Chipmunk god or not, Ironforge is the WoTLK Gold of the Alliance blacksmithing industry. This is where you can get blacksmith-exclusive quests.

Once you've gotten ore from the ground and transformed into bars in the forge, you'll be able to make armour and weapons by using your blacksmithing abilities. Blacksmithing is distinctive in that it's the only professions that can make weapons, which is one of the major benefits of it. Apart from the numerous forms of armor rolling off your anvil you'll also be able to make maces, daggers and swords as well as axes and lots of other types of weapons.Some of them will not be as effective as the weapons you're likely find in the initial stages of your career, however should you persevere until you can master the advanced crafting, you'll be able to craft many blue weapons, including the sought-after Truesilver or Arcanite Champions, which are extremely difficult to locate ingredients for, yet they will ensure you are well-respected in your guild or even obscenely rich when you offer them to auction.

The biggest drawback of Blacksmithing is the fact that there aren't many accessories that you can create using it, so you'll mainly be making weapons and armor you don't intend on making use of, but to boost the skill level. There are some useful objects, of course that are useful, like Mithril Spurs, which can enhance your mount's speed and the many Whetstones and Sharpstones that can boost the damage caused by the weapon for up to 30 minutes However, most of the items you create will be beaten by the items you discover or acquire through questing. It is possible to earn a decent amount of money from creating custom items for guild members or by putting your hard-to-create products up for auction and WOW WoTLK Classic Gold, if you don't reach the top levels of the profession, you're not creating numerous items for yourself.