Wow Mining Guide

This Wow WoD Mining Guide is the start of a series of guides that teaches you tons of stuff about mining in World of Warcraft. Yes we give you the quick routes but honestly we were looking to go a bit overboard and make this into a huge lasting resource for you.

If you're leveling Mining with your level 1 new toon then follow the guide below starting with Mining Guide 1-65. If your starting Mining and your toon is 90+ then skip down to the WoD section if you want to. All Mop and WoD ores are available to Mine at level 1.

 

Don't forget to train! Train at levels 50, 125, 200, 275, 350, 425, and 500.

 

Mining Guide 1-65: Alliance

For the Alliance the best place to start out regardless if you are human is outside Stormwind. Here, there is a plethora of Copper nodes and a good respawn rate of copper nodes.

Elwynn Forest Copper Mining

 

Mining Guide 1 - 65: Horde

Tirisfal Glades is by far the best place for the Horde to level the first few levels in Mining. Even if you are not Undead it is worth the time to get to this area for Copper nodes.

Tirisfal Glades Copper Mining

 

Mining Guide 65 - 125

Hillsbrad Foothills is by far the best place to level Mining for Alliance and Horde. It is mostly packed with Tin nodes and sometimes you will get some Silver as well. For Alliance, the closest flight point is in Aerie Point in the Hinterlands which is just a short walk or flight away.

Hillsbrad Foothills Tin and Silver Mining

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Mining Guide 125 - 175

The next stop for both Alliance and Horde is Western Plaguelands to Mine Iron. When you are doing this optimized route it is possible that you get a good amount of Gold as well.

Western Plaguelands - Iron and Gold Mining

 

Mining Guide 175 - 230

Badlands: This place holds the best Mithril and Truesilver Mining to level from 175 and beyond.

Badlands Mithril and Truesilver Mining

 

Mining Guide 230 - 275

The next stop in this journey is one that is not forgettable. Thorium in Un'Goro Crater is a complete dream and you will find your self wanting to stay for more because it is so easy.

Thorium Mining in Un'Goro Crater

 

Mining Guide 275 - 325

Hellfire Peninsula Fel Iron Mining is great provided you have a flying mount. If not, you will need to clear some mobs and travel up some moderate hills which can be a bit challenging.

Hellfire Peninsula Fel Iron mining

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Mining Guide 325 - 350

Continuing on in the burning Crusade you can focus on Adamantite mining in Nagrand. This part is rather quick since you only need to go a few levels.

Nagrand Adamantite mining

 

Mining Guide 350 - 400

Howling Fjord sports the best Cobalt and Rich Cobalt in game. Some people have suggested Borean Tundra and it is also a nice place if you land on the west side. However with years of this area we have found that the Fjord seems to yield a bit more ore per hour.

Howling Fjord Cobalt and Rich Cobalt Mining

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Mining Guide 400 - 450

Sholazar Basin's Saronite and Rich Saronite Mining is the best in the game. It helped us define one of the nicest mining strategies in "How to Gather More Ore per Hour" which works like a charm here.

Scholozar Basin Saronite Mining

 

Mining Guide 450 - 475

Mount Hyjal is the best place for Obsidium Mining. You won't have to spend much time there either because it is only for 25 levels. Feel free to stay a bit longer if you are leveling up a corresponding crafting profession at the same time.

Mount Hyjal Obsidium Mining

 

Mining Guide 475 - 500

Twilight Highlands and Deepholm are really good for Elementium and Rich Elementium. We found it to be far better in the Highlands so we made a good map of the quickest route to fill your bags with Elementium.

Twilight Highlands Elementium, Rich Elementium Mining.

 

Mining Guide 500 - 600

There is a very special weapon that gives a Mining buff to help find Gems in Pandaria...get it! The Ancient Pandaren Mining Pick is found inside the Greenstone Quarry at a few locations. We listed them below if you are using any coordinate systems. Tom Tom is a good one and your can use the following script. /way 43.83, 30.46 /way 45.61, 29.64 /way 44.13, 27.20 /way 44.64, 27.78 /way 44.17, 28.65.

 

Anyway, back to Mining. The last stage is a large one but it will go by very fast since The Jade Forest is packed full of Ghost Iron Nodes for your mining pleasure.

The Jade Forest Ghost Iron Mining

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Mining Guide 600-700

To start, go Mine an ore in Draenor and A Treatise on Mining in Draenor will drop which will increase your max Mining skill to 700.

One of the starter buildings in your Garrison is a Mine so use it! You will level SO FAST just Mining in your own Garrison.

Now you want to cruise Draenor and gather all the Blackrock and True Iron Ore you can get. The highest quantities are in Shadowmoon (Alliance) and Frostfire (Horde).

Shadowmoon Valley - Alliance 

Shadowmoon Valley - Blackrock and True Iron Ore

 

Frostfire Ridge - Horde

Frostfire Ridge - Blackrock and True Iron Ore

 

If you're starting a new toon, we recommend using one of these Leveling Guides. They honestly work.