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Mining

Verified 30 Oct 2026Beta: re-check at launchSources and checks

Forever beta 1.60.1.70009

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TL;DR

Classic ores plus New Heavy Thorium Ore, Azerothium and New Scarce finds (Pyrite, Bauxite, Pitchblende).
Camp line: Lodestone (melee AP) → Rock Garden (grows a node) → Molten Foundry (smelts Heavy Thorium).
Feeds Blacksmithing and Engineering; their skill-300 epics need your bars. Every rank trains in Orgrimmar.

What's new New

Poor Copper Veins in the starter areas (Blizzard cut their numbers in beta) Beta
Heavy Thorium Ore → Heavy Thorium Bar (skill 300), smelted at a Molten Foundry. Where the ore spawns is not known yet Beta
Azerothium Bar (skill 275): 2 Pitchblende + 1 Coal Beta
Legionite Bar is an Alchemy transmute from your Heavy Thorium Bar + Fel Crystal Beta
Scarce finds while mining: Pyrite (Alchemists make Sulfuric Acid), Bauxite (new recipes incl. Enchanting), Pitchblende (Azerothium) Beta
! Some smelts sit above 300 (Elementium Bar 310, Obsidian-Infused Thorium 315) and Icy Veins says some endgame veins need more than 300 skill, so expect +Mining gear to matter Beta
Legacy perk Bountiful Harvest finds extra Scarce resources when mining, herbing or skinning Live

Lodestone (20): 12-90 melee Attack Power, mutually exclusive with Blessing of Might Beta
Rock Garden (140): spawns a common mining node over time, keeps the Lodestone buff. Blueprint: Relic Guardian (Excavation Site: Wetlands), 7.00% Beta
Molten Foundry (300): station for recipes that need it, including Heavy Thorium, keeps the Lodestone buff. Blueprint source not known yet Beta

Vein skills: Icy Veins and ForeverDB agree. Horde zones: Icy Veins' spawn table Beta

1-125: Durotar, Mulgore, Tirisfal, the Barrens; then Ashenvale, Hillsbrad, Thousand Needles
125-230: Arathi, Desolace, Stranglethorn, Badlands, Tanaris, the Hinterlands
230-300: Searing Gorge, Burning Steppes, Un'Goro, Winterspring, the Plaguelands
Smelting ore into bars also gives skill (Icy Veins) Beta
Train the next rank before you cap (skill 50 / 125 / 200) Beta
! Character level for gathering ranks: guides disagree (see the Herbalism post) Beta
Trainer: Makaru, Valley of Honor (Orgrimmar), teaches every rank (Icy Veins; Wowhead: Mining Trainer) Beta

No launch prices yet Beta
Heavy Thorium, Azerothium and Legionite are reagents in skill-300 BS and Eng recipes (ForeverDB; client data for the Engineering ammo) Beta
Our opinion: bars and stone sell steadily to levelling Blacksmiths and Engineers