Game Guide Smithing Skilling Guide - 1-99+

**Arcadiez** · January 1, 1970

Smithing is an artisan skill through which players may create a wide variety of items from ore and metal bars. It is the companion skill of Mining, which generates raw material that are used in Smithing. Ores acquired from Mining are smelted into metal bars at furnaces and then hammered into items at anvils.

Smithing Rework Info

Basic info

With the rework of the Mining and Smithing, means that it has some changes compared what you may be used to.

First of there are more ores, bars, pickaxes/Equipment and they are changed to fit more their respective tier. Example Runite ore which is a tier 50 armour used to require 85+ in mining and smithing. Now Runite ore is a tier 50, requiring 50 in mining and smithing.

Also Equipment/armour can be upgraded to a "+" version, example Elder rune pickaxe +3. By using the equipment on an Anvil(make sure the equipment is repaired if it has been used in combat)

Advance info

Smithing maintained its two distinct processes of smelting and smithing. A new metal bank was added to store ores and bars for use in smithing. The metal bank can be filled with regular or noted ores and bars, and can store up to two billion of each core ore and bar. When smithing, ores and bars are taken directly from the metal bank. However, items smithed are not deposited into the metal bank, so players must still bank these normally.

With the rework and the creation of new Bars/ores a lot of different secondary ores were created such as Luminite, Dragkolith, Phasmatite and more. The amount of coal needed was also reduced.

Both bane and iron bars now require two of their respective ores to create.

Furnace - The Ore bank

The furnace is used to smelt raw metal ores into bars.

It also has the Ore Bank were all your ores is stored.
Left click to Smelt and Right click to see more options, such as withdraw ores.

Forge - Metal Bank

It has the Metal Bank were all your Bars are stored.

Anvil

The Anvil is used to make Equipment from all the different Bars, it is also used to upgrade Equipment to a higher tier.
(Further info Below regarding upgrading)

Upgrading

The rework also added the ability to upgrade base items by adding more metal bars to them. Core metal items from iron to elder rune can all be upgraded, up to a maximum of five times for elder rune equipment. Each upgrade requires the previous item version (i.e. platebody +2 requires platebody +1 and one bar) and upgrades the item tier by +1 (i.e. mithril platebody is tier 30, but mithril platebody + 2 is tier 32). Upgraded items are distinct, usable items that have slightly better stats than their base counterparts.

To upgrade an item it has to be fully repaired, then use the Anvil and click each respective tier to upgrade it.

Ore box
You can also make ore boxes which can store ores for you.
Follow the link below for the FAQ on ore boxes

Link: Ore box faq

Equipment/Items

Game perk

Coal Keeper(lets you save bars/ores)

Fe Forge(Reduces the iron ore requirement, Highly recommended)

Equipment

Cape provides the effect of having the goldsmith gauntlets equipped, which increase experience for smithing gold bar and gives +1 smithing level.

The Blacksmith's outfit provde 1% Experince boost per equipment,

Giving a total Set Bonus of 6%. The set is obtained from SoF. You can also upgrade the helmet with the modifer which gives free Coal daily and In addition, while smelting ores, there is 1% additional chance for double bars

The Varrock armour 2 and higher have a chance to increase progression and smelt two ores at once.

The Golden mining suit is an experience-boosting set, full set gives 6% boost.

The full set can be obtained from Shooting Stars when trading in Star dust

Smithing Urns

A cracked Smithing urn can be created at 4 Crafting by using an fire rune with a cracked smelting urn (nr).
A fragile Smithing urn can be created with level 17 Crafting by using an fire rune with a fragile smelting urn (nr)
A plain Smithing urn can be created with level 35 Crafting by using an fire rune with a Plain smelting urn (nr)
A strong Smithing urn can be created at 49 Crafting by adding an fire rune to a strong smelting urn (nr)
A decorated Smithingurn can be created at 80 Crafting by adding an fire rune to a decorated smelting urn (nr)

Invention perks

Players with at least level 22 Invention can discover how to create hammer-trons. The hammer as two Gizmo slots.

