WoW Forever Blacksmithing 1–300 guide

Find your skill band, check the bars and stone for one craft, and keep useful intermediate materials.

Forever beta · Source checked 5 October 2026

Blacksmithing hammers bars and stone into weapons, mail and plate, and this route carries the skill from 1 to 225 on the cheapest crafts the Forever client offers, with the Artisan stretch waiting on live testing.

Take Mining alongside it. Blacksmithing chews through hundreds of bars and stones, and buying every one on the Auction House is the single most expensive way to level any profession in Forever.

The beta's level cap stops at Expert, so the 225-300 route is not written yet. Forever moved many Blacksmithing thresholds down by about 25 points compared with Classic, which is why the old Classic route does not transfer.

Shopping list

Counts are estimates: once a recipe turns yellow not every craft gives a point. An alternative replaces its whole row, so buy whichever is cheaper on your house.

Skill 1-150

Estimates. Yellow recipes skip points now and then, so expect a few more or fewer crafts than listed. An alternative replaces its whole row; buy the cheaper side.

Material	Unit price	Line total	Alternative (if cheaper)
90× Rough Stone	3 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	2 silver70 copper	—
114× Copper Bar	79 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	90 silver6 copper	—
72× Coarse Stone	7 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	5 gold4 silver	—
380× Bronze Bar	3 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	11 gold40 silver	—
60× Heavy Stone	4 silver80 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	2 gold88 silver	—
58× Medium Leather	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	1 gold53 silver70 copper	—
96× Weak Flux vendor	1 silver40 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	1 gold34 silver40 copper	—
10× Strong Flux vendor	23 silver4 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	2 gold30 silver40 copper	—

Skill 150-225

The last beta-tested range. Mithril and Mageweave are scarce under the level cap, which is why the 185-200 step has a leather-based alternative.

Material	Unit price	Line total	Alternative (if cheaper)
180× Iron Bar	27 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	48 gold60 silver	—
30× Green Dye vendor	19 silver85 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	5 gold95 silver50 copper	—
160× Solid Stone	6 silver88 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	11 gold80 copper	—
90–120× Mithril Bar	15 silver75 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	14 gold17 silver50 copper	—
60× Mageweave Cloth	31 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	18 gold60 silver	90× Heavy Leather if Mageweave is hard to find; you then make Heavy Mithril Shoulders and need 120 Mithril Bars instead of 90
518× Steel Bar	14 silver99 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC	77 gold64 silver82 copper	—

Skill 225-300

Not written yet. The reference has no tested Artisan route and warns that most Classic recipes go grey about 25 points earlier in Forever.

No list yet for this range.

Where to learn Blacksmithing

Apprentice Blacksmithing has no character level requirement in the current beta.

Alliance capitals

Stormwind City Dane Lindgren
Ironforge Groum Stonebeard

Horde capitals

Orgrimmar Ug'thok
Undercity Basil Frye
Thunder Bluff Thrag Stonehoof

Starting zones

Race	Zone	Closest trainer
Orc, Troll	Durotar	Dwukk at the forge, Razor Hill
Tauren	Mulgore	No trainer in this zone. Thrag Stonehoof none in Mulgore; lower rise, Thunder Bluff
Undead	Tirisfal Glades	Angus Hammerhand Bandarion Keep; no hammer vendor nearby
Human	Elwynn Forest	Smith Argus Goldshire, opposite the inn
Dwarf, Gnome	Dun Morogh	Tognus Flintfire Kharanos, opposite Thunderbrew Distillery
Night Elf	Teldrassil	No trainer in this zone. Delfrum Flintbeard none in Teldrassil or Darnassus; Auberdine, Darkshore
Skyborne	Zephras Isle	Daeann Steelwind Valanaar [{'npc': 'Aedi Thriceforged', 'where': "Shen'dar Village"}]

Trainer and vendor placements are from community references and have not yet been walked in the Forever beta by TheWoWDB. Ask a city guard in game: the trainer is flagged on your map.

Tools and supplies

Blacksmith Hammer

Buy one the moment you train. Almost every recipe from the gauntlets at 67 onward needs it, and it costs a few copper.

