Smithing

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Smithing is a skill in which players smelt ores into metal bars which can be used in the Crafting skill or forged into metal items. Ores and bars can be obtained by Mining them, from monster drops or by pickpocketing. Stockpiling ores allows for continuous, uninterrupted smithing. Another method is to mine ores, proceed to a furnace with full inventory and bank the newly made bars. Alternatively, the bars can be made into metal items which can be banked as well. The best place to smith / smelt is Edgeville -680 / 70 / -670

The Basics

There are two primary things to smithing: ores and bars. Ores need be taken to a furnace with which they are made into bars. Bars need to be taken to an anvil, which is used to turn bars into other items, such as weapons and armour.

Smithing requires a lot of ores. The most important ore is coal as it is needed throughout the skill, starting from steel. To train Smithing efficiently, all the required ores and bars should be available in the player's bank. This makes it possible to fill the inventory with ores quickly, run to the closest furnace and smelt the ores into bars which can then be banked for later use. For bars the process is similar except that instead of a furnace, the bars need to be taken to an anvil.

Stockpiling ores requires one to find an ore rock of the desired ore that is closest to a bank. Simply filling the inventory by mining the ore and banking once the inventory is full is enough. Repeat as many times as necessary to accumulate enough ores. As mentioned above, stockpiling bars requires running between a furnace and a bank. However, for higher level ores, it may be more time efficient to use superheat spell in a bank to smelt ores into bars as only a few bars can be smelt per a trip to a furnace.

Alternatively, monsters can be killed for ores and bars. Depending on the player's combat level this may be more or less effective way to gather ores and bars. Drops may be uncommon or rare, which leads to low obtaining rates. It is important that the player is able to kill the monster efficiently to obtain good drop rates for ores and bars and that the monster drops the goods often enough. Same applies to pickpocketing.

Given that the player has stockpiled enough ores and bars, the best place to train smithing is Edgeville. The eastern most furnace and anvil are closest to a bank in game, making it the ideal spot.

For the first 20 to 30 levels, the Taverley's White Wolf Mountain's inner mine is a great place to train smithing. Just outside the mine there is a furnace and an anvil. Though the closest bank and general store are quite a distance away so it may be better to throw away the crafted items in order to keep training. Another option is to smith arrowheads as they stack and only require one inventory space.

This guide is not absolute. Mix and match and try different things until you find a way to train smithing that suits you the best.

Smelting

Smelting is the first step to train your smithing and obtaining metal items. Every bar needs a specific set of ores and the requirements get more expensive the higher tiered the bar is. You can use furnaces to smelt ores into bars, which are found at several locations throughout Minescape. The table below explains in more detail what ores are needed for each type of bar.

Primary Ore	Secondary Ore	Product	Level	XP
1x Copper ore	1x Tin ore	Bronze bar	1	9
1x Iron ore	N/A	Iron bar[1][2]	15	10
1x Silver ore	N/A	Silver bar	20	11,5
1x Iron ore	2x Coal ore	Steel bar	30	42
1x Gold ore	N/A	Gold bar	40	28
1x Mithril ore	4x Coal ore	Mithril bar	50	104
1x Adamant ore	6x Coal ore	Adamant bar	70	176
1x Adamant ore	1x Graphite ore	Adamant bar	70	128
1x Runite ore	8x Coal ore	Rune bar	85	239
1x Runite ore	1x Graphite ore	Rune bar	85	157

Note that smelting ores to bars in the Artisans' workshop provides you with a 10% chance to produce an extra bar with no extra ores consumed.

• [1] Smelting Iron Bars has a 45% success rate. Ring of forging increases this to 100%
• [2] Smelting Iron Bars while wearing Ring of forging gives more xp per inventory than smelting Bronze Bars as it requires less ores per bar
• [3] 1 Graphite can be used in place of Coal when smelting Adamant and Runite

Forging

Forging is the process of turning bars into metal items. This is done by interacting with an anvil. Each bar has its unique set of items, with different smithing requirements for each item.

Forging items in the Artisans' workshop has a 10% chance to save a single bar and still produce the item.

Bronze

As one of the first metals you will work with, it is important to note that the grind to level 15 Smithing won't be easy. If you choose to gather your own ores, make sure you gather in a 1:1 ratio of Copper and Tin ore. Lumbridge Mine will be very useful to you in the start for your Copper and Tin needs. Lumbridge itself has a furnace and an anvil near a general store to which the crafted goods can be sold to. Another good though more remote location to begin Smithing training is the White Wolf Mountain's inner mine, located in Taverley. It offers Copper and Tin and has a furnace and an anvil right ouside the mine. Unlike Lumbridge, there are no banks or general stores near the White Wolf Mountain's inner mine. This is something to consider when choosing a starting spot. One option is to smith arrow heads as they are stackable.

