WoW Forever Blacksmithing Guide: Leveling 1 to 300, Recipes and Changes
Level your profession from 1 to 300 without getting lost: the shopping list, the steps to follow and every recipe in the game, with what Forever changed.
How to use this guide
- Enter your current skill in blacksmithing: the shopping list below works itself out up to 300.
- Then follow the steps in order: each step tells you what to craft, how many, and with what.
- Hover or tap an item to read its tooltip, exactly as in game.
Blacksmithing recipes
431 recipes · ★ 197 new · ◆ 181 changed · 53 same as the original game
Recipes tagged with a specialization (Armorsmith, Weaponsmith, then Master Hammersmith, Axesmith or Swordsmith) are only for players who picked it: a player learns only one, so they are left out of the route.
Filter
431 of 431
Weapons 91
Plate armor 147
Mail armor 152
Shields 2
Sharpening stones and weightstones 17
Buckles and accessories 10
Keys 4
Enchanter's rods 5
Camp objects 3
No recipe matches.
Copper Mace
Creates: ×1
At skill 1 you cannot learn this recipe yet: it requires 15.
- Required skill
- 15
- Colours
- Orange 15–54 Yellow 55–74 Green 75–94 Grey 95+
- Reagents
Copper Bar ×6
Weak Flux ×1
Linen Cloth ×2
- How to learn it
- Profession trainer
★ New in Forever (not in the original game) · ◆ Changed from the original game · no mark: same as the original game
New recipe or item exclusive to Forever Changed recipe or item different from the original game
Steps marked "after the beta" cannot be played yet: the beta stops at 225.
Shopping list
To go from 1 to 300 in blacksmithing. Amounts are averages: bring a few extra.
Tick each item once it is in your bag: 0 of 30.
Buy from a merchant
Total cost at the merchant: about 11 gold 80 silver 33 copper. Includes 11 gold 53 silver 33 copper for the recipes to buy.
Gather, or buy at the Auction House
In Auctionator, open the Shopping tab, click Import, paste (Ctrl+V), then click Import in the window. A list with the same name is replaced. Items you have ticked are not copied.
Your route
Amounts are estimates from the beta data (some colour thresholds are completed from Classic): they may vary, bring a few extra.
What changed
431 recipes in all: 197 New and 181 Changed compared with the original game.
Invulnerable Mail, Helm of the Great Chief, Wildthorn Mail, Storm Gauntlets, Heavy Timbermaw Boots, Heavy Timbermaw Belt are no longer part of the profession: they were moved to leatherworking.
Camp
These objects are placed at your camp and help you craft faster or more comfortably.
- Sharpening Wheel, from skill 20. Grants Strength to players at the camp.
- Anvil, from skill 140. An anvil for recipes that require one, plus the previous object.
- Master Forge, from skill 300. A forge for recipes that require one, plus the previous objects.
Profession bonus
Unconfirmed bonus Announced during the BlizzCon 2026 demo, it is not datamined and does not appear in the beta game data yet: it may change before launch.
Blacksmiths craft stat-boosting belt buckles and gain Repair All, a cooldown that repairs all of their gear for free.
Legacy points: at skill 150, 225, 300. See the Legacy tree
Where to find a blacksmithing trainer
A blacksmithing trainer teaches you the new ranks and most of the basic recipes. List for your faction.
Journeyman rank
- Alphonse Dumas — Riverglades (64.4, 82.0)
- Dane Lindgren — Stormwind City (57.0, 15.4)
- Delfrum Flintbeard — Darkshore (38.2, 41.0)
- Groum Stonebeard — Ironforge (51.2, 42.4)
- Smith Argus — Elwynn Forest (41.6, 65.4)
- Tognus Flintfire — Dun Morogh (45.2, 52.0)
Expert rank
- Clarise Gnarltree — Duskwood (73.8, 48.6)
- Rotgath Stonebeard — Ironforge (51.2, 42.4)
- Therum Deepforge — Stormwind City (56.4, 15.4)
Artisan rank
- Bengus Deepforge — Ironforge (51.4, 42.2)
Masters (high-level recipes)
- Brikk Keencraft — Stranglethorn Vale (29.0, 75.4)
Other trainers
- Aedi Thriceforged — Zephras Isle (44.8, 44.4)
- Alard Schmied — Alterac Mountains (19.6, 63.2)
- Daeann Steelwind — Zephras Isle (65.4, 80.2)
- Gelman Stonehand — Stormwind City (51.0, 17.2)
Journeyman rank
- Alphonse Dumas — Riverglades (64.4, 82.0)
- Basil Frye — Undercity (59.2, 29.4)
- Dwukk — Durotar (52.0, 40.6)
- Guillaume Sorouy — Silverpine Forest (43.2, 41.0)
- Gur'dok — Riverglades (60.0, 46.2)
- Thrag Stonehoof — Thunder Bluff (39.0, 57.8)
- Ug'thok — Orgrimmar (80.4, 23.4)
Expert rank
- James Van Brunt — Undercity (61.2, 29.2)
- Karn Stonehoof — Thunder Bluff (38.8, 54.0)
- Snarl — Orgrimmar (79.2, 22.4)
- Traugh — The Barrens (51.2, 28.8)
Artisan rank
- Saru Steelfury — Orgrimmar (82.2, 23.0)
Masters (high-level recipes)
- Brikk Keencraft — Stranglethorn Vale (29.0, 75.4)
Other trainers
- Aedi Thriceforged — Zephras Isle (44.8, 44.4)
- Angus Hammerhand — Tirisfal Glades (21.2, 45.8)
- Daeann Steelwind — Zephras Isle (65.4, 80.2)
See also
Data: Wowhead (Forever), cross-checked against ForeverChanges and ForeverDB; profession bonus: Icy Veins
