Whether sweating over a fiery forge to create a masterpiece or hammering              dents and polishing scratches from a favored piece of plate mail, the blacksmith of Britannia is a skilled craftsman who often finds his, or her, services in high demand.  Thus making it very useful.This is probably however the most complex skill in the game. 
  When you successfully repair a piece of armor or a weapon, the items health points are reset to the maximum, and the durability is decreased by 1. When you fail to repair the durability is lowered by 1 point for 90+ smiths, 2 points for 70+ skill smiths and 3 for all others.  
Skill training: 
                
                    
                        
Skill level  
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What to craft  
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Resources 
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30  
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Bascinet  
 | 
                        
15 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
50  
 | 
                        
Longsword  
 | 
                        
12 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
55  
 | 
                        
Broadsword  
 | 
                        
10 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
60  
 | 
                        
Chain Tunic  
 | 
                        
20 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
65  
 | 
                        
Short Spear  
 | 
                        
6 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
68  
 | 
                        
Spear  
 | 
                        
12 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
75  
 | 
                        
Plate Gorget  
 | 
                        
10 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
80  
 | 
                        
Plate Gloves  
 | 
                        
12 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
89  
 | 
                        
Plate Arms  
 | 
                        
18 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
94-100  
 | 
                        
Plate Leggings  
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20 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
97-100  
 | 
                        
Plate Tunic  
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25 Ingots  
 | 
 
  
100 +                        ???????   (sorry I have no idea)   ??????? 
 
 
 Here's a list of all items craftable with the blacksmith skill, sorted by minium skill.  
  
                
                    
                        
Name  
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Ingots  
 | 
                        
Min. Skill  
 | 
                        
Name  
 | 
                        
Ingots  
 | 
                        
Min. Skill  
 | 
 
                    
                        
Bronze Shield  
 | 
                        
12  
 | 
                        
<1  
 | 
                        
War Hammer  
 | 
                        
16  
 | 
                        
34.2  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Buckler  
 | 
                        
10  
 | 
                        
<1  
 | 
                        
Broad Sword  
 | 
                        
10  
 | 
                        
35.4  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Dagger  
 | 
                        
3  
 | 
                        
<1  
 | 
                        
Kryss  
 | 
                        
8  
 | 
                        
36.7  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Kite (Wooden)  
 | 
                        
8  
 | 
                        
<1  
 | 
                        
Leggings  
 | 
                        
18  
 | 
                        
36.7  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Metal Shield  
 | 
                        
14  
 | 
                        
<1  
 | 
                        
Close Helm  
 | 
                        
15  
 | 
                        
37.9  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Kite (Metal)  
 | 
                        
16  
 | 
                        
4.6  
 | 
                        
Helmet  
 | 
                        
15  
 | 
                        
37.9  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Bascinet  
 | 
                        
15  
 | 
                        
8.3  
 | 
                        
Nose Helm  
 | 
                        
15  
 | 
                        
37.9  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Gloves  
 | 
                        
10  
 | 
                        
12  
 | 
                        
War Fork  
 | 
                        
12  
 | 
                        
37.9  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Coif  
 | 
                        
10  
 | 
                        
14.5  
 | 
                        
Tunic  
 | 
                        
20  
 | 
                        
39.1  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Mace  
 | 
                        
6  
 | 
                        
14.5  
 | 
                        
War Axe  
 | 
                        
16  
 | 
                        
39.1  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Sleeves  
 | 
                        
14  
 | 
                        
16.9  
 | 
                        
Armor (Female)  
 | 
                        
20  
 | 
                        
44.1  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Leggings  
 | 
                        
16  
 | 
                        
19.4  
 | 
                        
Katana  
 | 
                        
8  
 | 
                        
44.1  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Maul  
 | 
                        
10  
 | 
                        
19.4  
 | 
                        
Bardiche  
 | 
                        
18  
 | 
                        
45.3  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Tunic  
 | 
                        
18  
 | 
                        
21.9  
 | 
                        
Short Spear  
 | 
                        
6  
 | 
                        
45.3  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Cutlass  
 | 
                        
8  
 | 
                        
24.3  
 | 
                        
Halberd  
 | 
                        
20  
 | 
                        
49  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Heater  
 | 
                        
18  
 | 
                        
24.3  
 | 
                        
Spear  
 | 
                        
12  
 | 
                        
49  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Viking Sword  
 | 
                        
14  
 | 
                        
24.3  
 | 
                        
Gorget  
 | 
                        
10  
 | 
                        
56.4  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Hammer Pick  
 | 
                        
18  
 | 
                        
25.6  
 | 
                        
Gloves  
 | 
                        
12  
 | 
                        
58.9  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Large Battle Axe  
 | 
                        
14  
 | 
                        
28  
 | 
                        
Plate Helm  
 | 
                        
15  
 | 
                        
62.6  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Long Sword  
 | 
                        
12  
 | 
                        
28  
 | 
                        
Arms  
 | 
                        
18  
 | 
                        
66.3  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
War Mace  
 | 
                        
14  
 | 
                        
28  
 | 
                        
Leggings  
 | 
                        
20  
 | 
                        
68.8  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Double Axe  
 | 
                        
12  
 | 
                        
29.3  
 | 
                        
Breastplate  
 | 
                        
25  
 | 
                        
75  
 | 
 
                    
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Battle Axe  
 | 
                        
14  
 | 
                        
30.5  
 | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Scimitar  
 | 
                        
10  
 | 
                        
31.7  
 | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Two-handed Axe  
 | 
                        
