Smithing

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Smithing



Released		4 January 2001 (Update)
Members		No
Type		Production

Statistics

Players with 99		158,765 as of 1 August 2026 - update
Players with 200M XP		803 as of 4 August 2026 - update

Smithing is a production skill through which players create a wide variety of metal items from ore and metal bars. It is the companion skill of Mining, which generates raw materials used in Smithing. Ores acquired from Mining are smelted into metal bars at furnaces, and then hammered into items at anvils. Many smithable items are useful in combat, quests, and the training of a number of other skills such as Crafting and Fletching.

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Smelting

Smelting is the process of extracting a metal bar from a metal ore. To obtain a metal bar, a player must use an ore of the desired metal with a furnace. Some metals require multiple ores, and some require coal to be added to the furnace to raise the furnace's temperature.

Metal bars can be smelted by either using ores directly on a furnace or by clicking on the furnace, right-clicking on the desired bar to smelt, and selecting the number of bars to smelt.

Members can also smelt bars at the Blast Furnace, which can be a quicker and more cost-effective alternative to usual smelting at a furnace.

Smelting using Magic

With level 43 Magic, players can smelt bars using the Superheat Item spell. Doing so grants the same amount of Smithing experience as smelting using a furnace, and has a few advantages:

The player can emerge from a mine with a near full inventory of bars (aside from the spaces taken by nature runes and either fire rune or staff of fire), instead of a full inventory of ores which will smelt into only a fraction of the bars.
The player receives both Smithing and Magic experience.
The player saves time by not having to commute between a bank and a furnace.
The player is granted a 100% success rate in smelting iron ore.
The player can smelt Lovakite bars without the need to use the special Lovakite furnace.

Success rate

All metals have a 100% success rate with the exception of iron ore, which has a 50% chance of success, regardless of level; however, wearing a ring of forging, using the Superheat Item spell, or using the Blast Furnace provides a 100% success rate for smithing iron bars. A failed smelting attempt results in the loss of the iron ore.

Bar chart

Level		Ore required	Experience	Notes	Material cost	Value	Profit/Loss^{[n 1]}	Members
1	Bronze	^x1 ^x1	6.2	The lowest tier metal.	20	59	39	0
13^{[n 2]}	Blurite	^x1	8 (9.5) ^{[n 3]}	Requires completion of The Knight's Sword quest.	N/A			1
15	Iron	^x1	12.5	Smelting iron ore at a furnace will fail 50% of the time. See smelting iron ore.	73 80.16^{[n 4]}	140	−3.00 59.84^{[n 4]}	0
20	Silver	^x1	13.7	A Crafting metal. Used to create various silver items.	61	101	40	0
20	Elemental	^x1 ^x4	7.5	Used in the Elemental Workshop I and Elemental Workshop II quests.	N/A			1
25	Lead	^x2	15.5	Used in building ships for Sailing.	972	2,284	1,312	1
30	Steel	^x1 ^x2	17.5	The most average metal.	367	572	205	0
40	Gold	^x1	22.5 (56.2)^{[n 5]}	A Crafting metal, more valuable than silver, used to create various gold items (but not coins).	145	88	−57	0
45	Lovakite	^x1 ^x2	20	Used to make the Shayzien armour.	N/A			1
50	Mithril	^x1 ^x4	30	The lightest smithable metal.	740	958	218	0
70	Adamantite	^x1 ^x6	37.5	The heaviest smithable metal.	1,427	1,855	428	0
74	Cupronickel	^x1 ^x2	42	Used in building high level ships for Sailing.	1,730	2,749	1,019	1
85	Runite	^x1 ^x8	50	The highest tier smithable metal.	11,399	12,263	864	0

^ These are based on smelting in a furnace. For using magic to smelt items, see Superheat Item
^ Even though the in-game guide states smelting blurite bars has a requirement of level 8 Smithing, attempting to do so with less than 13 Smithing will prompt the player that the level requirement is 13 Smithing.
^ Casting Super Heat on blurite ore grants 9.5 xp, furnaces give 8 xp.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 This is based on using the ring of forging for smelting, guaranteeing successful smelting of iron.
^ Wearing goldsmith gauntlets increases the experience gained from smelting gold bars.

Smithing is the process by which players craft a metal item out of one or more metal bars. Smithing is always done at an anvil, using a hammer or an imcando hammer. When a player clicks on an anvil or uses a metal bar with one, an overlay is shown in which the player selects which item to forge. The player can either click the item to smith one such item, or right-click on the item and select a higher quantity of items to smith. Smithing takes place at a time interval of 5 ticks (roughly 3 seconds) per item created, regardless of the items being created or how many bars are being used per item. Each piece of the Smiths' Uniform gives a 20% chance to speed up actions performed at an anvil by 1 tick (from 5 to 4), up to a 100% chance with the full set.

Note: Once a player has selected a quantity of items to smith, the player's character will only cease smithing once the quantity is filled, the player has run out of bars, the player levels up, or the player is attacked.

Smithing tables

Different Smithing levels are required to make different items. Below is a table with information about Smithing and what players can create. It is important to note that black armour and weapons cannot be smithed.

Smithing experience is calculated by taking the experience granted from 1 bar and multiplying it by the number of bars used. For example, a bronze platebody is 62.5 experience using 5 bars. 1 bar is 12.5 exp, so go 5 * 12.5 = 62.5. This works for all bars and all smithing items, with a few exceptions such as cannonballs.

