Smithing training for Ironmen
Smithing makes your bars, darts, bolts and cannonballs, and is needed for crystal and torva work later.
Ore and coal. The Blast Furnace halves your coal, and Giants' Foundry turns old bars into XP.
Methods and XP rates from the OSRS Wiki's Ironman and training guides, October 2026. Times are our estimates.
1 to 50
1.5 h
1 to 70
7 h
1 to 80
18 h
1 to 90
47 h
1 to 99
114 h
Methods by level
| Levels | Method | XP/hr | Time for this stretch | Needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–15 | Bronze items at an anvilExcludes mining and smelting. Knight's Sword quest skips many levels. | ~25,700 | 10 min | — |
| 15–40 | Giants' Foundry (bronze/iron)Wiki rate with bars on hand; cheaper than Blast Furnace. | ~97,920 | 45 min | Sleeping Giants |
| 40–99 | Blast Furnace gold bars with goldsmith gauntletsIronman guide figure; ore bought from Ordan, about 4gp per XP. | ~230,000 | 113 h | Family Crest |
XP rates are typical, not maximum. Our time column scales skills where you gather your own supplies (Prayer, Herblore, Cooking, Construction, Smithing, Fletching, Crafting) to include that gathering.
What Smithing levels unlock
- 4Zogre Flesh Eatersquest
- 15Sleeping Giantsquest
- 20Elemental Workshop Iquest
- 20The Tourist Trapquest
- 30Elemental Workshop IIquest
- 30One Small Favourquest
- 30Prying Timesquest
- 35Scrambled!quest
- 40Family Crestquest
- 40Recipe for Disasterquest
- 45Swan Songquest
- 48The Red Reefquest
- 50Between a Rock...quest
- 50Cabin Feverquest
- 50Legends' Questquest
- 55Defender of Varrockquest
- 60The Fremennik Exilesquest
- 65Devious Mindsquest
- 70Dragon Slayer IIquest
- 70Song of the Elvesquest
- 72Noxious halberdgear
- 72The Blood Moon Risesquest
- 74Emberlightgear
- 76Crystal toolsgear
- 90Dragonfire shieldgear
- 90Dragonfire wardgear
- 90Torva armourgear
Plan it for your account
Look yourself up and use Goal mode: it shows the levels a target needs and roughly how long each takes from your real XP.
Questions
- How long does 99 Smithing take on an Ironman?
- Roughly 114 h with the methods on this page, including rough time to gather your own supplies. Faster methods exist if you push harder.
- What is the best way to train Smithing as an Ironman?
- It changes with level: Giants' Foundry (bronze/iron) from 15, then Blast Furnace gold bars with goldsmith gauntlets from 40. The full table above shows every stage.