Smithing

The Basics

There are two main parts to smithing in RuneScape: making the metal bars, and smithing them into useful items. Before you can start smithing your weapons and armor, you should first either mine the ores you need, or buy them from other players. Buying the ores or bars from other players may be faster than mining them, but it can be quite expensive.

In order to make a metal bar, you need to have the correct amount of ores, and many of the metals require another type of ore to make a bar. For a complete list, you can refer to the Smelting chart. Each item you make will need a different number of bars to smith it, and that info can be found in the Smithing Chart for the specific metal.

Dwarven Stouts

These helpful drinks can be bought in the Rising Sun bar in Falador for 3gp per drink. They will raise your Smithing and Mining levels by 1 point for a limited amount of time, allowing you to smith objects a level higher than your actual level.

Mature Stouts & Beer

As a reward from the Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf Quest you will get 2 Mature Dwarven Stouts which will increase your Mining and Smithing levels by 2, not just the ordinary 1 level. When Brewing Beer there is a chance that it will become Mature and give extra bonuses. To make it more likely that it becomes Mature you can add "The Stuff" which is something you can buy as a reward from Trouble Brewing.

Smelting Ores

Now that you've got all of your ores together, you should smelt them into bars so that you can make weapons and armor out of them. Just bring the ores to a Furnace (), and choose the 'Smelt' option of the right-click menu. You'll be able to choose which kind of bar to make, as well as the number of bars to smelt. By default you will create the maximum number of metal bars using the available ores in your inventory.

Your character will then begin smelting the ores and creating the appropriate number of metal bars.

Smelting with Magic

Another way to smelt all of your metal bars is to cast the Superheat Item spell on the ores. This of course requires 4 Fire Runes and 1 Nature Rune, but it can be much faster than walking to a furnace to smelt your bars of metal. If you smelt Iron ore with Magic, all ores will be smelted.

Smelting Chart
Picture	Metal Bar	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Ore	# of 2nd Item
	Bronze	1	6	Copper	1 Tin
	Lunar	1	-	Lunar	-
	Blurite	8	8	Bluerite	-
	Iron	15	12.5	Iron	50%
	Silver	20	13.7	Silver	-
	Elemental	20	7.5	Elemental	4 Coal
	Steel	30	17.5	Iron	2 Coal
	Gold	40	22.5 (56.2)	Gold	-
	Mithril	50	30	Mithril	4 Coal
	Adamantite	70	37.5	Adamantite	6 Coal
	Runite	85	50	Rune	8 Coal

Smelting Notes

• The 50% for smelting Iron ore means that you will only get about half of the ores that you try to smelt. The other ores are wasted and just disappear into the furnace if they aren't good enough.
• By wearing a Ring of Forging, you'll have a 100% chance to smelt Iron into bars, and each ring has 140 uses.
• Smithing Gauntlets - Members have a chance to have their Steel Gauntlets enchanted into GoldSmith Gauntlets after the Family Crest quest. When you smelt a Gold Bar while wearing these, you'll earn 56.2xp per bar.
• Elemental Bars require you to have completed the Elemental Workshop Quest.
• Blurite Bars require you to have finished the Knight's Sword Quest.

Furnaces

You'll find a number of furnaces () throughout RuneScape. Here are some of the most popular ones:

• Free-players: Al Kharid and Falador.
• Members: Edgeville (requires completion of at least one difficulty level of Varrock Tasks), Port Phasmatys, Shilo Village, and Neitiznot (accessible during the Fremennik Isles Quest).

Using the World Map, you can find other locations for furnaces.

Smithing Items

With your metal bars in hand, it's time to make some armor, right? Not quite. You first need a Hammer to work the metal with, and you can buy one from any local General Store. Now you can begin smithing items by finding an Anvil and using a metal bar with it. This will bring up a graphical menu with all of the different weapons, armor, and other items you can make.

When the menu comes up, pay attention to the colors of the names and number of bars:

• White Name - You're a high enough level to smith the item.
• Blacked-Out Name - You need a higher smithing level to smith the item.
• # of Bars in Green - You have enough bars to make the item.
• # of Bars in Red - You need more bars in order to smith the item.

Now you can choose the item you wish to smith, and if you have enough bars and a high enough level, you will smith it.

You can right click on an object in the smithing menu and select to make multiple items at once. This is much faster than just making one item at a time.

Anvils

There are many anvils () that you can smith from throughout RuneScape. The most desirable location for free-players are the ones in Varrock, located south of the western bank. For members, the same location mentioned before still applies. However, some other locations include Yanille and Seer's Village. Using the World Map, you can find other locations for anvils.

