Blacksmithing

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Blacksmithing is a profession, which allows the creation of heavy armor and weapons and their improvement. Typically, blacksmiths needs a forge and an anvil for their work. Crafting stations can be found in almost every larger settlement. The player should explore the area for useful material. To start refining iron ore, one needs 10 chunks of ore.

The blacksmithing profession comes with 5 tabs:

• Refine – melt ore into ingots and use them later in the crafting process
• Creation – craft weapons and heavy armor
• Deconstruct – destroys the existing heavy armor or weapon, but extracts crafting ingredients in that process.
  Warning: During crafting, the player has also access to the items stored inside of the bank account!
• Improvement – with reagents, one can upgrade weapons and armor from normal to legendary. Normal to Fine requires 5 reagents with a 20% chance. Fine to Superior requires 7 reagents (15% per reagent), Superior to Epic 10% and Epic to Legendary just 5%.
• Research – learn the traits of a weapons or heavy armor, this feature is similar to deconstruct and has a 6 hour cool down.

Available skills

Image	Ability	Level	Rank	Effect
	Metal Working	1		Allows the use of Iron ingots
				Allows the use of Steel ingots
				Allows the use of Orichalc ingots
				Allows the use of Dwarven ingots
				Allows the use of Ebony ingots
				Allows the use of Calcinium ingots
				Allows the use of Galatite ingots
				Allows the use of Moonstone ingots
				Allows the use of Voidstone ingots
	Keen Eye: Ore	2		Ore in the world will be easier to see when you are 20 meters or closer.
				Ore in the world will be easier to see when you are 30 meters or closer.
				Ore in the world will be easier to see when you are 40 meters or closer.
	Miner Hireling	3		A miner hireling will send you ore and possibly other items every day.
				A miner hireling will send you more ore and possibly better items every day.
				A miner hireling will send you even more ore and possibly even better items twice a day!
	Metal Extraction	4		Improves the chances of extracting Blacksmithing ingredients.
				Greatly improves the chances of extracting Blacksmithing ingredients.
				Maximizes the chances of extracting Blacksmithing ingredients.
	Metallurgy	8		Reduces research time by 5% and allows the research of two items at once.
				Reduces research time by 10% and allows the research of two items at once.
				Reduces research time by 20% and allows the research of three items at once.
	Temper Expertise	10		Increases the chance of improving items with tempers.
				Greatly increases the chances of improving items with tempers.
				More than doubles the chances of improving items with tempers.

The basic ore the player will find, is iron ore, but as the game proceeds and with the leveling of the character, other ore types can be found.
Note: The Metalworking skill is necessary to use ingots from new ore types.
Keen Eye is another useful skill, if one intends to craft a lot. This skill helps to find ore much faster/easier.
To progress in this profession, it is advised to collect a huge batch of ore.

Ingredients for racial styles

Each item has 14 different styles, but by default the player only knows his/her own, specific racial style at the beginning of the game and must learn the other styles. There are special Racial Motifs, the player can find during the game. Mostly these can be found while exploring the country, a good source maybe is also the book shelves in the numerous homes.

Image	Name	Racial style	Cost
	Adamantite	Altmer	21
	Argentum	Primal	21
	Bone	Bosmer	21
	Copper	Barbaric	21
	Corundum	Nord	21
	Daedra Heart	Daedric	21
	Flint	Argonian	21
	Malachite	Ancient Elf	21
	Manganese	Orc	21
	Molybdenum	Breton	21
	Moonstone	Khajiit	21
	Nickel	Imperial	?
	Obsidian	Dunmer	21
	Starmetal	Redguard	21

Materials

Ores

Image	Name	Used in
	Iron Ore	Iron Ingots
	High Iron Ore	Steel Ingots
	Orichalc Ore	Orichalc Ingots
	Dwarven Ore	Dwarven Ingots
	Ebony Ore	Ebony Ingots
	Calcinium Ore	Calcinium Ingots
	Galatite Ore	Galatite Ingots
	Moonstone Ore	Moonstone Ingots
	Voidstone Ore	Voidstone Ingots

Ingots

Image	Name	Needed Material	Level
	Iron Ingot	10 x Iron ore	1-15
	Steel Ingot	10 x High Iron ore	16-25
	Orichalc Ingot	10 x Orichalcum ore	26-35
	Dwarven Ingot	10 x Dwarven ore	36-45
	Ebony Ingot	10 x Ebony ore	46-50
	Calcinium Ingot	10 x Calcinium ore	Veteran 1-3
	Galatite Ingot	10 x Galatite ore	Veteran 4-6
	Moonstone Ingot	10 x Moonstone ore	Veteran 7-8
	Voidstone Ingot	10 x Voidstone ore	Veteran 9

Tempers

Image	Name	Description
	Honing Stone	Improve quality from Base to Fine
	Dwarven Oil	Improve quality from Fine to Superior
	Grain Solvent	Improve quality from Superior to Epic
	Tempering Alloy	Improve quality from Epic to Legendary

Armor Parts

Heavy Armor		Material
Image	Part	Min	Max
[[file:|center]]	Helm	5	13
[[file:|center]]	Pauldron	5	13
[[file:|center]]	Cuirass	7	15
[[file:|center]]	Gauntlets	5	13
[[file:|center]]	Girdle	5	13
[[file:|center]]	Greaves	5	13
[[file:|center]]	Sabatons	5	13

Weapons

Melee Weapons		Material
Image	Part	Min	Max
[[file:|center]]	Axe	3	11
[[file:|center]]	Hammer	3	11
[[file:|center]]	Sword	5	13
[[file:|center]]	Battle Axe	5	13
[[file:|center]]	Maul	5	13
[[file:|center]]	Greatsword	5	13
[[file:|center]]	Dagger	5	13