Bronze

Level		XP	Bars	GE Price	Price/Bar	GE Profit	Profit/XP	HA Value	HA value per bar	HA Profit	Members
1	Dagger	12.5	1	99	99.00	40	3.20	6	6.00	−225	0
1	Axe	12.5	1	98	98.00	39	3.12	9	9.00	−222	0
2	Mace	12.5	1	39	39.00	−20	−1.60	10	10.00	−221	0
3	Medium helm	12.5	1	58	58.00	−1	−0.08	14	14.00	−217	0
3	Unfinished bolts × 10	12.5	1	190	190.00	131	10.48	0	0.00	−1,779	1
4	Sword	12.5	1	64	64.00	5	0.40	15	15.00	−216	0
4	Dart tips × 10^{[s 1]}	12.5	1	380	380.00	321	25.68	0	0.00	−1,779	1
4	Wire	12.5	1	241	241.00	182	14.56	12	12.00	−219	1
4	Nails × 15	12.5	1	45	45.00	−14	−1.12	1	15.00	−2,624	1
5	Scimitar	25	2	16	8.00	−102	−4.08	19	9.50	−271	0
5	Spear^{[s 2]}	25	1	262	262.00	203	8.12	15	15.00	−216	1
5	Hasta^{[s 2]}	25	1	50	50.00	−9	−0.36	15	15.00	−216	1
5	Arrowtips × 15	12.5	1	75	75.00	16	1.28	0	0.00	−2,639	1
5	Cannonball × 4	9	1	32	32.00	−27	−3.00	3	12.00	−735	1
6	Crossbow limbs	12.5	1	37	37.00	−22	−1.76	12	12.00	−219	1
6	Longsword	25	2	65	32.50	−53	−2.12	24	12.00	−266	0
6	Javelin tips × 5	12.5	1	200	200.00	141	11.28	15	75.00	−844	1
7	Full helm	25	2	70	35.00	−48	−1.92	26	13.00	−264	0
7	Throwing knives × 5	12.5	1	185	185.00	126	10.08	0	0.00	−919	1
8	Sq shield	25	2	24	12.00	−94	−3.76	28	14.00	−262	0
9	Warhammer	37.5	3	28	9.33	−149	−3.97	28	9.33	−321	0
10	Battleaxe	37.5	3	74	24.67	−103	−2.75	31	10.33	−318	0
10	Keel parts^{[s 3]}	62.5	5	477	95.40	182	2.91	21	4.20	−446	1
11	Chainbody	37.5	3	24	8.00	−153	−4.08	36	12.00	−313	0
12	Kiteshield	37.5	3	152	50.67	−25	−0.67	40	13.33	−309	0
13	Claws^{[s 4]}	25	2	197	98.50	79	3.16	9	4.50	−281	1
14	Two-handed sword	37.5	3	145	48.33	−32	−0.85	48	16.00	−301	0
16	Platelegs	37.5	3	176	58.67	−1	−0.03	48	16.00	−301	0
16	Plateskirt	37.5	3	75	25.00	−102	−2.72	48	16.00	−301	0
18	Platebody	62.5	5	54	10.80	−241	−3.86	96	19.20	−371	0

^ Requires completion of The Tourist Trap.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Requires 1 regular log and the Barbarian Training miniquest.
^ Requires completion of Pandemonium.
^ Requires completion of Death Plateau.

Iron

Level		XP	Bars	GE Price	Price/Bar	GE Profit	Profit/XP	HA Value	HA value per bar	HA Profit	Members
15	Dagger	25	1	21	21.00	−119	−4.76	21	21.00	−291	0
16	Axe	25	1	112	112.00	−28	−1.12	33	33.00	−279	0
17	Mace	25	1	22	22.00	−118	−4.72	37	37.00	−275	0
17	Spit	25	1	198	198.00	58	2.32	38	38.00	−274	1
18	Medium helm	25	1	39	39.00	−101	−4.04	50	50.00	−262	0
18	Unfinished bolts × 10	25	1	180	180.00	40	1.60	0	0.00	−1,860	1
19	Sword	25	1	54	54.00	−86	−3.44	54	54.00	−258	0
19	Dart tips × 10^{[s 1]}	25	1	480	480.00	340	13.60	1	10.00	−1,850	1
19	Nails × 15	25	1	120	120.00	−20	−0.80	2	30.00	−2,690	1
20	Scimitar	50	2	20	10.00	−260	−5.20	67	33.50	−385	0
20	Spear^{[s 2]}	50	1	398	398.00	258	5.16	54	54.00	−258	1
20	Hasta^{[s 2]}	50	1	19	19.00	−121	−2.42	54	54.00	−258	1
20	Arrowtips × 15	25	1	150	150.00	10	0.40	1	15.00	−2,705	1
20	Cannonball × 4^{[s 3]}	17	1	56	56.00	−84	−4.94	3	12.00	−816	1
21	Longsword	50	2	25	12.50	−255	−5.10	84	42.00	−368	0
21	Javelin tips × 5	25	1	170	170.00	30	1.20	21	105.00	−895	1
22	Full helm	50	2	55	27.50	−225	−4.50	92	46.00	−360	0
22	Throwing knives × 5	25	1	185	185.00	45	1.80	1	5.00	−995	1
22	Keel parts^{[s 4]}	125	5	1,321	264.20	621	4.97	75	15.00	−797	1
23	Sq shield	50	2	13	6.50	−267	−5.34	100	50.00	−352	0
23	Limbs	25	1	94	94.00	−46	−1.84	42	42.00	−270	1
24	Warhammer	75	3	18	6.00	−402	−5.36	103	34.33	−489	0
25	Battleaxe	75	3	19	6.33	−401	−5.35	109	36.33	−483	0
26	Chainbody	75	3	72	24.00	−348	−4.64	126	42.00	−466	0
26	Lantern frame	25	1	69	69.00	−71	−2.84	54	54.00	−258	1
27	Kiteshield	75	3	50	16.67	−370	−4.93	142	47.33	−450	0
28	Claws^{[s 5]}	50	2	152	76.00	−128	−2.56	30	15.00	−422	1
29	2h sword	75	3	59	19.67	−361	−4.81	168	56.00	−424	0
31	Platelegs	75	3	55	18.33	−365	−4.87	168	56.00	−424	0
31	Plateskirt	75	3	33	11.00	−387	−5.16	168	56.00	−424	0
33	Platebody	125	5	106	21.20	−594	−4.75	336	67.20	−536	0