Bronze Items

Bronze Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars
	Dagger	1	12	1
	Hatchet	1	12	1
	Mace	2	12	1
	Med Helm	3	12	1
	Bolts	3	12	1
	Sword	4	12	1
	15 Nails	4	12	1
	Bronze Wire	4	12	1
	10 Dart Tips	4	12	1
	15 Arrowtips	5	12	1
	Scimitar	5	25	2
	Pickaxe	5	25	2
	Long Sword	6	25	2
	Crossbow Limbs	6	12	1
	Full Helm	7	25	2
	5 Throwing Knives	7	12	1
	Sq Shield	8	25	2
	Warhammer	9	37	3
	Battleaxe	10	37	3
	Chainbody	11	37	3
	Kiteshield	12	37	3
	Claws	13	25	2
	2h Sword	14	37	3
	Plateskirt	16	37	3
	Platelegs	16	37	3
	Platebody	18	62	5

Iron Items

Iron Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars
	Dagger	15	25	1
	Hatchet	16	25	1
	Mace	17	25	1
	Iron Spit	17	25	1
	Med Helm	18	25	1
	Bolts	18	17	1
	Sword	19	25	1
	15 Nails	19	25	1
	10 Dart Tips	19	25	1
	15 Arrowtips	20	25	1
	Scimitar	20	50	2
	Pickaxe	20	50	2
	Longsword	21	50	2
	Full Helm	22	50	2
	5 Throwing Knives	22	25	1
	Sq Shield	23	50	2
	Crossbow Limbs	23	25	1
	Warhammer	24	75	3
	Battleaxe	25	75	3
	Chainbody	26	75	3
	Oil Lantern Frame	26	25	1
	Kiteshield	27	75	3
	Claws	28	50	2
	2h Sword	29	75	3
	Plateskirt	31	75	3
	Platelegs	31	75	3
	Platebody	33	125	5

Steel Items

Steel Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars
	Dagger	30	37	1
	Hatchet	31	37	1
	Mace	32	37	1
	Med Helm	33	37	1
	Bolts	33	37	1
	15 Nails	34	37	1
	Sword	34	37	1
	10 Dart Tips	34	37	1
	15 Arrowtips	35	37	1
	4 Cannonballs	35	25	1
	Scimitar	35	75	2
	Pickaxe	35	75	2
	Longsword	36	75	2
	Studs	36	37	1
	Crossbow Limbs	36	37	1
	Full Helm	37	75	2
	5 Throwing Knives	37	37	1
	Sq Shield	38	75	2
	Warhammer	39	112	3
	Battleaxe	40	112	3
	Chainbody	41	112	3
	Kiteshield	42	112	3
	Claws	43	75	2
	2h Sword	44	112	3
	Plateskirt	46	112	3
	Platelegs	46	112	3
	Platebody	48	187	5
	Bullseye Lantern	49	37	1

Mithril Items

Mithril Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars
	Dagger	50	50	1
	Hatchet	51	50	1
	Mace	52	50	1
	Med Helm	53	50	1
	Bolts	53	50	1
	Sword	54	50	1
	15 Nails	54	50	1
	10 Dart Tips	54	50	1
	15 Arrowtips	55	50	1
	Scimitar	55	100	2
	Pickaxe	55	100	2
	Longsword	56	100	2
	Crossbow Limbs	56	50	1
	Full Helm	57	100	2
	5 Throwing Knives	57	50	1
	Sq Shield	58	100	2
	Warhammer	59	150	3
	Mith Grapple Tip	59	50	1
	Battleaxe	60	150	3
	Chainbody	61	150	3
	Kiteshield	62	150	3
	Claws	63	100	2
	2h Sword	64	150	3
	Plateskirt	66	150	3
	Platelegs	66	150	3
	Platebody	68	250	5

Adamantite Items

Adamantite Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars
	Dagger	70	62	1
	Hatchet	71	62	1
	Mace	72	62	1
	Med Helm	73	62	1
	Bolts	73	62	1
	Sword	74	62	1
	15 Nails	74	62	1
	10 Dart Tips	74	62	1
	15 Arrowtips	75	62	1
	Scimitar	75	125	2
	Pickaxe	75	125	2
	Longsword	76	125	2
	Crossbow Limbs	76	62	1
	Full Helm	77	125	2
	5 Throwing Knives	77	62	1
	Sq Shield	78	125	2
	Warhammer	79	187	3
	Battleaxe	80	187	3
	Chainbody	81	187	3
	Kiteshield	82	187	3
	Claws	83	125	2
	2h Sword	84	187	3
	Plateskirt	86	187	3
	Platelegs	86	187	3
	Platebody	88	312	5

Runite Items

Runite Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars
	Dagger	85	75	1
	Hatchet	86	75	1
	Mace	87	75	1
	Med Helm	88	75	1
	Bolts	88	75	1
	Sword	89	75	1
	15 Nails	89	75	1
	10 Dart Tips	89	75	1
	15 Arrowtips	90	75	1
	Scimitar	90	150	2
	Pickaxe	90	150	2
	Longsword	91	150	2
	Crossbow Limbs	91	75	1
	Full Helm	92	150	2
	5 Throwing Knives	92	75	1
	Sq Shield	93	150	2
	Warhammer	94	225	3
	Battleaxe	95	225	3
	Chainbody	96	225	3
	Kiteshield	97	225	3
	Claws	98	150	2
	2h Sword	99	225	3
	Plateskirt	99	225	3
	Platelegs	99	225	3
	Platebody	99	375	5

Blurite Items

Blurite Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars	Info
	Blurite Bolts	8	17	1	Requires you to have completed the Knight's Sword Quest to make.
	Blurite Crossbow Limbs	13	17	1	Requires you to have completed the Knight's Sword Quest to make.

