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# Smithing
It's about to get hot in here – 1,250°C to be precise! Smithing is an incredibly valuable skill whereby mined resources are smelted, refined, and then crafted into armor, shields, weapons, and other useful items. To power up your furnace, you’ll need to make sure you have harvested the wood and/or coal required to do so. You can then smelt the ore you have mined to produce refined metal bars and begin to craft your desired equipment. The more you develop this skill, the more challenging recipes you’ll unlock to become one of the most esteemed Smithers around.
To begin smithing, confer with Benoit. Although he spent his younger years as a pirate freebooting the seas in search of gold, he is now settled and focused on his dream of being one of the best Smiths in the world. He'll be sure to help, so long as you greet him with a Yaaarr.
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