Forever Mining guide: leveling, node map, launch week

Overview

About the data Generated from our data: recipes, skill colors, materials and gathering requirements are read from the Forever client 1.60.1.70532; trainer coordinates and node counts are the Classic baseline. Anything marked Unconfirmed hasn't been checked in Forever yet.

Skill tiers

Mining trainers

UnconfirmedCoordinates are Classic data plus guide sites; ones confirmed by 2+ players in Forever drop the Unconfirmed tag.

AllianceGeofram Bouldertoe Ironforge 50, 26

Position confirmed in Forever

HordeMakaru Orgrimmar 73, 26

Position confirmed in Forever

UnconfirmedHordeBrom Killian Undercity 56, 38

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

HordeBrek Stonehoof Thunder Bluff 34, 58

Position confirmed in Forever

UnconfirmedAllianceYarr Hammerstone Dun Morogh 50, 50

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

UnconfirmedAllianceDank Drizzlecut Dun Morogh 69, 56

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

UnconfirmedAllianceSally Swiftwrench Dun Morogh 29, 68

Classic data: teaches up to Apprentice (cap 75)

AllianceMatt Johnson Duskwood 74, 50

Position confirmed in Forever

UnconfirmedAllianceFanorran Stilloak Teldrassil 58, 42

Classic data: teaches up to Apprentice (cap 75)

UnconfirmedAllianceBrock Stoneseeker Loch Modan 37, 48

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

UnconfirmedAllianceGelman Stonehand Elwynn Forest 24, 21

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

UnconfirmedAllianceKelsey Fargo Elwynn Forest 47, 32

Classic data: teaches up to Apprentice (cap 75)

UnconfirmedAllianceKurdram Stonehammer Darkshore 38, 41

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

UnconfirmedHordeWalter Mason Tirisfal Glades 32, 66

Classic data: teaches up to Apprentice (cap 75)

HordeKrunn Durotar 52, 41

Position confirmed in Forever

UnconfirmedHordeNorzsh Durotar 40, 68

Classic data: teaches up to Apprentice (cap 75)

UnconfirmedHordeVartha Rockmane Mulgore 44, 78

Classic data: teaches up to Apprentice (cap 75)

HordeJohan Focht Silverpine Forest 43, 40

Position confirmed in Forever

UnconfirmedPikkle Tanaris 51, 28

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

UnconfirmedGrungle Riverglades 78, 52

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

UnconfirmedHalavuul Cragwind Zephras Isle 65, 80

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

UnconfirmedMessana Crestwind Zephras Isle 45, 44

Classic data: teaches up to Artisan (cap 300)

Mining camp facilities (client data)

[Lodestone]

Learn at Mining 20 · place at 20 · placed by 4 players in Forever (lowest own skill 47)

[Rock Garden]

Learn at Mining 140 · place at 140

[Molten Foundry]

Learn at Mining 300 · place at 300

• Buff while sitting at the campfire: up to 90 (doesn't stack with the matching class buff). All camp facilities share a 1-hour cooldown.

Leveling 1-300

Method Skill requirements are from the client; 'Most nodes' ranks zones by Classic spawn counts (vmangos), which Forever may change; 'Seen in Forever' = gathered there by 2+ players.

Approach: you can gather each node from its required skill and it slowly stops giving points; follow your leveling zones and gather whatever you can.

