Blacksmithing is a crafting profession in World of Warcraft: Midnight. It creates plate armor, weapons, profession tools and accessories, alloys, weapon enhancements, repair items, keys, and housing décor. It is one of the strongest professions for plate-wearing characters and remains valuable for players who want to fill crafting orders or sell reagents and profession equipment through the Auction House.
Blacksmithing Profession Overview
Midnight Blacksmithing uses a skill range of 1 to 100. The profession is learned from a Blacksmithing trainer and does not require you to have leveled Blacksmithing in an earlier expansion. You can learn Midnight Blacksmithing directly when you reach the appropriate content, although a character who has never trained Blacksmithing may need to learn the basic profession first.
Blacksmithing specializes in metalworking and is responsible for several important categories of crafted goods:
- Plate armor: Blacksmiths are the primary source of crafted plate gear, including chestplates, helmets, shoulders, gloves, belts, greaves, boots, bracers, shields, and other armor slots.
- Weapons: The profession creates many swords, axes, maces, polearms, daggers, and other weapons. Some weapons are learned through the Weaponsmithing specialization or from specific recipe sources.
- Alloys and ingots: Crafted metals are used by Blacksmiths and other professions. Sterling Alloy, Gloaming Alloy, and Refulgent Copper Ingot are examples of important Midnight materials.
- Weapon enhancements: Refulgent Weightstone, Refulgent Razorstone, and Refulgent Whetstone provide temporary improvements for suitable weapons.
- Profession equipment: Blacksmiths create tools and accessories for several professions, including Blacksmithing equipment for other smiths.
- Utility items: Refulgent Repair Hammer and Thalassian Skeleton Key provide useful repair and lock-opening functions.
- Housing décor: Midnight adds Blacksmithing recipes for items such as anvils, hammers, hangers, and other metal furnishings.
Blacksmithing is a crafting profession rather than a gathering profession. It does not collect ore from the world. You will either need to buy metal from the Auction House, gather it with Mining, or obtain it from other players.
Is Blacksmithing Worth It in Midnight?
Blacksmithing is worth choosing if you enjoy crafting gear, working with Crafting Orders, playing a plate-wearing character, or selling profession products. It is particularly attractive early in an expansion, when players are replacing leveling equipment and commissioning weapons and armor.
The profession has several different ways to earn gold. A specialized crafter can focus on high-quality armor or weapons for personal orders. Another player can concentrate on profession tools, alloys, stones, and other products that sell through the Region-Wide Auction House. This makes Blacksmithing less dependent on a single market.
The main disadvantage is the cost of leveling. Trainer recipes can take you through the early and middle portion of the profession, but reaching 100 generally requires expensive materials, specialized recipes, or Crafting Orders. High-quality gear also requires a substantial investment in Knowledge Points, profession equipment, crafting stats, and quality reagents.
Blacksmithing is a good choice for:
- Players who want to craft their own plate armor or weapons.
- Characters who already use Mining and can supply their own ore.
- Players who enjoy fulfilling personal and guild Crafting Orders.
- Market-focused crafters who want to sell alloys, weapon stones, tools, and accessories.
- Players interested in Midnight housing décor.
It is less convenient if you want a low-maintenance profession or do not want to purchase large amounts of ore and other reagents.
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How to Learn Blacksmithing
Speak with a Midnight Blacksmithing trainer in Silvermoon or another current-expansion profession hub. Current trainer options include Bemarrin, Arathel Sunforge, and Chrysalius. Open the profession trainer window and select Midnight Blacksmithing.
If you are completely new to Blacksmithing, learn the basic profession first when prompted. You may also want to visit the profession table in Silvermoon after training, because some recipes and profession-related vendors are located near the crafting area.
After learning the profession:
- Open the Professions window and review the Blacksmithing recipe list.
- Learn every available trainer recipe that you can afford.
- Check which recipes provide a First Craft bonus.