^ Requires completion of The Tourist Trap.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Requires 1 oak log and the Barbarian Training miniquest.
^ Requires completion of Dwarf Cannon.
^ Requires completion of Pandemonium.
^ Requires completion of Death Plateau.

Steel

Level		XP	Bars	GE Price	Price/Bar	GE Profit	Profit/XP	HA Value	HA value per bar	HA Profit	Members
30	Dagger	37.5	1	121	121.00	−451	−12.03	75	75.00	−669	0
31	Axe	37.5	1	156	156.00	−416	−11.09	120	120.00	−624	0
32	Mace	37.5	1	10	10.00	−562	−14.99	135	135.00	−609	0
33	Medium helmet	37.5	1	75	75.00	−497	−13.25	180	180.00	−564	0
33	Unfinished bolts × 10	37.5	1	630	630.00	58	1.55	0	0.00	−2,292	1
34	Sword	37.5	1	53	53.00	−519	−13.84	195	195.00	−549	0
34	Nails × 15	37.5	1	495	495.00	−77	−2.05	1	15.00	−3,137	0
34	Chain	37.5	1	532	532.00	−40	−1.07	60	60.00	−684	1
34	Dart tips × 10^{[s 1]}	37.5	1	860	860.00	288	7.68	3	30.00	−2,262	1
35	Scimitar	75	2	66	33.00	−1,078	−14.37	240	120.00	−1,076	0
35	Spear^{[s 2]}	75	1	512	512.00	−60	−0.80	195	195.00	−549	1
35	Hasta^{[s 2]}	75	1	56	56.00	−516	−6.88	195	195.00	−549	1
35	Arrowtips × 15	37.5	1	420	420.00	−152	−4.05	3	45.00	−3,107	1
35	Cannonball × 4^{[s 3]}	25.6	1	1,116	1,116.00	544	21.25	3	12.00	−1,248	1
36	Crossbow limbs	37.5	1	121	121.00	−451	−12.03	150	150.00	−594	1
36	Longsword	75	2	103	51.50	−1,041	−13.88	300	150.00	−1,016	0
36	Javelin tips × 5	37.5	1	485	485.00	−87	−2.32	54	270.00	−1,162	1
36	Studs	37.5	1	280	280.00	−292	−7.79	90	90.00	−654	1
37	Full helmet	75	2	142	71.00	−1,002	−13.36	330	165.00	−986	0
37	Throwing knives × 5	37.5	1	380	380.00	−192	−5.12	6	30.00	−1,402	1
38	Square shield	75	2	116	58.00	−1,028	−13.71	360	180.00	−956	0
38	Keel parts^{[s 4]}	187.5	5	3,127	625.40	267	1.42	300	60.00	−2,732	1
39	Warhammer	112.5	3	129	43.00	−1,587	−14.11	384	128.00	−1,504	0
40	Battleaxe	112.5	3	144	48.00	−1,572	−13.97	390	130.00	−1,498	0
41	Chainbody	112.5	3	206	68.67	−1,510	−13.42	450	150.00	−1,438	0
42	Kiteshield	112.5	3	269	89.67	−1,447	−12.86	510	170.00	−1,378	0
43	Claws^{[s 5]}	75	2	354	177.00	−790	−10.53	105	52.50	−1,211	1
44	Two-handed sword	112.5	3	354	118.00	−1,362	−12.11	600	200.00	−1,288	0
46	Platelegs	112.5	3	367	122.33	−1,349	−11.99	600	200.00	−1,288	0
46	Plateskirt	112.5	3	324	108.00	−1,392	−12.37	600	200.00	−1,288	0
48	Platebody	187.5	5	924	184.80	−1,936	−10.33	1,200	240.00	−1,832	0
49	Unfinished bullseye lantern	37.5	1	325	325.00	−247	−6.59	180	180.00	−564	1

^ Requires completion of The Tourist Trap.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Requires 1 willow log and the Barbarian Training miniquest.
^ Requires completion of Dwarf Cannon.
^ Requires completion of Pandemonium.
^ Requires completion of Death Plateau.

Gold

Level	Item		Experience	Bars	Members
50		Helmet^[1]	30	3	1
50		Bowl^[2]	30	2	1

^ Requires completion of Between a Rock....
^ Requires completion of Legends' Quest.

