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Where should I start mining to work my way up so I can mine at places that are my lv 35. I would like a place that can quickly raise my mining skill so I can mine like iron or something around there.
Unlike skinning, mining is a pain in the backside to level. Don’t get me wrong. I love mining. Mining is what bought my first character his level 40 mount. But leveling mining is anything but fast.
Starting out is easy. Just run around the mountainous areas, or areas with rock outcroppings, in the starting areas, such as outside of Ironforge or Stormwind. Though from what I’ve read this doesn’t work in the NE starting area. Trees just don’t have a lot of metal growing out of them.
When you start out you’ll get a skill point for each copper node you mine. You’ll also get skill points for smelting copper. So your skill will increase fairly quickly at first. But then leveling up will suddenly slow down. Tin is a lot more rare than copper and silver is a rare spawn. And soon you’ll no longer get skill points from smelting.
Things pick up again once you can mine iron. You won’t get skill points for smelting iron, but there’s a lot of iron to be found.