RuneScape/Skills/Smithing

Smithing is a skill where you can make armour and weapons yourself instead of buying them. It is also one of the most profitable skills in Runescape.

Smelting

First of all, you need to have ores. To get ores, you need to mine (see Runescape's mining skill). Using the ores you have, you must then use them on a furnace to smelt the ores into bars. There are 12 furnaces located throughout Runescape, but only 4 are for free players.

Free Furnaces

Listed below are furnaces available for free players.

Furnace Location	Notes
Al-Kharid	Good to use as it's located near a bank.
Falador	Good to use as it's located near a bank.
Lumbridge	Because it's so far from a bank, only new players use this one.
The Wilderness	Located in level 28 wilderness, it's only good for the mines located in the wilderness.

Members Furnaces

Listed below are furnaces available for members. Free players cannot use these furnaces.

Furnace Location	Notes
East Ardougne
Entrana	Good for making glass as all the materials are on the island.
Keldagrim
Lost City	You need to have completed the quest Lost City to enter.
Port Phasmatys	Closest furnace to a bank in the game. It helps to complete the Ghosts Ahoy quest and to wear an amulet of Ghostspeak.
Rellekka	Usable after completing the quest The Fremennik Trials.
Shilo Village	Very close to a bank but players must pay 20 gold every time they want to use it.
Tyras Camp

Smelting Table

When you've found a good furnace, you must then smelt your ores into bars. This can be done by either using the ores with the furnace, or clicking on the furnace and indicating how many bars you want, which is much faster than always clicking on your ores and then on the furnace.

However, you need certain levels to smelt ores into bars. Listed below is a smelting table with levels. "Lvl Needed" means level needed to smelt ores.

Ore(s)	Lvl Needed	Produces	Exp Earned	Notes
1 copper ore and 1 tin ore	1	1 bronze bar	6.5
1 iron ore	15	1 iron bar	12.5	Smelting iron ores has a 50% chance of success. For example, if you have 28 iron ores, about 14 will be smelted into bars. However, if you have a Ring of Forging (members only), you have a 100% chance of success for a short while.
1 elemental ore and 4 coal ores	20	1 elemental bar	18	Useful for crafting elemental shields (members only) after completing the quest Elemental Workshop.
1 silver ore	20	1 silver bar	13.5	Used for crafting.
1 iron ore and 2 coal ores	30	1 steel bar	17.5	The most used bars for smithing.
1 gold ore	40	1 gold bar	22.5	Used for crafting. If you have the Goldsmithing gauntlets from the quest Family Crest, you get 56.5 exp per bar.
1 mithril ore and 4 coal ores	50	1 mith bar	30
1 adamant ore and 6 coal ores	70	1 adamant bar	37.5
1 rune ore and 8 coal ores	85	1 rune bar	50

Smithing

Now that you have your bars, you will need a hammer and an anvil. Hammers can be bought from General Stores and anvils are found across Runescape. It's faster if you smelt all your ores and then smith them, instead of smelting 28 ores and then smithing them. However, you need levels to smith items.

Use your bars with the anvil. A menu will pop up and ask you what you want to make. If you right click, you can smith 5 or 10 of what you want. When you smith, your character will hammer the bar on the anvil and produce your item.

A good spot to smith is in Varrock. At the west bank, just south of it is a house with anvils. Here you can quickly take out your bars from the bank, smith them with your hammer, and then bank them and repeat.

List below are tables with information about levels needed to produce weapons and armour.

Bronze Table

This is a table with information about making bronze items.

Item	Lvl Needed	Exp Earned	Notes
Dagger	1	12.5
Axe	1	12.5
Mace	2	12.5
Medium Helmet	3	12.5
Sword	4	12.5
Bronze Wire	4	12.5	Members only.
Dart Tips	4	12.5	Members only. 1 bar makes 10.
Nails	4	12.5	1 bar makes 15.
Arrow Heads	5	12.5	Members only. 1 bar makes 15.
Scimitar	5	25
Long Sword	6	25
Full Helmet	7	25
Throwing Knives	7	12.5	Members only. 1 bar makes 5.
Square Shield	8	25
Warhammer	9	37.5
Battle Axe	10	37.5
Chain Body	11	37.5
Kite Shield	12	37.5
Claws	13	25	Members Only.
2 Handed Sword	14	37.5
Plate Legs	16	37.5
Plate Skirt	16	37.5
Plate Body	18	62.5

Iron Table

This is a table with information about making iron items.

Item	Lvl Needed	Exp Earned	Notes
Dagger	15	25
Axe	16	25
Mace	17	25
Medium Helmet	18	25
Sword	19	25
Dart Tips	19	25	Members only. 1 bar makes 10.
Nails	19	25	1 bar makes 15.
Arrow Heads	20	25	Members only. 1 bar makes 15.
Scimitar	20	50
Long Sword	21	50
Full Helmet	22	50
Throwing Knives	22	25	Members only. 1 bar makes 5.
Square Shield	23	50
Warhammer	24	75
Battle Axe	25	75
Oil Lantern Frame	26	25	Members only. Used to see in dungeons.
Chain Body	26	75
Kite Shield	27	75
Claws	28	50	Members Only.
2 Handed Sword	29	75
Plate Legs	31	75
Plate Skirt	31	75
Plate Body	33	125

Steel Table

This is a table with information about making steel items.

