Mining in World of Warcraft Forever goes to 300 by mining veins: the table below lists 20 kinds of vein and deposit and where they are, from the vanilla 1.12 reference. The recipe data also takes it from 1 to 185 by smelting, in 322 crafts over 5 recipes, using 5 reagents (5 gathered). No recipe in the data gives a skill-up between 140 and 155 and past 185.
322 crafts 5 recipes 5 reagents to get skill 1–185
Skill 1–75: Apprentice:
| Skill | Recipe | Crafts | Reagents per craft (total) | Learned from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–65orange 24 · yellow 22 · green 18 | Copper Bar | 126 | 1x Copper Ore (126) | With the profession |
| 65–75yellow 10 | Bronze Barx2 | 14 | 1x Copper Bar (14), 1x Tin Bar (14) | Trainer at 65 |
Skill 75–150: Journeyman:
| Skill | Recipe | Crafts | Reagents per craft (total) | Learned from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75–125orange 25 · yellow 12 · green 13 | Silver Bar | 93 | 1x Silver Ore (93) | Trainer at 75 |
| 125–140orange 5 · yellow 5 · green 5 | Iron Bar | 32 | 1x Iron Ore (32) | Trainer at 125 |
Skill 150–225: Expert:
| Skill | Recipe | Crafts | Reagents per craft (total) | Learned from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155–185orange 15 · yellow 7 · green 8 | Gold Bar | 57 | 1x Gold Ore (57) | Trainer at 155 |
Skill 225–300: Artisan:
| Skill | Recipe | Crafts | Reagents per craft (total) | Learned from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No recipe in the data gives a skill-up past 225. | ||||
Shopping list for the whole run:
| Reagent | To get | From | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Ore | 126 | Gathered | Mined from Copper Vein in Redridge Mountains, 100% (+2 more) (vanilla) |
| Silver Ore | 93 | Gathered | Mined from Silver Vein in Ashenvale, 100% (+2 more) (vanilla) |
| Gold Ore | 57 | Gathered | Mined from Gold Vein in Desolace, 100% (+3 more) (vanilla) |
| Iron Ore | 32 | Gathered | Mined from Iron Deposit in Stranglethorn Vale, 100% (vanilla) |
| Tin Ore | 14 | Gathered | Mined from Tin Vein in Ashenvale, 100% (+3 more) (vanilla) |
Made in full by the plan's own steps: Copper Bar, Tin Bar. Made along the way beyond those steps (no skill-ups counted): 14x Tin Bar.
Veins by zone:
| Yields | Vein | Spawns | Zones (levels) and spawns |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver Ore | Silver Vein | 1843 | Ashenvale (19–30) ×191, Thousand Needles (24–35) ×142, The Barrens (10–25) ×142, Arathi Highlands (30–40) ×135, Desolace (30–39) ×133 and 23 more zones |
 Gold Ore | Gold Vein | 1688 | Desolace (30–39) ×174, Stranglethorn Vale (30–50) ×162, Arathi Highlands (30–40) ×137, Alterac Mountains (27–39) ×112, Tanaris (40–50) ×110 and 24 more zones |
 Rough Stone | Copper Vein | 1605 | The Barrens (10–25) ×188, Durotar (5–10) ×165, Dun Morogh (4–12) ×158, Tirisfal Glades (5–12) ×130, Elwynn Forest (5–10) ×127 and 16 more zones |
 Truesilver Ore | Truesilver Deposit | 1393 | Winterspring (55–60) ×117, The Hinterlands (41–49) ×105, Azshara (42–55) ×103, Tanaris (40–50) ×101, Burning Steppes (50–59) ×90 and 21 more zones |
 Tin Ore | Tin Vein | 1015 | Ashenvale (19–30) ×134, The Barrens (10–25) ×134, Redridge Mountains (15–25) ×78, Wetlands (20–30) ×73, Hillsbrad Foothills (20–31) ×73 and 15 more zones |
