40d:Metalsmith's forge

Workshop Skills

The metalsmith's forge supports multiple skills, so dwarves will need the correct skill for the item you want them to create. The skills available are:

Weaponsmithing -- weapons and bolts
Armoring -- armor
Metalcrafting -- Crafts, Coins, and chains
Crossbow-making -- crossbows
Trapping -- animal traps (possibly a bug)
Blacksmithing -- All furniture (except chains) and blocks

Weapons

Weapons can be forged from copper, iron, bronze, bismuth bronze, steel, silver and adamantine, for one metal bar each. The weapons that can be forged are:

Battle axe
War hammer
Short sword
Spear
Mace
Crossbow
Pick
Bolts (a stack of 25 will be produced)

However, note that crossbows and picks cannot be forged out of silver.

Armor

Armor can be forged from copper, iron, bronze, bismuth bronze, steel and adamantine. Available armor types include:

Each piece of armor requires one metal bar to forge, except where noted.

Furniture

Furniture can forged from any non brittle metal -- in short, all metals except for pig iron and Bismuth. You can forge:

Cage
Chain (1 metal bar)
Animal trap (1 metal bar) (requires the trapping labor and not any of the metalsmith labors)
Bucket (1 metal bar)
Barrel
Armor stand
Metal blocks (1 metal bar)
Door
Floodgate
Hatch Cover
Grate
Statue
Cabinet
Chest
Throne
Sarcophagus
Table
Weapon rack
Bin
Pipe Section

All metal furniture requires 3 bars to forge except for chains, animal traps, buckets and blocks.

Siege Equipment

Siege equipment can be forged from copper, iron, bronze, bismuth bronze, steel, silver and adamantine. Only one piece of siege equipment can be forged: the Ballista arrowhead, which requires 3 metal bars. These arrowheads must then be mated with a wooden log at a siege workshop to form a complete Ballista arrow. It is also possible to make pure wooden ballista arrows at the siege workshop, which are assumed to do less damage. The siege engines themselves are also built at the siege workshop, out of three siege engine parts made of wood. Smithing arrowheads seems to require both the Weapon smithing and Metal Crafting skills turned on.

Trap Components

Trap components]] can be forged from copper, iron, bronze, and steel. These include:

Note that each requires 2 bars of metal to forge.

Corkscrews, menacing spikes and spiked balls can also be made from wood at a carpenter's workshop, requiring 1 log each.

Finished Goods

Other objects can be forged from all metals except pig iron. They are:

Chain
Anvil (iron, steel or adamantine)
Crafts
Goblet
Toy
Instrument
Flasks
Minted Coins
Stud an item with metal

Each of the above objects requires one bar of metal to make, including studding. Like other decorations (such as encrusting with gems, decorating with bone or decorating with shell), you cannot specify which object to stud: the smithy will generally take the nearest available object and stud it. Note that unlike all other metalsmithing operations, studding items does not require fuel.

In addition, 3 bars of either iron or steel can be used to forge anvils, which are used in the construction of additional forges.

Metal Clothing

Adamantine can be used to make anything, even lightweight clothing. All the clothing items that can be made at the clothier's shop can be forged from adamantine if you have it.

Skills Used

Metalsmith: All furniture except chains and animal traps; anvils
Metal Crafter: Chains; everything in the "all other objects" category except anvils.
Weaponsmith: All weapons and ammunition except for crossbows; trap components; Siege equipment?
Bowyer: Crossbow
Armorsmith: All armor
Trapper: Animal traps

Note: This section is a work in progress; it needs further data and correction.

Links

Metalcrafts Cribsheet, (based on information on this page)