World of Warcraft Mining is my Profession of choice if you are a new WoW gamer. It allows you start getting gold in a fast and easy way. My last article explained what you need to get started. This one gives you an idea of what you need to do to get your WoW Mining Profession leveled up quickly. The following steps are, in my opinion, the fastest way to level up the Mining Profession:

1 to 65: Mine copper here; Dun Morogh for Alliance and Durotar for Horde. You’ll find copper all over the place. Buy the Journeyman mining skill to move on to the next level and to be able to mine Incendicite.

66 to 125: Mine Incendicite; Go to Wetlands, find Thelgan Rock right near the entrance to Dun Algaz, find the cave there, it’s got alot of spiders and a quest ore called Incendicite. This is an Alliance quest but Horde can still mine the ore. The ore is not worth anything but you will easily skill up towards 125. Buy the Expert mining skill to be able to level mining to 225.

126 to 175: Mine Iron and Gold; Go to Alterac Mountains. Alternative areas are Stranglethorn, Arathi, Ashenvale, Badlands, and Desolace. Get enough gold ore and you can smelt them at skill 160 to skill up to 175.

176 to 250: Mine Mithril and Truesilver; Highperch in Thousand Needles. Alternatives are Badlands – Lethlor Ravine for mithril, look for the dragon whelps. After you reach level 200 train for Artisan mining skill.

251 to 300: Mining Thorium and Dark Iron; Go to Searing Gorge and Burning Steppes. Both have an abundance of veins. Once your skill reaches 300, go to Outland to train for the Master artisan skill.

300 to 325: Mining Fel Iron; Check your map to see the peninsula to find The Hellfire Peninsula and The Dark Portal. It’s a large area without any mobs. It’s got alot of veins that make for a quick skill level upgrade.

325 to 350: Mining Adamantite; Go to Nagrand, it has a bunch of Adamantite Ore. Once you get to 350 you need to go to Northrend and learn Mining Grand Master.

350 to 400: Mining Cobalt Ore; Go to Borean Tundra, there you will find alot of Cobalt Ore.

400 to 450: Saronite Ore; Got to Sholazar Basin to find Saronite Ore veins. Max out the mining skill.

Now that you know the steps needed to really maximize your World of Warcraft Mining Profession. With this skill maxed out, you can now start having some real fun!

This is one of those easy to forget tactics in World of Warcraft, one that could cost you if you don’t cover this base early on. You usually realize that you need to get on the ball on about your bags when you find that rare drop and you can’t drop anything to get it because you have too many important items. Well, you need to fix that quickly because you’ll feel the need bags as early as possible, especially during the first 10 levels.

Well, there are several ways to fix this but let’s look at the cheapest and quickest ways first.

What does your guild have or what do your friends have? Find out, because if you can find a friendly tailor you can do some farming and get enough materials to have them make you some bags for the cheap. Tailors are capable of making almost any bag in the game, the only limitations they have is for those special bags for those special drops. If you can’t find a tailor use tradechat to find one. There’s a good chance you can find one that is willing to trade some labor for a good tip.

Also, do some early quests and kill mobs in transit. Humanoid mobs often drop linen cloth in the newbie zone. Get going on this early to start accumulating some cloth to use for a friendly tailor. Some of the quests are specifically for getting bags.

• Wharf Master at Rachet: Old Moneybag, a 6 slot bag.
• Captain Sander’s Hidden Treasure – Captain Sander’s Booty Bag (Alliance only) at Westfall.
• Digging Through the Ooze in Wetlands – 10 slot bag
• Sturdy Lunchbox 12 slot bag can sometimes be had from the drops from mobs of Venture Co. Foreman in Stranglethorne Vale.
• Swirling Vortex, Thousand Needles can occasionally drop a 12 slot bag

Now, if this fails you need to find a good deal at the Auction House. In order to accomplish this you need to hit the Auction House when there is a gluttony of bags to be found, this will ensure competition and will allow you to get the deal your looking for. This is where your Auctioneer add-on comes in handy, you’ll be able to survey the field and find when the supply is high. Couple this with some patience and you will find a winner. It should go without saying that your target is the best bag at the cheapest price that you can afford.