"From raw ore to legendary blade, the smith shapes destiny"
Blacksmithing is the cornerstone of equipment creation in Britannia. Master smiths forge everything from basic iron armor to legendary valorite weapons. With dedication and resources, a Grandmaster Blacksmith becomes essential to any guild's success, crafting runic weapons and repairing the gear that keeps warriors in battle.
Buy skill from any Blacksmith NPC for ~300 gold
Craft daggers (3 ingots) until 35, then cutlasses (8 ingots)
Katanas to 55, then plate gorgets and gloves
Plate legs and arms provide best skill gain per ingot
Platemail pieces with colored ingots for bonus gains
💡 Pro Tip: Smelt failures to recover 50% of ingots
On UOGamers, colored ingots are purely cosmetic. They change the color of crafted items but provide no gameplay bonuses. Higher tier ingots require greater mining skill and are increasingly rare:
Standard gray color
Dull copper/brown coloration
Dark gray/black coloration
Bright copper/orange coloration
Bronze/brown coloration
Golden yellow coloration
Pink/purple coloration
Green coloration
Bright blue coloration
Extremely Rare: 1.0% spawn | Requires 99.9 mining, 115.1 smithing
Deep purple coloration - The ultimate prestige ingot
📜 Renaissance Era: Colored ingots are cosmetic only. They serve as prestige items showing your mining mastery!
Note: UOGamers uses Renaissance-era mechanics where armor has AR (Armor Rating), not individual resistances. Item properties from later expansions are disabled.
Blacksmith NPCs offer BODs for armor pieces. Timer varies by skill level:
