Skill tiers
note: Classic Era 1.12 baseline; Forever has Legacy Challenges at 150/225/300 which matches these breakpoints, but Forever trainer level requirements are unpublished. tiers: rank: Apprentice; skill_range: 1-75; min_char_level: 5; rank: Journeyman; skill_range: 75-150; min_char_level: 10; rank: Expert; skill_range: 150-225; min_char_level: 20; rank: Artisan; skill_range: 225-300; min_char_level: 35 forever_legacy_challenges: Profession skill 150 / 225 / 300 each award 1 Legacy Point (Icy Veins names them Novice/Experienced/Master; fan sites say Journeyman/Expert/Artisan <Profession>) confidence: Classic-baseline (tiers); Reported (Forever Legacy milestones)
Forever changes
• Campsite objects: Sharpening Wheel (skill 20) - increases Attack Power per Blizzard recap (Icy Veins news / Zockify / ConquestCapped report Strength, '34 Strength, exclusive with Strength of Earth Totem'); Anvil (skill 140); Master Forge (skill 300, also acts as a crafting station for advanced recipes per ConquestCapped) (Official for Sharpening Wheel; Confirmed via MMO-Champion panel notes/Icy Veins for Anvil/Master Forge) • Recipe examples reported: Crusader's Boots (85), Officer's Pauldrons (210), Enriched Thorium Breastplate (300) (Reported, ConquestCapped single source) • Profession perks per community demo transcription (Reported): 'Repair All' - repair all equipment at once (Zockify: 8h cooldown, 4h at rank 2); 'Belt Buckles' - add socketed stats to waist armor (4 tiers) • No Blacksmithing recipes were seen on the Three Corners ACA vendor list (vendors listed Cooking/Alchemy/Enchanting/Engineering/Tailoring) (Reported) • Legacy: 1 point each at 150/225/300 (Reported) • [General] Part of 600+ new recipes across professions and level ranges (Official) • [General] 3 campsite objects per profession, first learnable at skill 20 from trainers or camping NPCs (Official for concept/skill 20) • [General] Advanced Blueprint recipes drop from specific dungeon bosses; boss-to-blueprint tables unpublished (Official) • [General] Profession Certification item requiring 300 skill grants a unique title; sold by Azeroth Commerce Authority (Alliance) / Durotar Supply and Logistics (Horde) vendors at Three Corners, Redridge (Reported, Warcraft Tavern from demo) • [General] Legacy Challenges: 1 Legacy Point each at skill 150/225/300 (Reported) • [Sept 28 research] 203 new recipes added (Reported, single aggregator source Zockify). • [Sept 28 research] Campsite object line: Sharpening Wheel (skill 20) -> Anvil -> Master Forge, letting a Blacksmith craft on-site instead of needing a city anvil (Confirmed: Warcraft Tavern professions table + camping article + Blizzard Deep Dive recap all reference the Sharpening Wheel/Anvil concept, though exact tier naming differs slightly between the two Warcraft Tavern articles — see conflicts). • [Sept 28 research] Perk: No Blacksmithing-specific Legacy perk found beyond the general tradeskill perks (Working Overtime, Dedicated Study). • [Sept 28 research] Druid note: Low relevance: Druids cannot wear plate and have no Blacksmithing-specific class synergy; primarily useful for gold/twinking or an Engineering pairing on an alt, not a core pick for this character.
Key products
• Plate/mail armor and weapons (Classic-baseline) • Sharpening stones/weightstones (Classic-baseline) • Sharpening Wheel / Anvil / Master Forge campsite objects (Confirmed) • Belt Buckles (Reported) • Classic endgame: Lionheart Helm, Arcanite Reaper, Dark Iron gear (Classic-baseline) • Sharpening Wheel / Anvil / Master Forge camp objects, reported to grant a Strength or Attack Power buff (sources disagree on whether it's framed as 'Strength' vs 'Attack Power' — see conflicts).
Trainers
horde: Orgrimmar: Saru Steelfury (Expert), Snarl, Ug'thok; Thunder Bluff: Karn Stonehoof; Undercity: James Van Brunt alliance: Stormwind: Therum Deepforge; Ironforge: Bengus Deepforge (The Great Forge) artisan: Brikk Keencraft - Booty Bay (neutral) note: City names are Classic-baseline (Blue Tracker trainer list); Forever NPC placement unverified
Specializations
Classic_baseline: At skill 200 / level 40 choose Armorsmith (Grumnus Steelshaper, Ironforge / Okothos Ironrager, Orgrimmar) or Weaponsmith (Ironus Coldsteel, Ironforge / Borgosh Corebender, Orgrimmar); Weaponsmiths may further specialize (Master Swordsmith Seril Scourgebane, Master Hammersmith Lilith the Lithe, Master Axesmith Kilram) at higher skill. Weaponsmith sub-spec location/requirements not verified in this pass. forever: No Forever statement on Armorsmith/Weaponsmith; Unknown