Cannonball


 * This article is about the cannonballs used with the Dwarven Multicannon. For other cannon balls used in quests, see Cannon ball.



Cannonballs are ammunition used in the Dwarven Multicannon and can also be fired using the Barker toad familiar.

In order to create cannonballs, players must be members, have completed the Dwarf Cannon quest, posses an ammo mould in their inventory, and have one or more steel bars. Players must also have 35 smithing to make cannonballs. Cannonballs are made by using a steel bar on a furnace, yielding 4 cannonballs per bar. Players gain 25 Smithing experience per bar according to the manual, though it is actually 25.5 per bar.

Because cannonballs are made at a furnace, players can smelt iron ore and coal to make steel bars and then use the steel bars to make cannonballs without returning to a bank. Using this method, a maximum of 108 cannonballs can be made from the contents of a single inventory.

Making cannonballs is a popular method for people to train Smithing for "free". Many players advertising free Smithing experience on the official forums use cannonballs as the method to gain experience. Smelting cannonballs is slow, but even when players purchase the materials (either the iron and coal, or pre-made steel bars), they are able to, at a minimum, break even when they sell the cannonballs.

Cannonballs are a good way to make profit and train smithing. For every steel bar you make into cannonballs, you gain about 20 to 72 coins each plus 25.5 Smithing experience.