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 Welcome to my blacksmithing guide. If you don't need help with the blacksmithing trade then feel free to click one of the above links to check out my other crafting sections. Now onto the learning Mining-Strength based The first skillset you will learn to train is that of Mining. To begin with you will need to get a Pick Axe, any blacksmith shop will have them for sale or if you talk to the blacksmith trainer on Valinor Island. They can also be crafted with the Forging skill from 2 ingots.  Now that you have your Pick Axe go find a mountain side or large boulder (as shown below) then while standing next to either click on your Pick Axe and you will get a selection cursor, now click on the rock to begin mining. After a few swings you will get a message telling you whether you found ore or not. If you get a message saying "There is Nothing to mine here." that spot has no more ore to mine. When you fail you will notice a message telling you that you damaged your Pick Axe. Eventually all tools end up destroyed due to failures and have to be replaced.   Advanced Mining - At higher levels you will be able to mine magical ores. Level 30 mining will yield Thrallenite Ore from the same rocks as Iron Ore though at a much lower rate. At level 45 you can start mining red crystals for Sulphur Crystals and Brimidian Ore, though the ore has a much lower rate than the crystals. And finally at level 70 you can mine black crystals for Obsidian and Talenite Ore, this ore is found very rarely.   Smelting-Intelligence based Now that you have some ore it's time to smelt it. To smelt the ore take it to a forge and click on the belows to light it. Once the forge is lit click on your ore then select the forge to begin smelting. After a few seconds you will get a message telling you whether you succeed or not. Forges eventually go out so that you have to click on the bellows again. Smelting has a very low chance for success so don't get too discouraged if it takes awhile to get a substantial amount of ingots.   Forging-Strength based The next thing you need to do is get a Blacksmith Hammer to forge the ingots with, they can be bought from any blacksmith or made with 2 ingots through Forging (of course you'll need to get a Blacksmith Hammer before you can make one).  Now that you have your Blacksmith Hammer take your ingots to the nearest anvil (you must be standing next to an anvil or have an anvil of veldan in your backpack to forge) then click on your Blacksmith Hammer and select the ingots.   Clicking your ingots will bring up a crafting menu. If you are just beginning the only item you can craft will be a Small Dagger. The menu is divided into 4 sections though there are no ammunition types that can be forged at any level as of yet. After selecting your desired item to make it will take a few seconds before you get a message telling you whether you succeed or not.  Iron Salvage-Dexterity based A new skill added with the Talazar's Revenge expansion is the ability to salvage iron items into ingots. To salvage an iron item you first need to buy Metal Salvage tools, they can only be found in blacksmith shops in the new towns added with the expansion.  Now that you have your tools click on them and select any metal item to salvage. After a few seconds you will get a message telling you whether you succeed or fail. If done successfully you will recieve 1 ingot otherwise the item will just be destroyed. Once you reach level 20 in this skill you can use Veldan's Tongs to salvage magic iron items for Thrallenite, Brimidian, or Talenite ingots.  Blacksmithing Tips -Make your own pick axes at lower levels to save gold. -Once you are of sufficient level try making broadswords to level forging to make a good amount of gold and experience. -Use as many intelligence boosting items/spells as possible when smelting to help with the lousy success rate. -Magic tradeskill items can boost your skill levels to reduce failure rates slightly and increase experience gains -The anvil of veldan is a very handy item when forging as it lets you forge in a shop or from the bank. -If you have the TR expansion use the metal salvage tools while forging to get back some of the ingots lost while forging. |
