Mining Guide 126 - 175

126 - 175 Mining Skill Guide

Right now assuming that you have just been to the Mining trainer and are now are an Expert miner, we now need to focus on Iron and Gold ores before we reach Artisan Mining Skill. I personally have found that the "Arathi Highlands" are the best location to find Iron ores. So what you need to do is go to "Arathi Highlands" and follow the map below to find some yummy Iron Ores. Again remember to smelt your ores so you can gain further Mining Skills.


So assuming that you are in "Refuge Pointe" which is located in "Arathi Highlands" you should see the "Forge" as shown in the image below. This is where you can smelt the ores that you find here in "Arathi Highlands". 

(this screenshot shows the forge in Refuge Pointe  - click on image to enlarge)

1. Start at Refuge Pointe and follow the guide I have given in a clockwise rotation, you will find mining veins/nodes on the hills so its best to stick to them as close as you can so that your "Find Minerals" will pick them up if there are any available.


2. When you reach hammerfall you should really go inside a mine known as "Drywhisker Gorge" there will be lots of mining nodes/veins in there so its best to check it out. (this is marked as an orange highlight on the map above)

Right the only place to Mine "Lesser Bloodstone Ore" is a hidden mine located due east of Hammerfall. I have mined in this cave many times and each time its entrance eludes me. So for your assistance I have plotted the entrance path up to this mine on the screenshot below. 

The co-ordinates of the start of the path is at (79.7, 40.0).

The mine is actually called "Drywhisker Gorge" and the cave entrance is at 82.2, 36.5. 

When you start seeing Drywhisker Mobs then you know you are near the mine.

The second screenshot below shows the entrance to the path to the mine... its behind the tree!

(this screenshot shows the location of the start of the path to the mine  - click on image to enlarge)

(this screenshot shows the entrance for the path to the mine)

This mine is the only location to mine"Lesser Bloodstone Ore" and it is only required for one quest on the game so its worth mining to sell in the Auction house as its difficult for lower level alliance players to get.

(This screenshot shows "Lesser Bloodstone Vein"  - click on image to enlarge)

In this mine you will find the following ore veins:

• Iron Ore
• Lesser Bloodstone Ore
• Mithril Ore (but we cannot mine this yet)

3. Exit the mine and follow the path down to where you started by the tree to the path up to the mine. Look at my map again and follow my guide down to "Witherbark Village". You will notice there are a LOT of ogre type mobs here. Directly south of "Witherbark village" is a cave marked in blue on my map. This is full of ogres but you can also gather lots of ores from here too. 


4. Once you have been through this cave follow the map again, until you reach the area which I have highlighted in green on the map. This is an ogre mound known as "Boulderfist Hall" you can collect ores from inside the cave but beware of the ogres.


5. Continue on the route which I have marked on the map, to the area highlighted by the black target. This is another ogre intense area which is known as "Boulderfist Outpost". But it still offers a good density of ores if no-one else has been there before you. 


6. Follow the map again until you reach "Refuge Point" where you can smelt your ores to gain additional mining skill points.

When you reach 150 Mining Skill Points you will learn a new ability which is Toughness (Rank 2)

When you reach 155 Mining Skill Points you will be able to Mine Gold.

Continue mining and smelting in the "Arathi Highlands" until you have reached 175 mining skill.