Cataclysm Classic Blacksmithing Leveling 1-525 Guide

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The Blacksmithing profession in WoW Cataclysm Classic is a crafting profession that allows characters to transform various reagents (primarily metals) into plate armor, weapons, and utility items. Blacksmithing relies on materials gathered by another profession, typically Mining.

This guide provides information on how to get started in Blacksmithing, the best secondary professions, the best races and classes, profession trainer locations, and the basics of crafting items in Blacksmithing.

Blacksmithing In Cataclysm Classic

Cataclysm Classic introduces new items crafted through Blacksmithing, including:

New base materials: various Volatile elements, Obsidium Bar, Folded Obsidium, and Elementium Bar.
New pseudo sets: Bloodied Pyrium, Ornate Pyrium, Hardened Obsidium, Redsteel, and Stormforged.
The Obsidium Skeleton Key, the new Blacksmithing key, and the Elementium Rod, a new component for Cataclysm’s Enchanting rod.
Blacksmiths retain their additional sockets from Wrath of the Lich King.

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Blacksmithing Leveling Guide 1-525 Cataclysm Classic

This guide for leveling Blacksmithing from 1-525 in Cataclysm Classic focuses on easily obtained recipes with the fewest complex ingredients. It also provides alternative options for when materials are hard to find.

The following shopping list estimates the materials needed to complete this leveling path. As you progress to yellow difficulty levels (or higher, green), the exact amount may vary depending on your luck, potentially requiring more or fewer materials.

Materials For Leveling Blacksmithing

Classic:

Rough Stone x150
Copper Bar x150
Coarse Stone x95
Silver Bar x5
Bronze Bar x140
Heavy Stone x105
Gold Bar x5
Iron Bar x230
Green Dye x35
Steel Bar x190 (x190 Coal from BS Supply vendor)
Citrine x10
Solid Stone x120
Mageweave Cloth x150
Mithril Bar x240
Dense Stone x20
Thorium Bar x420
Rugged Leather x80
Star Ruby x10

TBC:

Fel Iron Bar x170
Netherweave Cloth x10
Adamantite Bar x90

WotLK:

Cobalt Bar x320
Saronite Bar x168
Crystallized Air x22
Titanium Bar x5

Cataclysm:

Obsidium Bar x166
Elementium Bar x324
Volatile Earth x120
Volatile Water x4
Volatile Fire x8
Volatile Water x140 or Volatile Fire x140
Hardened Elementium Bar x2

Blacksmithing Trainers

Horde	Alliance
Saru Steelfury (Orgrimmar) James Van Brunt (Undercity) Karn Stonehoof (Thunder Bluff) Bemarrin (Silvermoon City)	Bengus Deepforge (Ironforge) Therum Deepforge (Stormwind City) Miall (The Exodar)

1 – 140

1 – 30

x40 Rough Sharpening Stone – x40 Rough Stone

30 – 65

x55 Rough Grinding Stone – x110 Rough Stone

I recommend you to save 10 Rough Grinding Stones.

65 – 75

x25 Coarse Sharpening Stone – x25 Coarse Stone

Journeyman Blacksmithing

Visit your trainer and learn Journeyman Blacksmithing (level 10 required).

75 – 125

75 – 90

x35 Coarse Grinding Stone – x70 Coarse Stone

Save the Coarse Grinding Stones.

If you didn’t reach 90 by making these, you could continue to the next step, but you will need more Copper Bars or a few more Coarse Grinding Stones.

90 – 100

x10 Runed Copper Belt – x100 Copper Bar

100 – 105

x5 Silver Rod – x5 Silver Bar, x10 Rough Grinding Stone

You can skip this part and make Runed Copper Belt if you don’t have any Silver Bar.

105 – 110

5x Runed Copper Belt – x50 Copper Bar

110 – 125

15x Rough Bronze Leggings – 90 Bronze Bar

Expert Blacksmithing

Visit your trainer and learn Expert Blacksmithing (level 20 required).

Levels 125 – 225

125 – 140

x35 Heavy Grinding Stone – x105 Heavy Stone

You better keep the Heavy Grinding Stones. Make this one up to 150 if Heavy Stone is cheap.

