Guide to obtaining every blacksmithing recipe
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Blacksmithing (Profession) |
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Ingredients • Proficiencies • Quests • Plans • Trainers • Economical Training |
This is a guide to obtaining every blacksmithing recipe in order to be the most complete Blacksmith. It has been designed primarily around Blacksmithing skill level rather than character level.
There are times, though, where character level will intrude — where you must be a particular level if you wish to learn a given rank of Blacksmitning skill or where you must face foes of a particular level should you want to do some particular task.
This guide specifically omits recipes learned from trainers. If you cannot find Blacksmithing Trainers, this guide is probably not of much value to you.
Contents
What to do?
- Shopping
- When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping! Many recipes are available from vendors, in limited quantities or not. Part of the point of this article is to tell you where to go to get them...
- Auction House trawling
- Many recipes are world drops. That is, anything, anywhere, of the appropriate level can drop the recipe. Since there are many more tradeskills available than you can take, the odds that a given recipe drop being one that you can use is small. Your odds are much better looking to the auction house.
- Hunting
- As opposed to the above, some recipes are looted off of only a select number of creatures. For some, you need defeat only one (or a very few). Others are more elusive, and you may find yourself devoting days to the hunt. And some, you must defeat a boss in some instance to acquire. Still, some (but not all) of these are Bind on Equip, and so may be found in the auction house.
- Questing
- Sometimes, the only way to learn a recipe is to do 'favors' for people. Or work the right lever on the right machine. Also, there are some quests that require the fruits of some tradeskill. While this article is primarily about gaining recipes, these quests may (or may not) provide opportunity to gain skill in your craft. Note that some of these recipes are tradable, others are not. While it is mechanically possible to find these recipes on the neutral auction house (or even the opposite faction one), it is vanishingly rare to actually find them there.
- Reputation
- Many recipes are privately held by a group, and you may only acquire it when you reach some level of favor with that group. As gaining reputation is more arduous (generally) than either gaining levels or gaining skill, these recipes have been listed separately.
- Other
- Some things just do not fall into neat categories. "Everything is miscellaneous."
Some schematics fall into several categories. Where possible, the easiest means of acquiring the schematic is the one mentioned.
Also, schematics that are Bind-on-Pickup(BoP) are noted as such. All schematics requiring reputation, and some vendor-sold ones, are Bind on Pickup.
Apprentice 0-75
Auction House
Quest
- 75
[Plans: Heavy Copper Longsword]
[5-30] Supplying the Front - must have Blacksmithing skill 30 or more.
Journeyman 76-150
Auction House
- 80
[Plans: Runed Copper Breastplate]
- 125
[Plans: Deadly Bronze Poniard]
- 125
[Plans: Silvered Bronze Shoulders]
- 130
[Plans: Silvered Bronze Breastplate]
- 140
[Plans: Iridescent Hammer]
- 145
[Plans: Green Iron Boots]
