Editing Smithing Guide

'''Smithing''' turns mined ore into bars at a Furnace, then bars into wearable gear at an Anvil. The short version: mine ore → smelt it into bars → craft the bars into gear. You earn XP twice for every bar — once when it's smelted, again when it's used in crafting.

Only '''Helmets''' reliably turn a profit if you're buying your bars outright — Platebodies, Platelegs, and Swords all lose gold at Bronze/Iron/Steel tier once the cost of the bars is factored in. Once you reach level 30 and unlock Mithril, everything becomes very profitable, especially the [[Mithril Sword]].

== Getting Equipped ==
* Pickaxes and hammers must be '''equipped''' to mine or smith — carrying them in your bag isn't enough.
* Players start with a [[Copper Pickaxe]] but no hammer; a basic [[Smithing Hammer]] costs 10g.
* Smelting ore into bars doesn't need a hammer — only smithing bars into items does.
* Pickaxes and hammers can't be crafted; you have to buy them.
* Inventory is 28 slots, and ore, bars, and finished items all take one slot each — nothing here stacks.

== Mining the Ore ==
Full mining routes and rates are covered in the [[Mining Guide]] — this is just the reference table for what Smithing needs.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Mining Level !! Pickaxe !! Ore !! XP per Ore !! Buy Price !! Sell Price
|-
| 1 || [[Copper Pickaxe]] || [[Copper Ore]] || 15 || 2g || 1g
|-
| 1 || [[Copper Pickaxe]] || [[Tin Ore]] || 15 || 2g || 1g
|-
| 10 || [[Iron Pickaxe]] || [[Iron Ore]] || 30 || 4g || 2g
|-
| 20 || [[Steel Pickaxe]] || [[Coal Ore]] || 80 || 8g || 5g
|-
| 30 || [[Dwarven Pickaxe]] || [[Mithril Ore]] || 150 || Mine only || 8g
|-
| 40 || N/A || [[Gold Ore]] || 350 || Mine only || 56g
|-
| 40 || N/A || [[Gold Dust]] || 350 || Mine only || 56g
|}

== Smelting Bars ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Smithing Level !! Bar !! Ingredients !! Duration !! XP !! Buy Price !! Sell Price
|-
| 1 || [[Bronze Bar]] || 1x [[Copper Ore]] + 1x [[Tin Ore]] || 3s || 15 || 8g || 4g
|-
| 10 || [[Iron Bar]] || 2x [[Iron Ore]] || 4s || 30 || 24g (20g at [[Grave Town]]) || 14g
|-
| 20 || [[Steel Bar]] || 1x [[Iron Ore]] + 1x [[Coal Ore]] || 5s || 55 || 40g || 28g
|-
| 30 || [[Mithril Bar]] || 1x [[Mithril Ore]] + 2x [[Coal Ore]] || 6s || 155 || Smelt only || 28g
|-
| 40 || [[Gold Bar]] || 8x [[Gold Ore]] or [[Gold Dust]] || 15s || 800 || Smelt only || 700g
|}
Mithril and Gold Bars can't be bought at any stall — you either smelt them yourself or buy them from another player.

== Smithing Gear ==
Everything below is crafted at an Anvil. The level to '''wear or wield''' a finished piece is separate from the Smithing level needed to '''craft''' it.

=== Helmets ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Item !! Defence Req !! Ingredients !! Smithing Level !! Smithing XP !! Duration !! Pierce / Slash !! Sell
|-
| [[Bronze Helmet]] || 1 || 4x [[Bronze Bar]] || 8 || 60 || 6s || 6 / 6 || 35g
|-
| [[Iron Helmet]] || 10 || 4x [[Iron Bar]] || 18 || 120 || 10s || 10 / 10 || 105g
|-
| [[Steel Helmet]] || 20 || 4x [[Steel Bar]] || 28 || 220 || 14s || 16 / 16 || 210g
|-
| [[Mithril Helmet]] || 30 || 4x [[Mithril Bar]] || 38 || 620 || 18s || 25 / 25 || 700g
|}

=== Platebodies ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Item !! Defence Req !! Ingredients !! Smithing Level !! Smithing XP !! Duration !! Pierce / Slash !! Sell
|-
| [[Bronze Platebody]] || 1 || 10x [[Bronze Bar]] || 6 || 60 || 18s || 9 / 7 || 70g
|-
| [[Iron Platebody]] || 10 || 10x [[Iron Bar]] || 16 || 300 || 28s || 14 / 11 || 175g
|-
| [[Steel Platebody]] || 20 || 10x [[Steel Bar]] || 26 || 550 || 38s || 21 / 18 || 350g
|-
| [[Mithril Platebody]] || 30 || 10x [[Mithril Bar]] || 36 || 1,550 || 48s || 35 / 29 || 1,750g
|}

=== Platelegs ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Item !! Defence Req !! Ingredients !! Smithing Level !! Smithing XP !! Duration !! Pierce / Slash !! Sell
|-
| [[Bronze Platelegs]] || 1 || 8x [[Bronze Bar]] || 2 || 120 || 16s || 8 / 6 || 49g
|-
| [[Iron Platelegs]] || 10 || 8x [[Iron Bar]] || 12 || 240 || 24s || 13 / 10 || 140g
|-
| [[Steel Platelegs]] || 20 || 8x [[Steel Bar]] || 22 || 440 || 32s || 21 / 16 || 280g
|-
| [[Mithril Platelegs]] || 30 || 8x [[Mithril Bar]] || 32 || 1,240 || 40s || 30 / 27 || 1,400g
|}

=== Hands ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Item !! Level Req !! Ingredients !! Smithing Level !! Smithing XP !! Duration !! Stats !! Sell
|-
| [[Mining Gloves]] || 25 || 3x [[Steel Bar]] || 21 || 165 || 14s || Mining Power +15 || 140g
|}

=== Weapons ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Item !! Attack Req !! Ingredients !! Smithing Level !! Smithing XP !! Duration !! Damage / Type !! Sell
|-
| [[Bronze Sword]] || 1 || 6x [[Bronze Bar]] || 4 || 90 || 8s || Quick 15 / Slash || 40g
|-
| [[Iron Sword]] || 10 || 6x [[Iron Bar]] || 14 || 180 || 12s || Quick 25 / Slash || 105g
|-
| [[Steel Sword]] || 20 || 6x [[Steel Bar]] || 24 || 330 || 16s || Quick 40 / Slash || 210g
|-
| [[Mithril Sword]] || 30 || 6x [[Mithril Bar]] || 34 || 930 || 20s || Quick 60 / Slash || 1,050g
|}

== Why You Get XP Twice ==
Smithing has two distinct steps — Smelting (ore into bars) and Smithing (bars into gear) — and you get XP for both: once per bar smelted, and again for every bar spent crafting.
{| class="wikitable"
! Tier !! Smelting XP per Bar
|-
| Bronze || 15
|-
| Iron || 30
|-
| Steel || 55
|-
| Mithril || 155
|-
| Gold || 800
|}
For example, a [[Mithril Sword]] needs 6 Mithril Bars: smelting them gives 6 × 155 = 930 XP, and crafting the sword itself gives another 930 XP, for 1,860 XP total.

== XP and Profit per Hour ==
These figures assume a full 28-slot inventory per cycle, real travel time between stations, and no downtime — treat them as upper bounds rather than guarantees. Bronze/Iron/Steel routes buy bars and sell finished items at the Blacksmith Stall in [[Valen Gate]] (except Iron Helmets, which are more profitable buying bars at [[Grave Town]] since they're 4g cheaper there). Mithril and Gold routes assume the ore/bars are already banked, since neither can be bought.

=== Bronze Tier (8g buy / 4g sell per bar, Valen Gate) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Method !! Smithing Level !! XP/Hr !! Profit/Hr
|-
| Buy ore → smelt Bronze Bars || 1 || 17,300 || 0g (breakeven)
|-
| Buy bars → [[Bronze Helmet]] || 8 || 35,163 || 1,758g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Bronze Sword]] || 4 || 39,272 || −2,618g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Bronze Platelegs]] || 2 || 26,449 || −3,306g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Bronze Platebody]] || 6 || 11,676 || −1,946g
|}

=== Iron Tier (24g/20g buy, 14g sell per bar) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Method !! Smithing Level !! XP/Hr !! Profit/Hr
|-
| Buy ore → smelt Iron Bars ([[Valen Gate]]) || 10 || 26,205 || 5,241g
|-
| Buy bars ([[Grave Town]]) → [[Iron Helmet]] || 18 || 40,865 || 8,514g
|-
| Buy bars ([[Valen Gate]]) → [[Iron Helmet]] || 18 || 42,592 || 3,194g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Iron Sword]] || 14 || 52,898 || −11,461g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Iron Platebody]] || 16 || 37,895 || −8,211g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Iron Platelegs]] || 12 || 35,507 || −7,693g
|}
Grave Town sells Iron Bars 4g cheaper, so Helmets crafted there are more profitable per hour despite the slower Anvil-to-stall trip.

=== Steel Tier (40g buy / 28g sell per bar, Valen Gate) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Method !! Smithing Level !! XP/Hr !! Profit/Hr
|-
| Buy ore → smelt Steel Bars || 20 || 38,661 || 11,247g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Steel Helmet]] || 28 || 56,000 || 12,727g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Mining Gloves]] || 21 || 42,094 || 5,102g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Steel Sword]] || 24 || 73,108 || −6,646g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Steel Platelegs]] || 22 || 48,990 || −4,454g
|-
| Buy bars → [[Steel Platebody]] || 26 || 51,429 || −4,675g
|}

=== Mithril Tier (Mithril Ore can't be bought — mine it, then smelt with bought Coal) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Method !! Smithing Level !! XP/Hr !! Profit/Hr
|-
| Mine ore + buy Coal → smelt Mithril Bars ([[Grave Town]]) || 30 || 87,339 || 2,254g
|-
| Self-smelted bars → [[Mithril Sword]] || 34 || 162,327 || 153,949g
|-
| Self-smelted bars → [[Mithril Helmet]] || 38 || 121,588 || 115,312g
|-
| Self-smelted bars → [[Mithril Platebody]] || 36 || 113,299 || 107,452g
|-
| Self-smelted bars → [[Mithril Platelegs]] || 32 || 109,322 || 103,680g
|}
Selling raw Mithril Bars barely profits at all — crafting them into a [[Mithril Sword]] is roughly 68 times more profitable per hour than selling the bars, and it's also the best XP/hour item in the whole skill. Craft it whenever you've got Mithril Bars banked and Smithing 34+.

=== Gold Tier (Gold Ore/Dust can't be bought — must be mined) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Method !! Smithing Level !! XP/Hr !! Profit/Hr
|-
| Mine ore/dust → smelt Gold Bars ([[Grave Town]]) || 40 || 178,144 || 56,115g
|}
[[Gold Plate]], [[Volcanic Ring]], and [[Volcanic Ward]] don't have confirmed crafting costs yet, so their EXP/hr and profit/hr can't be calculated.

== Best Choice by Tier ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Tier !! Best for XP !! Best for Profit
|-
| Bronze || [[Bronze Sword]] || [[Bronze Helmet]] (the only profitable Bronze item)
|-
| Iron || [[Iron Sword]] || [[Iron Helmet]] (buy bars at [[Grave Town]])
|-
| Steel || [[Steel Sword]] || [[Steel Helmet]] ([[Mining Gloves]] a solid second choice)
|-
| Mithril || [[Mithril Sword]] || [[Mithril Sword]]
|-
| Gold || — || Data not yet available
|}

== Best Early Money Method ==
Buying bars, smithing them into Helmets, and selling to a vendor is one of the best early-game gold methods: Helmets need fewer bars, sell for good vendor value, and don't require any Mining. Every other craftable — Platebody, Platelegs, Swords — actually loses gold at Bronze/Iron/Steel tier once the bar cost is factored in, since the bars cost more than the finished item sells for.

* Buy bars from a stall or another player → smith Helmets → sell to a vendor → repeat.
* Best returns: [[Bronze Helmet]] (~1,758g/hr), [[Iron Helmet]] (~8,514g/hr buying bars at Grave Town), [[Steel Helmet]] (~12,727g/hr).
* Everything else at these tiers trains XP but loses gold — only worth it for training if you can absorb the loss, or if you're smelting your own bars instead of buying them.
* Once you hit Smithing 30, switch to Mithril — every Mithril item is highly profitable, and the [[Mithril Sword]] is the best item in the guide for both XP and gold per hour.

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