Refer to the Mining skill page to learn more about the location of various mines containing Copper and Tin Rocks.

	Item	Level	XP	Bars used
	Bronze dagger	1	9	1x Bronze bar
	Bronze pickaxe	1	9	1x Bronze bar
	Bronze hatchet	1	9	1x Bronze bar
	Bronze chain helmet	2	9	1x Bronze bar
	Bronze mace	2	9	1x Bronze bar
	Bronze sword	4	8	1x Bronze bar
	Bronze arrow heads x15	5	9	1x Bronze bar
	Bronze scimitar	5	18	2x Bronze bar
	Bronze plate full helm	7	18	2x Bronze bar
	Bronze shield	8	27	3x Bronze bar
	Bronze battleaxe	10	27	3x Bronze bar
	Bronze chain boots	11	27	3x Bronze bar
	Bronze chain legs	11	27	3x Bronze bar
	Bronze chain body	11	27	3x Bronze bar
	Bronze two handed sword	14	27	3x Bronze bar
	Bronze plate boots	16	27	3x Bronze bar
	Bronze plate legs	16	36	4x Bronze bar
	Bronze plate body	18	45	5x Bronze bar

Iron

The second metal you will be using on your quest to becoming a master smith! Working with iron bars gives the same xp as Bronze items. Smelting Iron Ore has a 45% success rate. Failed smelting attempts give nothing. However you have a better xp/hour rate when smelting Iron than smelting Bronze Bars when using Ring of forging as it increases the success rate to 100%.

	Item	Level	XP	Bars used
	Iron dagger	15	10	1x Iron bar
	Iron hatchet	15	10	1x Iron bar
	Iron pickaxe	15	10	1x Iron bar
	Iron chain helmet	16	10	1x Iron bar
	Iron mace	16	10	1x Iron bar
	Iron sword	18	10	1x Iron bar
	Iron arrow heads x15	19	10	1x Iron bar
	Iron scimitar	19	20	2x Iron bar
	Iron plate full helm	21	20	2x Iron bar
	Iron shield	22	30	3x Iron bar
	Iron battleaxe	24	30	3x Iron bar
	Iron chain boots	25	30	3x Iron bar
	Iron chain legs	25	30	3x Iron bar
	Iron chain body	25	30	3x Iron bar
	Iron two handed sword	28	30	3x Iron bar
	Iron plate boots	30	30	3x Iron bar
	Iron plate legs	30	40	4x Iron bar
	Iron plate body	32	50	5x Iron bar

Silver

Silver you will reach at level 20 Smithing. Although you cannot make anything with it at an anvil, this does not disqualify it from being a decent training method. Silver only requires one ore to smelt into a bar and grants 11.5XP per smelt. (11.5x36=414XP per inventory) Silver is also used in some Recipes in the crafting skill and may prove useful if you choose to train crafting in the future.

Steel

Steel is the first metal that uses coal as part of the smelting process. Smelting Steel Bars requires level 30 Smithing. It is wise to start stockpiling coal now, as you will burn through it rather fast. Smelting 100 bars of steel will consume 200 coal. Despite this, Steel gives almost twice as much XP as Silver does, providing another method of training Smithing at a faster pace, Smelting on forge ~28-30k XP/hr, Superheating ~80-90k XP/hr (Note: Superheating is click intensive), Smithing on anvil ~75-250k XP/hr (fastest XP/hr with plate bodies)

	Item	Level	XP	Bars used
	Steel dagger	30	42	1x Steel bar
	Steel hatchet	30	42	1x Steel bar
	Steel pickaxe	30	42	1x Steel bar
	Steel chain helmet	31	42	1x Steel bar
	Steel mace	31	42	1x Steel bar
	Steel sword	33	42	1x Steel bar
	Steel arrow heads x15	34	42	1x Steel bar
	Steel scimitar	34	84	2x Steel bar
	Steel plate full helm	36	84	2x Steel bar
	Steel shield	37	126	3x Steel bar
	Steel battleaxe	39	126	3x Steel bar
	Steel chain boots	40	126	3x Steel bar
	Steel chain legs	40	126	3x Steel bar
	Steel chain body	40	126	3x Steel bar
	Steel two handed sword	43	126	3x Steel bar
	Steel plate boots	45	126	3x Steel bar
	Steel plate legs	45	168	4x Steel bar
	Steel plate body	47	210	5x Steel bar

Gold

Gold, like Silver, only requires one ore to smelt, so the same strategy exists of carrying full inventories of Gold Ore to the furnace to smelt in batches. Giving 28 xp per ore Gold is a good method of training (1008XP per inventory), Gold is also used in some Recipes in the crafting skill and will prove useful if you choose to train crafting in the future. Smelting on a forge ~19-20k XP/hr, Superheating ~90-100k XP/hr (Note: Superheating is click intensive)

Mithril

Enjoy that break from steel? Well, Mithril is here and is ready to consume TWICE the amount of coal that steel did. On the plus side, you get way more XP for it. If you haven't been stockpiling coal, it is strongly suggested you do so now. As a reference point, 400 coal is needed to smelt only 100 Mithril bars.

