Steel bar

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Steel bar
Detailed
Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Members	No
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Value	100 coins
Value	100 coins
High Alchemy	60 coins
High Alchemy	60 coins
Low Alchemy	40 coins
Low Alchemy	40 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Reclaimable
On death	Reclaimable
Reclaim	15
Reclaim	15
Sacrifice	60
Sacrifice	60
Exchange	959 coins (info)
Buy limit	10,000
Weight	1.814 kg
Examine	It's a bar of steel.
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A steel bar is a bar of metal, refined through the Smithing skill by smelting an iron ore and 1 piece of coal in a furnace, requiring 20 Smithing and granting 3 Smithing experience.

A steel bar can be forged on an anvil to create steel weapons and armour, granting 75 Smithing experience per bar used. A list of steel items that can be smithed from steel bars and the Smithing levels required can be found on the Smithing tables.

Steel bars are commonly used to create cannonballs, ammunition consumed by dwarf multicannons. In order to create cannonballs players must be a member, have completed the Dwarf Cannon quest, possess an ammo mould, and have at least level 35 Smithing. Each steel bar smiths 4 cannonballs, granting 25.6 Smithing experience each bar consumed. Assuming items are bought and sold at current Grand Exchange values, 4 cannonballs have a value of 1,520 coins, profiting players 561 coins per steel bar.

Smithing

Steel bar
Smithing level	20
Used with	Anvil, Furnace
Experience (per bar)
Smithing	75 XP
Equipment	5.85 XP
Experience (per ore)
Smelting	37.5 XP
Equipment	2.925 XP

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Smelting

Required materials:
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Production JSON:
{ "product": "Steel bar", "image": "[[File:Steel bar.png|link=Steel bar]]", "mats": [ { "name": "Iron ore", "quantity": "1", "image": "Iron ore.png" },{ "name": "Coal", "quantity": "1", "image": "Coal.png" } ], "skill": "Smithing", "level": "20" }

Steel bar

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3 XP		-		959
Requirements
Smithing level				20
Members only				No
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Iron ore	1	449	449
	Coal	1	112	112
Total price				561

Training methods

Players commonly use steel bars to train the Smithing skill, despite being able to smith mithril bars or better, because it has the optimum traits of requiring only three ores, and provides a decent amount of experience. Smelting steel bars can be a very good non-members money-making method, depending on the price of the steel bar compared to its raw materials at the Grand Exchange. Based on current prices, the profit for making a single steel bar is 286 coins if all materials are bought and sold on the Grand Exchange. This method can be a profitable for Free-to-play Smithing training, profiting 16.34 coins each experience point earned.

Drop sources

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For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Steel dragon	100	5	Always
Angry barbarian spirit	106	3	Common
Black Knight	30; 33	1	Common
Dried zombie	67	3	Common
Earth impling	N/A	1	Common
Gargoyle	93	8	Common
Moss giant	28; 51; 61	1	Common
Skeleton brute	88	3	Common
Skeleton heavy	89	3	Common
Skeleton thug	85	3	Common
Trader	N/A	1	Common
Trahaearn worker	N/A	1	Common
Turoth	64; 66; 68; 69; 71	2–4	Common
Werewolf	63; 89	1	Common
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)	N/A	1	Rare
Elite Khazard guard	77; 84	1	Rare
Guard	18; 25; 35	1	Rare
Hill giant	44	1	Rare
Alexis	28	2	Uncommon
Bandit (Kharid Bandit Camp)	54	1	Uncommon
Bandit (Pollnivneach)	53	1	Uncommon
Berserk barbarian spirit	106	3	Uncommon
Boris	28	2	Uncommon
Borrokar	39	1	Uncommon
Eduard	28	2	Uncommon
Elite Black Knight	100	1–3	Uncommon
Enraged barbarian spirit	106	3	Uncommon
Fire giant	85	1	Uncommon
Freidir	39	1	Uncommon
Galina	28	2	Uncommon
Imre	28	2	Uncommon
Irina	28	2	Uncommon
Jeroen	28	2	Uncommon
Joseph	28	2	Uncommon
Ksenia	28	2	Uncommon
Lanzig	39	1	Uncommon
Lev	28	2	Uncommon
Liliya	28	2	Uncommon
Milla	28	2	Uncommon
Nikita	28	2	Uncommon
Nikolai	28	2	Uncommon
Paladin	49	1	Uncommon
Sir Carl	81	1	Uncommon
Sir Harry	81	1	Uncommon
Sir Jerro	81	1	Uncommon
Skeleton warlord	91	3	Uncommon
Sofiya	28	2	Uncommon
Soldier (Imperial Guard)	48	1	Uncommon
Svetlana	28	2	Uncommon
TzHaar-Hur	86; 98	1	Uncommon

Disassembly

Disassembly XP	0.9
Item quantity required	1
Material count	2
Base junk chance	?  67.0% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 67.0% 1 34 66.4% 2 49 65.0% 3 64 63.7% 4 69 62.4% 5 78 61.0% 6 83 59.0% 7 91 57.7% 8 95 55.7% 9 105 53.6%
Possible materials
Often
Simple parts	75%
Crafted parts	25%

Defined properties:

All Junk chance: 67 Junk chance: 67

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Trivia

• Noted steel bars can occasionally be found inside barrels throughout RuneScape.