WoW Forever Mining up to level 30: ores, bars, smelting and the crafts that take them

These ores, bars and stones have item levels up to the beta's level cap and are used by recipes within that cap. They are listed from the lowest item level to the highest. Each line names the professions whose recipes use that material, ordered by how many recipes use it. Zone lists show where the material is gathered.

Which ores, bars and stones come first, and who needs them?

• Rough Stone: taken by Blacksmithing, Mining, Engineering. Found in Durotar, Westfall, Dun Morogh, Wetlands, Loch Modan, Silverpine Forest, Duskwood, Elwynn Forest, Redridge Mountains, Darkshore, Mulgore, Hillsbrad Foothills, Tirisfal Glades, Ashenvale, The Barrens, Thousand Needles, Stonetalon Mountains, Desolace, Arathi Highlands, Thunder Bluff, and Alterac Mountains.
• Copper Bar: taken by Blacksmithing, Engineering, Mining.
• Copper Ore: taken by Mining. Found in Durotar, Westfall, Dun Morogh, Wetlands, Loch Modan, Silverpine Forest, Duskwood, Elwynn Forest, Redridge Mountains, Darkshore, Mulgore, Hillsbrad Foothills, Tirisfal Glades, Ashenvale, The Barrens, Thousand Needles, Stonetalon Mountains, Desolace, Arathi Highlands, Thunder Bluff, and Alterac Mountains.
• Rough Grinding Stone: taken by Blacksmithing.
• Silver Bar: taken by Blacksmithing, Engineering, Mining.
• Silver Ore: taken by Mining. Found in Arathi Highlands, Stranglethorn Vale, Westfall, Alterac Mountains, Badlands, Wetlands, Loch Modan, Silverpine Forest, Duskwood, Redridge Mountains, Hillsbrad Foothills, Swamp of Sorrows, Ashenvale, The Barrens, Thousand Needles, Darkshore, Desolace, Stonetalon Mountains, Dustwallow Marsh, and Tirisfal Glades.
• Coarse Stone: taken by Blacksmithing, Engineering.
• Bronze Bar: taken by Blacksmithing, Engineering.
• Coarse Grinding Stone: taken by Blacksmithing.
• Tin Bar: taken by Mining.
• Tin Ore: taken by Mining. Found in Arathi Highlands, Stranglethorn Vale, Westfall, Wetlands, Silverpine Forest, Loch Modan, Duskwood, Redridge Mountains, Hillsbrad Foothills, Ashenvale, The Barrens, Thousand Needles, Darkshore, Desolace, Stonetalon Mountains, Alterac Mountains, and Tirisfal Glades.
• Gold Ore: taken by Mining. Found in Arathi Highlands, Stranglethorn Vale, Alterac Mountains, Badlands, Wetlands, Duskwood, Swamp of Sorrows, Thousand Needles, Hillsbrad Foothills, Silithus, Stonetalon Mountains, Loch Modan, Desolace, Ashenvale, and Dustwallow Marsh.
• Heavy Grinding Stone: taken by Blacksmithing.
• Heavy Stone: taken by Blacksmithing, Mining, Engineering.
• Pyrite: taken by Tailoring, Alchemy, Engineering, Enchanting. Found in Silverpine Forest, Dun Morogh, Mulgore, and Tirisfal Glades.
• Coal: taken by Mining.
• Gold Bar: taken by Blacksmithing, Engineering.
• Iron Bar: taken by Blacksmithing, Engineering, Alchemy, Mining, Skinning.
• Iron Ore: taken by Mining. Found in Arathi Highlands, Stranglethorn Vale, Alterac Mountains, Badlands, Wetlands, Thousand Needles, Duskwood, Desolace, Swamp of Sorrows, Ashenvale, Hillsbrad Foothills, Stonetalon Mountains, Dustwallow Marsh, and Loch Modan.

Which bars can you smelt?

Smelting needs a Forge. You must be below your current skill cap to gain skill points. Each recipe gives a skill point every time until it turns yellow. While it is yellow the chance is high, while it is green the chance is low, and once it is grey it gives none. Where a recipe's yellow and grey ranks are the same, it gives no further skill points once your skill reaches that rank.

• Smelt Copper: yellow at 25, grey at 70. Takes Copper Ore ×1.
• Smelt Tin: yellow at 50, grey at 75. Takes Tin Ore ×1.
• Smelt Bronze: yellow at 65, grey at 115. Takes Copper Bar ×1 and Tin Bar ×1.
• Smelt Silver: yellow at 100, grey at 125. Takes Silver Ore ×1.
• Smelt Iron: yellow at 130, grey at 140. Takes Iron Ore ×1.
• Smelt Steel: yellow at 165, grey at 165. Takes Iron Bar ×1 and Coal ×1.
• Smelt Gold: yellow at 170, grey at 185. Takes Gold Ore ×1.

What do you try next?

The materials list totals the ingredients for your planned crafts, and Which two professions go together pairs Mining with a craft.