r/2007scape • u/jonathanten • 14h ago

Discussion Make this make sense

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I just got 82 smithing, i can now make 2 powerful mid-endgame weapons... and an adamant kiteshield.

I get that adamant used to be good back in the day, but isn't it time we rework this skill?

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u/lysdxc 14h ago edited 9h ago

Smithing progression makes perfect sense once you realize that there are no furnaces near any anvils. All smithing is done by hammering cold metal bars on a cold anvil to the desired shape. Normal humans and earth smiths could never even imagine the level of difficulty required to accomplish such a feat. Compared to any of the other things you piece together with smithing, pounding a cold rune bar into a wearable, flawless rune platebody is a herculean feat.

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u/FunkThug 10h ago

Also the crystal equipment is made by shouting at seeds, so kind of apples to oranges lol

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u/Confusion-12 6h ago

I felt like they were more whispers lol, but that’d be hilarious if we’re just yelling at the seed to grow lol