Retail Midnight profession

Blacksmithing: from raw material to finished item.

Smelt Midnight ores into ingots and alloys, then produce plate armor, weapons, profession tools, weapon stones, repair tools, and housing décor.

Current as of July 26, 2026Retail recipe quantities and tuning can change through hotfixes. The profession journal is the final authority for exact quantities and quality thresholds.

Skill cap100

TypeCrafting / Plate & Weapons

Best pairMining

TrainerBemarrin — Silvermoon /way #15969 43.6 51.6; Arathel Sunforge /way #15969 69.6 84.4.

A-to-Z route

Level it with a purpose.

Do not craft random orange recipes. Pick a finished-item lane, secure the materials, and use first crafts, Knowledge, cooldowns, or server phase rules to advance.

1
1–25
Smelt Refulgent Copper Ingots, Gloaming Alloy, and basic trainer items. Buy Luminant Flux from a Blacksmithing vendor.
2
25–50
Move into Sterling Alloy, profession tools, and armor/weapon trainer crafts. Open the specialization tied to your intended market.
3
50–75
Use world-drop, renown, and specialization recipes; fill player and Patron work orders.
4
75–100
Craft high-end plate/weapon orders with Sparks and soulbound components; save expensive skill points for Darkmoon Faire and first crafts.

Specialization / focus

Choose the lane you want to supply.

CraftsmithingThe Old WaysArmorsmithingWeaponsmithing

Your first points should support the items you plan to craft or gather every week. Avoid spreading points across unrelated branches before your first market or guild-support lane is functional.

Production catalog

What you can make or gather—and how.

Each card shows the ingredient family, acquisition method, recipe source, and a repeatable production workflow.

Refulgent Copper Ingot

Ingredients: Refulgent Copper Ore + Luminant Flux
Get the ingredients: Mine Copper nodes or buy ore; buy Flux from vendor.
Unlock / source: Trainer, skill 1
Why make it: Base metal reagent.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Gloaming Alloy

Ingredients: Midnight ores + Flux
Get the ingredients: Mine/buy Refulgent Copper, Brilliant Silver, and/or Umbral Tin as shown on tooltip.
Unlock / source: Trainer, skill 15
Why make it: Mid-tier alloy.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Sterling Alloy

Ingredients: Brilliant Silver/other ore + Flux
Get the ingredients: Farm Brilliant Silver seams or buy ore.
Unlock / source: Trainer, skill 25
Why make it: High-use alloy.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Spellbreaker's plate set

Ingredients: Alloys, Fused Vitality, optional/finishing reagents, Spark for endgame orders
Get the ingredients: Mine/AH tradable metals; customer supplies soulbound Spark and upgrade reagent.
Unlock / source: Armorsmithing branches
Why make it: Endgame plate work orders.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Knight-Commander's Palisade

Ingredients: Recipe-listed alloys and gear reagents
Get the ingredients: Farm/buy metals; obtain recipe from General Amias Bellamy.
Unlock / source: Boss drop
Why make it: Plate shield.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Murder Row Fleet Feet

Ingredients: Alloys + gear reagents
Get the ingredients: Farm/buy; recipe drops from Lithiel Cinderfury.
Unlock / source: Dungeon boss drop
Why make it: Plate boots.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Midnight weapons

Ingredients: Alloys, Dazzling Thorium, optional reagents, Spark where applicable
Get the ingredients: Mine or buy ores; customer supplies soulbound components.
Unlock / source: Weaponsmithing branches
Why make it: Endgame weapons.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Refulgent Whetstone / Weightstone

Ingredients: Processed metals and stone/flux reagents
Get the ingredients: Mine ores; buy vendor flux.
Unlock / source: Weaponsmithing / trainer
Why make it: Temporary weapon enhancement.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Thalassian Pickaxe

Ingredients: 6 Refulgent Copper Ingot + 3 Luminant Flux
Get the ingredients: Craft ingots from Copper Ore; buy Flux.
Unlock / source: Trainer / tool recipe
Why make it: Mining tool.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Sunforged Pickaxe

Ingredients: 2 Majestic Claw, 2 Dazzling Thorium, 20 Fused Vitality, 5 Sterling Alloy
Get the ingredients: Claw from rare beast/market, Thorium from rare mine gather, Fused Vitality through work order.
Unlock / source: High-end tool recipe
Why make it: Top Mining tool.

Open the profession journal and pin the recipe.
Collect or buy every listed reagent; compare Auction House cost against the finished item.
Use the correct profession table or tool and select optional/finishing reagents only after confirming the desired result.
Craft one test item, verify quality/effect, then batch craft or submit the Work Order.

Material acquisition

Farm, buy, disenchant, or commission it.

Use this source map before purchasing. Farm when the route also advances your character or weekly objectives; buy when opportunity cost is higher than the AH price.

