Blacksmithy

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Whether sweating over a fiery forge to create a masterpiece or hammering dents and polishing scratches from a favored piece of plate mail, the blacksmith of Britannia is a skilled craftsman who often finds his or her services in high demand.

The skill of Blacksmithy involves: smelting metal items and ores; crafting arms and armaments; enhancing certain metal items; and repairing applicable items.

There is a special collection of Bulk Order Deeds available for Smiths to fill out. Returning these provides special mining tools and other items as rewards. For the Smith in training, these can help speed the time it takes to acquire more ingots - For advanced players, Power Scrolls and Runic Hammers may be earned.

A skilled character may learn special Blacksmithy Recipes in order to create yet more powerful weapons.

Smelting

The process for smelting ores and recycling metal items into their constituent ingots differs.

Ores

  • Stand near a forge.
  • Double-click the ore pile you wish to smelt into ingots.
  • Target the forge.

Metal Items

The manual, or old school, method of smelting, or recycling, metal items into their constituent ingots involves:

  • Double-click a smith’s hammer, tongs, or sledgehammer that is located in your backpack.
  • A menu will appear.
  • Select the Smelt Item button in the lower left-hand corner.
  • Target the item you wish to melt into ingots. (If smelting self-crafted items, will yield half of ingots used to create the item.)

The UOAssist Recycle Agent feature and the Salvage Bag have made the above process far easier.

Crafting

To create an item using the Blacksmithy skill:

  • Stand near a forge and anvil (either, alone is insufficient).
  • Double-click a smith’s hammer, tongs, or sledgehammer that is located in your backpack.
  • A menu will appear displaying the different categories of items you can craft.
  • Select a category and click on the button next to the item you wish to craft.

For arms, there are three categories: Bashing, Bladed, and Polearm.

If successful, the crafted item will appear in your backpack. If successful and lucky, the crafted item will be exceptional. A Blacksmith can opt to include his or her maker’s mark on such exceptional items. The crafting menu contains a toggle in the lower right-hand corner to turn the maker’s mark option on or off.

A blacksmith may increase his or her chances by using an Ancient Hammer.

Enhancing Arms & Armaments

To enhance an item using the Blacksmithy skill:

  • Stand near a forge and anvil (either, alone is insufficient).
  • Stock you backpack with the metal type you wish to utilize.
  • Double-click a smith’s hammer, tongs, or sledgehammer that is located in your backpack.
  • A crafting menu will appear.
  • Select the appropriate metal type and click on the Enhance Item button located in the lower-right of the menu.
  • Target the item you wish to enhance.

Instead of "enhancing", many Blacksmiths refer to this process as "destroying".

Repairing

Main Article: Increasing Current Durability.

Training

See George Hephaestus, the Blacksmith Instructor, at the Forge And Anvil in New Haven. The New Player Quest entitled It's Hammer Time! will allow a character to train Blacksmithy to 50 (and get the sweet reward, Hammer of Hephaestus). The New Player Quests use accelerated skillgain.

Use a Crystal Ball of Knowledge when training. This will tell you whether the making an item will yield "Optimal" training or not. Using this technique, you can keep switching to making different items as you gain, and can do far better than the chart below.

Training Blacksmithy
40.0 - 45.0 Mace
45.0 - 50.0 Maul
50.0 - 55.0 Cutlass
55.0 - 59.5 Longsword or Katana
59.5 - 70.5 Scimitar or Spear
70.5 - 106.4 Platemail Gorget
106.4 - 108.9 Platemail Gloves
108.9 - 116.3 Platemail Arms
116.3 - 118.8 Platemail Legs
118.8 - 120.0 Platemail Tunics
  • Note: Gains are tremendously slow after Platemail Gorget. It may help to switch from the Platemail Gorget to the Platemail Gloves every now and then.
  • It takes about five days of non-stop game play and over 100,000 ingots to gain 120 Blacksmithy skill points using this technique, so take a break from time to time. You're not a machine! Items produced during training are smelted, or recycled, into ingots for further training.
  • Mining of over 50.0 will help cut costs a lot because it allows you to smelt and mine your own ore. Higher levels of mining also increase your return when salvaging.
  • Using a Salvage Bag is absolutely crucial, as it both speeds up recycling (recycling everything inside within a second)as well as giving one extra ingot per item recycled, which can represent a monumental return on items that only take a few ingots to make in the first place.
  • A modicum of Tinkering will allow you to craft your own Blacksmithy tools.


