Runescape Smithing Money Guide

Make GP While Training Smithing

Smithing is one of the hardest skills to get to 99 and it will also cost you a bundle, unless you don’t want it to be. Smithing can get you lots of money if you know how. I’d recommend with cash around 500K+ (500,000) so that you can start out from level 1 and grow to make money. In this guide, I will tell you some of the best-known ways to make money.

Steel Platebodies Method

This method will require 48 Smithing to smith the Steel Platebodies and 55 Magic to High Alch them. If you buy your ores you will need around 320,000-400,000gp per 2,000 Coal Ore. Coal ore sells 160-200gp each, or you could always Mine the ore although it would take quite a while. With 1,000 Iron Ore (suggested you mine this but it could only cost 100-120gp each), you will end up with 1,000 Steel Bars when you finished Smelting the ores. It's recommended you have a random object such as a set of logs to make withdrawing ores easier. Withdraw 9 Iron Ore and then 18 Coal Ore and Smelt them all. Members have the option of using the Keldagrim Blast Furnace, which only requires half the coal ores.

Alching Them:

When you have the desired amount of Steel Platebodies, it's time to High Alch them. The is the best inventory set up is putting the platebodies on the left side, fourth row down, as this way you can click on the same spot without having to move your mouse. The Platebodies also have to be noted.

Since you will get 1,200gp per Alch and the Nature Rune cost around 250-350 each, if you plan on buying all the supplies you will end up with up a loss. Use Runecrafting or Nature Rune Running to get your Nature Runes, and use a Fire Staff/Battlestaff or a Lava Staff (members only). The Lava Staff gives no additional bonuses, but it can be used instead of a Fire Staff.


Cannonballs Method

Another method of money making with Smithing is to make cannonballs. This requires a cannonball mold and the completion of the Dwarf Cannon quest. Withdraw the mold and 27 Steel bars. Take them to any furnace and use the Steel Bar on the furnace. You will make a total of 108 cannonballs each inventory. This results in around 200 gp profit per steel barYou can also make money by smithing Iron Knifes. This method requires Smithing level 22, Iron Ores (can be mined at level 15, or bought from other players) and a Ring of Forging (can be made with Crafting level 34 and Magic level 49 or bought).


Iron Knifes Method

First of all, buy or obtain Iron Ores and a Ring of Forging. Smelt the Iron Ores into Iron Bars while wielding a Ring of Forging. Then smith the Iron Bars into Iron Knifes. This way you can make a profit of 68gp per bar even when you buy all the materials. When you get all the materials yourself you can make a profit of 175gp per bar.

Those are the best ways of making money of smelting. It is recommended to have the Smithing gauntlets (after family crest) for the best xp. But wait. Don’t we need fast ways? You may ask, and my answer is yes, but all you need is to concentrate, have patience and a good place to smelt. Below will show you good ways to smelt.


Good Places to Smelt

These routes are the shortest routes between a bank and a nearby furnace:
Falador is a very convenient place to smelt, since its furnace is very close to both banks. The map below shows the closer one.


Al-Kharid is also a very convenient place to smelt. This furnace is even closer to the bank than Falador's furnace.

For members there is Port Phasmatys. It's recommended you wear your Ghostspeak Amulet to make it easier to bank. This is the second shortest route between a furnace and a bank anywhere in RuneScape.

You can also smith in Neitiznot. The furnace is one of the closest ones in the game, behind Edgeville and Port Phasmatys.


The closest route between a furnace and a bank is in Edgeville, but its only cons are the facts that you need to have the Varrock Armour level 1 (from Varrock achievement diary) or higher to use it, and you must open the door each time you enter and exit the building which slightly slows travel time.

Now we know good places to smelt our bars. But where should U go to smith my Armour? Here are my answers.


Good Places to Smith

Now that you have smelted your bars, you must smith them into Steel Platebodies. Here are some great places to smith:

Varrock's banks are very close to an anvil, with one on the east side of Varrock, and on the west side. The one on the west side is one of the closest routes between an anvil and a bank.

Members can smith in Yanille, this is also one of the best place to smith in RuneScape, but is harder to get to than Varrock.


Just Smelting Bars

Iron Bar Method

Iron Bars have nothing to it really, just like the steel bar method. You can just pick up a full inventory of iron ore and smelt them with ring of forging

OR TO TRAIN MAGE

Another good way to make money is to smelt steel bars. In order to do this, have at least enough money to buy reasonable amounts of both coal and iron ore. Always buy twice as much coal as iron, for if you don't, you will not make the right amount of steel bars and you will have unwanted ores left over.

Begin by heading to the Grand Exchange. Here you will buy any amounts of the coal and iron ore, but remember to get twice as much coal. (It can be recommended to buy 1k coal and 500 iron, because the cost is only about 250k.) Once you have bought the materials, head toward a bank that has a furnace near it. When you have arrived at the bank, withdraw 18 coal and 10 iron ore. When you go to the furnace, you will make 9 steel bars and have one iron ore left over. The iron ore is used as a placeholder for later runs to the bank.

After smelting the first 9 bars, head back to the bank. Once again 18 coal and 10 iron ore. Repeat this process until wanted, or until you run out of materials.

When you have smelted all the bars you have wanted, head back to the Grand Exchange. Sell the bars you just made. After selling, you should realize you have made a profit. The percent of this profit is 33 percent! That means if you use 1 million gp for materials, you will receive 1.33 million gp in the end! Talk about a well made profit! Plus, you made a great deal of smithing experience!
The Superheat (Level-43 Magic required) item spell costs more than to smelt your ores. However, it is a potential way to train magic, making it popular.

Start off by Mining 100 or more Iron ore. Then Mine 200 or more coal. (A Steel bar requires 1 iron and 2 coal). You can make a profit as long as you mine the iron, and at least 1 coal per bar of course, if you mine it all, you'll make even more money! When Superheating, your inventory should include 100 or more Nature runes, 9 iron ore, and 18 coal.


Superheating Scenarios

Here is are equations describing different methods of superheating:

The follow method requires you to mine 1 Iron ore and 1 Coal per bar:

600 GP - how much Steel bars sell for
180 GP - price of 1 Coal
290 GP - price of 1 Nature rune

600 - (180 + 290) = 130GP Profit per Bar
Mining Exp: 85
Smithing Exp: 37.5
Magic Exp: 53

The following method requires you to mine 1 Iron ore and 2 Coal per bar.

600 GP - How much Steel bars sell for
290 GP - Price per Nature rune
310 GP - Profit per Bar

600 - (290) = 310 GP profit per Bar
Mining Exp: 135
Smithing Exp: 37.5
Magic Exp: 53

The following method requires you to mine 1 Coal per bar.

600 GP - how much steel bars sell for
80 GP - price of 1 Iron ore
180 GP - price of 1 Coal
290 GP - price of 1 Nature rune

600 - (80 + 180 + 290) = 50 GP Profit Per Bar
Mining Exp: 50
Smithing Exp: 37.5
Magic Exp: 53


The following method requires you to mine 2 Coal per bar.

600 GP - how much steel bars sell for
80 GP - price of 1 Iron ore
290 GP - price of 1 Nature rune

600 - (80 + 290) = 230GP Profit Per Bar
Mining Exp: 100
Smithing Exp: 37.5
Magic Exp: 53


And there we have it folks =) That’s the end of my guide.