Blacksmith

Blacksmith
Job Base:			Merchant
Job Type:			2-1
Changes At:			Einbroch
Number of Skills:			21
Total Skill Points:			84
Total Quest Skills:			2
Job Bonuses
STR	AGI	VIT	INT	DEX	LUK
+6	+2	+6	+2	+12	+2

Overview

Blacksmiths have the ability to forge weapons. They can master the power to imbue weapons with elements of Fire, Earth, Wind and Water and also have the ability to increase the weapon damage further. Of course, Blacksmiths can also be based off raw physical power, and even have the highest melee damage among the other 2nd classes. A Battle Blacksmith's main skills revolve around the theme of self-buffing to increase damage. The main offensive skills are Mammonite and Cart Revolution, which both can be learned as a Merchant.

Jobchange Guide

See Blacksmith Job Change Guide for detailed information.

Changing into a Blacksmith from a Merchant requires the player to complete a number of tasks:

• Item Collection
• Written Test

After completing these tests, the player will be transformed into a Blacksmith. This mostly takes place in Einbroch.

Builds

There are three common Blacksmith stat builds: Battlesmith, Pure Forger and Battle Forger.

Battlesmith

A Battlesmith usually obtains all of the combat skills and no forging or refining skills. Superfluous smith skill points are spent towards maxing Merchant skills like Enlarge Weight Limit. The exception is level 1 Iron Tempering and Steel Tempering, which is needed for Ore Discovery. Battlesmiths vary in stat builds, but most invest heavily in STR.

Battlesmith Stat Build

• STR: 90-120
• AGI: 50-70
• VIT: 50-70
• INT: 1-20
• DEX: 50-60
• LUK: 1-30

Pure Forger

A Pure Forger masters the art of forging weapons and therefore lacks skills in the combat department. It is not wise to make a Pure Forger as a first character, since leveling one is difficult.

• Soloing and partying: Difficult due to the lack of offensive and defensive skills.
• Leveling with a tank: Possible at lower levels, but quickly becomes ineffective after becoming a Blacksmith.
• Leeching from an even share party: The preferred way, and probably the fastest way of leveling a Pure Forger.
• Leeching from a mercenary : The most effective way to do it solo.

As a Pure Forger, the main stats are very simple: DEX and LUK. They equally increases the chance to successfully forge weapons. The ideal forging stat build has 99 DEX and 99 LUK, leaving only 9 points in either STR or INT. Since stat points are vastly more expensive at higher levels, and since 99 DEX and LUK make levelling difficult, some players choose not become entirely Pure Forge. This is the route of Battle Forgers.

• For every 1 point of DEX you have, adds 0.1 to your forging sucess rate.
• For every 1 point of LUK you have, adds 0.1 to your forging sucess rate.
• Every job level adds 0.2 to your forging sucess rate.

Battle Forger

Using high DEX among other stats, the Battle Forger works well with level 3 and 4 weapons without sacrificing a great deal of forging chances (though a Battle Forger may also want to include LUK for forge support and crit chance.) Combining weapon forging with weapon buffing skills makes the "Battle Forger" a respectable main or first character; able to obtain profit and function in a party. In spite of the perks and dualities, the Battle Forger is often seen as an "inferior" build to it's siblings. While it is true that Battlesmith is more effective at buffing weapon based jobs, and Pure Forger will generate more profits; the margin of difference becomes smaller as the build becomes more geared to a single extreme. It is not advisable to use a Battle Forger if your intentions in making a Blacksmith are purely for profit or weapon buffing. Battle Forgers also have a dilemma of having to choose between the weapon types to forge and the buffs to use, so it is advised that a Battle Forger pays attention to their server's most profitable weapon, or what they may need for other characters.

Basic Battle Forger Build (lv99)

• STR:74+6 (73+7 with Hilt Binding )
• AGI:50+2
• DEX:88+12
• INT:16+2
• VIT:25+6
• LUK:33+2
• Leftover of 1 stat point

Equipment

Battlesmith

Weapon

• Skills and Items (such as Adrenaline Rush or Berserk Potion) is a must-have for ASPD.

PvP & WoE

Valorous Insane Battle Axe

Brave Insane Battle Axe

Valorous Battlefield Morning Star

Brave Battlefield Morning Star

MVP & PvM

Orcish Axe [4]

Battle Axe [4]

Mace [4]

• compounded with any Race, Size, Element or +ATK cards

PvP, WoE, MVP & PvM

Ice pick

Ice Pick [1]

• Advanced Adrenaline Rush is needed for a higher ASPD for weapons other than an Axe or a Mace.
• Zipper Bear Card is usually compounded on the slotted Ice Pick.

