what to do with iron ore?

[noble_aloof]

hey everyone. i'm in yet another predicament:

 

 

 

to get 70 mining, i mined 4781 iron ore.

 

now, i could just sell it,but i was thinking of making it into steel bars.

 

 

 

i'd need 9562 coal, which would cost 1,711,598

 

 

 

the 4781 bars would sell for 2.9mil and get me 56 smithing, or if i made them into platebodies or something it would get me to 63 smithing.

 

 

 

-(superheating)-

 

if i superheated them all (8 bars per inv.) it would take only 598 nature runes.. that wouldn't cost much at all.

 

 

 

questions:

 

-is it worth making them into bars/smithing?

 

-how long would it take with or without superheating?

 

-is superheating an option?

 

-did i make any mistakes or forget any variables?

 

-is making them into platebodies and alching an option?

 

 

 

thanks for your help

[The_Fray]

I would superheat instead of using a furnace which takes far too long. I wouldnt make steel plates unless you are using sc hammers as its far too costly otherwise. I say just make bars and sell them. If you want to raise smithing further, you can just buy the ores and superheat again.

[Pilipod]

Sorry, but i thought you had to separately super heat each bar meaning you would have to use 4000+ nats. But maybe im wrong :roll: .

 

 

 

Definitely make steel bars and i would suggest doing it at Edgeville with Varrock armor for the best xp per hour.

 

I would only bother with making bodies if you desperately want smithing lvls, as otherwise you cut into your profits and may even make a loss.

[aspeeder]

To be honest it's more convenient just to make iron bars with rings of forging and smithing those into iron knifes with sc hammers, thats what I did for 69 smithing. That option takes far less attention and you can multitask, plus you make a large profit from it, I profited even though I bought the ore!

[ladycai]

Superheating these ores isn't worth the smithing experience for the cost you'd have to pay. Usually the most commonly superheated ores start from mithril up.

[MstrMonopoly]

Make them into Granite Crabs :thumbsup: