Here are the best places to farm for various types of ore, either for farming or for crafting Blacksmithing items for transmog or the auction house.
Leveling up? We recommend:
- Ultimate Gnomish Army Knife, which gives a 10+ bonus on mining skill (along with +10 for herbalism and +10 for skinning). Pick it up on the auction house.
- Enchant Gloves – Advanced Mining: Increases mining skill by 5 points, up to level 600.
- Enchant Gloves – Mining: If the price of the advanced mining enchant is too high on your server, this one will increase mining by 2.
- Pandaria Mining: Pick up Ancient Pandaren Mining Pick in the Jade Forest to allow you to pick up gems while mining.
- Draenor Mining: Pick up Peon’s Mining Pick in Spires of Arak to speed up Draenor mining.
Max level mining? We recommend:
- Enchant Gloves – Legion Mining: This allows you to mine nodes faster in the Broken Isles.