Smithing

“Smelt ores into bars at the furnace, then forge those bars into tools and armor. Good gear starts here.”

Every skill uses the same XP table: 951,207,314 XP for level 99. Past 99 the XP keeps counting.

How it works

Pick a recipe. Every key press or click moves it along by one input; when it has the inputs it needs, the materials are used up and you get the product and the XP. The materials have to stay in your bank until then. Compare recipes by XP per input: that is your XP rate, however fast you go.

The Agility perk Careful Hands can save the materials of a finished recipe (up to 35% of the time).

Recipes

Level	Makes	Materials	Inputs	XP	XP / input
1	Bronze Bar	Copper OreTin Ore	1	50	50
1	Bronze Bolt Tips ×15	Bronze Bar	3	60	20
1	Bronze Hatchet	Bronze Bar ×2	5	250	50
1	Bronze Helmet	Bronze Bar ×2	5	250	50
1	Bronze Pickaxe	Bronze Bar ×2	5	250	50
1	Bronze Rod	Bronze Bar ×2	5	250	50
1	Nails ×6	Bronze Bar	1	50	50
5	Bronze Sword	Bronze Bar ×2	5	250	50
8	Bronze Legs	Bronze Bar ×3	6	300	50
11	Bronze Shield	Bronze Bar ×3	6	300	50
15	Bronze Chestplate	Bronze Bar ×5	8	420	52.5
15	Iron Bar	Iron Ore	1	95	95
15	Iron Bolt Tips ×15	Iron Bar	3	110	36.7
15	Iron Hatchet	Iron Bar ×3	7	665	95
15	Iron Helmet	Iron Bar ×2	7	665	95
15	Iron Pickaxe	Iron Bar ×3	7	665	95
15	Iron Rod	Iron Bar ×3	7	665	95
15	Nails ×10	Iron Bar	1	95	95
19	Iron Sword	Iron Bar ×2	7	665	95
20	Silver Bar	Silver Ore ×2	1	100	100
22	Iron Legs	Iron Bar ×3	8	760	95
25	Iron Shield	Iron Bar ×3	8	760	95
29	Iron Chestplate	Iron Bar ×5	10	950	95
30	Nails ×15	Steel Bar	1	150	150
30	Steel Bar	Iron OreCoal	1	150	150
30	Steel Bolt Tips ×15	Steel Bar	3	170	56.7
30	Steel Hatchet	Steel Bar ×4	10	1,500	150
30	Steel Helmet	Steel Bar ×3	9	1,350	150
30	Steel Pickaxe	Steel Bar ×4	10	1,500	150
30	Steel Rod	Steel Bar ×4	10	1,500	150
34	Steel Sword	Steel Bar ×3	9	1,350	150
37	Steel Legs	Steel Bar ×4	10	1,500	150
40	Gold Bar	Gold Ore ×2	1	160	160
40	Gold Leaf	Gold Bar	1	160	160
40	Steel Shield	Steel Bar ×4	10	1,500	150
44	Steel Chestplate	Steel Bar ×6	12	1,800	150
55	Mithril Bar	Mithril OreCoal ×4	1	250	250
55	Mithril Bolt Tips ×15	Mithril Bar	3	280	93.3
55	Mithril Hatchet	Mithril Bar ×6	14	3,500	250
55	Mithril Helmet	Mithril Bar ×4	12	3,000	250
55	Mithril Pickaxe	Mithril Bar ×6	14	3,500	250
55	Mithril Rod	Mithril Bar ×6	14	3,500	250
59	Mithril Sword	Mithril Bar ×4	12	3,000	250
62	Mithril Legs	Mithril Bar ×5	13	3,250	250
65	Mithril Shield	Mithril Bar ×5	13	3,250	250
69	Mithril Chestplate	Mithril Bar ×8	16	4,000	250
70	Adamant Bar	Adamantite OreCoal ×6	1	350	350
70	Adamant Bolt Tips ×15	Adamant Bar	3	380	126.7
70	Adamant Hatchet	Adamant Bar ×8	17	5,950	350
70	Adamant Helmet	Adamant Bar ×5	16	5,600	350
70	Adamant Pickaxe	Adamant Bar ×8	17	5,950	350
70	Adamant Rod	Adamant Bar ×8	17	5,950	350
74	Adamant Sword	Adamant Bar ×5	16	5,600	350
77	Adamant Legs	Adamant Bar ×6	17	5,950	350
80	Adamant Shield	Adamant Bar ×6	17	5,950	350
80	Rune Bar	Runite OreCoal ×8	1	470	470
80	Rune Bolt Tips ×15	Rune Bar	3	500	166.7
80	Rune Hatchet	Rune Bar ×10	20	9,400	470
80	Rune Helmet	Rune Bar ×6	20	9,400	470
80	Rune Pickaxe	Rune Bar ×10	20	9,400	470
80	Rune Rod	Rune Bar ×10	20	9,400	470
84	Adamant Chestplate	Adamant Bar ×10	20	7,000	350
84	Rune Sword	Rune Bar ×6	20	9,400	470
87	Rune Legs	Rune Bar ×8	22	10,340	470
90	Dragonfire Shield	Draconic VisageAnti-dragon ShieldRune Bar ×5	100	20,000	200
90	Rune Shield	Rune Bar ×8	22	10,340	470
94	Rune Chestplate	Rune Bar ×12	25	11,750	470

Each rune hatchet, pickaxe or rod you smith has a 1/1,000 chance to come out as its rare version: Dragon Hatchet, Infernal Pickaxe or Abyssal Rod. Magic's Superheat spell can smelt bars too, and gives the Smithing XP as well as its own.

Fastest XP

The most XP per input at every level, worked out from the numbers above. XP per input only: it ignores what the materials cost and where they come from.

Levels	Best	XP per input
1–14	Bronze Bar	50
15–19	Iron Bar	95
20–29	Silver Bar	100
30–39	Nails	150
40–54	Gold Bar	160
55–69	Mithril Bar	250
70–79	Adamant Bar	350
80–99	Rune Bar	470