In-Depth Mining Guide for World of Warcraft

Thanks for your interest in TGEXP’s In-Depth WoW Mining Guide.

This guide is updated for patch 8.3

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Q&A

Below are some of the questions you might be asking regarding the Mining profession, and the answers that I’ve come up with for them.

What’s in this WoW Mining Guide?

It primarily focuses on the mining routes of every zone (unless they don’t have a good route).

It’s short and sweet, telling you how much of what ore/stone I’ve gathered in a given area within a set time limit. Most of the ore in question will lead you directly to the material page on my website. This goes the same for the zone names.

Due to this guide getting a refresher, a lot of that isn’t available yet, however.

Where do you get Mining?

Before you get started with this profession, you’ll be needing the profession. So here’s a list of the different trainers you can find throughout the world. The links will take you to WoWHead pages.

Continent: Eastern Kingdoms

[Deadwind Pass] Jedidiah Handers

[Dun Morogh] Dank Drizzlecut
[Dun Morogh] Wembil Taskwidget
[Duskwood] Matt Johnson

[Elwynn Forest] Lien Farner
[Eversong Woods] Saren
[Gilneas] Jack “All-Trades” Derrington

[Ironforge] Geofram Bouldertoe
[Loch Modan] Brock Stoneseeker
[Silvermoon City] Belil

[Silverpine Forest] Johan Focht
[Stormwind City] Gelman Stonehand
[Undercity] Brom Killian

Continent: Kalimdor

[Azuremyst Isle] Dulvi
[Azuremyst Isle] Valn
[Bloodmyst Isle] Prospector Nachlan

[Darkshore] Periale
[Darnassus] Foreman Pernic
[Durotar] Krunn

[Durotar] Runda
[Dustwallow Marsh] “Kobold” Kerik
[Mulgore] Lalum Darkmane

[Orgrimmar] Gizzik Oregrab
[Orgrimmar] Gonto
[Orgrimmar] Makaru

[Tanaris] Pikkle
[Teldrassil] Iranis Shadebloom
[The Exodar] Muaat

[Thunder Bluff] Brek Stonehoof

Continent: Northrend

[Borean Tundra] Brunna Ironaxe
[Borean Tundra] Fendrig Redbeard

[Dalaran] Jedidiah Handers
[Howling Fjord] Grumbol Stoutpick

Continent: Outland

[Hellfire Peninsula] Hurnak Grimmord

[Hellfire Peninsula] Krugosh
[Shattrath City] Fono
[Shattrath City] Mining

Continent: Pandaria

[Kun-Lai Summit] Master Brandom
[The Jade Forest] Rockseeker Guo
[The Jade Forest] Smeltmaster Ashpaw

[The Jade Forest] Stonebreaker Ruian

Continent: The Broken Isles

[Dalaran] Mama Diggs
[Highmountain] Ronos Ironhorn

Continent: Ashran

[Stormshield] Jonath Chainfist
[Warspear] Murg Stonecrack

Continent: The Lost Isles

[The Lost Isles] KTC Train-a-Tron Deluxe

Continent: The Wandering Isle

[The Wandering Isle] Elder Oakpaw
[The Wandering Isle] Whittler Dewei

How do you find ore?

Got your Mining profession? Great! On your minimap, there’s an icon you can click that’ll extend a dropdown menu. Find and check ‘Find Minerals’ and you’re good to go!

What professions benefit Mining?

You can get any profession you want, but the four that go great with this profession are either Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting, or Engineering.

What are the best races for Mining?

Druids will help you pop in and out of flight form fast when mining out in the open world.
Highmountain Taurens will provide you with a racial bonus to mining speed.

Demon Hunters are nice for indoor use (such as caves and dungeons), regarding their speed at getting around.

What addons should I get for Mining?

I highly recommend Gathermate2 and WoWGatheringNodes. They’re two addons that coexist with one another in order to show you all the locations of the different ore of the world. I also use both FarmHUD and Routes.

Why are there missing expansions?

Either it’s because I’ve been slacking, or because I’m reworking this entire page for patch 8.3, which means going through every zone and mining each location for 30 minutes to gather data.

If you find something else missing or wrong, feel free to contact me.

Mining Aids

These will come in handy while you’re mining, but they aren’t all specifically needed. They’ll make your gathering life a little bit easier.

Bags

Burnished Mining Bag

Triple-Reinforced Mining Bag

Enchants

Enchant Gloves – Mining

Equipment

Useables

Bear Tartare – Faster movement when farming indoors.
Darkmoon Firewater

Mining Essentials

The books are what you’re going to need in order to start mining in specific continents. The techniques are extremely beneficial to Legion mining–the higher-ranked the technique, the better benefits.

Books

Techniques

Mining Technique: Felslate Deposit (Rank 1)

Mining Technique: Felslate Deposit (Rank 2)
Mining Technique: Felslate Deposit (Rank 3)

Mining Technique: Felslate Seam (Rank 1)

Mining Technique: Felslate Seam (Rank 2)
Mining Technique: Felslate Seam (Rank 3)

Mining Technique: Infernal Brimstone (Rank 1)

Mining Technique: Infernal Brimstone (Rank 2)

Mining Technique: Leystone Deposit (Rank 1)
Mining Technique: Leystone Deposit (Rank 2)

Mining Technique: Leystone Deposit (Rank 3)

Mining Technique: Leystone Seam (Rank 1)
Mining Technique: Leystone Seam (Rank 2)

Mining Technique: Leystone Seam (Rank 3)

Mining Technique: Living Felslate (Rank 1)
Mining Technique: Living Felslate (Rank 2)

Mining Technique: Living Felslate (Rank 3)
Mining Technique: Living Leystone (Rank 1)
Mining Technique: Living Leystone (Rank 2)

Mining Technique: Living Leystone (Rank 3)

Ore & Stone Locations

Here’s the real reason you’re reading my WoW Mining Guide, right?