	Item	Level	XP	Bars used
	Mithril dagger	50	104	1x Mithril bar
	Mithril hatchet	50	104	1x Mithril bar
	Mithril pickaxe	50	104	1x Mithril bar
	Mithril chain helmet	51	104	1x Mithril bar
	Mithril mace	51	104	1x Mithril bar
	Mithril sword	53	104	1x Mithril bar
	Mithril arrow heads x15	54	104	1x Mithril bar
	Mithril scimitar	54	208	2x Mithril bar
	Mithril plate full helm	56	208	2x Mithril bar
	Mithril shield	57	312	3x Mithril bar
	Mithril battleaxe	59	312	3x Mithril bar
	Mithril chain boots	60	312	3x Mithril bar
	Mithril chain legs	60	312	3x Mithril bar
	Mithril chain body	60	312	3x Mithril bar
	Mithril two handed sword	63	312	3x Mithril bar
	Mithril plate boots	65	312	3x Mithril bar
	Mithril plate legs	65	416	4x Mithril bar
	Mithril plate body	67	520	5x Mithril bar

Adamant

There is a long and Coal hungry road ahead! Adamant is a strong but expensive metal to smelt, requiring a hefty 6 pieces of coal to do so. The amount of coal need only allows for 5 bars per inventory to be smelt, so find a furnace near a bank! The XP rates Adamant offers are great, and given you have the materials, you will level up to the next stage in no time.

	Item	Level	XP	Bars used
	Adamant dagger	70	176	1x Adamant bar
	Adamant hatchet	70	176	1x Adamant bar
	Adamant pickaxe	70	176	1x Adamant bar
	Adamant chain helmet	71	176	1x Adamant bar
	Adamant mace	71	176	1x Adamant bar
	Adamant sword	73	176	1x Adamant bar
	Adamant arrow heads x15	74	176	1x Adamant bar
	Adamant scimitar	74	352	2x Adamant bar
	Adamant plate full helm	76	352	2x Adamant bar
	Adamant shield	77	528	3x Adamant bar
	Adamant battleaxe	79	528	3x Adamant bar
	Adamant chain boots	80	528	3x Adamant bar
	Adamant chain legs	80	528	3x Adamant bar
	Adamant chain body	80	528	3x Adamant bar
	Adamant two handed sword	83	528	3x Adamant bar
	Adamant plate boots	85	528	3x Adamant bar
	Adamant plate legs	85	704	4x Adamant bar
	Adamant plate body	87	880	5x Adamant bar

Rune

The final frontier, Rune is an extremely rare metal and only the most skilled smiths can work it. Consuming 8 coal per bar, it is the most resource-intensive material in the Smithing world. It grants large amounts of XP but gathering the ore and coal necessary to mass-produce it may come as a challenge.

	Item	Level	XP	Bars used
	Rune dagger	85	239	1x Rune bar
	Rune hatchet	85	239	1x Rune bar
	Rune pickaxe	85	239	1x Rune bar
	Rune chain helmet	86	239	1x Rune bar
	Rune mace	86	239	1x Rune bar
	Rune sword	88	239	1x Rune bar
	Rune arrow heads x15	89	239	1x Rune bar
	Rune scimitar	89	478	2x Rune bar
	Rune plate full helm	90	478	2x Rune bar
	Rune shield	91	717	3x Rune bar
	Rune battleaxe	92	717	3x Rune bar
	Rune chain boots	93	717	3x Rune bar
	Rune chain legs	94	717	3x Rune bar
	Rune chain body	95	717	3x Rune bar
	Rune two handed sword	96	717	3x Rune bar
	Rune plate boots	97	717	3x Rune bar
	Rune plate legs	98	956	4x Rune bar
	Rune plate body	99	1195	5x Rune bar

The Elemental Sword (classic item)

The Elemental Sword, as it exists in the Skill Guide

This item is no longer available in game

The Elemental Sword is the most powerful craftable Melee weapon in the game. It requires level 85 Smithing to forge (Granting 13,500XP), plus the combination of the 4 Elemental swords is required in order to craft such a weapon of power. To whomever is capable of getting their hands on such a blade, will truly rule the land of Minescape!

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