Best way to train smithing?

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I've been told different things by different people, so i'd like to find out the truth.

 

 

 

What is the best way to train smithing?

 

 

 

I'm lvl 60 smithing and am not sure whether steel plates or gold ores are the way to go. I'm not at all rich, so what do you guys think?

 

 

 

I've got close to 500k saved at the moment i want to use on smithing.

 

 

 

Thanks.

[FastForce]

Gold ores with gaunts for max xp/hr if you're seriously rich.

 

Else go with steel plates or cannon balls for profit.

[IGotGrapes]

Just so I can be sure I understand this, steel pl8s = 5 bars, 5 bars = 3k. you resale the pl8s at 1k, losing 2k per pl8? that doesn't sound good at all.

[heartless619]

high alc the steel pl8s if you can....so you can kill 2 birds with one stone

[transcript80]

If you buy materials:

 

Iron: smelting into bars with ring of forging, then make iron knives breaks you even or beter. Not VERY fast, thouh

 

Steel: smelt bars and make cannon balls -> profit

 

You'll lose money on gold, mithril and up.

 

 

 

If you mine your materials:

 

GOLD! Use the Arzinian mines with the gold helmet and a ring of Charos (a) to mine lots of gold, then smelt the ores with the goldsmithing gloves from the family crest quest.

 

Iron: same as above, almost pure profit.

 

Steel: make bars, smith into plates. Fast XP, you still make some money, but obviously less then when you would have sold the bars. Smelt cannon balls for XP but it is WAY slower.

 

Mith and up: slow XP, you won't make a lot of cash.

[nicrune007]

if u are 68 dont do steel plats, mith gives better xp per gp than steel

 

 

 

steel bar 600 ea

 

mith bar 1k ea

 

 

 

steel plate cost 3kea ---> 187.5 xp

 

mith plate cost 5k ea ----> 250 xp

 

 

 

steel plate alch/sell 1k each --> 2k loss

 

Mith plate alch/sell 3k each ---> 2k loss

 

 

 

2000gp/187.5xp ---> steel

 

2000gp/250xp ---> mith 8gp/xp

 

 

 

Mith is Better than Steel

 

 

 

Now look at Gold ore

 

 

 

Gold ore 500gp each , ~50xp each

 

Gold bar 200 ea , 300gp loss

 

300/50 ---> 6gp/xp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so i say GOLD is the cheapest but slower

 

Mith/steel is more ex but faster