Alliance vendors

Stormwind City Kaita Deepforge beside the trainer
Ironforge Thurgrum Deepforge beside the trainer
Elwynn Forest Tharynn Bouden Goldshire
Dun Morogh Thrawn Boltar beside the trainer
Darkshore Elisa Steelhand Auberdine, beside the trainer
Zephras Isle Halavuul Cragwind the Mining trainer, Valanaar
Zephras Isle Aedi Thriceforged Shen'dar Village

Horde vendors

Orgrimmar Sumi beside the trainer
Undercity Samuel Van Brunt beside the trainer
Thunder Bluff Taur Stonehoof beside the trainer
Durotar Flakk Razor Hill
Tirisfal Glades Walter Mason Deathknell
Tirisfal Glades Abigail Shiel Brill
Zephras Isle Halavuul Cragwind the Mining trainer, Valanaar
Zephras Isle Aedi Thriceforged Shen'dar Village

Weak Flux

Needed for the Bronze Shortswords at 125. The Blacksmithing Supply vendor standing next to the trainer in every capital sells it.

Strong Flux

Needed for the Bronze Warhammers at 140. Same Blacksmithing Supply vendor as Weak Flux.

Green Dye

One per Green Iron Bracers at 150. Tailoring and Leatherworking Supply vendors in the capitals carry it.

Alliance vendors

Stormwind City Jillian Tanner Old Town
Ironforge Bombus Finespindle the Great Forge

Horde vendors

Orgrimmar Tamar the Drag
Undercity Millie Gregorian Magic Quarter
Thunder Bluff Mahu

Apprentice 1–75

Stones first, then gauntlets. Everything you make here except the sharpening stones is a reagent for a later step, so do not vendor any of it.

1–25Skill 1–25

30× Rough Sharpening Stone

yellow 15grey 55

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Rough Stone	1	3 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 3 copper · 90 copper for 30 crafts

Yellow from 15 in the client data, so the last ten points are not guaranteed per craft.

25–50Skill 25–50

30× Rough Grinding Stone

yellow 45grey 85

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Rough Stone	2	3 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 6 copper · 1 silver80 copper for 30 crafts

Keep 26 of these — a later step uses them.

Keep 26: 16 go into the gauntlets at 67 and 10 into Silver Rods if you take that option at 75.

50–67Skill 50–67

36× Coarse Grinding Stone

yellow 50grey 75

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Coarse Stone	2	7 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 14 silver · 5 gold4 silver for 36 crafts

Keep 36 of these — a later step uses them.

Make all 36 and keep every one; the bracers at 95 and 112 consume them.

Yellow for the whole step (yellow 50, grey 75).

67–75Skill 67–75

8× Runed Copper Gauntlets

yellow 75grey 115

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Copper Bar	8	79 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Rough Grinding Stone	2	5 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 6 silver42 copper · 51 silver36 copper for 8 crafts

This is the first recipe that needs the Blacksmith Hammer; it stays in your bags from here on.

Journeyman 75–150

Bronze all the way. Buy both fluxes from the supply vendor next to the trainer before you start the swords.

To train past 75, learn Journeyman Blacksmithing (requires skill 50 and character level 10).

Alliance

Stormwind City Therum Deepforge
Ironforge Rotgath Stonebeard

Horde

Orgrimmar Snarl
Undercity James Van Brunt
Thunder Bluff Karn Stonehoof
Tirisfal Glades Angus Hammerhand Bandarion Keep

75–80Skill 75–80

5× Runed Copper Belt

learn 80yellow 85grey 125

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Copper Bar	10	79 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 7 silver90 copper · 39 silver50 copper for 5 crafts

Alternative — if you have Silver Bars, or one Silver Bar costs less than 10 Copper Bars; each rod also uses 2 of the Rough Grinding Stones you kept

5× Silver Rod

yellow 80grey 85

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Silver Bar	1	11 silver50 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Rough Grinding Stone	2	5 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 11 silver60 copper · 58 silver for 5 crafts

Client data differs from the reference: Runed Copper Belt: catalog min_skill_rank is 80 while the reference uses it from 75; catalog thresholds kept (yellow 85, grey 125).

80–95Skill 80–95

15× Rough Bronze Leggings

learn 95yellow 120grey 150

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Bronze Bar	6	3 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 18 silver · 2 gold70 silver for 15 crafts

Client data differs from the reference: Rough Bronze Leggings: catalog min_skill_rank is 95 while the reference crafts them from 80; catalog thresholds kept (yellow 120, grey 150).

95–100Skill 95–100

5× Patterned Bronze Bracers

learn 120yellow 125grey 155

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Bronze Bar	5	3 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Coarse Grinding Stone	2	9 silver20 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 33 silver40 copper · 1 gold67 silver for 5 crafts

Uses 10 of the Coarse Grinding Stones from the 50-67 step.

Client data differs from the reference: Patterned Bronze Bracers: catalog min_skill_rank is 120 while the reference crafts them from 95; catalog thresholds kept (yellow 125, grey 155).

