Smithing - Extra Features

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
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.
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 is an astounding piece of equipment that enhances the natural abilities of the anti-dragonbreath 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.

There are two components to the dragonfire shield: the anti-dragonbreath shield and a draconic visage. Draconic visages are rare drops from dragons (only adult black, iron, steel and mithril, and 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.

See Melee - Other Items for more details about the dragonfire shield.


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 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.

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).

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.

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 Melee - Other Items for more details about the godsword.


The Blast Furnace is located in the eastern area of Keldagrim - the underground dwarven city uncovered during The Giant Dwarf quest. To learn more about the Blast Furnace please click here.

• 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.
  

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.


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.

• To find out more about skill doors and the basics of dungeoneering, please click here
• To find out about smithing weapons in Daemonheim, click here, and click here to find out about smithing armour
• To find tables with Smithing requirements and XP levels, click here

To view quests that reward you with Smithing experience, please see the Smithing rewards page.

Item	Levels required	Quests required	Items required	Level required to use	Experience points gained
Elemental shield	20	Elemental Workshop Part I	Elemental bar	None	20
Elemental helm	20	Elemental Workshop Part II	Elemental bar	None	20
Elemental body	33	Elemental Workshop Part III	2 Elemental bars	None	30
Mind shield	30	Elemental Workshop Part II	Elemental mind bar	30	30
Mind helm	30	Elemental Workshop Part II	Elemental mind bar	30	30
Mind body	33	Elemental Workshop Part III	2 Elemental mind bars	30	30
Body shield	33	Elemental Workshop Part III	Elemental body bar	33	30
Body helm	33	Elemental Workshop Part III	Elemental body bar	33	30
Body body	33	Elemental Workshop Part III	2 Elemental body bars	33	30
Golden helmet	50	Between a Rock...	3 Gold bars	30	30
Golden bowl	50	Legends' Quest	2 Gold bars	n/a	30

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