RuneScape Wiki
Register
Advertisement

Mithril bar detail

A mithril bar is a bar of metal, refined through the Smithing skill by combining 1 mithril ore and 4 pieces of coal in a furnace, or by casting the Superheat Item spell. Smelting a bar of mithril requires level 50 Smithing, granting 30 Smithing experience.

Mithril ore can be mined at level 55 Mining, while the coal can be mined at level 30 Mining.

A mithril bar can be smithed, creating mithril weapons and armour at an anvil granting 50 Smithing experience per bar consumed. A list of mithril items that can be smithed from mithril bars and the Smithing levels required can be found at Smithing/Smithing tables.

Smithing[]

Mithril bar Mithril bar
Smithing level Smithing 50
Used with Anvil, Furnace
Experience (per bar)
Smithing 50 XP
Equipment 3.9 XP
Experience (per ore)
Smelting 30 XP
Equipment 2.34 XP

[view] [talk]

Smelting[]

Mithril bar Mithril bar
Smithing-Make-X GE icon
30 XP-682
Requirements
Smithing Smithing level50
P2P icon Members onlyNo
Materials
ItemQuantityPriceTotal
Mithril oreMithril ore1197197
CoalCoal1112112
Total price309

Blast Furnace[]

Members may opt for smelting Mithril bars at the Keldagrim Blast Furnace rather than a normal furnace or Superheat Item due to the Blast Furnace only needing 2 pieces of coal per mithril ore. Though this option means more mithril bars can be smelted per inventory, it is much further from the bank than some normal furnaces in Al Kharid, Falador and Edgeville. This can be counteracted by using the bank in the Grand Exchange, and requires a usage fee if a player's Smithing level is under 60.

It is possible to smith up to 21 mithril bars in one trip using the Blast Furnace, coupled with a filled coal bag, 3 coal, and 21 mithril ores in the player's inventory. However, players may bring any amount of noted coal and mithril ore along with a sufficient amount of coins, and un-note the ores for a small fee by using them on the dwarfs working around the blast furnace. This makes it possible to smelt any amount of mithril with the only restriction being the bars that go into inventory. These bars can be banked nearby, or smithed into weapons and armour on a nearby anvil and alchemised with one of the Alchemy spells.

Cost analysis[]

It currently costs 645 coins to smelt one bar using materials bought off the Grand Exchange. The current profit for smelting one bar is 37 coins by normal smelting, 261 coins if using the Blast Furnace, and −368 coins if using Superheat Item with a staff of fire (or equivalent) equipped.

Drop sources[]

This list was created dynamically. For help, see the FAQ.
To force an update of this list, click here.
For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.
Source Combat level Quantity Rarity
Mithril dragon1123Always
Chaos dwogre92; 981Common
Gargoyle934Common
Golden chinchompa (Squeal of Fortune)N/A10Common
Icefiend (Ghorrock)1072Common
Shadow warrior651Common
Spiritual ranger49; 982Common
TraderN/A1Common
Waterfiend102; 1072Common
Waterfiend (elite)1112–10Common
Bronze key blackN/A1–2Rare
Bronze key brownN/A1–2Rare
Bronze key crimsonN/A1–2Rare
Bronze key purpleN/A1–2Rare
Bronze key redN/A1–3Rare
Dried zombie671Rare
Elite Black Knight1001–2Rare
Ferocious barbarian spirit1062Rare
Giant Mole (historical)761Rare
Paladin491Rare
Shade Catacombs/RewardsN/A1–2Rare
Sir Carl811Rare
Sir Harry811Rare
Sir Jerro811Rare
Skeletal hand701Rare
Soldier (Imperial Guard)481Rare
Young implingN/A1Rare
Zombie hand751Rare
Chaos dwarf28; 45; 47; 84; 101; 1081Uncommon
Chaos dwarf hand cannoneer70; 1011Uncommon
Customs evidence filesN/A1Uncommon
Demon Flash MobN/A20Uncommon
Demon boss20020Uncommon
Dust devil851Uncommon
Dust devil (elite)951–4Uncommon
Elite Dark Warrior983Uncommon
Gladius915–7Uncommon
Greater reborn ranger821Uncommon
Jungle strykewyrm935–10Uncommon
Lesser reborn warrior681Uncommon
Mithril dragon1125Uncommon
Zombie (Tarn's Lair)72; 74; 75; 77; 78; 79; 82; 84; 851Uncommon
Abyssal demon (Heart of Gielinor)1081Unknown
Ancient mage (Heart of Gielinor)1081Unknown
Ancient ranger (Heart of Gielinor)1081Unknown
Ancient warrior (Heart of Gielinor)1081Unknown
Automaton (Heart of Gielinor)1151Unknown
Automaton champion1181Unknown
Black Knight (Heart of Gielinor)1081Unknown
Black Knight champion1151Unknown

Disassembly[]

[FAQ] • [doc]

Trivia[]

  • Mithril derives from the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, and is Sindarin for "grey-glitter," but is also featured in many fantasy worlds, such as Dungeons & Dragons, the Final Fantasy series, The Elder Scrolls series, and World of Warcraft; sometimes spelled mithral.
    • Just as Tolkien described, mithril is lighter than most metals found within RuneScape, weighing 1.59 kg, 0.2 kg less than iron (1.80 kg), steel (1.81 kg) and rune (1.81 kg).
  • Noted mithril bars can sometimes be found inside barrels throughout RuneScape.
Advertisement