Table of Contents
1.0 - Introduction
2.0 - Basics
2.1 - Smelting
2.2 - Smithing
3.0 - Smithing Tables
3.1 - Regular Items
3.2 - Barbarian Items
3.3 - Miscellaneous Items
4.0 - Training Tips
4.1 - Preparing Yourself
4.2 - Bronze Smithing
4.3 - Iron Smithing
4.4 - Steel Smithing
4.5 - Mithril Smithing
4.6 - Adamant Smithing
4.7 - Runite Smithing
4.8 - Gold Smithing
5.0 - Frequently Asked Questions
6.0 - Quests giving Experience
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1.0 - Introduction
Smithing is the art of turning metal bars into armour or weapons. It is a free to play
skill so that means that everyone that plays RuneScape can do it. As you gain a higher
smithing level, you are able to make higher-level armour and weaponry. If you achieve a
high smithing level you may never have to buy armour again. You can also make good money
from having a high smithing level. You can even make a profit from a relatively low
smithing level.
This guide will teach you all of the different methods of smithing and what are the best
to smith at each level. It will show you what the fastest smithing experience is and what
is the cheapest. It will also tell you how to make money from smithing and it will compare
all the different available materials and help you decide what the best for you to use
is.
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2.0 - Basics of Smithing
To start smithing, you will obviously need some metal ore to work with. The best way to
obtain these ores is through mining rocks around RuneScape. For more information, visit
the Mining skill guide. Another way to get ores is though buying them from other players.
Keep in mind though that this can become very expensive. You can also buy ores and bars
from the shop in the Dwarven Mines.
There are two parts to smithing. The first part is turning the ores into metal bars and
the second art being turning the bars into metal creations.
2.1 - Smelting
To get a bar you need to smelt ores together in furnaces, which are marked by the  icon on
the minimap. Simply use one of the ores in you inventory on the furnace and a metal bar
will be produced. If you are making a large number of bars, there is a much easier method.
Right click on the furnace and select the 'Smelt' option which will bring up a number of
bar options. Then by right clicking on the options you can select how many of each bar you
would like to make. Remember that you still need to have all the right ores in your
inventory.
There are many furnaces located all over RuneScape. Below is only a list of the popular
furnace locations; however you can discover more on the RuneScape world map.
»Al-Kharid
»Falador
»Lumbridge
»Port Phasmatys (Members Only)
»Shilo Village (Members Only)
»Zanaris (The Lost City) (Members Only)
»The TzHaar (Members Only)
»Neitiznot (Fremennik Isles) (Members Only)
Below is a table of the all the bars that players can make. Note that Blurite bars and
elemental bars are untradable.
Picture Name Ores Required Level Required Experience
Bronze Bar 1 tin ore
1 copper ore 1 6.20
Blurite Bar 1 blurite ore 8 8
Iron Bar 1 iron ore 15 12.5
Elemental Bar 1 elemental ore
4 coal 20 7.5
Silver Bar 1 silver ore 20 13.75
Steel Bar 1 iron ore
2 coal 30 17.5
Gold Bar 1 gold ore 40 22.5
56.2 XP with Goldsmithing Gauntlets
Mithril Bar 1 Mithril ore
4 coal 50 30
Adamant Bar 1 adamant ore
6 coal 70 37.5
Runite Bar 1 Runite ore
8 coal 85 50
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2.2 - Smithing
Now to turn your bars into useable armour or weapons you'll need a hammer which can be
bought from all general stores. When you have your metal bars and a hammer, find an anvil,
which is indicated by the  icon on the minimap. Use one of your metal bars on it. This
will bring up a menu of the items you can make. By right-clicking on the options you can
select how many you would like to make. Upon selection you will begin making your chosen
weapon, armour, or item.
Below is a list of the popular anvil locations around RuneScape. Varrock is by far the
best location.
»Varrock West
» North of Falador
»Yanille (Members)
»Seers' Village (Members)
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3.0 - Smithing Tables
3.1 - Regular Items
Below is a table of the regular items that can be made and the types of metals they can be
made in.
Please note that dart tips, arrow heads, throwing knives, and claws are for members only.
You will also need to complete the Death Plateau quest to smith Claws and the The Tourist
Trap quest to make dart tips.
Item Picture Bronze Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Runite
Dagger
1 bar  Level 1
12.5 XP Level 15
25 XP Level 30
37.5 Level 50
50 XP Level 70
62.5 XP Level 85
75 XP
Axe (woodcut)
1 bar  Level 1
12.5 XP Level 16
25 XP Level 31
37.5 Level 51
50 XP Level 71
62.5 XP Level 86
75 XP
Mace
1 bar  Level 2
12.5 XP Level 17
25 XP Level 32
37.5 XP Level 52
50 XP Level 72
62.5 XP Level 87
75 XP
10x Bolt tips
1 bar  Level 3
12 XP Level 18
17 XP Level 33
37 XP Level 53
50 XP Level 73
62 XP Level 88
75 XP
Med helm
1 bar  Level 3
12.5 XP Level 18
25 XP Level 33
37.5 XP Level 53
50 XP Level 73
62.5 XP Level 88
75 XP
10x Dart tips
1 bar  Level 4
12.5 XP Level 19
25 XP Level 34
37.5 XP Level 54
50 XP Level 74
62.5 XP Level 89
75 XP
Sword
1 bar  Level 4
12.5 XP Level 19
25 XP Level 34
37.5 Level 54
50 XP Level 74
62.5 XP Level 89
75 XP
15x Nails
1 bar  Level 4
12.5 XP Level 19
25 XP Level 34
37.5 Level 54
50 XP Level 74
62.5 XP Level 89
75 XP
15x Arrow tips
1 bar  Level 5
12.5 XP Level 20
25 XP Level 35
37.5 XP Level 55
50 XP Level 75
62.5 XP Level 90
75 XP
Scimitar
2 bars  Level 5
25 XP Level 20
50 XP Level 35
75 XP Level 55
100 XP Level 75
125 XP Level 90
150 XP
Limb
1 bar  Level 6
12.5 XP Level 23
25 XP Level 36
37.5 XP Level 56
50 XP Level 76
62.5 XP Level 91
75 XP
Longsword
2 bars  Level 6
25 XP Level 21
50 XP Level 36
75 XP Level 56
100 XP Level 76
125 XP Level 91
150 XP
5x Throwing knives
1 bar  Level 7
12.5 XP Level 22
25 XP Level 37
37.5 XP Level 57
50 XP Level 77
62.5 XP Level 92
75 XP
Full helm
2 bars  Level 7
12.5 XP Level 22
50 XP Level 37
75 XP Level 57
100 XP Level 77
125 XP Level 92
150 XP
Square shield
2 bars  Level 8
25 XP Level 23
50 XP Level 38
75 XP Level 58
100XP Level 78
125 XP Level 93
150 XP
Warhammer
3 bars  Level 9
37.5 XP Level 24
75 XP Level 39
112.5 Level 59
150 XP Level 79
187.5 XP Level 94
225 XP
Battleaxe
3 bars  Level 10
37.5 XP Level 25
75 XP Level 40
112.5 XP Level 60
150 XP Level 80
187.5 XP Level 95
225 XP
Chainbody
3 bars  Level 11
37.5 XP Level 26
75 XP Level 41
112.5 XP Level 61
150 XP Level 81
187.5 XP Level 96
225 XP
Kiteshield
3 bars  Level 12
37.5 XP Level 27
75 XP Level 42
112.5 XP Level 62
150 XP Level 82
187.5 XP Level 97
225 XP
Claws
2 bars  Level 13
25 XP Level 28
50 XP Level 43
75 XP Level 63
100 XP Level 83
125 XP Level 98
150 XP
2h sword
3 bars  Level 14
37.5 XP Level 29
75 XP Level 44
112.5 XP Level 64
150 XP Level 84
187.5 XP Level 99
225 XP
Platelegs
3 bars  Level 16
37.5 XP Level 31
75 XP Level 46
112.5 XP Level 66
150 XP Level 86
187.5 XP Level 99
225 XP
Plateskirt
3 bars  Level 16
37.5 XP Level 31
75 XP Level 46
112.5 XP Level 66
150 XP Level 86
187.5 XP Level 99
225 XP
Platebody
5 bars  Level 18
62.5 XP Level 33
125 XP Level 48
187.5 XP Level 68
250 XP Level 88
312.5 XP Level 99
375 XP
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3.2 - Barbarian Items
Speak to Otto about the barbarian spears. He will ask you to grab a metal bar and log type
of the same level, (for instance steel bar for willow logs, bronze bar for normal logs),
and use them with the special anvil outside his house. Remember to take a hammer with you.
You will make a spear by doing this, speak to Otto again and then ask about the one-handed
spears or, Hastas.
Otto will only educate you on how to manufacture hastas if you have completed Tai Bwo
Wannai Trio quest. To make a hasta gather the same resources you used to make a spear,
then when you use the bar with the barbarian anvil and select the hasta.
Picture Name Requirements Wood Required Smithing Level Required Smithing Experience Stat
Bonuses
Attack Defence Other
Bronze Hasta None Wood 5 25 Stab: +5, Slash: +5, Crush: +5, Magic: +0, Range: +0 Stab:
-1, Slash: -1, Crush: -1, Magic: +0, Range: -1 Strength: +6, Prayer: +0
Iron Hasta None Oak 20 50 Stab: +8, Slash: +8, Crush: +8, Magic: +0, Range: +0 Stab: -2,
Slash: -2, Crush: -2, Magic: +0, Range: -2 Strength: +10, Prayer: +0
Steel Hasta 5 Attack Willow 35 75 Stab: +12, Slash: +12, Crush: +12, Magic: +0, Range: +0
Stab: -3, Slash: -3, Crush: -3, Magic: +0, Range: -3 Strength: +12, Prayer: +0
Mithril Hasta 20 Attack Maple 55 100 Stab: +17, Slash: +17, Crush: +17, Magic: +0, Range:
+0 Stab: -5, Slash: -5, Crush: -4, Magic: +0, Range: -5 Strength: +18, Prayer: +0
Adamant Hasta 30 Attack Yew 75 125 Stab: +24, Slash: +24, Crush: +24, Magic: +0, Range:
+0 Stab: -6, Slash: -7, Crush: -5, Magic: +0, Range: -6 Strength: +28, Prayer: +0
Rune Hasta 40 Attack Magic 90 150 Stab: +36, Slash: +36, Crush: +36, Magic: +0, Range: +0
Stab: -10, Slash: -10, Crush: -9, Magic: +0, Range: -10 Strength: +42, Prayer: +0
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3.3 - Miscellaneous Items
Below is a list of all the items that can only be made out of certain metals. All of these
items happen to be for members only.
Item Picture Bars Needed Level XP Given
Bronze Wire  1 Bronze Bar Level 4 12.5
Blurite Bolts  1 blurite bar Level 8 17
Blurite Crossbow Limb  1 blurite bar Level 13 17
Mobile Rotisserie  1 iron bar Level 17 -
Oil Lantern Frame  1 Iron Bar Level 26 25 XP
4 Cannon Balls  1 Steel Bar Level 35 25.6 XP
Studs  1 Steel Bar Level 36 37.5 XP
Bullseye Lantern Frame*  1 Steel Bar Level 49 37.5 XP
Mithril Grapple Tip  1 Mithril Bar Level 59 50 XP
*Add a glass lens to make into a regular bullseye lantern, or use a cut Sapphire on it to
make a Sapphire lantern.
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4.0 - Training Tips
Introduction: Smithing is one of the proudest skills in the game as it was one of the
first surefire ways to become rich in Runescape Classic. A high levelled smither is a
valuable resource to tap. Skilled smithers are desired by clans to equip their members for
wars. A skilled smither who could make high end runite armour was guaranteed a
never-ending supply of buyers. Nowadays the title of Smither has been replaced with
Fletcher, Ranger and Runecrafter. There are many other skills in the game which can supply
a player with faster means of gaining money. But to say that you are a high level Smither
is something which will label you with respect.
The purpose of these strategies is to educate the reader on the most effective methods of
gaining levels in Smithing quickly and painlessly. You will have to do a lot of work to
get high levels in Smithing, but this guide will provide you the means to train Smithing
and still have plenty of time to enjoy the rest of the game. This guide will also provide
you with the means to profit as much as possible while training this skill. It is
pointless to train Smithing unless you are willing to spend a large amount of money to
purchase your ores and bars.
4.1 - Preparing yourself
Smithing and Mining go hand in hand much like Fishing and Cooking and Woodcutting and
Fletching (or Firemaking). Usually, a player will have their Mining and Smithing skills
very close to each other. If you wish to become a high levelled smith, you should possess
the ability to at least mine coal. For maximum profit, you should train your Mining up to
85 so you can mine runite ore. There are other skills that you should consider training to
make yourself as proficient as possible. They are:
Attack: 40 - Being able to wield a rune pickaxe will allow you to mine one additional ore
per load. While one space lost may not amount to much, it will become useful once you are
able to mine high-tier ores.
Magic: 55 - High Alchemy is possibly the most important spell to possess for a smith,
especially for free players. The cost of a nature rune is a small price to pay for the
opportunity to make money quickly from smithed items. Superheat is also a great spell for
smiths because it can be used while mining to train that skill and smelt your ores into
bars at the same time.
Mining: 60 - As explained in Magic, being able to smelt your ores into bars while mining
is a valuable trait to possess. Therefore, access to the Mining Guild is essential for
smiths who are still managing their finances. This is not a critical skill to possess but
it is generally helpful when funds are tight. A miner can just buy mithril ores and mine
the needed coal through superheat mining.
Runecrafting: 44 (Members only) - Since nature runes are needed for both Superheat and
High Alchemy, being able to craft your own nature runes is vital. Again, this is not a
critical skill. A wise player will use nature runes intelligently to high alch the right
items to maintain a profit. But it is good to possess the skill should nature runes be
needed at a moment's notice.
Decent combat level: At least 60 in all combat skills - A wise smith will use all
advantages the game has to offer to increase one's Smithing level. Quests are the keys to
unlock many of the doors in the game. If you lack the combat skill to defeat an enemy in a
quest, these doors will remain latched until it is trained up.
Sufficient levels in at least one good moneymaking skill - Profiting on Smithing at low
levels is nearly impossible if you are a free player. Bronze and iron equipment is nearly
worthless. Trying to sell an iron warhammer in Varrock will simply make you the target of
ridicule. In fact, you will not see significant profit until you are able to smith
adamantite items or don't mind smelting large numbers of steel bars. If you want to train
Smithing, you should be able to supplement your income with proficiency with another
skill. For free players, mining would be the best skill to train. Iron ores can be mined
quickly at lower levels with a rune pickaxe and they sell quite well in bulk.
These are the quests you should complete as soon as possible to help your Smithing:
The Knight's Sword: This quest is absolutely vital for all smiths as it gives the largest
Smithing experience award in the game. At low levels, the 12,725 experience points will
skyrocket a player's Smithing skill. It should be completed as quickly as possible,
preferably at a very low Smithing level.
Doric's Quest: Although this quest doesn't give you Smithing experience as a reward, it's
still helpful for free players since it allows the player access to a nearby anvil from
Falador.
Ghosts Ahoy (Members): Port Phasmatys is well known in smith circles as it is the closest
furnace to a bank in the game. The closing doors are only a mild inconvenience. Please be
aware that completion of the Priest in Peril quest is required. Completion of the The
Restless Ghost quest is not required but wearing a Ghostspeak amulet is needed to complete
this quest. It is also needed while smelting to save a little time each time you use the
bank.
Other quests in the game which provides you with Smithing experience are Between a
Rock..., Elemental Workshop, The Giant Dwarf, and Recipe for Disaster.
Finally, you must understand that Smithing is not an easily levelled skill. It takes
dedication, devotion and patience to become a high levelled smith. The most important
thing to remember with Smithing is to not allow it to become your overwhelming desire.
This will only lead to frustration as you run out of coal and stop your Smithing training
to mine more up. Train a little each day and then stop. Don't allow Smithing to remove
your social life or to cause you to ignore opportunities to enjoy yourself. Runescape is a
game and it is meant to entertain you. If you think of Smithing as a chore, it will become
one. Relax, take your time and don't rush it. The reason why so many people do not
actively train this skill is because they get burnt out quickly.
4.2 - Bronze Smithing
As a level one smith, your only option to gain levels without completing quests is through
smelting and smithing bronze bars. Fortunately, you can easily train yourself to level 20
in a rather short period of time. You only require 2,411 experience to get to level 15 and
this is equal to 126 bronze bars smelted and smithed. Gaining money from bronze is nearly
impossible as this metal is commonly dismissed as worthless.
