Guide to Smithing

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A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel (sometimes from other metals), by forging the metal using tools to hammer, bend, fold, upset, punch, and cut. So, shall we begin?

The Skill
There's 20 levels to the Blacksmithing skill, with the first level requiring 150 XP. In order to reach Level 20 Blacksmithing, you need 22,000 XP total. Each failed smithing project nets 25 XP and each successful one nets 100 XP. Levelling the skill:


 * Increases starting quality of ingots by half your skill level
 * Reduces the time each step takes
 * Reduces the fail chance directly by your skill level

What you need
You will need to have a variety of raw materials and tools to begin crafting your masterworks, these being:


 * Wood
 * Sandstone
 * Metal
 * A large supply of welding fuel
 * A toolbox, ideally containing:
 * A crowbar
 * A welder or beaker
 * A screwdriver
 * A wrench

So, why these things? Well, using 37 sandstone bricks, 4 sheets of metal, 2 metal rods (made from 1 metal) and a crowbar, you're able to craft a furnace, a mid-tier anvil and a basic hammer. The welding fuel is crucial to fuelling the furnace, whilst the beaker or welder serves as the mode of transportation from the supply to the furnace itself.

The wood and metal are how you make your weapons. 1 wooden plank can be used to make a stick, utilised in crafting the polearm style weapons:


 * Prospector Pickaxe (a style of mining scanner)
 * Smithed Pickaxe
 * Smithed Shovel
 * Smithed Hammer
 * Scythe
 * Javelin
 * Halberd
 * Glaives
 * Pikes

Everything else requires a sword handle, needing 2 wooden planks to craft. All ingots in game require 6 of the material to craft and it's by using these ingots, that we get the smithed heads required for each item. So, with that in mind:

How to Forge Items

 * 1) Fuel the furnace with welding fuel.
 * 2) Heat the cold ingot in the furnace by clicking on it with the ingot in your active hand.
 * 3) Place the now heated ingot on the anvil.
 * 4) Use your hammer on the anvil, select the required step for the item you want, wait until the bar is full.
 * 5) Repeat step 4 until you have either slag or the smithed item head.
 * 6) Use a stick/ sword handle on the work you get from this, depending on the smithed head.