100–112Skill 100–112

20× Heavy Grinding Stone

yellow 100grey 125

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Heavy Stone	3	4 silver80 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 14 silver40 copper · 2 gold88 silver for 20 crafts

Keep 20 of these — a later step uses them.

Keep them; the Golden Scale Bracers alternative at 175 and the Truesilver Rod both want Heavy Grinding Stones.

112–125Skill 112–125

13× Patterned Bronze Bracers

learn 120yellow 125grey 155

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Bronze Bar	5	3 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Coarse Grinding Stone	2	9 silver20 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 33 silver40 copper · 4 gold34 silver20 copper for 13 crafts

Uses the remaining 26 Coarse Grinding Stones.

125–140Skill 125–140

24× Bronze Shortsword

learn 95yellow 125grey 155

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Bronze Bar	5	3 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Weak Flux	4	1 silver40 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Medium Leather	2	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 25 silver90 copper · 6 gold21 silver60 copper for 24 crafts

Weak Flux, and the Strong Flux for the next step, come from the Blacksmithing Supply vendor beside the trainer in every capital.

Weak Flux is sold by:

None listed.

Strong Flux is sold by:

None listed.

140–150Skill 140–150

10× Bronze Warhammer

yellow 155grey 185

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Bronze Bar	8	3 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Strong Flux	1	23 silver4 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Medium Leather	1	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 49 silver69 copper · 4 gold96 silver90 copper for 10 crafts

Expert 150–225

Iron, then grinding stones, then a mountain of Steel Bars. Two of the steps have beta-specific swaps because Solid Stone and Mageweave are hard to come by under the level cap.

To train past 150, learn Expert Blacksmithing (requires skill 125 and character level 20). Costs 50 silver.

Alliance

Ironforge Bengus Deepforge

Horde

Orgrimmar Saru Steelfury

150–175Skill 150–175

30× Green Iron Bracers

yellow 165grey 190

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Iron Bar	6	27 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Green Dye	1	19 silver85 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 gold81 silver85 copper · 54 gold55 silver50 copper for 30 crafts

Green Dye comes from the Tailoring and Leatherworking Supply vendors listed under Tools.

Yellow from 165; a few extra bracers may be needed.

Green Dye is sold by:

Orgrimmar Tamar the Drag
Undercity Millie Gregorian Magic Quarter
Thunder Bluff Mahu
Stormwind City Jillian Tanner Old Town
Ironforge Bombus Finespindle the Great Forge

175–185Skill 175–185

40× Solid Grinding Stone

yellow 175grey 185

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Solid Stone	4	6 silver88 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 27 silver52 copper · 11 gold80 copper for 40 crafts

Keep 40 of these — a later step uses them.

Make all 40 and keep them for the helms at 200. Only a handful give points once they go green at 180.

Alternative — beta pick: if you will stop at 200 and two Solid Stone cost far more than one Steel Bar; uses 20 of the Heavy Grinding Stones from the 100-112 step

10× Golden Scale Bracers

yellow 185grey 210

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Steel Bar	5	14 silver99 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Heavy Grinding Stone	2	12 silver94 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 gold83 copper · 10 gold8 silver30 copper for 10 crafts

Yellow 175, grey 185 in the client data.

185–200Skill 185–200

15× Heavy Mithril Gauntlet

yellow 200grey 220

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Mithril Bar	6	15 silver75 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Mageweave Cloth	4	31 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 2 gold18 silver50 copper · 32 gold77 silver50 copper for 15 crafts

Alternative — beta pick: Mageweave Cloth is scarce under the level cap, so the shoulders (Mithril Bar + Heavy Leather) are the practical choice right now

15× Heavy Mithril Shoulder

yellow 200grey 220

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Mithril Bar	8	15 silver75 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Heavy Leather	6	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 1 gold97 silver4 copper · 29 gold55 silver60 copper for 15 crafts

200–225Skill 200–225

37× Steel Plate Helm

yellow 210grey 230

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Steel Bar	14	14 silver99 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Solid Grinding Stone	1	98 silver98 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 3 gold8 silver84 copper · 114 gold27 silver8 copper for 37 crafts

Consumes 37 of the 40 Solid Grinding Stones.

Alternative — from 210, if you find Plans: Mithril Spurs (a world drop) on the Auction House; you will have 30 Solid Grinding Stones left at 210 and need 45, so make 15 more from 60 Solid Stone

15× Mithril Spurs

yellow 230grey 250

Ingredient	Per craft	Scanned unit price
Mithril Bar	4	15 silver75 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Solid Grinding Stone	3	98 silver98 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Scanned inputs per craft: 3 gold59 silver94 copper · 53 gold99 silver10 copper for 15 crafts

Yellow from 210 and green from 220, so expect a few extra helms.

