Wow Best In Slot Shadowlands
This guide provides an overview of all the additions and changes to Blacksmithing in World of Warcraft Shadowlands. New armors, weapons, weapons mods, ores, legendary armors!
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Shadowlands Blacksmithing Trainer Location
You can learn Shadowlands Blacksmithing from Smith Au'berk in Oribos in the Hall of Shapes. (Coordinates: 40.4, 31.6)
Oribos is the new Shadowlands city hub for both factions. You will arrive there after you finish the Shadowlands intro quests, so you can learn the new profession recipes before you head out questing.
Smith Au'berk
Acquiring recipes
In Shadowlands, most recipes only have one rank, and you can learn most of them from your trainer. This makes leveling professions much easier since you don't have to grind reputations to get higher rank recipes.
These 3 recipes below are the only ones that you can't learn from your trainer:
- Plans: Shadowsteel Helm - Requires Honored reputation with The Ascended faction.
- Plans: Shadowsteel Pauldrons - Requires Honored reputation with The Undying Army faction.
- Recipe: Crafter's Mark II - Requires Cordial 'reputation' with Ve'nari.
Materials
The new ores are a bit different from ores in previous expansions because 4 of them are zone specific.
Ores
- Laestrite Ore - Mined in every zone
- Solenium Ore - Mined in Bastion
- Oxxein Ore - Mined in Maldraxxus
- Phaedrum Ore - Mined in Ardenweald
- Sinvyr Ore - Mined in Revendereth
- Elethium Ore - Low chance to drop when mining any deposit, or you can mine them from Elethium Deposits (rare spawn).
- Porous Stone - Mined from every deposit, except Elethium deposit.
- Shaded Stone - Low chance to drop when mining any deposit. But, always drops when mining an Elethium Deposit (rare spawn).
Crafted Reagents
- You will need Shadowghast Ingot to craft legendary base items. You can make 2 Shadowghast Ingot from 1 x Solenium Ore, 1 x Sinvyr Ore, 1 x Phaedrum Ore, 1 x Oxxein Ore
- You will also need Enchanted Elethium Bar to craft legendary base items, but you can't make this yourself. Enchanted Elethium Bar is created by Shadowlands Enchanters with 115 skill. To make one bar, you will need 1 xSoul Dust and 2 x Elethium Ore.
Materials from vendors
- Luminous Flux and Orboreal Shard are sold by Distributor Au'til near your trainer.
Crafting Blacksmithing Legendary Items
Crafting your own Legendary Armor is one of the new features in the Shadowlands expansion. The Legendary armors require 4 different components before you can craft them, and one of them is the Base item (Rune Vessel) that determine the slot you are making your armor for, and the item level of your armor. These base items are crafted by players with Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Tailoring, and Jewelcrafting.
How to learn the Legendary recipes?
Once you reach 100 in Shadowlands Blacksmithing, the Runecarver will offer you The Vessels of Metal quest.
Read my Shadowlands Legendary Gear crafting guide to learn how to unlock the Runecarver.
How to craft higher item level Legendary Items?
Every base item has four ranks, and each of them will have its own little experience bar. You will gain experience each time you craft a base item and once you fill the experience bar, you will learn the next rank. Crafting a higher rank base item will give more experience.
- Rank 1 (iLvl 190) - 5 Experience/craft - 75 xp needed for rank 2
- Rank 2 (iLvL 210) - 10 Experience/craft - 150 xp needed for rank 3
- Rank 3 (iLvL 225) - 15 experience/craft - 225 xp needed for rank 4
- Rank 4 (iLvL 235)
Crafting 15 Rank 1 base items will unlock Rank 2, 15 Rank 2 crafts will unlock Rank 3, and 15 Rank 3 craft will unlock Rank 4.
Higher rank base items also require a lot more materials. A rank 4 item usually costs around 4 times as much as a rank 1.