Primary purpose of bronze: Getting to the point where you are not smelting or smithing
bronze.
Profitability: Major.
Key items (free) - None.
Key items (members) Bronze arrowheads
Suggested buy price: 10 - 20gp each for both tin and copper ore, 25 - 30gp each for bronze
bars.
Suggested sell price: 50 - 100gp per bronze bar.
Free player strategy
Your best option to train this skill is to mine your own copper and tin ores from the mine
south-east of Varrock. Be certain you use a pickaxe that you can actually wield as you
will be mining fourteen copper ores and fourteen tin ores per run. Once you have a full
load, simply return to Varrock and bank your ores in the eastern bank. You will need to
continue doing this until you have 126 of both copper and tin ores. Every so often, you
may always walk over to the General Store in the middle of Varrock to see if there are any
copper or tin ores in stock. If so, purchase them. Most players will be glad that you are
buying these ores so you can make for them to sell something more valuable to the shop. If
you have the money, feel free to purchase iron, coal or higher quality ores if they are
available. Buying ores from the General store will ALWAYS be cheaper than purchasing from
another player. If there is a large number of these ores, do not hesitate to run back and
forth to the bank to purchase another load.
Once you have reached 126 number of copper and tin ores, you will need to travel to
Al-Kharid. There are three furnaces available in the game for free players: Lumbridge,
Falador and Al-Kharid. The furnace in Lumbridge should NEVER be used unless you happen to
have ores in your inventory while walking by it. The furnace in Falador is popular because
it is close to the Mining Guild and a popular merchanting hub for purchasing coal and
ores. However, Al-Kharid will be your best location for smelting as it is the closest
furnace to a bank for free players. Once you arrive, withdraw fourteen copper and fourteen
tin ores from the bank and head to the furnace. Once there, smelt your ores into bars and
return to the bank for another load. Continue doing this until all of your ores are
smelted into bars.
At this point you have a choice. If you want to gain smithing levels quickly but lose an
opportunity to make some money, you can begin smithing your bronze bars into items in
Varrock. Do not expect anyone to purchase your bronze armour and weapons. Your best bet is
to smith the highest quality item you can make at your current Smithing level. Bank all
the items you make. When you gain a Smithing level, stop making the item you were making
and begin smithing the new item you earned with your advancement. Once all of your bars
are smithed, withdraw all the items you made in notes and sell these items to your nearest
General store. If you don't mind the walk, you can always sell the items to the
"specialty" store for that specific type of armour or weapon.
If you are more interested in making money, your best option is to continue mining or
collecting copper and tin ore and continue smelting bronze bars. You will still gain
levels quickly if you have a low Smithing level. Once you have a large quantity of bronze
bars, you can sell them for an average of 50gp each. If you make a very large amount of
bronze bars (in the thousands), you can ask for up to 100gp each. Yes, this is a more
time-consuming way to train Smithing. But smelting is steady and consistent experience.
You will discover this once you begin smelting steel. Use the money you gain from selling
the bronze bars wisely. If you are using another skill to also, bring in money, use the
money to bolster that skill (runite axe for woodcutting, better armour and weapons for
combat, etc). Otherwise, spend the majority of this money to purchase iron ore from other
players and few rubies (cut or uncut).
Optimal Smithing Item: None. As stated previously, bronze items are complete rubbish. They
have nearly no value in the open market. Even bronze plate mail is not expensive enough to
use High Alchemy on. It would be a waste of a nature rune. Simply sell your bronze items
to a store to make a little income from your work.
Member strategy
Members will always have it easier than free players, as there are multitudes of different
ways to make money quickly. One of the fastest ways to make money is to kill normal men
and women. Along with the herbs that they occasionally drop, they will also drop level one
clue scrolls. They are typically easy to complete requiring only a few teleport runes and
sometimes a spade to complete. Just one piece of trimmed wizard robes or ranger leathers
will give you enough money to purchase all the bronze bars you will need.
You will not even have to touch a pickaxe in order to get yourself to level 15 Smithing.
All you will need to do is travel to Shantay Pass or Shilo Village and purchase the ten
bronze bars in stock in Shantay's shop and the General Store, respectively. While the bank
chest is closer at Shantay Pass, Shilo Village is recommended as other people tend to
purchase bronze bars at the Pass. Once you purchase all ten bronze bars in stock, bank the
bars and server-hop to the next world and repeat. It will take roughly a minute to log in,
purchase, bank, run back and log out to change servers. It will take roughly 10-20 minutes
to collect the 126 bronze bars needed to reach level 15.
Once you have the required number of bronze bars, simply smith your bars until you are
able to smith arrowheads. Continue making arrowheads exclusively; do not smith two, three
or five bronze bars items. Also, do not smith bronze knives. They are not as profitable as
iron knives. Finally, try to complete The Knight's Sword, Priest in Peril and Ghosts Ahoy
as quickly as possible.
Optimal Smithing Item: Bronze arrowheads - even with the variety of extra items available
for member smiths, bronze is mostly an unimportant item in the open market. The only item
which is remotely marketable is bronze arrows. Please note that you will lose money or
break even if you purchase headless arrows to make bronze arrows. If you collect your own
feathers and chop your own wood, the money you will gain from selling bronze arrows will
not be worth your time. You should just work on getting out of bronze as quickly as
possible.
4.3 - Iron Smithing
If one plays their cards right and works on gathering buyers and sellers, this is where
you will begin making a nice amount of money. It still requires a lot of work to train up
your Smithing. But the money you will gain from these levels will form the foundation upon
which all your future levels are financed.
Primary purpose of iron: Power training smithing experience towards steel, making money.
Profitability: Major.
Key items (free) - None.
Key items (members) Iron Knives
Suggested buy price: 80 - 100gp each for ore, 150gp each for iron bars.
Suggested sell price: 200gp per iron bar.
Free player strategy
The first and most important thing you must realize is that you should never, under any
circumstances, attempt to smelt a single iron ore. Iron ore is money and when you fail a
smelting attempt to make an iron ore, you are throwing away money. In order to get to the
point where you can smelt steel bars you will need to smelt yourself 877 iron bars. You
should use this time to train your Mining and collect yourself several thousand iron ores
as well. In the process of mining, you should sometimes receive rubies. Never sell these
gemstones. You should always store them in your bank also. They are essential for free
players as they are needed to get your iron bars.
Once you have a sizable number of iron ore and a few rubies (with some gold ore and cosmic
runes thrown in to be on the safe side), search through the official forums or Runescape
Community and locate a kind member who will trade you iron bars in exchange for the ore
and materials to make Ruby rings of Forging. Remember, these items will allow a member to
smelt up to 140 iron bars per ring. If you find a member who is willing to do this for
you, treat them like gold. Do not pester these iron smelters. Use the iron bars you
receive and sell them for 150-200gp each in the market and use the money to purchase more
iron ore and rubies. It would be wise to collect a few member smelters so you are
constantly exchanging ores and rubies for bars. Once you have reached a healthy amount of
iron ore and money, do one final trade and use the iron bars to reach the point where you
can begin smelting steel bars.
Alternatively, you may forego finding a member iron smelter and simply sell the iron ore
for 100gp each. Always try to sell them in bulk and then use the money to purchase the 438
iron bars needed to reach steel smelting. If you have any extra iron bars left over, you
may always sell them for some money. Use whatever money you gained to purchase at least
2,000 coal.
Optimal Smithing Item: Iron plates - As with bronze, there is very little interest for
iron weapons and armour in the open market. Your best bet is to simply toss iron items
into your nearest General Store or "specialty" shop. If you have the ability to cast High
Alchemy, you can cast this spell on iron plates for a small profit. The majority of your
income will come from mining iron ore, not through smithed items.
Member Strategy
Members will only require a small number of iron ore compared to free players to reach the
point where they can smelt steel. Generally, 1,000 iron ore should be sufficient. You
should try to collect at least 1,400 iron ore though as Rings of Forging work in multiples
of 140. Collecting rubies will require a little more work but you have additional options
that free players do not:
Gemstone mining in Shilo Village: (must have completed Shilo Village quest) you should
average at least one ruby every few minutes while mining at these rocks. While it may take
a few tries to find an unoccupied world, this will allow you to train your Mining and
Crafting at the same time.
Safe Cracking in Rogue's Den: you have relatively good odds of getting rubies in this
location. It is an excellent way to train your Thieving at lower levels. If you need food
to heal from the traps, there are almost always cookers using the fire near the banker.
Zanaris Black Market: (must have completed Lost City quest) you can purchase a diamond
from someone and enter the marketplace in the eastern section of Zanaris. Once inside, you
can purchase five ruby rings from the merchant near the Al-Kharid exit. Once you purchase
the five in stock, world hop to another server and repurchase until you have a full
inventory. Enchant the rings if you have the Magic level to and sell most of them off for
3,000 to 4,000gp each. Keep a few for yourself so you can continue to train your Smithing.
Use the profits to repurchase another diamond and repeat until you have a few hundred
Rings of Forging for your personal use.
Once you have 1,400 iron ore and 10 Rings of Forging, go to either Al-Kharid or Port
Phasmatys (the latter preferably) and begin smelting all of your iron ore into bars. This
will give you exactly 17,500 experience points and it will take a little less than two
hours to complete. Continue to smelt iron bars until you reach the point where you can
smelt steel bars. You may always continue to smelt iron bars if you wish and this is
recommended.
Optimal Smithing Item: Iron Knives - Iron bars can be smithed into iron knives and if you
sell iron knives in bulk, you can make up to 40gp per knife. This is 100gp per iron ore in
profit if you bought the iron ore for 100gp each. Smelting iron ore and smithing the bars
into knives will train your Smithing level very steadily at lower levels and bring in a
nice bit of change.
4.4 - Steel Smithing
Steel is the metal which will bolster the amount of money you have in your bank. It is
also useful for leveling your Smithing levels quickly and efficiently. But it will train
your levels through smelting, not smithing. You will find that mithril and adamantite bars
are much better smithing experience than steel bars. The only purpose of steel bars is to
sell them on the open market. You should not be making any steel plates if you are a
member. It requires a large amount of work and patience when it comes to smelting the coal
and iron ores. It is highly recommended that once you reach this point you have at least
2,000 iron ores and 4,000 coal in your bank.
Primary purpose of steel: Power training Smithing experience towards mithril, making
money.
Profitability: Major.
Key items (free) - Steel plates for High Alchemy.
Key items (members) Cannon balls.
Suggested buy price: 160 - 200gp per coal, 100gp per iron ore, 500gp per steel bar.
Suggested sell price: 600gp per steel bar
Free Player Strategy
Your best option for gaining Smithing levels is to smelt steel bars exclusively. As with
bronze and all future smelting work, you should smelt your bars at the furnace in
Al-Kharid . When you arrive in the bank, simply withdraw 18 coal and 9 iron ore and walk
to the furnace. After you are completed with the smelting, run back to the bank (because
the weight of the bars is less than all the ores). In order to smelt 1,000 steel bars, you
will need to complete 112 round trips from the bank to the furnace and back. The entire
process should take roughly one minute per load or between 90 to 120 minutes to complete.
You will gain 17,500 experience points for every 1,000 steel bars you make.
Member Strategy
If you are a member, you should smelt all the bars in Port Phasmatys (completion of Ghosts
Ahoy highly recommended) with 'run' turned on all the time, then smelt them into Cannon
balls, which can be highly profitable, selling at 200gp each (that's 800gp per bar
basically). 1,000 steel bars should take you slightly over one hour to complete.
At lower levels, this experience you earn will be sufficient to gain a Smithing level once
a day or every other day. This is also a good way for a lower level player to gain money.
1,000 steel bars can be sold for 600gp each or a total of 600K. The money you gain from
the trade will allow you to purchase your coal and iron ore back so you can repeat the
process. If you intend to purchase your coal and ore, it is suggested that you make a few
connections with players who are willing to sell you coal on a regular basis. Iron ore is
not a problem. You should be able to purchase 1,000 iron ore at 100gp each for 100K in
total without much hassle. Finding a good coal seller who will sell you large quantities
of coal at a set price is harder than one may expect. Please remember that in Runescape,
the price of a certain item will increase if the seller is selling larger quantities of
it. While coal averages at 150gp each, you may have to purchase coal at 180-200 each if
you are looking to purchase coal in the thousands. As long as your steel bar buyer is
willing to purchase them at 550-600gp each, you will make a significant profit.
Another thing to watch out for are players who will trade you coal and iron ore for
pre-made steel bars. Experience wise, these players are invaluable. They will always have
coal and iron ore ready for you. You trade them the bars, they give you the materials back
and you have a never ending supply of experience. What you should do is request that these
players pay you a small fee per steel bar. You are doing the bulk of the merchant's work
by smelting the steel bars; you should receive some compensation in return. If you find a
trader who is willing to pay you 50gp per steel bar (or more), you should cater your
smelting around these players. Use the money you receive from the traders to purchase more
iron ore and coal. What you will do is increase the volume of steel bars you can make per
trade. If you have more steel bars available, you will make more money in return.
Let us assume that you, the player, just reached level 30 Smithing (the level required to
smelt steel bars). You purchase yourself iron ore at 100gp each and coal at 150gp each.
You spend 400K to obtain 1,000 iron ore and 2,000 coal. The first example is you selling
the steel bars you make for 600gp each and purchasing the materials back. The second
example is you trading the completed steel bars to a merchant in exchange for the
materials and a kickback of 50gp per bar. You use the money you earn to purchase more iron
ore and coal for the next trade.
Example 1
Sell... For... Make... Earn...
1,000 steel bars 600,000gp (400,000gp to repurchase materials) 200,000gp profit 17,500
Smithing XP
Benefits
Less time per day smelting ores and coal at the furnace.
More profit per transaction. After ten trades, you are left with 2 million gp.
Disadvantages
More time is needed to purchase materials and to sell steel bars
Less Smithing experience on a daily basis. After ten trades, you are left with 175,000
Smithing experience.
The steel bars in your bank are stagnant (there is no increase unless you spend your
profits)
Example 2
Trade... For (50gp kickback per bar)...  That's an extra...  Earn...
1,000 steel bars 1,000 iron; 2,000 coal; 50,000gp  125 iron ore and 250 coal 17,500
Smithing XP
1,125 steel bars 1,125 iron; 2,250 coal; 56,250gp 140 iron ore and 280 coal 19,687
Smithing XP
1,265 steel bars 1,265 iron; 2,530 coal; 63,250gp 158 iron ore and 316 coal 22,137
Smithing XP
1,423 steel bars 1,423 iron; 2846 coal; 71,150gp 177 iron ore and 354 coal 24,902 Smithing
XP
1,600 steel bars 1,600 iron; 3,200 coal; 80,000gp 200 iron ore and 400 coal 28,000
Smithing XP
1,800 steel bars 1,800 iron; 3,600 coal; 90,000gp 225 iron ore and 450 coal 31,500
Smithing XP
2,025 steel bars 2,025 iron; 4,050 coal; 101,250gp 253 iron ore and 506 coal 35,437
Smithing XP
2,278 steel bars 2,278 iron; 4,556 coal; 113,900gp 284 iron ore and 568 coal 39,865
Smithing XP
2,562 steel bars 2,562 iron; 5,124 coal; 128,100gp 320 iron ore and 640 coal 44,835
Smithing XP
2,882 steel bars 2,882 iron; 5,764 coal; 144,100gp 360 iron ore and 720 coal 50,435
Smithing XP
Benefits
Larger Smithing experience gained after ten trades (roughly 314,000 Smithing experience).
You are constantly building the volume of steel bars in your bank for future trades or
personal use.
Less time spent merchanting. You are receiving your materials at the time of the trade.
Disadvantages
Much slower movement of incoming money.
Increasingly longer time spent at the furnace per trade.
Optimal Smithing Item (Free): Steel plates - If you do decide to give up steel bar
merchanting (which is not advisable) and smith your steel bars, steel plates will give you
the fastest experience. It will also allow you to recover as much of the lost profits as
possible through High Alchemy. Steel plates can also be sold for an average of 1,000gp
each for other players who are trying to train their Magic skill.
Optimal Smithing Item (Members): Cannonballs - these can be smelted at a furnace with a
cannonball mould upon completion of the Dwarf Cannon quest. These can be very good money,
as one steel bar makes four cannonballs. Each cannonball sells for 200gp each, so that's
around 200gp profit per steel bar. However, if you're interested in training Slayer, then
make cannonballs and buy a cannon, as this is the fastest way to train.
