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Useful Tools

When a person has begun to master the smither's trade, having risen from working on lowly bronze to more useful metals, there are certain tools that can be used to improve the efficiency of their work, these include:

Item Description
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Gauntlets of Goldsmithing
Chosen reward from the Family Crest quest, these will grant the user 56.2 experience when smelting gold instead of 22.5.
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Ring of forging
With iron, the chance of smelting success is anything from 50% to 80%. Wearing a ring of forging will give you a 100% chance of successfully smelting 140 bars of iron, after which the ring will break.


The Dragonfire Shield

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The dragonfire shield is an astounding piece of equipment that enhances the natural abilities of the anti-dragon shield to enable it to absorb and later unleash the power of a dragon's fiery breath. To make a dragonfire shield you will need a Smithing level of 90.

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There are two components to the dragonfire shield: the anti-dragon shield and a draconic visage. Draconic visages are rare drops from adult black, iron, steel, mithril and frost dragons, the King Black Dragon, and skeletal wyverns. To smith them into a dragonfire shield you will need to take them to an anvil along with a hammer. Use the draconic visage on the anvil and you will find yourself in possession of a dragonfire shield and 2000 shiny new Smithing experience.

Note that this may take you some time, so it's advisable not to click away until you have the dragonfire shield in your inventory.

If you don't have the Smithing level to make the shield yourself, you can take your anti-dragonbreath shield and draconic visage to Oziach in Edgeville, who will fuse them into a dragonfire shield in exchange for 1,250,000 coins.

For more information about the dragonfire shield, see Other High Level Melee Items.


Spirit Shields

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When you complete Summer's End you are rewarded with a spirit shield, which can be smithed with some elusive sigils to create even more potent shields. If you have a Prayer level of 90 and a Smithing level of 85, you may well be interested in doing so. Click here to read more about Smithing enhanced spirit shields.


The Godsword


The godsword is a weapon of unimaginable power that was shattered during the last great battle of the god wars. If you descend into the eternal warfare of the God Wars Dungeon you may be lucky enough to find some or all of the three shards of that fabled blade.


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The three parts of the blade can be smithed together in any order to reforge the weapon that the gods once fought for control over. This requires a Smithing level of 80, and will grant you 100 experience for joining any two pieces together (so completing the godsword will earn you 200 Smithing experience).


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Note that this may take you some time, so it's advisable not to click away until you have the completed pieces in your inventory.

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The final part of the weapon is the hilt. During the god wars, four hilts were designed for the weapon - one dedicated to each of the major gods: Armadyl, Bandos, Saradomin and Zamorak. These hilts can be attached and removed from the blade freely. The only effect the hilts have is that the special attack changes.

See Other High Level Melee Items for more details about the godsword.


Scroll of Efficiency

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If you have a Smithing level of 55 and a Dungeoneering level of 55, you may be able to purchase a scroll of efficiency from the rewards trader of Daemonheim. Once the scroll is used, it will disappear, giving you the following permanent effect: whenever you smith an item that requires three or more bars to create, there is a chance that you will retain a bar. This chance is dependent on the bars that you are smithing:

The Blast Furnace

The Blast Furnace is located in the eastern area of Keldagrim - the underground dwarven city uncovered during The Giant Dwarf quest. For more information, see the Blast Furnace


Training Hints and Tips

  • Remember that you can use the right-click 'Smelt X' option, this saves a lot of clicking.
  • When smelting a large number of ores, use a furnace near a bank, such as Al Kharid. This will save a lot of walking time and will not disrupt your routine too greatly. This method is also useful for Smithing and locations of anvils.
  • Making and selling steel bars is fast experience and there is good profit to be made. However, making cannonballs brings an even bigger profit, as they are always easily sold.
  • Once you reach the level to smith mithril and higher, you may be able to buy the bars at a price where you will be able to smith it and sell for a profit, without spending time Mining the ores.
  • Use the ring of forging (Members Only) to smelt iron ore without failing.
  • Combine the Smithing skill with Magic and use the superheat item spell, which smelts ore without a furnace.
  • Smithing experience is 'per bar', so items requiring the same amount of bars will yield the same amount of experience.

Summoning Familiars

Using the Summoning skill, you'll find that there are a few familiars that might be useful for training your Smithing. Of particular note are the beasts of burden, who can carry extra bars or ores for you, letting you train for longer periods before having to head to a bank.


Smithing Training in Dungeoneering

It is possible to train all of your skills while dungeoneering, and Smithing is no exception. Ore is readily available in Daemonheim, and can be smelted and smithed into useful armour or weapons. You can also gain Smithing experience by completing smithing skill doors.

For more information about skill doors and the basics of dungeoneering, see Dungeoneering - The Basics. For more information on smithing weapons in Daemonheim, see Dungeoneering Smithing Tables.

Other Smithable Items

Item Levels required Quests required Items required Level required to use Experience points gained
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Golden helmet
50 Smithing skill icon Between a Rock... 3 Gold bars 30 Defence skill icon 30
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Golden bowl
50 Smithing skill icon Legends' Quest 2 Gold bars n/a 30


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