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WoW Forever Mining Guide — Leveling & Recipes

Last updated October 29, 2026

Profession

Expansion

Profession

Realm group

Faction

Leveling 1–300

Your skillTarget

Leveling steps

Skill	Resource	Where
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Where to gather

Level	What	Loot	Best zones
1	Copper Vein	Copper Ore Rough Stone Rethban Ore	Durotar (Horde), Westfall (Alliance), Duskwood, Silverpine Forest (Horde)
65	Tin Vein	Tin Ore Coarse Stone Rethban Ore	Wetlands, Duskwood, Silverpine Forest (Horde), Loch Modan (Alliance)
75	Silver Vein	Silver Ore	Arathi Highlands, Alterac Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Wetlands
125	Iron Deposit	Iron Ore Heavy Stone	Arathi Highlands, Alterac Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Duskwood
155	Gold Vein	Gold Ore	Arathi Highlands, Alterac Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Duskwood
175	Mithril Deposit	Mithril Ore Solid Stone	Badlands, The Hinterlands, Alterac Mountains, Searing Gorge
230	Dark Iron Deposit	Dark Iron Ore	Searing Gorge
230	Truesilver Deposit	Truesilver Ore	Badlands, The Hinterlands, Alterac Mountains, Searing Gorge
245	Small Thorium Vein	Thorium Ore Dense Stone Arcane Crystal	Winterspring, Swamp of Sorrows, Blasted Lands
275	Rich Thorium Vein	Thorium Ore Dense Stone Arcane Crystal	Winterspring, Azshara

Recipes

Category

Have	Recipe	Materials	Source
	Lodestone20	x1 Rough Stone x1 Copper Bar	Trainer
	Copper Bar1	x1 Copper Ore	Trainer
	Tin Bar65	x1 Tin Ore	Trainer
	x2 Bronze Bar65	x1 Copper Bar x1 Tin Bar	Trainer
	Silver Bar75	x1 Silver Ore	Trainer
	Iron Bar125	x1 Iron Ore	Trainer
	Rock Garden140	x2 Heavy Stone x1 Iron Ore x1 Silver Bar	Vendor: Happy Camper, Dun Morogh
	Steel Bar165	x1 Iron Bar x1 Coal	Trainer
	Gold Bar155	x1 Gold Ore	Trainer
	Mithril Bar175	x1 Mithril Ore	Trainer
	Dark Iron Bar215	x8 Dark Iron Ore	Trainer
	Truesilver Bar230	x1 Truesilver Ore	Trainer
	Thorium Bar250	x1 Thorium Ore	Trainer
	Azerothium Bar275	x2 Pitchblende x1 Coal	Trainer
	Molten Foundry300	x5 Thorium Bar x2 Dense Stone x1 Truesilver Bar	Trainer
	Heavy Thorium Bar300	x1 Heavy Thorium Ore	Trainer
	Elementium Bar295	x1 Elementium Ore x10 Arcanite Bar x1 Fiery Core x3 Elemental Flux	Trainer

Camp, skill rewards and perks

Level	Reward	Materials
20	Lodestone 90 melee Attack Power to everyone sitting nearby, like Blessing of Might (at level 60, scaling with level)	x1 Rough Stone x1 Copper Bar
140	Rock Garden Spawns a common mining node over time, and gives the Lodestone buff	x2 Heavy Stone x1 Iron Ore x1 Silver Bar
300	Molten Foundry Needed for recipes that require it, and gives the Lodestone buff	x5 Thorium Bar x2 Dense Stone x1 Truesilver Bar

Perk	Effect
Bountiful Harvest5 ranks	You are 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100% more likely to discover Scarce materials from Mining, Herbalism, and Skinning.Professions tree5 ranksopen from the start
Working Overtime5 ranks	Increases your chance to gain a skill increase from using any primary, secondary, or class-based tradeskill by 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 / 20%.Professions tree5 ranksopen from the start
Dedicated Study	Increases your skill by 1 in your lowest tradeskill among your Primary and Secondary tradeskills. If you have already reached 300 skill in your two current Primary Tradeskills and all three Secondary Tradeskills, you will gain 2 to 4 of a random Elemental Essence.Professions tree1 rankneeds 10 points spent in the tree and a rank in Bartering25 sec cast, 23 hour cooldown