Throughout this section, you’ll find the links to various ores and stones you can acquire via the Mining profession. The links will take you to the freebie pages that tell you about the mats in question.

This section is to keep everything in front of you, so you can find what you’re looking for and the information you need. Such as the best place for an item without an overload of information.

The routes in this section offer you full view of the maps in question, at a reduced resolution of 1280×720. In order to get the full resolution of 2560×1440, you’ll need to purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide. It offers a variety of routes for each zone, with all the data I’ve accumulated over the years of farming.

Note: These routes were timed for 30 minutes on a Horde Tauren Druid (unless stated otherwise).

Vanilla WoW

Coarse Stone

Ashenvale (map)
- 368
Hillsbrad Foothills (map)
- 401

Northern Stranglethorn (map)
- 259
Stonetalon Mountains (map)
- 285

Copper Ore

Azshara (map)
- 316

Darkshore (map)
- 444
Durotar (map)
- 369
Elwynn Forest (map)
- 278

Mulgore (map)
- 284

Dark Iron Ore

Dark Iron Ore is only obtained through two different places: Molten Core and Blackrock Depths, but MC is the go-to place for miners. As far as smelting goes, you’ll need to use the anvil in Blackrock Depths.

Molten Core – full run
- 48

Dense Stone

Silithus (map)
- 625
Swamp of Sorrows (map)
- 304

Un’Goro Crater (map)
- 485
Winterspring (map 2)
- 490

Gold Ore

The only thing you can do with Gold Ore as a miner is craft them into bars, which then benefits a variety of other crafting professions, including crafting parts to the transmog Blackforge Mail.

Desolace (map)
- 16
Eastern Plaguelands (map)
- 13

Felwood (map)
- 18
Feralas (map)
- 12
Searing Gorge
- The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.
  - 19
Tanaris (map)
- 14

Western Plaguelands (map)
- 27

Heavy Stone

Iron Ore

Large Obsidian Shard

The Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj – full run
- 1
The Temple of Ahn’Qiraj – full run
- 5

Mithril Ore

Badlands (map)
- 346
Burning Steppes (map)
- 407
Eastern Plaguelands (map)
- 197
Felwood (map)
- 390
Searing Gorge
- The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.
  - 259
Tanaris (map)
- 181
Thousand Needles (map)
- 229

Rough Stone

Elwynn Forest (map)
- 247
Mulgore (map)
- 308

Silver Ore

Hillsbrad Foothills (map)
- 34
Stonetalon Mountains (map)
- 40

Small Obsidian Shard

The Ruins of Ahn’Qiraj – full run
- 15
The Temple of Ahn’Qiraj – full run
- 18

Solid Stone

Badlands (map)
- 412
Burning Steppes (map)
- 528
Eastern Plaguelands (map)
- 292
Felwood (map)
- 460
Searing Gorge
- The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.
  - 276
Tanaris (map)
- 206
Thousand Needles (map)
- 293

Thorium Ore

Silithus (map)
- 462
Swamp of Sorrows (map)
- 218
Un’Goro Crater (map)
- 368
Winterspring (map 2)
- The map for the first, lower route is only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide. But really, it’s only needed if you’re having difficulty with this route.
  - 378

Tin Ore

Truesilver Ore

Burning Steppes (map)
- 17
Searing Gorge
- The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.
  - 11
Silithus (map)
- 19
Winterspring
- The map for this data combines both herb and mining into one route. These routes are only available to those who purchase my In-Depth Farming Guide.
  - 25

The Burning Crusade

Adamantite Ore

Eternium Ore

Fel Iron Ore

Hellfire Peninsula (map)
- 195
Terokkar Forest (map)
- 78

Khorium Ore

Nagrand – Route 1 (map)
- 2
Nagrand – Route 2 (map)
- 4
Terokkar Forest (map)
- 7

Wrath of the Lich King

Cobalt Ore

Borean Tundra (map)
- 127
Howling Fjord (map)
- 183
Zul’Drak (map)
- 178

Saronite Ore

Icecrown (Route 1) (map)
- 132
Icecrown (Route 2) (map)
- 154
Sholazar Basin (map)
- 139
Wintergrasp (map)
- 300

Titanium Ore

Icecrown (Route 1) (map)
- 12
Icecrown (Route 2) (map)
- 23
Wintergrasp (map)
- 25

Cataclysm

Elementium Ore

Uldum (map)
- 319

Obsidium Ore

Mount Hyjal (map)
- 254

Pyrite Ore

Uldum (map)
- 32

Volatile Earth

Uldum (map)
Timed for 1:10:13
- 25

Volatile Fire

Uldum (map)
Timed for 1:04:30
- 25

Volatile Water

Uldum (map)
Timed for 44:01
- 26

Mists of Pandaria

The information below is based on having the Mist-Piercing Goggles on hand.

Black Trillium Ore

Dread Wastes (map)
- 3
Kun-Lai Summit (map)
- 4
Townlong Steppes (map)
- 2

Ghost Iron Ore

Dread Wastes (map)
- 342
Kun-Lai Summit (map)
- 367
The Jade Forest (map)
- 283
Townlong Steppes (map)
- 236
Valley of the Four Winds (map)
- 524

Q&A