Smithing

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This article is about the Smithing skill. For information on training Smithing, see Smithing training (F2P) (P2P).

Smithing
Also known as	Smith
Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members only?	No
Players with 99	15,588 as of 20 April 2019
Players with 200M XP	99 as of 20 April 2019

Smithing is a production skill through which players may create a wide variety of metal items from ore and metal bars. It is the companion skill of Mining, which generates all of the raw materials used in Smithing. Ores acquired from Mining are smelted into metal bars at furnaces, and then hammered into items at anvils. Many smithable items are useful in combat, quests, and the training of a number of other skills such as Crafting and Fletching.

Members-only items on this page are written in italics.

Smithing level-up music (link)

The music that plays when levelled up.

Smelting

For a list of furnaces, see Furnace.

Smelting is the process of extracting a metal bar from a metal ore. Ore can be obtained using the Mining skill. To obtain a metal bar, a player must use an ore of the desired metal on a furnace. Some metals require different kinds of ore, and smelting some metals require coal to be added to the furnace to raise the furnace's temperature.

Smelting can be done in one of two ways. The first is to use one of the required ores for a bar on the furnace. Other required ores will automatically be added to the furnace from the player's inventory. The other way is to click on the furnace, right-click on the desired bar to smelt, click on "Smelt X", and then type in the number of bars to smelt. The second method is faster for bulk smelting.

When smelting just a few ores, it can be faster to choose the 'Smelt 5' or 'Smelt 10' options, as bars will be smelted until the player runs out of ore.

Smelting using Magic

With level 43 Magic, players can smelt bars using the Superheat Item spell. Doing so grants the same amount of Smithing experience as smelting using a furnace, and has a few advantages:

• The player can emerge from a mine with a full inventory of bars, instead of a full inventory of ores which will smelt into only a fraction of the bars.
• The player receives both Smithing and Magic experience.
• The player saves time by not having to commute between a bank and a furnace.
• The player is granted a 100% success rate in smelting iron ore.

Success rate

All metals have a 100% success rate with the exception of iron ore, which has a 50% chance of success, regardless of level; however wearing a ring of forging, using the Superheat Item spell, or using the Blast Furnace provides a 100% success rate for smithing iron bars. A failed smelting attempt results in the loss of the iron ore.

Smelting table

Bar		Ores required	Smithing level required	Smithing exp gained	Notes	Material cost	Value	Profit / loss
	Bronze	x1 x1	1	6.25	Lowest tier metal.	190	287	97
	Blurite	x1	8	8	Requires completion of The Knight's Sword quest.
	Iron	x1	15	12.5	Smelting iron ore at a furnace will fail 50% of the time. See smelting iron ore.	173 180.26	192	−77 11.74
	Silver	x1	20	13.67	A Crafting metal. Used to create various silver items.	70	103	33
	Elemental	x1 x4	20	7.5	Used in the Elemental Workshop I and Elemental Workshop II quests.
	Steel	x1 x2	30	17.5	The most average metal.	497	473	−24
	Gold	x1	40	22.5 (56.2)	A Crafting metal, more valuable than silver, used to create various gold items (but not coins).	206	46	−160
	Mithril	x1 x4	50	30	The lightest smithable metal.	813	662	−151
	Adamantite	x1 x6	70	37.5	The heaviest smithable metal.	2,022	1,904	−118
	Runite	x1 x8	85	50	The strongest smithable metal, also considered to be the most profitable bar in the game.	12,465	12,368	−97

Smithing

For a list of anvils, see Anvil.

Smithing is the process by which players craft a metal item out of one or more metal bars.

Smithing is always done at an anvil. When a player uses a metal bar on an anvil, a dialog is shown in which the player selects which item to forge. The player can either click the item to smith one such item, or may right-click on the item and select a higher quantity of items to smith.

Note: Once a player has selected a quantity of items to smith, the player's character will only cease smithing once the quantity is filled, the player has run out of bars, the player levels up, or the player is attacked.