16  
 | 
                        
33  
 | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Axe  
 | 
                        
14  
 | 
                        
34.2  
 | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
Executioner's Axe  
 | 
                        
16  
 | 
                        
34.2  
 | 
                          | 
                          | 
                          | 
 
                    
                        
(Source: uo.stratics.com, 06/15/01) 
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Colored ingots 
To work with colored ingots, you've to have a certain minimum skill:  
                
                    
                        
65.0  
 | 
                        
Dull Copper  (grey)                                         
 | 
 
                    
                        
70.0  
 | 
                        
Shadow (black) 
 | 
 
                    
                        
75.0  
 | 
                        
Copper  
 | 
 
                    
                        
80.0  
 | 
                        
Bronze (brown) 
 | 
 
                    
                        
85.0  
 | 
                        
Gold (yellow) 
 | 
 
                    
                        
90.0  
 | 
                        
Agapite (pink) 
 | 
 
                    
                        
95.0  
 | 
                        
Verite (green) 
 | 
 
                    
                        
99.0  
 | 
                        
Valorite (blue) 
 | 
 
  
 The success/fail rates when smithing are the same when using colored ingots, you just have to have the minimum skill to use them. When weapons are made out of colored ingots, they still appear in the normal iron hue.  
Skill training: 
                
                    
                        
Skill level  
 | 
                        
What to craft  
 | 
                        
Resources 
 | 
 
                    
                        
30  
 | 
                        
Bascinet  
 | 
                        
15 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
50  
 | 
                        
Longsword  
 | 
                        
12 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
55  
 | 
                        
Broadsword  
 | 
                        
10 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
60  
 | 
                        
Chain Tunic  
 | 
                        
20 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
65  
 | 
                        
Short Spear  
 | 
                        
6 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
68  
 | 
                        
Spear  
 | 
                        
12 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
75  
 | 
                        
Plate Gorget  
 | 
                        
10 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
80  
 | 
                        
Plate Gloves  
 | 
                        
12 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
89  
 | 
                        
Plate Arms  
 | 
                        
18 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
94-100  
 | 
                        
Plate Leggings  
 | 
                        
20 Ingots  
 | 
 
                    
                        
97-100  
 | 
                        
Plate Tunic  
 | 
                        
25 Ingots  
 | 
 
  
100 +             no idea I havn't even seen a Power scroll over gm yet) 
In the 90's it seems to help to mix the hardest and some easier items. You can make 2 macros for the 2 most difficulty items and then switch between them, or record a macro to make 2x tunic, 1x legs, 1x arms for example.  
   
Repair Service Contracts 
  One of the cornerstones of Ultima Online is the activity of players sharing items with other players in order to obtain repairs for their armor and weapons. A supplement to these transactions exits in the form of “repair service contracts”. 
 
   Players can create repair service contracts by using the blacksmithing skill and by performing the following steps:  
 
                  Use a smithing tool as normal (double-click it).  
                  Choose the “Repair” option from the menu that appears.  
                  Target a blank scroll. The scroll must be within the blacksmith’s backpack.  
                  The repair service contract will appear in the creating character’s backpack.  
 
   These contracts will appear in the form of a deed. They are “blessed”, in that they cannot be stolen (if kept in the top level of your backpack), and cannot be looted. They will be labeled as “a repair service contract from a [level] blacksmith,” where [level] is the skill level title of the smith who created the contract (i.e. apprentice, journeyman, expert, adept, master, or grandmaster, as appropriate). 
 
    Blacksmiths will not gain any skill by creating these contracts. And they cannot be sold on player vendors. 
 
     In order to use a repair service contract, you must be standing in an NPC blacksmith or armorer shop. Then, just double-click the contract and target the item that you want to repair. The used repair service contract will disappear after use. 
 
Elemental Weapons  
 
Weapons that deliver the majority of their damage into one of the four non-physical elemental categories may take on a special hue. Such weapons may be found as loot or either crafted or enhanced into such a condition. The color of the weapon is determined by which elemental attack delivers the most in an attack. In cases where two or more elements do the same highest damage, the color is randomly determined. In any case, the physical damage deliverable by the weapon must be lower than 50%. The brightness of the hue is determined by how great the controlling elemental effect is on the weapon.  
 
Fire creates a blaze hue. (Bronze adds 40% Fire)  
Cold creates a blue hue. (Agapite adds 30% Cold, 20% Energy)  
Poison creates a green hue. (Verite adds 40% Poison, 20% Energy)  
Energy creates a purple hue. (Copper adds 20% Energy, 10% Poison)  
Using the suggested ingot does not guarantee that type of elemental weapon will be created. 
 
