What do you need to make Smelt Gold in WoW Forever?

1 Gold Ore. Smelt Gold is a Mining recipe at skill 130, making 1 Gold Bar.

What skill does Smelt Gold need?

Mining 130. It is orange from skill 130, yellow from 170, green from 177 and grey, with no skill-ups, from 185.

What is Gold Bar used for?

39 recipes use it as a reagent: Golden Skeleton Key, Golden Rod, Golden Iron Destroyer, Golden Scale Leggings, Hard Gold Cuirass, Golden Scale Shoulders and more.

Mining · skill 130 · recipe

Smelt Gold

Makes 1 Gold Bar. Taught by a profession trainer. At current medians it loses money on every market with prices; the reagents cost more than the result sells for.

Skill coloursorange 130yellow 170green 177grey 185

Gold Bar · 30 days · PvP Horde

Median
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AlsoGold Bar prices Used in Golden Skeleton Key Next at skill 135: Smelt Mithril Deals on PvP Horde

Reagents · 1 · prices on PvP Horde

1 ×Gold Ore15s each
Reagents per craft on PvP Horde15s

Result

Gold Bar

1 per craft · Trade Goods · Metal & Stone · item level 30

Worth making?

Cost is the reagents at each market's current medians; value is the result's median times the average yield, less the 5 percent auction house cut. A market that lacks a price for a reagent or the result shows what is missing instead of a number.

By market

Market	Cost	Value	Margin	Return
Normal Horde	29s 55c	14s 25c	-15s 30c	-52%
PvP Alliance	11s 88c	8s 54c	-3s 34c	-28%
PvP Horde	15s	14s 11c	-89c	-6%
Normal Alliance	8s 15c	6s 46c	-1s 69c	-21%

Used in

Recipes that take Gold Bar as a reagent.

Golden Skeleton KeyBlacksmithing 85
Golden RodBlacksmithing 90
Golden Iron DestroyerBlacksmithing 130
Golden Scale LeggingsBlacksmithing 130
Hard Gold CuirassBlacksmithing 130
Golden Scale ShouldersBlacksmithing 135
Hard Gold BootsBlacksmithing 135
Hard Gold BracersBlacksmithing 145
Massive Iron AxeBlacksmithing 145
Golden Scale CoifBlacksmithing 150
Hard Gold LeggingsBlacksmithing 150
Searing Golden BladeBlacksmithing 150
Golden Scale CuirassBlacksmithing 155
Hard Gold CoifBlacksmithing 155
Golden Scale BootsBlacksmithing 160
Golden Scale GauntletsBlacksmithing 160
Hard Gold GauntletBlacksmithing 160
Hard Gold PauldronsBlacksmithing 160
Inlaid Mithril CylinderBlacksmithing 160
Mithril Blacksmith HammerBlacksmithing 160
Mithril ClaymoreBlacksmithing 175
Mithril StilettoBlacksmithing 190
Inlaid Thorium HammerBlacksmithing 230
Runic Plate ShouldersBlacksmithing 255
Whitesoul HelmBlacksmithing 270
Gold Power CoreEngineering 110
Hyperconductive GoldwapEngineering 185
Gilded SlippersTailoring 105
Gilded HandwrapsTailoring 145
Gilded CordTailoring 155
Nethergeld ShouldersTailoring 170
Nethergeld CuffsTailoring 180
Gilded WaistcordTailoring 190
Brightcloth GlovesTailoring 200
Brightcloth RobeTailoring 200
Gilded GlovesTailoring 200
Brightcloth CloakTailoring 205
Gilded SandalsTailoring 210
Brightcloth PantsTailoring 220

Next in Mining

The recipes just below and above this one by skill.

Common questions

What do you need to make Smelt Gold in WoW Forever?: 1 Gold Ore. Smelt Gold is a Mining recipe at skill 130, making 1 Gold Bar.
What skill does Smelt Gold need?: Mining 130. It is orange from skill 130, yellow from 170, green from 177 and grey, with no skill-ups, from 185.
Is Smelt Gold worth making right now?: Not at current prices: on every market with prices the reagents cost more than the result sells for.
Where do you learn Smelt Gold?: Taught by a profession trainer.
What is Gold Bar used for?: 39 recipes use it as a reagent: Golden Skeleton Key, Golden Rod, Golden Iron Destroyer, Golden Scale Leggings, Hard Gold Cuirass, Golden Scale Shoulders and more.

Source: World of Warcraft: Forever game data; prices from players scanning the auction house with the addon. Every Mining recipe · Crafting profit, ranked.