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Blacksmithy

Blacksmithy turns ingots — smelted from ore dug up with Mining — into metal armor, shields, and melee weapons. It is the shard's main source of powerful gear: on Renaissance-era Sagas an item's magic tier comes from the colored metal it is smithed from, not from random properties. General crafting rules (success chance, exceptional quality, tool uses) are in the Crafting Overview.

What you need

  • A smith's hammer (made by tinkers; colored hammers add exceptional chance and last longer).
  • To stand near both an anvil and a forge, within 2 tiles and in line of sight. Public smithies have both; carpenters can craft anvil and forge deeds for your house.
  • Ingots — see Resources.

Metals

Iron is the default. Higher metals need skill just to select them from the menu, and they give weapons and armor a built-in magic level:

Metal Skill to work Magic level
Iron ingot Iron 0 none
Shadow Iron ingot Shadow Iron 60 Ruin / Defense
Copper ingot Copper 80 Might / Guarding
Bronze ingot Bronze 100 Force / Hardening
Verite ingot Verite 110 Power / Fortification
Valorite ingot Valorite 120 Vanquishing / Invulnerability

Dull Copper, Gold, and Agapite do not exist on Sagas. Valorite requires 120 skill — only a smith raised past Grandmaster with skill scrolls can work the best metal in the game.

What you can smith

The range is the recipe's minimum and maximum skill: 0% chance at the minimum, 100% at the maximum.

Group Notable items (skill range, ingots)
Shields Buckler (from 0, 10), Metal Kite Shield (4.6–54.6, 16), Heater Shield (24.3–74.3, 18)
Ringmail Gloves (12–62) up to Tunic (21.9–71.9, 18)
Chainmail Coif (14.5–64.5), Leggings (36.7–86.7), Tunic (39.1–89.1, 20)
Platemail Female Plate (44.1–94.1) through Plate Tunic (75–125, 25)
Helmets Bascinet (8.3–58.3) to Plate Helm (62.6–112.6, 18)
Swords Dagger (from 0) to Katana (44.1–94.1); Longsword 28–78, Broadsword 35.4–85.4
Axes Large Battle Axe (28–78) to War Axe (39.1–89.1); most axes ~30–85
Polearms & spears Bardiche (31.7–81.7), Halberd (39.1–89.1), Spear (49–99)
Maces Mace (14.5–64.5) to War Hammer (34.2–84.2, 20)
Daemon (Dragon) armor All pieces 80–120; ingots plus Red Scales; recipe required

The Daemon armor set is the recipe-gated high end: five dragon-scale pieces (gloves, arms, legs, chest, helm) each needing a learned recipe, ingots, and Red Scales.

The complete list

Axes

Item Skill Resources
large battle axe large battle axe 28 – 78 18 × Ingots
double axe double axe 29.3 – 79.3 16 × Ingots
battle axe battle axe 30.5 – 80.5 16 × Ingots
two handed axe two handed axe 33 – 83 18 × Ingots
axe axe 34.2 – 84.2 16 × Ingots
executioner's axe executioner's axe 34.2 – 84.2 16 × Ingots
war axe war axe 39.1 – 89.1 14 × Ingots

Bashing

Item Skill Resources
mace mace 14.5 – 64.5 12 × Ingots
maul maul 19.4 – 69.4 12 × Ingots
war mace war mace 28 – 78 14 × Ingots
hammer pick hammer pick 34.2 – 84.2 18 × Ingots
war hammer war hammer 34.2 – 84.2 20 × Ingots

Bladed

Item Skill Resources
dagger dagger -0.4 – 49.6 7 × Ingots
cutlass cutlass 24.3 – 74.3 10 × Ingots
viking sword viking sword 24.3 – 74.3 16 × Ingots
longsword longsword 28 – 78 16 × Ingots
scimitar scimitar 31.7 – 81.7 12 × Ingots
broadsword broadsword 35.4 – 85.4 15 × Ingots
kryss kryss 36.7 – 86.7 14 × Ingots
katana katana 44.1 – 94.1 14 × Ingots

Chainmail

Item Skill Resources
chainmail coif chainmail coif 14.5 – 64.5 10 × Ingots
chainmail leggings chainmail leggings 36.7 – 86.7 18 × Ingots
chainmail tunic chainmail tunic 39.1 – 89.1 20 × Ingots

Daemon Armor

Item Skill Resources
daemon sleeves daemon sleeves 80 – 120 21 × Ingots, 7 × daemon scales
daemon gloves daemon gloves 80 – 120 15 × Ingots, 5 × daemon scales
daemon leggings daemon leggings 80 – 120 23 × Ingots, 8 × daemon scales
daemon breastplate daemon breastplate 80 – 120 28 × Ingots, 9 × daemon scales

