Smelting
Smelt raw ore into the metal bars that arm every warrior.
Introduction quest
Two Worthless Rocks — Crispus, foundry stoker. Ore nobody wants, into the bar every smith needs.
| Step | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hear out the foundry stoker | 0 gold, 4 XP |
| 2 | Mine the copper vein 8 times | 25 gold, 8 XP |
| 3 | Smelt 2 Bronze Bars | 45 gold, 10 XP |
Finishing the chain pays a further 50 gold and 12 XP. It runs once per character and is claimed from the Quests tab under Trades — see Quests.
The trade from here: Three Bronze Bars and one Olive Log make a Bronze Mace at the forge.
The chain is the trade's introduction and does not continue. Everything past it opens with skill at the bench, not with another quest.
Recipes
| Recipe | Tier | Skill req | PE | Inputs | Output | Skill XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Bar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5× Copper Ore, 1× Tin Ore | Bronze Bar | 18 |
| Iron Bar | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2× Iron Ore | Iron Bar | 27 |
| Silver Bar | 3 | 30 | 1 | 2× Silver Ore | Silver Bar | 36 |
| Gold Bar | 4 | 45 | 1 | 2× Gold Ore | Gold Bar | 45 |
| Orichalcum Bar | 5 | 60 | 1 | 2× Orichalcum Ore | Orichalcum Bar | 54 |
| Adamant Bar | 6 | 75 | 1 | 2× Adamant Ore | Adamant Bar | 63 |
| Adamant Double Pour | 7 | 80 | 1 | 4× Adamant Ore | 2× Adamant Bar | 72 |
How much XP a recipe actually gives
As with nodes, the table's Skill XP is the full award and d = skill − skill req. Each recipe row in the game prints the exact number you would earn right now.
| Band | Condition | Skill XP |
|---|---|---|
| Optimal | d < 10 | 100 % |
| Good | d < 20 | 100 % — but the drop is coming |
| Trivial | d ≥ 20 | 25 % |
Recipes have no Capped band: several recipes can share a skill requirement at different costs, so there is no single "best one open to you" to protect.
Skill curve
Skill runs 1–100. Cumulative skill XP for key milestones:
| Skill | Cumulative XP |
|---|---|
| 15 | 2100 |
| 30 | 8700 |
| 50 | 24500 |
| 75 | 55500 |
| 100 | 99000 |