Production skill
Smithing training
Smelts ore into bars and forges equipment. Trained via the Blast Furnace, cannonballs, or the Giants' Foundry.
Methods
4
Ranked by xp/hr
Top xp/hr
320,000
Fastest listed
Best gp/hr
320k
Most profitable
Milestones
3
Key unlocks
Checking your account…
Checking your target…
Why train Smithing?
Smithing turns ore into bars and equipment, and its money-making methods — cannonballs especially — mean it can pay you while you train.
ScapePath separates Smithing's XP methods from its money methods, because the fastest XP (Blast Furnace) runs at a small cost while the profitable route (cannonballs) is slow. Pick based on whether you want levels or gp.
40 opens Blast Furnace gold bars for fast XP, 85 covers runite bars and most equipment, and 99 lets you smith anything, including profitable F2P rune platebodies. Decide your priority before you commit — the two goals pull in opposite directions.
Milestones
The levels that actually change what you can do — link your account above to see how close you are.
- Level 40Blast Furnace gold bars
- Blast Furnace gold bars (fast Smithing XP)
- Level 85Runite bars / most equipment
- Runite bars & most equipment
- Level 99Smith anything
- Rune platebodies (F2P)
Important unlocks
What levelling Smithing opens up across the game.
Money making
Utility
- Blast Furnace gold bars (fast Smithing XP)Lv 40
- Runite bars & most equipmentLv 85
Training methods
Ranked by xp/hr. gp/hr is signed — green earns, red is the cost to train. Figures are conservative experienced-player estimates.
Gold bars at the Blast Furnace
With goldsmith gauntlets; the fastest Smithing XP, at a small net cost.
320,000
xp/hr
−50k
gp/hr
Giants' Foundry
Steady XP with reward-shop value; a good click-to-XP ratio and no gold-gauntlet swap.
220,000
xp/hr
+150k
gp/hr
Iron / steel bars (Blast Furnace)
Smelt bars at the Blast Furnace (halved coal) to bridge toward gold bars.
100,000
xp/hr
+20k
gp/hr
Cannonballs
Very slow XP but AFK and profitable — a money-maker more than a trainer.
30,000
xp/hr
+320k
gp/hr
Money-making methods
Ways this skill can earn while — or after — you train it.
Related quests
Quests that unlock Smithing training or gate on your level.
How to get there
The best ways to reach Blast Furnace (for Smithing training) in Keldagrim. Requirements are checked against your account on the readiness panel above.
Minigame teleport → outside the Blast Furnace
- 1Use the grouping/minigame teleport to arrive outside the Blast Furnace building.
Checking your best route…
2 alternative routes
Minecart → Keldagrim
- 1Take the minecart from the Grand Exchange or the Dwarven Mine under Ice Mountain to Keldagrim.
Available after visiting Keldagrim once.
Fairy ring DKS → run south-west
- 1Travel with fairy ring code DKS.
- 2Run south-west to the Keldagrim entrance.
Requirements, milestones and unlocks are verified against the OSRS Wiki. xp/hr and gp/hr are conservative experienced-player estimates that vary with gear, efficiency and live Grand Exchange prices — use them to compare methods, not as exact quotes. Personalized recommendations are derived from your public RuneScape Hiscores. ScapePath is a fan-made companion and is not affiliated with Jagex.