 Mithril Ore | Mithril Deposit | 860 | The Hinterlands (41–49) ×94, Desolace (30–39) ×84, Tanaris (40–50) ×82, Azshara (42–55) ×60, Badlands (36–45) ×52 and 20 more zones |
 Iron Ore | Iron Deposit | 831 | Stranglethorn Vale (30–50) ×110, Arathi Highlands (30–40) ×105, Desolace (30–39) ×90, Alterac Mountains (27–39) ×83, Thousand Needles (24–35) ×82 and 17 more zones |
 Thorium Ore | Small Thorium Vein | 341 | Silithus (55–59) ×42, Winterspring (55–60) ×41, Un'Goro Crater (48–55) ×39, Felwood (47–54) ×35, Burning Steppes (50–59) ×34 and 9 more zones |
| Thorium Ore | Rich Thorium Vein | 192 | Winterspring (55–60) ×55, Azshara (42–55) ×43, Eastern Plaguelands (54–59) ×42, Burning Steppes (50–59) ×24, Un'Goro Crater (48–55) ×15 and 2 more zones |
 Dark Iron Ore | Dark Iron Deposit | 144 | Burning Steppes (50–59) ×88, Searing Gorge (43–56) ×56 |
| Truesilver Ore | Ooze Covered Truesilver Deposit | 96 | Silithus (55–59) ×69, Feralas (41–60) ×17, Un'Goro Crater (48–55) ×10 |
| Thorium Ore | Ooze Covered Rich Thorium Vein | 69 | Silithus (55–59) ×69 |
| Copper Ore | Copper Vein | 63 | The Barrens (10–25) ×53, Redridge Mountains (15–25) ×10 |
 Incendicite Ore | Incendicite Mineral Vein | 32 | Wetlands (20–30) ×32 |
| Gold Ore | Ooze Covered Gold Vein | 23 | Feralas (41–60) ×14, Thousand Needles (24–35) ×9 |
| Mithril Ore | Ooze Covered Mithril Deposit | 23 | Feralas (41–60) ×14, Thousand Needles (24–35) ×9 |
| Thorium Ore | Ooze Covered Thorium Vein | 13 | Un'Goro Crater (48–55) ×10, Feralas (41–60) ×3 |
| Silver Ore | Ooze Covered Silver Vein | 9 | Thousand Needles (24–35) ×9 |
| Lesser Bloodstone Ore | Lesser Bloodstone Deposit | 9 | Arathi Highlands (30–40) ×8, The Hinterlands (41–49) ×1 |
 Jordan's Ore Shipment | Bailor's Ore | 1 | Loch Modan (10–18) ×1 |
Trainers, by the highest tier they teach:
- Artisan
- Kurdram Stonehammer (Darkshore 38.3, 41, A), Dank Drizzlecut (Dun Morogh 69.3, 55.5, A), Geofram Bouldertoe (Dun Morogh 59.1, 25.3, A), Yarr Hammerstone (Dun Morogh 50, 50.3, A), Krunn (Durotar 51.8, 40.9, H), Matt Johnson (Duskwood 74, 49.7, A), Brock Stoneseeker (Loch Modan 37, 47.8, A), Brek Stonehoof (Mulgore 37.7, 37, H), Johan Focht (Silverpine Forest 43.4, 40.4, H), Gelman Stonehand (Stormwind City 59.2, 37.8, A), Pikkle (Tanaris 51.1, 28.1), Brom Killian (Tirisfal Glades 59.7, 73, H)
Zone and map position, A = Alliance, H = Horde. Vanilla reference — from the 1.12 world data, not yet confirmed in Forever.
How this guide is built
- A cheapest-reagent path by the orange-then-yellow rule, not a speed-run: at every skill point the best colour on offer (orange, yellow, then green) and inside it the recipe whose reagents score lowest (vendor 1, gathered 2, common drop 3, uncommon 5, rare 8; an intermediate costs its own recipe per item). The score is not gold.
- Crafts per point by the classic rule: orange 100%, yellow 75%, green 25%, grey nothing; summed over a step and rounded up, so expect variance.
- Thresholds are the recipe data's (15 of 18 recipes have them; 5 without a recorded required skill are used from yellow only). Sources are the vendor and loot tables (observed chance at ten or more attempts, else the vanilla 1.12 chance); (vanilla) marks 1.12 world data not yet confirmed in Forever.