Using a power scroll to increase your Blacksmithy skill early in your progression can improve your 'rate of return' when salvaging items by extending the range at which you can gain skill on any individual item. Normally, your skill gain ceases at the point where your chance to create the item reaches 100%, which corresponds to 50 points above the minimum skill needed to create the item. If X is that skill level, then this point is (X + 50). The power scrolls raise this cap in direct correlation to their strength. Thus, a 105 power scroll raises the cap to 105% (X + 52.5); a 110 scroll to 110% (X + 55); a 115 scroll to 115% (X + 57.5); and a 120 scroll to 120% (X + 60).

Thus, if your character has used a Legendary Scroll of Blacksmithy early in their career (and if you have the expansions installed), you may instead consider this alternate progression chart designed to maximize your skill return per ingot:


Training Blacksmithy
47.5 - 75.0 Kryss
75.1 - 89.9 Shuriken (requires the Samurai Empire expansion)
90.0 - 100.0 Circlet (requires the Mondain's Legacy expansion)
100.1 - 120 Boomerang (requires the Stygian Abyss expansion)

Craftables

Catogory Pictures Item Name Resources Needed Requires Recipe Min Skill Required
Armor Chainmail Coif.png Chainmail Coif 10 Ingots 14.5
Armor Chainmail Leggings.png Chainmail Leggings 18 Ingots 36.7
Armor Chainmail Tunic.png Chainmail Tunic 20 Ingots 39.1
Armor Deed (Shadow Iron).png Dragon Barding Deed 750 Ingots 72.5
Armor Female Plate.png Female Plate 20 Ingots 44.1
Armor GargishAmuletBlacksmith.png Gargish Amulet 3 Ingots 60
Armor Gargish platemail arms.gif Gargish Platemail Arms 18 Ingots 66.3
Armor Gargish platemail chest.gif Gargish Platemail Chest 25 Ingots 75
Armor Gargish platemail kilt.gif Gargish Platemail Kilt 12 Ingots 58.9
Armor Gargish platemail leggings.gif Gargish Platemail Leggings 20 Ingots 68.8
Armor Platemail Arms.png Platemail Arms 18 Ingots 66.3
Armor Platemail Do.png Platemail Do 28 Ingots 87
Armor Platemail Gloves.png Platemail Gloves 12 Ingots 58.9
Armor Platemail Gorget.png Platemail Gorget 10 Ingots 56.4
Armor Platemail Haidate.png Platemail Haidate 20 Ingots 65
Armor Platemail Hiro Sode.png Platemail Hiro Sode 16 Ingots 80
Armor Platemail Legs.png Platemail Legs 20 Ingots 68.8
Armor Platemail Mempo.png Platemail Mempo 18 Ingots 80
Armor Platemail Suneate.png Platemail Suneate 20 Ingots 65
Armor Platemail Tunic.png Platemail Tunic 25 Ingots 75
Armor Ringmail Gloves.png Ringmail Gloves 10 Ingots 12
Armor Ringmail Leggings.png Ringmail Leggings 16 Ingots 19.4
Armor Ringmail Sleeves.png Ringmail Sleeves 14 Ingots 16.9
Armor Ringmail Tunic.png Ringmail Tunic 18 Ingots 21.9
Axes Axe.png Axe 14 Ingots 34.2
Axes Battle Axe.png Battle Axe 14 Ingots 30.5
Axes Double Axe.png Double Axe 12 Ingots 29.3
Axes Dual short axes.gif Dual Short Axes 24 Ingots 75
Axes Executioner's Axe.png Executioner's Axe 14 Ingots 34.2
Axes Gargish axe.png Gargish Axe 14 Ingots 34.2
Axes Gargish battle Axe.png Gargish Battle Axe 14 Ingots 30.5
Axes Ornate Axe.png Guardian Axe 18 Ingots
1 Blue Diamond
Yes 75
Axes Ornate Axe.png Heavy Ornate Axe 18 Ingots
1 Turquoise
Yes 75
Axes Large Battle Axe.png Large Battle Axe 12 Ingots 28