- Choose a specialization after reaching the required Blacksmithing skill.
- Equip Blacksmithing tools and accessories as soon as practical.
Midnight Blacksmithing specializations require at least 25 Blacksmithing skill before Knowledge Points can be spent in the specialization tree.
How to Level Blacksmithing
Blacksmithing leveling in Midnight is divided into two practical stages. Trainer recipes are the most convenient way to level during the early game. By approximately skill 45, all trainer recipes are available, and they continue to provide comfortable skill gains until around skill 60.
After skill 60, leveling becomes considerably more expensive. At that point, you will need to combine First Crafts, specialty recipes, recipes purchased with Artisan’s Moxie, recipes learned from specialization trees, and Crafting Orders.
Always check the color of a recipe before crafting. Orange recipes are the most reliable source of skill points, while yellow and green recipes can sometimes fail to provide a point. If a recipe turns green, expect to use more materials than the original shopping list suggests.
Material quality generally does not matter for the basic trainer-recipe leveling route. Avoid using expensive high-quality reagents when a lower-quality version provides the same result.
Leveling from 1 to 60
A practical early route uses Refulgent Copper Ore, Luminant Flux, and Refulgent Copper Ingot. The trainer recipe path includes basic ingot production followed by Blood-Tempered armor pieces and Primalforged Knuckles.
The following recipes are used in the recommended early route:
- Refulgent Copper Ingot: used for the initial skill levels.
- Blood-Tempered Greaves: one of the main early armor crafts.
- Blood-Tempered Bracers: useful for additional early skill points.
- Blood-Tempered Greatbelt: another trainer recipe for the early route.
- Blood-Tempered Gauntlets: used as the profession advances.
- Primalforged Knuckles: used in the later portion of the trainer-recipe route and may require extra crafts because the recipe eventually becomes yellow and then green.
The exact number of crafts can vary because yellow and green recipes do not guarantee a skill point. Keep a reserve of ore, ingots, and flux rather than buying only the minimum amount.
Leveling from 60 to 100
There is no single inexpensive route from 60 to 100. Your best choice depends on your specialization and the recipes available on your character.
Armor-focused players should use First Crafts and specialty armor recipes that match their chosen Armorsmithing branch. Weaponsmiths should focus on a weapon category rather than spreading Knowledge Points across every weapon type. Players specializing in profession equipment can level with tool and accessory recipes when the materials are affordable.
Crafting Orders are especially useful during the expensive part of the profession. Completing orders for other players can provide skill points while allowing the customer to supply some or all of the reagents. This is often more economical than crafting every item yourself from Auction House materials.
Recipes purchased with Artisan’s Moxie can also provide additional First Craft opportunities. Check the recipe vendor near the Silvermoon profession table and reputation vendors for recipes that fit your specialization.
Recommended Leveling Route
- Learn Midnight Blacksmithing and every affordable trainer recipe.
- Craft Refulgent Copper Ingots during the first skill levels.
- Use Blood-Tempered armor recipes through the early and middle levels.
- Use Primalforged Knuckles or another currently orange trainer recipe as long as it remains efficient.
- Craft each new recipe at least once when the First Craft bonus is available.
- Reach skill 25 and begin planning your specialization.
- At approximately skill 45, learn and use specialty recipes that match your selected path.
- Use Crafting Orders, Moxie recipes, and specialization recipes after skill 60.
- Do not rush skill 100 unless you have a clear reason, because the final levels can require a large amount of gold.
First Crafts are important for more than skill points. They can provide Knowledge Points and Artisan Blacksmith’s Moxie, so crafting a new recipe once is often worthwhile even when the recipe is not part of your cheapest leveling route.
