A player character using a blacksmithing station.
- For other uses, see Smithing.
Blacksmithing is a Crafting skill in The Elder Scrolls Online. It allows the Vestige to use metal to create weapons and heavy armor.
Overview
Smithing of an Iron Pauldron in progress.
As with other crafting skills, it is necessary to extract raw materials into craftable ingredients before crafting with Blacksmithing. Metals are required and can be gathered throughout Tamriel in ore veins. Once the metal has been extracted into ingots, the player may craft weapons and armors.
To use the Blacksmithing skill, players must use a Blacksmithing Station.
Each craftable item has a minimum and maximum number of bars. For example, a cuirass may require a minimum of 7 iron bars, and take a maximum of 13. With each iron bar added to the 7, the armor value and level requirement increases.
It is also necessary for players to use crafting materials according to the style they wish to craft. By default they are only able to craft their own race's armor style. Further styles can be unlocked by reading racial style books. The necessary materials may be purchased from any crafting vendor.
Type
There are many types of Weapons and Armors that players may create.
| Weapons | Armors |
|---|---|
| Axe | Cuirass |
| Hammer | Sabatons |
| Sword | Gauntlets |
| Battleaxe | Helm |
| Maul | Greaves |
| Greatsword | Pauldron |
| Dagger | Girdle |
Material
There is a wide variety of materials that players may use in Blacksmithing. The higher level the material, the better the results. For example a steel sword will yield better results than an iron sword.
List of materials:
- Iron Ingot
- Steel Ingot
- Orichalcum Ingot
- Dwarven Ingot
- Ebony Ingot
- Calcinium Ingot
- Galatite Ingot
- Quicksilver Ingot
- Voidstone Ingot
- Rubedite Ingot
Style
The style of the armor is determined using Style Materials.
- Adamantite (Altmer style)
- Argentum (Primal style)
- Bone (Bosmer style)
- Cassiterite (Ancient Orc style)
- Copper (Barbaric style)
- Corundum (Nord style)
- Charcoal of Remorse (Xivkyn style)
- Daedra Heart (Daedric style)
- Dwemer Frame (Dwemer style)
- Goldscale (Akaviri style)
- Flint (Argonian style)
- Laurel (Mercenary style)
- Malachite (Glass style)
- Manganese (Orc style)
- Molybdenum (Breton style)
- Moonstone (Khajiit style)
- Nickel (Imperial style)
- Obsidian (Dunmer style)
- Palladium (Ancient Elf style)
- Starmetal (Redguard style)
Trait
Traits may be added to weapons and armors using particular Gemstones after it has been researched.
| Weapon Trait | Gem Required | Armor Trait | Gem Required | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powered | Chrysolite | Sturdy | Quartz | |
| Charged | Amethyst | Impenetrable | Diamond | |
| Precise | Ruby | Reinforced | Sardonyx | |
| Infused | Jade | Well-fitted | Almandine | |
| Defending | Turquoise | Training | Emerald | |
| Training | Carnelian | Infused | Bloodstone | |
| Sharpened | Fire Opal | Exploration | Garnet | |
| Weighted | Citrine | Divines | Sapphire |
Passive Skills
Each crafting skill yields passive skills related to the skill that can be levelled with the skill. For Blacksmithing, these skills are:
- Metalworking: Allows the use of _____.
- Rank 1: Iron Ingots (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 1)
- Rank 2: Steel Ingots (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 5)
- Rank 3: Orichalcum Ingots (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 10)
- Rank 4: Dwarven Ingot (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 15)
- Rank 5: Ebony Ingot (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 20)
- Rank 6: Calcinium Ingot (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 25)
- Rank 7: Galatite Ingot (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 30)
- Rank 8: Moonstone Ingot (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 35)
- Rank 9: Voidstone Ingot (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 40)
- Keen Eye: Ore: Ore in the world will be easier to see when you are ___ meters or closer.
- Rank 1: 20 meters or closer (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 2)
- Rank 2: 30 meters or closer (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 9)
- Rank 3: 40 meters or closer (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 30)
- Miner Hireling: A miner hireling will send you ore and possibly other items every day.
- Rank 1: Hireling will send you ore and possibly other items every day ('Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 3)
- Rank 2: Hireling will send you more ore and possibly better items every day ('Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 12)
- Rank 3: Hireling will send you even more ore and possibly even better items twice a day ('Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 32')
- Metal Extraction: Improves the chances of extracting Blacksmithing ingredients.
- Rank 1: Improves the chance of extracting (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 4)
- Rank 2: Greatly improves the chance of extracting (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 22)
- Rank 3: Maximizes the chances of extracting (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 32)
- Metallurgy: Reduces research times by __% and allows the research of ____ items at once.
- Rank 1: 5% and two items (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 8)
- Rank 2: 10% and two items (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 18)
- Rank 3: 20% and three items (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 28)
- Temper Expertise: Increases the chances of improving items with Tempers (Honing Stone / Fine, Dwarven Oil / Superior, Grain Solvent / Epic, or Tempering Alloy / Legendary)
- Rank 1: Increases the chances of improving with tempers (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 10)
- Rank 2: Greatly improves the chance of improving with tempers (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 25)
- Rank 3: More then doubles the chance of improving with tempers (Unlocked at Blacksmithing Level 40)
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