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Mining guide · WoW Forever

Before you begin

Mining levels by itself: every vein you open while it is still orange or yellow gives a point, and smelting the ore at a forge gives a few more early on. You never need to buy anything but a Mining Pick.

Each step below names the vein to hunt, the zones where it is thick on the ground for your faction, and the skill where you should move on. Keep the ore: every crafter on your realm wants bars.

Bring

  • Mining Pick×1

Good to know

  • Turn on Find Minerals: veins show on your minimap while you ride.
  • A vein turns green about 25 points after it opens and grey later. Green still gives a point now and then; grey never does.
  • Stone, gems and extra ore all drop from the same veins. Sell the stones to blacksmiths and engineers.
  1. 1–65First copper
  2. 65–125Keepers
  3. 125–175Keepers
  4. 175–230Keepers
  5. 230–245Keepers
  6. 245–275Keepers
  7. 275–300Keepers

Step 1 of 7 · skill 1–65

First copper

Stop at65

Learn Mining at any trainer, buy a Mining Pick from a trade goods vendor and start on the copper in your home zones. Copper sits along the hills and inside the small caves near every starting town. Mine everything you see; the vein stays orange until 25 and is still worth opening up to 65.

GatherAbout 75 Copper Veins

  • Copper Ore

Where to go

AllianceAlliance

  • Elwynn Forest
  • Dun Morogh
  • Darkshore

HordeHorde

  • Durotar
  • Mulgore
  • Tirisfal Glades

Trainers

  • AllianceGelman StonehandMining TrainerStormwind City59, 37.6
  • AllianceGeofram BouldertoeMining TrainerIronforge50.2, 26
  • AllianceKurdram StonehammerMining TrainerDarkshore38.2, 41
  • HordeMakaruMining TrainerOrgrimmar73, 26.4
  • HordeBrek StonehoofMining TrainerThunder Bluff34.4, 57.4
  • HordeBrom KillianMining TrainerUndercity55.4, 36.2

Smelt on the way

  • Copper BarSmelt Copper at any forge: it gives points until about 70.

Also in these veins

  • Rough Stone
  • Malachite
  • Tigerseye
  • Shadowgem
  • Pyrite

Where the materials come from

Copper Ore
  • Mining: Copper Vein (1) 99%, Poor Copper Vein (1) 97%, Large Chunk of Amber (1) 94%, Chunk of Amber (1) 90%
    • in Zephras Isle, Mulgore, Barrens, Redridge, Durotar
  • Drops from 25 enemies - best chances:
    • Geosculptor Yip (elite, level 7, Elwynn Forest): 38%
    • Nimsy (elite, level 6, Elwynn Forest): 28%
    • Lesser Stone Golem (elite, The Hall of Thanes): 7.1%

Step 2 and on · skill 65–300

Sealed for keepers

The first step is open to everyone. The rest of the Mining road, with every count, zone and vendor, is for Ledger keepers. Keepers keep the addon free for everyone else.

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