Elemental Items

Elemental Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars	Info
	Elemental Shield	20	20	1	Used in the Elemental Workshop Quest.
	Elemental Helmet	20	20	1	Can be made after the Elemental Workshop Quest.
	Mind Shield	30	30	1	Can be made after the Elemental Workshop Quest.
	Mind Helmet	30	30	1	Made during the Elemental Workshop II Quest.

Lunar Items

Lunar Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars	Info
	Lunar Helm	1	25	1	Used During the Lunar Diplomacy Quest.

Gold Items

Gold Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Bars	Info
	Golden Bowl	50	30	2	Used in the Legends Quest to carry Holy Water.
	Golden Cannonball	50	37	1	Used in the Between A Rock... Quest to fire a hole through a magically sealed wall.
	Golden Helmet	50	30	3	Used in the Between A Rock... Quest to protect you while inside the cave wall.

Other Items

Other Items
Picture	Item	Smithing Level	Smithing Experience	Materials	Info
	Dragon Sq Shield	60	75	Left & Right Shield Halves.	Used for completing the Dragon Sq Shield.
	Godsword Blade	80	200	Godsword Shard 1, Godsword Shard 2 & Godsword Shard 3	Used to create a powerful two-handed weapon with detachable hilts.
	Arcane Spirit Shield	85	1,800	Blessed Spirit Shield & Arcane Sigil	Requires a prayer level of 75 to make after the Summer's End Quest.
	Divine Spirit Shield	85	1,800	Blessed Spirit Shield & Divine Sigil	Requires a prayer level of 75 to make after the Summer's End Quest.
	Elysian Spirit Shield	85	1,800	Blessed Spirit Shield & Elysian Sigil	Requires a prayer level of 75 to make after the Summer's End Quest.
	Spectral Spirit Shield	85	1,800	Blessed Spirit Shield & Spectral Sigil	Requires a prayer level of 75 to make after the Summer's End Quest.
	Dragonfire Shield	90	2,000	Anti-firebreath Shield & Draconic Visage	Used for completing the Dragonfire Shield.
	Dragon Platebody	92	2,000	Ruined Dragon Slice, Ruined Dragon Lump & Ruined Dragon Shard	Created with a Blast Fusion Hammer at the Dragon Forge after the completion of the While Guthix Sleeps Quest.

Item-Specific Info

Some items can only be smithed after completing a quest, and others may need to be smithed in a specific way. Here is some useful info to help you out.

Bronze Wire

Currently Bronze Wire is used only in the Creature of Fenkenstrain and Shilo Village Quests.

Bronze-Rune Nails

These are smithed 15 at a time, and are used in certain quests including Dragon Slayer, Horror From the Deep, In Search of the Myreque and Zogre Flesh Eaters. They are also used in the Construction skill for building furniture.

Dart Tips

Smithed 10 at a time, although you must first complete the Tourist Trap Quest before having the ability to make them. You can add feathers to make them into a throwing weapon.

Claws

These can be smithed after completing the Death Plateau Quest.

Cannonballs

After smelting a bar of Steel, use the Bar with a Furnace while carrying a Cannonball Mould with you. They are made in sets of 4, using a single Steel bar each time. You can only make these after completing the Dwarf Cannon Quest.

Pickaxes

Pickaxes may be smithed after completing the Perils of Ice Mountain Quest.

Spears

To make a spear, you need one metal bar and one log that corresponds to the metal type. Spears can only be made after the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio Quest and the first portion of the Smithing section of Barbarian Training. Spears can only be made on special barbarian anvils.

Hastas

Hastas are essentially one-handed spears and made in the same fashion as spears. However, you can only make hastas on a special anvil and must have completed the Smithing portion of Barbarian Training.

Special Hammers

There are some hammers in RuneScape that serve a special purpose and have certain requirements to obtain them. There are currently two special hammers in the game: The Sacred-clay/Volatile-clay Hammer and Blast Fusion Hammer.

• The Sacred-clay/Volatile-clay Hammer is a reward from the Stealing Creation Activity. Both hammers require at least level 40 Smithing to use. The sacred-clay variant of the hammer grants double the amount of experience per item made, while the volatile-clay variant grants 2.2 times the normal experience. Be aware though, there are some exceptions to what can give increased experience, such as quest items. Be aware that these hammers are not permanent and will disappear or morph into a different tool after a certain number of uses.
• The Blast Fusion Hammer is obtainable from the Blast Furnace Foreman after the While Guthix Sleeps Quest. He is located within the Keldagrim Blast Furnace Activity and sells the hammer for a whopping 1,000,000 gold pieces. This hammer is used to smith the Dragon Platebody at the dragon forge located in the Ancient Caverns. After smithing a Dragon Platebody, the hammer will disappear. A Dragon Platebody requires 92 Smithing to make. This hammer can be used as a normal hammer and will never disappear until you use it to smith a Dragon Platebody.