140 – 150

10x Patterned Bronze Bracers – x50 Bronze Bar, x20 Coarse Grinding Stone

150 – 155

x5 Golden Rod – x5 Gold Bar, x10 Coarse Grinding Stone

You can buy Green Dye from Tailoring and Leatherworking supply vendors.

155 – 165

x10 Green Iron Leggings – x80 Iron Bar, x10 Heavy Grinding Stone, x10 Green Dye

165 – 190

x25 Green Iron Bracers – x150 Iron Bar, x25 Green Dye

190 – 200

x10 Golden Scale Bracers – x50 Steel Bar, x20 Heavy Grinding Stone

200 – 210

x30 Solid Grinding Stone – x120 Solid Stone

Keep at least 10 of these for the 225-235 part.

210 – 225

x15 Heavy Mithril Gauntlet – x90 Mithril Bar, x60 Mageweave Cloth

Artisan Blacksmithing

Visit your trainer and learn Artisan Blacksmithing (level 35 required).

225 – 300

225-235

x10 Steel Plate Helm – x140 Steel Bar, x10 Citrine, x10 Solid Grinding Stone

235 – 250

Buy Plans: Mithril Spurs from the Auction House.

x15 Mithril Spurs – x60 Mithril Bar, x45 Solid Grinding Stone

x15 Mithril Coif – x150 Mithril Bar, x90 Mageweave Cloth

250 – 260

x20 Dense Sharpening Stone – x20 Dense Stone

260 – 270

x10 Thorium Belt – x80 Thorium Bar

270 – 275

x5 Thorium Bracers – x40 Thorium Bar

275 – 290

x15 Imperial Plate Bracers – x180 Thorium Bar

290 – 300

Go back to your trainer to learn new recipes, then make 10 of this item:

x10 Thorium Boots – x120 Thorium Bar, x80 Rugged Leather

x10 Thorium Helm – x120 Thorium Bar, x10 Star Ruby

Master Blacksmithing (300-350)

Visit your trainer and learn Master Alchemy (level 50 required).

300 – 305

x7 Fel Weightstone – x7 Fel Iron Bar, x7 Netherweave Cloth

You might need to make some of these because you won’t gain skill points for every craft.

305 – 316

x11 Fel Iron Plate Belt – x44 Fel Iron Bar

Make x16 Thorium Leggings up to 321 just in case if x190 Thorium Bar is cheaper than x69 Fel Iron Bar.

316 – 321

x5 Fel Iron Chain Gloves – x25 Fel Iron Bar

321 – 325

x4 Fel Iron Plate Boots – x24 Fel Iron Bar

325 – 335

x45 Lesser Rune of Warding – x45 Adamantite Bar

It’s green for the last 5 points, so 45 is an approximate number. You’ll need to make more.

335 – 340

x7 Fel Iron Chain Tunic – x63 Fel Iron Bar

You need to make more because of the yellow recipe.

340 – 350

x45 Lesser Ward of Shielding – x45 Adamantite Bar

You can buy the recipe from Rohok (Horde) at Hellfire Peninsula and by Mari Stonehand (Alliance) at Shadowmoon Valley. Unfortunately, it’s a limited supply item, so you have to wait if someone bought it before you (takes about 15-60 min to respawn).

It’s green for the last 5 points, so 45 is an approximate number. You might need to make more or less..

Grand Master Blacksmithing (350-425)

Visit your trainer and learn Grand Master Blacksmithing (level 65 required).

350 – 425

350-360

10x Cobalt Boots – x40 Cobalt Bar

360-370

x10 Cobalt Triangle Shield – x40 Cobalt Bar

370-375

x5 Cobalt Legplates – x25 Cobalt Bar

375-380

x5 Cobalt Gauntlets – x25 Cobalt Bar

380-385

x5 Spiked Cobalt Boots – x35 Cobalt Bar

385-390

x5 Spiked Cobalt Shoulders – x35 Cobalt Bar

390-395

x5 Notched Cobalt War Axe – x50 Cobalt Bar

395-400

x5 Brilliant Saronite Belt – x30 Cobalt Bar, x25 Saronite Bar

400-405

x5 Horned Cobalt Helm – x40 Cobalt Bar

405-416

x11 Deadly Saronite Dirk – x77 Saronite Bar, x22 Crystallized Air

416-420

x4 Tempered Saronite Gauntlets – x56 Saronite Bar

420-425

Lx5 Titanium Rod – x10 Saronite Bar, x5 Titanium Bar

Cataclysm Classic Blacksmithing (425-525)

Visit your trainer and learn the new Cataclysm Classic Blacksmithing skill.

