Hillsbrad Foothills– This zone, which was combined with Alterac Mountains in Cataclysm, now has one of the densest areas of Tin Ore ever noted on any map. By staying in the red zone and going in the caves there are a very large supply of nodes. Take a trip out of the area and run...
Mining focuses on gathering ores and smelting them into usable metal bars, which are used by many other professions such as Guide to Blacksmithing. Mining is also a great profession for making gold by gathering materials and selling them to other players....
This again changed in patch 4.0.1, prior to the launch of Cataclysm; Ore nodes (indeed, any Herb nodes or skinnable corpses) can now only be tapped by one player at a time. If a player attempts to mine it while another player is, the player receives the error "This object is ...
Mining allows you to find and mine ores, stones, and raw gems from resource nodes and certain mobs (see Ore skinning) scattered throughout the world. It is one of the primary professions. Materials from mining and the items miners can create from them ar