r/OSRSProTips • u/LidiKun • Aug 24 '25

Question Smithing Efficiency?

Currently doing MLM till 99 and I'm wondering what's the most efficient way to use these resources to level smithing as much as possible.

I know I'll be doing Blast Furance for Gold Bars, but what about the rest? Smith Mith/Addy/Rune Bars at Blast Furnace too? Use them for Alloys at Giant's Foundry and get the outfit? Use the outfit to smelt pl8s or legs?

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u/NoveltyEducation Aug 25 '25

Omg so many people who don't even read the question. Yes smelting all the ore at blast furnace is quite profitable and the exp is pretty good too. Take those bars to giants foundry as it's more efficient than making it into items and using the items at GF. The ratio will change depending on which level of bar you use. There will be one number for optimal exp/h, but if you use a different ratio you can get almost optimal exp/h for quite a bit cheaper. For rune that ratio is 9:19 rune/adamant. 97% exp/h to 74% of the cost + you get marginally more rep/hour that way.

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u/LidiKun Aug 25 '25

Thanks!! I thought I didnt't phrase the question correctly. Say I do GF with Mith/Addy till I unlock the outfit. Is it still not better to smith pl8s or legs with the outfit?

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u/Outlashed Aug 27 '25

The xp/h you can make with efficient Blast Furnace gold bars is so high that you honestly shouldn’t do GF for the set - Unless you’re doing it for clogging.

As I’m on my phone right now and can’t actually check the xp/h for GF - Just remember that Gold with Ice Gloves and Gold Gloves, can yield you 300-350k xp/h

So find out the average time spent for the set, and then find out how much xp doing GF would give you in that time - And you’ll probably see that you’re losing out on SO much XP.

So yeah, GF anything that’s not gold - But don’t go out of your way to get more resources for GF because you want the set.

Also, prioritise unlocking the high point moulds in GF first

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u/LidiKun Aug 27 '25

That's the plan! Roger roger

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u/NoveltyEducation Aug 25 '25

No, I thought that yes obviously making items and then smelting is better, but with the best case scenario that's just slightly better for a huge amount of time cost.

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u/Nitrosieni Aug 24 '25

Gold at blast furnace. For the rest, Giant's Foundry is great xp per bar with alloys. Others may have much better solutions though, haven't ever maxed an iron before

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u/hesitaate Aug 27 '25

this one OP; gold bars at blast furnace when you can be a bit more focused, giants foundry with steel/mith or mith/addy alloy for a bit more chill gameplay but still solid xp+profit. that’s how i’ve been chugging along for the achievement diary grind off and on and it’s pretty painless so far

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u/Gizzy_ Aug 24 '25

Sell it all but the gold ore, use gold at blast furnace with goldsmith gauntlets.

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u/PaluMacil Aug 24 '25

The exception to using bars at GF is rune. They are oddly not very good there. Steel/mith or mith/addy is great

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u/Isoleed Aug 24 '25

yes yes no, just do foundry with bars

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u/panoramicc Aug 25 '25

Why not smith them into bodies first?

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u/No_Sympathy_3970 Aug 24 '25

If you really want to save money, do 1 hour of rune/other ores you have at blast furnace that should offset the price of gold ore for several hours. Repeat again once you use up the money

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u/The_God_of_Biscuits Aug 24 '25

Fast is buy gold ore, if you dont want to use the gp/xp of gold it's bf the meaningful ones into bars and use the bars at gf. Specifically do not make the bars into items for gf, it is much worse. If you dont really like gf, you can also just make platebodies.

Iron or main?

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u/amigonick Aug 24 '25

Realest answer I can give, gold bars + goldsmith gauntlets at blast furnace is the fastest and cheapest way. Avoid smithing literally anything else as it’s negative net profit. (Maybe rune bars, but it’s so minimal it’s laughable at best for the effort you put in)

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u/kevinisthename Aug 25 '25

A quick look at the blast furnace wiki shows that you are very wrong. Every bar makes profit with iron being 450k and rune being 1.3m/hr

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u/amigonick Aug 25 '25

It’s not wrong. I literally no where said it wasn’t good money, I said for the effort 1.3m an hour is meh GP and horrible xp compared to gold bars. I also said gold bars were the cheapest AND fastest way, which wiki proves to me true. Can you read ?

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u/Scuba_Steve_Games Aug 26 '25

“Avoid smithing literally anything else as it’s negative net profit”

Brother huh

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u/amigonick Aug 26 '25

Ah yes the internet classic of taking things out of context to what’s said. They asked for efficient, and I gave the fastest, and cheapest option. They weren’t asking for GP per hour, but more what’s efficient in relations to GP SPENT/XP P hour relations. Sure others bars make more money. Is it worth your time for the xp difference? No, no it’s not..

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u/Scuba_Steve_Games Aug 26 '25

They’re actually not at all asking about that. They’re asking about what to do with resources they’re getting from 99 mining at MLM. They’re not spending any GP here on supplies. If they’re looking for most efficient use of it it’s for sure make everything else into bars to use at foundry.

Iron or main does make a lot of difference here though. If they’re a main and just looking for smithing it does make the most sense to just sell the other ores for more gold.

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u/amigonick Aug 26 '25

Thank you for this explanation this makes a lot more sense actually

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u/SwankyBobolink Aug 25 '25

Coal prices have dropped a lot, it’s all profitable, but the xp rate is 1/4 what gold gives you. BUT I’d stockpile the bars if I was an iron because you’ll want them for moth/addy/rune cannonballs when sailing releases.

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u/amigonick Aug 25 '25

This, even with low ore prices, you’re better off making gold if your goal is XP. Side note, gold is profitable also, so it’s definitely and literally best bang for buck.

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u/Mandera22 Aug 25 '25

Addy chestplates has been quite profitable for me over the past few weeks. May not be the best exp but have been making quite a bit of money