Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing is the canonical tradeskill of EverQuest — forge-based metalwork that produces plate armor, weapons, and racial-pattern crafted items. Kaladim's forge is the most popular training site; Freeport and Qeynos both have forges; class-specific racial forges exist in most home cities.

Basics

• Container: forge (found in most cities).
• Ingredient sources: ore (mined or purchased), water flasks, specific patterns (quest-drop or vendor).
• Ceiling: 200 by default; master trainers in Kaladim and Kunark raise to 250+.

Leveling path

• 1-50: basic weapons (rusty short sword, small sewing kit, rusty battle axe). Vendor ingredients.
• 50-100: banded armor, non-magical plate. Pattern drops start being worthwhile.
• 100-150: rare pattern drops, racial crafted armor (e.g. Crushbone Keep orc-pattern breastplate).
• 150-200: named pattern drops, class-specific crafted armor. Kunark enter era.
• 200+: master training. Velious armor, imbued weapons.

Famous recipes

• Fine Steel weapon line — the default mid-game melee weapon suite.
• Crushbone Pattern plates — dropped in Crushbone, assembled to pattern tops-of-mid-game armor for good races.
• Velious crafted (Coldain, Indicolite) — premier endgame crafted armor requiring Velious faction access.

Tips

• Find a forge near your bind point. Running between a distant forge and ingredient merchants is the primary time sink.
• Stock ingredients in bulk. A 10-combine attempt batch is typical.
• Watch for merchant price cycles. Ore prices fluctuate based on player demand.

Related

• Kaladim — the canonical forge hub
• Dwarf — the canonical smith race
• Tradeskills index