4.5 - Mithril Smithing
Introduction
Sadly, mithril smelting and smithing is only good for gaining experience in the skill.
Mithril is not a profitable material to sell to other players with the debatable exception
of mithril arrowheads. Mithril is simply not an armour or weapon type which is desired
greatly in free worlds. If one sells mithril items to another player, it will usually be
full sets of mithril armour and nothing more. Members are able to sell mithril arrows on
free worlds with greater ease as it is the second best arrow type available to free
players and is a decent arrow to use for free world range training.
Primary purpose of mithril: Power training your smithing level to adamantite smithing.
Profitability: Minor
Key items (free): Full sets of mithril armour or mithril plates for high alching.
Key items (members): Arrowheads - Iron and steel knives are far more popular than mithril
knives.
Suggested buy price - 300 to 400gp per mithril ore.
Suggested sell price: 1,000gp per mithril bar or more than 1,000gp per bar if selling
items.
Free Player Strategy
The best option at this point is to continue smelting and merchanting steel bars in lieu
of actively smelting and smithing mithril bars. Your only option for true profit is to
smelt mithril bars and sell them for 1,000gp each. This is not truly profitable unless you
are able to purchase the coal and mithril for less than 150gp and 400gp each,
respectively. However, the work required to smelt mithril bars at the furnace is time
consuming. It would be better to continue smelting nine steel bars per smelting run
instead of five mithril bars and one steel bar per run. The fact is that steel bars move
much faster in the Marketplace than mithril bars.
If you wish to build up the number mithril bars in your bank, your best option is to
superheat mine. This is when you wield a fire staff and have a stack of nature runes and
your pickaxe in your inventory when you mine. When you mine a mithril ore and the four
coal required, you simply cast the spell and smelt the ore into a bar. You may either mine
the mithril and the coal as you go (if you are mining on an empty server) or bring mithril
ores along from the bank and mine coal exclusively (superheating as you go). If you
purchase all of your mithril ore and coal from the open market, superheating the ores is
not recommended. The 300-350gp cost of a nature rune will negate any and all profit you
might gain from the trade. Only superheat mithril ores while mining.
Member Strategy
The best all-around strategy for members is to continue smelting steel bars for trade and
making iron ore into iron knives. If you wish to include mithril into your training and
trading regimen, you should begin using the Blast Furnace at level 60 Smithing and go
there with a stack of noted mithril ore and coal (along with some money). The Blast
Furnace may look intimidating at first, but a single player can operate the machine and
smelt mithril bars in about a minute's time. Once you have collected your mithril bars, go
to the anvils in the north-west corner of the room and smith either mithril arrowheads or
knives (arrowheads strongly recommended). If you have the smithing levels and the armour
merchant dwarf has no mithril armour in stock, you can smith armour pieces and sell them
to the dwarf for a little profit. However, the odds are slim that you will find a world in
which the armour merchant's stock is not flooded. Therefore, your best strategy is to
smith items which are stackable. Knives are preferable since you can always wield your
product and free up an inventory spot. But iron knives are far more marketable than
mithril knives and mithril arrowheads will level your Fletching skill also.
When you use the Blast Furnace, you have two strategies. You can either bring your own
coal in noted form and sell them to the ore merchant and buy back (like Nature
runecrafting with the General Store). Or, you can purchase the existing coal in stock and
hope that the store is restocked with coal on a regular basis. The second option is much
cheaper overall on the money that you will spend. But it will alienate you if there are
other people at the Blast Furnace at the same time. Furthermore, you will be wasting time
jumping from one world to another trying to find the ore store at full stock. Your best
choice is to simply bring noted coal to sell and buy back from the merchant. Should you
find another player doing this also, you gain the advantage of gaining smelting experience
off of his ores also. Just make certain you are either pedalling the conveyor belt,
shovelling coke into the oven or pumping the pump as the bars are smelted. If you cause
others to log off of your world, you lose the potential to gain extra experience. However,
if someone is already there and they have bought from the available coal, log off and find
another world.
The Blast Furnace is a great way to train up your Smithing levels. But the most serious
disadvantage it has is the distance to the nearest bank. If you are trying to bolster the
number of mithril bars in your bank, you should superheat mine and not use the Blast
Furnace. You are only spending a nature rune and you are collecting the coal and/or
mithril ore by yourself. While the half coal benefit of the Blast Furnace is appealing,
banking mithril bars in Keldagrim West is an expenditure of both your time and your
character's energy. If you are using the Blast Furnace to smelt and smith iron bars, you
can bring along noted coal and purchase the mithril ore from Ordan on occasion to make an
run of mithril. Allow the mithril ore to regenerate before purchasing more. The more
mithril ore you buy, the more expensive it becomes. If you do occasionally buy mithril ore
to smelt and smith, smith them into arrowheads so you have room to continue with making
iron knives.
Optimal Smithing Item (Free): Full mithril armour sets - Don't expect to sell these too
often. If you do, try to sell the sets for around 13,000 - 15,000gp per set. As long as
you are averaging more than 1,000gp per bar, you'll be ahead of the game. If you do find
yourself in a position where you will be making lots of mithril items for profit, find
yourself a person who will sell mithril bars at 1,000gp each as soon as possible. The odds
of this happening are very slim but you never know what will happen each time you log in.