Axes Ornate Axe.png Ornate Axe 18 Ingots 70
Axes Ornate Axe.png Singing Axe 18 Ingots
1 Brilliant Amber
Yes 75
Axes Ornate Axe.png Thundering Axe 18 Ingots
1 Ecru Citrine
Yes 75
Axes Two Handed Axe.png Two-Handed Axe 16 Ingots 33
Axes War Axe.png War Axe 16 Ingots 39.1
Bashing Diamond Mace.png Diamond Mace 20 Ingots 70
Bashing Disc mace.gif Disc Mace 20 Ingots 70
Bashing Diamond Mace.png Emerald Mace 20 Ingots
1 Perfect Emerald
Yes 75
Bashing Gargish maul.png Gargish Maul 10 Ingots 19.4
Bashing Gargish tessen.png Gargish Tessen 10 Cloth 50
Bashing Gargish war hammer.png Gargish War Hammer 16 Ingots 34.2
Bashing Hammer Pick.png Hammer Pick 16 Ingots 34.2
Bashing Mace.png Mace 6 Ingots 14.5
Bashing Maul (Weapon).png Maul 10 Ingots 19.4
Bashing Diamond Mace.png Ruby Mace 20 Ingots
1 Fire Ruby
Yes 75
Bashing Diamond Mace.png Sapphire Mace 20 Ingots
1 Dark Sapphire
Yes 75
Bashing Scepter.png Scepter 10 Ingots 21.6
Bashing Shard Thrasher.png Shard Thrasher 20 Ingots
10 Corruption
1 Eye of the Travesty
10 Muculent
Yes 70
Bashing Diamond Mace.png Silver-Etched Mace 20 Ingots
1 Blue Diamond
Yes 75
Bashing Tessen.png Tessen 16 Ingots
10 Cloth
85.0 Blacksmith
50.0 Tailoring
Bashing War Hammer.png War Hammer 16 Ingots 34.2
Bashing War Mace.png War Mace 14 Ingots 28
Bladed Elven Machete.png Adventurer's Machete 14 Ingots
1 White Pearl
Yes 75
Bladed Assassin Spike.png Assassin Spike 9 Ingots 70
Bladed Bloodblade.gif Bloodblade 8 Ingots 44.1
Bladed Bone Harvester.png Bone Harvester 10 Ingots 33
Bladed Elven Machete.png Bone Machete 6 Bones Yes 45
Bladed Broadsword.png Broadsword 10 Ingots 35.4
Bladed War Cleaver.png Butcher's War Cleaver 18 Ingots
1 Turquoise
Yes 75
Bladed Assassin Spike.png Charged Assassin Spike 9 Ingots
1 Ecru Citrine
Yes 75
Bladed Cold Forged Blade.png Cold Forged Blade 18 Ingots
10 Blight
1 Grizzled Bones
10 Taint
Yes 70
Bladed Rune Blade.png Corrupted Rune Blade 15 Ingots
1 Corruption
Yes 75
Bladed Crescent Blade.png Crescent Blade 14 Ingots 45
Bladed Cutlass.png Cutlass 8 Ingots 24.3
Bladed Dagger.png Dagger 3 Ingots 0
Bladed Daisho.png Daisho 15 Ingots 60
Bladed Radiant Scimitar.png Darkglow Scimitar 15 Ingots
1 Dark Sapphire
Yes 75
Bladed Elven Machete.png Diseased Machete 14 Ingots
1 Blight
Yes 75
Bladed Dread sword.gif Dread Sword 14 Ingots 75
Bladed Elven Machete.png Elven Machete 14 Ingots 70
Bladed Elven Spellblade.png Elven Spellblade 14 Ingots 70
Bladed Elven Spellblade.png Fiery Spellblade 14 Ingots
1 Fire Ruby
Yes 75
Bladed Gargish bone harvester.png Gargish Bone Harvester 10 Ingots 33
Bladed Gargish dagger.gif Gargish Dagger 3 Ingots 0
Bladed Gargish daisho.png Gargish Daisho 15 Ingots 60
Bladed Gargish katana.png Gargish Katana 8 Ingots 44.1
Bladed Gargish kryss.png Gargish Kryss 8 Ingots 36.7
Bladed Gargish talwar.gif Gargish Talwar 18 Ingots 75
Bladed Gargish tekagi.png Gargish Tekagi 12 Ingots 55
Bladed Radiant Scimitar.png Icy Scimitar 15 Ingots
1 Dark Sapphire
Yes 75
Bladed Elven Spellblade.png Icy Spellblade 14 Ingots
1 Turquoise
Yes 75
Bladed Kama.png Kama 14 Ingots 40
Bladed Katana.png Katana 8 Ingots 44.1
Bladed War Cleaver.png Knight's War Cleaver 18 Ingots
1 Perfect Emerald
Yes 75
