RuneWeb - Smithing Guide

Smithing Guide

by FireballX301, revised by Firenimmo, additions by Rathofdoom

(Note: Text coloured red indicates Members-Only items, locations or features)

Smelting
Furnace Locations
Smithing
Barbarian Smithing
Anvil Locations
Level Requirement Tables
Dragonfire Shield
Tips and Tricks
Extra Smithing Info
Smithing EXP Quest Rewards

Smithing is a skill that allows you to create your own weaponry and armor for use (mainly) in melee combat. This skill is one of the oldest in RuneScape and one of the most traditional for new players to begin raising, though it remains a continuous challenge to players with more experience. Be prepared to spend a lot of money on this skill if you wish to get it to a respectable level.

Getting Started

Smithing is composed of two separate stages, Smelting and actual Smithing. Smelting is the process of turning ore(s) (obtained using the Mining skill) into bars of metal using a furnace. The actual Smithing portion involves turning the bars of metal into various weaponry and armour using a hammer on an anvil.

Smelting

Smelting is performed by taking ores to a furnace, right clicking the furnace, and selecting type and quantity of metal bars to forge in the furnace. The best place to smelt is the furnace in Port Phantasmys, the ghost town.

The best place for freeplayers and the second best place for members-only would be the furnace in Al Kharid. The table below shows the number of each type of ore needed to create one bar of metal, the level required to smelt ores into certain metals, the experience received (per bar created) for smelting ores into metal, along with the experience for smithing those metals.

Experience Table

Ore List	Bar Name	Bar	Level	Smelting Exp
	Bronze		1	6.5
	Blurite***		8	8
	Iron*		15	12.5
	Silver**		20	13.5
	Steel		30	17.5
	Gold**		40	22.5(56.25)
	Mithril		50	30
	Adamantite		70	37.5
	Runite		85	50

* - Iron ore Smelting has a 50% chance of succeeding. If you fail to create the bar, the ore is lost and nothing is produced. The Ring of Forging (see below) can boost the success rate to 100% when worn.
** - These items are not smithed after smelting, but used in the Crafting Skill (with the exception of two items that can be smithed from Gold bars. For more information, see the Special Items section later in this guide.). See the section on the Goldsmithing Gauntlets (see below) regarding gold.
*** - This item can only be smelted after completing the Knight's Sword Quest.

There are certain items and spells in RuneScape that can assist players with Smelting, these are detailed below.

Tool		Info
Superheat Item		The Modern Magic spell Superheat Item requires level 43 Magic, 1 Nature Rune, and 4 Fire Runes to cast. The spell will smelt one bar of metal of your choice, and is guranteed to smelt Iron Ore into bars.
Ring of Forging		Rings of Forging are created by casting level-3 Enchant Jewelry on a Ruby Ring. When equipped, the ring allows the wearer to successfully smelt Iron Ore every time. After 140 Iron Ores, the ring is destroyed.
Goldsmith Gauntlets		Upon completing the Family Crest Quest, you can opt to enchant your Steel Gauntlets into Goldsmith Gauntlets. Wearing Goldsmith Gauntlets while smelting Gold Ore increases the experience received from 22.5 to 56.25.

Popular Furnace Locations

There are many furnaces across RuneScape, and these are among the more often used ones.

Lumbridge: North of the Castle

Al Kharid: North of the Bank

Falador: Town Center

Port Phantasmys (Amulet of Ghostspeak required if you haven't done Ghosts Ahoy Quest)

Zanaris

Shilo Village: Requires 20 gold to use

East Ardougne: Near the bridge

Please note that this list only includes popular Furnace Locations; there are many more throughout Runescape, and can be found on the Runescape World Map.

Smithing

Smithing is accomplished by using metal bars on an anvil. A hammer is required to smith anything on an anvil. When you use a bar of metal on an anvil, you will see the dialog shown below. Simply right click on the appropriate item, and select a quantity of item to manufacture.