1 Hammer-tron cost

80 Flexible parts
60 Base parts
6 Powerful components
4 Subtle components

Best in slot is

Gizmo 1: Rapid 3
Gizmo 2: Tinker 3

Rapid While smithing, it causes your heat to be consumed twice as fast but has a 5% chance per rank each hammer swing to grant double progress for the swing.
Rapid is made out of 5x shifting components or 5x Enhancing components
Tinker 3 While smithing, it has a 2% chance per rank to grant double progress for that swing, increasing the overall experience per hour.
Tinker 3 is made out of 5x Fungal components or 5x Clockwork components

Useful Items

Dwarven stout boost the smithing level by 1.
Brawling gloves(Smithing). When wielded, 50% XP boost is given at the entrance or outside of the Wilderness, with the buff increasing to 300% (4x the experience) at level 47 Wilderness just south of the fence.
The scroll of efficiency has a 2% chance per bar to refund that bar when Smithing.
The sacred clay hammers gives bonus xp when claimed as a reward in Stealing Creation.
The Varrock armour 2 and higher have a chance to increase progression and smelt two ores at once.
The smelting gauntlets automatically send your smelted bars to the metal bank.

Bars

Bronze bar

Level requirement: 1
Primary ore: 1x Copper ore
Secondary ore:1x Tin ore

Iron bar

Level requirement: 10
Primary ore: 2x Iron ore
Secondary ore:None

Steel bar

Level requirement: 20
Primary ore: 1x Iron ore
Secondary ore:1x Coal

Silver bar

Level requirement: 20
Primary ore: 1x Silver ore
Secondary ore:None

Mithril bar

Level requirement: 30
Primary ore: 1x Mithril ore
Secondary ore:1x Coal

Adamant bar

Level requirement: 40
Primary ore: 1x Adamantite ore
Secondary ore:1x Luminite

Gold bar

Level requirement: 40
Primary ore: 1x Gold ore
Secondary ore:None

Rune bar

Level requirement: 50
Primary ore: 1x Runite ore
Secondary ore:1x Luminite

Orikalkum bar

Level requirement: 60
Primary ore: 1x Orichalcite ore
Secondary ore:1x Drakolith ore

Necronium bar

Level requirement: 70
Primary ore: 1x Necrite ore
Secondary ore:1x Phasmatite ore

Bane bar

Level requirement: 80
Primary ore: 2x Banite ore
Secondary ore:None

Elder rune bar

Level requirement: 90
Primary: 1x Rune bar (1x Runite ore 1x Luminite to make a rune bar)
Secondary ore:1x Light Animica and 1x Dark Animica

Special Bars

Abysaalbane bar

Requires level 77 in Smithing and Abysaalbanite ore.
Obtained from using Tune Bane ore spell with a Banite ore and a Abyssal head.

Basiliskbane bar

Requires level 77 in Smithing and Basiliskbanite ore.
Obtained from using Tune Bane ore spell with a Banite ore and a basilisk item.

Dragonbane bar

Requires level 77 in Smithing and Dragonbanite ore.
Obtained from using Tune Bane ore spell with a Banite ore and a Dragon item. (can find a full guide on it in FAQ)

Wallasalkibane bar

Requires level 77 in Smithing and Wallasalkibanite ore.
Obtained from using Tune Bane ore spell with a Banite ore and a Wallasalkis item.

Blurite bar

Requires level 1 in Smithing, 10 in mining and a Blurite ore
Obtained from Blurite rocks are found only in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon mine in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, located south of Port Sarim on the tip of the Asgarnian peninsula.

Corrupted ore smelthing

Required ores: Corrupted ore (Obtain from Seren stones)
Requires Level 89+ in Smithing, can be boosted.
Afkable and good Experince.

Protean bar

Requires level 1 in Smithing but the XP gained increases with level.
Obtain from SoF

Depending on your Smithing level, the bar will act such as stated below.

Masterwork Armour

Masterwork equipment is a full set of degradable Power armour that requires 99 Smithing to create and 90 Defence to be worn. Masterwork armour is one of the best melee gear in game and a recommendation to obtain. Only the Trim Version is better.

First you need to unlock the ability to create a Masterwork armour, this is done by making a full set of elder rune equipment + 5.

Requires 384 Elder rune bars

To upgrade Use the Anvil and upgrade it from each tier until you reach +5. (Remember that the item has to be fully repaired, otherwise it wont work. Bob at ;;home will repair it for a fee)

Masterwork Grind

Helpful Perks:

Coal Keeper(lets you save bars/ores)

Fe Forge(Reduces the iron ore requirement, Highly recommended)

Now to start the massive Masterwork Grind.