Mithril

Level		XP	Bars	GE Price	Price/Bar	GE Profit	Profit/XP	HA Value	HA value per bar	HA Profit	Members
50	Dagger	50	1	121	121.00	−837	−16.74	195	195.00	−935	0
51	Axe	50	1	150	150.00	−808	−16.16	312	312.00	−818	0
52	Mace	50	1	120	120.00	−838	−16.76	351	351.00	−779	0
53	Medium helmet	50	1	199	199.00	−759	−15.18	468	468.00	−662	0
53	Unfinished bolts × 10	50	1	730	730.00	−228	−4.56	0	0.00	−2,678	1
54	Sword	50	1	260	260.00	−698	−13.96	507	507.00	−623	0
54	Nails × 15	50	1	1,155	1,155.00	197	3.94	10	150.00	−3,388	1
54	Dart tips × 10^{[s 1]}	50	1	1,140	1,140.00	182	3.64	7	70.00	−2,608	1
55	Cannonball × 4^{[s 2]}	34	1	620	620.00	−338	−9.94	54	216.00	−1,430	1
55	Scimitar	100	2	411	205.50	−1,505	−15.05	624	312.00	−1,464	0
55	Spear^{[s 3]}	100	1	242	242.00	−716	−7.16	507	507.00	−623	1
55	Hasta^{[s 3]}	100	1	250	250.00	−708	−7.08	507	507.00	−623	1
55	Arrowtips × 15	50	1	675	675.00	−283	−5.66	9	135.00	−3,403	1
56	Crossbow limbs	50	1	531	531.00	−427	−8.54	390	390.00	−740	1
56	Longsword	100	2	468	234.00	−1,448	−14.48	780	390.00	−1,308	0
56	Javelin tips × 5	50	1	990	990.00	32	0.64	99	495.00	−1,323	1
56	Keel parts^{[s 4]}	250	5	4,467	893.40	−323	−1.29	750	150.00	−4,212	1
57	Full helmet	100	2	620	310.00	−1,296	−12.96	858	429.00	−1,230	0
57	Throwing knives × 5	50	1	855	855.00	−103	−2.06	16	80.00	−1,738	1
58	Square shield	100	2	617	308.50	−1,299	−12.99	936	468.00	−1,152	0
59	Warhammer	150	3	820	273.33	−2,054	−13.69	996	332.00	−2,050	0
59	Grapple tip	50	1	711	711.00	−247	−4.94	18	18.00	−1,112	1
60	Battleaxe	150	3	867	289.00	−2,007	−13.38	1,014	338.00	−2,032	0
61	Chainbody	150	3	933	311.00	−1,941	−12.94	1,170	390.00	−1,876	0
62	Kiteshield	150	3	1,085	361.67	−1,789	−11.93	1,326	442.00	−1,720	0
63	Claws^{[s 5]}	100	2	1,098	549.00	−818	−8.18	285	142.50	−1,803	1
64	Two-handed sword	150	3	1,275	425.00	−1,599	−10.66	1,560	520.00	−1,486	0
66	Platelegs	150	3	1,276	425.33	−1,598	−10.65	1,560	520.00	−1,486	0
66	Plateskirt	150	3	1,292	430.67	−1,582	−10.55	1,560	520.00	−1,486	0
68	Platebody	250	5	2,782	556.40	−2,008	−8.03	3,120	624.00	−1,842	0

^ Requires completion of The Tourist Trap.
^ Requires completion of Dwarf Cannon.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 Requires 1 maple log and the Barbarian Training miniquest.
^ Requires completion of Pandemonium.
^ Requires completion of Death Plateau.

Adamant

Level		XP	Bars	GE Price	Price/Bar	GE Profit	Profit/XP	HA Value	HA value per bar	HA Profit	Members
70	Dagger	62.5	1	259	259.00	−1,596	−25.54	480	480.00	−1,547	0
71	Axe	62.5	1	472	472.00	−1,383	−22.13	768	768.00	−1,259	0
72	Mace	62.5	1	596	596.00	−1,259	−20.14	864	864.00	−1,163	0
73	Medium helmet	62.5	1	886	886.00	−969	−15.50	1,152	1,152.00	−875	0
73	Unfinished bolts × 10	62.5	1	1,810	1,810.00	−45	−0.72	0	0.00	−3,575	1
74	Sword	62.5	1	1,021	1,021.00	−834	−13.34	1,248	1,248.00	−779	0
74	Nails × 15	62.5	1	1,920	1,920.00	65	1.04	27	405.00	−4,030	1
74	Keel parts^{[s 1]}	312.5	5	7,128	1,425.60	−2,147	−6.87	1,875	375.00	−7,572	1
74	Dart tips × 10^{[s 2]}	62.5	1	1,880	1,880.00	25	0.40	21	210.00	−3,365	1
75	Scimitar	125	2	1,388	694.00	−2,322	−18.58	1,536	768.00	−2,346	0
75	Spear^{[s 3]}	125	1	872	872.00	−983	−7.86	1,248	1,248.00	−779	1
75	Hasta^{[s 3]}	125	1	865	865.00	−990	−7.92	1,248	1,248.00	−779	1
75	Arrowtips × 15	62.5	1	1,425	1,425.00	−430	−6.88	24	360.00	−4,075	1
75	Cannonball × 4^{[s 4]}	42.4	1	840	840.00	−1,015	−23.94	108	432.00	−2,111	1
76	Crossbow limbs	62.5	1	1,703	1,703.00	−152	−2.43	960	960.00	−1,067	1
76	Longsword	125	2	1,663	831.50	−2,047	−16.38	1,920	960.00	−1,962	0
76	Javelin tips × 5	62.5	1	1,515	1,515.00	−340	−5.44	264	1,320.00	−1,395	1
77	Full helmet	125	2	1,875	937.50	−1,835	−14.68	2,112	1,056.00	−1,770	0
77	Throwing knives × 5	62.5	1	1,665	1,665.00	−190	−3.04	39	195.00	−2,520	1
78	Square shield	125	2	1,972	986.00	−1,738	−13.90	2,304	1,152.00	−1,578	0
79	Warhammer	187.5	3	2,311	770.33	−3,254	−17.35	2,472	824.00	−3,265	0
80	Battleaxe	187.5	3	2,293	764.33	−3,272	−17.45	2,496	832.00	−3,241	0
81	Chainbody	187.5	3	2,597	865.67	−2,968	−15.83	2,880	960.00	−2,857	0
82	Kiteshield	187.5	3	3,020	1,006.67	−2,545	−13.57	3,264	1,088.00	−2,473	0
83	Claws^{[s 5]}	125	2	1,760	880.00	−1,950	−15.60	720	360.00	−3,162	1
84	Two-handed sword	187.5	3	3,564	1,188.00	−2,001	−10.67	3,840	1,280.00	−1,897	0
86	Platelegs	187.5	3	3,542	1,180.67	−2,023	−10.79	3,840	1,280.00	−1,897	0
86	Plateskirt	187.5	3	3,594	1,198.00	−1,971	−10.51	3,840	1,280.00	−1,897	0
88	Platebody	312.5	5	9,434	1,886.80	159	0.51	9,984	1,996.80	537	0

