Classic Blacksmithing Profession Guide (2024)

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Blacksmithing is one of the core armor crafting professions, allowing you tocraft armor that will help you level and potentially last for multiple phases.In this guide, we focus on the important items that this profession offers.

In Season of Discovery Blacksmithing also gained new crafts, including somebind on pickup gear that is best in slot for the phases it is introduced in.

Blacksmithing in Season of Discovery

Blacksmithing received many new crafts in Season of Discovery, includingbest in slot bind on pickup gear for the early Phases, such as Phase 1's Shifting Silver Breastplate or the new Tempered Interference-Negating Helmet.

Many blacksmithing caster items for Paladins with pure stats in the level 30to 40 range have been changed to have increased damage and healing with spellsinstead of Spirit, making them much more useful!

Also, starting in later Phase 4, you will be able to switch Blacksmithing specializationwhenever you want for Gold.

Introduction

Tailoring, Leatherworking, and Blacksmithingare the core armor-crafting professions in WoW Classic. Blacksmithing allows youto craft Mail and eventually Plate armor, which specifically is gear for Warriorsand Paladins. Alternatively, you can choose to specialize in crafting weapons asa Weaponsmith, and will be able to make useful weapons for almost every class.

Blacksmithing uses ores and metals to craft. It can be quite expensive tolevel and maintain, so pairing it with Mining can be quite beneficial,especially early on when materials will be more expensive. Mining will allowyou to farm your own materials without needing to buy them on the AuctionHouse.

Leveling

Leveling any profession comes down to using the profession, usually to craftitems. Blacksmithing is no different. You will want to craft items that arehard, which means they will be color coded as orange in your Blacksmithingmenu. If you cannot craft something orange, yellow is an acceptablealternative. Green recipes will very rarely level you up, while gray recipeswill never level you. There is not strictly one way to leveling Blacksmithing,and the best choices for what items to make to level can vary depending on whatmaterials you have available.

If you want a more concrete guide on what to level to get from 1-300, checkout this Blacksmithing leveling guideover at wow-professions.com.

Trainers

4.1.

Apprentice

For 1-75, you will be an Apprentice. You will want to find JourneymanBlacksmiths, who can be found in any major city along with other bigger townsin some early zones, such as Tognus Flintfire in Dun Morogh andDwukk in Razor Hill. Early levels and skills are not hard to come by;just visit a major city to find a trainer if you find yourself stuck.

4.2.

Journeyman

For 75-150, you will be a Journeyman. You will want to find ExpertBlacksmiths, who can be found in Undercity, Thunder Bluff, Stormwind, Orgrimmar,Ironforge. To find their exact locations, speak to a guard in the city.

4.3.

Expert

To level past 150, you must be learn Expert Blacksmith. As you go upin levels, trainers become more scarce. For Expert, you have three options.

[A/H] Brikk Keencraft — Booty Bay
[H] Saru Steelfury — Orgrimmar
[A] Bengus Deepforge — Ironforge

4.4.

Artisan

The final levels of Blacksmithing, 225-300, requireArtisan Blacksmith. To become an Artisan, you must go toBrikk Keencraft in Booty Bay.

Specializations

Blacksmithing is one of the select few professions in WoW Classic thatoffers specializations within the profession. As a Blacksmith, you can chooseto become an Armorsmith or a Weaponsmith. Once you are 200in Blacksmithing, you can pick up the quest for whichever specialization youwant to choose from a Blacksmithing trainer.

5.1.

Armorsmith

Becoming an Armorsmith allows you to specialize in crafting armor.Specifically, you will be able to learn how to craft tons of new Rare and Epicpieces that have Fire Resistance on them. Pieces like Dark Iron Helmare important for Plate-wearers that want to raid inMolten Core and eventually in Blackwing Lair,where having lots of Fire Resistance can be critical, especially as a tank.Fire damage is quite prevalent, and these pieces will be sought after earlyon.

There are two Armorsmith trainers, Grumnus Steelshaper in Ironforgefor Alliance and Okothos Ironrager in Orgrimmar for Horde.

While most of the pieces that you will be able to learn how to craft arebased around Fire Resistance, there are a few other important pieces that canbe quite good. Those are listed below. The recipes for these are random worlddrops.

