to 300. The beta stops at skill 225, so the climb from 225 to 300 is a plan built from the beta data and checked on live realms in launch week.

Rank	Skill cap	Train from skill	Where
Apprentice	75	1	Any trainer in the trainer table
Journeyman	150	50	City trainers
Expert	225	125	Orgrimmar or Ironforge
Artisan	300	200	Booty Bay

Journeyman needs character level 10 and Expert needs level 20. What differs from Classic:

Change	What it means
Same	Rank caps of 75, 150, 225 and 300, training from skill 50, 125 and 200, and the Classic trainer plans
Earlier	Heavy Grinding Stone at skill 100 and Solid Grinding Stone at 175, against 125 and 200 in Classic
New recipes	197 recipes, among them Merchant's Favor plans, thorium weapons, the Enriched Thorium set and more dungeon drops
New at camp	Sharpening Wheel, Anvil and Master Forge
New rewards	1 Legacy point at skill 150, 225 and 300, and the title "the Blacksmith"
New trainers	2 Blacksmithing trainers on Zephras Isle for Skyborne characters

The other profession changes are in the professions guide.

Check these before you craft:

• A Blacksmith Hammer in your bags for most equipment crafts.
• An anvil nearby for every equipment craft. A few plans need a forge.
• 25 Strong Flux from a Blacksmithing Supplies vendor and 15 Green Dye from a Tailoring or Leatherworking Supplies vendor.
• Every grinding stone you make before skill 75. The gauntlets at 70 and the bracers at 95 use them.

The route from 1 to 225 takes this shopping list:

Material	Amount	Used for
Rough Stone	90	Rough Sharpening Stone and Rough Grinding Stone
Coarse Stone	120	Coarse Grinding Stone
Heavy Stone	120	Heavy Grinding Stone
Solid Stone	40	Solid Grinding Stone
Copper Bar	90	Runed Copper Gauntlets and Runed Copper Belt
Bronze Bar	440	Rough Bronze Leggings, Patterned Bronze Bracers and Bronze Warhammer
Iron Bar	90	Green Iron Bracers
Steel Bar	240	Golden Scale Bracers and Steel Plate Helm
Mithril Bar	240	Heavy Mithril Gauntlet and Mithril Coif
Mageweave Cloth	150	Heavy Mithril Gauntlet and Mithril Coif
Medium Leather	25	Bronze Warhammer
Strong Flux	25	Bronze Warhammer (vendor)
Green Dye	15	Green Iron Bracers (vendor)

With the Mithril Spurs plan the last step takes 60 Mithril Bar and 45 Solid Grinding Stone instead, so 150 Mithril Bar, 60 Mageweave Cloth and 220 Solid Stone in all.

Mining makes every bar in this route. Bronze Bar is smelted from 1 Copper Bar plus 1 Tin Bar and comes out 2 at a time. The gold economy guide covers how bars sell on the auction house.

Craft each item until the skill range ends. Some points come on yellow, so bring 1 or 2 crafts extra.

Skill	Craft (about)	Materials
1 to 25	30 Rough Sharpening Stone	30 Rough Stone. Turns yellow before 25
25 to 50	30 Rough Grinding Stone	60 Rough Stone. Keep 10
50 to 70	60 Coarse Grinding Stone	120 Coarse Stone. Keep all 60. If the trainer does not list it at 50, make Rough Grinding Stone to 75
70 to 75	5 Runed Copper Gauntlets	40 Copper Bar, 10 Rough Grinding Stone. Train Journeyman before 75
75 to 80	5 Runed Copper Belt	50 Copper Bar
80 to 95	15 Rough Bronze Leggings	90 Bronze Bar
95 to 125	30 Patterned Bronze Bracers	150 Bronze Bar, 60 Coarse Grinding Stone. Train Expert at 125
125 to 150	25 Bronze Warhammer	200 Bronze Bar, 25 Strong Flux, 25 Medium Leather

Stuck at 75? Train Journeyman, then the Runed Copper Belt takes you on. Heavy Grinding Stones also give skill points from 100 to 112 if you want a break from bronze.

Iron comes in at 150, then steel and mithril take over.

Skill	Craft (about)	Materials
150 to 165	15 Green Iron Bracers	90 Iron Bar, 15 Green Dye
165 to 185	20 Golden Scale Bracers	100 Steel Bar, 40 Heavy Grinding Stone. The 40 Heavy Grinding Stone come from 120 Heavy Stone
185 to 200	15 Heavy Mithril Gauntlet	90 Mithril Bar, 60 Mageweave Cloth
200 to 210	10 Steel Plate Helm	140 Steel Bar, 10 Solid Grinding Stone. Train Artisan at 200
210 to 225	15 Mithril Coif	150 Mithril Bar, 90 Mageweave Cloth. A trainer plan. The Mithril Spurs plan also works here

Learn the Mithril Coif plan from Brikk Keencraft in Booty Bay before 210. Solid Grinding Stones and Solid Sharpening Stones also give skill points from 175 to 185.

From 225 the route follows the skill colours in the beta client and the plans each recipe needs. The table lists the steps without craft counts.

Skill	Craft	Where the plan comes from
225 to 235	Mithril Coif, or Dense Sharpening Stone	Trainer
235 to 250	Heavy Mithril Boots	Trainer
250 to 265	Blight	Trainer
265 to 280	Huge Thorium Battleaxe, or Thorium Greatmace	Magnus Frostwake in Western Plaguelands, or the Merchant's Favor quartermaster for 90 Favor
280 to 300	Huge Thorium Battleaxe	Magnus Frostwake in Western Plaguelands

Each Huge Thorium Battleaxe takes 40 Thorium Bar, 6 Dense Grinding Stone and 6 Rugged Leather, and its plans need skill 255. Thorium is the bulk of the cost from 265 on.

