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World of Warcraft's new expansion pack: Wrath of the Lich King, it has brought many new additions to the game and mining is just one of them. Due to the shortage of mines and how spread out the mines can be this expansion has taken on a different approach, mining in game is a boring and difficult profession. While still available in all zones within Northrend, there are some areas where the ores are concentrated to make leveling your mining much easier as well as making the first two of the metals, cobalt and saronite, available in greater quantity. However, Titanium ore while it appears mostly in one zone is still like khorium was in the Burning Crusades expansion very rare.
Cobalt is the first new ore we'll start with. These ores nodes are bright blue in color and come in a straight cobalt node or as a rich cobalt node. While these nodes are scattered throughout the entire Northrend continent there are two areas where they are concentrated. These are the entry points into the new zone namely, the Borean Tundra and the Howling Fjord areas, the other is in Zul'Drak. By riding or after level 77 flying a circular pattern going down the eastern coast if the Howling Fjord then up the main river into the heart of the zone and cutting back across the top you will find a regular supply.
If you ride or fly a continuous circular patter around the outer edges of the zone, you will find plenty of nodes that have a fairly fast respawn rate. However, this area is fairly heavily farmed as the mines are plentiful and the mobs easily avoided or killed.
The pattern in Zul'Drak is a bit of a zig zag, which starts at Voltarus going down to just above Lights Reach and over to Ebon Watch. From here, go back towards the Argent Stand then up the center of the zone to Zim'Torga then around the Altar of Rhunok. Return to the center pathway and follow it to Gundrak and end by going straight south to the area between the Altars of Quetz'lin and Har'koa. Mostly leveling your mining skills and farming for materials should plentiful if you run these routes as above on a regular basis.
There are two other metals such as saeonite and titanium, they seem to appear in all the other zones but by far the best place either is in Sholazar Basin. We can say that you will find saronite in plentiful quantities if you run a continuous circular pattern around the outer edge of the zone and go around each of the pillars. This also appears to be where most of the titanium is found. Patience is required here as it is a heavily farmed area.
Simply put, all zones have some mines in them and you will discover that all of the nodes will reward you with some crystallized earth, shadow and the occasional gem. The nodes are used for so many professions that they are heavily farmed, which is the fact that this is the hardest part to mining. Remember that the value of the ore in the AH is fairly high, which makes it a good source of wow gold. We hope this short look at mining in Northrend will help you make your mining a little easier.
Cobalt is the first new ore we'll start with. These ores nodes are bright blue in color and come in a straight cobalt node or as a rich cobalt node. While these nodes are scattered throughout the entire Northrend continent there are two areas where they are concentrated. These are the entry points into the new zone namely, the Borean Tundra and the Howling Fjord areas, the other is in Zul'Drak. By riding or after level 77 flying a circular pattern going down the eastern coast if the Howling Fjord then up the main river into the heart of the zone and cutting back across the top you will find a regular supply.
If you ride or fly a continuous circular patter around the outer edges of the zone, you will find plenty of nodes that have a fairly fast respawn rate. However, this area is fairly heavily farmed as the mines are plentiful and the mobs easily avoided or killed.
The pattern in Zul'Drak is a bit of a zig zag, which starts at Voltarus going down to just above Lights Reach and over to Ebon Watch. From here, go back towards the Argent Stand then up the center of the zone to Zim'Torga then around the Altar of Rhunok. Return to the center pathway and follow it to Gundrak and end by going straight south to the area between the Altars of Quetz'lin and Har'koa. Mostly leveling your mining skills and farming for materials should plentiful if you run these routes as above on a regular basis.
There are two other metals such as saeonite and titanium, they seem to appear in all the other zones but by far the best place either is in Sholazar Basin. We can say that you will find saronite in plentiful quantities if you run a continuous circular pattern around the outer edge of the zone and go around each of the pillars. This also appears to be where most of the titanium is found. Patience is required here as it is a heavily farmed area.
Simply put, all zones have some mines in them and you will discover that all of the nodes will reward you with some crystallized earth, shadow and the occasional gem. The nodes are used for so many professions that they are heavily farmed, which is the fact that this is the hardest part to mining. Remember that the value of the ore in the AH is fairly high, which makes it a good source of wow gold. We hope this short look at mining in Northrend will help you make your mining a little easier.