Node	Skill	Most nodes in (zone level)	Seen in Forever
Copper Vein	1	The Barrens (7-18), Durotar (5-10), Dun Morogh (5-10)	10 maps · gathered from skill 1
Incendicite Mineral Vein	65	Wetlands (20-25)	1 maps · gathered from skill 134
Tin Vein	65	Ashenvale (18-26), The Barrens (7-18), Wetlands (20-25)	7 maps · gathered from skill 65
Silver Vein	75	Ashenvale (18-26), The Barrens (7-18), Thousand Needles (25-31)	2 maps · gathered from skill 120
Iron Deposit	125	Arathi Highlands (30-35), Stranglethorn Vale (33-41), Thousand Needles (25-31)	1 maps · gathered from skill 139
Ooze Covered Gold Vein	155	Feralas (40-45)	Unconfirmed
Gold Vein	155	Desolace (30-35), Stranglethorn Vale (33-41), Arathi Highlands (30-35)	Unconfirmed
Mithril Deposit	175	The Hinterlands (44-48), Tanaris (43-48), Desolace (30-35)	Unconfirmed
Ooze Covered Mithril Deposit	175	Feralas (40-45)	Unconfirmed
Truesilver Deposit	230	Tanaris (43-48), Azshara (51-54), Winterspring (54-57)	Unconfirmed
Truesilver Deposit	230	Felwood (47-54)	Unconfirmed
Ooze Covered Truesilver Deposit	230	Silithus (56-59), Feralas (40-45), Un'Goro Crater (50-53)	Unconfirmed
Dark Iron Deposit	230	Burning Steppes (50-56), Searing Gorge (46-48)	Unconfirmed
Small Thorium Vein	245	Alterac Valley (57-61), Silithus (56-59), Winterspring (54-57)	Unconfirmed
Ooze Covered Thorium Vein	245	Un'Goro Crater (50-53)	Unconfirmed
Rich Thorium Vein	275	Azshara (51-54), Winterspring (54-57), Eastern Plaguelands (54-58)	Unconfirmed
Ooze Covered Rich Thorium Vein	275	Silithus (56-59)	Unconfirmed

UnconfirmedAlso seen in Forever but not in Classic data: 劣质铜矿.

Node map

How to read Pick a zone above. Each row: node, client skill requirement, Classic node count; 'Seen' = gathered in that zone by 2+ players (lowest skill in brackets). Exact spots need the next addon version (5% grid, shown once 2+ players agree) - none yet.

Dun Moroghlv 5-10Tirisfal Gladeslv 5-9Durotarlv 5-10Mulgorelv 5-8Elwynn Forestlv 6-10The Barrenslv 7-18Darkshorelv 9-16Loch Modanlv 10-14Silverpine Forestlv 10-17Westfalllv 11-17Redridge Mountainslv 14-20Stonetalon Mountainslv 17-23Ashenvalelv 18-26Hillsbrad Foothillslv 20-27Wetlandslv 20-25Duskwoodlv 23-29Thousand Needleslv 25-31Desolacelv 30-35Arathi Highlandslv 30-35Alterac Mountainslv 32-37Stranglethorn Valelv 33-41Dustwallow Marshlv 37-42Badlandslv 37-41Swamp of Sorrowslv 40-48Feralaslv 40-45Deadwind Passlv 42-60Tanarislv 43-48The Hinterlandslv 44-48Searing Gorgelv 46-48Felwoodlv 47-54Blasted Landslv 49-56Un'Goro Craterlv 50-53Burning Steppeslv 50-56Azsharalv 51-54Western Plaguelandslv 51-56Eastern Plaguelandslv 54-58Winterspringlv 54-57Silithuslv 56-59Alterac Valleylv 57-61Zephras Isle

Node	Skill	Nodes (Classic)	Seen in Forever
Copper Vein	1	158	gathered by 4 · from skill 11

Launch week

Method We have no auction-house data, so there are no prices here - only who needs what and how much. Amounts = raw materials for one 1-300 run of each profession's route (bars converted back to ore with the client's smelting recipes).

What crafters will need from you

Material	All professions	Who needs it (qty)	Nodes (Classic)
Thorium Ore	2381	Blacksmithing 2213, Engineering 168	569
Mithril Ore	1294	Blacksmithing 1186, Engineering 108	867
Copper Ore	1013	Blacksmithing 767, Engineering 246	1637
Tin Ore	450	Blacksmithing 368, Engineering 82	981
Iron Ore	335	Blacksmithing 284, Engineering 51	816
Rough Stone	203	Blacksmithing 170, Engineering 33	-
Truesilver Ore	117	Blacksmithing 117	1242
Silver Ore	41	Blacksmithing 41	1826
Dense Stone	22	Engineering 22	-
Coarse Stone	21	Engineering 21	-
Heavy Stone	7	Engineering 7	-
Gold Ore	2	Blacksmithing 2	1655

• Top three by demand: Thorium Ore, Mithril Ore, Copper Ore. The more people leveling professions, the more these are contested in week one.
• 'Nodes' adds up Classic spawn points across all zones (vmangos) - only good for comparing which is rarer; Forever may differ. High demand plus few nodes = scarcest at launch.