Full list of base items
Rank | Item | Materials |
| 1 | Shadowghast Helm | 19 Shadowghast Ingot, 13 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 31 Luminous Flux, 13 Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Helm | 31 Shadowghast Ingot, 19 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 50 Luminous Flux, 19 Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Helm | 50 Shadowghast Ingot, 31 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 81 Luminous Flux, 31 Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Helm | 81 Shadowghast Ingot, 50 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 131 Luminous Flux, 50 Orboreal Shard |
Rank | Item | Materials |
| 1 | Shadowghast Pauldrons | 15 Shadowghast Ingot, 10 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 25 Luminous Flux, 10 Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Pauldrons | 25 Shadowghast Ingot, 15 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 40 Luminous Flux, 15 Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Pauldrons | 40 Shadowghast Ingot, 25 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 65 Luminous Flux, 25 Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Pauldrons | 65 Shadowghast Ingot, 40 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 105 Luminous Flux, 40 Orboreal Shard |
Rank | Item | Materials |
| 1 | Shadowghast Breastplate | 19 Shadowghast Ingot, 13 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 31 Luminous Flux, 13 Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Breastplate | 31 Shadowghast Ingot, 19 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 50 Luminous Flux, 19 Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Breastplate | 50 Shadowghast Ingot, 31 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 81 Luminous Flux, 31 Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Breastplate | 81 Shadowghast Ingot, 50 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 131 Luminous Flux, 50 Orboreal Shard |
Rank | Item | Materials |
| 1 | Shadowghast Armguards | 11 Shadowghast Ingot, 8 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 19 Luminous Flux, 8 Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Armguards | 19 Shadowghast Ingot, 11 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 30 Luminous Flux, 11 Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Armguards | 30 Shadowghast Ingot, 19 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 49 Luminous Flux, 19 Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Armguards | 49 Shadowghast Ingot, 30 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 79 Luminous Flux, 30 Orboreal Shard |
Rank | Item | Materials |
| 1 | Shadowghast Gauntlets | 15 Shadowghast Ingot, 10 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 25 Luminous Flux, 10 Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Gauntlets | 25 Shadowghast Ingot, 15 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 40 Luminous Flux, 15 Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Gauntlets | 40 Shadowghast Ingot, 25 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 65 Luminous Flux, 25 Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Gauntlets | 65 Shadowghast Ingot, 40 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 105 Luminous Flux, 40 Orboreal Shard |
Rank | Item | Materials |
| 1 | Shadowghast Waistguard | 15 Shadowghast Ingot, 10 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 25 Luminous Flux, 10 Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Waistguard | 25 Shadowghast Ingot, 15 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 40 Luminous Flux, 15 Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Waistguard | 40 Shadowghast Ingot, 25 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 65 Luminous Flux, 25 Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Waistguard | 65 Shadowghast Ingot, 40 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 105 Luminous Flux, 40 Orboreal Shard |
Rank | Item | Materials |
| 1 | Shadowghast Greaves | 19 Shadowghast Ingot, 13 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 31 Luminous Flux, 13 Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Greaves | 31 Shadowghast Ingot, 19 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 50 Luminous Flux, 19 Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Greaves | 50 Shadowghast Ingot, 31 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 81 Luminous Flux, 31 Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Greaves | 81 Shadowghast Ingot, 50 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 131 Luminous Flux, 50 Orboreal Shard |
Rank | Item | Materials |
| 1 | Shadowghast Sabatons | 15 Shadowghast Ingot, 10 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 25 Luminous Flux, 10 Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Sabatons | 25 Shadowghast Ingot, 15 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 40 Luminous Flux, 15 Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Sabatons | 40 Shadowghast Ingot, 25 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 65 Luminous Flux, 25 Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Sabatons | 65 Shadowghast Ingot, 40 Enchanted Elethium Bar, 105 Luminous Flux, 40 Orboreal Shard |
Optional Reagents
These reagents change the item level of a crafted armor or weapon. (You can actually downgrade an item's item level and its level requirement if you use a lower level optional reagent)
These 3 optional reagents below can only be used to craft items from Shadowlands. All 8 manufacturing professions can craft these, so they are not exclusive to Blacksmithing.
Shadowlands Blacksmithing recipes
Armors
I was hoping I could use the new armor set to gear my alts for leveling Shadowlands, but unfortunately, you can't equip the full Ceremonious armor set at level 50.
- Ceremonious Armguards - Requires level 50
- Ceremonious Sabatons - Requires level 51
- Ceremonious Waistguard - Requires level 52
- Ceremonious Gauntlets - Requires level 54
- Ceremonious Breastplate - Requires level 57
- Ceremonious Helm - Requires level 54
- Ceremonious Greaves - Requires level 52
- Ceremonious Pauldrons - Requires level 57
The Shadowsteel armor set pieces are ilvl 151, and they all require level 60 to equip.
Weapons and Shield
All of these are ilvl 100 and require level 50 to equip.
- Ceremonious Shanker - Agility 1H
- Ceremonious Spear - Agility 2H
- Ceremonious Warglaive - Agility 1H
- Ceremonious Smasher - Intellect 1H
- Ceremonious Reaper - Intellect 2H
- Ceremonious Blade - Intellect 1H
- Ceremonious Rapier - Strength 1H
- Ceremonious Mace - Strength 1H
- Ceremonious Claymore - Strength 2H
- Ceremonious Axe - Strength 1H
Weapon Mods
Weapon mods provide a small Attack Power buff for 1 hour when you apply these to your weapons. Sharpening Stones are used on swords, daggers, axes, polearms, and fist weapons. Weightstones are used on maces and staves.
- Porous Sharpening Stone - 16 Attack Power for 1 hour.
- Porous Weightstone - 16 Attack Power for 1 hour.
- Shaded Sharpening Stone - 20 Attack Power for 1 hour.
- Shaded Weightstone - 20 Attack Power for 1 hour.
This guide provides an overview of all the additions and changes to Jewelcrafting in World of Warcraft Shadowlands. New rings, gems, trinkets, and legendary items!
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Shadowlands Jewelcrafting Trainer Location
You can learn Shadowlands Jewelcrafting from Appraiser Au'vesk in Oribos in the Hall of Shapes. (Coordinates: 35.2, 41.8)
Oribos is the new Shadowlands city hub for both factions. You will arrive there after you finish the Shadowlands intro quests, so you can learn the new profession recipes before you head out questing.
