Best Mass Smithing

[Tamerlane13]

I wanted to know if your F2P is it better to mass smith Iron or Steel? OF course everyone says Iron but thats only if youre a P2P and have ring of Forging. I dont really Smith to sell my stuff neither do I buy ore.

[Guest]

You would use a ring of forging with iron not steel. You never fail when making steel bars

[Tamerlane13]

sorry, edited, did not mean to say steel

[sparticus348]

Steel, you make money, while in Iron, you have the chance of losing some.

 

 

 

Steel ---> 1k Bars = 2k Coal, 1k Iron = 400k

 

 

 

Steel Bars sell 600k, so its 200k every 1k Bars.

 

 

 

Steel is your best bet.

 

 

 

Next Time, Help and Advice!

[Tamerlane13]

I Think youre trying to say buy the ore then smelt then sell the bars. That could work but I also want to smith my bars as well.

[jaym112]

Well if you want to do some mass smithing, you're best to not smith your bars so that you can make a profit to buy more ores.

[Tamerlane13]

If thats true then who buys bars if smithing isnt profitable?

[jaym112]

If thats true then who buys bars if smithing isnt profitable?

 

 

 

They make Cannon Balls, and as you mentioned above, you're not a member. =p

[QueenValerie]

Will move this for you since I see that you are a new user on Tip It, in the future

 

all questions belong on the Help and Advice forum.

[Bubsa]

If thats true then who buys bars if smithing isnt profitable?

 

 

 

They make Cannon Balls, and as you mentioned above, you're not a member. =p

 

 

 

Also, people with money to burn to get smithing XP.

[atronic92]

Steel is probably your best bet, but I've also heard of people making addy arrows because they are in demand for F2P pkers. You couldn't make the arrows yourself, but perhaps you could smelt addy bars and sell them to a member.

[hephaestos8]

steel is better

[Doomster]

Oddly enough....

 

 

 

Iron (in F2P) = 50% success, and 37.5 XP per bar smelted & smithed

 

 

 

* So 6 iron ores = 3 Iron bars (average) = 112.5 XP Smelt + smith

 

 

 

Steel = 1 bar per iron & 2 coal, 55 XP smelted & smithed

 

 

 

* So 2 iron + 4 coal = 2 steel bars = 110 XP Smelt + smith

 

 

 

 

 

Not a lot in it:

 

 

 

Iron will have you waiting for 28 actions at the forge, instead of 9, and will take 50% longer to smith as well.

 

Steel will take longer to mine the coal for, though the steel items will have higher value.

 

 

 

 

 

Buying ores, assuming iron @ 100 & coal @ 200 (and steel bar making would be profit, but low xp)

 

 

 

Iron platebody (336gp) costs 1000 to make, and gives 187.5xp = 3.54 gp per xp

 

Steel platebody (1200gp) costs 2500 to make, and gives 275xp = 4.73 gp per xp

 

This assumes best store price, which will not be maintained in bulk

[Tamerlane13]

The Plate bodies dont give that much exp. Steel plate body gives you 187.5 exp. Iron like 120 something.

[Doomster]

I was quoting smelt & smith, 10 iron ores (@50%) to a platebody or 5 iron & 10 coal to a platebody.

 

 

 

The main point, in F2P, is that iron is still decent smithing XP, but takes more time to smith, while steel mix takes longer to mine and actually gives slightly less smithing XP per ore.

 

 

 

The fact that the 28 smelting cycles can be uncomfortably close to the logout timeout, is one reason to dislike iron. A similar problem occurs with a full load of of clay crafting.