Blacksmithing
Whether sweating over a fiery forge to create a masterpiece or hammering dents and polishing scratches from a favored piece of plate mail, the blacksmith of Britannia is a skilled craftsman who often finds his or her services in high demand.
The skill of Blacksmithy involves: smelting metal Items and ores; Crafting arms and armaments; enhancing certain metal Items; and repairing applicable Items.
There is a special collection of Bulk Order Deeds available for Smiths to fill out. Returning these provides special mining tools and other Items as rewards. For the Smith in training, these can help speed the time it takes to acquire more ingots - For advanced players, Power Scrolls and Runic Hammers may be earned. See BOD wiki for more details.
In the Blacksmith menu a player can choose to use different types of ore. The stronger the ore the more durability a weapon has, or the more AR (armor rating) the created armor will carry. For example a simple dexer suit in Iron provides 34 AR but a valorite version of that same armor gives 51AR.
Blacksmiths can also make "repair deeds" by using a smith tool at a forge - selecting repair, and clicking a blank scroll. Once a player obtains GM they may "mark" any exceptional crafted item created with his/her name. Lady/Lord titles are included in the mark. Blacksmiths Crafting in the Britain Crafting Area will also have a chance to create "slayer" weapons. See the Slayer wiki for more details.
A skilled character may learn special Blacksmithy Recipes in order to create yet more powerful weapons.
Power Scrolls and Skill Scrolls are also available for this skill.
Smelting
The process for smelting ores and recycling metal Items into their constituent ingots differs.
Ores
- Stand near a forge.
- Double-click the ore pile you wish to smelt into ingots.
Metal Items
The manual, or old school, method of smelting, or recycling, metal Items into their constituent ingots involves:
- Double-click a smith’s hammer, tongs, or sledgehammer that is located in your backpack.
- A menu will appear.
- Select the Smelt Item button in the lower left-hand corner.
- Target the item you wish to melt into ingots. (If smelting self-crafted Items, will yield half of ingots used to create the item.)
Crafting
To create an item using the Blacksmithy skill:
- Stand near a forge and anvil (either, alone is insufficient).
- Double-click a smith’s hammer, tongs, or sledgehammer that is located in your backpack.
- A menu will appear displaying the different categories of Items you can craft.
- Select a category and click on the button next to the item you wish to craft.
If successful, the crafted item will appear in your backpack. If successful and lucky, the crafted item will be exceptional. A Blacksmith can opt to include his or her maker’s mark on such exceptional Items. The Crafting menu contains a toggle in the lower right-hand corner to turn the maker’s mark option on or off.
How to Train
Training Blacksmithy
40.0 - 45.0 Mace
45.0 - 50.0 Maul
50.0 - 55.0 Cutlass
55.0 - 59.5 Longsword or Katana
59.5 - 95.6 Short Spear
95.6 - 106.4 Platemail Gorget
106.4 - 108.9 Platemail Gloves
108.9 - 116.3 Platemail Arms
116.3 - 118.8 Platemail Legs
118.8 - 120.0 Platemail Tunics
Alternate Training Method
The below method is determined to be the best route to obtain GM Blacksmith as far as lowest cost.
0 – 50 I recommend you buy your Skills from Roberta the blacksmith guildmistress in the Hammer and Anvil shop attached to the Britain Crafting area.
50 – 72 Kryss/Cutlass with Short Spear for variety
72 – 90 Short Spears with the odd gorget for variety
90 – 100 Making Plate gorgets with Arms for variety
100-120s Skill Scrolls
TIP: Orc Cave is the only dungeon in the game with forges/anvil's. Just be warned - The Ork's do not like visitors.