- 145
[Plans: Mighty Iron Hammer]
- 150
[Plans: Green Iron Gauntlets]
- 150
[Plans: Iron Shield Spike]
Quest
- 100
[Plans: Ironforge Breastplate]
[16] Gearing Redridge - must have blacksmithing skill 60
Expert 151-225
Auction House
- 155
[Plans: Silvered Bronze Leggings]
- 160
[Plans: Green Iron Shoulders]
- 165
[Plans: Iron Counterweight]
- 170
[Plans: Golden Iron Destroyer]
- 170
[Plans: Golden Scale Leggings]
- 175
[Plans: Jade Serpentblade]
- 175
[Plans: Golden Scale Shoulders]
- 185
[Plans: Polished Steel Boots]
- 190
[Plans: Searing Golden Blade]
- 190
[Plans: Steel Weapon Chain] (VERY uncommon)
- 195
[Plans: Golden Scale Cuirass]
- 200
[Plans: Frost Tiger Blade]
- 200
[Plans: Golden Scale Boots] (rare plans that make an uncommon item)
- 200
[Plans: Shadow Crescent Axe]
- 210
[Plans: Heavy Mithril Pants]
- 215
[Plans: Mithril Shield Spike]
- 220
[Plans: Blue Glittering Axe]
Vendor
- 155
[Plans: Solid Iron Maul]
Jazzrik in the Badlands
Muuran in Ghost Walker Post in Desolace
Jannos Ironwill in Refuge Pointe in Arathi Highlands
- 160
[Plans: Hardened Iron Shortsword]
Sumi in the Valley of Honor in Orgrimmar
Kaita Deepforge in Stormwind City
Jutak in Booty Bay
- 180
[Plans: Moonsteel Broadsword]
Zarena Cromwind, on the lower boardwalk in Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale
- 185
[Plans: Massive Iron Axe]
- 190
[Plans: Golden Scale Coif]
Krinkle Goodsteel in Gadgetzan, Tanaris
- 215
[Plans: Mithril Scale Bracers]
Gharash in Stonard in the Swamp of Sorrows
Harggan in Aerie Peak in The Hinterlands
Hunt
- 225
[Plans: Wicked Mithril Blade] - A BoP recipe, for some reason. Often found in Zul'Farrak, but also found elsewhere.
Quest
- 160
[Plans: Barbaric Iron Breastplate]
[32] Barbaric Battlements
- 160
[Plans: Barbaric Iron Shoulders]
[32] On Iron Pauldrons
- 170
[Plans: Barbaric Iron Helm]
[36] Horns of Frenzy
- 180
[Plans: Barbaric Iron Boots]
[36] Trampled Under Foot
- 185
[Plans: Barbaric Iron Gloves]
[36] Joys of Omosh
- 190
[Plans: Edge of Winter]
[60G Daily] You're a Mean One...
[60G Daily] You're a Mean One...
- These quests are only offered during the Feast of Winter Veil.
- Completing the Mithril Order quest chain yields the following plans
- either
- 205
[Plans: Golden Scale Gauntlets] -
[40] The Origins of Smithing
- or 230
[Orcish War Leggings] -
[50] The Old Ways
- 205
Followed by all of:
Other
- 200
[Plans: Inlaid Mithril Cylinder]
- created by Gnome Engineering, a specialization of Engineering. Look in the auction house, or ask on the trade channel.
Artisan 226-300
Weaponsmithing Trainer
- 235
[The Shatterer]
- 245
[Phantom Blade]
- 250
[Blight]
- 260
[Truesilver Champion]
Armorsmithing Trainer
Auction House
- 235
[Plans: Mithril Scale Shoulders]
- 235
[Plans: Mithril Spurs]
- 240
[Plans: Dazzling Mithril Rapier]
- 245
[Plans: Heavy Mithril Helm]
- 245
[Plans: Runed Mithril Hammer] (rare)
- 250
[Plans: Thorium Armor]
- 250
[Plans: Thorium Belt]
- 255
[Plans: Thorium Bracers]
- 260
[Plans: Radiant Belt]
- 270
[Plans: Wildthorn Mail]
- 270
[Plans: Radiant Breastplate]
- 275
[Plans: Thorium Shield Spike]
- 280
[Plans: Thorium Boots]
- 280
[Plans: Thorium Helm]
- 285
[Plans: Radiant Gloves]
- 290
[Plans: Dawnbringer Shoulders]
- 290
[Plans: Radiant Boots]
- 295
[Plans: Radiant Circlet]
Vendor
- Magnus Frostwake
- To gain access to this vendor, you must complete Kirtonos the Herald to gain
[Spectral Essence]. (You must also have the essence equipped.)
