The World of Warcraft Mining Guide

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This World of Warcraft Mining Guide covers the basics of mining in
WoW. With the Burning Crusade expansion, mining has become the most
important gathering profession in World of Warcraft. Mining was the
most useful profession before the expansion because it was the basis
for two crafting professions (engineering and blacksmithing) but, with
the addition of Jewelcrafting in BC, mining has become even more
important.
For this reason, World of Warcraft mining is the best way to earn gold
compared to the other gathering professions. Herbs are useful but only
to Herbalists while ores and gems are useful to Blacksmiths,
Engineers, and Jewelcrafters.
World of Warcraft Mining - The BasicsThe obvious first step is to
visit a mining trainer and learn mining as a profession. You can do
this starting at level 5. Here's a list of all the mining trainers in
WoW:
Horde Trainers:
* Makaru - Located in the center of the Valley of Honor in Orgrimmar.
* Brek Stonehoof - Located on the western edge of the center plateau
in Thunder Bluff.
* Brom Killian - Located to the south of the bridge leading to the War
* Quarter in the Undercity.
Alliance Trainers:
* Gelman Stonehand - Located on the western side of the Dwarven
District in Stormwind.
* Yarr Hammerstone - Located on the eastern edge of Kharanos in Dun
Morogh.
* Dank Drizzlecut - Located slightly north of Gol'Bolar Quarry in Dun
Morogh.
* Brock Stoneseeker - Located on the southwest side of Thelsamar in
Loch Modan.
* Kurdram Stonehammer - Located in the northern area of Auberdine in
Darkshore.
* Matt Johnson - Located in the northern section of Darkshire in
Duskwood.
Once you've trained mining take a look in your spellbook for the "Find
Minerals" and "Smelting" buttons and move them to one of your
taskbars. Hit the "Find Minerals" button and your minimap will now
show yellow circles on the map whenever you're near a mineral node.
Next, buy a Mining Pick from the mining supplier who's usually right
next to the mining trainer and head out looking for copper nodes
(copper is the simplest ore to mine and the only one you'll be able to
mine at the start.)
After you've collected some ore, find a forge and use your "Smelting"
ability to turn the copper ore into copper bars. If you're a
Blacksmith or an Engineer you can use the bars to craft items or just
put the bars up for auction to make some extra gold.
You'll notice as you mine copper that your mining skill will increase
and after awhile copper nodes will turn gray and no longer give you
skill-ups from mining them. At this point you're ready to move onto
the next more difficult type of mineral to mine (I'll show you a table
of the mining skill levels needed for each type of ore later).
As you mine in WoW you'll also run into level caps for your mining
skill that have nothing to do with mineral types. These caps are
designed to make you achieve a certain character level before allowing
you to buy the next mining rank to move past the cap. Here's a list of
the skill caps for each World of Warcraft mining rank:
Skill Requirement for Each WoW Mining Rank (pre-Burning Crusade)0 :
Apprentice75 : Journeyman125 : Expert200 :
Artisan
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