Optimal Smithing Item (Members): Mithril arrowheads - Mithril knives are not profitable
because no one will buy them at 200gp each. Mithril arrows do sell fairly well and you can
make yourself some profit if you collect your own logs and feathers or you have a rather
cheap seller of these items. Mithril arrows will also train your Fletching level quite
well If you find yourself a buyer of mithril arrows at a good price, use the profits at
first to increase the number of feathers and normal logs in your bank to make more
headless arrows. After you have a large quantity of them, then focus your profits on
increasing the number of mithril ores and coal you bring in. You want to train your
Smithing so that you can immediately replenish the arrows that you sell to other players.
4.6 - Adamant Smithing
Introduction
This is where you will begin bringing in more and more money into your bank. Adamantite
items may not be as popular as runite but they are valued among other players. The
differences between the two metals are slight and the price difference is substantial. You
will find, especially on free worlds, that there is a large interest in adamantite armour.
As long as you snag opportunities to sell adamantite items as they appear, you should see
a steady increase in your money. This is the point where other players will notice your
smithing levels and you will begin to receive more and more compliments. This is also the
point where others may begin asking you to make certain items for them in exchange for the
bars or the ores and coal.
Primary purpose of adamantite: To reach the point where you can make high-end adamantite
armour. As long as you have consistent adamantite and coal sellers and consistent item
buyers, you will be at the point where you can start making consistent profit. Also, this
is the point where you should begin advertising your skills to other players and take
advantage of opportunities where you can make items for other players.
Profitability: High to Very High.
Key items (free): Adamantite armour pieces (platebody, legs or skirt, kiteshields and full
helmets), scimitars and axes
Key items (members): As free players and arrowheads.
Suggested buy price: 750 to 1,000gp per adamantite ore.
Suggested sell price: 2,000gp per adamantite bar or more than 2,000gp per bar if selling
items.
Free Player Strategy
If you have continued to rotate your coal and iron ore into steel bars and back again, you
should have a sizable amount of money in your bank. This is the point where you should
rely on buying your adamantite ores and coal from other players and smelt or superheat
them into bars yourself. Your ability to profit is only limited by your ability to
merchant. If you have the ability to sell items to other players well at good prices, you
will be able to train your Smithing consistently from the money you will receive in
return. If your ability to merchant is lacking, you are best off sticking to steel bar
smelting for training and profit.
The facts are that to maximize your profit with adamantite, you need to spread your web as
far and wide as possible. One adamantite ore normally costs 900-1000gp each. With coal at
150gp each, you'll be spending 900gp on coal. Plus 300gp average for your nature rune, you
will be spending 2,200gp per adamantite bar. While this is not a profit if you intend to
sell the bar on the open market, it is a profit if you smith the bar into a sellable item
and know people who will buy these items in bulk. A free player will have a hard time
finding serious adamantite buyers. But they are out there. A helpful suggestion is to
visit clan sites and see if any of them are looking for a clan smith. More reputable clans
will buy coal and ores in large quantities and trade them to smiths for pre-made items and
weapons. It is less money on their end than buying the completed items on the open market.
And it is free experience for you. Be certain to advertise around Runescape websites on
the Internet and post your services in many places. You will not receive business unless
you make your services known.
If you are looking to bolster the number of adamantite bars in your bank, you should
continue to superheat mine. It will be much easier to purchase the adamantite ore on the
open market and simply mine coal and superheat the ores on the fly. This will make
adamantite bar selling profitable as you are not paying for the coal; just the ore and the
nature rune. Superheating the adamantite ore is only advisable if you find yourself in the
position described in the previous paragraph. Trying to smelt the ores at the Al-Kharid
furnace is a very time consuming chore.
Member Strategy
The strategy for an member adamantite smith is two-fold: focus on making adamantite
arrowheads and steadily increase the number of bars you have in your bank. If you do not
possess the level to smith adamantite arrowheads, focus on smelting steel bars in Port
Phasmatys or mithril arrowhead smithing until you can. The main reason why one should
focus on making adamantite arrows is because it is a profitable item to make and it is
excellent Smithing experience when you smith adamantite bars. It requires a fair amount of
patience because it is only profitable if you use the Blast Furnace to smelt your
adamantite ore.
Let us assume you wish to make and sell 15,000 adamantite arrows. 1,000 adamantite ore
will cost roughly 1Mil to purchase (1,000gp per ore). Normally, you will need 6,000 coal
to smelt the ore into bars, but since the Blast Furnace requires half the normal coal, you
will only need 3,000 coal ore at a cost of 600,000gp. You will also need to purchase
normal logs and feathers to make the arrows. To maximize your profit, you should not
purchase shafts at five gp each or headless arrows at fifteen gp each. Try to purchase
normal logs from free players at 50gp each or go out and chop your own normal logs. If you
carry a knife and fletch the logs into shafts as you go, you can easily collect several
thousand in a rather short period of time. But if you purchase normal logs at 75gp each
and feathers at 10gp each, you will need to spend an addition 225,000gp. The grand total
of the purchase will be 1,825,000gp or roughly 122gp per arrow (125gp per arrow if you
include the cost to repurchase the coal from the ore seller in the Blast Furnace). You
will be able to sell the adamantite arrows for roughly 150gp each, granting you a profit
of roughly 425,000gp.
The other half of training Smithing and making a profit is by selling weapons and armour
to free players once you gain the appropriate levels. If you walk in Varrock and find
someone buying an adamantite kite shield for 8,000gp, you are making roughly 2,000gp
profit from the trade. This is when having the bars available in your bank is important.
If you have the Smithing experience and you have the money, you may always purchase
adamantite bars in bulk and make stacks of sellable armour and weapons to sell on free
worlds. As with the strategy for free players, it helps to have regular customers who are
in need of your services.