For players attempting to raise their Smithing level, it is recommended that players first have a large number of bars in their bank, thus allowing fast experience as only trips between a bank and an anvil are needed.

Different Smithing levels are required to make different items. For the required levels for all items, see Smithing table.

Smithing table

Below is a table with information about Smithing and what players can create. It is important to note that black armour and weapons cannot be smithed.

If you are wondering about how to find experience, take experience for 1 bar and multiply it by the number of bars you're using. For example, a bronze platebody is 62.5 experience using 5 bars. 1 bar is 12.5 exp, so go 5 * 12.5 = 62.5. Works for all types, from bronze to runite.

Bronze

Image	Item	Level	Experience	Bars	Notes
	Dagger	1	12.5	1
	Axe	1	12.5	1
	Mace	2	12.5	1
	Medium helmet	3	12.5	1
	Bolts	3	12.5	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Sword	4	12.5	1
	Bronze wire	4	12.5	1
	Dart tips	4	12.5	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Nails	4	12.5	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Arrowtips	5	12.5	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Scimitar	5	25	2
	Spear	5	25	1	Also requires 1 normal log and Barbarian Training.
	Hasta	5	25	1	Also requires 1 normal log and Barbarian Training.
	Crossbow limbs	6	12.5	1
	Javelin heads	6	12.5	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Longsword	6	25	2
	Full helm	7	25	2
	Throwing knives	7	12.5	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Square shield	8	25	2
	Warhammer	9	37.5	3
	Battleaxe	10	37.5	3
	Chainbody	11	37.5	3
	Kiteshield	12	37.5	3
	Claws	13	25	2
	2h sword	14	37.5	3
	Platelegs	16	37.5	3
	Plateskirt	16	37.5	3
	Platebody	18	62.5	5

Iron

Image	Item	Level	Experience	Bars	Notes
	Dagger	15	25	1
	Axe	16	25	1
	Mace	17	25	1
	Iron spit	17	25	1
	Medium helmet	18	25	1
	Bolts	18	25	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Sword	19	25	1
	Dart tips	19	25	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Nails	19	25	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Arrowtips	20	25	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Scimitar	20	50	2
	Spear	20	50	1	Also requires 1 oak log and Barbarian Training.
	Hasta	20	50	1	Also requires 1 oak log and Barbarian Training.
	Javelin heads	21	25	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Longsword	21	50	2
	Full helmet	22	50	2
	Throwing knives	22	25	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Crossbow limbs	23	25	1
	Square shield	23	50	2
	Warhammer	24	75	3
	Battleaxe	25	75	3
	Oil lantern frame	26	25	1	Used as a light source.
	Chainbody	26	75	3
	Kiteshield	27	75	3
	Claws	28	50	2
	2h sword	29	75	3
	Platelegs	31	75	3
	Plateskirt	31	75	3
	Platebody	33	125	5

Steel

Image	Item	Level	Experience	Bars	Notes
	Dagger	30	37.5	1
	Axe	31	37.5	1
	Mace	32	37.5	1
	Medium helmet	33	37.5	1
	Bolts	33	37.5	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Sword	34	37.5	1
	Dart tips	34	37.5	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Nails	34	37.5	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Arrowtips	35	37.5	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Cannonballs	35	25.5	1	1 bar makes 4.
	Scimitar	35	75	2
	Spear	35	75	1	Also requires 1 willow log and Barbarian Training.
	Hasta	35	75	1	Also requires 1 willow log and Barbarian Training.
	Crossbow limbs	36	37.5	1
	Javelin heads	36	37.5	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Longsword	36	75	2
	Steel studs	36	37.5	1	Used for crafting studded leather armour.
	Full helmet	37	75	2
	Throwing knives	37	37.5	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Square shield	38	75	2
	Warhammer	39	112.5	3
	Battleaxe	40	112.5	3
	Chainbody	41	112.5	3
	Kiteshield	42	112.5	3
	Claws	43	75	2
	2h sword	44	112.5	3
	Platelegs	46	112.5	3
	Plateskirt	46	112.5	3
	Platebody	48	187.5	5
	Bullseye lantern (unf)	49	37.5	1	Used as a light source.

