I was just wondering what the most cost-efficient way to use my smelted bars. Smith into plates? Cannonballs? Arrowheads or some other item?

 

I'm only 87 smithing at the moment so should I save my rune bars until I'm higher?

 

What about steel, mithril, and adamantite?

 

I'm really looking for what gets me the most return on my money spent.

You don't want to use rune bars to train at all, if you get 88 smithing. Addy plates are the quickest/cheap xp.

Not to hi-jack, but the op is 87 so he can't do addy plates without boost.

 

What other addy item is good to smith? Bolts ->fletch?

So all plates? For Steel, Mithril, and Addy?

Personally i would sell everything and get coal and addy ore and do ceremonial swords. Sure you can't afk them, but they are really cheap xp/gp. When i did a rough comparison of buying the addy bars and making into plates, then selling those plates back, the total cost was roughly 67m. Doing the same rough calculations using coal and adamantite ore the total cost was roughly 63m. It all depends on your play style, I don't like having to bank every 2-3 mins or w/e it is so the swords work for me.

Personally i would sell everything and get coal and addy ore and do ceremonial swords. Sure you can't afk them, but they are really cheap xp/gp. When i did a rough comparison of buying the addy bars and making into plates, then selling those plates back, the total cost was roughly 67m. Doing the same rough calculations using coal and adamantite ore the total cost was roughly 63m. It all depends on your play style, I don't like having to bank every 2-3 mins or w/e it is so the swords work for me.

 

 

The difference being only 4m, I would do the easiest method or least time consuming method in this case.