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Mining

Profession

Mining

Primary Gathering

Mining: primary gathering profession, 45 recipes, 12 expansion tiers.

Recipes & what they cost (45)

Which Mining crafts are profitable: cost to craft against sale value from the latest auction house scan.

Khaz Algar Mining 6

Min rankRecipeCreatesReagents
1Refine Aqirite |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a cost & profitAqiriteAqirite ×5
1Refine Aqirite |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a cost & profitAqiriteAqirite ×5
1Refine Bismuth |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a cost & profitBismuthBismuth ×5
1Refine Bismuth |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a cost & profitBismuthBismuth ×5
1Refine Ironclaw Ore |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a cost & profitIronclaw OreIronclaw Ore ×5
1Refine Ironclaw Ore |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a cost & profitIronclaw OreIronclaw Ore ×5

Dragon Isles Mining 7

Min rankRecipeCreatesReagents
1Heart in a Bottle cost & profitMiguel's GiftFiery Spirit ×3, Thomas's Empty Bottle
1Refine Draconium |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a cost & profitDraconium OreDraconium Ore ×5
1Refine Draconium |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a cost & profitDraconium OreDraconium Ore ×5
1Refine Khaz'gorite |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a cost & profitKhaz'gorite OreKhaz'gorite Ore ×5
1Refine Khaz'gorite |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a cost & profitKhaz'gorite OreKhaz'gorite Ore ×5
1Refine Serevite |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier2:20:20|a cost & profitSerevite OreSerevite Ore ×5
1Refine Serevite |A:Professions-ChatIcon-Quality-Tier3:20:20|a cost & profitSerevite OreSerevite Ore ×5

Pandaria Mining 2

Min rankRecipeCreatesReagents
1Smelt Ghost Iron cost & profitGhost Iron BarGhost Iron Ore ×2
1Smelt Trillium cost & profitTrillium BarBlack Trillium Ore ×2, White Trillium Ore ×2

Cataclysm Mining 4

Min rankRecipeCreatesReagents
1Smelt Elementium cost & profitElementium BarElementium Ore ×2
1Smelt Hardened Elementium cost & profitHardened Elementium BarElementium Bar ×10, Volatile Earth ×4
1Smelt Obsidium cost & profitObsidium BarObsidium Ore ×2
1Smelt Pyrite cost & profitPyrium BarPyrite Ore ×2

Northrend Mining 4

Min rankRecipeCreatesReagents
1Smelt Cobalt cost & profitCobalt BarCobalt Ore
1Smelt Saronite cost & profitSaronite BarSaronite Ore ×2
1Smelt Titanium cost & profitTitanium BarTitanium Ore ×2
1Smelt Titansteel cost & profitTitansteel BarTitanium Bar ×3, Eternal Fire, Eternal Earth, Eternal Shadow

Outland Mining 9

Min rankRecipeCreatesReagents
1Earth Shatter cost & profitMote of EarthPrimal Earth
1Fire Sunder cost & profitMote of FirePrimal Fire
1Smelt Adamantite cost & profitAdamantite BarAdamantite Ore ×2
1Smelt Eternium cost & profitEternium BarEternium Ore ×2
1Smelt Fel Iron cost & profitFel Iron BarFel Iron Ore ×2
1Smelt Felsteel cost & profitFelsteel BarFel Iron Bar ×3, Eternium Bar ×2
1Smelt Hardened Adamantite cost & profitHardened Adamantite BarAdamantite Bar ×10
1Smelt Hardened Khorium cost & profitHardened KhoriumKhorium Bar ×3, Hardened Adamantite Bar
1Smelt Khorium cost & profitKhorium BarKhorium Ore ×2

Classic Mining 13

Min rankRecipeCreatesReagents
1Enchanted Thorium Bar cost & profitEnchanted Thorium BarThorium Bar, Rich Illusion Dust ×3
1Smelt Bronze cost & profitBronze BarCopper Bar, Tin Bar
1Smelt Copper cost & profitCopper BarCopper Ore
1Smelt Dark Iron cost & profitDark Iron BarDark Iron Ore ×8
1Smelt Enchanted Elementium cost & profitEnchanted Elementium BarElementium Ingot, Arcanite Bar ×10, Fiery Core, Elemental Flux ×3
1Smelt Gold cost & profitGold BarGold Ore
1Smelt Iron cost & profitIron BarIron Ore
1Smelt Mithril cost & profitMithril BarMithril Ore
1Smelt Silver cost & profitSilver BarSilver Ore
1Smelt Steel cost & profitSteel BarIron Bar, Coal
1Smelt Thorium cost & profitThorium BarThorium Ore
1Smelt Tin cost & profitTin BarTin Ore
1Smelt Truesilver cost & profitTruesilver BarTruesilver Ore
Materials it consumes

The reagents Mining calls for most often, with the current auction house price for each. All crafting materials.

MaterialRecipes using itAuction house
Copper Ore12 gold24 silver
Tin Ore12 gold10 silver
Iron Ore13 gold79 silver
Silver Ore122 gold60 silver
Gold Ore18 gold74 silver
Copper Bar12 gold25 silver
Iron Bar16 gold
Tin Bar11 gold89 silver
Coal19 silver
Mithril Ore19 gold64 silver
Truesilver Ore11 gold20 silver
Thorium Ore13 gold35 silver
Dark Iron Ore120 gold79 silver
Thorium Bar14 gold39 silver
Arcanite Bar1163 gold19 silver
Pairs with

Mining is paired with these professions: one gathers what the other consumes.

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this profession is in the Classic Era client's data too
Beta ability data33 ability entries for this profession sighted in the beta client's data, including 10 spell ids the Era build we hold does not list

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes

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