Gold

Image	Item	Level	Experience	Bars	Notes
	Gold Helmet	50	30	3	Learned during Between a Rock...
	Bowl	50	30	2	Learned during Legends' Quest

Mithril

Image	Item	Level	Experience	Bars	Notes
	Dagger	50	50	1
	Axe	51	50	1
	Mace	52	50	1
	Medium helmet	53	50	1
	Bolts	53	50	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Sword	54	50	1
	Dart tips	54	50	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Nails	54	50	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Arrowtips	55	50	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Scimitar	55	100	2
	Spear	55	100	1	Also requires 1 maple log and Barbarian Training.
	Hasta	55	100	1	Also requires 1 maple log and Barbarian Training.
	Crossbow limbs	56	50	1
	Javelin heads	56	50	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Longsword	56	100	2
	Full helm	57	100	2
	Throwing knives	57	50	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Square shield	58	100	2
	Warhammer	59	150	3
	Mith grapple	59	50	1
	Battleaxe	60	150	3
	Chainbody	61	150	3
	Kiteshield	62	150	3
	Claws	63	100	2
	2h sword	64	150	3
	Platelegs	66	150	3
	Plateskirt	66	150	3
	Platebody	68	250	5

Adamant

Image	Item	Level	Experience	Bars	Notes
	Dagger	70	62.5	1
	Axe	71	62.5	1
	Mace	72	62.5	1
	Medium helmet	73	62.5	1
	Bolts	73	62.5	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Sword	74	62.5	1
	Dart tips	74	62.5	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Nails	74	62.5	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Arrowtips	75	62.5	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Scimitar	75	125	2
	Spear	75	125	1	Also requires 1 yew log and Barbarian Training.
	Hasta	75	125	1	Also requires 1 yew log and Barbarian Training.
	Crossbow limbs	76	62.5	1
	Javelin heads	76	62.5	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Longsword	76	125	2
	Full helmet	77	125	2
	Throwing knives	77	62.5	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Square shield	78	125	2
	Warhammer	79	187.5	3
	Battleaxe	80	187.5	3
	Chainbody	81	187.5	3
	Kiteshield	82	187.5	3
	Claws	83	125	2
	2h sword	84	187.5	3
	Platelegs	86	187.5	3
	Plateskirt	86	187.5	3
	Platebody	88	312.5	5

Rune

Image	Item	Level	Experience	Bars	Notes
	Dagger	85	75	1
	Axe	86	75	1
	Mace	87	75	1
	Medium helmet	88	75	1
	Bolts	88	75	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Sword	89	75	1
	Dart tips	89	75	1	1 bar makes 10.
	Nails	89	75	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Arrowtips	90	75	1	1 bar makes 15.
	Scimitar	90	150	2
	Spear	90	150	1	Also requires 1 magic log and Barbarian Training.
	Hasta	90	150	1	Also requires 1 magic log and Barbarian Training.
	Crossbow limbs	91	75	1
	Javelin heads	91	75	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Longsword	91	150	2
	Full helmet	92	150	2
	Throwing knives	92	75	1	1 bar makes 5.
	Square shield	93	150	2
	Warhammer	94	225	3
	Battleaxe	95	225	3
	Chainbody	96	225	3
	Kiteshield	97	225	3
	Claws	98	150	2
	2h sword	99	225	3
	Platelegs	99	225	3
	Plateskirt	99	225	3
	Platebody	99	375	5

Tips

• The closest furnaces to a bank are the Shilo Village furnace for members and the Al Kharid furnace for free players. The furnace at Shilo Village costs to use before the completion of elite Karamja Diary, however. The Edgeville, Port Phasmatys, Neitiznot, and Falador furnaces are also all quite close to banks. The Edgeville furnace also gives a chance to smelt two ores at once while wearing Varrock armour with each completed set of Varrock Diary.
• It is often more efficient to break up the tasks of mining, smelting (unless superheating), and smithing, rather than trying to mine 28 ores, smelt them, and then smith them (although in Al Kharid the furnace is on the way to the bank).
• The anvils located nearest a bank on the Void Knights' Outpost, Yanille (just south of the bank), and Varrock (just south of the west bank). To reach the Void Knights' Outpost island, talk to the squire south of the Port Sarim dock. There are multiple anvils on this island, located 10 or so seconds (walking) from the bank - this is extremely quick, if smithing bars into weapons, armour, etc.

Making money

If a player's Magic level is 55 and their smithing level is 48, then they can make a great amount of money, but only if they mine the ores themselves.

Using the High Level Alchemy spell (also known as "high alching"), a player can make a great profit. When a player high alchs a steel platebody, they receive 1,200 coins. So if a player has 100 steel platebodies, and they have enough runes to high alch them, then they've just made 120,000 coins. The only con is that high alching can be slow and boring, and the player has to have enough runes to cast the spell.

Players have the option to either cast high alchemy on the items they made with smithing, to sell them to general store/specialty store, or to sell them on the Grand Exchange for a slightly lower profit. High alchemy is probably your best option. But if you don't care about magic experience and if the relative price of nature runes is too high for you (for the items you want to get rid off), you could decide to sell your items. It is not recommended to sell your items to most general stores —since they usually buy at low alchemy value— but there are however a few good stores you can use. The Jiminua's Jungle Store north of Tai Bwo Wannai village on Karamja with the karamja gloves 3/4 is the one that is highly recommended, because they buy for way above even the high alch value. (1.75x the low alch value, to be exact). There are some other general stores that buy at high alch value, such as the general store run by Martin Thwait in the Rogue's den (Martin Thwait's Lost and Found), the West Ardougne General Store, and the Bandit duty free in the Bandit camp in the Wilderness (although this one is NOT recommended due to its dangerous location). Keep in mind that the buy price at general stores decreases rapidly the more items it has in stock, so it's recommended to hop around frequently if you decide to sell your items.

Generally, the best things to use high-alchemy on are either swords or platebodies - these items yield the most coins per bar (the exception is rune). There is a full High Level Alchemy table below.

At level 40 Smithing with level 6 Crafting and a necklace mould, gold necklace can be made at the same furnace in which gold ore is smelted into gold bars. Grum's Gold Exchange in Port Sarim buys a gold necklace for 315 coins if his stock is zero; the price decreases 9 coins for each gold necklace in stock, dropping to 45 coins at a stock of 30 or more. Selling to a general store gives only 180 coins or less. High alching (270 coins) using nature runes (217 each) may be a poor value unless a player is able to runecraft nature runes (level 44 Runecrafting and members-only).

High Level Alchemy values

Item		Level	Value	Value/bar	Value/ore
	Iron sword	19	54	54	54
	Iron platebody	33	336	67.2	67.2
	Steel sword	34	195	195	65
	Steel platebody	48	1,200	240	80
	Mithril sword	54	507	507	101
	Mithril platebody	68	3,120	624	125
	Adamant sword	74	1,248	1,248	178
	Adamant platebody	88	7,680	1,536	219
	Rune sword	89	12,480	12,480	1,387
	Rune 2h sword	99	38,400	12,800	1,422

Experience per ore used

This compares how much experience is earned for the number of ores used. Gold using the members' Goldsmith gauntlets is first with 56.2 experience; iron is second with 37.5 experience.

The Keldagrim Blast Furnace minigame requires only half the number of coal for steel, mithril, adamantite and runite smelting and iron smelts 100% without the ring of forging.

Bar		Number of ores	Total experience	Experience/ore	Blast Furnace experience/ore
	Bronze	2	19	9.5	9.5
	Iron	1 (50% success)	18.8	18.8	37.5
	Iron	1 + Ring of forging	37.5	37.5	37.5
	Steel	3	55	18.3	27.5
	Gold	1	22.5	22.5	22.5
	Gold	1 + Goldsmith gauntlets	56.2	56.2	56.2
	Mithril	5	80	16	26.7
	Adamantite	7	100	14.3	25
	Runite	9	125	13.8	25

High Level Alchemy table

The items listed below are the ones most players use in High Level Alchemy.

Item	Bars	High alch/Specialist store price						Steel value/bar
		Bronze	Iron	Steel	Mithril	Addy	Rune
Dagger	1	6	21	75	195	480	4,800	75
Axe	1	9	33	120	312	768	7,280	120
Mace	1	10	37	135	351	864	8,640	135
Medium helmet	1	14	50	180	468	1,152	11,520	180
Sword	1	15	54	195	507	1,249	12,480	195
Scimitar	2	19	67	240	624	1,536	15,360	120
Longsword	2	24	84	300	780	1,919	19,200	150
Full helmet	2	26	92	330	858	2,112	21,120	165
Square shield	2	28	100	360	936	2,304	23,040	180
Warhammer	3	28	103	384	996	2,472	24,900	128
Battleaxe	3	31	109	390	1,014	2,490	24,960	130
Chainbody	3	36	126	450	1,170	2,880	30,000	150
Kiteshield	3	40	142	510	1,326	3,264	32,640	170
Two-handed sword	3	48	168	600	1,560	3,840	38,400	200
Platelegs/Plateskirt	3	48	168	600	1,560	3,840	38,400	200
Platebody	5	96	336	1,200	3,120	9,984	39,000	240

Temporary boosts

Image	Name	Boost	Level to obtain/use	Notes
	Dwarven stout	1	Can be brewed at 19 or bought	Also boosts Mining by 1
	Dwarven stout(m)	2	Can be brewed at 19	Also boosts Mining by 2
	Orange spicy stew	-5 to +5	25	-5 and +5 are rare
	Smithing cape	1	99	None

Quests rewarding Smithing experience

Quest	Experience reward	Smithing req.	Other requirements
Recipe for Disaster (Pirate Pete subquest)	1,000	-	31
Heroes' Quest	2,257	-	55 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 50
The Giant Dwarf	2,500	-	14 , 12 , 16 , 33
Between a Rock...	5,000	50	30 , 40
Elemental Workshop I	5,000	20	20 , 20
Devious Minds	6,500	65	50 , 50
Cabin Fever	7,000	50	42 , 45 , 40
Elemental Workshop II	7,500	30	20 , 20
The Knight's Sword	12,725	-	10
Dragon Slayer II	25,000	70	200 , 75 , 68 , 62 , 60 , 60 , 50 , 50
Total	74,482

Skill choice

Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Smithing. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.

Quest	Experience reward	Skills available	Skill requirements
Client of Kourend	500 twice	Any	-
Fairytale II - Cure a Queen	2,500	Any skill above 30	49 , 57
A Tail of Two Cats	2,500 twice	Any skill above 30	-
The Great Brain Robbery	5,000	Any skill above 30	16 , 30 , 50
King's Ransom	5,000	Any skill above 50	65
Darkness of Hallowvale	2,000 three times	Any skill above 30	5 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 33 , 40
Curse of the Empty Lord (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 50	Some players will need 31
The Tourist Trap	4,650 twice		10 , 20
One Small Favour	10,000 twice	Any skill above 30	36 , 25 , 18 , 30
Recipe for Disaster (The final battle)	20,000	Any skill above 50	175 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 59 , 40 , 50 , 40 , 40 , 10 , 10 , 36
Legends' Quest	7,650 four times		107 , 50 , 50 , 45 , 56 , 52 , 42 , 50 , 50 , 50 , 50
Total	114,400