Ok, so I'm back from uni for my 7 week easter holiday! \:D/

I see there have been smithing and crafting updates, plus the second-coming of the wilderness and free trade, and the collapse of the grand exchange.

 

I am f2p, and I just want to know what I should do. I enjoy skilling, and would most like to get my smithing and crafting levels up, as well as any other skills, though I don't know which ones (suggestions on this please?)

 

Levels:

Mining: 85

Smithing: 80

WC: 90

Cooking: 94

FM: 80

Fishing: 87

Crafting: 72

Runecrafting: 68

Dungeoneering: 63

 

In short, what would be the best way to train smithing and crafting? (Do the new updates help at my level?)

 

Also, I have 20M available if needed, but don't want to splash out too much of this, as the market is so unpredictable atm. (Gutted that the 26k raw lobs i bought expecting a rise with the new wilderness, actually fell by so much)

 

Thanks!

Get membership really, one month is like two Cokes, at least were i live.

forgot to mention, never been member, not ever paying for membership, especially as my family has no money

get a job for a week to make $ to get membership

 

one week of even the [cabbage]tiest wages should set you up for members for life

im not becoming a member. ive got good enough skills from playing for free, and membership would ruin that value. i just want to know the best new ways to train things. membership would also make me feel like i had to play as much as possible for a month and i have important exams in 3 months

fair enough

 

the technical best ways train smithing are

- mining iron by the dwarf mine resource dungeon and superheating the ore as you mine it (doesn't slow down mining)

- superheating runite or adamant bars at a bank

 

the best way to train crafting is to cut gems. emeralds are good if you are low-budget. do rubies or diamonds if you are very good at making money in f2p.

If you don't already have the Lunbridge ring 4, then do the tasks for that, as free superheats and high alchs on top of the capabilities of the previous ring (3) are well worth having, and your skills sould allow easy completion.

 

The Artisans workshop - smithing experience quite high for materials used, but at total loss, and not that fast. Moving up from Iron 1 increases costa much faster than XP rate, for instance, Iron 2 doubles the experience but uses 9 times as much ore. Alternatively, smelt while using smelting urns (urns also work while superheating), and then smith.

 

Crafting: Forming & firing the highest F2P Urn (Woodcutting) gives a total of 80 XP for 2 soft clay - another thing that changed is you can now use clay on a water source, without needing to carry water containers.

 

This compares with 33 xp per clay for bowls, 35 xp for hard leather body.

Silver is higher, at 50 for holy symbol and 52.5 for tiara

 

Might be worth comparing the rate for doing clay crafting at the crafting guild, also take the silver there if it's not busy (and you can pick up the moulds if needed). With urns, it means only half the number to drop compared to bowls - alternatively, at the sinking price of nature runes, they could be high alched at breakeven, using a fire staff.

sounds like that could be useful. i need 45 prayer though for the hard tasks, and i think that im only 33 prayer at the moment. are there any good ways of training this? im guessing the hill giant dungeon would be best?