Mining Leveling Guide 1-450
Mining can be pretty lucrative since it is used for 3 crafting professions. However you need to reach a high level in order to make some decent gold off the profession.
Getting started
Leveling Mining can be done one of two ways. The traditional way is leveling the profession by going out and finding nodes (which will be discussed in this blog) and smelting (which will be discussed tomorrow)
Finding nodes has no major upfront costs but is rather time consuming to run around looking for nodes. Smelting can be costly, but most bars sell for around the ore price. If neither are of interest you can combine the two and smelt the ore as you find.
Today I am going to elaborate on how to find nodes for leveling the traditional way.
First things first, learn the profession and make sure you purchase a mining pick. Once you have done this you are ready to venture out into the world (of Warcraft) and start leveling your profession. But where do you go from here?
Choosing which zone can be difficult. However, the same general rule of finding veins hold true for all zones: Ore is generally around the edge of the zone or mountain lines. Besides looking near these ridges, make sure you have track minerals on so you can find ore more easily.
Below is a list of
the level you are currently, the Ore that will most likely level you, the skill color in Orange, Yellow, Green, and Gray format, and the links to zones that are best for this range.
If you are leveling in a different area and need to see other zone route maps, please check out: Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, Outlands, Northrend
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Level |
Ore to |
Skill |
Zones |
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1-65 |
1 25 50 100 |
Azuremyst Isle, Dun Morogh, Durotar, Elwynn Forest, Eversong Woods, Mulgore, Teldrassil, Tirisfal Glades | |
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66-125 |
1 25 50 100 |
Redridge Mountains, Thousand Needles | |
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65 90 115 165 |
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75 100 125 175 |
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125-175 |
125 150 175 225 |
Arathi Highland, Thousand Needles | |
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65 90 115 165 |
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155 175 205 255 |
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175-245 |
175 200 225 275 |
The Hinterlands, Tanaris | |
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230 255 280 330 |
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245-300 |
175 200 225 275 |
Tanaris, Winterspring, Silithus | |
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245 270 295 345 |
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275 300 325 365 |
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300-325 |
300 325 350 400 |
Hellfire Peninsula | |
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325-350 |
300 325 350 400 |
Nagrand | |
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325 350 375 - |
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350 375 400 - |
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375 400 - - |
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350-400 |
350 387 - 450 |
Borean Tundra | |
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- - - - |
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400-450 |
400 450 - - |
Scholazar Basin | |
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425 450 - - |
**Some skill colors are missing because I could not find the exact numbers, if you happen to know a number where a – is, please let me know.**
Patch 3.0.3
January 17th, 2009
[...] Mining Leveling Guide 1-450 [...]
March 25th, 2009
Thanks very much for the excellent guides!!! Thought you might like to know that in the mining guide, when I mouse over the colors related to required levels, the message says “Requires jewelcrafting … ” rather than “requires mining”. No big deal, the guide is really, really great! Thanks again.