Coal

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Derived from the WoW Classic 1.12 game data, not copied from a wiki. How this is built. Updated 20 August 2026.

Coal crafts

Coal is used for a single craft.

Mining

Name / QualityRecipe SourceRates
Steel Bar
trainer
165 165 165 165

Coal is a crafting material in WoW Classic Era (Trade Goods / Metal & Stone), gathered from mining nodes across Azeroth.

Where to get Coal

Dropped by

52 creatures drop it; the 8 with the best chance are listed. Chances are the effective ones, with loot groups and reference tables resolved.

Source	Level	Zone	Chance
Dalaran Miner	15-16	Silverpine Forest	100.0%
Blazing Elemental	45-47	Searing Gorge	28.4%
Inferno Elemental	47-49	Searing Gorge	24.7%
Molten Giantelite	62	no fixed spawn	24.7%
Magma Elemental	46-48	Searing Gorge	24.6%
Blazerunnerelite	56	Un'Goro Crater	23.5%
Firelordelite	61-62	no fixed spawn	23.4%
Entropic Beast	51-52	Felwood	23.3%

Sold by

71 vendors stock it; 6 are listed, the ones we can place on a map first. Prices are the base cost before any reputation discount.

Vendor	Zone	Price
Banalash<Trade Goods>	Swamp of Sorrows	5s
Blimo Gadgetspring<Trade Supplier>	Azshara	5s
Brooke Stonebraid<Mining Supplier>	Stormwind City	5s
Burbik Gearspanner<Trade Supplier>	Ironforge	5s
Christoph Jeffcoat<Tradesman>	Alterac Mountains	5s
Christopher Hewen<General Trade Goods Vendor>	Westfall	5s

Where to fish Coal

5 stretches of water across 5 zones, from the game’s own fishing tables. The best of them is Molten Core in Molten Core at 40.8% a cast. Zones are ordered by their best water.

Molten Core40.8%
Blackrock Mountain29.3%
Searing Gorge20%
Burning Steppes2.6%
Un'Goro Crater0.1%

Molten Core is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in Molten Core that yields Coal
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	40.8%	—

Blackrock Mountain is a dungeon or a battleground, and the site has no map art for it — the water is listed below all the same.

Water in Blackrock Mountain that yields Coal
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	29.3%	—

Map of Searing Gorge, where Coal is caught in open water — Searing GorgeNothing to mark here — Coal comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Searing Gorge that yields Coal
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	20%	—

Map of Burning Steppes, where Coal is caught in open water — Burning Steppes — fishable from 330 skillNothing to mark here — Coal comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Burning Steppes that yields Coal
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	2.6%	330

Map of Un'Goro Crater, where Coal is caught in open water — Un'Goro Crater — fishable from 205 skillNothing to mark here — Coal comes out of this zone’s open water, which the whole coast is.

Water in Un'Goro Crater that yields Coal
Where	Per cast	Fishing
Open water	0.1%	205