Appraiser Au'vesk
Acquiring recipes
In Shadowlands, most recipes only have one rank, and you can learn most of them from your trainer. This makes leveling professions much easier since you don't have to grind reputations to get higher rank recipes.
These 3 recipes below are the only ones that you can't learn from your trainer:
- Design: Revitalizing Jewel Doublet - Requires Honored reputation with Court of Harvesters faction
- Design: Crown of the Righteous - Found in Cloudwalker's Coffer treasue in Bastion.
- Recipe: Crafter's Mark II - Requires Cordial 'reputation' with Ve'nari.
Raw Materials
There are no rare raw gems in Shadowlands, and there is only 3 base gems for each primary color.
Essences are used to create the Legendary base items for rings and necklaces. You will sometimes get these when prospecting Shadowlands Ores.
- Essence of Valor - Prospected from Solenium Ore.
- Essence of Servitude - Prospected from Oxxein Ore.
- Essence of Rebirth - Prospected from Phaedrum Ore
- Essence of Torment - Prospected from Sinvyr Ore
- Prospecting Laestrite Ore will randomly give one of the four essences.
Laestrite Setting, Malleable Wire, and Orboreal Shard are all sold by Distributor Au'kharn near your trainer.
Crafting Jewelcrafting Legendary Base items
Crafting your own Legendary Armor is one of the new features in the Shadowlands expansion. The Legendary armors require 4 different components before you can craft them, and one of them is the Base item (Rune Vessel) that determine the slot you are making your armor for, and the item level of your armor. These base items are crafted by players with Jewelcrafting, Jewelcrafting, Jewelcrafting, and Jewelcrafting.
How to learn the Base Item recipes?
Once you reach 100 in Shadowlands Jewelcrafting, the Runecarver will offer you The Vessels of Jewels quest.
Read my Shadowlands Legendary Gear crafting guide to learn how to unlock the Runecarver.
Full list of Jewelcrafting base items
| Rank | Item | Materials |
| 1 | Shadowghast Ring | 20 x Shadowghast Ingot, 10 x Essence of Rebirth, 10 x Essence of Torment, 10 x Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Ring | 30 x Shadowghast Ingot, 15 x Essence of Rebirth, 15 x Essence of Torment, 15 x Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Ring | 50 x Shadowghast Ingot, 25 x Essence of Rebirth, 25 x Essence of Torment, 25 x Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Ring | 80 x Shadowghast Ingot, 40 x Essence of Rebirth, 40 x Essence of Torment, 40 x Orboreal Shard |
| 1 | Shadowghast Necklace | 20 x Shadowghast Ingot, 10 x Essence of Servitude, 10 x Essence of Valor, 10 x Orboreal Shard |
| 2 | Shadowghast Necklace | 30 x Shadowghast Ingot, 15 x Essence of Servitude, 15 x Essence of Valor, 15 x Orboreal Shard |
| 3 | Shadowghast Necklace | 50 x Shadowghast Ingot, 25 x Essence of Servitude, 25 x Essence of Valor, 25 x Orboreal Shard |
| 4 | Shadowghast Necklace | 80 x Shadowghast Ingot, 40 x Essence of Servitude, 40 x Essence of Valor, 40 x Orboreal Shard |
How to craft higher ilvl Base Items?
Every base item has four ranks, and each of them will have its own little experience bar. You will gain experience each time you craft a base item and once you fill the experience bar, you will learn the next rank. Crafting a higher rank base item will give more experience.
Higher rank base items also require a lot more materials. A rank 4 item usually costs around 4 times as much as a rank 1.
| Rank (ilvl) | XP / Craft | Total XP for next rank |
| Rank 1 (iLvl 190) | 5 | 75 |
| Rank 2 (iLvL 210) | 10 | 150 |
| Rank 3 (iLvL 225) | 15 | 225 |
| Rank 4 (iLvL 235) | - | - |
Shadowlands Gems
New uncommon gems.
- Versatile Jewel Doublet - 2 x Umbryl - 12 Versatility
- Deadly Jewel Doublet - 1 x Angerseye, 1 x Oriblase - 12 Critical Strike
- Masterful Jewel Doublet - 1 x Angerseye, 1 x Umbryl - 12 Mastery
- Quick Jewel Doublet - 2 x Oriblase - 12 Haste
New rare gems.
- Deadly Jewel Cluster - 2 x Angerseye, 2 x Oriblase - 16 Critical Strike
- Versatile Jewel Cluster - 4 x Umbryl - 16 Versatility
- Masterful Jewel Cluster - 2 x Angerseye, 2 x Umbryl - 16 Mastery
- Quick Jewel Cluster - 4 x Oriblase - 16 Haste
Necks and Rings
New uncommon necks and rings
New rare necks and rings
Optional Reagents
Best In Slot Items Wow Shadowlands
These reagents change the item level of a crafted armor or weapon. (You can actually downgrade an item's item level and its level requirement if you use a lower level optional reagent)
Wow Best In Slot Shadowlands Map
These 3 optional reagents below can only be used to craft items from Shadowlands. All 8 manufacturing professions can craft these, so they are not exclusive to Jewelcrafting.