- 255
[Plans: Ebon Shiv] (BoP)
- 275
[Plans: Ornate Thorium Handaxe] (BoP)
- 280
[Plans: Huge Thorium Battleaxe] (BoP)
- 295
[Plans: Storm Gauntlets] (NOT BoP)
- 255
- Derotain Mudsipper
- A neutral NPC who gives quests for the entire Imperial Plate set. You have to have at least 265 blacksmithing skill to get these quests. Note also that many of the recipes require considerably more skill than 265 to use (that is, to learn the recipe). As the quests consist of: Pay X Thorium Bars, get a recipe, he is much like a vendor.
- [265]
[Plans: Imperial Plate Shoulders] -
[Imperial Plate Shoulders]
- [265]
[Plans: Imperial Plate Belt] -
[Imperial Plate Belt]
- [270]
[Plans: Imperial Plate Bracers] -
[60] Imperial Plate Bracer
- [295]
[Plans: Imperial Plate Boots] -
[Imperial Plate Boots]
- [295]
[Plans: Imperial Plate Helm] -
[Imperial Plate Helm]
- [300]
[Plans: Imperial Plate Chest] -
[Imperial Plate Chest]
- [300]
[Plans: Imperial Plate Leggings] -
[Imperial Plate Leggings]
- [265]
Quest
- 230
[Orcish War Leggings] (noted above, under Expert and the Mithril Order quests.)
- 285
[Plans: Demon Forged Breastplate] -
[60D] The Demon Forge
- 290
[Plans: Fiery Plate Gauntlets] -
[Fiery Plate Gauntlets]
- The (former) Weaponsmithing subspecialization quests
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Hunting
- 275
[Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer] - dropped by Ribbly's Crony or Hammered Patrons in Blackrock Depths. Found on the AH fairly regularly.
- 285
[Plans: Dark Iron Plate] from Ribbly Screwspigot in Blackrock Depths (2.5%...easier to get it from the AH)
- 290
[Plans: Volcanic Hammer] from Volchan, a rare Burning Steppes giant.
- Blacksmithing Plans in Blackrock Depths
- 270
[Plans: Dark Iron Mail] - plans are BoP
- 280
[Plans: Dark Iron Shoulders] - plans are BoP
- 270
- Blacksmithing Plans in Stratholme
- 285
[Plans: Serenity] - plans are BoE, part of the Hammersmith specialization quest.
- 290
[Plans: Corruption] - plans are BoE, part of the Swordsmith specialization quest.
- 285
Artisan skill: 300
300 was the skill cap prior to Burning Crusade. A lot of items require 300 skill to learn/craft. And a lot of those required adventuring rather than simply asking a vendor...
Auction House
- 300
[Plans: Invulnerable Mail]
- 300
[Plans: Lionheart Helm]
- 300
[Plans: Persuader]
- 300
[Plans: Radiant Leggings]
- 300
[Plans: Sageblade]
- 300
[Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets]
- 300
[Plans: Thorium Leggings]
- 300
[Plans: Titanic Leggings]
- 300
[Plans: Helm of the Great Chief]
- 300
[Plans: Whitesoul Helm]
Hunting
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Moam, in the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj |
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The Prophet Skeram, in Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj |
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Quartermaster Zigris, in Blackrock Spire. |
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Goraluk Anvilcrack, in Upper Blackrock Spire |
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also from Goraluk |
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Bannok Grimaxe, in Lower Blackrock Spire |
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Foreman Marcrid, in Western Plaguelands (~100%) |
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Maleki the Pallid, in Stratholme (~7%) |
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Cannon Master Willey, in Stratholme (~5%?) |
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Molten Core bosses (BoP) |
- Runic armor drops
- 300
[Plans: Runic Breastplate] - Tidelord Rrurgaz on Alcaz Island in Dustwallow Marsh
- Also off of Strashaz Myrmidon
- 300
[Plans: Runic Plate Helm] - (BoP) the Strashaz Warriors on Alcaz Island drop this (rarely)
- 300
[Plans: Runic Plate Shoulders] - (BoP) sometimes seen as a drop off of Strashaz Serpent Guard
- 300
[Plans: Runic Plate Leggings] - (BoP) the Scarlet Smith in Hearthglen in Western Plaguelands often drops this.
