Expert Blacksmith!
Start	Galvan the Ancient
End	Galvan the Ancient
Level	45 (Requires 40)
Category	Blacksmithing
Experience	5500 experience (or a 33 compensation at level 70)
Rewards	[Signet of Expertise]
Previous	all of: Smelt On, Smelt Off, The Great Silver Deceiver, and The Art of the Imbue
Next	Galvan's Finest Pupil

Expert Blacksmith!
Level: 45 (Requires 40)
Galvan the Ancient
Galvan the Ancient
XP: 5500 experience (or a 33 compensation at level 70)
Rewards:
[Signet of Expertise]

This quest is part of the Mithril Order quest chain, which allows blacksmiths to specialize in Armorsmithing.

Completing any of the prerequisites for this quest allow you to take Galvan's Finest Pupil. Completing all of them earn you this quest.

Objectives

Claim your reward from Galvan the Ancient!

• You Are The Big Winner!

Quest text

When you first came to me, I knew that you would turn out to be one of my finest pupils! It was without hesitancy that you gave up a trinket of some power to McGavan. You did this only so that you could meet me. Such blind faith and devotion to the craft should be rewarded.

You have attained expertise over blacksmithing, <name>. Reap the rewards!

Completion

It is only fitting that you receive a trinket of far greater power than the one you sacrificed to get here. Use it in good health, <name>.

Reward

• 3900 experience (or a 33 compensation at level 70)
• [Signet of Expertise]

Notes

• When you get this quest, Galvan will start to bustle around, forging metal and banging steel. When he is done, you can complete the quest and he will give you the Signet as the reward.
• The Signet will summon a [Hammer of Expertise] into your inventory. This hammer has a 1 hour duration. The Signet has a 3 hour cooldown period.

Quest progression

1.  [40] The Origins of Smithing /  [40] The Old Ways
2.  [40] In Search of Galvan /  [40] Booty Bay or Bust!
3.  [40] The Mithril Order
4. Three quests, which can be completed in any order:
   •  [45] Smelt On, Smelt Off
   •  [45] The Great Silver Deceiver
   •  [45] The Art of the Imbue

   Complete all of the above to get the quest

    [45] Expert Blacksmith!

5. Complete any one of the three to progress:

    [45] Galvan's Finest Pupil

6. Again, three quests which can be completed in any order:
   •  [45] The World At Your Feet
   •  [45] A Good Head On Your Shoulders
   •  [45] The Mithril Kid
7.  [45] Did You Lose This?

This entire series is designed to earn you the recipes needed to complete this quest:

• The Art of the Armorsmith (Alliance) / The Art of the Armorsmith (Horde)

External links

• Wowhead
• Thottbot
• WoWDB