^ Requires completion of Pandemonium.
^ Requires completion of The Tourist Trap.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 Requires 1 yew log and the Barbarian Training miniquest.
^ Requires completion of Dwarf Cannon.
^ Requires completion of Death Plateau.

Rune

Level		XP	Bars	GE Price	Price/Bar	GE Profit	Profit/XP	HA Value	HA value per bar	HA Profit	Members
85	Dagger	75	1	4,478	4,478.00	−7,785	−103.80	4,800	4,800.00	−7,635	0
86	Axe	75	1	7,267	7,267.00	−4,996	−66.61	7,680	7,680.00	−4,755	0
86	Keel parts^{[s 1]}	375	5	58,026	11,605.20	−3,289	−8.77	12,000	2,400.00	−49,487	1
87	Mace	75	1	8,255	8,255.00	−4,008	−53.44	8,640	8,640.00	−3,795	0
88	Medium helmet	75	1	11,067	11,067.00	−1,196	−15.95	11,520	11,520.00	−915	0
88	Unfinished bolts × 10	75	1	1,170	1,170.00	−11,093	−147.91	0	0.00	−13,983	1
89	Sword	75	1	12,043	12,043.00	−220	−2.93	12,480	12,480.00	45	0
89	Nails × 15	75	1	12,735	12,735.00	472	6.29	132	1,980.00	−12,863	1
89	Dart tips × 10^{[s 2]}	75	1	9,830	9,830.00	−2,433	−32.44	105	1,050.00	−12,933	1
90	Scimitar	150	2	15,029	7,514.50	−9,497	−63.31	15,360	7,680.00	−9,338	0
90	Spear^{[s 3]}	150	1	11,622	11,622.00	−641	−4.27	12,480	12,480.00	45	1
90	Hasta^{[s 3]}	150	1	11,858	11,858.00	−405	−2.70	12,480	12,480.00	45	1
90	Arrowtips × 15	75	1	3,660	3,660.00	−8,603	−114.71	120	1,800.00	−13,043	1
90	Cannonball × 4	50.5	1	2,768	2,768.00	−9,495	−188.02	840	3,360.00	−9,591	1
91	Crossbow limbs	75	1	9,098	9,098.00	−3,165	−42.20	9,600	9,600.00	−2,835	1
91	Longsword	150	2	18,746	9,373.00	−5,780	−38.53	19,200	9,600.00	−5,498	0
91	Javelin tips × 5	75	1	1,910	1,910.00	−10,353	−138.04	810	4,050.00	−9,073	1
92	Full helmet	150	2	20,550	10,275.00	−3,976	−26.51	21,120	10,560.00	−3,578	0
92	Throwing knives × 5	75	1	750	750.00	−11,513	−153.51	100	500.00	−12,623	1
93	Square shield	150	2	22,553	11,276.50	−1,973	−13.15	23,040	11,520.00	−1,658	0
94	Warhammer	225	3	24,554	8,184.67	−12,235	−54.38	24,900	8,300.00	−12,061	0
95	Battleaxe	225	3	24,449	8,149.67	−12,340	−54.84	24,960	8,320.00	−12,001	0
96	Chainbody	225	3	29,474	9,824.67	−7,315	−32.51	30,000	10,000.00	−6,961	0
97	Kiteshield	225	3	31,964	10,654.67	−4,825	−21.44	32,640	10,880.00	−4,321	0
98	Claws^{[s 4]}	150	2	6,377	3,188.50	−18,149	−120.99	7,200	3,600.00	−17,498	1
99	Two-handed sword	225	3	38,075	12,691.67	1,286	5.72	38,400	12,800.00	1,439	0
99	Platelegs	225	3	37,824	12,608.00	1,035	4.60	38,400	12,800.00	1,439	0
99	Plateskirt	225	3	38,040	12,680.00	1,251	5.56	38,400	12,800.00	1,439	0
99	Platebody	375	5	38,521	7,704.20	−22,794	−60.78	39,000	7,800.00	−22,487	0

^ Requires completion of Pandemonium.
^ Requires completion of The Tourist Trap.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 Requires 1 magic log and the Barbarian Training miniquest.
^ Requires completion of Death Plateau.