You need to obtain 600 of each bar. That will say Bars from Bronze up to Elder rune.
Plus an extra 12 Steel bars for Rivets and 12 Leathers.

Masterwork

Helm = 100 of Each Bar + 2 Extra Steel Bars + 2 Leather
Platebody = 250 of Each Bar + 5 Extra Steel Bars + 5 Leather
Platelegs = 150 of Each Bar + 3 Extra Steel Bars + 3 Leather
Gloves = 50 of Each Bar + 1 Extra Steel Bars + 1 Leather
Boots = 50 of Each Bar + 1 Extra Steel Bars + 1 Leather

Ore Requirement

Lets start with the Required ores to make all the 600 bars.

Copper Ore: 600
Tin Ore: 600
Iron Ore: 1800(1200 if you have the Fe Forge Perk)
Coal Ore: 1200
Mithril Ore: 600
Adamantite Ore: 600
Luminite: 1800 ( or 2184 if you don't have Elder Rune +5 Equipment)
Runite Ore: 1200 (or 1584 if you don't have Elder Rune +5 Equipment)
Orichalcite Ore: 600
Drakolith: 600
Necrite: 600
Phasmatite: 600
Banite: 1200 (2 ores per bar)
Light Animica: 600 (or 984 if you don't have Elder Rune +5 Equipment)
Dark Animica: 600 (or 984 if you don't have Elder Rune +5 Equipment)

(Following bars required)

Now it's time to smelt all those ores into bars and store them in the Furnace/Forge.

You can now make the 12 Required Glorious bars. Each Glorious bar requires 50 of each bar from Bronze to Elder rune.
Thus the 600 bars total Requirement.

The 12 Extra Steel bars is used to make the Masterwork Rivets. 10 Rivets per steel bar.

Creation

With the following items in your inventory you can now Make the Masterwork armour

120 Masterwork rivets
12 Leather
12 Glorious Bars (stored in the forge NOT your inventory)
Elder rune +5 Equipment

Click on the icon on the anvil and craft each respective masterwork gear. Remember to have the elder rune +5 set in your inventory as well as the 12 leathers and 120 masterwork rivets.

Congratulations on your Masterwork Armour. How about getting the Trim version(T92)?

Trim Masterwork Armour
To make a Trim Masterwork armour you're first required to obtain the Normal Masterwork armour.

Trim Helm = 1x Masterwork Helm + 2x Masterwork trims.
Trim Platebody = 1x Masterwork Platebody + 5x Masterwork trims.
Trim Platelegs = 1x Masterwork Platelegs + 3x Masterwork trims.
Trim Gloves = 1x Masterwork Gloves + 1x Masterwork trims.
Trim Boots = 1x Masterwork Boots + 1x Masterwork trims.

Masterwork Trim

Masterwork trim is made by combining an elder rune bar, one malevolent essence, and one praesulic essence at any anvil.

You're required to obtain 12 Masterwork trim. Which is:

12 Malevolent Essence
12 Praesulic Essence
12 Elder rune bars

Breaking down Equipment refers to using the item on an Anvil to create the respective essence.

Example Torva boots on an anvil to create 1x Praesulic Essence.

Malevolent Essence It is made from breaking down a piece of malevolent armour

Essence per Piece. (Ticks is Irrelevant for us)

Praesulic Essence It is made from breaking down a piece of torva equipment

Essence per Piece. (Ticks is Irrelevant for us)

Once all items are obtained use the Masterwork armour on an Anvil to upgrade it to Trim version, remember it has to be fully repaired for it to work and to have 12 Masterwork trim in your inventory.

Custom-fit Trimmed Masterwork Armour

You're required to have a full Trimmed masterwork armour first.

Custom-fit Trimmed masterwork armour will now degrade 50% slower, and not degrade at all when incoming damage's source is your current Slayer task's NPC or Reaper task's NPC;

Teleport to the Artisan's Workshop and talk to Elof by the entrance.

Custom-fit Trimmed Spiked Masterwork Armour

You're required to have a full Custom-fit Trimmed masterwork armour and 5x Glorious bar.