Shield

Buckler [1]

Stone Buckler [1]

Valkyrja's Shield [1]

• compounded with any Race Reduction card

Headgear

Upper Headgear

Orc Helm [1]

Bone Helm [1]

Majestic Goat

Majestic Goat [1]

Magni's Cap

Deviruchi Card

Vanberk Card

Cramp Card

• (adds STR +3 when equipped with a Tarou Card)

Middle and Lower Headgear

Angel Wing Ears

Evil Wing Ears

Sigrun's Wings

Robo Eye

Welding Mask

Alarm Mask

Opera Masque

Pirate Dagger

Evolved Pipe

Spare Card

Footgear

Boots [1]

Battle Greave [1]

Shackles

• Combined with Bloodied Shackle Ball

Matyr Card

Green Ferus Card

Firelock Soldier Card

• adds Max HP and Max SP +10% when the footgear is upgraded to +9 or higher.

Armor

Chain Mail [1]

Elite Engineer Armor [1]

Odin's Blessing [1]

Pecopeco Card

Marc Card

Garment

Manteau [1]

Pauldron [1]

Captain's Manteau [1]

• compounded with any card that boosts Race, Size, Element Reduction, or Flee.

Accessory

Ring 1

+

Mantis Card

Ring 1

+

Tarou Card (Cramp Card bonus)

Bloodied Shackle Ball

Medal of Honor

Class Data

Skills

See Merchant Skills for first class skills.

Battle Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Adrenaline Rush	Increases the ASPD of Axe and Mace class weapons across the entire party.	5	Active
Hammer Fall	Chance of stunning all enemies within a 5x5 area.	5	Active
Hilt Binding	Increases STR, ATK and the duration of several Blacksmith skills by 10%.	1	Passive
Power Maximize	Uses maximum weapon damage for skill duration.	5	Active
Power-Thrust	Increases ATK of party members on screen. Add chance of breaking own weapons when attacking.	5	Supportive
Skin Tempering	Increases resistance to the Fire and Neutral properties.	5	Passive
Weapon Perfection	Removes size penalties associated with weapons.	5	Active

Forging Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Enchantedstone Craft	Enables the creation of Elemental Stones.	5	Passive
Iron Tempering	Enables the creation of Iron from Iron Ore.	5	Passive
Ore Discovery	Adds low chance of finding certain ores when killing monsters.	1	Passive
Oridecon Research	Increases the chance of crafting Level 3 Weapons.	5	Passive
Smith Axe	Enables the creation of various Axe class weapons.	3	Passive
Smith Dagger	Enables the creation of various Dagger class weapons.	3	Passive
Smith Knucklebrace	Enables the creation of various Knuckle class weapons.	3	Passive
Smith Mace	Enables the creation of various Mace class weapons.	3	Passive
Smith Spear	Enables the creation of various Spear class weapons.	3	Passive
Smith Sword	Enables the creation of various One Handed Sword class weapons.	3	Passive
Smith Two-handed Sword	Enables the creation of various Two Handed Sword class weapons.	3	Passive
Steel Tempering	Enables the creation of Steel from Iron and Coal.	5	Passive
Weapon Repair	Returns damaged equipment to usable state.	1	Active
Weaponry Research	Increases HIT, ATK of the chance of Forging a weapon.	10	Passive

Quest Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type	Job Level Requirement	Quest
Greed	Automatically pick up items in a 5x5 area around caster.	1	Active	N/A	Greed Quest
Dubious Salesmanship	Reduces the Zeny cost of the skill Mammonite.	1	Passive	35	Dubious Salesmanship Quest

Soul Link

The Blacksmith Spirit enables the use of

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Advanced Adrenaline Rush	Reduces attack delay of all party members using melee weapons.	1	Active

Job Bonuses

The Levels in which you receive a certain bonus.

Stat\Amount	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10	+11	+12
STR	3	8	16	23	31	44
AGI	29	38
VIT	7	13	20	32	37	49
INT	21	34
DEX	1	4	5	9	12	19	26	28	36	39	40	47
LUK	11	46

External Links

• Skill Simulator
• Forge Calculator
• Refining Calculator