Crystal singing

	Skills	Crafting XP	Smithing XP	Materials
Celestial signet	70 70	5,000	5,000	100 × Crystal shard 1000 × Stardust 1 × Celestial ring 1 × Elven signet
Crystal helm	70 70	2,500	2,500	50 × Crystal shard 1 × Crystal armour seed
Crystal legs	72 72	5,000	5,000	100 × Crystal shard 2 × Crystal armour seed
Crystal body	74 74	7,500	7,500	150 × Crystal shard 3 × Crystal armour seed
Crystal axe	76 76	6,000	6,000	120 × Crystal shard 1 × Crystal tool seed 1 × Dragon axe
Crystal felling axe	76 76	6,000	6,000	120 × Crystal shard 1 × Crystal tool seed 1 × Dragon felling axe
Crystal harpoon	76 76	6,000	6,000	120 × Crystal shard 1 × Crystal tool seed 1 × Dragon harpoon
Crystal pickaxe	76 76	6,000	6,000	120 × Crystal shard 1 × Crystal tool seed 1 × Dragon pickaxe
Crystal bow	78 78	2,000	2,000	40 × Crystal shard 1 × Crystal weapon seed
Crystal halberd	78 78	2,000	2,000	40 × Crystal shard 1 × Crystal weapon seed
Crystal shield	78 78	2,000	2,000	40 × Crystal shard 1 × Crystal weapon seed
Enhanced crystal key	80 80	500	500	10 × Crystal shard 1 × Crystal key
Eternal teleport crystal	80 80	5,000	5,000	100 × Crystal shard 1 × Enhanced crystal teleport seed
Blade of saeldor	82 82	5,000	5,000	100 × Crystal shard 1 × Enhanced crystal weapon seed
Bow of faerdhinen	82 82	5,000	5,000	100 × Crystal shard 1 × Enhanced crystal weapon seed
Blade of saeldor (c)	82 82	N/A	N/A	1,000 × Crystal shard 1 × Blade of saeldor (inactive)
Bow of faerdhinen (c)	82 82	N/A	N/A	2,000 × Crystal shard 1 × Bow of faerdhinen (inactive)
Crystal saw	N/A	N/A	N/A	1 × Crystal saw seed
Crystal chime	N/A	N/A	N/A	1 × Crystal chime seed

Minigames

The Blast Furnace is a special furnace that takes half the usual amount of coal to smelt bars, and processes all loaded ore at once instead of one by one. Other players must be operating and repairing various parts of the furnace in order to power it, but on designated blast furnace worlds, there are non-players characters who perform this action in exchange for payment.

The Giants' Foundry is an activity in which players take commissions to smith giant swords from bars or recycled metal items. These swords must be hammered, ground and polished at precise temperatures, which can be controlled by dipping it in water or lava. The player is rewarded with smithing experience, coins and Foundry Reputation.

Other smithing activities

Players fighting Zalcano have to refine tephra at the furnace in her prison, and will deal more damage with a higher smithing level.
Barronite deposits can be crushed (yielding 30 XP per deposit) to recover barronite shards and a variety of items at the barronite crusher in Camdozaal.
Elemental shields, elemental helmets, mind helmets and mind shields can be smithed at the workbenches in the Elemental Workshop.
Sigils from the Corporeal Beast can be affixed to Blessed spirit shields and the Elidinis' ward to create powerful shields.
Godsword blades, dragonfire shields, dragonfire wards and ancient wyvern shields can be assembled at regular anvils.
Dragon platebodies and dragon kiteshields can be made from their components at the Dragon Forge.
Bandosian components can be combined with the damaged Torva full helm, platebody, and platelegs at an anvil to create Torva armour.
Iron bars can be made into iron sheets for little experience and then exchanged for very little money in the Piscatoris Fishing Colony.

Smithing equipment and tools

Item		Description
	Hammer	Used to smith bars into items at an anvil.
	Imcando hammer	Same as a hammer, but it can be wielded in the weapon slot, saving a space in inventory.
	Goldsmith gauntlets	Increases the amount of experience gained from smelting gold bars from 22.5 to 56.2.
	Ice gloves	Used at the Blast Furnace and Giants' Foundry to pick up bars and giant swords respectively without having to cool them down.
	Smiths tunic	Each piece of the smiths' uniform grants a 20% chance to increase the speed of actions performed at an anvil by one tick when worn, with the whole outfit granting a 100% chance.
	Smiths trousers
	Smiths gloves
	Smiths boots
	Smiths gloves (i)	Combines the effects of the smiths gloves and the ice gloves.
	Ring of forging	Grants a 100% chance to smelt an iron bar.
	Smithing cape	Has the same effect as the goldsmith gauntlets, and lets the coal bag store 9 extra pieces of coal.
	Smithing cape(t)
	Max cape
	Varrock armour 1	Grants a 10% chance to smelt two bars at once at the Edgeville furnace; tier 1 works up to steel, tier 2 up to mithril, tier 3 up to adamantite and tier 4 works on all bars.
	Varrock armour 2
	Varrock armour 3
	Varrock armour 4
	Bucket of water	Used at the Blast Furnace and Giants' Foundry to cool down bars and giant swords respectively.
	Smithing catalyst	At regular furnaces, it provides double experience from bars that require coal to smelt, and halves the amount of coal needed.
	Ammo mould	Used to smelt 4 cannonballs from a bar.
	Double ammo mould	Used to smelt 8 cannonballs from 2 bars at once.
	Coal bag	Stores 27 pieces of coal.

The blacksmith's helm does not play any role in smithing. Weight-reducing clothing is useful for some smithing activities. Mining rocks with an infernal pickaxe gives a 1/3 chance to combust the ore, granting smithing experience.