Bladed Kryss.png Kryss 8 Ingots 36.7
Bladed Lajatang.png Lajatang 25 Ingots 80
Bladed Leafblade.png Leafblade 12 Ingots 70
Bladed Leafblade.png Leafblade of Ease 12 Ingots
1 Perfect Emerald
Yes 75
Bladed Longsword.png Longsword 12 Ingots 28
Bladed Leafblade.png Luckblade 12 Ingots
1 White Pearl
Yes 75
Bladed Luminous Rune Blade.png Luminous Rune Blade 15 Ingots
10 Corruption
1 Grizzled Bones
10 Putrefaction
Yes 70
Bladed Elven Machete.png Machete of Defense 14 Ingots
1 Brilliant Amber
Yes 75
Bladed Rune Blade.png Mage's Rune Blade 15 Ingots
1 Blue Diamond
Yes 75
Bladed Assassin Spike.png Magekiller Assassin Spike 9 Ingots
1 Brilliant Amber
Yes 75
Bladed Leafblade.png Magekiller Leafblade 12 Ingots
1 Fire Ruby
Yes 75
Bladed No-Dachi.png No-Dachi 18 Ingots 75
Bladed Elven Machete.png Orcish Machete 14 Ingots
1 Scourge
Yes 75
Bladed Overseer Sundered Blade.png Overseer Sundered Blade 15 Ingots
10 Blight
1 Grizzled Bones
10 Scourge
Yes 70
Bladed Radiant Scimitar.png Radiant Scimitar 15 Ingots 75
Bladed Rune Blade.png Rune Blade 15 Ingots 70
Bladed Rune Blade.png Rune Blade of Knowledge 15 Ingots
1 Ecru Citrine
Yes 75
Bladed Rune Carving Knife.png Rune Carving Knife 9 Ingots
1 Dread Horn Mane
10 Muculent
10 Putrefaction
Yes 70
Bladed Rune Blade.png Runesabre 15 Ingots
1 Turquoise
Yes 75
Bladed Exodus sacrificial dagger.png Exodus Sacrificial Dagger 12 Ingots
10 A Small Piece of Blackrock
2 Blue Diamond
2 Fire Ruby
95
Bladed Sai.png Sai 12 Ingots 50
Bladed Scimitar.png Scimitar 10 Ingots 31.7
Bladed War Cleaver.png Serrated War Cleaver 18 Ingots
1 Ecru Citrine
Yes 75
Bladed Shortblade.gif Shortblade 12 Ingots 28
Bladed Shuriken.png Shuriken 5 Ingots 45
Bladed Elven Spellblade.png Spellblade of Defense 18 Ingots
1 White Pearl
Yes 75
Bladed Tekagi.png Tekagi 12 Ingots 55
Bladed Assassin Spike.png True Assassin Spike 9 Ingots
1 Dark Sapphire
Yes 75
Bladed Leafblade.png True Leafblade 12 Ingots
1 Blue Diamond
Yes 75
Bladed Radiant Scimitar.png True Radiant Scimitar 15 Ingots
1 Brilliant Amber
Yes 75
Bladed Elven Spellblade.png True Spellblade 14 Ingots
1 Blue Diamond
Yes 75
Bladed War Cleaver.png True War Cleaver 18 Ingots
1 Brilliant Amber
Yes 75
Bladed Radiant Scimitar.png Twinkling Scimitar 15 Ingots
1 Dark Sapphire
Yes 75
Bladed Viking Sword.png Viking Sword 14 Ingots 24.3
Bladed Wakizashi.png Wakizashi 8 Ingots 50
Bladed War Cleaver.png War Cleaver 18 Ingots 70
Bladed Assassin Spike.png Wounding Assassin Spike 9 Ingots
1 Perfect Emerald
Yes 75
Cannons Cannonball.png Heavy Cannonball 12 Ingots 10
Cannons Grapeshot.png Heavy Grapeshot 12 Ingots
2 Cloth
15
Cannons Heavy ship cannon.png Heavy Ship Cannon 1800 Ingots
75 Boards
70.0 Blacksmith
70.0 Carpentry
Cannons Cannonball.png Light Cannonball 6 Ingots 0
Cannons Grapeshot.png Light Grapeshot 6 Ingots
1 Cloth
0
Cannons Light ship cannon.png Light Ship Cannon 900 Ingots
50 Boards
65.0 Blacksmith
65.0 Carpentry
Dragon Scale Armor Dragon Breastplate.png Dragon Breastplate 36 Dragon Scales 85
Dragon Scale Armor Dragon Gloves.png Dragon Gloves 16 Dragon Scales 68.9
Dragon Scale Armor Dragon Helm.png Dragon Helm 20 Dragon Scales 72.6
Dragon Scale Armor Dragon Leggings.png Dragon Leggings 28 Dragon Scales 78.8
