Dving's Mining Mastery Guide for WoW

Welcome to Dving's comprehensive guide on power leveling your Mining skills across various expansions in World of Warcraft. Whether you're delving into Vanilla, Outland, Northrend, Cataclysm, Pandaria, Draenor, Legion, or Battle for Azeroth, we've got you covered with detailed instructions and valuable insights to enhance your Mining proficiency. Please note that this guide will be updated with a dedicated section for Shadowlands upon its release.

General Information:

Seek out specific trainers for each expansion to progress your Mining skills.

High-level characters with access to flights find leveling gathering professions significantly easier.

Acquire a Mining Pick or Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife for ore extraction.

1-300 Vanilla Mining:

• Two approaches: mine ore directly or purchase ore from the auction house and smelt it into metal bars.
• Key materials required include Copper Ore, Tin Ore, Silver Ore, Iron Ore, Gold Ore, Mithril Ore, Truesilver Ore, and Thorium Ore.
• Optimal smelting progression provided from 1-300.

1-75 Outland Mining:

• Explore Hellfire Peninsula for abundant Fel Iron Deposits and later mine Adamantite Deposits.
• Trainers: Hurnak Grimmord (Alliance), Krugosh (Horde), Hanlir at Shattrath (Scryers), Fono at Shattrath (Aldor).

1-75 Northrend Mining:

• Mine ore in Icecrown and Sholozar Basin.
• Trainer: Jedidiah Handers in Northrend Dalaran City.

1-75 Cataclysm Mining:

• Optimal locations for ore farming are Twilight Highlands and Uldum.
• Seek a trainer in your faction's capital.

1-75 Pandaria Mining:

• Trainers: Rockseeker Guo (Alliance) and Stonebreaker Ruian (Horde) in The Jade Forest.
• Farm Ghost Iron Deposits in Jade Forest and Valley of the Four Winds (1-55) and Kyparite Deposits in Townlong Steppes and Dread Wastes (55-75).

Draenor 1-100 Mining:

• Learn Draenor Mining by mining Blackrock or True Iron ore outside your Garrison.
• Optimal locations: Frostfire Ridge, Shadowmoon Valley, and Talador.

Legion 1-100 Mining:

• Learn Legion Mining by mining any node on the Broken Isles.
• Focus on Leystone Seam and Felslate Seam. After 70 points, prioritize Seam nodes in caves and rivers.

BFA 1-175 Mining:

• Seek trainers: Secott the Goldsmith (Horde) in Dazar’alor and Myra Cabot (Alliance) in Boralus.
• Optimal routes at Nazmir, Drustvar, Zuldazar, and Stormsong Valley (1-150).
• After Nazjatar intro quests, learn Rank 1 Smentine Ore and complete Legion World Quests for the last 15 points (150-175).

Harness the full potential of Mining with Dving's expert guidance, ensuring a seamless journey from novice to master ore extractor.