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Smithing is one of several skills in RuneScape Classic. It allows players to make armour and weapons to sell to other players or to use for themselves.

Unlike Mining, Fishing, and Woodcutting, which are gathering skills, Smithing is a production skill. It takes raw materials obtained from a gathering skill, in this case mining, and makes something else. It is popular because it can make a profit, and lets you provide equipment for you and your friends.

Smithing has two distinct parts: smelting, which is taking the ores from Mining and turning them into metal bars, and forging, which is taking those bars and turning them into metal items.

Tools[]

Although most of the times the Smithing skill requires for players to make use of the hammer, there are some additional tools that they may seldomly make use of. The Gauntlets of goldsmithing is a quest reward from Family Crest and although the cannon ammo mould is tradable, players still need to have completed the Dwarf Cannon quest to make use of it.

Image Name Description
Hammer Used to make armour and weapons.
Gauntlets of goldsmithing Worn when making gold bars to get better experience rates.
Cannon ammo mould Used to make multi cannon balls.

Smelting[]

Smithing pic title

A player smelting steel. A coal bubble is visible above their head.

Once you've acquired all the ores you need, you need to smelt them into bars.

Furnace locations consist of:

The Al Kharid furnace is considered to be the most efficient because of its small distance from the bank.

Below is a table of bars, experience, and ores required:

Image Bar Smithing level Smithing experience Ore # of 2nd item Fatigue SU (%)
Bronze 1 6.25 Copper 1 Tin 100 (0.133%)
Iron 15 12.5 Iron
(50% chance of success)*
None 200 (0.267%)
Silver 20 13.75 Silver None 220 (0.293%)
Steel 30 17.5 Iron 2 coal 280 (0.373%)
Gold 40 22.5
(33.75 w/ gauntlets)**
Gold None 360 (0.48%)
Mithril 50 30 Mithril 4 coal 480 (0.64%)
Adamantite 70 37.5 Adamantite 6 coal 600 (0.8%)
Runite 85 50 Runite 8 coal 800 (1.066%)

* 100% when using the Superheat item spell
** 33.75 experience when smelting a gold bar on a furnace with the gauntlets of goldsmithing. Gauntlets don't work with Superheat item spell.

Forging[]

Forging requires using a metal bar on an anvil with a hammer in the inventory.

Anvils are located at the following places:

Bronze[]

  • Fatigue: 0.267% per bar smithed
Image Item Smithing Level Smithing Experience Bars
Bronze dagger 1 12.5 1
Bronze axe 1 12.5 1
Bronze mace 2 12.5 1
Bronze medium helmet 3 12.5 1
Bronze short sword 4 12.5 1
2 Bronze dart tips 4 12.5 1
10 Bronze arrow heads 5 12.5 1
Bronze scimitar 5 25 2
Bronze long sword 6 25 2
Bronze large helmet 7 25 2
2 Bronze throwing knives 7 12.5 1
Bronze square shield 8 25 2
Bronze battle axe 10 37.5 3
Bronze chain mail body 11 37.5 3
Bronze Kite Shield 12 37.5 3
Bronze 2-handed sword 14 37.5 3
Bronze Plated Skirt 16 37.5 3
Bronze Plate Mail Legs 16 37.5 3
Bronze Plate Mail Body 18 62.5 5

Iron[]

  • Fatigue: 0.533% per bar smithed
Image Item Smithing Level Smithing Experience Bars
Iron dagger 15 25 1
Iron axe 16 25 1
Iron mace 17 25 1
Iron medium helmet 18 25 1
Iron short sword 19 25 1
7 Iron dart tips 19 25 1
10 Iron arrow heads 20 25 1
Iron scimitar 20 50 2
Iron long sword 21 50 2
Iron large helmet 22 50 2
2 Iron throwing knives 22 25 1
Iron square shield 23 50 2
Iron battle axe 25 75 3
Iron chain mail body 26 75 3
Iron kiteshield 27 75 3
Iron 2-handed sword 29 75 3
Iron plated skirt 31 75 3
Iron plate mail legs 31 75 3
Iron plate mail body 33 125 5

Steel[]

  • Fatigue: 0.8% per bar smithed*
Image Item Smithing Level Smithing Experience Bars
Steel dagger 30 37.5 1
1 Cannonball* 30* 25 1
Steel axe 31 37.5 1
Steel mace 32 37.5 1
Steel medium helmet 33 37.5 1
Steel short sword 34 37.5 1
Steel nails 34 34 1
7 Steel dart tips 34 37.5 1
10 Steel arrow heads 35 37.5 1
Steel scimitar 35 75 2
Steel long sword 36 75 2
Steel large helmet 37 75 2
2 Steel throwing knives 37 37.5 1
Steel square shield 38 75 2
Steel battle axe 40 112.5 3
Steel chain mail body 41 112.5 3
Steel kiteshield 42 112.5 3
Steel 2-handed sword 44 112.5 3
Steel plated skirt 46 112.5 3
Steel plate mail legs 46 112.5 3
Steel plate mail body 48 187.5 5

* Smithing cannonballs at a furnace requires a Cannon ammo mould from the CHECK quest. The fatigue received is 0.533% per cannonball.