Lionheart Helm — the recipe for this is a random world drop,but has a better chance to drop from Ragnaros inMolten Core. This is far and away the best helmet for somePlate wearers, and is highly sought after, especially by DPS Warriors. Forsome specs, this will continue to be BiS all the way through every phase of WoWClassic, making it a worthwhile investment.
Stronghold Gauntlets — has alright stats, but also makes youimmune to disarm effects. These can be useful in PvP.
Titanic Leggings — the plans to make these are new as of Phase 5,and the leggings themselves are like a better version of Lionheart Helm. These arequite strong and are sure to be in high demand amongst Warriors.

Below is the complete list of all Armorsmith-exclusive pieces that youwill eventually be able to craft, should you become and Armorsmith.

5.2.

Weaponsmith

Unlike Armorsmiths, Weaponsmiths instead focus entirely on crafting powerfulweapons. Once you become a Weaponsmith, you will have the choice to specializeeven further into becoming a master smith for a specific weapon type: swords,axes, or maces.

There are two Weaponsmith trainers, Ironus Coldsteel in Ironforgeand Borgosh Corebender in Orgrimmar.

Below is the list of Weaponsmith-exclusive weapons that you will be able tocraft.

5.2.1.

Master Swordsmith

To become a Master Swordsmith, you will need to travel to Winterspring andspeak with Seril Scourgebane. Complete his quests, and you will becomea Master Swordsmith.

Below is the list of exclusive Swords that you will be able to craft as a Master Swordsmith.

5.2.2.

Master Axesmith

To become a Master Axesmith, you will need to travel to Winterspring andspeak with Kilram. Complete his quests, and you will become a MasterAxesmith. The most important Axe that you will be able to craft is Arcanite Reaper, the plans for which drop from Bannok Grimaxe inLower Blackrock Spire. The Arcanite Reaper is one of the best Two-Handed weapons in thegame before stepping into raids, making it quite important to anyone who usesTwo-Handed weapons, such as Retribution Paladins.

Below is the list of exclusive Axes that you will be able to craft as aMaster Axesmith.

5.2.3.

Master Hammersmith

To become a Master Hammersmith, you will need to travel to Winterspring andspeak with Lilith the Lithe. Complete his quests, and you will become aMaster Hammersmith. One of the most important Maces that you will be able tocraft is Hammer of the Titans, the plans for which drop fromMaleki the Pallid in Stratholme. The mace has a chance on hit to stunyour target for 3 seconds, making it excellent for PvP.

Below is the list of exclusive maces that you will be able to craft as aMaster Hammersmith.

5.3.

Zul'Gurub Additions

With the release of Zul'Gurub comes the new reputation of theZandalar Tribe in Stranglethorn Vale. Rin'wosho the Trader is one of the newadditions with the reputation, and he sells multiple plans and schematics for everyprofession, including Blacksmithing. He has the plans for two new armor sets thatany Blacksmith can craft, regardless of specialization. Note that these sets are notthat strong and are more starter sets than anything else. The list of pieces is below.

5.4.

Ahn'Qiraj Additions

With the release of AQ40 comes the new reputation of theCenarion Circle in Silithus. Vargus is the new Blacksmith that can be foundin Cenarion Hold, where he will sell you some of the patterns below. The others must bepurchased from Lieutenant General Andorov inside the AQ20after helping him to defeat General Rajaxx. All of the plans below requirevarying levels of reputation to purchase. There is one final set of plans, the Titanic Leggings,which are a new BoE drop that are sure to be in high demand. These require you to specializein Armorsmithing, and will be hard to find for awhile after the new raid opens.

5.5.

Naxxramas Additions

With the release of Naxxramas comes a slew of new craftableresistance pieces, specifically Nature and Frost resistance sets. The Nature resistance piecesare nice, but the Frost resistance pieces are the important ones here, as they will be requiredfor Sapphiron inside Naxxramas. Crafting the Frost Resistance set as early as possible could net youa nice profit. The recipes for the Nature Resistance pieces come from ranking up yourreputation with the Cenarion Circle in Silithus, while the Frost Resistance recipes are fromthe Argent Dawn reputation in Naxxramas.