Smithing

Smithing is a production skill through which players create a wide variety of metal items from ore and metal bars. It is the companion skill of Mining, which generates raw materials used in Smithing. Ores acquired from Mining are smelted into metal bars at furnaces, and then hammered into items at anvils. Many smithable items are useful in combat, quests, and the training of a number of other skills such as Crafting and Fletching.

Smelting

Smelting is the process of extracting a metal bar from a metal ore. To obtain a metal bar, a player must use an ore of the desired metal with a furnace. Some metals require multiple ores, and some require coal to be added to the furnace to raise the furnace's temperature. The number of coal can be reduced by half using the "Engineer" silver relic. Metal bars can be smelted by either using ores directly on a furnace or by clicking on the furnace, right-clicking on the desired bar to smelt, and selecting the number of bars to smelt.

Magic Smelting

If the player has 43 Magic, they can smelt bars using Superheat Item spell. Doing so grants equal amounts experience as smelting in a furnace. Success Rate All metals have a 100% success rate with the exception of iron ore, which has a 50% chance of success regardless of level; however, wearing a ring of forging, using the Superheat Item spell, provides a 100% success rate for smelting iron bars. Failing a smelt of iron bars results in the loss of iron ore.