Blacksmithing

The information in this article is up-to-date as of version Early Access v0.8.2.

Blacksmithing, previously known as Metalsmith, is a trade skill and allows creation of metal items using an anvil. This includes weapons, armor, and tools. Once the minimum skill requirement to craft an item has been reached, a player can attempt to craft it. However, the probability of success will be dependent on the skill in blacksmithing, so the higher the player's blackmithing skill exceeds the minimum requirement, the more likely the craft will succeed.

When the player's blacksmithing skill exceeds the minimum requirement for crafting something by 25.1 the item becomes trivial to craft.

Bonus

Weapons and Armors that are crafted will get a bonus.

Attack, Defense and Durability bonuses are randomly generated, weighted on both your craft skill and the resource used:

Maximum Attack bonus from crafting skill: 50%
Maximum Defense bonus from crafting skill: 3
Maximum Durability bonus from crafting skill: 50
Maximum attack bonus from resource: 0%
Maximum Defense bonus of: 3
Maximum Durability bonus from resource: 200

Crafted items

The following items can be crafted. It is highly likely these items will change by launch.

Resources

Ore can be acquired through mining.

Name	Skill	Materials	Requires Recipe?
Iron	0	5 Iron Ore	No
Copper	20	5 Copper Ore	No
Gold	40	5 Gold Ore	No
Cobalt	50	5 Cobalt Ore	Yes
Obsidian	60	5 Obsidian Ore	Yes

Note:

If a player's blacksmithing skill is 20 points above minimal skill to smelt ore, one will have a 100% chance to craft an ingot from the ore. However, unlike other crafting skills and stations, players will not see a "Trivial" mark. Akin to trivial crafting, players cannot gain more skill by smelting ore upon reaching this specified threshold. As an example, crafting Gold from Gold ore will not provide skill points once above 60.0

Tools

Name	Skill	Materials	Damage Type	Requires Recipe?
Hunting Knife	0	1 Iron	Bashing	No
Mining Pick	5	1 Iron	Bashing	No
Shovel	10	1 Iron	Bashing	No
Hatchet	10	1 Iron	Slashing	No
Lockpicks	10	1 Iron	N/A	Yes
Cooking Pot	15	1 Iron	N/A	No
Engraving Tool	10	1 Iron	N/A	No

Weapons

The weapons stats can be found on the Weapons page.

Bashing

Weapon	Material	Skill Req.	# Resources	Recipe Required?
Mace	Iron	25	2	No
	Copper	30
	Gold	35
	Cobalt	40
	Obsidian	45
Hammer	Iron	30		Yes
	Copper	35
	Gold	40
	Cobalt	45
	Obsidian	50
Maul	Iron	35		Yes
	Copper	40
	Gold	45
	Cobalt	50
	Obsidian	55
War Mace	Iron	40		Yes
	Copper	45
	Gold	50
	Cobalt	55
	Obsidian	60
Quarterstaff	Iron	45	3	No
	Copper	50
	Gold	55
	Cobalt	60
	Obsidian	65
Warhammer	Iron	50		Yes
	Copper	55
	Gold	60
	Cobalt	65
	Obsidian	70

Lancing

Weapon	Prefix	Skill Req.	# Resources
Pitchfork	Iron	35	3
	Copper	40
	Gold	45
	Cobalt	50
	Obsidian	55
Voulge	Iron	40
	Copper	45
	Gold	50
	Cobalt	55
	Obsidian	60
Spear	Iron	45
	Copper	50
	Gold	55
	Cobalt	60
	Obsidian	65
Halberd	Iron	50
	Copper	55
	Gold	60
	Cobalt	65
	Obsidian	70

Piercing

Weapon	Prefix	Skill Req.	# Resources
Dagger	Iron	0	1
	Copper	5
	Gold	10
	Cobalt	15
	Obsidian	20
Kryss	Iron	5
	Copper	10
	Gold	15
	Cobalt	20
	Obsidian	25
Poniard	Iron	10
	Copper	15
	Gold	20
	Cobalt	25
	Obsidian	30
Bone Dagger	Iron	15
	Copper	20
	Gold	25
	Cobalt	30
	Obsidian	35