You can now Spike your full custom-fit trimmed masterwork armour (which is only a cosmetic change) in exchange for 5 Glorious bars, this change also retains any augmented parts and perks on existing equipment pieces;
Both new versions of the armour may now be repaired with Bob, and platebodies/platelegs augmented and repaired;

Teleport to the Artisan's Workshop and talk to Elof by the entrance.

Smithing 1-99

Level 1-20

Bronze/Iron Platebody

Required bars: 5 Bronze bars or 5 Iron bars
We skip upgrading the Equipment as it's faster to just keep on making platebodies.

Level 20-30

Steel Platebody

Required bars: 5 Steel bars
Make +0 Version then +1(upgrade) -> +2 Repeat

Upgrade table

Level 30-40

Mithril Platebody

Required bars: 5 Mithril bars
Make +0 Version then +1(upgrade) -> +2 Repeat

Upgrade table

Level 40-50

Adamant Platebody

Required bars: 5 Adamnat bars
Make +0 Version then +1(upgrade) -> +2 Repeat

Upgrade table

Level 50-60

Rune Platebody

Required bars: 5 Rune bars
Make +0 Version then +1(upgrade) -> +2 -> +3 Repeat
TiP: If you want to level faster at a higher cost, buy platebodies +2 and upgrade to platebodies +3. (However players need to be selling these platebodies +2)

Upgrade table

Level 50-89/99

Rune dart tip

Required bars: 1 Rune bar
Fast Experince, relative cheap.
Requires 81 in Fletching to make Rune darts by using feathers. Fast Fletching Experince.
Do it until 89 and do seren stones or continue until you reach level 99.

Level 60-70

Orikalkum Platebody

Required bars: 5 Orikalkum bars
Make +0 Version then +1(upgrade) -> +2 -> +3 -> +4 Repeat
TiP: If you want to level faster at a higher cost, buy platebodies +3 and upgrade to platebodies +4. (However players need to be selling these platebodies +3)

Upgrade table

Level 70-80/90

Necronium Platebody

Required bars: 5 Necronium bars
Make +0 Version then +1(upgrade) -> +2 -> +3 Repeat
TiP: If you want to level faster at a higher cost, buy platebodies +2 and upgrade to platebodies +3. (However players need to be selling these platebodies +3)

Upgrade table

Level 80-89/90

Bane Platebody

Required bars: 5 Banite bars
Make +0 Version then +1(upgrade) -> +2 -> +3 -> +4 Repeat
TiP: If you want to level faster at a higher cost, buy platebodies +2 and upgrade to platebodies +3. (However players need to be selling these platebodies +3)
Problem is Banite ore is very slow to obtain.

Upgrade table

Level 89-99

Corrupted ore smelthing

Required ores: Corrupted ore (Obtain from Seren stones)
Afkable and good Experince.

Level 90-99

Elder Rune Platebody

Required bars: 5 Elder rune bars
Make +0 Version then +1(upgrade) -> +2 -> +3 -> +4 Repeat
TiP: If you want to level faster at a higher cost, buy platebodies +3 and upgrade to platebodies +4-5. (However players need to be selling these platebodies +3)
Expensive method

Upgrade table

Special

Protean bar

Requires level 1 in Smithing but the XP gained increases with level.
Obtain from SoF
Recommend doing at higher levels 80+

Depending on your Smithing level, the bar will act such as stated below.

99+ (200M)

Expensive method is to make Elder Rune platebodies, however it requires a lot of Elder rune bars.

Elder Rune Platebody

Required bars: 5 Elder rune bars
Make +0 Version then +1(upgrade) -> +2 -> +3 -> +4 Repeat
TiP: If you want to level faster at a higher cost, buy platebodies +3 and upgrade to platebodies +4-5. (However players need to be selling these platebodies +3)

Upgrade table

Using Protean bars at Level 90+ is the equivalent of using Elder runes. Plus it's very afk.

Protean bar

Requires level 1 in Smithing but the XP gained increases with level.
Obtain from SoF

Depending on your Smithing level, the bar will act such as stated below.

Rune darts is one of the fastest way to obtain Smithing Experince plus it's amazing Fletching Experince.

Rune dart tip

Required bars: 1 Rune bar
Fast Experince, relative cheap.
Requires 81 in Fletching to make Rune darts by using feathers. Fast Fletching Experince.
Do it until 89 and do seren stones or continue until you reach level 99.