Is there any way to train smithing from 55 to 69 without too much of a loss or with profit, that isn't smelting bars?

Is there any way to train smithing from 55 to 69 without too much of a loss or with profit, that isn't smelting bars?

 

Cannon balls?

Sacred Clay hammers + steel plates + alch?

I used to hate smithing, but I thoroughly liked the Blast Furnance.

I DESPISE smithing, but Blast Furnace is one of the more fun minigames. Use peng points on smithing til 60, then use the blast furnace.

Blast furnace using SC hammers to make mith arrows. It used to profit, don't know if it does anymore.

Superheating :D

http://forum.tip.it/topic/220897-magic-summoning-spreadsheets-now-includes-enchanting/

Amazing stuff ^

Make gold bars with goldsmithing gaunts, it gives like 70k/xp an hour and is mega-afkable (about 4 gp/xp, so maybe 2m at most for you)

There's only a few methods of making profit whilst smithing.

 

The first would be to mine your own ores, then smelt bars, and smith platebodies which you alc (loss is reduced profit).

Another method is to buy ores partially and mine the rest. Let's say you mine coal and buy iron for example.

 

What usually is profit is making cannon-balls from steel bars, again mining own ores will cut losses extremely.

 

Making gold bars with goldsmithing gauntlets will be loss, however can be slightly cut by using the bars for crafting.

 

Other than that with your current levels the only real profitable methods would be by mining.

If you want to minimize costs, do NOT mine your own ores unless your best method of making money is slower than mining coal (which it should not be). Making money beforehand or afterward will save more in the long run.

Do iron knives/arrowtips with sc hammers, or the best plate you can and suck up

the cash loss.

 

Unless you earn crap all, then go with jaffy's solution. I refuse to believe that you can't make over 200k/hour

though.

I used to consider Smithing a very expensive skill.

 

Right now I find making Gold Bars with Goldsmithing Gauntlets to give out the most exp per hour (70-80K), but this costs almost as much as Construction.

 

You can do the other methods listed here that help minimize loss, but they come with a cost of being slower.

Buy steel bars and smelt into cannonballs

 

steel bar ~ 938

1 cannonball ~ 347

4 cannonballs per bar ~ 1388

 

1388 - 938 = 450 gp profit per bar.

 

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