Mining leveling guide Introduction . Mining is one of the easiest professions to skill up . This is a guide to the best areas to go hunting for ores , including some tips on farming . Make sure you track " finding minerals " in the little magnifying glass by the minimap . If you have mining as a profession from level 1 , make sure to mine all ores you come across and the skill won ' t be a problem . If you are a high - level character and want to skill up mining from 0 , this is the guide for you . It is surprisingly easy and quick , especially if you have a flying mount . Circle the recommended areas a few times and you ' ll get to the next level in no time . The mining article provides a good overview of all ores and their skill levels . I recommend staying in areas where there are both veins that require yellow and orange skill . If you go straight to an area where all nodes require either orange or red skill , you will only be able to mine half the nodes you find . And yellow almost guarantees skillup . Mining is also a great way to earn money . Both ores , bars and gems sell well at the auction house . Getting from 1 - 65 . is the easiest ore to find . Just about any starting area will do , but Durotar is probably the best for players and Elwynn Forest for players . Getting from 65 - 75 . Northern Stranglethorn / is the best place to mine . You can also pick a few silver ores here as well . Getting from 75 - 125 . Now it ' s time to mine . Silver vein s are most commonly found in Alterac Mountains . Arathi Highlands is also a good place . Getting from 125 - 175 . At 125 , you can start mining . The best place for this is Feralas or Western Plaguelands . At 155 you can mine , but gold is a rare metal , so you can just as well keep mining iron until you can start with . Where there is iron , you will usually find the occasional gold vein . If you really want to mine gold , the best place is Western Plaguelands , which is good for iron as well . Getting from 175 - 230 . Good places to mine mithril include Badlands , Burning Steppes and Felwood . A personal favourite place is Dreadmaul Rock in Burning Steppes . It is a small mountain with caves , with lots and lots of mithril and Truesilver deposits . can be mined at 205 , and is allegedly easy to find in Winterspring . However , staying in Burning Steppes and Badlands is recommended until 230 when you can start mining thorium . Getting from 230 - 275 . To mine , both Small Thorium Vein and Rich Thorium Vein , Winterspring is the place to go . Here , you can also find truesilver . Keep circling Winterspring until 275 when you can go to Outland and start mining Burning Crusade ores . Getting from 275 - 325 . Hellfire Peninsula is definitely the best place for . You can also stay at Winterspring and mine Thorium until you ' re 325 . Getting from 325 - 350 . Nagrand is the best place to mine both Adamantite Vein s and Rich Adamantite Vein s for . You can also go to Terokkar Forest and Zangarmarsh if you want some variation . Those areas also have fel iron . Getting from 350 - 400 . At 350 you can mine Rich Adamantite Vein , Nethercite Deposit and Cobalt Deposit . Howling Fjord is recommended for . If you ' d rather mine more adamantite , stay in Nagrand , and for go to the Netherwing Ledge in Shadowmoon Valley . At 375 you can mine Rich Cobalt Deposits , which is best found in Borean Tundra . But Howling Fjord is also a good place for that , and you can find a lot of regular Cobalt Deposits in Borean Tundra . A personal recommendation for getting from 350 - 400 is to circle both Howling Fjord and Borean Tundra . Getting from 400 - 425 . For both Saronite Deposit and Rich Saronite Deposit ( minable at 425 ) go to Icecrown or Sholazar Basin to mine . Most prefer Sholazar Basin because it is a lot easier to circle , although used to be heavily farmed in . You may also get the occasional from the rare , but valuable Titanium Vein . Getting from 425 - 525 . At 425 , you can either stay in Northrend and mine Rich Saronite Deposit , or go to Mount Hyjal and mine Obsidium Deposits for .