Updated 12 October 2026. On live realms from 4 November we check the Artisan character level, the skill colours from 225 to 300 and whether the trainer teaches Coarse Grinding Stone at 50. We also check the Armorsmith and Weaponsmith requirements, where the Anvil and Master Forge Blueprints drop and the Sharpening Wheel value at 60. This page updates in launch week.

The beta client holds 437 Blacksmithing recipes, and 197 of them are new.

Merchant's Favor plans

A quartermaster sells Blacksmithing plans for Merchant's Favor, from skill 45. They fall into 4 price tiers:

Favor	Skill	Plans
30	45 to 125	Guard's, Crusader's, Acolyte's, Protector's and Veteran's chain belts, gloves, boots, helms, shirts and leggings
60	175 to 210	Justicar's, Officer's, Prefect's, Sentinel's and Warder's gauntlets and pauldrons
90	225 to 250	The same 5 sets' wristguards, sabatons and waistguards, plus Thorium Cestus and Thorium Greatmace
120	300	Enriched Thorium Breastplate, Enriched Thorium Helm, Enriched Thorium Leggings and Legionite Glaive

Alliance players buy from Stondry Darkhammer at the Azeroth Commerce Authority camp in Redridge Mountains. Horde players buy from Gor'mak at Durotar Supply and Logistics outside the Crossroads in The Barrens. Waylaid Crates pay Merchant's Favor, and the Cooking guide covers how crates work.

Thorium weapons and the Enriched Thorium set

Thorium Greatmace takes 30 Thorium Bar, 4 Heavy Thorium Bar, 4 Essence of Earth, 10 Azerothium Bar and 2 Dense Grinding Stone. Bold Dirk is a new dagger at skill 270, with plans sold by Pexmit in Mount Hyjal. The Enriched Thorium set at skill 300 uses Legionite Bar from an Alchemy transmute at 275, Azerothium Bar from Mining at 275 and Heavy Thorium Bar from Mining at 300.

Dungeon drops

The 1 October beta build added Blacksmithing plans as random dungeon drops. The Dungeons guide lists the dungeons.

Certification and Legacy points

At skill 300 the Blacksmithing Certification costs 1,000 Merchant's Favor and gives the account-wide title "the Blacksmith". Your account earns 1 Legacy point the 1st time it reaches skill 150, 225 and 300, and the Working Overtime perk raises your chance of a skill-up. The Legacy guide covers the perk tree.

Blacksmiths place 3 objects at a campfire. All camp objects share a cooldown of 1 hour, and the Camping guide has the full rules.

Object	Source, materials and effect
Sharpening Wheel (skill 20)	From the Blacksmithing trainer. Takes 1 Rough Stone and 1 Copper Bar. Gives Strength to players sitting at the fire
Anvil (skill 140)	From a Blueprint. Takes 5 Bronze Bar, 2 Coarse Grinding Stone and 2 Medium Leather. Puts an anvil at camp and keeps the Sharpening Wheel buff
Master Forge (skill 300)	From a Blueprint. Takes 1 Golem Heart, 5 Thorium Bar and 2 Rugged Leather. Puts a forge at camp and keeps the Sharpening Wheel buff

The Sharpening Wheel buff does not stack with Strength of Earth Totem. The Anvil and the Master Forge can stand over a Sharpening Wheel and replace it.

Pick the trainer for your faction and rank. Journeyman, Expert and Artisan trainers sit in cities and towns.

Apprentice trainers

Trainer	Where	Faction
Ug'thok	Orgrimmar	Horde
Basil Frye	Undercity	Horde
Thrag Stonehoof	Thunder Bluff	Horde
Dwukk	Razor Hill, Durotar	Horde
Angus Hammerhand	Bandarion Keep, Tirisfal Glades	Horde
Dane Lindgren	Stormwind	Alliance
Groum Stonebeard	Ironforge	Alliance
Smith Argus	Goldshire, Elwynn Forest	Alliance
Tognus Flintfire	Kharanos, Dun Morogh	Alliance
Delfrum Flintbeard	Auberdine, Darkshore	Alliance

Journeyman trainers

Trainer	Where	Faction
Snarl	Orgrimmar	Horde
James Van Brunt	Undercity	Horde
Karn Stonehoof	Thunder Bluff	Horde
Angus Hammerhand	Bandarion Keep, Tirisfal Glades	Horde
Therum Deepforge	Stormwind	Alliance
Rotgath Stonebeard	Ironforge	Alliance

Expert trainers

Trainer	Where	Faction
Saru Steelfury	Orgrimmar	Horde
Bengus Deepforge	Ironforge	Alliance

Artisan trainer

Skyborne characters train on Zephras Isle with Daeann Steelwind in Valanaar and Aedi Thriceforged in Shen'dar Village. Teldrassil and Darnassus have no Blacksmithing trainer, so Night Elves train with Delfrum Flintbeard in Auberdine. Tauren train in Thunder Bluff, because Mulgore has none.

Armorsmith or Weaponsmith

Higher-level Blacksmiths choose between Armorsmith and Weaponsmith, and Weaponsmiths pick Axe, Hammer or Sword. Both specializations are in the beta client, and the launch check covers what they require.