First off, Use a forge, they are the best to smith with. Ovens are for cooking and fires are for clay.
'''WARNING '''- Forges need alot a lot of fuel.
Always check your forge by examining it and seeing how much fuel it has left. nymore than 20kg of fuel is wasted.
To start off you should improve your forge, try and get it to about 20 Quality if not more. you will need [[stone chisel]] and [[rock shards]] to improve your forge. Why should you improve your forge? well to heat things up quicker, and to keep the fire going longer.
Try and have as many different lump quality ranges as you can get. 0-10ql is Best for making things with. When improving you should try to use a lump that is 15-20ql higher than the item you are improving. So that way, it will improve alot a lot instead of alittlea little.
If you fail at anything you make, dont don't worry, its reusable, keep it in your inventory until it is searing hot or less then you can put it back in the forge.
'''WARNING '''- Don't put the scraps in when they are glowing hot, they will be destoryeddestroyed.
'''Improving Tips:'''
Another good tip is to have a barrel of water nearby, preferably next to the forge. With that, you can temper things fast and put them back into the forge.
When improving alot a lot of things at once, get a lump and start improving them, use the same lump throughout. You should improve them untill until you cant improve them with lumps anymore. Once done with that, put the lump back and imp them all back to needing lump again. Lumps need to be glowing hot to improve items with, so its a good idea to put them back when you are done with them. Its a good idea to always have 2 or more lumps for improving so that if one cools, you have another.
If you need to train a particular smithing skill, the best way is to make alot a lot of the small items that uses this skill, then improve them all to 5 quality then 10 quality then 15 quality [[Category:Players]][[Category:Babel/PM]][[Category:Ingame Help]]