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Blacksmithing in Midnight is fairly direct to level if you prepare the early materials first and avoid wasting crafts on the wrong recipes. The cheapest route starts with first-craft bonuses, then moves into Sterling Alloy, and finally finishes through profession gear or crafting orders once trainer recipes stop carrying you.
If you also have Mining, this profession becomes much cheaper because you can gather the ore yourself instead of buying everything from the Auction House. Without Mining, the cost rises quickly, especially once you move into the higher skill brackets.
Quick Route to Reach 100
The leveling flow is simple once you break it into stages:
- 1-15 — smelt Refulgent Copper Ingot;
- 15-50 — use first-craft bonuses from trainer recipes;
- 50-70 — craft Sterling Alloy;
- 70-100 — finish with Rare profession tools, Epic profession gear, or high-value Crafting Orders.
This route keeps the progression clean and avoids overcomplicating the early stages.
Materials to Prepare Before You Start
Buying the early materials in one go makes the first half of leveling much smoother. The list below covers the first-craft route from 1 to 50, plus the usual material path for 50 to 70.
Starter Materials for 1-50
- 125x Refulgent Copper Ore
- 100x Refulgent Copper Ingot or 500x extra Refulgent Copper Ore if you are smelting them yourself
- 6x Brilliant Silver Ore
- 6x Umbral Tin Ore
- 1x Duskshrouded Stone
Extra Materials for 50-70
Once you reach 50, the usual next step is crafting around 50x Sterling Alloy.
- 300x Brilliant Silver Ore
- 150x Refulgent Copper Ingot or 750x Refulgent Copper Ore if you are smelting those ingots yourself
You do not have to buy these materials at the very start, but planning around them helps avoid a stall at 50.
Best Way to Handle the Early Levels
The opening stretch is very efficient if you use smelting first, then switch into one-time first-craft bonuses instead of repeating random recipes.
1-15: Smelt Your First Ingots
Craft 25x Refulgent Copper Ingot using 125x Refulgent Copper Ore.
If you bought the extra ore rather than finished ingots, smelt all of it here. You will also need Luminant Flux and a Blacksmith Hammer, both sold by the Blacksmithing supply vendor near the trainer.
15-50: Use First-Craft Bonuses Instead of Blind Spam
The fastest route through this bracket is not about one specific recipe. Instead, you use your first-craft bonuses across the available trainer crafts.
- Buy the materials from the early shopping list if you have not already done that.
- Open your Profession window and enable the First Craft Bonus filter.
- Keep the trainer window open beside your Profession panel so it is easier to learn recipes as you go.
- Craft every available recipe that still gives its first-craft bonus.
- Return to the trainer, learn any newly unlocked recipes, and repeat.
Depending on the order in which you craft them, you will usually end this stage somewhere between 47 and 50 skill.
Equip Your Early Profession Tools
Once you craft them, equip your Thalassian Blacksmith's Toolbox and Thalassian Blacksmith's Hammer. These are your first profession gear upgrades and should be equipped right away.
How to Push From 50 to 70
After the first-craft stage, clear the recipe filter and move into alloy production.
50-70: Craft Sterling Alloy
Make around 50x Sterling Alloy using:
- 200x Luminant Flux
- 300x Brilliant Silver Ore
- 150x Refulgent Copper Ingot
The recipe turns green for the last 10 points, so you may need a few extra crafts. That is usually fine because Sterling Alloy is used in many later recipes and is not wasted material.
Best Options for 70-100
Trainer recipes start going gray around 70, so this is where the leveling path opens up. At that point you usually finish through Rare profession equipment, Epic profession crafts, or Crafting Orders.
Option 1: Rare Profession Tools to Finish the Grind
Rare profession equipment is the most direct route because it does not use time-gated materials. If you unlock one through the Craftsmithing specialization, you can mass craft it all the way to 100.
Each craft gives 1 skill point, turns yellow at 90, and green at 95. Blue-quality tools are also BoE, so you can sell them on the Auction House.
Rare Profession Equipment Options for 70-100
| Recipe | Materials | Unlock Path |
|---|---|---|
| Craftsmithing: Trade Tools | ||
| Craftsmithing | ||
| Craftsmithing: Trade Tools (10) | ||
| Craftsmithing: Trade Accessories (15) | ||
| Craftsmithing: Trade Accessories (10) | ||
| Craftsmithing: Trade Tools (5) | ||
| Craftsmithing: Trade Tools (20) | ||
| Craftsmithing: Trade Tools (15) |
Option 2: Epic Profession Crafts for Larger Skill Jumps
Epic profession equipment is more efficient per craft because each item gives 3 skill points and stays orange all the way to 100. The downside is that these recipes cost Artisan Blacksmith's Moxie and use Fused Vitality, which is time-gated.
Recipe purchases cost 150 Artisan Blacksmith's Moxie from the vendor near the trainer. If you already have access to these crafts, they are one of the most efficient ways to cover missing skill points.
Option 3: Crafting Orders Instead of Mass Crafting
You can also finish leveling by completing Crafting Orders for epic weapons and armor. These recipes come from Armorsmithing, Weaponsmithing, vendors, or world drops. Each completed craft gives 3 skill points and remains orange to 100, so you only need around 10 successful orders to finish the final stretch.
Public Orders
When opening Public Orders, press Search in the top-left corner. Orders do not load automatically. Availability is also realm-based, so lower-population realms may have very few or no useful public orders at all.
Patron Orders
Patron Orders work like NPC crafting requests. These show up regularly and can provide skill points, but they are randomly generated, so you will not always get requests for recipes you already know.
Trainer and Early Setup
The Midnight Blacksmithing trainer is Bemarrin in Silvermoon City. This is where you learn the profession and pick up new trainer recipes while leveling.
Trainer location: Silvermoon City, 43.7 51.9.
When Specializations Start Mattering
Your first specialization unlocks at 25 skill. That is mostly relevant once you move into the later crafting path, because specializations decide which Rare and Epic crafts are easiest for you to unlock on the way to 100.
If your goal is the fastest finish, your specialization choice matters most once the trainer recipes start falling off and you need alternate crafts for the 70-100 section.
FAQ
What is the cheapest profession pair for Midnight Blacksmithing?
Mining is the best pairing because it lets you gather the ore yourself and cuts down a large part of the leveling cost.
What should I craft from 50 to 70?
The usual route is to craft Sterling Alloy until you move into the next bracket.
How do you level Blacksmithing after 70?
The most common ways are Rare profession tools, Epic profession equipment, or Crafting Orders for epic armor and weapons.
Do Public Orders work well for leveling?
They can, but they depend heavily on your realm. On lower-population realms, there may be very few useful Public Orders available.
When do Blacksmithing specializations begin to matter?
Your first specialization unlocks at 25 skill, but it matters more later when you need specialized crafts to finish the 70-100 stretch efficiently.
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