[Blacksmithing] Heartwood quests

[Lantash]

I was reading forums up and down after being absent fromUO for good 7 years while lvling my BS And I stumbled upon fletching thread saying that heartwood quests can earn runics for them...does that means BS quests there also can earn runic hammers ? if yes up to what runic?
thx

 

[Basara]

No, no runics from the smith quests. However, BOD changes (from a few corrections in the code to remove bugs, 110 & 120 smiths getting bonuses to the number of colored armor BODs they receive, and the ability now to immediately request a new BOD on turning in an old one) have made Runics far more accessible than they were prior to 2008.

 

[Lantash]

So basically it would be wise to save up all the BODs now until I actually hit at least 110 smithing. OR is it more much more beneficial to actually wait till 120 smithing ( including 3 BOD chars for absolute junk iron buyable item BODs )...

 

[Basara]

Here's the BOD ratios currently:

01-49.9: One BOD an hour, all normal iron
50-69.9: One BOD every 2 hours, all normal iron
70-109.9: One BOD every 6 hours (timer resets on a turn-in); 50% Weapons, 25% Iron Armor, 25% colored armor
110-119.9: 50% weapons, 15% iron armor, 35% colored armor
120: 50% weapons, 5% Iron armor, 45% colored armor