mid-level smithing

[JHalpert]

I've heard different things about the best thing to do as you get into the levels where you're able to make the metals that require a lot of coal (mithril and beyond). I'm a level 50 smith, so what is the best way to advance and make the best money doing it? I am F2P.

 

 

 

afro_adam12

[Eric1770]

gold ore smelting with gold gaunts. great xp, yet costly

[max_miller20]

Super heat mithril bars, it will only cost you about 600k to get to level 70 and you'll gain almost a million mage xp while doing so.

 

 

 

30k smithing and 50k mage xp an hour about.

 

 

 

And there are no easy ways to make money with smithing.

[Bad911]

Are you F2p or P2p?

 

If your F2p, i wouldn't train smithing too much, until you have a lot of cash to burn.

 

If your P2p, however, you could buy iron ore, smelt them, and smith them into iron knives for a profit. Another way to profit is smelting cannonballs, but that takes longer, but more profit. What you Really want, is smithing 60 so you can use the anvils in the Blast Furnace. Otherwise, its not profitable or even sensible to do the Blast Furnace minigame.

 

But...If you have a lot of cash to burn in P2p, just buy all the bars and make the best steel item you can and just alch everything.

 

An alternative to totally bankrupting yourself, is to do the Family Crest quest for the gauntlets. As the above poster said, it is really expensive, gold ore has hit 600+. Its the fastest you can go, only rivaled by the Blast Furnace because in the Blast Furnace, your getting smelting and smithing exp at the same time and gaining cash.

 

So get 60, then Blast Furnace.