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Category:Blacksmithing (WoW)

	Blacksmithing (Primary Profession)
	Ingredients • Quests • Recipes(A J E A M G) • Trainers

Blacksmithing is a profession focused on working metals to create (mostly) weapons and armor.

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What Blacksmithing Creates
What Blacksmithing Requires
Is Blacksmithing For Me?
Specialization
WotLK Blacksmithing Changes

New Items from Trainers

Blacksmithing Quests
External links

What Blacksmithing Creates

Most blacksmithing recipes are either weapons or plate armor. (Mail before level 40.) There are a few select other items a BS can make, most of which are enhancement items for weapons or shields, or materials for other tradeskills. At lower levels, they can also create keys to open locked chests.

List of Blacksmithing products

What Blacksmithing Requires

Blacksmithing primarily requires ore and stone, which means most blacksmiths are also miners. To actually perform a combine, the blacksmith must often be near a forge or an anvil, and usually needs a Blacksmith's Hammer (from any trades goods vendor.)

Is Blacksmithing For Me?

Blacksmithing is a profession most go into for their own purposes. There's very little incentive for a mage or druid to want to be a blacksmith. However, the weapons and armor produced in many cases are merely on par with equipment for the level, which leaves most blacksmiths falling back on the "other stuff" like weapon chains and shield spikes, or waiting powering to max level for the epic items at level 70. Primarily only warriors take up Blacksmithing, and sometimes paladins or rogues.

In terms of making money, blacksmithing is pretty poor. Products that a blacksmith can sell include sharpening stones, shield spikes and weapon chains. There is a very limited demand for most of these items, so generally blacksmithing is not thought of as a source of revenue.

The benefits of being your own blacksmith include: Glimmering Mithril Insignia Wicked Edge of the Planes (axesmith) Blazefury (swordsmith) Bloodmoon (axesmith) Lionheart Executioner (swordsmith)

Specialization

Beyond a skill level of 200 (and character level 40,) blacksmiths can choose to specialize as either an Armorsmith or Weaponsmith. Each has special recipes, and a long questline in order to acquire their specialization. Most smiths choose weaponsmithing for better overall rewards.

Weaponsmiths are able to further specialize as a swordsmith, axesmith, or hammersmith. Each of these has additional quests to complete that go into the level 50 instances such as Blackrock Spire and Stratholme.

WotLK Blacksmithing Changes

As with every release, Blacksmithing is getting new patterns to take advantage of the new ores and materials available in the uncharted zones. In addition to being able to craft new materials, however, blacksmiths will be able to add additional sockets to their own gloves and bracers. These additional sockets do stack with other enchants. However it should be noted that gaining the appropriate skill to socket items and then dropping blacksmithing will cause the sockets to go away.

Not only can Blacksmiths add sockets to their own gear, but in WotLK they will also be able to sell Titanium Belt Buckles that will allow non-Blacksmithing players the ability to add a socket to a waist item.

Below are the plans known thus far for WotLK. For any Protection Paladins (or even ret paladins) considering a profession switch - there are some nice items here though somewhat few for the tanking pally. And none of them are bind on make. That's not to say that other things won't come out that are but thus far in beta it's not worth switching to smithing as the known new items aren't limited to blacksmiths.