Slashing

Weapon	Prefix	Skill Req.	# Resources
Longsword	Iron	15	2
	Copper	20
	Gold	25
	Cobalt	30
	Obsidian	35
Broadsword	Iron	20
	Copper	25
	Gold	30
	Cobalt	35
	Obsidian	40
Saber	Iron	25
	Copper	30
	Gold	35
	Cobalt	40
	Obsidian	45
Katana	Iron	30
	Copper	35
	Gold	40
	Cobalt	45
	Obsidian	50
Great Axe	Iron	35	3
	Copper	40
	Gold	45
	Cobalt	50
	Obsidian	55
Large Axe	Iron	40
	Copper	45
	Gold	50
	Cobalt	55
	Obsidian	60

Armor

You can blacksmith heavy armors, see stats in Armor#Heavy armor

Head

Helm	Prefix	Skill Req.	# Resources
Chain Helm	Iron	40	1
	Copper	45
	Gold	50
	Cobalt	55
	Obsidian	60
Scale Helm	Iron	49	2
	Copper	54
	Gold	59
	Cobalt	64
	Obsidian	69
Full Plate Helm	Iron	58	3
	Copper	63
	Gold	68
	Cobalt	73
	Obsidian	78

Legs

Legs	Prefix	Skill Req.	# Resources
Chain Leggings	Iron	43	3
	Copper	48
	Gold	53
	Cobalt	58
	Obsidian	63
Scale Leggings	Iron	52	4
	Copper	57
	Gold	62
	Cobalt	67
	Obsidian	72
Full Plate Leggings	Iron	61	5
	Copper	66
	Gold	71
	Cobalt	76
	Obsidian	81

Torso

Torso	Prefix	Skill Req.	# Resources
Chain Tunic	Iron	46	3
	Copper	51
	Gold	56
	Cobalt	61
	Obsidian	66
Scale Tunic	Iron	55	4
	Copper	60
	Gold	65
	Cobalt	70
	Obsidian	75
Full Plate Tunic	Iron	64	5
	Copper	69
	Gold	74
	Cobalt	79
	Obsidian	84

Blacksmithing guide

15 to 40 use iron ingots to make cooking pots to 40,cost 1 ingot per attempt

iron mace 40 to 50 costs 2 iron ingots per attempt

chain helm from 50 to 65, costs 1 iron ingot per attempt

65 to 70 copper chain helm, costs 1 copper ingot per attempt

70 to 75 gold chain helm, costs 1 gold ingot per attempt

75 to 80 cobalt chain helm, costs 1 cobalt ingot per attempt

80 to 85 obsidian chain helm, costs 1 obsidian ingot per attempt

85 to 88 obsidian chain leggings, costs 3 obsidian ingots per attempt

88 to 91 obsidian chain tunic, costs 3 obsidian ingots per attempt

91 to 100, obsidian full plate helm, costs 3 obsidian ingots per attempt

This guide will help you raise your crafting skill to 100.

If your skill is below 30.0 it's recommended that you purchase training from a NPC Trainer for 300 , which will put your crafting skill to 30.0 and save you time and resources.

A general rule of thumb is to craft items which required skill is between 5.0 and 15.0 skill points below your current skill.
You're able to gain skill on any item which isn't Trivial to make, meaning you have 100% chance to craft the item. An item will start to get Trivial when your crafting skill is 25.1 points above the required skill level.
To save on resources, craft the cheapest item within this skill span.

During your crafting sessions you should at all times check available work orders, since these will grant you some resources, money and recipes.
They're also a great way to clear out your storage space from the abundance of crafted items you'll be getting.

Another suggestion is to craft whatever items you're able to sell to other players at a profit, compare how often you're able to craft the item and the cost of the resource to the worth of the item.

After Early Access v0.9.0, it is no longer possible to GM blacksmithing from only smelting ore, so those values have been added to the main table.

Crafted Item	Metal Used	Crafting Gain Range
Purchase from trainer		0-30
Iron	Iron Ore	0 - 30
Mining Pick	Iron	10 - 15
Hatchet	Iron	15 - 20
Cooking Pot	Iron	20 - 25
Longsword	Iron	25 - 35
Mace	Iron	35 - 40
Copper	Copper Ore	20 - 45
Katana	Iron	40 - 45
Pitchfork	Iron	45 - 50
Chain Helm	Iron	50 - 60
Gold	Gold Ore	40 - 65
Scale Helm	Iron	60 - 70
Cobalt	Cobalt Ore	50 - 70
Full Plate Leggings	Iron	70 - 80
Obsidian	Obsidian Ore	75 - 85
Full Plate Tunic	Copper	80 - 90
Full Plate Helm	Cobalt	86 - 90
Full Plate Leggings	Cobalt	90 - 100

NPC Trainers

The following NPCs can train your blacksmithing skill to 30 for 3 :