There are a few types of Thorium Veins you will encounter on these routes, small and rich. You must be mining skill 230 to mine the Small Thorium veins and mining skill 255 to mine the Rich Thorium Veins. If the reason you are mining is for gold then please take a look at this Gold Course which teaches you how to reach the gold cap.

The two zones I have chosen are Ungoro Crater and Burning Steppes which both have a mix of each of the Thorium veins. (continue reading…)

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. You can call one for horde and one for alliance if you want, but what I really did is 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 The Barrens. The Barrens will be great for everyone who was mining copper in The Barrens you probably also mined Tin while there when your skill was high enough.

Tin Ore in The Barrens

This map is incredibly similar to the copper route for The Barrens.  The main focus for this however, should be in the higher level mobbed areas, especially in the south where the mobs reach as high as level 25.  I’ve also cut out some of the other route that was used for Copper. (continue reading…)

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 The Barrens 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 The Barrens Trolls, Orc, Tauren, all start in areas that border the barrens.  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, you don’t have to go where it says above, that’s just for ease of use. (continue reading…)

Titanium Ore is the high end mineral that is mined in Wrath of the Lich King.  It requires 450 skill to mine  and titanium can only be found in higher level zones. If you are trying to mine Titanium for gold you might be interested in learning better ways to make gold as in this Gold Course.

Titanium Ore comes from a Titanium Vein which are primarily located in Sholazar Basin, The Storm Peaks, Icecrown, and Wintergrasp.  Titanium Veins are random spawns and have a place holder.  The place holding ore for a Titanium Vein is a Saronite Deposit or Rich Saronite Deposit.  Almost every Saronite Deposit in these zones has a chance to spawn a Titanium Vein in that same location when the node respawns.  In the next section we will discuss the location of Titanium in these zones. (continue reading…)