Primary profession

Mining

Higher mining skill allows you to harvest more difficult minerals nodes around the world. If you cannot harvest a specific mineral, then increase your skill by mining easier to mine minerals in lower level areas.

Recipes: 18
Taught by plans: 2
Trainer ranks: 4

Where to train Mining

22 trainers

Alliance

Junior: Sally Swiftwrench Dun Morogh 28.9, 67.7

Kelsey Fargo Elwynn Forest 47.2, 32.2

Fanorran Stilloak Teldrassil 58.2, 41.4
No rank in the title: Kurdram Stonehammer Mining Trainer · Darkshore 38.2, 41.0

Dank Drizzlecut Mining Trainer · Dun Morogh 69.3, 55.5

Yarr Hammerstone Mining Trainer · Dun Morogh 50.0, 50.3

Matt Johnson Mining Trainer · Duskwood 74.0, 49.6

Geofram Bouldertoe Mining Trainer · Ironforge 50.0, 26.3

Brock Stoneseeker Mining Trainer · Loch Modan 37.0, 47.8

Gelman Stonehand Mining Trainer · Stormwind City 59.2, 37.8

Horde

Junior: Norzsh Durotar 40.5, 68.1

Vartha Rockmane Mulgore 44.3, 78.4

Walter Mason Tirisfal Glades 32.2, 65.8
No rank in the title: Krunn Miner · Durotar 51.8, 40.9

Makaru Mining Trainer · Orgrimmar 73.1, 26.1

Johan Focht Miner · Silverpine Forest 43.4, 40.5

Brek Stonehoof Mining Trainer · Thunder Bluff 34.4, 57.9

Brom Killian Mining Trainer · Undercity 56.0, 37.5

Either faction

No rank in the title: Grungle Miner · Riverglades

Pikkle Miner · Tanaris 51.1, 28.1

Halavuul Cragwind Mining Trainer · Zephras Isle

Messana Crestwind Miner · Zephras Isle

A trainer is listed under the rank word in its title: Journeyman, Expert, Artisan and so on. The data does not say which ranks each trainer teaches, what a rank costs or the level it needs, so those are not shown. Titles, zones and factions come from data collected from the live game; whether an NPC trains, and its place on the map, from QuestieDB. An NPC whose title does not name the profession, or with no zone on record, is left out.

Where to gather

Every vein by the skill it needs, what a gather gives and the zones the data names for it (at most three for each node). Open a rank to see its nodes. The gathering guide prices each gather on your auction house and ranks the zones for your skill.

Apprentice (1–74) 5 nodes

Mining nodes that need skill 1 to 74
Node	One gather gives	Zones
Chunk of AmberSkill 1	Copper Ore 91% Rough Stone 89%	Teldrassil1–11
Copper VeinSkill 1	Copper Ore 99% Rough Stone 44% · × 1–2 Shadowgem 1% + 3 rarer finds	Zephras Isle1–12 Mulgore1–10 The Barrens10–33 Redridge Mountains15–25 and more zones
Large Chunk of AmberSkill 1	Copper Ore 94% Rough Stone 44% · × 1–2 Pyrite 2.4% + 3 rarer finds	Teldrassil1–11
Poor Copper VeinSkill 1	Copper Ore 97% Rough Stone 94%	Mulgore1–10 Durotar1–10 Elwynn Forest1–10 and more zones
Tin VeinSkill 65	Tin Ore 100% Coarse Stone 40% · × 1–2 Shadowgem 1.2% + 4 rarer finds	Redridge Mountains15–25 Ashenvale19–30 The Barrens10–33 Hillsbrad Foothills20–31 and more zones

Journeyman (75–149) 3 nodes

Mining nodes that need skill 75 to 149
Node	One gather gives	Zones
Ooze Covered Silver VeinSkill 75	Silver Ore 100% Moss Agate 2.3%	Thousand Needles6–35
Silver VeinSkill 75	Silver Ore 100% Moss Agate 1.5% Shadowgem 1% + 2 rarer finds	Arathi Highlands30–40 Thousand Needles6–35 The Barrens10–33 Hillsbrad Foothills20–31 and more zones
Iron DepositSkill 125	Iron Ore 100% Heavy Stone 40% · × 1–3 Jade 1.2% + 3 rarer finds	Arathi Highlands30–40 Desolace30–39 Stranglethorn Vale30–50 and more zones

