World Of Warcraft Mining Guide

Note: This is Pg2 of the Mining guide ( Pg1 WoW Mining Guide here)

Mineral Vein Types and skill required to mine :

Ore type and next to it is the skill required to mine that type

eg. To mine Tin your mining skill has to be level 65 etc..

Note: Smelting of ore allows you to level quicker!
 
Copper 1
Tin 65
Incendicite** 65
Silver 75
Bronze 75 (Copper and Tin. One Copper bar and one Tin bar creates two Bronze bars)

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Iron 125
Indurium** 150
Gold 155
Lesser Bloodstone** 155
Steel 165 (1 Iron and 1 Coal)
Mithril 175
Truesilver 230
Dark Iron 230
Small Thorium 245
Rich Thorium 275
Hakkari Thorium Vein 275
Small Obsidian Chunk 305
Large Obsidian Chunk 305
Elementium Ore (Drops from Blackwing Technicians in Blackwing Lair only!!)
Fel Iron 300
Adamantite 325
Rich Adamantite 350
Eternium (Mined from Fel Iron Deposit, Adamantite Deposit or Khorium Veins)
Cobalt 350
Nethercite Deposit 350 (Shadowmoon Valley, turned in for Netherwing Reputation only)
Khorium 375
Rich Cobalt Node 375
Saronite Node 400
Rich Saronite Node 425
Titanium Node 450

** = Ore types are for quests only. Trade to other players that want to do the quest, sell on the auction house, or use to skill up your mining. Incendicite is available in Wetlands, Indurium in Uldaman, and Lesser Bloodstone can be found in Arathi Highlands.

Now for the World Of Warcraft Mining locations. Remember stick to the foothills.

Ore Locations
 
Copper Vein (Lvl 1) (buy Copper Ore-If you have gold- and smelt it into Copper Bars to speed up process) Horde & Alliance at different starting areas until level 65-66.

Alterac Mountains, Ashenvale, Darkshore(Go in caves), Desolace, Dun Morogh(Go in caves), Durotar(Go in cave), Duskwood, Elwynn Forest(Go in caves), Hillsbrad Foothills, Loch Modan, Mulgore (Go in caves), Redridge Mountains, Silverpine Forest, Stonetalon Mountains, The Barrens, Thousand Needles, Thunder Bluff, Tirisfal Glades, Westfall, Wetlands

Tin Vein (Lvl 65)

The Barrens, Silverpine Forest, Darkshore, Ashenvale, Duskwood, Thousand Needles, Hillsbrad Foothills, Redridge Mountains, Loch Modan, Arathi Highlands, Wetlands, Stonetalon Mountains, Westfall, Alterac Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Desolace, Dustwallow Marsh, Feralas

Silver Vein (Lvl 75) (If you have gold, smelting Bronze Bars or Silver Bars from buying ore in the auction house will help you speed up process.)

Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Ashenvale, Badlands, Darkshore, Desolace, Duskwood, Dustwallow Marsh, Feralas, Hillsbad Foot hills, Loch Modan, Redridge Mountains, Searing Gorge, Silverpine Forest, Stonetalon Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, Tanaris, The Barrens, The Hinterlands, Thousand Needles, Westfall, Wetlands

Iron Deposit (Lvl 125)
 
Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Ashenvale, Badlands, Desolace, Duskwood, Dustwallow Marsh, Feralas, Hillsbrad Foothills, Searing Gorge, Stonetalon Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, Tanaris, The Hinterlands, Thousand Needles, Wetlands

Gold Vein (Lvl 155) (Get training from Trainer to smelt Gold which can help you get to 175 faster. Buy 20 Gold Ore at the auction house then smelt 20 Gold Bars to speed up leveling.)
 
Alterac Mountains, Alterac Valley, Arathi Highlands, Ashenvale, Azshara, Badlands, Blasted Lands, Burning Steppes, Desolace, Duskwood, Dustwallow Marsh, Eastern Plaguelands, Felwood, Feralas, Hillsbrad Foothills, Searing Gorge, Silithus, Stonetalon Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, Tanaris, The Hinterlands, Thousand Needles, Un'Goro Crater, Western Plaguelands, Wetlands, Winterspring

Mithril Deposit (Lvl 175)

Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Azshara, Badlands, Blasted Lands, Burning Steppes, Desolace, Dustwallow Marsh, Eastern Plaguelands, Felwood, Feralas, Hillsbrad Foothills, Searing Gorge, Silithus, Stonetalon Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, Tanaris, The Hinterlands, Un'Goro Crater, Western Plaguelands, Winterspring

Truesilver Deposit (Lvl 230) Truesilver Ore can help you get to level 245 quicker but the majority will be done mining Mithril.

Alterac Mountains, Arathi Highlands, Azshara, Badlands, Blasted Lands, Burning Steppes, Desolace, Dustwallow Marsh, Eastern Plaguelands, Felwood, Feralas, Hillsbrad Foothills, Searing Gorge, Silithus, Stonetalon Mountains, Stranglethorn Vale, Swamp of Sorrows, Tanaris, The Hinterlands, Thousand Needles, Un'Goro Crater, Western Plaguelands, Winterspring

Dark Iron Deposit (Lvl 230)

Burning Steppes, Searing Gorge, Blackrock Depths, The Molten Core

Small Thorium Vein (Lvl 245)

Blasted Lands, Burning Steppes, Eastern Plaguelands, Felwood, Feralas, Searing Gorge, Silithus, Tanaris, The Hinterlands, Un'Goro Crater, Western Plaguelands, Winterspring

Rich Thorium Vein (Lvl 275)

Azshara, Burning Steppes, Eastern Plaguelands, Un'Goro Crater, Western Plaguelands, Winterspring

Fel Iron Deposit (Lvl 300)

Hellfire Peninsula, Zangarmarsh, Terokkar Forest, Nagrand, Blade's Edge Mountains, Netherstorm, Shadowmoon Valley

Adamantite Deposit (Lvl 325)

Zangarmarsh, Terokkar Forest, Nagrand, Blade's Edge Mountains, Netherstorm, Shadowmoon Valley, and Dungeons

Rich Adamantite Deposit (Lvl 350)

Terokkar Forest, Nagrand, Blade's Edge Mountains, Netherstorm, Shadowmoon Valley, and Dungeons

Khorium Vein (Lvl 375)

Hellfire Peninsula, Zangarmarsh, Terokkar Forest, Nagrand, Blade's Edge Mountains, Netherstorm, Shadowmoon Valley

Cobalt Node (Lvl 375) (Have gold? Consider buying Cobalt Ore at the auction house and smelting until you reach 375 instead of mining)

Howling Fjord, Zul'Drak, Borean Tundra, Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills, and Crystalsong Forest

Rich Cobalt Node Howling Fjord, Zul'Drak (Note: Zul'Drak is a high character level zone +70 if you are a lower level try Howling Fjord instead.), Borean Tundra, Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills

Saronite Node (Lvl 400)

Sholazar Basin(Scholazar can be crowded and competitive), Zul'Drak

Rich Saronite Node (Lvl 425) & Titanium node (Lvl 450)

Sholazar Basin

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