Mining leveling guide
Mining in Classic Era runs from 1 to 300 by mining veins across the world. Each ore needs a minimum skill, shown in brackets below, and smelting ore into bars gives extra skill along the way. Keep a Mining Pick in your bags.
Route
| Skill | Ore | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1-65 | Copper Vein | Elwynn Forest, Dun Morogh, Darkshore, Durotar, Mulgore, Tirisfal Glades |
| 65-125 | Tin Vein, Silver Vein (75) | Redridge Mountains, Hillsbrad Foothills, Ashenvale, The Barrens |
| 125-175 | Iron Deposit, Gold Vein (155) | Arathi Highlands, Desolace, Thousand Needles |
| 175-245 | Mithril Deposit, Truesilver Deposit (230) | The Hinterlands, Tanaris |
| 245-275 | Small Thorium Vein (245), Mithril Deposit | Un’Goro Crater, Blasted Lands, Felwood |
| 275-300 | Rich Thorium Vein (275), Small Thorium Vein | Un’Goro Crater, Eastern Plaguelands, Winterspring, Burning Steppes |
Trainers and tips
- Learn Journeyman, Expert and Artisan from a mining trainer as soon as you are allowed, before you reach the caps of 75, 150 and 225. Artisan needs character level 35.
- Night Elves find no Copper on Teldrassil and start in Darkshore.
- Smelting gives skill too: Silver Bar from 75, Gold Bar from 155, Steel Bar from 165 with Coal, and Thorium Bar from 250.
- Mining also gives stone and the odd gem, which Blacksmithing and Engineering need.