- 300
[Plans: Runic Plate Boots] - (BoP) dropped uncommonly by Scarlet Cavaliers in Hearthglen in Western Plaguelands
- 300
Questing
- 300
[Plans: Sulfuron Hammer] -
[60D] A Binding Contract, only offered if you have Sulfuron Ingot in your possession, at any reputation level.
- 300
[Plans: Darkrune Gauntlets],
[Plans: Darkrune Helm],
[Plans: Darkrune Breastplate] - turn in Encrypted Twilight Texts to Hermit Ortell in Silithus; this is occasionally a reward.
- The Naxxramas blacksmithing quests
[Icebane Bracers] -
[Icebane Bracers]
[Icebane Breastplate] -
[Icebane Breastplate]
[Icebane Gauntlets] -
[Icebane Gauntlets]
- The Advanced Armorsmithing quests of Dire Maul
- You have to acquire the books on Advanced Armorsmithing by combining 2 halves dropped from various bosses. (The parts are BoE, so can occasionally be found on the auction house.)
[Plans: Enchanted Thorium Breastplate] -
[60D] Enchanted Thorium Platemail: Volume I
[Plans: Enchanted Thorium Leggings] -
[60D] Enchanted Thorium Platemail: Volume II
[Plans: Enchanted Thorium Helm] -
[60D] Enchanted Thorium Platemail: Volume III
Master skill: 301-375
Auction House
- (365)
[Plans: Black Felsteel Bracers]
- (365)
[Plans: Blessed Bracers]
- (365)
[Plans: Bracers of the Green Fortress]
- (365)
[Plans: Dirge]
- (365)
[Plans: Eternium Runed Blade]
- (365)
[Plans: Fel Edged Battleaxe]
- (365)
[Plans: Fel Hardened Maul]
- (365)
[Plans: Felfury Gauntlets]
- (365)
[Plans: Felsteel Longblade]
- (365)
[Plans: Felsteel Reaper]
- (365)
[Plans: Gauntlets of the Iron Tower]
- (365)
[Plans: Hand of Eternity]
- (365)
[Plans: Helm of the Stalwart Defender]
- (365)
[Plans: Khorium Champion]
- (365)
[Plans: Oathkeeper's Helm]
- (365)
[Plans: Runic Hammer]
- (365)
[Plans: Steelgrip Gauntlets]
- (365)
[Plans: Storm Helm]
- (365)
[Plans: Hammer of Righteous Might]
Vendor
-
- (325)
[Plans: Adamantite Cleaver]
- (330)
[Plans: Adamantite Dagger]
- (335)
[Plans: Adamantite Rapier]
- (325)
Rohok at Thrallmar in Hellfire Peninsula
Mari Stonehand at Wildhammer Stronghold in Shadowmoon Valley
- (340)
[Plans: Lesser Ward of Shielding] - limited supply (1)
- (360)
[Plans: Eternium Rod] - limited supply (1)
Hunting
- All the plans here are BoP, and can only be rolled on by blacksmiths
- 360
[Plans: Felsteel Gloves] - Auchenai Monk in the Auchenai Crypts.
- 360
[Plans: Felsteel Leggings] - Unchained Doombringer in Arcatraz.