You get experience per bar smithed into a product, no matter how many bars are required to make that product. For example, making three Axes (which require 1 bar of metal) gives the same experience as making one Chainbody (which requires 3 bars of metal). The best place to smith bars would be the West Varrock anvils. The anvils at Yanille are almost as close.

Most smithable items can be smithed in all metals. The higher level the metal, the stronger the item and higher level it takes to make it. Some items can only be made from certain metals, and these are detailed in a section later in this guide. The table below shows the experience gained from smithing that many bars (That is, Iron under 5x is the value for smithing 5 Iron Bars). The last column is the combined experience value from smelting and smithing one bar.

Experience Table

Bar Name	1x	2x	3x	4x	5x	Total Smith Exp
Bronze	12.5	25	37.5	50	62.5	19
Blurite	17	-	-	-	-	25
Iron	25	50	75	100	125	37.5
Steel	37.5	75	112.5	150	187.5	55
Mithril	50	100	150	200	250	80
Adamantite	62.5	125	187.5	250	312.5	100
Runite	75	150	225	300	375	125

Barbarian Smithing

While little known to the major population, most spears are smithed by barbarians. They can also smith a handy one handed spear called a 'hasta'. Barbarian Smithing is different from regular smithing, though. For more information, see the Barbarian Training page.

List of Popular Anvil Locations

There are many anvils across RuneScape, and these are among the more often used ones.

Varrock: Near the East Bank

Varrock: Near the West Bank

Dwarven Mines

Seer's Village: West of the Bank

West Ardougne

Port Khazard

Yanille: South of the Bank

Please note that this list only includes popular Anvil Locations; there are many more throughout Runescape, and can be found on the Runescape World Map.[

Level Requirement Table

The table below shows the level needed to make every piece of equipment (excluding Quest equipment) with every type of metal.

Item	Name	# Bars	Smithing Level Required

			Bronze	Blurite	Iron	Steel	Mithril	Adamant	Rune
	Dagger	1	1	-	15	30	50	70	85
	Hatchet	1	1	-	16	31	51	71	86
	Mace	1	2	-	17	32	52	72	87
	Medium Helm	1	3	-	18	33	53	73	88
	Sword	1	4	-	19	34	54	74	89
	10 Crossbow Bolts	1	3	8	18	33	53	73	88
	Crossbow Limbs	1	6	8	23	36	56	76	91
	10 Dart Tips*	1	4	-	19	34	54	74	89
	15 Nails**	1	4	-	19	34**	54	74	89
	5 Throwing Knives	1	7	-	22	37	57	77	92
	15 Arrowtips	2	5	-	20	35	55	75	90
	Scimitar	2	5	-	20	35	55	75	90
	Longsword	2	6	-	21	36	56	76	91
	Claws***	2	13	-	28	43	63	83	98
	Large Helm	2	7	-	22	37	57	77	92
	Square Shield	2	8	-	23	38	58	78	93
	Warhammer	3	9	-	24	39	59	79	94
	Battle Axe	3	10	-	25	40	60	80	95
	Chain Mail	3	11	-	26	41	61	81	96
	Kite Shield	3	12	-	27	42	62	82	97
	Two-handed Sword	3	14	-	29	44	64	84	99
	Platelegs	3	16	-	31	46	66	86	99
	Plateskirt	3	16	-	31	46	66	86	99
	Plate Body	5	18	-	33	48	68	88	99

* - You must have completed the Tourist Trap Quest in order to smith these.
** - Only Steel Nails are for freeplay. Members can smith all nail types.
*** - You must have completed the Death Plateau Quest in order to smith these.

Special Items

Some items have specific uses in various quests or skills and don't follow the pattern of other smithable goods.