Smelting and Smithing tips

The closest furnaces to a bank are the Shilo Village, Prifddinas and Deepfin Point furnace for members and the Edgeville furnace for free players. The F2P title was held by the Al Kharid furnace until an update on 15 November 2018. However, the furnace at Shilo Village costs coins to use before the completion of the elite Karamja Diary, so many players find the Edgeville furnace preferable or the Prifddinas furnace once Song of the Elves has been completed. The Port Phasmatys, Neitiznot and Falador furnaces are also all quite close to banks. The Edgeville furnace also gives a chance to smelt two ores at once while wearing Varrock armour with each completed set of Varrock Diary.
It is often more efficient to break up the tasks of mining, smelting (unless superheating), and smithing, rather than trying to mine 28 ores, smelt them, and then smith them (although in Al Kharid the furnace is on the way to the bank).
The anvils located nearest a bank are at the south-east area of Prifddinas, Deepfin Point, the Void Knights' Outpost, Yanille (just south of the bank), and Varrock (just south of the west bank). To reach the Void Knights' Outpost island, talk to the squire south of the Port Sarim dock or use the Minigame teleport to Pest Control.

Making money

Smithing offers several opportunities to make money. Players have the option to cast High Level Alchemy on the items they made with smithing, sell them to specialty general stores, or sell them on the Grand Exchange. Furthermore, members have the ability to smelt metal bars at the Blast Furnace for lowered ore costs and therefore greater profits.

Smithing in conjunction with casting High Level Alchemy is responsible for bringing significant amount of coins into the game. At a Magic level of 55, a player can "high alch" items using 5 fire runes and 1 nature rune to turn items into coins. Several items made by Smithing can be profitable when High Alchemy is cast on them. Some high alchemy values are found in the table below.

Specialty stores are general stores that purchase items from the player for more coins than most general stores. The Jiminua's Jungle Store north of Tai Bwo Wannai village on Karamja with the Karamja gloves 3/4 purchases items at above the high alchemy value.

Other stores include: the general store run by Martin Thwait in the Rogues' Den (Martin Thwait's Lost and Found), the West Ardougne General Store, and the Bandit Duty Free in the Bandit Camp in the Wilderness (although this one is NOT recommended due to its dangerous location). Keep in mind that the buy price at general stores decreases rapidly the more items it has in stock, so it's recommended to hop around frequently if you decide to sell your items.

Other ways for making money include at level 40 Smithing with level 6 Crafting and a necklace mould, gold necklace can be made at the same furnace in which gold ore is smelted into gold bars. Grum's Gold Exchange in Port Sarim buys a gold necklace for 315 coins if his stock is zero; the price decreases 9 coins for each gold necklace in stock, dropping to 45 coins at a stock of 30 or more

High Level Alchemy table

The items listed below are the ones most players use in High Level Alchemy. A more comprehensive list for steel through rune items with updated profit margins can be found here: Calculator:Magic/High alchemy.

Item	Bars	High alch/Specialist store price
Item	Bars	Bronze	Iron	Steel	Mithril	Adamant	Rune
Dagger	1	6	21	75	195	480	4,800
Axe	1	9	33	120	312	768	7,280
Mace	1	10	37	135	351	864	8,640
Medium helmet	1	14	50	180	468	1,152	11,520
Sword	1	15	54	195	507	1,249	12,480
Scimitar	2	19	67	240	624	1,536	15,360
Longsword	2	24	84	300	780	1,919	19,200
Full helmet	2	26	92	330	858	2,112	21,120
Square shield	2	28	100	360	936	2,304	23,040
Warhammer	3	28	103	384	996	2,472	24,900
Battleaxe	3	31	109	390	1,014	2,490	24,960
Chainbody	3	36	126	450	1,170	2,880	30,000
Kiteshield	3	40	142	510	1,326	3,264	32,640
Two-handed sword	3	48	168	600	1,560	3,840	38,400
Platelegs/Plateskirt	3	48	168	600	1,560	3,840	38,400
Platebody	5	96	336	1,200	3,120	9,984	39,000

Temporary boosts

	Level increase	Visibility	Other info
Smithing cape	1	Visible	When the Smithing cape is equipped, it allows the coal bag to hold 36 coal instead of 27 and provides the experience-boosting effect of the goldsmith gauntlets.
Dwarven stout	1	Visible	Hitpoints 1 Mining 1 Attack - floor(CurrentLevel * 0.04) - 2 Defence - floor(CurrentLevel * 0.04) - 2 Strength - floor(CurrentLevel * 0.04) - 2 Available to free-to-play players.
Dwarven stout(m)	2	Visible	Hitpoints 2 Mining 2 Attack - floor(CurrentLevel * 0.04) - 3 Defence - floor(CurrentLevel * 0.04) - 3 Strength - floor(CurrentLevel * 0.04) - 3
Kovac's grog	4	Visible	Attack - 2 Ranged - 2 Magic - 2
Spicy stew (orange spice)	±0-5	Visible	Hitpoints 11 Depending on type of stew, any skill except Hitpoints can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly.

