WoW Mining Guide 1-375

(mining to 375 with a high level character)

This guide is intended to be used by people who are power leveling their mining using a high level character who has an array of flight paths, mounts, and is high enough level to easily access all of these zones without too much difficulty.

Physically mining nodes is not the only option to power level your mining. For some steps it may be feasible to buy ore off the auction house and smelt it. You can get your mining from 1 to 140 from smelting without ever touching a mine but it will be very expensive because some of the ores are rare, if you wish to skip these first steps and power level your mining to 140 from smelting see the Smelting 1-140 section at the bottom of this guide. If you'd like to smelt but don't have the money check out this Gold Guide for gold making ideas.

Leveling Sections:
1-65 - Copper
66-125 – Tin
126-175 - Iron
176-245 – Mithril
246-300 – Thorium
301-350 – Fel Iron
351-375 - Adamantite
Smelting 1-140
Mining Copper

Skill: 1-65

The first resource you will be mining while power leveling your mining is Copper. If you have money you can just skip this step and buy Copper Ore and smelt it into Copper Bars, but if for some reason you would like to use mining instead of smelting to level your skill for this part, I recommend the following zones and routes.

Mining Tin

Skill: 66-125

At skill level 75 you will be able to mine Silver which you will find frequently while mining Tin. This will help you get your skill to 125. If you have the money, smelting Bronze Bars or Silver Bars from buying ore in the auction house will also help you speed up this step. The best Tin Mining Routes are available below.

Mining Iron

Skill: 126-175

At skill level 155 you will also be able to mine and smelt Gold which can help you get to 175 faster. I recommend buying 20 Gold Ore off the auction house when you hit skill 155 to smelt 20 Gold Bars and use those skill ups to make the process faster (make sure you trained smelt gold from the Alliance Mining Trainer or Horde Mining Trainer).

Mining Mithril

Skill: 176-245

At skill level 230 you will be able to mine Dark Iron Ore and Truesilver Ore, both can help you get to 245 quicker but the majority of the work will be done by mining Mithril. The best Mithril mining routes are found below.

Mining Thorium

Skill: 246-300

You will NOT be able to mine Rich Thorium Veins until skill 270 so try to focus on mining Small Thorium Veins until then. Also, I personally have mined Thorium until I hit skill level 340 so if you are not quite high enough to enter Outland safely you can stay on Thorium until 340. Below are the best Small Thorium Mining Routes.

Mining Fel Iron

Skill: 301-350

I want to point out that you can level your mining to 375 just by mining Fel Iron but it may take a little bit longer. I did it without leaving Hellfire Peninsula. It slows down after the mines turn green at 350, but it is possible. Below is the best Fel Iron Mining Route (yes you only need one).

Mining Adamantite

Skill: 351-375

At 350 you are able to mine both Rich Adamantite Deposits and Adamantite Deposits so you should have no trouble going to 375 swiftly if you follow these routes.

Smelting your Mining from 1-140 Guide
Smelting Copper

Skills: 1-65

Buy enough Copper Ore from the auction house to reach skill 65 in mining. You will need at least 65 Copper Ore. Try starting off by buying 100 Copper Ore and see where you end up.Copper Skill Proficiency Smelting
Orange 1
Yellow 25
Green 45
Gray 70

Smelting Bronze

Skills: 65-90

For this step you will need to combine 1 Tin Bar with 1 Copper Bar in order to smelt a Bronze Bar. To start off buy at least 30 Copper Bars and 30 Tin Bars to smelt 30 at least 30 Bronze Bars. If Copper or Tin bars are not available on the auction house then buy the ores and make the bars yourself. You can get 10 more skill ups from smelting Tin Bars which might quicken this process.Bronze Skill Proficiency Smelting
Orange -
Yellow 65
Green 90
Gray 115

Smelting Silver

Skills: 90-125

This is a very expensive step to level your mining up from 90-125 by smelting Silver Ore into a Silver Bars because it will turn green around 110. You will want to buy at least 40 Silver Ore to start off with and then buy more as needed.Silver Skill Proficiency Smelting
Orange 75
Yellow 100
Green 110
Gray 125

Smelting Iron

Skills: 125-140

Buy at least 20 Iron Ore from the auction house and smelt it into Iron Bars.Iron Skill Proficiency Smelting
Orange 125
Yellow -
Green 130
Gray 140


There is a break in Smelting here. You will have to follow the mining guide until at least 155 when Gold is available to smelt.


Smelting Gold

Skills: 155-185

You will be able to smelt Gold from 155-185 but it will most likely be more expensive than smelting Silver. You will want to buy at least 40 Gold Ore from the auction house for this step.Gold Skill Proficiency Smelting
Orange 155
Yellow 170
Green 175
Gray 185


At this point you will have to mine to get your skill up to 375.