Blacksmithing Power Leveling Guide 1-300
Blacksmithing Power Leveling Guide
This guide is intended to help you level Blacksmithing as quickly as possible. The recipes chosen have been optimized to use the lowest amount of ingredients. Occasionally recipes with the more common materials are included as an alternative. In situations where one crafted item could be worked into another crafted item, I have favored that recipe.
In any situation where there are multiple choices you are free to select the recipe that is easier for you. Just bear in mind that some items are used later in the progression, which impacts your choices later. A few recipes such as grinding stones will change to yellow (skill point not guaranteed, but likely) before you reach the skill level indicated. This is intentional, usually you'll be making a large number and we can reasonably gain more skill points. This usually increases the needed ingredients, so I've included extra supplies in the Ingredients column to compensate for overages. In particular, when a recipe becomes yellow to you I've doubled the materials needed for that portion of the skill points. Your mileage may vary.
There is also one vendor recipe used in this progression. I highly recommend you purchase it before you start leveling up. It's a limited supply item and could require some patience with the vendor to get your hands on it. You'll be rewarded with a 50% reduction in materials over the trainer options at the same level, so I feel it's worth having.
Good Luck!
| Skill Range | Recipe | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| 1-25 | Rough Sharpening Stone | 25 rough stone |
| 25-45 | Rough Grinding Stone (need 10-25 for later use) |
20-50 rough stone |
| 45-50 | Copper Chain Pants | 20 copper bars |
| 50-65 | Copper Chain Belt | 90 copper bars |
| 65-70 | Coarse Sharpening Stone | 10 coarse stone |
| 70-75 | Runed Copper Belt OR Coarse Sharpening Stone | 50 copper bars or 20 coarse stone |
| 75-85 | Coarse Grinding Stone (need 40-65 for later use) | 80-130 coarse stone |
| 85-100 | Runed Copper Belt | 150 copper bars |
| 100-105 | Silver Rod OR Runed Copper Belt | 5 silver bars + 10 rough grinding stone or 50 copper bars |
| 105-110 | Runed Copper Belt | 50 copper bars |
| 110-115 | Rough Bronze Shoulders OR Runed Copper Bracers | 25 bronze bars + 5 coarse grinding stones or 50 copper bars + 15 rough grinding stones |
| 115-125 | Rough Bronze Shoulders | 50 bronze bars + 10 coarse grinding stones |
| 125-135 | Heavy Grinding Stone (need 25-55 for later use) | 75-165 heavy stone |
| 135-150 | Patterned Bronze Bracers |
75 bronze bars + 30 coarse grinding stones |
| 150-155 | Iron Buckle OR Golden Rod | 5 iron bars or 5 gold bars + 10 coarse grinding stones |
| 155-160 | Green Iron Leggings OR Silvered Bronze Boots (use up excess bronze/silver) |
40 iron bars + 5 heavy grinding stones or 30 bronze bars + 5 silver bars + 10 coarse grinding stones |
| 160-165 | Green Iron Leggings | 40 iron bars + 5 heavy grinding stones |
| 165-185 | Green Iron Bracers | 120 iron bars |
| 185-190 | Green Iron Bracers OR Golden Scale Bracers | 30 iron bars or 25 steel bars + 10 heavy grinding stones |
| 190-200 | Golden Scale Bracers | 50 steel bars + 20 heavy grinding stones |
| 200-205 | Solid Grinding Stone OR Truesilver Rod | 20 solid stone or 5 truesilver bar + 5 heavy grinding stones |
| 205-210 | Heavy Mithril Gauntlet OR Golden Scale Bracers (uses up excess mithril) |
30 mithril bars + 20 mageweave cloth or 25 steel bars + 10 heavy grinding stones |
| 210-225 | Heavy Mithril Gauntlet | 90 mithril bars + 60 mageweave cloth |
| 225-235 | Mithril Scale Bracers* | 80 mithril bars |
| 235-250 | Mithril Coif | 150 mithril bars + 90 mageweave cloth |
| 250-255 | Dense Grinding Stone | 20 dense stone |
| 255-260 | Thorium Belt | 40 thorium bars |
| 260-270 | Thorium Belt OR Thorium Bracers | 80 thorium bars |
| 270-275 | Thorium Bracers | 40 thorium bars |
| 275-280 | Arcanite Rod (used by Enchanters) OR Imperial Plate Bracers |
15 arcanite bars + 5 dense grinding stones or 60 thorium bars |
| 280-290 | Imperial Plate Bracers | 120 thorium bars |
| 290-300 | Thorium Boots OR Thorium Helm | 120 thorium bars + 80 rugged leather or 120 thorium bars + 10 star rubies |
* Purchase the Mithril Scale Bracers recipe from Harggan at Aerie Peak or Gharash in the Swamp of Sorrows
Read our Blacksmithing Beginner's Guide
PLEASE NOTE: This chart was compiled on the Cataclysm Beta Realm. If you notice any errors, please contact us!