Thorium Ore

This article is about the ore. For the crafting reagent, see [Thorium Bar]. For the mining node, see Thorium Vein. For the metal, see Thorium.

Rich Thorium Vein in Azshara.

Thorium Ore is mined from various Thorium veins, with a minimum mining skill of 200.

Source

Small Thorium Veins

Small vein.

Small Thorium Veins can be mined at skill level 200, and produce 1 to 3 Thorium Ore. These appear in areas where the average mob level is between approximately 45 and 57.

Small Thorium veins are most commonly found in Swamp of Sorrows, Un'Goro Crater, and Winterspring, but are found elsewhere as well.

Rich Thorium Veins

Rich Thorium Veins can be mined at skill level 200, and produce 3 to 5 Thorium Ore. These appear in areas of Azeroth where the average mob level is above approximately 55.

Rich Thorium Veins are most commonly found in Silithus, Swamp of Sorrows, Un'Goro Crater and Winterspring.

Oozing Thorium Veins

Ooze Covered Rich Thorium Vein and Ooze Covered Thorium Vein are found in Silithid hives. These are essentially the same as Rich and Small Thorium Veins, respectively, but with a different appearance.

These veins are most commonly found in Silithus and Un'Goro Crater.

Also found in Thorium Veins

These items can be found in all varieties of Thorium Vein.

As an ingredient

Smelting (Mining)

Thorium Ore is smelted into Thorium Bars at a forge, requiring a mining skill of 200 or more.

Thorium Bars are used in the production of many items made by Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, and Jewelcrafting.

Prospecting (Jewelcrafting)

Thorium Ore can be prospected (consuming 5 ore) with a Jewelcrafting skill of 200 or more, resulting in:

Alchemy

[Greater Stoneshield Potion]

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

This rare metal combines the weight of lead with the strength of steel. Orcs prize it for weapons because the extra weight allows a skilled user to strike with more force. Thorium armor is amazingly heavy and strong-only adamantine pierces it with any degree of reliability.^[1]

Patch changes

Patch 10.0.2 (2022-11-15): Stacks to 1000, up from 200.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Stacks to 200, up from 20.
Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Small Thorium Veins now sometimes will have Emeralds or Diamonds.