Expert (150–224) 4 nodes

Mining nodes that need skill 150 to 224
Node	One gather gives	Zones
Gold VeinSkill 155	Gold Ore 100% Jade 1.1% Citrine 1% + 1 rarer find	Arathi Highlands30–40 Badlands36–45 Stranglethorn Vale30–50 Felwood47–54 and more zones
Ooze Covered Gold VeinSkill 155	Gold Ore 100% Jade 1.5% Lesser Moonstone 1.5% + 1 rarer find	Feralas41–60 Thousand Needles6–35
Mithril DepositSkill 175	Mithril Ore 100% Solid Stone 40% · × 1–4 Citrine 1% + 3 rarer finds	The Hinterlands41–56 Tanaris40–50 Azshara42–55 Felwood47–54 and more zones
Ooze Covered Mithril DepositSkill 175	Mithril Ore 100% Solid Stone 39% · × 1–4 Black Vitriol 0.9% + 4 rarer finds	Feralas41–60 Thousand Needles6–35

Artisan (225–300) 8 nodes

Mining nodes that need skill 225 to 300
Node	One gather gives	Zones
Dark Iron DepositSkill 230	Dark Iron Ore 100% Black Vitriol 0.9% Blood of the Mountain 0.6%	Burning Steppes50–59 Searing Gorge43–56 Blackrock Spire and more zones
Ooze Covered Truesilver DepositSkill 230	Truesilver Ore 100% Citrine 1.2% Aquamarine 1.2% + 1 rarer find	Silithus55–59 Un'Goro Crater48–55 Feralas41–60
Truesilver DepositSkill 230	Truesilver Ore 100% Aquamarine 1.5% Citrine 0.9% + 1 rarer find	Winterspring55–60 The Hinterlands41–56 Burning Steppes50–59 Felwood47–54 and more zones
Ooze Covered Thorium VeinSkill 245	Thorium Ore 100% Dense Stone 38% · × 1–3 Huge Emerald 1.1% + 5 rarer finds	Un'Goro Crater48–55 Feralas41–60
Small Thorium VeinSkill 245	Thorium Ore 100% Dense Stone 40% · × 1–3 Black Vitriol 1% + 5 rarer finds	Un'Goro Crater48–55 Silithus55–59 Burning Steppes50–59 Felwood47–54 and more zones
Hakkari Thorium VeinSkill 275	Thorium Ore 100% Dense Stone 39% · × 1–3 Souldarite 36% + 6 rarer finds	Zul'Gurub
Ooze Covered Rich Thorium VeinSkill 275	Thorium Ore 100% Dense Stone 40% · × 1–3 Arcane Crystal 3% + 5 rarer finds	Silithus55–59
Rich Thorium VeinSkill 275	Thorium Ore 100% Dense Stone 40% · × 1–3 Arcane Crystal 3% + 5 rarer finds	Winterspring55–60 Eastern Plaguelands54–59 Azshara42–55 and more zones

AH is the lowest buyout on your auction house. Reagent cost counts each reagent at the lower of a vendor’s price and its lowest buyout, and shows only when every reagent has one.

Mining recipes

Apprentice (1–74) 4 recipes

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Mining recipes

Journeyman (75–149) 3 recipes

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Mining recipes, Journeyman (75–149), lowest skill first
Makes	Skill	Reagents	Learned from
Silver Bar AH	100–125	Silver Ore× 1	Trainer
Iron Bar AH	130–140	Iron Ore× 1	Trainer
Rock Garden AH	140–140	Heavy Stone× 2 Iron Ore× 1 Silver Bar× 1	Blueprint: Rock GardenAH

Mining recipes

Expert (150–224) 3 recipes

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Mining recipes

Artisan (225–300) 8 recipes

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Ranks and specializations: Find Minerals, Smelting.

Skill shows when the recipe turns yellow and then grey, the range in which it can still raise your skill. Recipes, reagents and skill ranges come from the WoW Forever game files. Auction prices are per item from Blizzard’s auction house data, read every hour (buyouts only; bids are left out); vendor prices come from data collected from the live game. Each ruleset has its own auction house per faction; Blizzard’s data does not name them, so they are matched by size and still being confirmed in game.