Gathering profession

Mining

Official

Mining ore and stone, and smelting bars.

Economic Role

Ore veinsOre · Bars · Stone · GemsBlacksmiths · Engineers · Alchemists

Supplies Blacksmithing and Engineering. Rare finds like Arcane Crystal are some of the most valuable raw materials.

ForeverEcon analysis · Flow and demand drivers describe the original game's economy. Key inputs are calculated from tracked recipes.

Official: Explicitly stated or documented by Blizzard.
The Legacy talent Bountiful Harvest increases materials gathered from Mining.
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Official: Explicitly stated or documented by Blizzard.
Has three campsite objects, learned at different skill levels. The first is learned at skill 20.
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Pre-launch

Gathering profession

Mining supplies materials rather than crafting them. Farm signals appear on the Market page once prices exist.

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4 recipes

Recipe	Profession	Source	Key materials	Status
Smelt Thorium Smelting · skill 250	Mining	Trainer	Thorium Ore	Classic data: Original-game information shown for context. Not necessarily verified unchanged in WoW Forever.
Smelt Mithril Smelting · skill 175	Mining	Trainer	Mithril Ore	Classic data: Original-game information shown for context. Not necessarily verified unchanged in WoW Forever.
Smelt Truesilver Smelting · skill 230	Mining	Trainer	Truesilver Ore	Classic data: Original-game information shown for context. Not necessarily verified unchanged in WoW Forever.
Smelt Iron Smelting · skill 125	Mining	Trainer	Iron Ore	Classic data: Original-game information shown for context. Not necessarily verified unchanged in WoW Forever.