Material	Method	Where / how	Used for
Tranquility Bloom	Farm	Herbalism nodes throughout Midnight zones; Lush versions yield more.	Alchemy, Inscription, Mulch
Argentleaf	Farm	Herbalism nodes; target Eversong and mixed Midnight routes.	Alchemy, Cooking teas, Inscription
Azeroot	Farm	Herbalism nodes; also used heavily by Alchemy and Inscription.	Potions, inks, profession tools
Mana Lily	Farm	Usually found near or in water; prioritize safe waterside loops.	Alchemy and Cooking
Sanguithorn	Farm	Herbalism nodes in Midnight zones; Wild variants may summon lashers.	Alchemy, Cooking
Nocturnal Lotus	Rare gather / AH	Rare side-gather from all Midnight herb types; improve Perception.	High-end consumables and crafts
Refulgent Copper Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Refulgent Copper nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Brilliant Silver Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Brilliant Silver nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Umbral Tin Ore	Farm / AH	Mine Umbral Tin nodes and seams.	Blacksmithing, Engineering, Jewelcrafting
Dazzling Thorium	Rare gather / AH	Rare side-gather from every Midnight ore type; stack Perception.	High-end tools, alloys, gear
Void-Tempered Leather	Farm / AH	Skin ordinary Midnight beasts; high-value beasts yield more.	Leather armor, profession equipment
Void-Tempered Scales	Farm / AH	Skin scaled beasts and dragonkin.	Mail armor, profession equipment
Bright Linen	Farm / AH	Loot from humanoids while Tailoring is learned; buy on the region-wide AH.	Bolts, armor, bags, profession hats
Eversinging Dust / Radiant Shard / Dawn Crystal	Disenchant / AH	Disenchant Midnight uncommon, rare, and epic gear.	Enchanting and cross-profession tools
Mote of Light	Infused gather / AH	Gather or mine Lightfused nodes in Eversong; catch lightfalls.	High-end tools, Alchemy, Cooking
Mote of Wild Magic	Infused gather / AH	Gather Wild nodes in Zul'Aman and defeat spawned creatures.	High-end tools and reagents
Mote of Primal Energy	Infused gather / AH	Gather Primal nodes in Harandar; manage the health-channel effect.	Alchemy and high-end tools
Mote of Pure Void	Infused gather / AH	Gather Voidbound nodes; escape the slowing field.	Alchemy, Enchanting, Engineering
Artisan's Moxie	Weekly / patron / first craft	Earn from profession activity and spend at profession vendors.	Recipes, knowledge books, tools
Fused Vitality	Soulbound / Work Order	Provide through high-end work orders; do not expect normal AH purchase.	Gilded profession equipment and endgame crafts

Profession equipment

Tools and exact known materials.

Tool or accessory	Crafted by	Materials / acquisition
Thalassian Blacksmith's Hammer	Blacksmithing	Use the current trainer recipe; source ingots from Mining and Flux from vendor.
Masterwork Crafting Hammer	Blacksmithing	Recipe sold by Eriden or Lyrendal for 150 Artisan's Moxie.
Sunforged Pickaxe	Blacksmithing	2 Majestic Claw, 2 Dazzling Thorium, 20 Fused Vitality, 5 Sterling Alloy

Quests & weekly work

Do these every reset.

Complete weekly Blacksmithing quest and Patron Orders for Knowledge/Moxie.
Collect first-craft bonuses across ingots, tools, armor slots, and weapons.
Use Darkmoon Faire Blacksmithing quest late in leveling.

Buying rule

Never buy blind.

Pin the recipe and write down all reagents.
Check finished-item price, material price, commission, and expected quality.
Use Work Orders for soulbound reagents; do not expect them on the AH.
Craft one test item before a large batch.
Verify the tooltip before spending expensive currency.

Addon setup

Track cost, routes, and quality.

Auctionator

Auction House pricing and shopping lists

Install the version compatible with your client; run a full AH scan before buying materials.

TradeSkillMaster

Crafting cost, sale rate, and restock groups

Create one group per profession and import only recipes you actually sell.

CraftSim

Retail recipe quality, concentration, and profitability

Retail Midnight only; compare material quality before submitting work orders.

GatherMate2 + Routes

Gathering node database and route loops

Import or record nodes, then create clockwise loops by zone.

TomTom

Trainer, vendor, and farming coordinates

Paste /way coordinates from each guide and keep the arrow visible.

Final audit

Profession readiness checklist.

Trainer and current rank learned

Tool and accessories equipped

Primary production lane chosen

Material source list saved

Weekly quest and cooldown tracked

One profitable or guild-use craft tested

Retail recipe quantities and tuning can change through hotfixes. The profession journal is the final authority for exact quantities and quality thresholds.