I'd like to know what is the quickest route for doing 41-70 Smithing. I'd figure it would be Steel bars but wasn't 100% sure. I do not have access to Gold Gauntlets.

 

 

 

I was also told, a while back, doing Steel Bars -> Steel Plates -> High Alch was a great way but I noticed that Alch value of Plates were 1.2K but bars were now around 500-600 each. What is the current best way to level, f2p or p2p; doesn't matter.

Very fastest is steel bars-->plates. Other option sinclude same thing with iron bars(slightly cheaper, but slower), smelting iron ore with ROF's, steel bars(slow, but gain money), and c-balls(very slow, but gain lots of money)

That means I'd have to make 3.7K Steel Plates. Do they sell decently because that's alot of 'junk' I don't want to be stuck with .. and alchemy would lose money.

They will *Not* sell on the ge, its way overpriced. Before the update they were going for about 1k ea in bulk, so you're still losing money.

So, based if I purchased all the Steel Bars at 550 each, I'd take a 10m hit in my pocket. There has the be a better way? I don't care about making money; I just don't want to lose an ample amount at one time.

For levels 41-70, I made iron knives until level 53 and then I made iron knives and mithril bolts until 70. I would make like 10kish mith bolts, and then as I was selling those (took a bit of time), I would make iron knives.

 

 

 

I was able to break almost completely even (might have made a bit of cash) in the process and never smelted once...

 

But I have heard that with tons of deflation now, both of my methods wouldn't be possible or would probably cost money...

 

 

 

Check it out though:

 

What is the GE price of mith bars? Bolts?

 

What is the GE price of iron bars? Knives?

 

Does the price of a mith bar / 10 = the price per bolt?

 

Does the price of an iron bar / 5 = the price per knive?

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and about speed... I did this way under 3 days time IIRC

So from 41-70 Smithing, I could make 139K Iron Knives.

 

 

 

27,756 Iron Bars @ 200 each = 5.55m

27,756 Iron Bars = 138,780 Iron Knives

138,780 Iron Knives @ 25 each = 3.47m

Total Loss = Roughly 2m

 

 

 

This isn't as bad as 10m, but might take a bit longer to do.

 

 

 

 

 

If I decided to go with Mith Bolt @ 53, this is what it'd look like:

 

 

 

41-53 Smithing = 18,570 Iron Knives.

53-70 Smithing = 120,210 Mith Bolts.



3,714 Iron Bars @ 200 each = 742,800

3,714 Iron Bars = 18,570 Iron Knives

18,570 Iron Knives @ 25 each = 464,250

12,021 Mith Bars @ 1.2K each = 14.43m

12,021 Mith Bars = 120,210 Mith Bolts

120,210 Mith Bolts @ 80 each = 9.62m

Total Loss = Roughly 5.09m

 

 

 

Not too much of a difference, if it is quite a bit faster.

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone else have any other suggestions? And where is the best place to smith in F2P? And P2P for low-leveled skillers?

I'm level 3 and I used the anvil by the Varrock west bank (p2p and f2p). I think it is the fastest, except for maybe another, but IIRC it has an undoable quest requirement for a level 3.

 

 

 

Oh, and yea, the mith bolts would be TONs faster - you get 50 exp per 10 bolts made (1 bar) as compared to 25 exp per 5 knives made (also 1 bar)...

 

Basically, it's twice as fast because the time to smith mith and iron is the same.

I'm level 3 and I used the anvil by the Varrock west bank (p2p and f2p). I think it is the fastest, except for maybe another, but IIRC it has an undoable quest requirement for a level 3.

 

 

 

Well, I'm a mage pure (10hp) so I can do some quests that lvl3 skillers cannot. I also have extra advantage with Recoils + Curse against certain monsters if need be. Based on those skills, is there a quest I can do that'll make a better location or should I stick with Varrock?

I looked into it a bit and Varrock west is the best, with Yanille somewhat close behind

 

I thought there was an anvil that was good from the Ghosts Ahoy quest, but that's just a furnace

From what I remember, Yanille is actually best. It's 1 step closer to bank.

 

Doesn't really matter so use whichever.

I got my smithing to 60 with a lot of iron plates. I did it all F2P, which in my opinion is pretty good since I ended up ruining almost 50% of all my iron ore :wall:

 

 

 

But iron ores are much better than steel bars. I'll do the math. Please note I am assuming that you will be using a Ring of Forging for the iron, ok?

 

 

 

1 iron bar = 1 iron ore = ~100 gp = 12.5 exp

 

1 steel bar = 1 iron ore & 2 coal = ~500 gp = 17.5 exp

 

 

 

So..................

 

 

 

1000 iron bars= 12.5 exp x 1000 = 12.5k exp

 

1000 x 100 gp = ~100k

 

So.. 12.5k exp= 100k

 

 

 

1000 steel bars = 17.5 exp x 1000 = 17.5k exp

 

1000 x 500 gp = 500k

 

So.. 17.5k exp= 500k

 

 

 

So, which do you think is worth it? I rest my case :D