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Forever beta 1.60.1.70009

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TL;DR

Mail and plate, weapons, stones. New Bind-on-pickup level-up pieces for yourself, and BoE epics at 300.
Camp line: Sharpening Wheel (Strength) → Anvil → Master Forge.
Pair with Mining: the top recipes eat Heavy Thorium, Legionite and Azerothium Bars. Artisan trainer: Brikk Keencraft, Booty Bay.

What's new New

New and changed recipes at every skill band, 1 to 300 (part of Blizzard's 600+) Live
BoP level-up gear you make for yourself: Crusader's Boots (mail, skill 85, level 17), Officer's Pauldrons (plate, 210, level 42), Enriched Thorium Breastplate (plate, 300, level 57) Beta
Early BoP blue Chain Belts (Acolyte's, Crusader's, Guard's and more) at skill 45, level 12; they use Pristine Leather and a gem or dust Beta
Some BS recipes are random dungeon drops Beta
Skill-300 BoE epics (ilvl 65, level 60): Azerothium Legplates, Depleted Thorium Sabatons, Heavy Thorium Gauntlets, Evergreen Shield, Forest Defender's Axe, Greenhammer, Ironwood Blade Beta
They all need Malleable Essence of Nature (epic reagent from disenchanting Hyjal Summit or Barrow Deeps items, so not before 9 Dec) plus Legionite and Heavy Thorium Bars Beta
Also BoE epics (ilvl 61): Breastplate of Salvation, Champion's Legplates Beta
New bars come from Mining (Heavy Thorium, Azerothium) and an Alchemy transmute (Legionite) Beta
Merchant's Favor vendors sell BoP plate sets for your own role, such as Sentinel's Sabatons Beta

Sharpening Wheel (20): 6-34 Strength, mutually exclusive with Strength of Earth Totem Live
Anvil (140): field anvil, keeps the Wheel buff. Blueprint: Gilnid (Deadmines), 0.20% Beta
Master Forge (300): station for recipes that need it, keeps the Wheel buff. Blueprint source not known yet Beta

Both client-data calculators (ForeverDB, endgametools) use this spine; the Thorium end differs. Beta

Skill	Make
1-30	Rough Sharpening Stone
30-84	Rough Grinding Stone
84-105	Runed Copper Belt
130-150	Silvered Bronze Boots
150-170	Bronze Warhammer
170-185	Green Iron Bracers
185-200	Golden Scale Bracers
200-300	calculators differ: Steel, Mithril, Thorium pieces

From 200 the routes split: ForeverDB's uses drop-only recipes from 210 (check your AH); endgametools' stays on trainer recipes to 300 Beta

Expert: Saru Steelfury, Valley of Honor (Orgrimmar). Artisan: Brikk Keencraft, Booty Bay (Icy Veins, Wowhead) Beta
Merchant's Favor recipes: Gor'mak at the Durotar Supply and Logistics hub Beta

No launch prices yet Beta
The skill-300 epics are BoE, so they can be sold. Each needs Malleable Essence of Nature from raid disenchants Beta
Our opinion: that essence, not your skill, will limit how many epics get made
BoP gear (level-up pieces, Merchant's Favor sets) is for you only: no AH value Beta
Stones, Anvil and spare Blueprints are tradeable Beta

Warriors and Paladins: plate level-up pieces and the 300 epics
Mail wearers: Crusader's Boots and the Chain Belts
Melee groups: Sharpening Wheel Strength, if no Shaman brings Strength of Earth
Weapon users: the 300 axe, mace, sword and shield, plus fist weapon Bagh Nakh (BoE, ilvl 63)