Item	Lvl Needed	Exp Earned	Notes
Dagger	30	37.5
Axe	31	37.5
Mace	32	37.5
Medium Helmet	33	37.5
Sword	34	37.5
Dart Tips	34	37.5	Members only. 1 bar makes 10.
Nails	34	37.5	1 bar makes 15.
Arrow Heads	35	37.5	Members only. 1 bar makes 15.
Cannon Balls	35	25.5	Members only. 1 bar makes 4.
Scimitar	35	75
Long Sword	36	75
Studs	36	37.5	Members only. Used for crafting studded leather.
Full Helmet	37	75
Throwing Knives	37	37.5	Members only. 1 bar makes 5.
Square Shield	38	75
Warhammer	39	112.5
Battle Axe	40	112.5
Chain Body	41	112.5
Kite Shield	42	112.5
Claws	43	75	Members Only.
2 Handed Sword	44	112.5
Plate Legs	46	112.5
Plate Skirt	46	112.5
Plate Body	48	187.5
Bullseye Lantern	48	37.5	Members only. Used to see in dungeons.

Mithril Table

This is a table with information about making mithril items.

Item	Lvl Needed	Exp Earned	Notes
Dagger	50	50
Axe	51	50
Mace	52	50
Medium Helmet	53	50
Sword	54	50
Dart Tips	54	50	Members only. 1 bar makes 10.
Nails	54	50	1 bar makes 15.
Arrow Heads	55	50	Members only. 1 bar makes 15.
Scimitar	55	100
Long Sword	56	100
Full Helmet	57	100
Throwing Knives	57	50	Members only. 1 bar makes 5.
Square Shield	58	100
Warhammer	59	150
Battle Axe	60	150
Chain Body	61	150
Kite Shield	62	150
Claws	63	100	Members Only.
2 Handed Sword	64	150
Plate Legs	66	150
Plate Skirt	66	150
Plate Body	68	250

Adamant Table

This is a table with information about making adamant items.

Item	Lvl Needed	Exp Earned	Notes
Dagger	70	62.5
Axe	71	62.5
Mace	72	62.5
Medium Helmet	73	62.5
Sword	74	62.5
Dart Tips	74	62.5	Members only. 1 bar makes 10.
Nails	74	62.5	1 bar makes 15.
Arrow Heads	75	62.5	Members only. 1 bar makes 15.
Scimitar	75	125
Long Sword	76	125
Full Helmet	77	125
Throwing Knives	77	125	Members only. 1 bar makes 5.
Square Shield	78	125
Warhammer	79	187.5
Battle Axe	80	187.5
Chain Body	81	187.5
Kite Shield	82	187.5
Claws	83	125	Members Only.
2 Handed Sword	84	187.5
Plate Legs	86	187.5
Plate Skirt	86	187.5
Plate Body	88	312.5

Rune Table

This is a table with information about making rune items.

Item	Lvl Needed	Exp Earned	Notes
Dagger	85	75
Axe	86	75
Mace	87	75
Medium Helmet	88	75
Sword	89	75
Dart Tips	89	75	Members only. 1 bar makes 10.
Nails	89	75	1 bar makes 15.
Arrow Heads	90	75	Members only. 1 bar makes 15.
Scimitar	90	150
Long Sword	91	150
Full Helmet	92	150
Throwing Knives	92	75	Members only. 1 bar makes 5.
Square Shield	93	150
Warhammer	94	225
Battle Axe	95	225
Chain Body	96	225
Kite Shield	97	225
Claws	98	150	Members Only.
2 Handed Sword	99	225
Plate Legs	99	225
Plate Skirt	99	225
Plate Body	99	375

Ore Prices

Please note that these are rough prices and are not exact. Prices may change over time.

• Clay Ore: 1 to 5 gp

• Copper/Tin Ore: 5 to 10 gp

• Iron Ore: 50 to 100 gp

• Silver Ore: 200 to 400 gp

• Coal Ore: 120 to 200 gp

• Gold Ore: 120 to 200 gp

• Mithril Ore: 300 to 500 gp

• Adamant Ore: 700 to 1,000 gp

• Rune Ore: 10,000 to 12,000 gp

Bar Prices

Please note that these are rough prices and are not exact. Prices may change over time.

• Bronze Bar: 20gp

• Silver Bar: 150 to 300 gp

• Iron Bar: 150 to 200 gp

• Steel Bar: 400 to 600 gp

• Gold Bar: 150 to 250 gp

• Mithril Bar: 700 to 1,000gp

• Adamant Bar: 1,500 to 2,000 gp

• Rune Bar: 13,000 to 15,000

Making Money

If your magic level is 55 (see Magic) and your smithing level is 48, then you can easily make money from smithing.

All you have to do is make steel plates and then high level alchemy them. Each steel plate you high level alchemy gives you 1200 gp. Since steel plates are easy to make, this is easy money. However, you need to have many nature runes if you want to do this.

It is not recommended that you sell what you made to General Stores, as they give you cheap prices. Instead, high level alchemy them. If your magic level is not 55, then you have no choice but to either sell to stores or to players.

You can also sell your bars or ores for a profit. Coal and iron are always in demand, so these ores can give you good money. Steel bars are always in demand too, and selling them gives a great profit.

Training

There isn't really a good way to train smithing. However, many players prefer to make steel plates, as they are easy to make and give good exp. This is a good way to get your smithing all the way to level 99.