Updated for patch 4.2.

Tin Ore is the next list you’ll be exposed to and may even be exposed to some Tin Veins while mining Copper. You must be mining skill level 65 in order to mine Tin. As I know it can be quite frustrating mining for gold at times I thought you may be interested in this Gold Course which shows you how to maximize your gold profits.

There are quite a few zones to get Tin so I’m going to focus on two of the best. They each happen to be on different continents so essentially I’ve made one per continent in case you are unable to freely travel or don’t feel like it. The two zones I choose for mining Tin are Hillsbrad Foothills and Ashenvale.

Tin Ore in Ashenvale

This is an easy route to follow but it is a big more lengthy of a run/flight so if you don’t like what you see here take a look at the next map for Hillsbrad Foothills. (continue reading…)

Updated for patch 4.2.

Copper Ore is the very first ore you will run into while mining.  It comes from Copper Veins and is found in mostly in lower level areas and starting zones.  You can get copper veins in just about any starting area, but the two spots I want to focus on are Durotar and Elwynn Forest.

In my opinion if you are getting Copper Ore to level up your skill you are better off just buying the ore and smelting it for the first levels. If you don’t have the gold to do this take a look at this Gold Course which teaches even the lowest level players how to make a lot of gold.

If you’re a gnome or dwarf you can take the tram from Ironforge to Stormwind to do this route, humans will already be there.  For Durotar Trolls, Orc, Tauren, all will benefit by starting in Durotar.  Blood Elves and Undead can use Eversong Woods, there’s a teleportation crystal near the outside of the city for the Undead to use that brings them to Silvermoon City.  Night Elves and Draenei will use Azuremyst Isle.  If you’re a Night Elf, there’s a boat you can get on from Darnassus that brings you to Darkshore, from there go to the furthest point of the dock and take the boat to Azuremyst Isle.

Feel free to use any of the areas you want (honestly all of the starting areas are pretty easy to collect Copper in), you don’t have to go where it says above, that’s just for ease of use. (continue reading…)

Updated for patch 4.2.

This 1-525 Cataclysm Mining Leveling Guide will tell you how to level Mining in the fastest and most efficient way possible.  Using a mixture of Smelting and Mining we will go from 1-525 in a very, very short amount of time.  This is the fastest way to level mining in World of Warcraft for Cataclysm.

Make sure you have already have a mining pick and that you know where all of your mining trainers are at.  The mining trainers have all the recipes you need to smelt in these steps.  It is also a good idea to have wow mining addons, such as, gatherer in order to track mining nodes in game for the parts you will have to go out and mine in this guide.

Leveling your mining through Smelting is a lot quicker but requires more gold.  If you need help making gold check out this Gold Guide.

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