Economical blacksmithing training

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	Blacksmithing (Profession)
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This is a guide on how to train Blacksmithing economically.

As this is intended to save you money, buy only the materials you are sure you will need. If you run out, buy more. It is always more cost-effective to gather your own materials, rather than buying them. Avoid having extras, but if you do, try to sell them back on the Auction House.

Contents 1 Apprentice Blacksmithing 2 Journeyman Blacksmithing 3 Expert Blacksmithing 4 Artisan Blacksmithing 5 Master Blacksmithing 6 Grandmaster Blacksmithing

Apprentice Blacksmithing

Apprentice Blacksmithing allows 75 maximum skill, requires level 5.

Skill	Product	Qty.	Materials (Total/Covered)
1	[Rough Sharpening Stone]	25	1  [Rough Stone] (25/0)
25	[Rough Grinding Stone]	40	2  [Rough Stone] (80/0)
65	[Coarse Sharpening Stone]	10	1  [Coarse Stone] (10/0)

Journeyman Blacksmithing

Journeyman Blacksmithing allows 150 maximum skill, requires level 10 and 50 skill.

Skill	Product	Qty.	Materials (Total/Covered)
75	[Coarse Grinding Stone]	25	2  [Coarse Stone] (50/0)
100	[Silver Rod]	5	1  [Silver Bar] (5/0) 2  [Rough Grinding Stone] (10/10)
105	[Rough Bronze Leggings]	20	6  [Bronze Bar] (120/0)
125	[Heavy Grinding Stone]	25	3  [Heavy Stone] (75/0)

Coarse Grinding Stones are not a guaranteed point after skill level 90, but you need a very large number of grinding stones for later items so you might as well make them now. Heavy Grinding Stone is not a guaranteed point skill after level 130, so leveling to 150 with them can be very expensive/wasteful.

Expert Blacksmithing

Expert Blacksmithing allows 225 maximum skill, requires level 20 and 125 skill.

Skill	Product	Qty.	Materials (Total/Covered)
150	[Iron Buckle]	5	1  [Iron Bar] (5/0)
155	[Golden Rod]	5	1  [Gold Bar] (5/0) 2  [Coarse Grinding Stone] (10/10)
160	[Golden Skeleton Key]	10	1  [Gold Bar] (10/0) 1  [Heavy Grinding Stone] (10/10)
170	[Iron Shield Spike]	30	6  [Iron Bar] (180/0) 4  [Coarse Grinding Stone] (120/5)
200	[Solid Grinding Stone]	10	4  [Solid Stone] (40/0)
210	[Golden Scale Bracers]	5	5  [Steel Bar] (25/0) 2  [Heavy Grinding Stone] (10/10)
215	[Steel Plate Helm]	10	14  [Steel Bar] (140/0) 1  [Solid Grinding Stone] (10/10) 1  [Citrine] (10/10}

With Steel Plate Helm requiring Citrine to make, it likely will need to be replaced with something else in order to keep the economical part of this guide valid.

Artisan Blacksmithing

Artisan Blacksmithing allows 300 maximum skill, requires level 35 and 200 skill.

Skill	Product	Qty.	Materials (Total/Covered)
225	[Steel Plate Helm]	25	14  [Steel Bar] (350/0) 1  [Solid Grinding Stone] (25/0) 1  [Citrine] {25/25}
250	[Dense Grinding Stone]	10	4  [Dense Stone] (40/0)
260	[Mithril Spurs]	5	4  [Mithril Bar] (20/0) 3  [Solid Grinding Stone] (15/0)
265	[Imperial Plate Belt]	5	10  [Thorium Bar] (50/0) 6  [Rugged Leather] (30/0)
270	[Imperial Plate Bracers]	25	12  [Thorium Bar] (300/0)
295	[Imperial Plate Boots]	5	18  [Thorium Bar] (90/0)

Master Blacksmithing

NOTE: The updated version of this section now requires various reputation levels and unfortunately Aldor-only (up to revered) at the moment. Getting some lucky drops or buying them from the Auction house would probably make some leveling easier.

It is worth noting that once you achieve 350 skill in blacksmithing, you can immediately go to Northrend and train Grand Master Blacksmithing and begin to craft the low cobalt recipes, thereby removing the need to farm or purchase additional Outland materials.

Master Blacksmithing allows 375 maximum skill, requires level 50 and 300 skill.

Skill	Product	Qty.	Materials (Total/Covered)
300	[Fel Iron Chain Coif] or  [Fel Iron Plate Gloves]	10	4  [Fel Iron Bar] (40/0)
310	[Fel Iron Plate Belt]	5	4  [Fel Iron Bar] (20/0)
315	[Fel Iron Chain Gloves]	5	5  [Fel Iron Bar] (25/0)
320	[Fel Iron Chain Bracers] or  [Fel Iron Plate Boots]	5	6  [Fel Iron Bar] (30/0)
325	[Fel Iron Chain Tunic]	5	9  [Fel Iron Bar] (45/0)
330	[Fel Iron Breastplate]	5	10  [Fel Iron Bar] (50/0)
335	[Adamantite Rapier]	10	12  [Adamantite Bar] (120/0)
	There is no cheap, sure way to get to 350.
345	[Adamantite Breastplate]†1	5	12  [Adamantite Bar] (60/0) 4  [Primal Earth] (20/0) 2  [Primal Fire] (10/0)
	There is no cheap, sure way to get to 375.
350	[Flamebane Bracers]†2	10	6  [Fel Iron Bar] (60/0) 3  [Primal Water] (30/0) 2  [Primal Fire] (20/0)
360	[Felsteel Shield Spike]†3	10	4  [Felsteel Bar] (40/0) 4  [Primal Earth] (40/0) 4  [Primal Fire] (40/0)
370	[Flamebane Breastplate]†4	5	16  [Fel Iron Bar] (80/0) 4  [Primal Water] (40/0) 4  [Primal Fire] (40/0)

^†1  [Plans: Adamantite Breastplate] sold by  Krek Cragcrush <Blacksmithing Supplies> at Shadowmoon Village, Shadowmoon Valley or  Loolruna <Armorer> at Telredor, Zangarmarsh

^†2  [Plans: Flamebane Bracers] requires friendly with Aldor

^†3  [Plans: Felsteel Shield Spike] requires exalted with Honor Hold or Thrallmar  [Plans: Felsteel Shield Spike]}

^†4  [Plans: Flamebane Breastplate] requires revered with Aldor

Grandmaster Blacksmithing

The key to leveling blacksmithing in Northrend is to farm the plans for the Reinforced Cobalt pieces. These use only 8 Cobalt Bars and 2 Crystallized Water for each item, require 375 blacksmithing to make, and stay orange to 395 for the shoulders, 405 for the helm, 410 for the legplates, and 415 for the chestpiece. Each Bind on Pickup pattern is dropped by a single specific mob.

•  [Plans: Reinforced Cobalt Helm]
•  [Plans: Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece]
•  [Plans: Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders]
•  [Plans: Reinforced Cobalt Legplates]