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Farming Obsidium Ore — Retail

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Retail · Cataclysm materials
Updated 21 October 2026

This is the Retail guide for Obsidium Ore. It covers an older expansion’s crafting material, not Midnight’s new reagents.

Train Cataclysm Mining for this material. Retail uses a separate 1–75 Cataclysm skill bar; the old combined 1–600 progression does not apply. Character levels depend on zone scaling and timeline selection, so the map and quest requirements in your current game determine access.

Where to farm Obsidium Ore

  • Mount Hyjal

Enable Find Minerals and follow the zone circuit. Gather other deposits along the way rather than waiting beside a single spawn; competing miners and respawn timing change how much you collect.

References: WoW-Professions

Updated farming route

Mount Hyjal — Obsidium, Cinderbloom and Stormvine

Cataclysm zones · Retail / WoW Classic Cataclysm and Mists

Mount Hyjal — Obsidium, Cinderbloom and Stormvine base mapwow-farming.info · Cataclysm zones · Retail / WoW Classic Cataclysm and Mists
Fly around the northern green areas and rocky margins, detouring to tracked ore or herbs. Classic requires 425 for Obsidium, Cinderbloom and Stormvine. Stormvine is less common here; underwater Vashj’ir is an alternative. Quest phases can affect the scenery and accessible nodes. Markers identify approximate areas. Lines are suggested searches; they are not fixed spawn locations or a measured yield guarantee.
Game cartography © Blizzard Entertainment, via Wowhead. Location reference: WoW-Professions.