Plans: Mithril Spurs is sold by:

None listed.

Artisan 225–300

No tested route exists yet. Brikk Keencraft in Booty Bay teaches Artisan to both factions, but the beta's level cap keeps anyone from levelling through this range. Forever lowered most Artisan-range grey points by about 25 compared with Classic Era, so the Classic recipe order does not carry over. We will publish a route built from the catalog thresholds once it can be checked in game.

To train past 225, learn Artisan Blacksmithing (requires skill 200 and character level 35). The same trainer teaches every rank.

Alliance

Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale Brikk Keencraft

Horde

Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale Brikk Keencraft

No checked route for this rank yet. The reference has none either, and the client data alone cannot prove an order of crafts.

The hammer rule

A Blacksmith Hammer is a tool, not a reagent: one in your bags covers every craft. Every capital trainer has a supply vendor within a few steps; the only trap is Tirisfal Glades, where nobody near Angus Hammerhand sells one, so Undead smiths should buy it in Deathknell or Brill on the way.

Why the Classic route breaks here

Blacksmithing is one of the professions Forever rebalanced hardest. Several Expert and Artisan recipes go grey roughly 25 skill points earlier than in Classic Era, which is why this guide stops at 225 instead of guessing. The 70205 catalog thresholds on each step card are the live numbers.

Rods for Enchanters

Blacksmiths make every enchanting rod. They are quick skill-ups when the materials are at hand and sell steadily to levelling enchanters.

Recipe	Learn	Yellow	Grey	Materials
Copper Rod	1 ref	10	15	1 Copper Bar
Silver Rod	1 ref	80	85	1 Silver Bar, 2 Rough Grinding Stone
Golden Rod	1 ref	130	135	1 Gold Bar, 2 Coarse Grinding Stone
Truesilver Rod	1 ref	180	185	1 Truesilver Bar, 1 Heavy Grinding Stone
Arcanite Rod	1 ref	250	260	3 Arcanite Bar, 1 Dense Grinding Stone

Camp items from this profession

Every profession adds three camp items, one per tier. Placing one at a campfire gives everyone sitting there its buff for an hour. How camping works.

Skill	Camp item	Copies	Source
20	Sharpening Wheel	Strength of Earth Totem	Trainer
140	Anvil	—	Blueprint (dungeon drop)
300	Master Forge	—	Blueprint (dungeon drop)

What is tested and what is not

Route tested in the Forever beta up to skill 225.

Beyond the beta cap: taken from the client's recipe data, not yet tested in game. Applies from skill 225.

Steps 1-225 follow the community reference route walked in the beta; TheWoWDB has not crafted it yet.
Three Journeyman steps carry a conflict: the catalog's min_skill_rank for Runed Copper Belt (80), Rough Bronze Leggings (95) and Patterned Bronze Bracers (120) is higher than the skill at which the reference starts crafting them.
No Artisan steps exist in the reference, so the 225-300 rank block is intentionally empty rather than guessed.

Structure and placement facts were checked against a community Forever guide; every word here is ours. Recipes, thresholds, reagents, icons and prices come from the WoW Forever client and our own scans.

Material prices for your faction house

These are scanned unit prices. Owned materials still have a sale value. Prices at least 24 hours old are stale; listings may already have sold.

Material	Scanned unit price
Medium Leather	2 silver65 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Green Dye	19 silver85 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Rough Stone	3 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Coarse Stone	7 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Heavy Stone	4 silver80 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Copper Bar	79 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Bronze Bar	3 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Silver Bar	11 silver50 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Weak Flux	1 silver40 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Strong Flux	23 silver4 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Rough Grinding Stone	5 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Coarse Grinding Stone	9 silver20 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Heavy Grinding Stone	12 silver94 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Iron Bar	27 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Steel Bar	14 silver99 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Mithril Bar	15 silver75 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Heavy Leather	11 silver84 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Mageweave Cloth	31 silverFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Solid Stone	6 silver88 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC
Solid Grinding Stone	98 silver98 copperFresh · 2026-10-08 00:28 UTC

Learning recipes and checking the guide

Learn the recipe before buying its ingredients. The Forever profession reference reports learning instructions; we have not independently tested them in game. Source checked 5 October 2026.

If your skill cap blocks progress, check the linked training instructions before continuing. A recipe listed here may need a trainer, purchased recipe or quest that your character has not completed.

Ingredients and crafting relations match our WoW Forever 1.60.1.70205 client snapshot. Client records do not establish obtainable recipes, farming locations or drops. No craft-count odds or guaranteed shopping total are used here.

Continue with Mining or all Forever profession guides.