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Revision as of 08:15, 31 August 2008

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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.

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

Temporary link, see the Increasing Current Durability section of the Durability article.

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 Blacksmithing to 50 (and get the sweet reward, Hammer of Hephaestus). The New Player Quests use accelerated skillgain.

  • 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.
  • A modicum of Tinkering will allow you to craft your own Blacksmithy tools.

Craftables

Ringmail
Ringmail Gloves
Ringmail Leggings
Ringmail Sleeves
Ringmail Tunic
Chainmail
Chainmail Coif
Chainmail Leggings
Chainmail Tunic
Platemail
Platemail Arms
Platemail Gloves
Platemail Gorget
Platemail Legs
Platemail (Tunic)
Platemail (Female)
Dragon Barding Deed
Platemail Mempo
Platemail Do
Platemail Hiro Sode
Platemail Suneate
Platemail Haidate
Helmets
Bascinet
Close Helm
Helmet
Norse Helm
Plate Helm
Chainmail Hatsuburi
Platemail Hatsuburi
Heavy Platemail Jingasa
Light Platemail Jingasa
Small Platemail Jingasa
Decorative Platemail Kabuto
Platemail Battle Kabuto
Standard Platemail Kabuto
Circlet
Royal Circlet
Gemmed Circlet
Shields
Buckler
Bronze Shield
Heater Shield
Metal Shield
Metal Kite Shield
Tear Kite Shield
Chaos Shield
Order Shield
Bladed
Bone Harvester
Broadsword
Crescent Blade
Cutlass
Dagger
Katana
Kryss
Longsword
Scimitar
Viking Sword
No-Dachi
Wakizashi
Lajatang
Daisho
Tekagi
Shuriken
Kama
Sai
Radiant Scimitar
War Cleaver
Elven Spellblade
Assassin Spike
Leafblade
Rune Blade
Elven Machete
Rune Carving Knife
Cold Forged Blade
Overseer Sundered Blade
Luminous Rune Blade
True Spellblade
Icy Spellblade
Fiery Spellblade
Spellblade of Defense
True Assassin Spike
Charged Assassin Spike
Magekiller Assassin Spike
Wounding Assassin Spike
True Leafblade
Luckblade
Magekiller Leafblade
Leafblade of Ease
Knight's War Cleaver
Butcher's War Cleaver
Serrated War Cleaver
True War Cleaver
Adventurer's Machete
Orcish Machete
Machete of Defense
Diseased Machete
Runesabre
Mage's Rune Blade
Rune Blade of Knowledge
Corrupted Rune Blade
True Radiant Scimitar
Icy Scimitar
Twinkling Scimitar
Bone Machete
Axes
Axe
Battle Axe
Double Axe
Executioner's Axe
Large Battle Axe
Two Handed Axe
War Axe
Ornate Axe
Guardian Axe
Singing Axe
Thundering Axe
Heavy Ornate Axe
Polearms
Bardiche
Bladed Staff
Double Bladed Staff
Halberd
Lance
Pike
Short Spear
Scythe
Spear
War Fork
Bashing
Hammer Pick
Mace
Maul
Scepter
War Mace
War Hammer
Tessen
Diamond Mace
Shard Thrasher
Ruby Mace
Emerald Mace
Sapphire Mace
Silver-Etched Mace
Dragon Scale Armor
Dragon Gloves
Dragon Helm
Dragon Leggings
Dragon Sleeves
Dragon Breastplate

See Also