You’ll see a bar on the left of your screen that shows the difficulty of the weapon you’re trying to forge. The more complex the weapon, the more difficult it will be to craft. There are a ton of different things to choose from here like material, weapon shape, weapon hilt, weapon size, and more. You will have to decide if you want something fast, something with reach, something with damage, etc… Now for the part where we choose what kind of weapon we want to forge. Mount and Blade Bannerlord / TaleWorlds Entertainment Forging We’ll be using the materials gained from smelting to forge some weapons. As you smelt down weapons you will learn new smithing parts as you go. Next, you’ll want to take any unwanted weapons you have in your inventory and turn them into materials through smelting. Mount and Blade Bannerlord / TaleWorlds Entertainment Smelting You will need to rest after your Smithy Stamina gets low before you can continue your smithing. One important thing to note here is that your character has something called “Smithy Stamina”. Iron is what we’ll be using to craft weapons in the future. This tab can also be used to refine the things we loot or purchase from traders. As you level up your smithing and get more perks, you’ll be able to refine things more efficiently. We’ll want to start by refining as much hardwood to charcoal as possible.

Head over to the local smith and head to the “Refine” tab. Mount and Blade Bannerlord / TaleWorlds Entertainment Refining It can go for as high as 30 if someone is trying to rip you off. Try and buy some for around 9 or 10 gold. This can be found in small towns and cities in the trade section. To become a great smith, you will need to gather a lot of hardwood.

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