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One easy way to make a lot of money on Runescape is to smelt iron and coal together to make steel bars. These bars can then be sold to other players for a huge profit. We'll look at some tips you can use to maximize your steel smelting potential.
Steel Smelting Requirements
There are a lot of Runescape guides that describe quick and easy ways to train your Smithing skill, but a lot of these methods will actually cause you to lose money. In fact, some of them can be outrageously expensive if you're having to buy materials to train with from the Grand Exchange. For instance, at the time of this writing, steel bars are listed for a market price of 767 gp on the GE. So, wouldn't you rather be selling them than buying them?
Each steel bar requires one iron ore and two pieces of coal. The only absolute requirement that you need to smelt steel is a Smithing level of 30 or higher. However, since we're interested in maximizing our profit here, it's better to mine the iron and coal ourselves rather than buy or trade it. To do this, you'll also need a Mining level of at least 30 (15 for iron, 30 for coal). These early levels go by fast, however, so it shouldn't take much training to get them. As a bonus, since you'll be mining your own materials, you'll be able to train Mining and Smithing both, while taking advantage of the nice price that people will pay for steel bars.
Although not necessary, it may be a good idea to invest in a few things that can help your mining abilities. In particular, if you have Varrock Armour, make sure you're wearing it while both mining and smelting.
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