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Smithing — Smithing experience

A new pattern at a material tier pays 500 bonus XP. Jewellery shares this bonus with Smithing: changing a gem does not create another first-time recipe. Smithing gives repeat XP per piece; clean heat or facets improve quality without adding XP. Smelting gives XP per unit of work but no first-time bonus.

Material	Rank	Tier	Craft XP	Smelt XP per unit	Quarter XP from rank
Iron	0	1	20	10	40
Steel	10	2	40	20	55
Silver equipment	25	3	60	30	70
Elven or Dwarven	40	4	80	40	90
Mithril	55	5	100	50	Never
Adamantium, Ebony, Orcish or Warforged	70	6	120	60; Warforged is a spoil	Never
Daedric	90	7	140	70	Never
Silver jewellery	0	1	20	Uses raw metal	40
Gold jewellery	25	3	60	Uses raw metal	70
Platinum jewellery	55	5	100	Uses raw metal	Never

Smelting has no rank gate, even if you cannot yet forge that metal. Its XP follows the ingot's tier and has the same low-tier penalty. A Quartermaster doubles ingot output without doubling XP. Brass gives 20 XP per unit before the low-tier penalty, but its output is not doubled. Charcoal gives no XP.

Activity	Successful actions needed	Minimum gap	Cycle
Anvil	3 well-timed strikes	0.35 s	2 s heat cycle
Plain jewellery	3 facets	0.3 s	—
Gemmed jewellery	5 facets	0.3 s	—

The base facet window is 10°. At Smithing 100 it is up to 50% wider before Willpower and Luck modifiers. Letting a facet make two full turns loses it.

Crafting — Every recipe by Smithing, item type, metal and your rank to see exact costs.

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