- 360
[Plans: Khorium Belt] - Murkblood Raider in Nagrand
- 360
[Plans: Khorium Pants] - Deathforge Guardian in Shadowmoon Valley
- 365
[Plans: Felsteel Helm] - Cabal Fanatic in Shadow Labyrinth
- 365
[Plans: Khorium Boots] - Disembodied Protector in Netherstorm
- 365
[Plans: Ragesteel Gloves] - Boulderfist Warrior in Nagrand
- 365
[Plans: Ragesteel Shoulders] - Any of Enraged Air Spirit, Enraged Fire Spirit, Enraged Earth Spirit, Enraged Water Spirit in Shadowmoon Valley
- 365
[Plans: Ragesteel Helm] - Anger Guard in Blade's Edge Mountains. Also reported to drop from the enraged spirits in Shadowmoon Valley
- 370
[Plans: Ragesteel Breastplate] - Crazed Murkblood Foreman, Crazed Murkblood Miner, or Ashtongue Warrior in Shadowmoon Valley
- 370
[Plans: Earthpeace Breastplate] - High Botanist Freywinn, in The Botanica
- 370
[Plans: Swiftsteel Gloves] - Nexus Stalker in Mana-Tombs in Auchindoun.
- 375
[Plans: Greater Ward of Shielding] - Sunfury Bloodwarder in Netherstorm.
- Hunting in Northrend (all BoP)
- 375
[Plans: Reinforced Cobalt Legplates] - Gundrak Savage in Zul'Drak
- 375
[Plans: Reinforced Cobalt Helm] - Iron Rune-Shaper in Grizzly Hills
- 375
[Plans: Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece] - Venture Co. Excavator in Sholazar Basin
- 375
[Plans: Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders] - Onslaught Mason in Dragonblight
- These plans are largely BoE, though the items they create may or may not be.
- From random mobs in The Eye and Serpentshrine Cavern:
- 375
[Plans: Belt of the Guardian]
- 375
[Plans: Boots of the Protector]
- 375
[Plans: Red Havoc Boots]
- 375
[Plans: Red Belt of Battle]
- From random mobs in Black Temple
- From random mobs in Black Temple and in Mount Hyjal
- From random mobs in Sunwell Plateau
- 365
[Plans: Hard Khorium Battlefists]
- 365
[Plans: Hard Khorium Battleplate]
- 365
[Plans: Sunblessed Breastplate]
- 365
[Plans: Sunblessed Gauntlets] (BoP recipe)
Grand Master skill: 376-450
Hunting
- Recipes items from the Trial of the Crusader raid
- 450
[Plans: Breastplate of the White Knight]
- 450
[Plans: Saronite Swordbreakers]
- 450
[Plans: Sunforged Bracers]
- 450
[Plans: Sunforged Breastplate]
- 450
[Plans: Titanium Razorplate]
- 450
[Plans: Titanium Spikeguards]
- Recipe items from Ulduar raids (hard modes)
- 450
[Plans: Indestructible Plate Girdle]
- 450
[Plans: Spiked Deathdealers]
- 450
[Plans: Battlelord's Plate Boots]
- 450
[Plans: Treads of Destiny]
- 450
[Plans: Belt of the Titans]
- 450
[Plans: Plate Girdle of Righteousness]
Recipes requiring Weaponsmithing specialization
- Weaponsmithing trainer
- Axesmith specialties
- 350
[Lunar Crescent]
- 375
[Mooncleaver]
- 375
[Bloodmoon]
- 375
- 375
- 350
[The Planar Edge]
- Hammersmith specialties
- 350
[Drakefist Hammer]
- 375
[Dragonmaw]
- 375
[Dragonstrike]
- 375
- 375
- 350
[Thunder]
- 375
[Deep Thunder]
- 375
[Stormherald]
- 375
- 375
- Swordsmith specialties
- 350
[Fireguard]
- 375
[Blazeguard]
- 375
[Blazefury]
- 375
- 375
- 350
[Lionheart Blade]
- Hunting
- 265
[Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer] - dropped from Grizzle in Blackrock Depths (~13%). (tradable)
Recipes requiring Armorsmithing specialization
- Armorsmithing trainer
Faction reward recipes
† The plans for [Jagged Obsidian Shield] and
[Obsidian Mail Tunic] are not sold at the Cenarion quartermaster, but by Lieutenant General Andorov.