425 – 500

425 – 455

x83 Folded Obsidium – x166 Obsidium Bar

Stop making Folded Obsidium when you’ll be at 455. Make more only if you need them. If you choose different recipes, you may need less than 80.

455 – 459

Make 4 items from any recipe that requires 3 Folded Obsidium.

459 – 462

x1 Stormforged Gauntlets – x6 Folded Obsidium, x8 Volatile Earth

462 – 470

From one of these, make 8 of them:

Redsteel Belt – x32 Folded Obsidium, x8 Volatile Earth
Stormforged Belt – x32 Folded Obsidium, x8 Volatile Earth
Hardened Obsidium Belt – x32 Folded Obsidium, x8 Volatile Earth

470 – 475

x1 Obsidium Bladespear – x12 Folded Obsidium, x10 Volatile Earth, x4 Volatile Fire

475 – 480

x1 Cold-Forged Shank – x15 Folded Obsidium, x6 Volatile Earth, x4 Volatile Water

Make Obsidium Skeleton Key up to 480 if you don’t want to sell the dagger at the Auction House.

480 – 489

3x Stormforged Legguards – x6 Folded Obsidium, x24 Elementium Bar

489 – 494

x1 Fire-Etched Dagger – x20 Elementium Bar, x12 Volatile Earth, x4 Volatile Fire

494 – 500

Make 2 from one of these following items:

x2 Stormforged Helm – x40 Elementium Bar, x16 Volatile Earth
x2 Hardened Obsidium Helm – x8 Folded Obsidium, x30 Elementium Bar, 12 Volatile Earth

500 – 525

500 – 512

x4 Redsteel Breastplate – x60 Elementium Bar, x60 Volatile Earth

You can also buy the Plans: Pyrium Weapon Chain recipe for x20 Elementium Bar and make Weapon Chains up to 510 if Pyrium is cheap.

512 – 515

You can buy these recipes in all major cities near your Blacksmithing Trainer. The NPC is called “Blacksmithing Supplies” (Does not include Dalaran and Shattrath).

You will need x40 Elementium Bars and x2 Hardened Elementium Bar to buy the next recipes.

Make three from one of these two following items:

x3 Vicious Ornate Pyrium Gauntlets – x30 Elementium Bar, x30 Volatile Water
x3 Vicious Pyrium Gauntlets – x30 Elementium Bar, x30 Volatile Fire

515 – 520

Make five from one of these two:

x5 Vicious Ornate Pyrium Belt – x50 Elementium Bar, x50 Volatile Water
x5 Vicious Pyrium Belt – x50 Elementium Bar, x50 Volatile Fire

520 – 525

Make five from one of these two:

x5 Vicious Ornate Pyrium Shoulders – x60 Elementium Bar, x50 Volatile Water
x5 Vicious Pyrium Shoulders – x60 Elementium Bar, x50 Volatile Fire

F.A.Q.

How to learn Blacksmithing in WoW Cataclysm Classic?

Visit any trainer in the main cities of old Azeroth – you can just ask a guard, and then learn Blacksmithing.

What are the best races to learn Blacksmithing?

It’s Lightforged Draenei who have +10 in Blacksmithing skill because of their “Forge Of Light” passive ability and Dark Iron Dwarfes because of +5 from Mass Production.

What’s the best profession to pair with Blacksmithing in Cataclysm Classic?

It’s Mining. it allows you to gather ore and other materials used for crafting.

Is Blacksmithing a good profession in Cataclysm Classic?

Yes, it is! Its an A-tier profession in Cataclysm Classic along with Alchemy. Its also a reliable profession for farming gold.