Farming Tin Ore — WoW Classic

WoW Classic · Original materials — choose your realm’s terrain
Updated 21 October 2026

Farming areas

Hillsbrad Foothills
Redridge Mountains
The Barrens
Ashenvale

How to farm Tin Ore

Mine deposits with Mining. Carry a Mining Pick and use Find Minerals.

Classic Era, TBC and Wrath use the original Azeroth terrain. Cataclysm and Mists use the reworked world, so use a route for your realm’s terrain.

See Mining leveling for progression and related materials.

References: WoW-Professions

Profession guides using this material

Skill and route planning

Requirement	Recommended zone
Mining skill 65	Hillsbrad Foothills

Follow the rocky edges and visit the mines. Include Copper and eligible Silver Veins while you travel.

References: Wowhead

Original Classic route map

Hillsbrad Foothills — Tin and Silver base map — Search rocky ground and the mine approaches. Tin requires 65; Silver requires 75. Avoid Tarren Mill guards if you are Alliance and Southshore guards if you are Horde. This is a suggested search circuit; detour to tracked nodes. It does not show guaranteed spawn positions.
Game cartography © Blizzard Entertainment, via Wowhead. Location reference: WoW-Professions.

Cataclysm and Mists: reworked-world map

Use this map on Cataclysm and Mists realms. The original-terrain routes above apply to Era, TBC and Wrath. Gathering skill follows your Classic realm’s profession rules; Retail-only phasing notes do not apply.