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WoW Blacksmithing - Crafting Plate & Mail Armor and a Lot of Other Goodies

Blacksmithing is one of the 11 primary professions which can be chosen in WoW. If you decide to become a Blacksmith you will need a Blacksmithing Hammer which you can purchase at one of the trade supply or general good vendors in any of the bigger cities. You will have a Blacksmith trainer that will allow you to make Blacksmithing one of your professions and you will also be able to learn new Blacksmithing plans which will allow you to make new and better items as you level it up. Click here for more on WoW Blacksmithing

Leveling up Blacksmithing requires a lot of materials, especially the ore that can be gathered throughout the World of Warcraft are needed. There are several ways to obtain these ores and the best way is by taking Mining as your second profession so you can gather the ores yourself because the ores are really pricy on the Auction House.

Blacksmithing is actually quite easy to level up as long as you have access to the much needed ores. You will be able to make great items with Blacksmithing. As you level it up to skill 150-200 you will mainly be making Mail Armor and Weapons of all kind. At a certain point you will start learning how to craft better Weapons and Plate Armor. Plate Armor is worn by Death Knights, Paladins and Warrior which makes Blacksmithing a perfect match for these classes. At some point your Blacksmith trainer will set you off on a quest to become either a Weapon or Armor specialist.

As an Armor Blacksmith you will still gain access to most of the plans that allow a Blacksmith to craft weapons though and this also goes the other way around. You will however gain access to patterns that allow you to craft rare items. It must be said that the most important items in Blacksmithing can be made no matter which path you choose to follow.

Especially when you reach the higher levels of Blacksmithing it becomes interesting because you will be able to make nice & shiny epics. These can be used by the Blacksmith himself or sold for nice amounts on the Auction House. Besides epic armor and weapons you can also create Belt Buckles. Belt Buckles can be applied to belts. Once used, you will see that you receive a socket on the belt which allows players to place a gem in their belt which makes the item better.

There’s more to Blacksmithing though because you can heavily improve your performance by making sockets for both your bracers and gloves. You can apply these two on your gloves and bracers to create a socket in your Bracers or Gloves which will also allow you to place a gem in them. It must be said that the last two mentioned abilities of a Blacksmith are designed to serve the Blacksmith alone and even though this mean that you can’t trade or sell these, you will definitely have something other players that do not have the Blacksmithing profession don’t have.

Altogether, Blacksmithing can work out really nice for people that wear Plate Armor. If you choose to make Mining your second profession Blacksmithing is quite easy and cheap to level though you can make nice amounts of money out of money out of it at later levels. If you would like more on WoW Leveling, click here: WoW Levelling Guides