A steel longsword is a longsword, stronger than the iron longsword. Like all steel weapons, it requires 20 Attack to wield. Players can make a steel longsword with level 36 Smithing and two steel bars at an anvil, giving the player 75 Smithing experience. Like most other swords, on 12 April2011, the steel longsword received an update changing the way it was held by the players.