Dragon Scale Armor Dragon Sleeves.png Dragon Sleeves 24 Dragon Scales 76.3
Helmets Bascinet.png Bascinet 15 Ingots 8.3
Helmets Chainmail Hatsuburi.png Chainmail Hatsuburi 20 Ingots 30
Helmets Circlet.png Circlet 6 Ingots 62.1
Helmets Close Helmet.png Close Helmet 15 Ingots 37.9
Helmets Decorative Platemail Kabuto.png Decorative Platemail Kabuto 25 Ingots 90
Helmets Gemmed Circlet.png Gemmed Circlet 6 Ingots
1 Amethyst
1 Blue Diamond
1 Tourmaline
75
Helmets Heavy Platemail Jingasa.png Heavy Platemail Jingasa 20 Ingots 45
Helmets Helmet.png Helmet 15 Ingots 37.9
Helmets Light Platemail Jingasa.png Light Platemail Jingasa 20 Ingots 45
Helmets Norse Helm.png Norse Helm 15 Ingots 37.9
Helmets Plate Helm.png Plate Helm 15 Ingots 62.6
Helmets Platemail Battle Kabuto.png Platemail Battle Kabuto 25 Ingots 90
Helmets Platemail Hatsuburi.png Platemail Hatsuburi 20 Ingots 45
Helmets Royal Circlet.png Royal Circlet 6 Ingots 70
Helmets Small Platemail Jingasa.png Small Platemail Jingasa 20 Ingots 45
Helmets Standard Platemail Kabuto.png Standard Platemail Kabuto 25 Ingots 90
Miscellaneous Crushed glass.png Crushed Glass 5 Glass Sword
1 Blue Diamond
110
Miscellaneous Metal keg.png Metal Keg 25 Ingots 85
Miscellaneous PolishedPlating.png Polished Plating 20 Malleable Alloy
1 Polish
100
Miscellaneous Powdered iron.png Powdered Iron 20 Ingots
1 White Pearl
110
Miscellaneous ScouredPlating.png Scoured Plating 20 Malleable Alloy
1 Scour
100
Polearms Bardiche.png Bardiche 18 Ingots 31.7
Polearms Bladed Staff.png Bladed Staff 12 Ingots 40
Polearms Double Bladed Staff.png Double Bladed Staff 16 Ingots 45
Polearms Dual pointed spear.gif Dual Pointed Spear 12 Ingots 47
Polearms Gargish bardiche.png Gargish Bardiche 18 Ingots 31.7
Polearms Gargish lance.png Gargish Lance 20 Ingots 48
Polearms Gargish pike.png Gargish Pike 12 Ingots 47
Polearms Gargish scythe.png Gargish Scythe 14 Ingots 0
Polearms Gargish war fork.png Gargish War Fork 12 Ingots 42.9
Polearms Halberd.png Halberd 20 Ingots 39.1
Polearms Lance.png Lance 20 Ingots 48
Polearms Pike.png Pike 12 Ingots 47
Polearms Scythe.png Scythe 14 Ingots 39
Polearms Short Spear.png Short Spear 6 Ingots 45.3
Polearms Spear.png Spear 12 Ingots 49
Polearms War Fork.png War Fork 12 Ingots 42.9
Shields BronzeShield.png Bronze Shield 12 Ingots 0
Shields Buckler.png Buckler 10 Ingots 0
Shields Chaos shield.png Chaos Shield 25 Ingots 85
Shields Gargish chaos shield.gif Gargish Chaos Shield 25 Ingots 85
Shields Gargish kite shield.gif Gargish Kite Shield 16 Ingots 4.6
Shields Gargish order shield.gif Gargish Order Shield 25 Ingots 85
Shields HeaterShield.png Heater Shield 18 Ingots 24.3
Shields Large plate shield.gif Large Plate Shield 18 Ingots 0
Shields Medium plate shield.gif Medium Plate Shield 14 Ingots 0
Shields MetalKiteShield.png Metal Kite Shield 16 Ingots 4.6
Shields MetalShield.png Metal Shield 14 Ingots 0
Shields Order shield.png Order Shield 25 Ingots 85
Shields Small plate shield.gif Small Plate Shield 12 Ingots 0
Shields TearKiteShield.png Tear Kite Shield 8 Ingots 0
Throwing Boomerang.gif Boomerang 5 Ingots 75
Throwing Cyclone.gif Cyclone 9 Ingots 75
Throwing Soul glaive.gif Soul Glaive 9 Ingots 75

See Also