For example, let's say one finds a Broadsword (from a creature, treasure chest or MiB) that delivers 70% Physical and 30% Fire and is an Undead Slayer with +40% damage. Such a weapon may be enhanced by a skilled smith with Bronze ingots. If successful, the weapon should be a fairly bright Blaze Undead Slayer that does +40% damage with 30% Physical and 70% Fire attack properties! 
 
BEYOND GM 
 
Training Beyond GM 
With the use of Power Scrolls, you can train your smith past Grandmaster (100) level, up to 120 - a Legendary smith. Since publish 21, the cap level for skill gains off various items various based on your skill gain cap. So, if you've taken a 120 power scroll, you can craft lesser items for a longer period of time or to a higher skill level max - which can save tremendously on ingots! Here are the theoretical skill gain caps. These have been confirmed and are accuracy of the 120 column of this chart. The 115 column has also been confirmed by several sources.  
To read this chart, choose the column that matches the level of the highest Power Scroll you have . Then follow the column down to see your new maximum skill levels for each of the items listed in the far right column. For example: Let's say you've eaten a 115 power scroll of blacksmithy. You can make warforks up to 100.4, katanas up to 101.6, short spears up to 102.8, etc.  
                
                    
                        
100 
 
 
 
 | 
                        
105 
 | 
                        
110 
 | 
                        
115 
 | 
                        
120 
 | 
                        
Item to make (ingots used) 
 | 
 
                    
                        
092.9 
 | 
                        
095.4 
 | 
                        
097.9 
 | 
                        
100.4 
 | 
                        
102.9 
 | 
                        
WarFork 12 
 | 
 
                    
                        
094.1 
 | 
                        
096.6 
 | 
                        
099.1 
 | 
                        
101.6 
 | 
                        
104.1 
 | 
                        
Katana 8  
 | 
 
                    
                        
095.3 
 | 
                        
097.8 
 | 
                        
100.3  
 | 
                        
102.8 
 | 
                        
105.3 
 | 
                        
Short Spear 6  
 | 
 
                    
                        
097.0 
 | 
                        
099.5 
 | 
                        
102.0 
 | 
                        
104.5 
 | 
                        
107.0 
 | 
                        
Pike 12  
 | 
 
                    
                        
099.0 
 | 
                        
101.5 
 | 
                        
104.0 
 | 
                        
106.5 
 | 
                        
109.0 
 | 
                        
Spear 12  
 | 
 
                    
                        
106.4  
 | 
                        
108.9 
 | 
                        
111.4 
 | 
                        
113.9  
 | 
                        
116.4 
 | 
                        
Platemail Gorget 10  
 | 
 
                    
                        
108.9 
 | 
                        
111.4 
 | 
                        
113.9 
 | 
                        
116.4 
 | 
                        
118.9 
 | 
                        
Platemail Gloves 12  
 | 
 
                    
                        
112.6 
 | 
                        
115.1 
 | 
                        
117.6  
 | 
                        
120.0 
 | 
                        
120.0 
 | 
                        
Plate Helm 15  
 | 
 
  
Here's my own skill gain and ingot consumption record from 106.3 through 120.0, having eaten a 120 power scroll. All training recorded below was done post-publish 21.  
Total ingots from 106.3 - 120: 65,600  
 
day 1: 9,000 ingots  
106.3 (start) to  
106.8 1500 pike  
107.4 1500 spear  
107.6 3000 spear  
108.2 1500 spear  
108.6 1500 spear  
 
day 2: 19,000 ingots  
108.6 (start) to  
109.1 1500 plate gorget  
109.4 1500 gorget  
109.7 1500 gorget  
109.8 1500 gorget  
110.0 1100 gorget  
110.2 1900 gorget  
110.7 1000 gorget  
111.2 1500 gorget  
111.3 1000 gorget  
111.7 1500 gorget  
111.8 1500 gorget  
112.3 1500 gorget  
112.8 1000 gorget  
112.9 1000 gorget  
 
day 3: 1500 ingots  
112.9 (start) to  
113.3 1500 gorget  
 
day 4: 17,500 ingots  
113.3 (start) to  
113.4 1500 gorget  
114.0 1500 gorget  
114.7 2500 gorget  
114.9 1000 gorget  
115.1 1500 gorget  
115.5 1500 gorget  
115.8 1500 gorget  
116.2 2500 gorget  
116.4 1000 plate gloves 
117.1 1500 gloves  
117.5 1500 gloves  
 
day 5: 18,600 ingots  
117.6 1500 gloves  
117.7 1000 gloves  
117.8 2000 gloves  
118.2 4500 gloves  
118.4 500 gloves  
118.9 1500 gloves  
119.5 4500 plate helm  
119.8 500 helm  
119.9 1500 helm  
120 1100 helm  
 
 
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