go to the town neitznot itself then go far east to a ladder at the edge of water in town and theres a tower with a ladder go up and watch the guard, warning THEY TALK IN CAPS, so its not for the faint of scapers
its consistant PLATE body SQUARE shield, not Chainbody. also square = 2 pieces so say 30 smith levels per piece which is 60 smith, and the plate is 3 pieces so 90 smith
Kill one of the ghosts down there, take the mangled bones, use them instead of chewed. You'll just have to kill a ghost. I've killed over 30. A little more specific on which "ghost" drops mangled bones? any of them like the angry barbarian spirit near the brutal greens, spelt something like that those drop them 100%