Item	Name	Metal	Level	Use
	Bronze Wire	Bronze	4	Shilo Village Quest, 1 Bar.
	Iron Spit	Iron	17	Allows you to cook Chompies with a mobile spit. Use the spit on the chompy and use the spitted chompy on a fire. 1 Bar.
	Elemental Shield	Elemental Bar	20	Reward of the Elemental Workshop Quest.
	Oil Lantern Frame*	Iron	26	Areas where you need light. 1 Bar.
	Cannonball	Steel	35	Ammunition for the Dwarf Cannon, must have completed the Dwarf Cannon Quest. Use with ammunition mould. 4 Cannonballs per bar.
	Studs	Steel	36	Studding leather armor, as part of the Crafting skill. 1 Bar.
	Bullseye Lantern*	Steel	49	Areas where you need light. 1 Bar.
	Gold Bowl	Gold	50	Legends Quest. You get 30 smithing exp for 2 Gold Bars.
	Golden Cannonball	Gold	50	Between a Rock... quest. 30 exp. 1 bar.
	Gold Helmet	Gold	50	Between a Rock...Quest, and mining in the Keldagrim Gold mine. You get 30 smithing exp for 3 Gold Bars.
	Grappling Tip	Mithril	59	Used in agility to get through various shortcuts in Runesape. 1 Bar.
	Dragn Square Shield	Left & Right Shield Halves	60	A powerful Dragon Square Shield that is created when a one shield half is used with an opposite shield half.

* - To finish the Oil Lantern Frame, craft out of molten glass either a Glass Lantern (Level 12 Crafting) or a Bullseye Lens(Level 49 Crafting). Use it with your lantern. Distill swamp tar at the Rimmington chemist, and use your incomplete lantern with the still to have an unlit lantern. Light it with a tinderbox.

Dragonfire Shield

At level 90 Smithing, you can craft your own Dragonfire Shield. To make one, you will need a Draconic Visage (dropped by Skeletal Wyverns, the King Black Dragon, Black Dragons, Iron Dragons, & Steel Dragons) along with an Anti-Dragonbreath Shield and a hammer.

Hammer	Anti-Dragonbreath Shield	Draconic Visage

Take the items to an anvil, and use the Draconic Visage on the anvil. As long as you have level 90 Smithing, you will successfully create a powerful Dragonfire Shield, as well as be awarded with 2000 Smithing experience.

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For further information about the Dragonfire Shield and its powers, see its section on the Other Melee Armour page.

Tips and Tricks

Typically, the only items that sell for enough money to cover the costs of purchasing the ore are the ranged or fletching items, such as throwing knives, arrowheads, or dart tips. These also take an inordinate time to smith, accordingly. (It takes the same time to smith one set of arrowheads with one bar, as one plate mail body with 5 bars.)

If you wish to use coal, Steel bars give the highest exp/coal ratio. Smithing them into cannonballs also nets a good profit. If you wish to raise smithing exp as cheaply as possible, smith iron arrowheads, as you will break even and iron is the cheapest metal to smith quickly.

If you wish to sell your items to shops, the items that give the most cash for your bars are Short Swords, Square Shields, Plate Legs, and Plate bodies. If you're selling to other players, throwing knives, dart tips, and arrowheads go for the most cash. Scimitars and Kite shields also go for relatively higher prices.

Some enchanted jewelry, such as the Ring of Forging (which gives you a 100% chance of success while smelting iron ores), can help greatly with your smithing. See the Enchanted Jewelry section of the Crafting Guide for more info.

Extra Smithing Info

There are some other, extra things that you should know about while raising smithing:

The Blast Furnace

In the dwarf city of Keldagrim, you can participate in the Blast Furance Mini-Game. In here, you and a team of people can smith ores into bars, but with half the coal regulary needed. It can be useful and fun. See the guide for more info.

Cape of Accomplishment

The ultimate reward for getting level 99 Smithing is not only the great ability you will have in the skill, but the Cape of Accomplishment that you will have the oppurtunity to purchase. For more information on Capes of Accomplishment, see the Skill Capes page.

Smithing EXP Rewards in Quests

The following quests give Smithing EXP Rewards upon completion.

Quest	Exp
Pirate Pete subquest (Recipe for Disaster)	1000 exp
Heroes Quest	2257.5 exp
The Giant Dwarf	2500 exp
Between a Rock...	5000 exp
Elemental Workshop	5000 exp
Devious Minds	6500 exp
Cabin Fever	7000 exp
Elemental Workshop 2	7500 exp
The Knight's Sword	12725 exp