Quests

Quests requiring Smithing

Quest	Smithing requirement	Other skill requirements
Zogre Flesh Eaters	4	30 , 8 , 30
Sleeping Giants	15
Elemental Workshop I	20	20 , 20
The Tourist Trap	20	10
Elemental Workshop II	30	20 , 20
One Small Favour	30	36 , 25 , 18
Prying Times	30	12
Scrambled!	35	38 , 36
Family Crest	40	59 , 40 , 40
Swan Song	45	100 , 66 , 62 , 62 , 42 , 40
The Red Reef	48	52
Between a Rock...	50	30 , 40
Cabin Fever	50	42 , 45 , 40
Legends' Quest	50	56 , 50 , 50 , 45 , 52 , 42 , 50 , 50 , 50
Defender of Varrock	55	52
The Fremennik Exiles	60	65 , 60 , 60 , 55
Devious Minds	65	50 , 50
Song of the Elves	70	70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70
Dragon Slayer II	70	200 , 75 , 68 , 62 , 60 , 60 , 50 , 50
The Blood Moon Rises	72	74 , 74 , 72 , 70 , 66 , 65 , 64 , 64 , 57

Quests rewarding Smithing experience

Quest	Experience reward	Smithing requirement	Other requirements
The Forsaken Tower	500	-	-
Recipe for Disaster/Freeing Pirate Pete	1,000	-	31
Prying Times	1,000	30	12
Heroes' Quest	2,275	-	55 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 50
The Giant Dwarf	2,500	-	14 , 12 , 16 , 33
Between a Rock...	5,000	50	30 , 40
Elemental Workshop I	5,000	20	20 , 20
Scrambled!	5,000	35	38 , 36
The Red Reef	5,000	48	52
Sleeping Giants	6,000	15	-
Devious Minds	6,500	65	50 , 50
Cabin Fever	7,000	50	42 , 45 , 40
Elemental Workshop II	7,500	30	20 , 20
The Knight's Sword	12,725	-	10
Defender of Varrock	15,000	55	52
Song of the Elves	40,000	70	70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70
Dragon Slayer II	80,000	70	200 , 75 , 68 , 62 , 60 , 60 , 50 , 50
Total	201,000

Achievement Diaries requiring Smithing

Diary	Smithing requirement	Other requirements for tasks requiring smithing
Falador Easy Diary	13	10
Fremennik Easy Diary	20	23 , 20
Morytania Medium Diary	35	-
Wilderness Medium Diary	50	-
Ardougne Hard Diary	60	-
Ardougne Hard Diary	68	-
Desert Hard Diary	68	-
Fremennik Hard Diary	60	-
Kandarin Hard Diary	75	-
Kourend & Kebos Hard Diary	70	-
Wilderness Hard Diary	75
Ardougne Elite Diary	91	10 , 69
Kandarin Elite Diary	90	-
Lumbridge & Draynor Elite Diary	88	-
Varrock Elite Diary	89	81
Wilderness Elite Diary	90	85

Skill choice

Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Smithing. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.

Quest	Experience reward	Skills available	Skill requirements
X Marks the Spot	300	Any	None
Client of Kourend	500 twice	Any	None
Fairytale II - Cure a Queen	2,500	Any skill above 30	49 , 57
The Great Brain Robbery	5,000	Any skill above 30	16 , 30 , 50
King's Ransom	5,000	Any skill above 50	65
A Tail of Two Cats	2,500 twice	Any skill above 30	None
Darkness of Hallowvale	2,000 three times	Any skill above 30	5 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 33 , 40
A Taste of Hope	2,500 three times	Any skill above 35	48 , 40 , 40 , 45 , 38
The Tourist Trap	4,650 twice		10 , 20
Curse of the Empty Lord (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 50	Some players will need 31
In Search of Knowledge (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 40	None
A Kingdom Divided	10,000 twice	Any skill above 40	54 , 52 , 52 , 50 , 42 , 38 , 35
One Small Favour	10,000 twice	Any skill above 30	36 , 25 , 18 , 30
Recipe for Disaster (The final battle)	20,000	Any skill above 50	175 , 70 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 59 , 40 , 50 , 40 , 40 , 10 , 10 , 36
Sins of the Father	15,000 six times	Any skill above 60	62 , 60 , 56 , 52 , 50 , 50 , 49
Legends' Quest	30,000 four times		107 , 50 , 50 , 45 , 56 , 52 , 42 , 50 , 50 , 50 , 50
The Blood Moon Rises	30,000 six times	Any skill above 70	74 , 74 , 72 , 72 , 70 , 66 , 65 , 64 , 64 , 57
Total	511,600

Level up messages

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Changes

Date	Changes
21 January 2026 (Update)	Corrected a mistake in the Skill Interactions section of the new-style Smithing skill guide interface. Previously, it incorrectly stated players were able to smith pickaxes.
18 May 2022 (Update \| poll)	The Smithing interface now remembers the last item crafted, outlined with a highlight, and can be selected with space bar if all the required materials are current held. Without the correct items, Smithing via spacebar will be disabled and the highlight will be removed.
23 April 2015 (Update \| poll)	A Left-click 'Smith' option has been added to anvils.
9 January 2014 (Update \| poll)	The Smithing menu now offers a Make-X option.

Trivia

In the early days, Smithing was considered one of the best skills for making money. As such, Jagex deliberately kept anvils and furnaces far away from each other in an attempt to prevent people from levelling Smithing too quickly.
For a time after the release of RuneScape 2 through around 2006, the in-game skill guide for Smithing had a tab for smithing black equipment, although this is not possible.
Smithing is one of only two skills that unlocks something new at every level; Construction being the other.

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Combat	Attack Strength Defence Ranged Prayer Magic Hitpoints
Gathering	Farming Fishing Hunter Mining Woodcutting
Production	Cooking Crafting Fletching Herblore Runecraft Smithing
Utility	Agility Construction Firemaking Sailing Slayer Thieving
Proposed skills	Artisan Warding Taming Sailing (2015 proposal) Shamanism
Related	Experience Skill mastery 200 million experience Summoning