Helmets

Item Skill Resources
bascinet bascinet 8.3 – 58.3 15 × Ingots
close helmet close helmet 37.9 – 87.9 15 × Ingots
helmet helmet 37.9 – 87.9 15 × Ingots
norse helm norse helm 37.9 – 87.9 15 × Ingots
plate helm plate helm 62.6 – 112.6 18 × Ingots
daemon helm daemon helm 80 – 120 18 × Ingots, 18 × daemon scales

Platemail

Item Skill Resources
platemail (female) platemail (female) 44.1 – 94.1 20 × Ingots
platemail gorget platemail gorget 56.4 – 106.4 10 × Ingots
platemail gloves platemail gloves 58.9 – 108.9 12 × Ingots
platemail arms platemail arms 66.3 – 116.3 18 × Ingots
platemail legs platemail legs 68.8 – 118.8 20 × Ingots
platemail (tunic) platemail (tunic) 75 – 125 25 × Ingots

Polearms

Item Skill Resources
bardiche bardiche 31.7 – 81.7 20 × Ingots
halberd halberd 39.1 – 89.1 24 × Ingots
war fork war fork 42.9 – 92.9 14 × Ingots
short spear short spear 45.3 – 95.3 12 × Ingots
spear spear 49 – 99 16 × Ingots

Ringmail

Item Skill Resources
ringmail gloves ringmail gloves 12 – 62 10 × Ingots
ringmail sleeves ringmail sleeves 16.9 – 66.9 14 × Ingots
ringmail leggings ringmail leggings 19.4 – 69.4 16 × Ingots
ringmail tunic ringmail tunic 21.9 – 71.9 18 × Ingots

Shields

Item Skill Resources
buckler buckler -25 – 25 10 × Ingots
bronze shield bronze shield -15.2 – 34.8 12 × Ingots
tear kite shield tear kite shield -15.2 – 34.8 8 × Ingots
metal shield metal shield -10.2 – 39.8 14 × Ingots
metal kite shield metal kite shield 4.6 – 54.6 16 × Ingots
heater shield heater shield 24.3 – 74.3 18 × Ingots

Repair Deeds are also craftable — one per material tier (regular, shadow, copper, bronze, verite, valorite). Each costs 20 of that tier's material and needs the skill that tier normally requires.

Exceptional quality and maker's mark

Exceptional armor gets +15% armor rating and +20 durability; exceptional weapons get +10% damage and +20 durability. Blacksmithy's exceptional-chance penalty eases as your skill passes 95, and a colored hammer or a citizenship town bonus raises it further. At 100+ skill you can stamp your maker's mark on exceptional pieces.

There is no enhancement — you cannot upgrade a finished item to a better metal. Smith a new one instead.

Resmelt and repair

  • Resmelt — the craft menu can melt smithed items back into ingots. Your own crafted items return half their recipe's ingots; store-bought or looted gear returns just 1. Higher metals need skill to smelt: Copper 65, Bronze 80, Verite 95, Valorite 110.
  • Repair — a smith's hammer repairs metal weapons, armor, and shields. See Repairing.

Raising the skill

Blacksmithy goes to 120 with Crafting skill scrolls — the whole point of a 110/120 smith is working Verite and Valorite, and finishing the top recipes (Plate Tunic, Plate Legs, Dragon armor) reliably.

A cost-effective ladder — resmelt what you make to recover half the ingots:

Skill Make
0–25 Bucklers and Wooden Kite Shields (or buy early points from a Blacksmith NPC)
25–45 Daggers, Maces, Chainmail Coifs
45–60 Metal Kite Shields, Cutlasses
60–75 Heater Shields, Longswords, Chainmail Tunics
75–90 Plate Gorgets and Plate Gloves (cheap 10–12 ingot plate)
90–106 Plate Arms and Plate Leggings
106–120 Plate Tunics and Plate Helms; craft Daemon armor once you have the recipes

Town Quests for smiths

Your smithing is worth citizen points

The town Blacksmith posts crafting town quests for a set number of one item. They pay citizen points, town score and reward currency, and count toward Town Exports.

Switch it on first. Toggle Craft for Quest in the crafting menu. The label is greyed out until you have a quest for the highlighted item, and turns green once the toggle is on. While it is on, a qualifying craft spends your materials and counts toward the quest — you do not keep the item.

Longer quests get pickier: they may name an ore — iron up to verite — and demand exceptional quality, on roughly a fifth of daily quests rising to half of monthly ones.

Nothing is wasted if you miss the requirement: a craft that does not qualify is simply made the normal way and stays yours, it just earns no progress.