Gold[]

Image Item Smithing Level Smithing Experience Bars
Golden Bowl 50* 30 2

* Smithing Golden Bowls requires the player to have started the Legend's Quest

Mithril[]

  • Fatigue: 1.066% per bar smithed
Image Item Smithing Level Smithing Experience Bars
Mithril dagger 50 50 1
Mithril axe 51 50 1
Mithril mace 52 50 1
Mithril medium helmet 53 50 1
Mithril short sword 54 50 1
7 Mithril dart tips 54 50 1
10 Mithril arrow heads 55 50 1
Mithril scimitar 55 100 2
Mithril long sword 56 100 2
Mithril large helmet 57 100 2
2 Mithril throwing knives 57 50 1
Mithril square shield 58 100 2
Mithril battle axe 60 150 3
Mithril chain mail body 61 150 3
Mithril kiteshield 62 150 3
Mithril 2-handed sword 64 150 3
Mithril plated skirt 66 150 3
Mithril plate mail legs 66 150 3
Mithril plate mail body 68 250 5

Adamantite[]

  • Fatigue: 1.333% per bar smithed
Image Item Smithing Level Smithing Experience Bars
Adamantite dagger 70 62.5 1
Adamantite axe 71 62.5 1
Adamantite mace 72 62.5 1
Adamantite medium helmet 73 62.5 1
Adamantite short sword 74 62.5 1
7 Adamantite dart tips 74 62.5 1
10 Adamantite arrow heads 75 62.5 1
Adamantite scimitar 75 125 2
Adamantite long sword 76 125 2
Adamantite large helmet 77 125 2
2 Adamantite throwing knives 77 62.5 1
Adamantite square shield 78 125 2
Adamantite battle axe 80 187.5 3
Adamantite chain mail body 81 187.5 3
Adamantite kiteshield 82 187.5 3
Adamantite 2-handed sword 84 187.5 3
Adamantite plated skirt 86 187.5 3
Adamantite plate mail legs 86 187.5 3
Adamantite plate mail body 88 312.5 5

Runite[]

  • Fatigue: 1.6% per bar smithed
Image Item Smithing Level Smithing Experience Bars
Rune dagger 85 75 1
Rune axe 86 75 1
Rune mace 87 75 1
Medium rune helmet 88 75 1
Rune short sword 89 75 1
7 Rune dart tips 89 75 1
10 Rune arrow heads 90 75 1
Rune scimitar 90 150 2
Rune long sword 91 150 2
Rune large helmet 92 150 2
2 Rune throwing knives 92 75 1
Rune square shield 93 150 2
Rune battle axe 95 225 3
Rune chain mail body 96 225 3
Rune kiteshield 97 225 3
Rune 2-handed sword 99 225 3
Rune skirt 99 225 3
Rune plate mail legs 99 225 3
Rune plate mail body 99 375 5

Legendary Dragon Square Shield[]

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At level 60 Smithing, you can repair the Dragon Square Shield. You will need both the left square half, an extremely rare drop from various monsters, and the right square half, purchased from Legends' Guild store for 750,000 coins. Hammering the shield at an anvil yields 75 experience.

Boosts[]

Image Item Boost Visibility
Dwarven Stout 1 level Visible

Quests[]

The following quests give Smithing experience rewards:

  • Hero's Quest -
  • The Knight's Sword -
  • Legend's Quest - (optional; 4x)
  • Tourist Trap - (optional; 2x)

The following quests give additional rewards to Smithing:

Trivia[]

  • Coal can be used on a furnace with iron ore in the player's inventory to smelt steel bars. This does not work with any other bar which requires coal to create.
  • "Bluerose13x" is the first known player to reach level 99 Smithing. [1]
  • If a player were to mine their own ores entirely, they would accrue approximately 39.7 million Mining XP (this is calculated using various Smithing methods, mostly by Smithing steel platebodies) [Clarify]

References[]

  1. RuneScape Players Wiki. Bluerose13x. "Bluerose13x was the first player to reach level 99 in Smithing and Magic." 4 December 2010.