Blacksmithing eats metal bars, and lots of them. This road keeps the bar count as low as it can and tells you, step by step, how many to make and what each one takes.
Mining is the natural partner. The later patterns come from vendors in Booty Bay, the Western Plaguelands and Mount Hyjal: each step names who sells them and what they cost.
Good to know
Mining is the natural partner. Make your own grinding stones - Coarse and higher give no skill-ups.
Artisan Blacksmithing (skill 200, character level 35): Brikk Keencraft in Booty Bay (both factions).
Orange always gives a point, yellow usually does, green only now and then. The counts include spares for the yellow and green crafts.
1–30Rough Sharpening Stone
30–65Keepers
65–75Keepers
75–80Keepers
80–90Keepers
90–100Keepers
100–105Keepers
105–110Keepers
110–125Keepers
125–129Keepers
129–140Keepers
140–147Keepers
147–155Keepers
155–165Keepers
165–183Keepers
183–190Keepers
190–200Keepers
200–205Keepers
205–210Keepers
210–215Keepers
215–225Keepers
225–235Keepers
235–240Keepers
240–246Keepers
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250–257Keepers
257–270Keepers
270–275Keepers
275–279Keepers
279–300Keepers
Step 1 of 30 · skill 1–30
Rough Sharpening Stone
Stop at30
Make 32 to go from 1 to 30. It is orange until 15 and yellow after that. Most yellow crafts still give a point; the count has a few spares for the ones that do not. You know the recipe from the start.
Craft×32
Rough Sharpening StoneKnown from the start
Orange 1–15
Yellow 15–35
Green 35–55
Grey from 55
Materialsfor 32
Rough StoneMining×32
Also works here
Copper BracersKnown from the start
Rough Copper VestKnown from the start
Rough WeightstoneKnown from the start
Short of materials for the main recipe? These give points over this whole stretch too.
Where the materials come from
Rough Stone
Mining: Poor Copper Vein (1) 95%, Chunk of Amber (1) 89%, Copper Vein (1) 45%, Large Chunk of Amber (1) 43%
in Durotar, Mulgore, Elwynn Forest, Teldrassil, Zephras Isle
The first step is open to everyone. The rest of the Blacksmithing road, with every count, zone and vendor and the shopping list for the whole road, is for Ledger keepers. Keepers keep the addon free for everyone else.
Craft×32
Materialsfor 32
Rough StoneMining×32
Also works here
Copper BracersKnown from the start
Rough Copper VestKnown from the start
Rough WeightstoneKnown from the start
Where the materials come from
Mining: Poor Copper Vein (1) 95%, Chunk of Amber (1) 89%, Copper Vein (1) 45%, Large Chunk of Amber (1) 43%
Drops from 15 enemies - best chances: