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.

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

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	Silver Bar	7x Silver Ore	10s	675	Unconfirmed	Unconfirmed
40	Gold Bar	8x Gold Ore or Gold Dust	15s	800	Smelt only	700g
60	Ebony Bar	7x Ebony Ore or Ebony Dust	20s	1,800	Smelt only	350g

Mithril, Gold, and Ebony 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

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

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

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

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

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.

Tier	Smelting XP per Bar
Bronze	15
Iron	30
Steel	55
Mithril	155
Gold	800
Ebony	1,800

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

Dusk Knight Armour (endgame set, requires the Dusk Knight Schematics Miniquest)

Each of the four Dusk Knight pieces is assembled at an Anvil from several smaller sub-components (also crafted at an Anvil), plus Ebony Bar/Ebony Plate/Large Ebony Plate/Silver Foil and an Exquisite Silk lining. A Dusk Knight Schematics is consumed once per final piece to unlock its recipe list, but is NOT consumed by any individual sub-component or the final assembly itself (it acts as a catalyst/tool, not an ingredient). See each piece's own page for its full ingredient list.

Final Piece	Smithing Level to Craft	Sub-Components Needed	Ebony Dust (raw, all sub-components self-smelted)
Dusk Knight Boots	60	Dusk Knight Boot Left Sabaton, Dusk Knight Boot Right Sabaton, Dusk Knight Boot Greave (x2)	1,386
Dusk Knight Platelegs	62	Dusk Knight Leg Cuisses, Dusk Knight Leg Tuille, Dusk Knight Leg Tasset (x2), Dusk Knight Leg Poleyn (x2)	2,303
Dusk Knight Platebody	66	Dusk Knight Body Breastplate, Dusk Knight Body Pauldron (x2), Dusk Knight Body Rerebrace (x2), Dusk Knight Body Couter (x2), Dusk Knight Body Vambrace (x2)	3,808
Dusk Knight Helmet	68	Dusk Knight Helmet Face Plate, Dusk Knight Helmet Head Plate, Dusk Knight Helmet Spike	1,442
Full Set	68 (highest single piece)	All of the above	8,939

Ebony Dust totals assume every intermediate (Ebony Bar, Small/Large Ebony Plate, Small/Large Ebony Rod) is smelted from raw Ebony Dust rather than Ebony Ore (7 Dust = 1 Ebony Bar), and exclude the separate Silver Foil chain, Exquisite Silk linings, and the Dusk Knight Schematics catalyst (consumed once per final piece, not per sub-component). Costs/XP-per-hour aren't listed here since the sub-component materials don't have confirmed vendor prices.

Best Choice by Tier

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	N/A	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.