Materials and Shopping List
The exact materials required depend on the recipes you select, your specialization, and how many First Crafts you complete. For the basic trainer route, the core shopping list includes:
- Refulgent Copper Ore
- Refulgent Copper Ingot
- Luminant Flux
Later Blacksmithing recipes use additional alloys, rare materials, finishing reagents, optional reagents, and profession-specific components. Examples include:
- Sterling Alloy
- Gloaming Alloy
- Dazzling Thorium
- Luminant Flux
- Mote of Light
- Mote of Wild Magic
- Fused Vitality
- Majestic Fin
Do not buy all high-quality materials before deciding what you want to craft. Basic leveling usually works with ordinary material quality, while high-end orders may require specific quality levels. Check the recipe window and the customer’s order before purchasing expensive reagents.
Blacksmithing Specializations and Knowledge Points
Midnight Blacksmithing has four specialization trees:
- Craftsmithing
- The Old Ways
- Armorsmithing
- Weaponsmithing
All four trees can eventually be completed, but Knowledge Points are earned gradually. You should therefore choose an initial path that matches the products you intend to make during the early part of the expansion.
Craftsmithing
Craftsmithing improves profession tools, accessories, and tool stones. Blacksmiths can create equipment for several other professions, so this tree can support a broad customer base.
The tree is useful for players who want to make profession equipment rather than armor or weapons. It also supports the production of Refulgent Razorstone and related tool-stone products. Craftsmithing is a strong choice for a market player who wants to sell items through the Auction House without depending entirely on personal Crafting Orders.
The Old Ways
The Old Ways improves the fundamentals of Blacksmithing. It grants bonuses to the profession’s secondary stats and improves alloy crafting.
The main benefits include:
- Ingenuity: useful for Concentration-based crafting and saving resources on difficult crafts.
- Resourcefulness: gives opportunities to conserve materials.
- Multicraft: can produce additional items when crafting eligible recipes.
- Alloy skill: improves your ability to craft metal reagents at higher quality.
Most Blacksmiths should invest in The Old Ways at some point, regardless of their primary specialization. It improves a wide range of crafts and makes repeated production more efficient.
Armorsmithing
Armorsmithing is the main tree for crafted plate armor. It improves skill for armor recipes and unlocks additional optional-reagent functionality.
The tree is divided into armor groups, including:
- Large Plate Armor: chestplates, greaves, and shields.
- Sculpted Armor: helmets, shoulders, and boots.
- Additional armor-slot branches for specific pieces such as bracers, belts, gauntlets, and other plate equipment.
Do not spread your points evenly across every armor slot. If you want to serve Crafting Orders, choose one popular slot and push it toward maximum skill before moving to another branch. A specialist who can reliably craft one item at high quality is generally more useful than a crafter who is mediocre at every slot.
Weaponsmithing
Weaponsmithing improves crafted weapons and unlocks weapon recipes through branches for different weapon types. It is the best starting path for a player who wants to craft weapons for personal use or customer orders.
Choose the weapon category that matches your expected demand or your character’s needs. Specializing in every weapon type immediately will leave you short of Knowledge Points and may prevent you from reaching the skill required for the most valuable crafts.
Best Specialization Paths by Goal
| Goal | Recommended focus | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Craft plate armor | The Old Ways, then Armorsmithing | Improves general crafting efficiency before concentrating on one armor slot. |
| Craft weapons | The Old Ways, then Weaponsmithing | Provides general stat improvements and focuses Knowledge Points on a chosen weapon category. |
| Make profession tools | Craftsmithing | Improves tools, accessories, and tool stones for several professions. |
| Sell alloys and reagents | The Old Ways and the Alloys branch | Improves alloy skill and supports repeated reagent production. |
| Use Concentration efficiently | The Old Ways with Ingenuity-focused choices | Supports limited high-quality crafts using lower-quality materials. |
There are two broad crafting philosophies. The first is a high-skill approach, which uses stronger materials and aims to produce high-quality items without relying heavily on Concentration. The second is a Concentration-based approach, which uses Ingenuity and lower-quality materials to produce occasional high-quality crafts at a lower material cost. The first is better for constant Crafting Order work, while the second suits casual crafters and characters that craft only a limited number of items.
Profession Stats, Tools, and Gear
Blacksmithing uses four important crafting stats:
- Crafting Skill: determines the quality range of your finished item.
- Ingenuity: helps with Concentration-based crafting and can reduce the resource cost of difficult crafts.
- Resourcefulness: provides opportunities to use fewer reagents.
- Multicraft: can create additional copies of eligible items.
For armor and weapons, Crafting Skill is usually the first priority because customers want the highest possible quality. Ingenuity becomes more attractive when you rely on Concentration to meet a difficult quality threshold. Resourcefulness is valuable for expensive gear, while Multicraft is particularly useful for repeatable reagents, alloys, stones, and other items that can produce multiple results.
Blacksmiths use an equippable profession tool and accessories. Midnight examples include:
- Thalassian Blacksmith’s Toolbox
- Sun-Blessed Blacksmith’s Toolbox
- Sunforged Blacksmith’s Toolbox
Other professions create some Blacksmithing accessories, so check the Auction House or place a personal Crafting Order when you need a higher-quality item. Blacksmiths can also use tool enchantments. Ingenuity-focused crafters can use an Ingenuity enchantment, while players mass-producing alloys or weapon stones may prefer a Multicraft enchantment.
Lightforged Draenei and Dark Iron Dwarves have useful Alliance racial advantages for Blacksmithing. Lightforged Draenei gain Blacksmithing skill and can summon an anvil, while Dark Iron Dwarves gain Blacksmithing skill and increased crafting speed. Horde players do not have an equivalent racial Blacksmithing advantage.
Important Blacksmithing Crafts
Armor and Weapons
Midnight Blacksmithing creates many important crafted equipment pieces. Armor examples include Spellbreaker’s Bracers, Spellbreaker’s Cover, Spellbreaker’s Girdle, Spellbreaker’s Legguards, Spellbreaker’s Mantle, Spellbreaker’s March, Spellbreaker’s Rebuke, Spellbreaker’s Resolve, and Spellbreaker’s Shelter.
Weapon examples include Charged Facesmasher, Everforged Warglaive, Magister’s Ritual Knife, and Spellbreaker’s Warglaive. Recipe availability and required Knowledge Points vary, so check the specialization tree before planning a weapon business.
Reagents and Enhancements
Sterling Alloy, Gloaming Alloy, and Refulgent Copper Ingot are important metal products. Refulgent Weightstone, Refulgent Razorstone, and Refulgent Whetstone are consumable weapon enhancements that can sell well when players are preparing for combat content.
Utility Items
Refulgent Repair Hammer is a useful repair item, while Thalassian Skeleton Key can open suitable locked containers. These products are not always the highest-value crafts, but they can provide steady demand when players are leveling, questing, or running group content.
Housing Décor
Blacksmiths can craft Midnight housing décor, including Gilded Silvermoon Anvil, Gilded Silvermoon Hanger, Masterwork Crafting Hammer, Ornamental Silvermoon Hanger, and Ren’dorei Anvil. Décor can be used personally or sold to players furnishing their homes.
Making Gold with Blacksmithing
The most reliable gold-making strategy is to choose one market and build your Knowledge Points around it. Avoid trying to compete in every category at once.
Crafting Orders
Armor and weapon specialists can earn commissions through Personal and Guild Crafting Orders. Customers usually care about the final quality, so invest in the specialization branch for one item slot or weapon category before expanding.
Keep your crafting service simple. Advertise the item categories you can produce reliably, state whether customers must provide optional reagents, and check the crafting interface carefully before accepting an order.
Profession Equipment
Tools and accessories are useful markets because every crafter needs equipment. Craftsmithing allows you to serve several professions, while Blacksmithing itself provides important toolboxes for other smiths. High-quality equipment can be especially valuable when players are upgrading their professions.
Alloys and Weapon Stones
Alloys, weapon stones, and other repeatable reagents can be sold through the Region-Wide Auction House. This approach is attractive for players who do not want to advertise in chat or wait for personal orders.
Use The Old Ways and the relevant Craftsmithing or alloy branch to improve production efficiency. Resourcefulness and Multicraft can have a greater effect on repeatable items than they do on one-off armor crafts.
Housing Décor
Housing décor is a separate market from combat gear. Watch demand for anvils, hangers, hammers, and other metal furnishings. Because these items are not tied directly to raid upgrades, their prices and sales volume can behave differently from armor and weapons.
Before investing heavily, compare material costs with the current Auction House value and account for failed sales, deposit costs, and market competition. Never assume that a high-level recipe is automatically profitable.
Best Profession Pairings
Mining and Blacksmithing
Mining is the natural pairing for Blacksmithing. It supplies ore for ingots and alloys, reduces your dependence on the Auction House, and lets you gather materials while questing through Midnight zones.
Blacksmithing and Enchanting
Enchanting can complement Blacksmithing because crafted tools and accessories may benefit from profession-stat enchants. This pairing is useful for a character who wants to maintain their own crafting equipment.
Blacksmithing and Leatherworking
Leatherworking creates some Blacksmithing accessories, including profession equipment that uses leatherworking materials. This pairing can be useful for a crafting-focused character or a player managing several professions across an account.
Blacksmithing and Alchemy
Alchemy is a practical alternative for players who want one equipment profession and one consumable profession. The two markets are different, allowing you to sell armor and weapons while also producing potions, flasks, or other consumables through another character.
Common Blacksmithing Mistakes
- Spending Knowledge Points randomly: Choose an armor slot, weapon type, tool market, or reagent market before investing heavily.
- Ignoring The Old Ways: The general stat bonuses affect many Blacksmithing crafts and should not be overlooked.
- Buying high-quality materials for basic leveling: Trainer recipes generally do not require premium material quality.
- Skipping First Crafts: New recipes can provide Knowledge Points and Artisan Blacksmith’s Moxie in addition to skill progress.
- Trying to reach 100 immediately: The final skill levels can be expensive. Level naturally through orders and profitable crafts when possible.
- Specializing in too many item types: Concentrate on one armor slot or weapon branch before expanding.
- Ignoring profession equipment: Low-quality tools and accessories reduce your ability to meet difficult quality thresholds.
- Using Concentration without checking the outcome: Confirm that Concentration will actually raise the craft to the desired quality before spending it.
- Crafting without checking the order: Verify optional reagents, finishing reagents, quality requirements, and customer-provided materials first.
- Assuming every recipe is profitable: Compare total reagent costs with actual sales demand before mass crafting.
Practical Blacksmithing Tips
- Keep a separate stock of common ore, ingots, and Luminant Flux for daily crafting.
- Use the profession journal to identify First Craft bonuses before starting a leveling session.
- Learn new recipes from Moxie and reputation vendors when they provide useful First Crafts or support your specialization.
- Use lower-quality reagents for ordinary practice crafts and reserve expensive materials for customer orders.
- Choose one high-demand armor slot or weapon category and become reliable at it before opening a second branch.
- Use Crafting Orders to reduce the material cost of late-level skill gains.
- Consider Ingenuity and Concentration if you craft only a few expensive items each day.
- Consider Resourcefulness and Multicraft when producing alloys, stones, ingots, keys, or other repeatable items.
- Upgrade your Blacksmithing tool and accessories before attempting maximum-quality work.
- Check the Auction House regularly because ore, alloys, weapon enhancements, and profession equipment can change in value as content and player demand shift.
- Keep Mining on the same character if you want the lowest long-term material cost.
- Use Blacksmithing’s housing décor recipes as an additional market rather than relying exclusively on combat gear.
